Chapter 1050: Beyond Cure, Only Ten Years Left?
Xiao Chen’s interest plummeted, and he considered leaving. He was still very confident in his body. There would not be any internal injuries or hidden injuries.
Since he could not see this girl’s face, there was no point in continuing to queue here.
“It is your turn. What are you doing, standing over there in a daze?” A melodious voice rang out.
Just as Xiao Chen was thinking, he suddenly discovered that the queue in front was already gone. The various outstanding talents all looked at the distracted him with unhappy expressions, believing he was someone who had come to cause trouble.
Some of these gazes carried a faint baleful aura. If Xiao Chen was really here to cause trouble, they would not mind teaching him a lesson.
Xiao Chen smiled bitterly to himself and could only walk forward. Otherwise, there would be some small trouble.
He stepped forward and held out his wrist. A red thread that carried some fragrance flew out of the pavilion with a ‘whoosh.’ Then, it wrapped itself around his wrist.
Xiao Chen’s gaze followed the red thread. A screen blocked his line of sight. Even his Spiritual Sense could only see a fog, unable to make out the appearance of the Holy Daughter through it.
He felt a cooling energy circulate in his body before the red thread returned. The diagnosis was complete.
However, outside of everyone’s expectations, the young ladies at the sides did not come out even after a long time. No one came out to tell Xiao Chen the diagnosis or give him a Medicinal Pill or Alchemic Recipe.
The others whispered, not knowing what was going on. However, Xiao Chen remained very calm. He simply did not have any internal or hidden injuries. How could she give him a Medicinal Pill or Alchemic Recipe?
“Sorry to interrupt. It looks like there is no problem with my body. There are no hidden injuries or deep-seated problems.”
Xiao Chen gave the pavilion a deep look. Then, he performed a cupped-fist salute and prepared to leave. He was just here to join the festivities, and there was nothing much to see. Naturally, he did not need to remain any longer.
“Haha! You are really interesting. The Holy Daughter says that you are beyond cure; even a divine doctor cannot save you. We were just hesitating on whether to tell you or not,” one of the young ladies said with a tender voice and a smile, speaking words that Xiao Chen absolutely did not expect.
Beyond cure? How can that be?!
Xiao Chen already tempered and ground his physical body many times, suffering much torment and pain. He had consumed over a hundred drops of Dragon Marrow and attained a peak Rank 4 Sage Body.
How could he be beyond cure, even to the point where a divine doctor could not save him?
“Young Master, you still have ten years to live. If you have any wishes or aspirations, you should complete them quickly.” The pretty maidservant who spoke earlier continued speaking softly, her face filled with pity.
Xiao Chen found it somewhat funny. This was getting increasingly ridiculous. They even gave a conclusion of having only ten years left.
It looked like the Lunar Palace’s Holy Daughter was only so skilled. The so-called outstanding talents before the pavilion were just empty vessels, not worth mentioning.
Perhaps there were no true experts in the entire Heavenly Starry Ocean. At least in the same generation, there was no one shining as brightly.
“How unfortunate! This white-clad person is so young and is already a grandmaster-level Martial Sage. He is clearly an outstanding talent of a Noble Clan, a top-rate hero. Unexpectedly, he has only ten years to live.”
“Haha! A top-rate hero? Who knows, he might have tried to help the shoots grow by pulling them upward, applying this in his cultivation and not following the principle of gradual progress. This must have resulted in a deep-rooted problem. He did not even know it and ran over to the Lunar Palace’s Holy Daughter to join the festivities.”
[TL Note: Try to help the shoots grow by pulling them upward: This is a Chinese idiom for ruining success by being too impatient for success. This idiom originates from a story about a farmer who planted rice. In a rush to make the rice grow faster, he pulled the plant out of the field slightly, making it taller. However, this resulted in the roots not being deep, and the entire field died out.]
“That’s true. Based on his appearance, he does not seem to be here to treat his illness. He probably thinks that his cultivation is pretty good and expects to gain the interest of the Holy Daughter. Who would have imagined that the Lunar Palace’s Holy Daughter would see his hidden injury with one glance.”
“That serves him right!”
The cultivators in the queue mostly displayed schadenfreude. When seeing a cultivator that was far more excellent than themselves having less than ten years to live, they definitely felt somewhat happy.
“I wonder, where did this white-robed person come from? He looks like a scholar. He could be from the scholarly Noble Clans near the Heavenly Province Academy.”
“I never heard of such a person coming from the Heavenly Province Academy or the more prestigious scholarly Noble Clans. He is probably just from a small clan.”
“That should be so. I can’t make out any Righteous Qi from him. His clan probably treated him as an abandoned experiment, and he still does not know it himself, thinking that he could become a dragon in one leap.”
Now, the crowd blathered all sorts of things, apparently believing the Lunar Palace’s Holy Daughter’s diagnosis. Since the Holy Daughter said there were only ten years left, Xiao Chen would live for only ten years.
Four youths in front of the pavilion were all taking joy in Xiao Chen’s misfortune. They could tell with one glance that he was not really here to seek treatment.
These youths felt that Xiao Chen’s true motive was like theirs, wanting to get close to the Lunar Palace’s Holy Daughter.
Xiao Chen closed the folding fan in his hand and smiled faintly. Then, he prepared to turn around to leave.
“Young Master, please wait up. The Holy Daughter still has things to tell you. If you are willing to cripple your cultivation and become an ordinary person, we can lend the Lunar Palace’s Longevity Art to Young Master to read, guaranteeing you will live to a hundred years old.”
Xiao Chen originally still had a smile on his face. Now, his expression completely sank. They were really incessant.
These people really can say anything. Now, they actually want me to cripple my own cultivation.
What nonsense! Would you restrain yourself a little?
