Chapter 371 â The Cuckoo Body
Just as these words left her mouth, the quiet and exquisite girl was already having a hard time staying awake. Then, she fainted.
Gu Zuo was startled.
Just now, that black-clothed figure was the Ice Phoenix Goddess?
This was truly unexpected.
These two women were members of Jade Flame Valley. Although this quiet and exquisite girl seemed to treat the Ice Phoenix Goddess with great disapproval, they were fellow disciples. The Ice Phoenix Goddess shouldnât have gone so far as to murder because of this, right?
Besides that, what was the meaning of that warning before the girl lost consciousness? Could it be that the Ice Phoenix Goddess had plotted a conspiracy?
Gu Zuo recalled that he had always felt repelled by the Ice Phoenix Goddess, and his complexion couldnât help becoming a little serious. He tilted his head, and looked at Gongyi Tianheng: âBig brother, I think that we need to get a clear understanding of this matter.â
Tianheng faintly nodded his head: âDoes Ah Zuo have any methods that can treat her?â
Gu Zuo turned around, and looked at the remains of the cluster of ruined and haphazard withered rattan. His expression changed several times: âBeing nailed onto this withered rattan is her misfortune, but itâs also considered her good luckâŠâ
After he finished speaking, Gu Zuo swiftly arrived in front of that withered rattan. He reached out a hand, rummaged around the remains, and scooped out a section of the interior roots.
This thing looked like a fresh and green bamboo tube. Compared to the withered rattan, which had tumors growing all over its exterior, it wasnât known how many times better-looking this thing was. And inside this âbamboo tubeâ was a stone ovum the size of a chicken egg.
As it turned out, there was actually a stone ovum inside the withered rattan!
After Tianheng got closer, he raised an eyebrow and smiled: âSo itâs this thing.â
At this moment, Gu Zuo and Tianheng went through their recollections.
The name of this withered rattan was the Hundred-Tumors Bloodsucking Rattan. It was considered a strange phenomenon as well as a wondrous medicine produced by the leyline. However, this type of wondrous medicine was comparatively monstrous. The stone ovum was equivalent to its inner core, that section of tree roots that resembled a bamboo tube was its heart, and the vines were its method of self-protection. Even the Earth Worms that got close to guard it had all been devoured by this plant. After killing the Hundred-Tumors Bloodsucking Rattan, one would be able to extract the true wondrous medicine.
The Bloodsucking Rattan was naturally bloodthirsty. Since it was bloodthirsty, it was certainly fiendish and black-hearted. Though, as the saying went, yin was born from extreme yang, and yang was born from extreme yin. When malevolence reached extremes, the wondrous medicine that was produced would instead be an exceptionally good substance that was brimming with vitality â Not only did it have marvelous effects on martial artists, it was also useful to pharmacists!
Consequently, this wondrous medicineâs name was the Hundred-Spirits Revival Pearl.
As one cut open the stone ovum, the verdant pearl would be taken out and soaked in pure spring water. Once some time passed, the spring water would turn a bluish-green color. Then, it would become Hundred-Spirits Revival Water. This water could be refined into medicine or directly ingested. Of course, the pearl could also be directly refined into medicinal pills or swallowed whole, but that would be too much of a waste. Normally, when utilized in medicine, the pharmacist would use the Hundred-Spirits Revival Water. At most, a few specks of dust would be shaved off the pearl for refinement.
Gu Zuo took out the bamboo-like section of tree roots, and used a knife to cut a small hole. In a split second, verdant liquid within that bamboo tube rapidly flowed into his jade bottle. After all of the liquid ran out, he split apart the bamboo tube, extracted the stone ovum, and put it away.
Like the Thunderous Jade Liquid he initially obtained, this verdant liquid was formed through the condensation of emitted medicinal properties. The purity was very high, and it was also a type of first-rate derivative used in treatment. Its name was the Hundred-Spirits Revival Nectar. Its efficacy was a cut above the healing properties of Hundred-Spirits Revival Water, but it was somewhat inferior when compared to the dust shaved off the Hundred-Spirits Revival Pearl itself.
