Atavismo

Capítulo 50

Zhao Longteng slapped his thigh: "Oh no, this is terrible."

Shi Xin asked, "What happened? Gu Feng lost too much blood last night. If he's not treated in time..."

Zhao Longteng suddenly roared, "What do you know? Gu Feng has the same blood as Master Zhengyang. The magical power hidden in him, and even the protective and life-saving Dragon Yang Qi, are all refined through his essence and blood over time. Now you're mixing this messy, unknown blood into him. Do you know that this isn't helping him, but rather completely crippling his cultivation and turning him into nothing more than meat on a chopping block? You're being a fool!"

Overwhelmed with anxiety, Shixin burst into tears: "I...I don't know..."

Zhao Longteng stood with his hands behind his back and raised his eyebrows: "Hmph, do you know how many innocent lives will be sacrificed for your perfunctory words? The ghost calamity is coming. If this old Taoist could stop it, what would be the loss of my old life? Now even Gu Feng, our only hope, has been completely destroyed by you!"

Shixin never imagined the consequences would be so severe. Overwhelmed with anxiety, regret, and self-reproach, she loosened her grip, and the two lunchboxes fell to the ground…

"I...I really didn't mean to..."

Seeing that Shi Xin was on the verge of collapse, Gu Feng quickly ran forward and hugged her tightly: "Shi Xin, it's okay, I don't blame you. Don't blame yourself. I know you were doing it for my own good. It was all unintentional."

Shi Xin nervously grabbed Gu Feng's hand: "Gu Feng, you have to believe me, I really didn't mean to hurt you, I really didn't know."

Gu Feng nodded heavily: "Yes, I believe you. Don't overthink it. I believe Grandpa was just anxious and used such a harsh tone. Don't blame him."

Zhao Longteng frowned and thought for a long time before finally saying in a calm tone, "Actually... there is a solution..."

Gu Feng quickly said, "Since there's a way, why blame Shi Xin like this!"

Zhao Longteng's eyes gleamed with compassion: "But this method... not only releases the foreign blood from your body, but also..."

Gu Feng noticed his hesitation and asked, "And what?"

"And it will also draw out half of the blood that was originally in your body."

Shi Xin said anxiously, "No, I had the doctor give Gu Feng a blood transfusion because he lost too much blood. Even if you drain all the transfused blood out of his body now, I'm afraid he won't be able to handle it. Will he lose half of the original blood again?... Gu Feng, no, you'll die if you do that!"

Looking at the nervous Shi Xin in his arms, Gu Feng smiled and said, "Don't worry, I'm no longer an ordinary human. It's not easy for me, Gu Feng, to die, let alone the Gu Feng of today."

"But...but..."

Gu Feng looked at her seriously and said, "Trust me!"

What more could Shi Xin say at this point? She looked at him with gentle eyes: "Okay, I believe you, but Gu Feng, if you disappoint me... you know what the consequences will be!" After saying that, she broke free from Gu Feng's hand and quickly disappeared at the end of the corridor. Gu Feng looked at the continuous stream of crystal tears along the way and kept saying in his heart: "Don't worry, I won't let you down, don't worry!"

Suddenly, Gu Feng felt someone grab the back of his collar and pull him up. Then, the scenery in front of him began to blur. He tried to flailing his arms and legs to no avail. He found himself tens of meters in the air, being pulled around by Zhao Longteng by the back of his collar and being thrown around rapidly towards Fengmo Mountain.

"I'm so dizzy. If so many things hadn't happened, I believe I still wouldn't be awake right now."

The cold wind howled against his face, and the ancient wind swirled around him, making him fear that his grandfather might accidentally fall from this height to the ground. Even a fool would know that it wouldn't be a good fall. He swallowed hard and said, "Grandpa, hold on tight!"

"Hehe, don't worry. Grandpa has been a dominant figure in the Daoist world for so many years. If he couldn't even hold onto a grandson and he fell to his death, wouldn't he be laughed at?"

"Why can't the method you just mentioned be done directly in the city? Why do we have to travel all the way up the mountain?"

"That method is dangerous, but the steps are simple. Your grandfather brought you back to the mountain because he knows your current Taoist skills are limited. Even if you fully understand your body's potential, it's all in vain if you don't know how to use it. Just like the foolish thing you did last night, you struggled so much to defeat those little devils who didn't mean to hurt you. You can't be flexible, you can't be flexible..."

"I can't think of any other way either; the Tai Chi mantra doesn't work on it."

"Anyway, they don't have time to hurt you. You can achieve the same effect by drawing a spell with cinnabar. Spending some time preparing things won't affect the overall situation. The saying 'sharpening the axe won't delay the work of chopping wood' is exactly the same principle. To put it another way, if those ghosts hadn't pointed their spears at you last night, would you have really just wasted your life to make them all die? Now that I think about it, was it worth it?"

A silly, old-fashioned smile.

"By the way, Grandpa, since those ghosts were determined to kill me and Shixin yesterday, how come they were alright in the end?"

Do you remember when you bumped into each other on the road?

Gu Feng nodded.

"Although your collision was unintentional, your righteous energy had already burst forth. The ghosts that blocked you were long ago destroyed by that righteous energy. As for the other little ghosts, they were just being manipulated. How could they be so foolish as to overestimate their abilities and offer themselves up to die?"

"Manipulated by someone? No wonder I was wondering how so many ghosts could have gathered together by chance. There really is a mastermind behind it all. Who is that person?"

"Grandpa was focused on you all yesterday, and that's when he learned about your situation. Does he really think I've become a god who knows everything?"

Amidst Gu Feng's awkward laughter, the Zhenglong Taoist Temple was already at their feet.

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