Chapter 153 - 94: Little Auntie, I Want to Hold You, Unrelated to Romance

Chapter 153: Chapter 94: Little Auntie, I Want to Hold You, Unrelated to Romance

"I don’t know either!"

Kan Luotang’s voice trembled, but she still gritted her teeth and quickly recounted what had just happened.

Gu Xiangzhu’s head was buzzing as she listened.

’Tyrant’s Tomb Sweeping?’

’Overlord Dragon-piercing Spear?’

’And he used them repeatedly?’

’Is that damn brat trying to get himself killed?’

’How could he possibly dare?’

The situation was almost beyond her comprehension. Zhao Ci had Kan Luotang’s help, and it wasn’t as if he’d killed every single enemy. Even so, his accomplishment was nothing short of astounding.

’Could even Xiang Tiange in his prime have managed this? To have mastered the Xiang’s Spear Technique at such a young age... What kind of freakish talent is this? And... how did he manage to use it without his muscles and bones disintegrating?’

His current condition was undoubtedly the backlash. For anyone else, this state was no different from being dead.

"My... Your Highness!"

Kan Luotang’s voice trembled. "Can he be saved?"

She hardly dared to ask the question. She had been by Zhao Ci’s side the whole time and knew all too well the severity of his injuries.

His muscles and bones were destroyed, and his vital energy was almost completely depleted.

Even if the most skilled Imperial Physician were here, they might not be able to save him. And even if they did, he would likely be crippled for life.

Besides, they were so far away. How could they possibly summon an Imperial Physician?

She didn’t dare to think any further. Her heart was filled with nothing but self-reproach.

’Kan Luotang, oh, Kan Luotang!’

’This whole affair started because of you. When it was your turn to face the consequences, you were hesitant and indecisive. If you had been more ruthless, more swift, how could His Highness have ended up in this state?’

She didn’t dare to meet Gu Xiangzhu’s gaze, but she forced herself not to look away, desperate to find a glimmer of hope in her eyes.

She saw Gu Xiangzhu nod, her face grim.

"We can try!"

"Really?"

Kan Luotang was overjoyed.

But Gu Xiangzhu wasted no time on pleasantries. She scooped Zhao Ci up in her arms, released a black silk ribbon to bind Kan Luotang, and shot into the sky on her Flying Sword, heading straight for Qingyang County.

「A moment later.」

They arrived at the small courtyard where Zhao Ci lived.

Gu Xiangzhu carried Zhao Ci directly into the house.

Kan Luotang tried to follow, but she had barely taken a step forward when the door SLAMMED shut.

Then, Gu Xiangzhu’s voice sounded from inside. "Leave this to me. Girl of the Kan Family, it’s thanks to you that Ci is still alive. Don’t blame yourself. Go and rest."

Kan Luotang was speechless.

A feeling of exhaustion spread through her. With Zhao Ci’s life hanging in the balance, how could she even think of resting?

She turned and slumped against the wall beside the doorframe, sinking weakly to the ground.

Her mind went blank.

All she could do was bury her face in her arms and let the tears flow endlessly.

...

Inside, Gu Xiangzhu could clearly sense that Kan Luotang hadn’t left, and this fact irritated her.

She still wasn’t sure why Zhao Ci hadn’t crushed the warming jade.

But she suspected it had something to do with that girl from the Kan Family.

’This... is not a good sign!’

She turned to look at Zhao Ci and saw the rebellious boy lying on the bed, drenched in a cold sweat and shaking uncontrollably. He was clearly in the throes of extreme agony, which only made her angrier.

But no matter how angry she was, she still sat down on the edge of the bed.

She let out a soft sigh.

She placed her palm gently on Zhao Ci’s chest and slowly infused her True Qi into him.

Today, had it been any other so-called famous doctor, Zhao Ci would have been doomed to be a cripple for life.

The only thing that could save Zhao Ci was the Celestial Demon Body Refining Secret Technique.

To build anew from the ruins!

His muscles and bones had to be completely destroyed, then rebuilt.

But building anew from the ruins required a well-prepared, orderly reconstruction, not some delusional fantasy after total exhaustion. At the very least... you needed the nutrients to rebuild the body.

But right now, Zhao Ci’s vital energy was spent and his True Qi was nearly depleted. Where would he get any nutrients?

’They’ll just have to come from me!’

Gu Xiangzhu shot Zhao Ci a sharp glare and continuously poured her True Qi into his body. Once his meridians were overflowing with it, she sent a final jolt through him, shattering all of his damaged muscles and bones.

"AARGH!"

Zhao Ci, who had been suppressing it for so long, finally let out a horrific scream.

After that, the demonic howls from within the room never ceased.

...

’Pain.’

’So much pain!’

’If I could, I’d pass out right now.’

’But I’m in an incredibly fragile state. I can’t allow myself to lose consciousness.’

He was cursing up a storm in his head.

’I originally thought the Body Suppressing Talisman would stop my body’s condition from worsening at all. I never expected it to just hoard all the negative effects and dump them back on me later.’

But fortunately, he wasn’t completely unprepared.

The Celestial Demon Body Refining Secret Technique was his final trump card.

It’s just that repairing himself on his own would have been much more difficult.

But since Gu Xiangzhu was doing it for him, everything was going much more smoothly.

It was just that the pain... was truly unbearable.

The last time he underwent the Heaven-Forming Demon Body process, he had been at his absolute peak, brimming with energy.

This time... he was already completely spent.

It was like the difference between a polar bear plunge for a buff guy versus a sickly man.

...

"HOWL!"

"HOWL!"

"HOWL!"

"All you know how to do is howl!"

"I’d really like to know if you made a single sound like this when you were playing the hero."

Watching Zhao Ci, who looked to be in so much pain he wished for death, Gu Xiangzhu wanted to just pinch him and put him out of his misery, yet she couldn’t help but feel a pang of pity.

The feeling was like...

...the little puppy you had painstakingly raised...

...had gotten into a fight with a stray dog and was now covered in wounds, all to protect the little female dog from next door.

’For what?’

’Just because she’s your fiancée?’

Gu Xiangzhu wanted to slap Zhao Ci to knock some sense into him, but his condition was simply too perilous right now. Even with the Celestial Demon Body Refining Secret Technique, she wasn’t certain she could heal him completely.