Blue Phoenix

by Tinalynge

  Chapter 383 - Mother

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  Chapter 383: Mother

  Chapter 383 – Mother

  “Lao greets Mother,” Lao said as he bowed deeply to her. His eyes twinkled like small stars as he glanced at the crimson-faced young woman. Seeing her older brother greet Wang Ju Long, Jo quickly mimicked him. She bowed deeply and greeted her new mother. Jo was even more excited about getting a mother than Lao.

  When they were small children and living alone, Lao often told Jo stories about mothers. A mother was a person who would do anything for their children. A mother was someone who would protect their kids. A mother was warm and loving. She would give her life for her children.

  These were all stories Lao told Jo in their darkest hours. When they were hungry or cold, when they were lonely or sad; that was the time when Lao would tell Jo about how wonderful it was to have a mother, and both of them had dreamt of the day that their mother found them.

  Only, she had never shown up. Instead, Hui Yue appeared and gave them a new life. A life they could live without worrying about hunger, or the cold. Now they would never alone anymore, but even with this, there was a lack of gentleness and love. Although Hui Yue treated them like his other younger brother, he was usually busy if he wasn’t training them and would leave for an extended amount of time. The two children felt like something was missing.

  Now, Hui Yue had returned from the adventure he had been on. Having been away for so long, Lao feared that Hui Yue regretted taking them in. But now when he returned he did not, in fact, send them away, he actually gave them a mother.

  Being called mom by these two children, Wang Ju Long was at a loss for what to do. She remembered when Hui Yue brought the two children home; she would often observe them when they were training, but never in the world did she expect to become their mother.

  “They are like me,” She mumbled to herself in a voice so low that no one could hear while she looked at the eager faces in front of her. “They lost their family. They are all alone in this world. Perhaps we can make a new family for one another.”

  Looking at these two children who were looking at her with such innocent eyes, she could not help but feel her heart clench, and she gently wrested her hand from Hui Yue’s and moved towards the two children. She gently embraced both of them letting them feel her warmth.

  Lao had been grateful when Hui Yue took them in. He swore that he would live his life for Hui Yue, the person who gave them a chance. He swore to be without emotions. He would be an expert that would impress and be of use to Hui Yue, but now things suddenly changed. The emotions he had bundled up through the many years of looking after Jo, and the constant worry of whether or not he would be allowed to stay with Hui Yue, had finally been let loose while Wang Ju Long hugged the two siblings. Without being able to hold back his tears, Lao finally let go of all his worries in her warm embrace.

  Hui Yue and all their friends were greatly surprised when they saw Wang Ju Long hug the kids, but the gesture made Hui Yue’s heart melt. It made him once more fall in love with the woman he saw in front of him.

  Although he could watch Wang Ju Long without tiring, he knew that was not the case for everyone else. Therefore, he finally wristed his eyes away from them. “Come with me.” He said to the Saints. “It’s time to split the treasures.”

  The experts instantly followed behind Hui Yue who entered a room on the ground floor; the room usually used by Xu Piao, though now he was focused solely on cultivating and thus the room was free.

  In the room were five people; the three Saints, the shield of the Taiyang Kingdom, and Hui Yue.

  Hui Yue was the first to take out all the storage stones he had filled with treasures. After looking into each stone, he wrote down on paper what the stones contained.

  Although Hui Yue did this with most things, there were three things which he did not include in the treasure to share with everyone. One was Huli. It was clear that she had no intention of leaving Hui Yue’s side, and the other Saints had no idea what to do with the small black fox anyways.

  The other thing was the Universe Box. There was something special about this item. Not only could it contain an entire universe, but it also had some things that the expert in the grave had not mentioned to him, something he needed to understand later when he had the time to look through its contents. The items within the Box of the Universe were also obviously kept by Hui Yue.

  Finally, the music box was something he kept. Hui Yue felt shivers when he thought how the music box had almost caused his doom. He did not want anyone else to possess this item.

  “If possible, I want all the herbs,” Hui Yue said with a serious voice. “I will even pass on many of the medicinal pills as long as I get the herbs.”

  Hearing this the other four Saints shook their heads. All of them felt that they owed Hui Yue their lives. For him to then give up on the medicinal pills for herbs made them unhappy. Even if he had wanted to take half of the treasures, they would not have complained.

  “Let us do it like this,” Xiao Ning said while looking at the many items described on the papers in front of them. “We are all members of prominent families in Muchuan City, and we need items to increase the strength of our families.”

  “If you let go of all the armors and weapons, then you can have the herbs, and we will all split the medicinal pills equally between the five of us.”

  Hearing this the other three nodded their heads. These herbs were from another world, but none of them knew what they were nor did they have a use for them. To be honest, these herbs were worthless for them.

