Li Hao quickly took out a pill and fed it to Feng.
As the Golden Core went down his throat, Li Hao could clearly see Feng’s body emitting golden meridians, as if a luminous, splendid golden light was swallowed, continuously reflecting down into his body through his throat, subsequently illuminating the meridians within his chest cavity, distinct as a bifurcated Divine Tree.
With the illumination of the golden light, dark blood began to seep from his wounds, but upon closer examination, this dark blood turned out to be countless tiny insects wriggling like maggots, being expelled from his body with the motion of the blood.
As a large number of black bugs were expelled from the wounds, the fresh blood at Feng’s injury sites gradually became clean again, returning to its original bright red color.
And those wounds, aided by the strong self-healing ability of his physical body, began to slowly heal.
Beyond the welts and cuts all over his body, his destroyed senses were also gradually recovering.
Li Hao’s face was bleak, his power vibrating as he exterminated the bugs in the blood, saving only a small amount of the insects, collecting them into the Heaven and Earth Space.
“What kind of Gu worm is this, such a malicious method!”
Xiyan retreated to Li Hao’s wrist, speaking with a hint of fear.
“These baldies indeed have numerous tricks,” Jiang Lichen squinted his eyes, not too surprised; aside from Martial Arts and Sword Dao, there were few things that could surprise or interest him since he cared for little else.
Li Hao didn’t speak, but just clenched his fist slightly.
“You actually used your Life-Defying opportunity just like that, you’re quite generous.”
Jiang Lichen looked towards Li Hao, his gaze slightly focused.
He had seen many people, but Li Hao was the first he had encountered who was willing to give away a chance to defy fate so readily, and without any coercion.
That was equivalent to the existence of a life!
He couldn’t imagine what sort of relationship could lead to such sacrifice, especially since the recipient was a thief despised by all.
“If it were him, he would’ve done the same for me,” Li Hao said. “Besides, I don’t have a use for it now; what’s the harm in ten times over.”
With his current strength, the only beings that could force him into a desperate situation were those of the Tao Comprehension Realm, or even a Semi-Saint.
And to such high-level beings, the power of Defying Fate was largely inconsequential, capable of being shielded.
What was called defying the heavens and changing fate was but the vain hopes of ordinary people.
In the face of the great Dao, in the face of a Saint, all would be crushed, not worth mentioning.
Furthermore, if he really needed it for a special circumstance in the future, Li Hao still had ninety thousand Merit stored in the Merit Treasure Vault, which could be exchanged for the Life-Defying Power nine times.
Previously, he exchanged a portion at Qiu Tian Dao, but the Dao Power from the abyss made it void, resulting in a waste.
Now, he still had ninety thousand left.
Should he accumulate another ten thousand, he could exchange it for the Fruit of Enlightenment, which didn’t directly help one to comprehend the Dao but offered a chance to touch upon the Dao, increasing the probability of experiencing enlightenment.
“Heh.”
Jiang Lichen didn’t deny Li Hao’s words; with Li Hao’s current strength, the power of Defying Fate indeed didn’t have such an absolute effect on him, but it was still an extremely precious thing.
If he was in a desperate fight against an equal opponent, and both were on their last breath, where would the other have the capacity to obscure the will of heaven? At that moment, Defying Fate could be used to escape.
Although Xiyan felt pity for Li Hao’s forfeiture of a chance at Life-Defying, the deed was done, and she could only accept it, continually caressing Li Hao’s wrist with Little Red-whisker, seemingly comforting him.
While the group conversed, Feng Boping’s body gradually healed, and his eyes, mouth, and nose all regrew.
However, Feng Boping, with his body restored, had a somewhat vacant look and even slow reactions; he stared blankly around, then dully at Li Hao, his eyes carrying both familiarity and confusion.
“Feng.”
Li Hao immediately gripped his hand, full of guilt: “I came back too late and let you suffer so.”
Feng Boping said dumbfoundedly, “Li-Li Hao…child?”
“It’s me.”
“Li-Li Hao…child.”
Feng Boping just kept repeating dumbfoundedly.
Li Hao was momentarily startled, his expression suddenly changing, sensing something was wrong.
He looked at Feng’s eyes and saw not surprise or confusion, but a slow vacantness.
“Feng?”
Li Hao’s body tensed up as he quickly examined Feng’s condition, but found no injuries or abnormalities.
“Li Hao… child.”
Feng murmured, his eyes dull and confused.
Li Hao felt his heart chill, his blood seemingly ignited into a rage once more, without a doubt, Feng’s condition had to be the doing of the Buddha Lord, to the extent that even the power of Defying Fate couldn’t mend it!
“Hmm?”
Jiang Lichen also noticed Feng Boping’s state, curiously asking, “Was he like this originally?”
“No.”
Li Hao’s voice was like that of a repressed beast.
“I thought not, this condition, it rather seems like a loss of soul,” Jiang Lichen commented.
Li Hao was taken aback, looking at him: “Soul loss?”
“That’s right, within the Divine Soul are the Three Souls and Seven Spirits; if there’s a loss of these, this condition arises, like an imbecile, or in layman terms, having lost one’s soul,” Jiang Lichen explained.
Li Hao felt a jolt in his heart, the murderous intent that had settled reigniting.
“Hmm, I think I understand now; he was caught by Demon Luo, and before you managed to force that old baldy into revealing his Buddha-Demon unity, Demon Luo was his secret. This old guy must’ve been privy to the secret, and the baldy used him as bait to draw you in, likely on purpose to release him and consequently ruin your reputation, damaging your foundation of Incense Fire.”
“But he didn’t want to expose his own secrets, so he could only ruin him, with a soul missing and a body unhealed, tsk, well-played.”
