Published: March 8, 2025
Three days later, Wuzhuo City was at a loss.
But the Sword Qi had become more active.
It was absorbing energy at an increasing speed, and began to draw upon Wuzhuo City's potential.
Currently, Wuzhuo City was weak; he couldn’t even move a finger and had no ability to stop it.
Moreover, in addition to absorbing potential, the Sword Qi was also stirring within his dantian.
It seemed to sense that the person who had trapped it was now too weak to suppress it, so the Sword Qi wanted to break free… that kind of feeling.
The Sword Qi was bouncing more and more violently and was finally ‘discovered’ by Chu Yang.
On this day, after finishing his medication, Chu Yang sat on the small stool beside Wuzhuo City’s bed, looking at him seriously: “Master Wu, I think there’s something I must make clear to you.”
Wuzhuo City struggled to turn his eyes: “I know what you want to say, go ahead.”
“Over these past few days, I’ve finally figured it out; it’s not that Master Wu is uncooperative, nor that I’ve used the wrong medicine, but rather that within the five great ginseng systems, there’s a huge hidden danger.”
Chu Yang said earnestly.
Regarding this statement from Chu Yang, Wuzhuo City fully agreed. He encouraged Chu Yang with his gaze to continue speaking.
“Moreover, this unknown power is devouring Master Wu's spiritual energy; only by first satisfying its appetite can the remaining spiritual energy be used to heal Master Wu.”
Chu Yang said heavily: “But, given Master Wu's current condition, he cannot meet this power's demands at all, so it cannot help him. My medicine, after passing through Master Wu’s meridians and transforming into spiritual energy, is also being devoured by this power. In reality, during these past few days, Master Wu has not received any treatment, and his injuries are continually worsening!”
“Indeed.” Wuzhuo City sighed deeply.
“So, I’ve been thinking these past few days, should we release this power first…” or rather, temporarily give up and focus on restoring the body first. Then, we might either re-cultivate or find some other way… I believe since Master Wu knows about this mysterious power, there must be a way.”
Chu Yang spoke sincerely.
“That's right.” Wuzhuo City agreed: “If this power doesn’t come out, my body cannot recover.”
“How can we get this power to come out?” Chu Yang asked: “I truly have no experience in this area, so I hope Master Wu can enlighten me.”
He added: “Master Wu, forgive me for saying something unpleasant, but right now, life is the priority: whether it's revenge or something else, without life, nothing else matters…”
Wuzhuo City let out a long sigh.
“Releasing this power…” Wuzhuo City felt truly reluctant. This was the Sword Qi: an indestructible weapon, with the might to slay the supreme: the ultimate trump card in finding the Nine Calamity Sword Master!
If it were gone, his strength would greatly diminish.
But, Chu Yang was right; without life, even if you possessed the Sword Qi, even if you had the complete Nine Calamity Sword, without life, you would just be a corpse!
Useless!
Wuzhuo City helplessly said: “But with my current strength, I can’t drive it out. Right now, this power is very agitated, and it seems it wants to break out on its own…” I can only wait for it to come out itself.”
“Once it comes out, how should we preserve this power?” Chu Yang asked thoughtfully.
“There’s no way to preserve it.” Wuzhuo City sighed: “Once it comes out, it will just go wherever it wants…”
Chu Yang said, “What a pity… such a powerful force.”
Wuzhuo City sighed deeply. A pity? If you knew what kind of power this was, you would feel it even more acutely!
Two more days passed, and Dong Wushang and the others had mostly healed, while Mo Qingwu had recovered significantly: Everyone except Wuzhuo City and Wu Qianqian had basically healed.
Of course, Fengyue's injuries had only shown some improvement, and he was still a long way from complete recovery.