  Weapons and armor, on the other hand, were worth much more. Especially since these were forged in another world, their like had never before been seen in this world. “This will give us a great advantage fighting other experts.” They said satisfied. Although they all wanted pills, for these four experts the armor and weapons were worth more than pills. Strengthening their entire family was more important than strengthening just one person.

  Although Hui Yue could use some of the weapons and armor for his two children or his friends, he could also get weapons and armors from Cou Ling. The weapons she made would be good enough to assist his friends and family for quite a while. When they needed better weapons, Hui Yue would convince Cou Ling to once more create weapons from the Nine Heaven’s Blood Devouring Metal.

  Nodding his head, Hui Yue started to split the medicinal pills into five piles. The red pills which could increase one’s strength and health during the battle were the most numerous ones. The white pills which contained Yin energy were also rather numerous, and looking at these, all Saints, including Hui Yue, were salivating. Yin energy made their cultivating much quicker.

  There were golden pills which they all knew increased the speed of one’s cultivation, and using them it increased their speed by quite a lot.

  There were also two pills which Hui Yue had never used. They were the black and purple pills. There were as many purple pills as there were golden pills. Looking at the black pills, he found them increasingly rare.

  Although Hui Yue wanted to know what they did, he knew that now was not the time for checking, and instead, stored the many pills into a couple of storage stones which he then shot to the different Saints. All of them grabbed them with faces full of excitement.

  Hui Yue did precisely as he promised; he gave them an equal share of the treasures he had obtained, only keeping what he had gained at the top platform for himself.

  Having split the treasures, the Saints were all eager to go home, but all of them felt that they still owed Hui Yue a lot. Looking at them fidgeting Hui Yue could not help but laugh out loud. “Hurry back home to your families. They are eager to see you again I am sure.”

  Hearing the words all of the Saints felt a warmth in their hearts and they quickly rose, nodding their heads to Hui Yue. “If you ever need support in any way, should that be for an adventure or fighting anyone, then call us and we will have your back. Sh
ould we trade our lives for yours, then so be it. We already have been saved thanks to you; our lives are yours!” Xiao Ning said. His voice was filled with unyielding pride, and his words caused the other three Saints to nod their heads repeatedly.

  “Well, said! If you need us, call!” They said. “We will trade our lives for yours if needed. For you, we will fight Yanluo himself.”

  Hearing this, Hui Yue smiled. He knew that in the future he could rely on these Saints to help him out, and although he did not wish for them to assist him in killing the third prince, he knew that they would be important for his power in Muchuan City to grow.

  “You guys, don’t think too much about it now,” Hui Yue laughed. “All of you have to deal with the new power system within the city and the kingdom. Many Saints had to lay down their lives in the grave, and some grew stronger than they had been before.”

  “You are all stronger than before so the fame of your families will grow and your Saint rank will also increase.” He reminded them. “For now just focus on your lives and your families. If I ever need some assistance, I will make sure to call on you.” He promised, and with his promise the many experts were grateful but also jubilant. Their families, although containing Saints, had not been the most prominent of families in the kingdom, but now that their strength had increased so would their family’s fame. Xiao Ning’s family would especially grow more powerful.

  Seeing his friends out, Hui Yue sighed deeply. He needed to know what had changed in the city while he had been gone, and he also needed to get a good amount of information about who had died during everyone’s visit to the grave. Thinking for some time, he knew that he needed to speak with Gao Yan, but Gao Yan went to the grave together with the others. All this would take time for him to work out, so Hui Yue knew that going to the Black Lion right now was not a good idea.

  Instead, he decided to walk upstairs. When he knocked on Cai Jie’s door, he found that the door opened easily. Inside the golden-haired young man who had been asleep opened his eyes and displayed a smile like a wolf eying its prey.

  “There are no longer any Crusaders within this city,” He said after which he laughed out loud, unmistakably satisfied with the performance he had shown.

  “I need to rest some more,” Cai Jie said apologetically. “The last Crusader was quite hard to deal with. He managed to seriously wound me, so I am trying to get heal.”

  Seeing this, Hui Yue moved towards the bed, and as he placed his hand on the wounded, he was shocked. “Your lifeforce is too weak!” He said, unable to hide his shock, but the words caused Cai Jie to smile bitterly. “I know. I had to use some of my lifeforce to heal myself, but I ended up using too much.”

  “You know how to use lifeforce?!” Hui Yue exclaimed.

  Chapter 384 - Lifeforce

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  Chapter 384: Lifeforce

  “Everyone can use their lifeforce to heal themselves,” Cia Jie said with a sigh. “It is just that no one around here has realized how to do so yet.”