Gu Zuo carried the jade bottle containing the Hundred-Spirits Revival Nectar, and came next to that quiet and exquisite girl. He lowered himself to one knee, held her lower jaw, and forced her mouth open.
Tianheng: ââŠâ
Immediately following which, Gu Zuo extracted several drops of Hundred-Spirits Revival Nectar, and allowed them to drip into the girlâs mouth. After that, he let go of her jaw.
In a split second, the speed of blood loss at the site of the girlâs chest wound immediately slowed. One could see it coming to a halt with the naked eye. At this time, Gu Zuo unraveled the cloth strips that were used to bind her injury, and found that the huge wound was shrinking. It was healing swiftly.
At once, Gu Zuo stepped back, and used another set of clothes to cover the girlâs body.
Previously, he didnât think about it when there was a wound, but now⊠En, it was better to stay a little farther away.
The girlâs willpower was strong. Although she had lost a lot of blood and her complexion was pale, her qi emissions were already much more stable and placid than just a while ago. Perhaps, because she was anxious in her heart, it took less than ten minutes for her to regain consciousness! Afterwards, she looked at Gu Zuo and Tianheng.
After being dazed for a moment, the girlâs graceful eyes flashed with vigor. She remembered the matter just now, and she also recalled these two people.
Following that, the girl used all her willpower to say: âMany thanks to these two sirsâŠfor saving my life.â
Originally, she thought that she was going to die. But now, she could sense an extra burst of vitality within her body. She was a pharmacist, so it was naturally obvious that medicinal pills wouldnât have any effect on her. Only the refined juices of a small number of medicinal herbs could treat her injury. As for such medicinal herbs, they were all extremely precious. The fact that she was currently alive was due to the enormous kindness of these two people.
Gu Zuo waved a hand: âNever mind that. Before you lost consciousness, werenât you warning me and my big brother to be careful?â While he spoke, his expression was upright and proper, âYou have to tell us whatâs going on with the Ice Phoenix Goddess. Why did you tell us to be careful of her?â
After listening to this series of questions, the quiet and exquisite girlâs complexion changed slightly.
She seemed to struggle for a short while. In the end, she came to a decision, and showed a resolute expression: âIâve hidden this matter in my heart for a long time. Iâve always been careful about it, but the Ice Phoenix Goddess discovered that I knew her secret and moved to kill me⊠Although I escaped this time, who can say when Iâll end up dying at her hands? Rather than letting everyone be fooled by her disguise, itâs better that I tell these two sirs about the truth. If I die, I hope that these two sirsâŠâ
Whatever she hoped that they would do, the girl didnât finish telling them.
Did she want them to expose the secret? Did she want them to pay attention to their own matters? Or could it be that she simply didnât want the Ice Phoenix Goddess to live happily? No matter what, since she didnât say it clearly, maybe she herself didnât know which she wanted the most.
Presently, Gu Zuo and Tianheng only wanted to know what was going on.
Soon after, the quiet and exquisite girl straightened out her train of thought, and explained the entire sequence of events in great detail: âMy real name is Hua Lanruo. Iâm an orphan girlâŠâ
As mentioned previously, almost every day on the Central Continent, many clans and organizations would be overturned and lots of villages would be destroyed. Originally, Hua Lanruo was a member of a small family. When she was just two or three years old, the family was wiped out by enemies, and she was similarly going to die under such circumstances. But her mother had long made preparations, and thought of all kinds of methods to hide her so that she could survive.
Yet, in the end, she was just too young. Back then, she shouldâve froze to death amid the icy sky and snowy earth. Coincidentally, that timeâs Mu Baiyue and Mu Baizhi happened to come across her. Mu Baiyue wanted to save her. Mu Baizhi didnât object, so Hua Lanruo lived on.
At the same time, she became the playmate and future maidservant of the Mu Clan siblings, who were only two years older than her.
