Published: March 7, 2025
CHAPTER 115: A Ray of Hope
“Hmm, when she wakes up... can we change how I’m addressed?” Chu Yang scratched his head a bit shyly, his face turning red for the first time: “You see, I’m only sixteen this year, actually still quite young, and I haven’t had my birthday yet... calling me uncle is just too ridiculous…”
“You’re only sixteen?” Mo Chengyu was taken aback. Looking at this guy who seemed powerful and influential, and acted quite methodically, with a careful mind; apart from being a bit impulsive about the matter with the young lady, he seemed to have calculated everything without any oversight; how could he be just sixteen?
“Yeah.” Chu Yang chuckled.
“Well, that’s fine then.” Mo Chengyu readily agreed to persuade Mo Qingwu. He had also thought it through and felt it was somewhat inappropriate for Mo Qingwu to call Chu Yang uncle. Mo Qingwu is just a nine-year-old girl; calling him uncle was fine, but when Mo Tianji and Mo Tianyun arrived, they would be much older than Chu Yang, should they also call him uncle?
They were siblings with Mo Qingwu, of the same generation…
Moreover, since Chu Yang treated the young lady so well and liked her so much, calling him uncle or brother wouldn’t make much of a difference, right? It seemed he really cared about this title, indicating that he truly, truly liked the young lady. Well, the young lady was smart and adorable, loved by everyone; it’s no wonder Chu Yang liked her so much…
At this moment, Mo Chengyu even felt a sense of pride.
Of course, Mo Chengyu wouldn’t have thought that Chu Yang would develop feelings towards a nine-year-old girl…
That was simply impossible; no matter who it was, seeing an eight or nine-year-old girl… one wouldn’t have such thoughts, right?
But… Chu Yang was precisely that kind of person…
Because this was no one else! This… was Mo Qingwu!
Chu Yang stood under the night sky, having not slept all night. Tonight, he was unusually not practicing; sometimes smiling, sometimes frowning, sometimes sighing.
He finally saw her… but… got hurt again…
And she was so small…
Chu King of Hell felt somewhat conflicted. How long would it take to grow up… how should he handle this? If he cared too much, it would create a sense of being an elder, which would be counterproductive: girls at this age are the most impressionable; if she formed a deeply-rooted impression of “uncle,” then everything would be over…
If he kept too far away, it would cause aversion; if she hated him since childhood, it would be even harder to fix.
And then there was Mo Qingwu’s injury, how should that be dealt with?
Thinking about all this, Chu Yang’s heart was in a mess.
“Her injury can be treated with the Nine Calamity Sword!” While he was lost in thought, a voice suddenly appeared in his consciousness.
“The Nine Calamity Sword can treat it?” Chu Yang felt like a drowning person suddenly grasping onto a lifeline, instantly overjoyed.
“Indeed.” The sword soul seemed to sigh as well; it appeared this guy’s inner demon was indeed stubborn; a nine-year-old Mo Qingwu actually made this young man develop a case of longing; and he hadn’t practiced at all…
This wouldn’t do.
“Don’t forget, the Nine Calamity Sword has the effect of purifying medicinal properties; moreover, the core essence of the medicine has been intercepted by the Nine Calamity Sword; that is the true lifesaving substance.” The sword soul helplessly said: “Look at your dantian, at the sword hilt.”
Chu Yang’s heart surged with joy as he focused his mind to check. In his dantian, at the transparent sword hilt of the illusory Nine Calamity Sword, he could faintly see half a drop of dark substance inside…
“This is it?”
“Correct, this is it. As long as it becomes one drop, it can be taken out to heal Mo Qingwu’s injury.” The sword soul said: “However, there is a prerequisite; simply accumulating the medicine won’t achieve this purpose; you must obtain the second segment of the Nine Calamity Sword first, and then gather enough amount for this drop of ninefold pill; only then can it be retrieved.”