aircannonsinc Chapter 209: Trading one's life for another's
Chapter 209: Trading one's life for another's
Three hours passed quickly.
Qiqi was in Hutao's clutches, suffering terribly. She could only look at the man in black with sparkling eyes and pitiful look.
Mo Ran was helpless as he looked at his disciple who was about to cry. After all, he could not move. If he tried to persuade him with kind words, it would only encourage the evildoers. If he forced them to stop, they would only get deeper and deeper. There was nothing he could do.
The man in black was also angry, so he had to control the wheelchair and slowly turn around.
Qiqi pursed her lips and could only say angrily: "Humph~Hutao, have you touched enough?"
Squeak.
The door to the inner room was slowly opened. Kong awkwardly put down his hand that was about to knock on the door. A Yu jumped over from the side and hurried to the bed to see his father's condition.
Bai Zhu explained the situation to him, while Kong came to the two people who were still stuck together, raised one hand to support his chin, and watched with interest.
In the sight, Hu Taoruyu's legs were wrapped around Qi Qi's petite body, and both hands moved at the same time, one hand pressing Qi Qi's head against her body, and the other hand rubbing her soft hair.
"Hehehe~ Qiqi, hehe!" Hu Tao let out an unknown laugh, his face full of satisfaction, as if he was floating in ecstasy.
Mo Ran heard this and felt pain in his heart. He murmured to himself, "My innocent disciple is gone, gone, all gone!"
"Well, Hu Tao, it's time to let me go." Qi Qi glanced at me sideways and said with disdain, gritting her teeth.
Walnut smiled playfully: "How can I let go of such a touching toy? I don't want to be a fool who ruins this precious thing!"
Mo Ran sighed slightly, his eyes were lifeless, as dark as ink, and his heart was dead. However, if his disciples were rescued, he would be able to recover immediately.
Bai Zhu glanced at the patient on the couch who needed to be relieved of the acupuncture, walked to the corner, and advised: "Master Hu, I'm sure my master wouldn't want to see it..."
"Alright, alright, at this time, you actually bring up my great uncle to pressure me." Hu Tao reluctantly let go of her hands and feet, as if she was about to face death. "Qiqi, go, don't miss me, or I'll be sad!"
"Oh." Qiqi turned around, walked away quickly, went to the bedside and started to remove the needle.
Hu Tao, with an exaggerated expression, said in great sorrow: "No, Qiqi! You are so heartless. Is our relationship of many years so fragile? Why..."
"Because you're too noisy!" Mo Ran turned the wheelchair around and said suddenly.
"Ah, sir, that's wrong." Hu Tao stood up, folded his arms in front of him, shook his head and said, "The so-called nature is to return to simplicity and nature, and it would be best to return to youth."
"How many people in the world are there like me who have gone through many ups and downs, learned a lot, and still maintained a childlike innocence?"
Mo Ran was speechless, Bai Zhu was silent, and Kong wanted to speak but Changsheng beat him to the punch. The silver snake said in a muffled voice: "That's because you are too heartless!"
Hu Tao was not annoyed, and laughed: "In life, be content with what you have!"
Changsheng snorted twice and said no more.
Kong then asked, "So how come Bai Shu's master is Hu Tao's great uncle? This funeral attendant becomes a rescuer, which should be impossible no matter how you look at it!"
Kurumi exclaimed in surprise, and said, "Didn't I tell you that the Hall of Rebirth was originally established to fight against the resentment of the devil after his death."
"It's been a long time." Kong smiled awkwardly, because he had indeed forgotten a little. After all, it was impossible to associate such a hall master with such a lively personality with heavy work.
Hu Tao groaned and said nonchalantly, "Then we have to start from the beginning. These are all old stories. In ancient times, the devils were causing chaos. In order to maintain the boundary between life and death, our ancestors began to purify the air and burn corpses."
"Although this business of dealing with the resentment of demons no longer exists, the means of identifying the remnants of demons have at least been passed down."
"And Bai Shu's master is my grandfather's younger brother, my great uncle, who was the second in command of the Wangsheng Hall back then."
The more Kong listened, the more confused he became. He then asked, "But how could someone from Wangsheng Hall become Bai Zhu's master?"
Hu Tao said slowly: "My grandfather told me that when they were young, they traveled together and met a pharmacist in Chenyu Valley."
"I don't know what kind of magic the pharmacist cast on my uncle. He suddenly abandoned his family business and went to study medicine."
"Grandpa and great uncle had a big fight, but they still couldn't persuade him." Hu Tao sighed and continued, "Later, grandpa inherited Wangsheng Hall, and great uncle stayed in Chenyu Valley to practice medicine. They didn't keep in touch until they got old."
Changsheng snorted twice and complained: "The funeral attendant has become a doctor. It really is God's will."
Hu Tao did not reply, with a hint of sadness in her eyes. Perhaps she would only calm down briefly when she mentioned her grandfather.
Sora's doubts did not diminish, but instead deepened. "We just had different ideas from the beginning, but it shouldn't be like this, right?"
