Chapter 1673 - 304:

"Buzz!"

Black lines flowed over his body. Whether it was killing intent, resentment, or ghost energy, in these unblocked "water channels," it could all surge and torrent freely.

"Pa! Pa! Pa! Pa! ..."

On Run Sheng's body, tiny splits kept bursting open like little cuts. Each time, his body would tremble slightly, but he quickly steadied his stance again.

Lin Shuyou asked in puzzlement, "Three-eyed, so did he succeed or not?"

Such an overwhelming aura, yet his body kept bursting open like he'd been shot, blood spraying again and again.

Zhao Yi: "He succeeded. Those are his death acupoints being blasted open, the hidden danger being wiped out completely."

The prolonged cracking finally came to an end. Covered in wounds, Run Sheng placed his fist in front of himself, then smashed it into his own chest.

"Bang!"

A terrifying shockwave swept out, directly shattering the Array circle.

But Li Zhiyuan and Alii, standing in front of Run Sheng, didn't even have a single hair stirred.

This showed that Run Sheng's control over his own Power had already reached a very high level.

It had to be said, Uncle Qin's assessment of Run Sheng back then had been very accurate. Uncle Qin had been the first to excavate Run Sheng's body.

Run Sheng proved that as long as your body is tough enough and your willpower is astonishing enough, you really can train without bringing your brain along.

After his gaze swept around once, Run Sheng looked at Lin Shuyou.

Lin Shuyou smiled and twisted his neck left and right.

Zhao Yi put a hand on Lin Shuyou's shoulder and said:

"You're not his match. At least not head-on anymore."

Zhao Yi had commanded that Li kid's team more than once before. Run Sheng was the one most suited to stand at the very front, but sometimes, Lin Shuyou could also sub in at that position.

But from tonight on, the gap between their traits had been completely widened. That position could only belong to Run Sheng.

Lin Shuyou: "Worst case, I just get my ass kicked once. Whatever."

They had all just powered up, and their hands were itching.

Li Zhiyuan walked over holding Alii's hand. With one line, the boy defused the drawn-sword atmosphere:

"Hurry up and fix the field. Otherwise Grandmaster will wake up tomorrow morning, see this, and start cursing."

Lin Shuyou: "Oh."

Run Sheng's momentum also ebbed away. The black faded, turning into red blood that quickly scabbed over, and then he bent down and started tidying up the rice field.

As the boy passed by Zhao Yi, Zhao Yi asked:

"Who exactly did you ask for help?"

Li Zhiyuan: "Also you."

Zhao Yi pointed at his own face.

Li Zhiyuan: "The other external brain."

After Li Zhiyuan and Alii left, Zhao Yi was still turning that sentence over in his mind.

There's also a Su Luo in that Li kid's head?

But isn't that Li kid supposed to be immune to the side effects of the Black Skin Book Secret Technique?

Tan Wenbin: "Outer Team."

Zhao Yi: "Hm?"

Tan Wenbin: "You'll have to trouble yourself a bit later. Run Sheng's injuries..."

Zhao Yi: "I'll apply medicine for him and use paper to cover things up a bit. That way he won't scare people during the day."

Actually, in this household, if you don't count that old lady's mahjong friends from the Liu family, the only one they really needed to hide things from was that Li kid's Grandmaster.

Tan Wenbin: "As expected of a team commander, you always have a way."

Zhao Yi: "You flatter me, vice-captain."

Over there, Lin Shuyou, busy working, shouted, "Three-eyed, stop standing there spacing out. Come help clean up!"

If they had let Lin Shuyou and Run Sheng start sparring here earlier, this field would have been done for.

Right now, the only damaged area was that circle from when they laid down the Array earlier. The fix was very simple: pull up some rice from another plot in their own fields and transplant it into this empty ring, patching it up so everything looked balanced and not so conspicuous.

Li Zhiyuan and Alii walked up onto the open yard. By the light of a single bulb hanging from a long pole outside, the boy took the girl's wrist and opened her hands.

Alii's hands were one mass of bruises.

Even with the Array's support, wielding hammer and chisel and striking again and again had still put enormous pressure and strain on the girl.

Li Zhiyuan glanced at the chair beside them and said, "Sit down, I'll treat your wounds."

The girl tried to pull her hand back from the boy and glanced toward the door of the East Room.

The meaning was, she could go back and let Grandma treat her instead.

Li Zhiyuan didn't let go.

In the end, Alii still sat down with the boy on the long bench.

The weather wasn't good tonight. The clouds were thick; there was no moon and not a star to be seen.

Blood mist spread over the boy's palms, covering the girl's hands as he helped her move the blood and dispel the bruising.

The night wind was a bit strong, constantly lifting the girl's hair so that it brushed against Li Zhiyuan's face, tickling him.

After quite a while, the boy opened the girl's hands again. The bruises were gone, and her hands were flushed red.

They stood and walked together to the door of the East Room. Alii pushed the door open and went in, and Li Zhiyuan turned and went upstairs.

"Come, let Grandma take a look."

Liu Yumei, in a white nightgown, walked over and took her granddaughter's hand.

But her granddaughter was clenching her fist, as if she were holding some treasure she didn't want to share.

"Just let Grandma see, okay?"

Alii still didn't loosen her hand.

Liu Yumei deliberately furrowed her brow and said, "Then let big sister take a look, all right?"

The girl lifted her head and seriously looked at her "Grandma-sis."

The clenched hand loosened.

After checking, Liu Yumei nodded in satisfaction. Using essence blood to massage away bruising—he really was willing to spend.

"I've run the bath for you. Go wash up."

Alii went into the inner room to bathe.

Liu Yumei turned her head slightly, her gaze quickly falling on Alii's grandfather's memorial tablet. She gave a cold little snort and said:

"This kid is a lot more thoughtful than you ever were. Our Alii really has been chewing bran since she was little."