Eternal Life: I Have the Favor System

Chapter 423: Chapter 197: Martial Arts Inheritance, Blood Feud

Guo Wei called out to Eunuch Liu.

The White Tiger within his Dantian had grown faint, as if it had fallen into a deep slumber. It was clear that in tearing through the Black Snake Armor to kill the shadow, Guo Wei had paid a steep price.

WHOOSH!

"AHHH!"

Eunuch Liu shrieked as he charged toward the small river about a mile away.

"Master."

Just then, Chu Lingguang came over, dragging Xuanyuan Jinkang with him.

"Lin Guang, what happened to him?"

Guo Wei swept his Spiritual Sense over him and, finding Chu Lingguang unharmed, couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief. He then looked on in confusion at Xuanyuan Jinkang, who was heavily injured and being dragged over by the neck like a helpless chick.

"This bastard thought Eunuch Liu still wanted to take me as his disciple, so he ambushed me outside Liu Family Gully to try and kill me," Chu Lingguang explained.

"ROAR!"

At these words, the White Tiger in Guo Wei’s Dantian, which had seemed to be in a deep slumber, instantly awakened. A terrifying power erupted from Guo Wei’s body, as if he wanted to devour Xuanyuan Jinkang whole.

Xuanyuan Jinkang, who had been acting with the reckless abandon of one with nothing to lose, was now utterly panicked by this immense pressure. He looked at Guo Wei, his face a mask of terror, as if he were about to die from fright.

Guo Wei sighed softly.

Eunuch Liu had essentially saved both master and disciple tonight, so they both owed him a great debt of Favors. No matter how despicable Xuanyuan Jinkang was, their hands were tied. They could only hand him over to Eunuch Liu for judgment.

Of course, this was all on the condition that Chu Lingguang was unharmed.

"Eunuch Liu was poisoned by Celestial Fragrance Powder. He’s in the river trying to purge the poison. Let’s hurry and check on him."

Guo Wei kept his explanation brief as he led Chu Lingguang toward the small river.

As Guo Wei explained, Chu Lingguang learned that Celestial Fragrance Powder was a poison that could make a person lose their mind, causing hallucinations and driving them into a state of self-harm.

When the poison took effect, the victim would be thrown into a violent frenzy.

Besides a specific antidote, the only way to counteract it was to completely deplete one’s Inner Strength, endure the effects through sheer willpower, and force oneself to calm down by soaking in water.

"Eunuch Liu!"

A moment later, Chu Lingguang and Guo Wei reached the riverbank, where they saw Eunuch Liu floating on the surface like a corpse.

Were it not for their strong Spiritual Sense and powerful perception, which allowed them to detect his heartbeat and breathing, they would have thought Eunuch Liu was dead.

Countless fish now floated on the surface of the small river, injured by Eunuch Liu’s rampaging Inner Strength.

Eunuch Liu’s Inner Strength was laced with the poison.

He had to expel all of his power for the hallucinations to disappear and for him to fully calm down. fɾēewebnσveℓ.com

However, this process of unleashing his power had to be controlled. Otherwise, a single misstep could damage his meridians and vital organs.

The process was like a life-or-death battle, his Inner Strength pouring out uncontrollably. But Eunuch Liu was a True Martial Realm expert. His Qi Sea was vast, and the power in his Dantian had long been awakened. His Inner Strength seemed endless, and it took more than an hour before it was completely depleted.

As a result, Eunuch Liu was left utterly weakened, floating on the water, completely unable to move. In the end, Chu Lingguang had to get into the river and carry him out on his back.

"What are you doing here?"

After getting ashore, Eunuch Liu saw Xuanyuan Jinkang. He was so weak that he spoke in a faint, listless voice.

"He was worried about your safety, Eunuch, so he came to lend a hand," Guo Wei said proactively.

Eunuch Liu was completely weakened at that moment, his Inner Strength depleted. It wasn’t the right time to agitate him further; they could tell him the truth after he had recovered some strength.

Ultimately, Chu Lingguang carried Eunuch Liu back to the Martial Arts Hall to recuperate.

"HYAH!"

"Master Guo."

Just then, Mr. Du’s men arrived at the Martial Arts Hall. He had pulled some strings to dispatch a nearby unit: a Captain and his troops from South City.

Chu Lingguang saw two familiar faces among the soldiers. It was Qi Shiwei and Gao Yimu. Both were determined to succeed in the Provincial Martial Arts Examination in three months and were looking for ways to improve their strength. It was unclear what connections they had used, but they had managed to land a post in South City, deploying with the Captain’s men and guiding them all the way to the Martial Arts Hall.

Seeing that both Chu Lingguang and Guo Wei were unharmed, the two men breathed a slight sigh of relief. They knew that Chu Lingguang had been selected by Mr. Du to train in the Trial Ground, where he had emerged as the top candidate. His strength was now on a completely different level, and they were no match for him. Despite this, they still wanted to test their skills against him in the Provincial Martial Arts Examination.

They ended up taking the bodies of the several assassins from the Celestial Fragrance Pavilion and bidding a hasty farewell to Chu Lingguang.

After all, as garrison soldiers, even when leaving the city on official business, they had to return within a specified time and could not tarry for long.

Guo Wei brewed some medicinal tea for Eunuch Liu. He also took out the Great Returning Pill that Chu Lingguang had left for him and gave it to the eunuch.

Nourished by the medicinal tea and the Great Returning Pill, Eunuch Liu finally recovered a bit of his Qi Power, but he was still far from his peak condition.

His Inner Strength was completely depleted.

The full-force expulsion had lasted for over an hour; it would take at least an entire year for him to recover all of his Inner Strength.

And that was only because his Soft and Flexible Technique was exceptionally strong.

An ordinary person who depleted years of accumulated Inner Strength would often need several years to return to their peak condition.

One must understand that the Dantian is like a reservoir. The Inner Strength stored within it only ever increases, and when it reaches a certain point, a quantitative change leads to a qualitative transformation.

This is why a person’s Inner Strength is so crucial; it is the very foundation one relies on to break through bottlenecks.

Thus, the price Eunuch Liu paid to purge the poison by depleting his Inner Strength was unimaginable. Leaving aside the time it would take to re-accumulate it, the loss alone had caused him to age several years in an instant. By the time he fully recovered his Inner Strength, breaking through to the next realm would likely not be so easy.

Guo Wei understood this better than anyone.