Chapter 72 After getting drunk

I’m going to die? Gao Ning has undoubtedly dropped a bombshell on me! How could I die? Am I not the mobile blood bank of this village? Isn’t my master the restrainer of this village? Why would I die?

According to Gao Ning, it seems that the day I die is not far off.

No one doesn’t worry about their own life, including me! Even if I know that ghosts exist, so what? Let’s not talk about the fact that I can’t prove whether ghosts can reincarnate or not. Even if they can, they have lost all their memories, so what’s the difference between that and actually dying?

The so-called cultivator is to break free from the limitations of this cycle of reincarnation. Otherwise, just let the cycle of reincarnation happen. Why bother to cultivate?

I have not reached the level of understanding that life and death are the same.

However, I still managed to calm down and said to Gao Ning in a low voice, “Why should I believe you?”

Gao Ning replied quickly this time, saying, “Chen Chengyi, you have every reason not to believe me, but do you dare to gamble with your own life? You are a cultivator, you should know how important essence and blood are to a person. You won’t be able to survive without them. Time won’t be too long, and you will believe in me by then.”

Of course I know how important essence and blood are to a person. It is the source of a person’s vitality and is related to a person’s lifespan. A person who lacks essence and blood will be weak and have a shorter lifespan than normal. This is the most basic common sense.

If a person’s essence is drained, he will not die immediately, but he will become extremely weak and a small illness can kill him. In addition, his life expectancy will not exceed one year, because losing essence is equivalent to losing the ability to regenerate qi and blood. When the remaining vitality of qi and blood in the body is exhausted, the person will definitely die.

This kind of death is even crueler than immediate death.

But now, I have no choice but to respond calmly. I said, “Even if I believe you, what does that have to do with the secret of the village? There is no such thing as a free lunch, and you can’t help me for no reason, can you?”

Gao Ning said, “You know very well what my purpose is. I want to get back what my grandmother left me. I invited you a few years ago because you are capable people and you are enemies of this village. I was almost ready to give up because the more I knew, the more hopeless I felt. But I never thought that you and I were destined to help each other, and I waited for you again. I don’t have much time, so I’ll just tell you directly. I want to get back what my grandmother left me, and you can get a chance to escape. The secret of the village is just incidental, because if you want to escape, you’ll have to come into contact with the secret of the village. Think about it.”

I was silent and did not respond, but Gao Ning was already very anxious and said, “I won’t wait for your answer today. In three days, I will find a way to take turns to watch over you. If you are willing, when you see me, just nod your head three times, and we will talk about it then.”

After that, Gao Ning stopped talking and kept urging me to leave. Because I was here, he couldn’t leave. If he was seen, he would inevitably be suspicious. I didn’t say anything, stood up, and slowly walked towards my own residence.Taoist priest

After I got back, I thought about everything Gao Ning told me almost all night, as if it involved a very important secret.

I wasn’t interested in what his grandmother’s relics were, I was only interested in two things. First, why was he so sure that I would die, and that I would die of having my essence and blood sucked out. Second, if I believed the first point was true, then I would have no way to retreat, and I couldn’t wait for my master and his friends. I would have to escape with Hui Gen.

If I succeed, it’s fine, but if I fail, what terrible consequences will there be? Do I want to take the gamble?

Gao Ning I can’t say I trust him, but if I had to choose between him and that mysterious, bloodthirsty Boqie, I’d choose Gao Ning.

Sometimes life is just like this. You can choose to take the easy road, but you have to take a big risk and then the road ahead is covered in fog, forcing you to choose whether to gamble or not. If you win, everyone is happy, but if you lose, you can only let fate ravage you.

I suspect that the reason people gamble is because fate often forces them to gamble.

I stubbed out the cigarette in my hand. I didn’t seem to have a choice, and I could only choose the path that Gao Ning gave me and take a gamble.

But such a decision is not easy to make. Since I still have three days, I will use the next three days to observe.

Since I hadn’t slept well the night before, I felt a bit dizzy after the blood test the next day. Bo Che’s “smooth” old face immediately appeared in front of me, saying, “Do you feel weak?”

The smell of death on him made me feel sick. I said perfunctorily, “Everyone gets weak when they have their blood taken every day. Get some tonic.”

So that night I got a lot of blood-boosting herbs, and even the food was something that replenished blood and qi, such as pig liver. In the face of this, I was happy to accept it. I instinctively felt that I should do my best to maintain my condition, otherwise what chance would I have to fight back?

I, Hui Gen, Ling Ruxue, sat calmly in the hall and ate dinner. Ling Ruxue said to me, “I have studied medicine since I was a child and know a little about pharmacology. I will help you make the medicine. I am afraid you won’t be able to hold on.”

Ling Ruxue rarely shows any concern for others, but her occasional concern makes me feel so warm in my heart. The dinner time showed a rare warmth. I always let Ling Ruxue pick the dishes for Huigen, and Huigen sometimes said something that made me laugh uncontrollably, and Ling Ruxue smiled on the side.

Under the dim light, I had an indescribable illusion. If this were a family, how wonderful it would be! Me and Ruoxue, and then our children…

This thought gave me an indescribable feeling of strangeness. For the first time, I looked squarely at my own feelings. Was I falling in love with Ling Ruxue? Because I had never cared so much about another girl before, and no other girl had ever given me such a feeling.

But… the following week…

My heart suddenly changed from warm and cozy to overcast, but the heavens seemed to be against me, as if they thought my mood wasn’t bad enough. A drunken voice came from outside the door.

He was speaking in the Miao language, and I couldn’t understand what he was saying, but I immediately realized that the voice belonged to Bu Zhou, and my face suddenly turned ugly.

He was shouting, and someone next to him was trying to calm him down in Miao. But who was this Buzu? The little prince of this Miao village, how could anyone calm him down? In a moment, I heard the door being kicked open.

I didn’t understand Miao, but Ling Ruxue did. When Bu Zhou started yelling outside, Ling Ruxue’s face had already changed. When she heard the sound of the door being kicked open, Ling Ruxue stood up and said to me and Huigen, “I’ll go back to the house first.”

I nodded in understanding. This Bu Zhou is like a madman. Ruoxue should avoid him. Leave it to me. Besides, I don’t want Ruoxue to meet Bu Zhou.

However, it was already too late. Before Ru Xue could even start walking, Bu Zhou had already staggered in, his feet unsteady.

At this time, Ling Ruxue was not in a good position. If she saw Bu Zhou and left, wouldn’t she be embarrassing Bu Zhou? This was too obvious, and it was not a good thing to do.

I glanced at him without saying a word. He was drunk, his eyes were red, and he was walking towards us. Then he picked up his bowl and slowly drank the soup. However, a strong sense of dissatisfaction began to spread in my heart.

Compared to Ling Ruxue and I, who were each thinking about our own business, Huigen was the most calm. He was diligently eating scrambled eggs, which were his favorite dish. After all, you can’t buy much cake in the village, and his thoughts were all on the scrambled eggs, as if Bu Zhou was air in his eyes.

At this point, Bu Zhou had already walked up to our table and reached out to grab Ru Xue, but she deftly avoided him. A Miao man standing next to Bu Zhou tried to calm him down, but instead, Bu Zhou slapped him and then shouted a few words at the two Miao men who had followed him in.

The two Miao people looked sheepish and retreated, while Bu Zhou turned around and looked at us with bloodshot eyes. When his gaze fell on me, he suddenly slammed the table and knocked it over.