After Gu Bai was finally able to rise up from the ground, he looked at the Blood Essence Lingzhi Mushroom he was holding tightly in his hand and felt the giant boulder that had long weighed down his heart, vanish.
Hun Yuan Wu Ti’s defect would become even more serious and problematic as its owner’s level advanced. But for now, let’s not worry about those things. If he put effort into his training, then at least there wouldn’t be any problem for him to continue living until the day he died naturally.
And so, the more Gu Bai looked at the mushroom, the more he felt the Blood Essence Lingzhi Mushroom, which looked like a normal mushroom, just more reddish and colorful, like an apple in his eyes. He immediately pinched Xiao Gu Shan’s face out of joy, “Let’s go, let’s go back!”
Xiao Gu Shan heard, his eyes sparkled as he nodded hard, “Okay!”
And so, with Gu Bai’s fat hand holding Xiao Gu Shan’s little hand, they happily returned to the small cave they’d been living in for quite a few days.
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Because he had no other choice, Gu Bai decided to consume the Blood Essence Lingzhi Mushroom. It’d been a long time since he’d snuck out of home, if he hadn’t been acting cautiously during the entire journey; and not many people knew that he would be heading to this town, then he would probably have been captured and sent back home by now. But even so, he knew as long as he was going to return home, there was no doubt his actions would be monitored by countless guards.
If he waited until then to consume the Blood Essence Lingzhi Mushroom, how was he going to explain it?
Also, when the protagonist ate this thing in the story, the setting was that his entire body would bleed and he would become completely vulnerable. There’s a lot of people in Tian Du Cheng, and the relationships in the city were also complicated, he didn’t feel safe handing over his life to those people.
What if the Elders want to kill him to make that wushu training, nerd father of his become childless? This wasn’t some sort of persecutory delusion, it’s a fact that’s definitely likely to happen!!! #Speaking of the consequences brought by the author’s ill plot settings#
As Gu Bai continued thinking about this, he became even more determined to become powerful, quickly. However, there’s a problem with Xiao Gu Shan. He hesitated for a while, but still, he squatted and looked into Xiao Gu Shan’s eyes, his expression became serious, “Xiao Shan, Gege has encountered a problem now.”
Xiao Gu Shan blinked his eyes, “Is it connected to the red mushroom that Xiao Gege knows about?
The way the child called the Blood Essence Lingzhi Mushroom made Gu Bai feel awkward for a moment, then he solemnly nodded and began bullshitting, “To be honest with you, Gege is hurt and consuming the mushroom is the only way to heal the wounds, so I’m going to eat it soon.”
Xiao Gu Shan nodded, “Then Gege, go and eat the mushroom, I… I…”, he cocked his head to the side and thought about what he was going to say, “I’ll be on the look-out for Xiao Gege!”
I.Taught.The.Wrong.Things.To.This.Child… this sentence flashed through his mind the moment he heard the words “on the look-out” coming out from Xiao Gu Shan’s mouth. But he immediately shook his head to make the sentence disappear, then, he adjusted his expression, “After Gege eats the mushroom, many red things that look like blood will appear on my body, but it’s all fake, so… everything is going to be okay.” Being an otaku writer that has fooled millions of readers, bullshitting is as easy as casually speaking to him now, and to scare the child a little, “so Xiao Shan don’t be afraid, no matter what’s happening, even if Gege is screaming loudly, don’t come near me and touch me. If you do that, Gege, I, will definitely die.”
Xiao Gu Shan got scared, he immediately responded, “I definitely won’t disturb Xiao Gege!” then, he shyly peeked at Gu Bai, “but…but Xiao Gege… are you definitely going to be fine?”
Gu Bai solemnly promised, “As long as no one touches me, then I’m definitely going to be fine! Although it may take some time…” he used two of his fingers to aid his incoming speech, “maybe one day, maybe a few days, but they’re all within the safe zone. Do you understand, Xiao Shan?”