  Thinking for a bit Hui Yue nodded his head. Everyone had a specific amount of lifeforce; this could be increased by breaking through into a higher rank, or by eating specific pills that increased one’s longevity.

  When one was severely injured, it could also affect one’s lifeforce, therefore it made sense that people should somehow be able to use their lifeforce to heal. It was after all an energy source every living creature possessed.

  ‘It is somewhat the same as blood essence,’ Lan Feng mentioned. ‘Do you remember how I told you that to create blood essence you need to use the purest of your energy which is hidden deep within your Qi swirl, your spiritual energy sea, and your Wu Wei core? This energy also requires your lifeforce; however, using it will not damage your lifeforce unless you use too much of it.

  “So what are you planning on doing now?” Hui Yue asked Cai Jie.

  “I need a few days, and then I will go hunt for some herbs to increase my longevity. I am not able to break through as I am now,” He said honestly, but although he was quite certain about his plans, Hui Yue knew that it was highly unlikely for him to be successful in finding any herbs or pills that would increase his longevity as he would die before then from running out of lifeforce.

  ‘Stop thinking so much!’ Lan Feng suddenly said. His voice had a haughty ring to it as always when he was about to say something he considered smart. ‘You just merged with the witch and got her abilities. You absorbed a whole lot of lifeforce when fighting the Saints in the grave and although you’ve tried using some of it, try to see if it is possible for you to merge your lifeforce with another person to prolong their life.’

  It was not that Hui Yue had not considered this before, it was just that he was not certain how to do it. Unlike the monk and the wolf, he did not have specific abilities for lifeforce; everything seemed to be more natural, more like having a flood of energy within his body that he was free to control.

  He felt that the lifeforce he absorbed had merged with his own, prolonging his life by thousands of years. However, this energy was also the energy he needed to use to heal and attack other’s lifeforce.

  These things were considered the easy parts of being a witch. To absorb lifeforce required nothing more than being close to a person who died and then the lifeforce would naturally flow into the body of the witch.

  When a witch absorbed lifeforce, this energy would naturally merge with their own lifeforce, and when it did, it would increase one’s overall strength. It would make their body able to regenerate almost any wound. As long as one had enough lifeforce, that person would be able to regenerate from even just one drop of blood.

  These were the basics of being a witch. Nevertheless, there were other uses of lifeforce as well. When he became skilled at manipulating lifeforce, he would have the ability to drain his enemies making them visibly age in front of him; this could even cause their death if not stopped.

  He could use his lifeforce to attack and to defend depending on how skilled he was in manipulating it. It also increased his strength and was capable of increasing the life of his friends as well as healing others. To heal others, he needed to be capable of manipulating lifeforce well enough to merge it with his friend’s lifeforce. While using the energy to heal others or to restore other’s health he would use up double the amount of lifeforce than if he healed himself.

  So if he gave four hundred years worth of lifeforce to Cai Jie, it would only turn into two hundred years of longevity for him.

  Although it was a big waste to heal others, Hui Yue still wanted to help Cai Jie, his only problem was that he was uncertain how to do so.

  “Let me try something,” He finally said after having been quiet for a long time. Cai Jie, who was waiting patiently while watching the thinking Hui Yue, nodded his head. Placing the small black and white fox from his shoulder to the ground, Hui Yue moved towards his friend.

  “Sit up and let me see your back,” He said as he placed his palms on Cai Jie’s back. Taking a deep breath, he closed his eyes and started to look for the strange new energy which he had felt flowing within his veins.

  It took him an astonishing ten minutes to once more locate his lifeforce, and as he did, he was fully focused on moving this energy to his palms. Afterwards he forced the energy through his hands and into the body next to him. But it did not end here. Although he had pushed his energy into Cai Jie’s back, he needed to forcefully rotate it through his meridians before the energy would slowly start to vanish. When the energy vanished, it meant that it had merged with Cai Jie’s own lifeforce.

  Hui Yue moved fifty years of lifeforce at a time, resulting in an increase of twenty-five years of life for Cai Jie. He repeated the same action four times until Cai Jie had gained an extra hundred years of longevity while Hui Yue lost two hundred years.

  All Cai Jie felt was his body suddenly becoming more and more vigorous, though Hui Yue felt quite weaker than he had been moments before. Not only did his body feel more sluggish, b
ut he could also feel that he needed to use more of his internal energies to form his attacks. This feeling of losing power was something which caused him to be baffled. It was an experience he did not enjoy at all.

  While Hui Yue was busy checking his body and seeing how much damage he had taken, Cai Jie was dumbfounded as he felt his body fill with energy. So much energy that he was even more energized than he had been when he was at his peak.