Free Web NovelChapter 2050: Chapter 2050: Finally Awake! Bone Qi Extracted! Will This Be Okay?
A few days later.
The lone Underworld Ghost Ship continued to rise and fall amidst the waves, sailing steadily and aimlessly.
Meanwhile, Mu Jinyu still hadn’t awoken from his coma.
This left Wang Qingxue, who had been taking care of him, deeply worried.
During this time, Mu Jinyu had bouts of fever and vomiting, making it seem like something was seriously wrong.
Finally, one day, Mu Jinyu let out a low moan and slowly opened his eyes.
His expression was incredibly weak.
"Jinyu? You’ve finally woken up?"
Wang Qingxue was just about to fetch some medicinal herbs and elixir to nourish Mu Jinyu’s soul when she saw him suddenly wake up, filled with surprise and joy.
Mu Jinyu, regaining consciousness, felt completely powerless, as if his bones had been removed.
With a great effort, he barely managed to lift a hand to support his head but still felt as though his head was splitting with pain.
"So much pain!"
"Am I... not dead?"
Mu Jinyu murmured, still unclear about the situation.
Seeing him, Wang Qingxue quickly began to recount the events of the day to him in detail.
Listening to her chatter at first, Mu Jinyu couldn’t really focus, his head buzzing.
However, after Wang Qingxue repeated the story several times, Mu Jinyu finally understood what she meant.
He understood that the skeletal figure seemed to have extracted something from him before riding the waves away, and that they hadn’t encountered any dangers while on the Underworld Ghost Ship.
Once Mu Jinyu understood, he gestured to Wang Qingxue to stop, indicating he understood.
Wang Qingxue then stopped talking about it and quickly asked about Mu Jinyu’s condition. Did he need anything? Could she help in any way?
Mu Jinyu, feeling overwhelmed, questioned how such a cold and aloof woman suddenly became so talkative, waved his hand and said, "Do me a favor then!"
"What favor?" Wang Qingxue asked eagerly.
Mu Jinyu took a slight breath and replied, "Shut up!"
"Ah?"
The excitement on Wang Qingxue’s face froze upon hearing Mu Jinyu’s words.
Feeling a bit wronged, she nodded in agreement, "Okay! I’ll shut up then."
She understood Mu Jinyu’s point and did not resent him.
After all, Mu Jinyu had barely survived a perilous situation, feeling extremely uncomfortable, and listening to her chatter must have been hard to bear.
It was her own lack of consideration.
It was also due to her excitement caused by Mu Jinyu’s awakening that led to such thoughtlessness.
Once Wang Qingxue finally stopped speaking, Mu Jinyu felt less pain in his head.
He then recalled Wang Qingxue’s words about their magic treasures becoming usable again following the skeleton’s departure.
Had Ming returned?
Thinking of this, Mu Jinyu moved quickly to call out to Ming, "Ming? Are you there?"
"I am!" Ming responded, his tone somewhat complex.
"Why was I unable to communicate with you earlier? Was it because of that skeleton?" Mu Jinyu asked.
Ming answered, "Yes, it was because of it. This skeleton’s power was close to the King Realm, it’s very likely that it was a King-level presence in its lifetime!"
"A King, indeed!"
Upon hearing Ming’s response, Mu Jinyu fell silent momentarily.
This was too unattainable.
No wonder he had no means to resist when facing that skeleton.
That’s why.
"By the way..."
After a while of silence, Mu Jinyu suddenly thought of his current physical weakness and recalled Wang Qingxue mentioning that the skeleton seemed to have extracted something from his body, so he hurriedly asked Ming.
At the moment, he was incredibly weak, even unable to wield his divine sense, otherwise, he wouldn’t need to ask Ming; a sweep of his soul would reveal his body’s ailments.
Ming replied in a complicated tone, "It’s... it’s the Earth Emperor’s Bone Qi!"
"Earth Emperor Bone Qi?!"
Mu Jinyu was taken aback by this answer.
But then, thinking it over, although unexpected, it was reasonable.
After all, he didn’t have many good things on him, just the Earth Emperor’s Tome and two divine plants.
But he remembered feeling as if something inside him had been extracted.
At one point, he thought perhaps his bloodline had been extracted.
But then he reasoned, it’s just a skeleton, why would it need his bloodline?
So the remaining Earth Emperor Bone Qi within his body was the biggest attraction for it.
Although Mu Jinyu inherited the Earth Emperor’s Bone Qi, he hadn’t fully digested it, with a large portion remaining dormant within him.
He often channeled it out using the White Bone Sword Dragon Slash.
This was because his cultivation level was too low to refine so much of the Earth Emperor’s Bone Qi.
But he never thought the Earth Emperor’s Bone Qi would be so enticing to the skeleton, could it be...
Was the skeleton a human in its lifetime?
Otherwise, other races should not be able to inherit the Human Emperor Bone Qi.
It cannot be that due to the skeleton’s power, it could forcibly inherit the Human Emperor’s Bone Qi!
This was akin to when many kings and emperors of foreign races came to Cangyan State, none of them could do anything about the Earth Emperor’s remains.
If possible, even though the Earth Emperor’s remains gave all its Bone Qi to him, its remains wouldn’t have utterly collapsed, indicating there was still some Earth Emperor Bone Qi left in them!
If it could, those Foreign Supremes would have taken it long ago.
"Has the Earth Emperor Bone Qi been taken?"
Mu Jinyu murmured, his expression changing, quickly asking Ming, "With my body so weak now, could it be... the skeleton didn’t just take the part of the Earth Emperor Bone Qi inside me that hadn’t been refined, but also extracted the portion I had refined?"
"That’s what happened..." Ming replied helplessly.
When the situation suddenly happened, Ming wanted to help Mu Jinyu avoid this disaster, but ultimately it was not the Earth Emperor’s Tome at its peak, and against such terrifying skeleton, it stood no chance.
"No wonder!!"
Mu Jinyu sighed, his voice weak.
Ming comforted him, "Actually, there’s no need to worry so much about it, everything’s fine, and it might even turn out to be a blessing in disguise!"
"What do you mean?" Mu Jinyu asked casually, lacking energy.
Ming answered, "The Earth Emperor Bone Qi is indeed good, it can transform your root bone, expanding your potential, enhancing your talent!"
"But no matter how good it is, after all, it isn’t cultivated by you, nor is it your Bone Qi..."
Mu Jinyu found Ming’s words somewhat reasonable.
Something not belonging to oneself, indeed, at first it could be very useful, but eventually, it might become a burden.
Ming continued, "It’s quite similar to the bloodlines of foreign races. I know you have conquered many foreign race bloodlines within you, you can use these bloodlines to aid cultivation, at the early stage, progression would be quicker than cultivating humanity path, but as for the later stage, you know the outcome!"
"The Earth Emperor Bone Qi has similar rationale, even if you hadn’t faced this misfortune, once you reach a certain level in cultivation, I would suggest you remove the Earth Emperor Bone Qi!"
"I see. So with my current situation, will there be any major issues?" Mu Jinyu asked.
He was genuinely worried about being completely ruined due to his extreme weakness.
Ming replied, "No need to worry, you can resolve it by running the Human Emperor Technique through several Zhou Tian cycles!"