Xiao Gu Shan tightened his face, “Xiao Shan won’t let anyone interrupt Xiao Gege, Xiao Shan, I, won’t interrupt Xiao Gege either!”
Gu Bai made a fist posture at him, “Then it’s a deal?”
Xiao Gu Shan nodded hard, “Deal!”
At this moment, Gu Bai could finally put his heart at ease. To be honest, asking Xiao Gu Shan to leave would be the best choice in this kind of situation, but under the current circumstances, he was worried about Xiao Gu Shan. It was easy for little children to leak important information when being interrogated by someone, so he could only keep him near. However, he gave a few more thoughts to this.
Even though the cave was small and the entrance was covered, the risk was small but it wasn’t completely zero. And so he warned Xiao Gu Shan again, “If people come, you can ignore them, unless they break through the stone boulder. If they look really ferocious, then show this to them and tell them it was Tian Du Cheng’s young master who ordered you to guard this place,” as he spoke, he took out a Yupei [1] from his neck sleeve and placed it into Xiao Gu Shan’s hand, and continued speaking, “if dangerous, wild beasts come and are wanting to knock out the stone boulder, use the torch to scare them away. If you really can’t dispel them, then find an opportunity to escape alone with the torch. You are small and weak, don’t be stupid and stay here, do you understand?”
Xiao Gu Shan solemnly listened, then solemnly agreed, “Xiao Gege don’t worry, Xiao Shan remembers all the things you said, I won’t let Xiao Gege down.”
After Gu Bai finished telling Xiao Gu Shan all the things he needed to know, he finally began preparing. Soon, he prepared and left some children’s food in one of the corners of the small cave. And for himself, he focused his mind and sat down in the deepest part of the cave. Then, he took out the Blood Essence Lingzhi Mushroom, and chucked it into his mouth. Eat, eat, eat, he needs to eat what he must eat. He doesn’t believe that he can’t withstand the pain which the protagonist was able to suppress, even when he was seriously wounded, with his super healthy body. But this idiot forgot that, when the protagonist he had written about ate the mushroom, the protagonist was already an adult. However, at this moment in time, he was still a child, far away from adulthood… and so, tragedy happened really fast and abruptly, and it was completely understandable.
Ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch! A pain that tears your heart and lungs apart! A pain that makes you grind your teeth! A pain that destroys your heart and ruptures your intestines! Fuck your mum, there isn’t a single spot on his body that didn’t feel pain, ouchhh! At this moment, the pain was the only thing Gu Bai could feel, he was rolling on the ground, all over the place, and his entire body was twitching.
Even when he was close to losing consciousness, Gu Bai could still vaguely feel he’d scratched his skin. But you couldn’t blame him, it was like countless ants were biting his bones and sucking the essence out of them, which made him feel like every single inch, from his inside to his outside, was being scorched by blazing flames. Every strand of muscle was splitting and re-constructing endlessly. Being an otaku who hadn’t really experienced pain, he had never, ever known what real pain felt like.
Deep within his consciousness, Gu Bai was vaguely thinking, if I knew what was going to happen today, I wouldn’t have done this at the beginning! Fuck, I’ll never torture my “son” in the future, I’ll definitely write the entire process without pain! Things like the pain of a million ants devouring one’s heart, the conjunction of ice and fire, bones and muscles being broken by someone and quickly reconstructed, as if one has fallen into hell… these kind of goddamn adjectives and goddamn sentences, I will never write them again, fuckkk! If I’m able to survive…
Even the meridian [2] of a grown-up can only, barely, endure pain like this, not to mention that the body Gu Bai possessed now was young, fragile and of a spoiled child PLUS his mentality lacked tenacity… So now, not only couldn’t he maintain his consciousness as clearly as the protagonist was able to, he had totally lost control over his consciousness and was acting purely out of instinct.
Speaking of the Blood Essence Lingzhi Mushroom, of course, it’s a good treasure. To people who possess Hun Yuan Wu Ti, it’s capable of fixing the defect and improve body conditions at the same time, and that’s why, the younger you consume it, the better the effects are. To Gu Bai, it was like he had hit a mark on a fluke, but the feelings were too extreme and the effects were too horrifying. Also, it was really terrifying to little children.
