Chapter 518: It Can Be Cured

Chapter 518: Chapter 514: It Can Be Cured

The door opened slowly. Ji Ruyue stood there, her beautiful face streaked with tears. She pressed her lips together tightly, trying not to cry out, but the moment she saw Watermelon, she could no longer hold back. With a WAIL, she burst into sobs and threw herself into his arms, weeping and choking, unable to say a word.

Watermelon stood there, stunned, like a wooden puppet. Gradually, he seemed to regain some awareness. His stiff arms slowly moved to Ji Ruyue’s waist, and bit by bit, he pulled her tight.

Just then, Qin Li quietly slipped out. A gentle breeze pushed the door shut without a sound. Standing outside, Qin Li let out a long sigh. ‘Fate truly plays tricks on people,’ he thought. ‘If I hadn’t happened to run into Watermelon, I would have nearly missed such a life-and-death romance. If Watermelon were to die, Ji Ruyue would surely suffer for the rest of her life.’

‘So, no matter what, I have to save Watermelon’s life! Looking at Ji Ruyue, it’s clear that even if Watermelon became an ordinary person, she would still love him just as much for a hundred years!’

A warmth spread through Qin Li’s chest. ‘This is what true love is all about. No matter what, I have to help them be together!’

“How could you be so silly, Watermelon? How could you be so silly? Don’t you know? Even if you only had one day to live, I… I would love you for that day. If you have a year, I’ll love you for that year. If you just died quietly like this, without a word, I would spend the rest of my life by your grave. Watermelon, do you love me?”

Ji Ruyue lifted her head. Gazing at the tear-streaked face so close to her own, she asked with rapt devotion.

“Love!” Watermelon forced out the single word, as if all the strength had been drained from his body. He could no longer hold back his tears; they gushed out like a bursting dam.

“If you love me, then kiss me…” Ji Ruyue murmured.

…

After a long while, the two finally broke from their passionate, lingering kiss, the storm in their hearts beginning to subside.

Watermelon suddenly asked, “Where’s Qin?”

Ji Ruyue’s face, red as a brilliant sunset, flushed all the way to her ears and down her neck. A moment ago, she had even forgotten there was a third person in the room.

Hearing Watermelon’s question, she immediately played the ostrich, burying her head in his chest and refusing to come out.

Watermelon asked in surprise, “When did Qin leave?”

Ji Ruyue finally lifted her head, gave Watermelon a radiant smile, and said gently, “Do you think everyone is as clueless as you? What a blockhead.”

“Am I… am I really that clueless?”

“Very clueless!” Ji Ruyue said firmly.

With the knots in their hearts finally untied, the young couple’s romance blossomed. They wished they could stay wrapped up in each other like this until the end of time.

“When did you carve this?” Ji Ruyue gazed lovingly at the foot-tall Profound Ice Essence statue in her hand, her heart overflowing with a love so potent it felt tangible.

“In my second year with the Sect, I happened to find a piece of Profound Ice Essence deep within the Great Ice Glacier…” Watermelon said, then suddenly trailed off.

A smile slowly blossomed on Ji Ruyue’s tear-streaked face, as radiant as a lily in bloom.

“You started liking me back then, didn’t you? Hey! Tell me the truth! You’ve been secretly in love with me all these years, haven’t you, and just pretended not to be? Damn you… I’m going to have to punish you!”

“No, no, I was originally trying to carve Ji Rubing, but who knew that the more I carved, the more it looked like you…”

“Oh? So you’ve got a thing for Rubing, huh? Watermelon… you’re dead meat!”

The two of them laughed and tussled playfully. It was a long while before they stopped, both of their faces flushed. Feeling a little flustered, Ji Ruyue straightened her disheveled hair and smoothed out her clothes.

Only then did the two of them completely calm down. They looked at each other and sighed at the same time. Just as Watermelon was about to say something, Ji Ruyue spoke softly, her voice full of emotion. “Watermelon, don’t say it. Don’t say anything. I told you, even if we only have one day, I want to be with you!”

Watermelon nodded emphatically. “Okay, I won’t say it then. No matter how long I have left to live, I will love you with everything I have!”

“Then let’s go find Master and ask her to officiate our wedding!” At the mention of a wedding, Ji Ruyue’s face lit up with anticipation.

“Uh, so soon… If our martial brothers in the Sect find out, do you think any of them might get depressed and jump into the Great Ice Glacier?”

“Jump into the Great Ice Glacier? Only you would think of that. Don’t you jump in all the time?”

“That’s for my training! Not suicide!”

“Alright, who cares what they think? I certainly don’t. Oh, right, we need to go find Qin. I really have to thank him properly!”

“Uh, I forgot about Qin…”

At that moment, tears streamed down Qin Li’s face. ‘Watermelon, you bastard! You haven’t even married the girl, and you’re already tossing the matchmaker aside!’

“Watermelon, I’m not completely sure, but… there should be a way to cure your condition!” When Qin Li said this, Watermelon and Ji Ruyue both stood there, stunned, unable to process his words for a long moment.

After a good while, Ji Ruyue looked at Qin Li, overjoyed, and asked, “Qin, is it… is it really true? There’s really a solution for Watermelon’s condition?”