Xiao Chen stopped walking and turned around, opening his white fan again.
“Young Master, have you made your decision? If you are willing to cripple your cultivation, we can let Young Master view three chapters of the Lunar Palace’s Longevity Art.” The girl who spoke earlier thought that Xiao Chen had changed his mind when she saw him turn around.
The girl repeated what she said earlier. She had a gentle tone, but there was a sense of superiority and pride in her attitude.
She acted as if it was a great grace and benevolence to let Xiao Chen view three chapters of the Longevity Art.
Xiao Chen smiled and said, “Actually, I am quite well versed in medicine as well. The Holy Daughter felt my pulse and concluded that I have only ten years left to live. It would be rude not to reciprocate. Let me help the Holy Daughter feel your pulse, to check if your mind has been addled. At such a young age, you are already spouting nonsense.”
With these words, everyone’s expression immediately changed greatly. The Lunar Palace’s Holy Daughter was of such a noble state, possessing a high repute, yet Xiao Chen actually doubted her and spoke rudely to her.
You were shown grace to save your life. It’s one thing if you don’t reciprocate, yet you turn around and slander the Holy Daughter!
“What great boldness! Where did this rude fellow come from? He should look at where he is first before coming and behaving atrociously.”
Of the four outstanding talents standing in front of the pavilion, the youth with a darker complexion and dressed in blue drew his sword in anger. Then, he charged at Xiao Chen while emitting a strong killing Qi.
The other outstanding talents were slower to react. They could not help but curse this fellow in their hearts for being too crafty. Such a great opportunity to show off, and this fellow actually snatched it.
Without hesitating further, these other three charged at Xiao Chen simultaneously.
“Haha! These are the four strongest youths of our Purple Cloud Island. With them attacking together, this fellow is dead for sure.”
“It will be good if he dies. He even dares to be rude to the Holy Daughter. It serves him right!”
“After all, he cannot live for more than ten years. He will be dying sooner or later; there is no difference.”
“Those from small clans are indeed country bumpkins. They have not seen the world before and think that being a grandmaster-level Martial Sage is incredible. They do not know that the strength of grandmaster-level Martial Sages varies. There are plenty of such young grandmaster-level Martial Sages like him in our Southern Sea.”
The young girl who advised Xiao Chen frowned at first when she saw the four outstanding talents of Purple Cloud Island projecting strong killing Qi. However, she did not say anything in the end; Xiao Chen’s words were simply overboard.
It turned out that these were local cultivators of Purple Cloud Island. No wonder even though they were grandmaster-level Martial Sages, they were not even comparable to the elite disciples of the Sun Palace to Xiao Chen.
Indeed, the strength of grandmaster-level Martial Sages varied. However, the four before Xiao Chen clearly belonged to the weakest group. No matter where they went, any grandmaster-level Martial Sage would be able to beat them to the ground and force them to beg for mercy.
The ones that did not know the heights of the sky and the depths of the sea were actually these four.
As Xiao Chen opened his fan, he did not use his strength as a quasi-Emperor but only that of a grandmaster-level Martial Sage.
The instant he opened the fan, frost spread out from his feet. White snowflakes drifted down from the sky, looking crystalline and transparent.
The proud snow bullies the frost. The thousand blades of frost do not submit, showing their pride and revealing their sharpness!
Xiao Chen swung the folding fan, and a thousand frost saber Qi soared from the ground, sweeping out with a pride that was obstinate and unbending.
The four Purple Cloud Island outstanding talents charging over were the first to bear the brunt of the saber Qi, sustaining cuts all over. Their auras scattered, and they fell miserably to the ground. When they touched their injuries, they screamed in anguish, feeling a pain that made them want to die.
The young ladies on the sides also received a similar impact. The saber Qi knocked them back, and they retreated in a fluster.
If Xiao Chen had not held himself back, this wave of Thousand Frost Battle Snow would have eliminated everyone before him.
However, he held no great grudge. It was just some nonsensical words, and yet the other side expected him to be deeply grateful for it. So, he just wanted to vent his frustration; he did not think of killing them at all.
While everyone was busy trying to block, Xiao Chen closed his folding fan and transferred it to his left hand. Then, he casually plucked a strand of long hair with his right.
He flicked his finger, and the hair infused with a boundless saber Qi flickering with a crystalline light shot out. Then with an unparalleled aura, it extended to the screen in the pavilion.
An elegant girl with a fairy-like appearance, looking as ethereal as the moon, sat behind the screen at a beautiful, red wood table. She was dressed in pure-white clothes that resembled the color of pristine snow.
The Lunar Palace’s Holy Daughter did not panic. The red thread in her hands shot out in a thousandth of a second, pierced through the screen, and clashed with Xiao Chen’s strand of hair.
“Bang!”
The two collided. To the surprise of the white-clad girl, the hair pierced through her red thread like it was splitting bamboo and splintered the thread.
A strong saber intent spread out in all directions. In that instant, all the vases and small trees in the pavilion, as well as all sorts of exquisite decorations, shattered into powder.
However, the white-clad girl could tell that Xiao Chen had held back. Otherwise, it would not be just these vases shattering but the entire pavilion.
When the shock of the white-clad girl passed, she discovered that this strand of hair had already wound itself around her wrist.
When the beautiful middle-aged lady with a strong aura hidden in the shadows behind saw that, she wanted to make a move and break this strand of hair.
However, the white-clad girl smiled and waved her hand to forestall the middle-aged lady.
After a while, an icy cold Qi flowed into the girl’s body through the hair and swam about her body to the various acupoints to investigate, focusing on several acupoints of the brain.
The girl was secretly astonished. She observed the path that the cold Qi took and the positions. This was clearly a highly advanced pulse-taking method. Furthermore, she found that it was quite different from her current skills.