"If it was an ordinary doctor, it would be fine. After all, Wangsheng Hall was originally doing work similar to that of doctors." Hu Tao's eyes flashed, and he glanced at Changsheng and smacked his lips and said, "But my grandfather said that the pharmacist they met back then had an unpleasant aura all over his body."
"The method used by Chen Yugu to cure illnesses and save lives is even more contrary to the theory of life and death!"
"Is it against life and death?" Kong followed Hu Tao's gaze and looked at Changsheng.
Hu Tao raised his eyebrows, like a bad guy who kidnapped a child, and said cunningly: "I can't tell you the details. Grandpa only knew the general idea back then, and Bai Zhu has always been wary of me."
"But this also shows that there is probably some secret in their lineage."
She closed her eyes slightly, staring at the green-haired man, and said, "Also, Bai Shu seems to have a strong obsession with the so-called immortality. I wonder if this has anything to do with the secret?"
Although Kong remained calm on the surface, he was actually shocked in his heart. The possibility of immortality was a huge temptation for anyone.
Changsheng's eyes were full of resentment, and he said indignantly: "Don't talk nonsense if you don't understand! This is the fate that Chen Yugu must go through, you..."
"What Hall Master Hu said is indeed true." Bai Zhu raised his hand to comfort Changsheng and said softly, "Tell them, it's okay."
Changsheng pondered for a while, looked doubtfully at Qiqi who was still undoing the needle, then looked at the man in black who could not move and could only tremble slightly, and said slowly:
"Including Bai Shu and his master, all my successive contractors died young. This is a very long story."
Bai Zhu sighed and said, "At that time, malaria was raging in the world. A pharmacist made a great wish to eradicate the suffering in the world. However, even if mortals have a kind heart and magical powers, they can't fight against the ravages of natural disasters."
"Even the people closest to me have fallen ill, and will have to say goodbye to the pharmacist." Bai Zhu's face showed bitterness, as if he was thinking of his own almost similar situation. The candlelight in his eyes flickered slightly.
"Legend has it that deep in the mountains of Chenyu Valley lives a Medicine King who can cure all diseases. The Medicine Master went to the mountain alone, but he only found a white snake with exhausted power and weak breath in the mountain."
Changsheng spit out his snake tongue and said, "At that time, I was not yet a human pupil. I said to the kind-hearted pharmacist: Sign the contract and live with me, and I will teach you the secret method of saving people. But you must not forget that this method will eventually harm yourself."
Bai Shu continued, "The pharmacist used methods beyond those of ordinary people to reverse life and death and summon miracles, but separation still came unexpectedly. It's just that those who passed away...became the pharmacist who had exhausted his vitality."
"Finally, the pharmacist passed the contract to his last patient, who was also his favorite disciple. The pharmacist decided to use his own life to save more lives."
"It has been like this for generations!" Bai Zhu's eyes were filled with reminiscence as he murmured the last letter left by his master. "Since I inherited the contract, I have always believed in the path chosen by previous generations and the path I will follow in the future."
"Until I wanted to use this method to cure a...relative of my younger generation, she begged me not to harm her life any further, saying that this was an evil method of drinking poison to quench thirst, and that this was a poisonous technique that went against the laws of nature."
"She said that she was unwilling to sacrifice one of her loved ones in exchange for the life of another. It was then that I remembered that when my teacher passed away, the pain in my heart was no different from that of the family members at his bedside."
"The lives lost prematurely due to this contract are worth saving. Is this contract a medicine or a poison to us?"
"The time I have left is not enough to get an answer. I entrust this question and my longevity to you. I hope you can find a prescription to cure this disease."
Changsheng couldn't help but say sadly: "Time and again, no matter how I reminded them and helped them mediate, I couldn't change the outcome."
"What about you? Do you have the answer now?" Changsheng asked slowly, looking at the symbiotic man.
Bai Zhu spread his hands and asked knowingly, "If I give up the contract and there is no one to coexist with, what will you do?"
"Well, there will probably be only a little time left. I will go back to Yaojun Mountain and have a good sleep." Changsheng circled around Baishu, and finally came to his outstretched hand, looked at him from a distance, and said calmly: "Then you can go to see my old friends, your ancestors!"
"Then there's no need to think about it anymore." Bai Zhu's eyes were sharp, and his voice was soft but firm. He said, "Since there is a life worth saving right in front of me, and I know how to save it, why shouldn't I save it?"
"It's the same answer again..." Changsheng murmured to herself. In fact, she wanted Bai Zhu to give up on her. Although this would cause many difficult and complicated diseases and would be incurable, at least Bai Zhu could live and die of old age.
But since Bai Zhu was the chosen one, he naturally had a kind heart and was even obsessed with immortality, hoping to use this to prevent others from suffering the same fate as himself and his masters.
He is a kind person and a qualified pharmacist, but when he was busy taking care of his patients, he forgot to think about himself and the feelings of his relatives and friends...