Xiao Gu Shan curled up in a corner of the cave. He looked at the Xiao Gege of whom he’d recently met, he was rolling on the ground and kept scratching his body with his fingers, leaving blood stains on the ground and the cave wall. He couldn’t stop himself from worrying, but he remembered Xiao Geges words on “do not interrupt”. He didn’t dare do anything, so he could only purse his little mouth and stare at Gu Bai with red eyes and a sad expression on his face. Then, for some unknown reason, he started to feel angry.
Xiao Gege lied… that’s definitely real blood… liar! A big liar! Xiao Shan is so worried…
Maybe it was because a child’s body was easily modified, after Gu Bai had endured two hours of pure pain, he was slowly becoming used to the pain. The spots that were suffering from pain, slowly became numb, and his entire body slowly started to feel relief.
Gu Bai opened his eyes, he realized his body had become really relaxed and light, as if all the filthy stuff within his body had been wiped out, it was extremely comfortable, exactly the same as it was written in the novel. However, this kind of comfort was the fruit of enduring an endless pain, so he still thought he’d be better off if he never experienced this kind of comfort again.
After a big load off his mind, Gu Bai jumped up from the ground. He found out that it was also easier for him to control and move his arms and legs. He then took a look at the surroundings and saw Xiao Gu Shan curled up in the corner, helplessly, his face was red as if he’d been wronged. Gu Bai paused, then he quickly pushed away the rocks blocking the entrance of the space he was in, and ran over to the child, “Xiao Shan, what’s wrong?”
Xiao Gu Shan tried to hide his emotions, but he failed. Waaaa… he cried and dashed into Gu Bai’s arms, “Xiao Gege bled a lot of blood! Xiao Shan is really, really scared!”
It was at this moment that Gu Bai recalled his thoughts, and he felt touched. After he’d transmigrated into this world, there were plenty of people that served him, but Xiao Gu Shan was the only one who cares about him, not because of his status and identity… His heart was filled with warmth, plus he was feeling quite happy from resolving the hidden threat to his body, so he held Xiao Gu Shan in his arms and started pampering him.
After quite a while, Xiao Gu Shan finally stopped crying and he lifted his head. As soon as Gu Bai saw Xiao Gu Shan’s face, he laughed, “Why is your face so dirty?” The child’s soft, white face had become dark and covered with dried tear stains, which made him look like a little calico kitten.
Xiao Gu Shan also laughed, “Xiao Gege’s body is so dirty!”
Gu Bai lowered his head to take a look, of course, after the torture he’d just suffered, his entire body was covered in blood and mud, as well as the filthy stuff that came out of his body… He then thought about the dirt on Xiao Gu Shan’s face, suddenly, he yelled out loud. He held Xiao Gu Shan in his arms and rushed out of the cave, running straight towards the river in between the mountains.
A big child and a little child were splashing water at each other in the river, they kept laughing and looked really happy. But, Gu Bai also knew that this would be the last moment of happiness they’d have together.
“Xiao Shan… I have to go.”
“Xiao Gege can you not go?”
“Gege, I, have responsibilities I need to carry, so I must go.”
“Boohoo…”
“Here, this Yupei is for you. After you grow up, if anything happens here, making it impossible for you to stay in this town, then go to Tian Du Cheng to find me.”
“Tian Du Cheng?”
“I am the Tian Du Cheng’s young master, the future City Governor. Xiao Shan, train with effort, no matter when, the Tian Du Cheng’s gate will always be open to you.”
And so, Gu Bai left Xiao Gu Shan, and began his journey of returning home. He remembered, in the upcoming ten years, the protagonist’s life would go through twists and turns in this town. And finally, the entire town would become the protagonist’s territory. He can’t use future events to warn Xiao Gu Shan, but if Xiao Gu Shan really can’t make a living under the protagonist, then, at least he could still give him a place to stay.