Chapter 82: Bad News And Solutions
Jiang Ce lowered his head to look at the bandages on his body, then remembered that he had been seriously injured, but just like someone who had just been injured in a specific environment or in a state of extreme excitement, it was hard to notice the discomfort in his body, and only after relaxing would all kinds of senses feedback the information to the brain.
So after jumping down from the pit hiding the Corpse King in a relaxed state, that insignificant impact was like the last straw that broke the camel’s back, shattering the last fragile defense line of Jiang Ce’s body.
It was at that instant that he fainted, unconscious, not even knowing how he left, and even now that he had woken up, he still felt weak all over, unable to even break free from the bandages.
He looked around this not-small room, feeling it somewhat familiar, as if it was very similar to the Presidential Suite he stayed in in Yangcheng.
However, the information on the bedside stand indicated that he was now in Luocheng.
“That makes sense, it’s a chain.”
Jiang Ce breathed a sigh of relief. At this time, the extremely weak him used his hands, wrapped tightly, to prop himself up on the bedsheet, struggled to scoot back, padded two pillows under his waist and back, and comfortably leaned back.
However, he was still a bit puzzled why he had that kind of dream, and what exactly was in his head.
At that moment, the door was pushed open, and Lu Yun came in carrying medicine.
“Eh? You’re awake?”
Lu Yun said delightedly.
Jiang Ce stiffly lifted the quilt like a zombie: “What’s the situation here? Who bandaged me? Can someone explain why my feet are bandaged? It’s urgent, I need to use the toilet!”
Lu Yun put down the medicine, shook his head: “I don’t know, they just told me to look after you, you were already like this when I came, good thing you’re awake, I’ve taken two days off from work.”
“Took two days off? Holy crap! Didn’t I just get back?” Jiang Ce was dumbfounded.
“You’ve been lying there for two days, anyway, you stay put for now, I’ll go find Boss Tian.”
With that, Lu Yun trotted out happily.
Jiang Ce felt a bit strange. Even though his Righteous Qi had been scattered, the Golden Bell Shield could still be used normally, so logically the injury shouldn’t be serious, how could he have been lying there for two days?
Not long after, someone pushed open the door again. Tian Yongle entered but didn’t come in, instead standing respectfully by the door. Then Wei Lao and Xiao Lin entered one after another, Tian Yongle went out and closed the door.
“Wei Lao? Why are you here?” Jiang Ce was astonished.
Wei Lao “hmph”ed: “If I didn’t come, you’d be dead here, you know that?”
Seeing Jiang Ce puzzled, Xiao Lin explained: “You were injured too severely, I could only barely sustain your life, and overnight we found Wei Lao, that’s how we saved you. These past few days Wei Lao has stayed here without leaving.”
“Ah? Was my injury that serious? I felt fine at the time.”
“Felt fine? That’s because Righteous Qi protected your vital organs, otherwise with your capability, after taking a punch from the Heaven-Reaching Dharma Master, how could you be okay?”
Wei Lao angrily waved his hand wanting to hit Jiang Ce, but considering his current state, he resentfully withdrew his hand:
“Got some capability, huh, daring to clash with the Heaven-Reaching Dharma Master?”
At these words, Jiang Ce instead felt aggrieved: “He was in the dark, I was in the open, it wasn’t about whether I wanted to clash with him or not. If I had known there was a Heaven-Reaching Dharma Master, I would’ve run long ago.”
Wei Lao sighed: “You go out first.”
Jiang Ce pointed to his tightly bound legs: “Can’t move.”
“I said, Xiao Lin!”
“Oh.”
After Xiao Lin left, Wei Lao sat on the edge of the bed and said seriously: “Your current situation is very dangerous. Your Righteous Qi has been scattered, like rootless duckweed, without roots and stems, thus without a source of power, unable to improve further, but what is maintaining the stability of your vital organs is precisely those shattered pieces of Righteous Qi.