Hua Lanruo was detected to have the aptitude of a pharmacist. She hardly forgot that life-saving favor, and was loyal and devoted to the Mu Clan siblings. However, because it was Mu Baiyue who wanted to save her, she was more thankful to Mu Baiyue. Meanwhile, she treated Mu Baizhi with a little less enthusiasm. If there hadnât been any mistakes or accidents, her goal wouldâve been to become the two siblingsâ pharmacist. She wouldâve taken care of their health and made them into the most powerful martial artists.
Since childhood, Mu Baizhiâs temperament was cold and indifferent. As for Mu Baiyue, he was refined and courteous. Hua Lanruo treated both of them with the same reverence, and she felt that there was no one else in the world who was more outstanding than them.
Later on, Hua Lanruo realized that Mu Baizhiâs aptitude was better than that of Mu Baiyue. She possessed a prodigyâs potential. This was incredibly rare! Due to Mu Baizhiâs temperament, Hua Lanruo regarded her as a role model for women, and vowed to learn from her.
However, after finding out the truth, the previous reverence turned into disdain.
With Hua Lanruoâs performance, she gradually gained some trust. It was also because of an unexpected turn of events that Hua Lanruo heard some conversations and saw someone by accident.
At the time, Hua Lanruo was twenty years old and the Mu Clan siblings were twenty-two years old. The person she saw was a woman who had been imprisoned inside a secluded dungeon.
Hua Lanruo was shocked to discover that the young ladyâs features were exactly the same as that of Mu Baizhi!
In her mind, she subconsciously felt confused and overwhelmed. She sensed that she had stumbled upon an enormous secret.
When Gu Zuo listened to this part, he seemed a little nervous following her description.
The inner-workings of this secret really appeared to be out of the ordinary?
Hua Lanruo revealed a sneering smile: âAfterwards, I realized that Mu Baizhi actually had a special constitution. And her constitution is called the Cuckoo Body.â
Gu Zuo recited this term: âThe Cuckoo BodyâŠâ
Was this the same
cuckoo as the cuculidae family?
Generally speaking, the name of a physique could display a portion of the physiqueâs capabilities. In other words, the Cuckoo Body was the body of the cuculidae, so its abilities ought to have been related to the characteristics of the cuculidae family.
And the cuculidaeâs most well-known trait was that the mother bird would lay its eggs in the nests of other bird species. It wouldnât personally hatch the eggs. Rather, it made other birds do the work for free. If it was just this, then it wouldnât have mattered much. But for the sake of not being discovered, after hatching, the newly-born cuckoo would directly push the other bird eggs out of the nest. It would even push out the other hatched chicks to their deaths!
It harkened back to the old saying â âThe turtledove occupies the magpieâs nestâ.
A certain premonition grew in Gu Zuoâs heart.
Sure enough, that Hua Lanruo grimly laughed as she continued to talk: âOriginally, Mu Baizhi and Senior Sect Brother Mu were fraternal twins. After being born, Mu Baizhiâs aptitude had been satisfactory, but it was Senior Sect Brother Mu who had a special constitution. Merely, because Senior Sect Brother Mu was too young, his constitution couldnât be awoken yet. But this type of constitution already exhibited great power. In the future, once it was awakened, Senior Sect Brother Muâs potential wouldâve certainly shot straight to the level of a prodigy!â
Speaking up to here, her voice became embittered: âHowever, when the two of them were a month old, Mu Baizhiâs mouth unknowingly sprouted teeth, and she bit Senior Sect Brother Muâs finger. After she let go, they both fell unconsciousâŠâ
At this point, Hua Lanruo was practically gnashing her teeth.
âOnce they woke up again, Mu Baizhiâs aptitude suddenly increased, but it became impossible to awaken Senior Sect Brother Muâs special constitution!â
The volume of her voice rose. She almost couldnât bear it: âMu Baizhiâs innate talent was simply stolen from Senior Sect Brother Mu! She harmed her twin brother, but she still has the gall to wear that holy and inviolable look on her face!â
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