Just now in the room, Watermelon had told Ji Ruyue about his problem. She had also once heard her mother—the Sect Leader of the Ice and Snow Sect—mention offhandedly that the incredibly domineering martial technique, Nine Heavens and Ten Lands, Only I am Venerable, could only be cultivated by a fated person. Anyone else who tried would not survive.

‘At the time, Ji Ruyue hadn’t understood why her mother would say such a thing. Now she realized her mother had also been worried about Watermelon’s condition. But this was a problem even her mother couldn’t solve. Could Qin… could he really have a solution?’

Qin Li nodded with great certainty. “Watermelon, come here. I’m going to seal a portion of your meridians. While this will affect your strength to some degree, it can temporarily control the Nirvana. With my current power, you won’t have any problems for at least three years! Don’t worry. Within these three years, I will definitely find a Spiritual Medicine that can cure your condition completely!”

“Really? That’s wonderful!” Ji Ruyue was so happy she almost jumped for joy, too excited to know what to say.

Qin Li placed his hand on Watermelon’s back while Ji Ruyue stood guard at the door. Achieving a Unity of Heart and Spirit, Qin Li continuously channeled the Innate Purple Qi from his body into Watermelon’s, directly sealing the few meridians that posed a deadly threat.

As the saying goes, it’s better to dredge a river than to dam it. Obviously, Qin Li’s method could only treat the symptoms, not the root cause. Those meridians of Watermelon’s would erupt sooner or later. But for the time being, at least, there would be no problem.

Qin Li’s real plan was to reconstruct Watermelon’s meridians entirely.

His Ancient Pill Formula contained such an elixir: the Qiankun Rebirth Creation Pill. The name was very similar to the Qiankun Pill that Shiyu had taken years ago, but its effects were countless times more miraculous!

Under normal circumstances, someone with an Innate Spirit Body would need thirty years after taking a Qiankun Pill to reach the Shattered Void Realm. Shiyu had only taken about three years, but that was because she also had various other Heavenly and Earthly Treasures to aid her.

But this Qiankun Rebirth Creation Pill was something that could truly be called a Divine Pill.

‘Many times, Qin Li had wondered: who in the world wrote this Ancient Pill Formula? Many of the elixirs listed inside seemed ordinary but possessed miraculous effects. And for many others, the ingredients required for alchemy were things he had never heard of or seen before!’

‘Fortunately, the Pill Formula also detailed the properties and appearance of the alchemical ingredients. Otherwise, with only a name to go by, he probably couldn’t find them even if he searched the entire Celestial Essence Continent.’

A thin sheen of sweat gradually appeared on Watermelon’s forehead. His expression was calm, but the slight tremor in his body revealed he was enduring great pain.

What Qin Li was doing—directly sealing the meridians inside another person’s body—was something that even a powerhouse at the Thunder Tribulation Realm would not dare to attempt lightly.

The slightest mistake would instantly cripple the person!

It could be said that both the one performing the skill and the one receiving it… were daring beyond belief.

After about an hour, Qin Li opened his eyes and slowly withdrew his palm. He looked somewhat fatigued; this was the first time he had ever performed such a procedure.

Watermelon opened his eyes at the same time. Seeing Ji Ruyue’s concerned expression, he stood up, glanced back at Qin Li, and said, “Sir, you’ve saved me yet again!”

Qin Li waved his hand. “If I hadn’t brought back that martial technique back then, you wouldn’t have ended up in this state…”

“Sir, you can’t say that. This isn’t your fault at all. Without you, there would be no me today! And I would never have met Ruyue…” Watermelon gave a silly grin, stepped forward to take Ji Ruyue’s hand, then turned back to Qin Li. “Sir, we’re going to our Master’s to see what’s happening. Please wait here. Tonight, I’ll come back and cook for you, so you can taste some of the local game from this Land of Ice and Snow!”

Qin Li smiled and nodded, letting them leave. He then sat down cross-legged to meditate and recover his energy.

「Down in a canyon of the Great Ice Glacier.」

Two groups of people were in a standoff. Six in total, three to a side. The deep craters and fissures scarring the ground were a clear sign that the two groups had already clashed, and fiercely at that.

“Qu Zhi, must you insist on ignoring the ancestors’ prophecy and hunting down Qin Li?” The Purple-eyed Emperor Ancestor, Mo Li of Lengqiu Palace, stared at Qu Zhi with an icy expression.

“Ancestors’ prophecy? HAHA! If the ancestors were really that capable, they would have wiped out all the Martial Artists of the Celestial Essence Continent long ago! How else would the Purple-eyed Race have fallen to its current state? We don’t believe in any prophecy. Mo Li, you’d better think carefully about opposing us! Is it really worth it, all for some worthless native Martial Artist from the Celestial Essence Continent?” Qu Zhi shot back, his gaze just as grimly cold.

“Qu Zhi, we don’t want to oppose you; you’re the ones who oppose us at every turn! Since Qin Li was able to sit on the throne, he is the king of the Purple-eyed Race! Back then, which one of you didn’t try? And which one of you succeeded?” Mo Li said coldly.