If I disperse them, without follow-up power, your vital organs will fail, but if I don’t disperse them, you can’t generate new Righteous Qi.”
Jiang Ce was first stunned. From this, it seemed Wei Lao had already examined the situation inside his body, but found nothing unusual.
“Then what to do?” Jiang Ce played dumb, asking blankly.
Wei Lao, unaware, continued: “Two ways. The first is to go to the Celestial Master’s Mansion, find the Old Celestial Master, get his Five Thunder Pill, refine this portion of stale Righteous Qi to reforge your body and regain vitality, then cultivate anew. The second is to abandon the Confucian Path, let it go.
Besides these two ways, even Cao Gong can’t solve it.
Although I said your current situation is very dangerous, actually I’m saying it considering your future path. Compared to others, you have taken all the advantages.
Because this portion of residual Righteous Qi has, by a stroke of luck, fused as one with your vital organs, it can to a certain extent make your body’s toughness stronger than others, and your body can hold more Spiritual Energy, so your Cultivation will naturally be more profound.
So even if you abandon the Confucian Path, for you it’s just lowering the upper limit, and at the present stage it’s not a bad thing.”
Hearing this, Jiang Ce fell into contemplation, then raised his head: “Ah?”
Seeing Jiang Ce like his brain had been smashed and he completely didn’t understand, Wei Lao took a deep breath, steadied his emotion, and tried to explain more gently: “That is, either go find the Old Celestial Master to see if he can save you, or abandon the Confucian Path. Although the upper limit will be lower, it won’t make you weaker now.”
“Then is the Old Celestial Master saving me or harming me?”
Wei Lao finally couldn’t hold back and flew into a rage: “Of course saving you! If the Old Celestial Master is willing to help, on top of the latter you can further strengthen, and continue cultivating the Confucian Path. Do you get it now?!”
“Got it.” Jiang Ce nodded and said with a fawning smile: “Wei Lao don’t be angry, I’m just slow to react from the injury. So where to find the Old Celestial Master?”
“Celestial Master’s Mansion! You weren’t listening to me at all!”
Ah? So you did mention it just now?
Jiang Ce smiled even more fawningly: “Then could I trouble Wei Lao to introduce me?”
Wei Lao knew right away what Jiang Ce was planning, waved his hand: “I can’t introduce you. The Old Celestial Master sometimes doesn’t even give Cao Gong face. If you don’t catch his eye, even Cao Gong’s introduction is useless.”
Jiang Ce drew in a sharp breath: “His Cultivation is higher than Cao Gong’s?”
“Not as good as Cao Gong, about the same as me.”
“Then” Jiang Ce asked strangely: “Cao Gong tolerates him not giving face? Never had the Gatekeeper target the Celestial Master’s Mansion? Suppress them or something?”
“What exactly do you think the Gatekeeper and Cao Gong are”
“Uh, right, we’re the light of the righteous path.”
Wei Lao suddenly felt a bit tired. If not for his half-mentor-disciple relationship with Jiang Ce and seeing him as a promising junior, he wouldn’t want to say another word to him.
“Anyway” Jiang Ce gave an awkward laugh: “Thanks to Wei Lao for the guidance. Once my injury is better, next time I get a chance I’ll take leave to give it a try.”
“No.” But Wei Lao shook his head: “You need to leave Luocheng immediately. Even if you don’t go to the Celestial Master’s Mansion, you still have to leave as soon as possible.”
I originally planned to do something fun for the New Year, but I didn’t expect it to be too abstract, and surprisingly many readers thought it was an anti-theft chapter, so I felt bad about it. I was planning to rest for a day, but got out of bed to write another chapter. This time it’s really my fault for not understanding these things. I should have put it in the free ones. In the future, when I do this kind of thing, I’ll put it in free chapters as extras for everyone to read for free. Apologizing again to everyone. Tomorrow I’ll also add a free chapter of about the same length as compensation.
