EFB Chapter 2273 Forced Life Extension
Chapter 2273 Forced Life Extension
Chapter 2273 Forced Life Extension
The shopkeeper scratched the back of his head and chuckled, "I followed General Wanqi and fought in the border battle."
"I see."
Just then, several thunderclaps flashed across the sky, deafeningly loud, and the man in the red robe said again, "You really should listen to your wife."
"Huh?" The shopkeeper didn't hear clearly. "What?"
Before the man in the red robe could reply, a loud, muffled, and terrifying cracking sound came from outside the window.
This was followed by the woman's scream:
"The mountain is collapsing! You bastard, come quick!"
The shopkeeper was shocked and said to the man in the red robe, "Get out of here quickly, I won't charge you!"
After saying that, he strode towards the back of the building, where he saw the back mountain making a cracking sound as large and small rocks rolled down.
The largest piece was bigger than their house, and it was already on the verge of collapse.
The rest stop is right below it!
The shop owner turned ashen-faced, picked up the baby girl with his left hand, put his arm around his wife with his right, and ran out.
A loud rumbling sound came from behind, and they didn't dare to turn their heads.
When the sound stopped, the shopkeeper turned around and found himself more than two hundred feet away.
The original rock walls collapsed completely, like mountains of gold and pillars of jade.
The official warning came true: the soil and rocks in this area were loose, and a landslide would occur if there was heavy rain.
The family was still in shock.
After standing there for a while, the shop owner left his wife and children behind and jogged back home.
The official road and the forests were buried under ruins, and the more he looked, the more horrified and saddened he became.
But as he climbed over the low slope, he couldn't help but rub his eyes:
The post station is still there!
The mudslide that slid down the mountain cascaded evenly on both sides of the rest pavilion. Apart from some fallen rocks, the inn was not buried.
It was as if there was an invisible barrier outside the post station, which forcefully kept the mudslide out.
The shopkeeper disregarded the danger and strode into the rest pavilion.
Everything inside remains the same; even the window paper hasn't been damaged.
But the man in the red robe was nowhere to be seen.
A silver ingot sat on the table. A small purple violet flower was neatly inserted into the spout of the teapot.
……
"Emperor!"
Liu Qingdao immediately went to see the Nine Nether Emperor, briefly recounting the battle that had just taken place, and then said:
"After only a couple of moves, Elder Xu fell off the back of the Void Spirit and fell into a coma. His injuries continued to worsen! Several disciples tried to help him escape, but we injured and captured them. I interrogated them, and they said that Elder Xu left a Soul-Binding Pillar within the sect. If he were to die, the Qixia Sect within the Small Cave Heaven would surely find out!"
"Do any of the other disciples have soul-binding pillars?"
Liu Qingdao shook his head: "My rank isn't high enough; I don't deserve that kind of treatment."
"Do everything in your power to save Xu Wenqin's life! Once the Qixia Sect receives news of Elder Xu's death, they might leave Xiaodongtian." He Lingchuan knew time was of the essence. "They are few in number. If they break into smaller groups and all infiltrate Weian City, it will be difficult for us to capture them all. Have you found out anything about the entrance to the Qixia Sect's headquarters?"
“These are the passes we found on Elder Xu and his disciples. We also seized one from Tianwu earlier.” Liu Qingdao handed over several tokens. “Qixia Sect’s Small Cave Heaven originally had two entrances. After Tianwu was captured, one was sealed off. The Spider Queen also found out about the other one. It’s at the Sleeping Ox White Stone in Butterfly Stream of Xunyang Mountain. Tap the stone three times with the token, and you can enter if you see a green light. The opening and closing of the cave is controlled by Yuan Xilin.”
The Cave Spider Queen comes with a body full of steel needles, so there's no need to prepare any torture instruments. Few creatures can withstand her interrogation.
Yuan Xilin is the name of the head of the Qixia Sect.
He Lingchuan picked up the token and glanced at it. It was a bright red color, made of burnt stone, with a white halo in the middle, like the color of the sunset.
Liu Qingdao then added, "Tianwu also possesses one of these tokens."
The six tokens are placed together; they are made of almost the same material, but the patterns and colors are different, so they are probably all-natural.
At this moment, Elder Xu, covered in blood and wounds, was carried over, with Ling Guang beside him, her eyes filled with worry.
Elder Xu's eyes were closed, he was unconscious, his chest rose and fell only once every long while, and his breath was barely a whisper.
His body was covered with a thin, light blue film.
He Lingchuan immediately said, "He's even using a full-body medicated film; it seems his condition is not optimistic."
Ling Guang said with a bitter face, "We've done everything we can, but what killed him wasn't just the divine magic, it also exploded directly in his chest cavity. Now his internal organs are almost completely depleted, I'm afraid..."
It shook its head and didn't say anything more.
This medicinal film is a masterpiece jointly developed by him and Dong Rui. It is made primarily from Emperor's Flowing Essence, and is supplemented with sixteen auxiliary medicines. It needs to be collected and prepared on-site when the spiritual rain falls.
It provides life-giving power comparable to the Emperor's Flowing Essence Ointment; once applied to the skin, the medicinal properties can penetrate effectively, promoting muscle and bone regeneration.
With such powerful efficacy, as long as the injured person does not die on the spot, they can use it to escape the brink of death later.
After conducting this research, Dong Rui once claimed that this was the only truly miraculous medicine capable of bringing the dead back to life and restoring flesh and bone.
Even though he was completely wrapped in the medicinal film from head to toe, Elder Xu's face was still as ugly as a dead man's, and the huge wound on his chest showed no signs of shrinking or healing; on the contrary, the edges continued to turn black.
Dong Rui, his face dark, was about to ask a question when He Lingchuan spoke to him first:
"Time is precious, we'll talk about it on the way! Let your baby out and get going."
Dong Rui immediately summoned the snail toad.
For short distances, the snail toad is the most convenient option, as it is less likely to disturb others and has a large carrying capacity. Dong Rui has made several modifications to the snail toad over the past few years, making it not only much faster than before, but also able to adapt to dry and saline-alkali soil.
Originally, both snails and toads abhorred these two types of land, but Dong Rui obtained a water-retaining barrier from the merfolk and added the lungfish's vesicle talent to the snails and toads. This allowed them to quickly exude a layer of mucus when passing through dry and saline-alkali areas, thus forming a moist mucus film that made them very insensitive to soil concentration.
Apart from purely rocky mountains, there are very few terrains that snails and toads cannot now access.
The group rode on the snail-toad and headed towards Xunyang Mountain.
The journey wasn't far, and the snail-toad was ten times faster than a galloping horse, so they would arrive soon.
Dong Rui looked at Elder Xu and was angry that his whole body was wrapped tightly in the medicinal membrane, leaving him no chance to go in and check.
Once the medicinal film is torn off, Elder Xu will immediately pass gas.
He could only ask Ling Guang, "We've already applied the Emperor's Blood Flowing Medicine, how come we still can't save him?"
"The thing that invaded Elder Xu's body is a living being! Its reproduction rate is astonishing; it has even entered the bloodstream and spread throughout the body, making it impossible for us to completely eradicate." Ling Guang was also troubled, as diseases and poisons that have entered the bloodstream are the most difficult to treat. "I strongly suspect that this thing grows stronger with stronger opponents; it is precisely because it devoured the flesh and blood of immortals that it can grow so fast!"
It took out a tray from behind it, which contained a mixture of red and white substances that smelled fishy.
(End of this chapter)