Chapter: 15

After Li Shi followed Dugu Yanzhi into the study, she didn't dare to delay and recounted everything that had happened in the forest outside the town in detail.

At the same time, she also mentioned some of the situations in the martial world involving the essence stone.

Of course, the matter of Dugu Baitian teasing her was naturally omitted.

Dugu Yanzhi pondered for a long time before saying, "I never thought that the petty Liu and Luo families would dare to pluck the tiger's whiskers. They're simply tired of living."

If she hadn't witnessed the martial arts that Dugu Yanzhi had inadvertently revealed, Li Shi would have definitely thought he was talking nonsense.

Although the Luo and Liu families were not strong enough to dominate the world, they were still powers that commanded respect in their own regions.

But now, she absolutely believed that the Dugu family had this strength.

This family, which had long been considered to have declined in the eyes of the martial world, actually possessed an unimaginable strength.

"I know you are a disciple of Misty Hidden Peak and have already learned a lot about the Dugu family, but some things are not as you imagine. I believe you've already seen that my martial arts are not as bad as you imagined, right?"

Li Shi muttered to herself, Not just not bad, it's terrifyingly high.

But she said, "Senior's martial arts are profound and unfathomable, truly unexpected, and very inconsistent with the information we have."

"The Dugu family has truly lost interest in the martial world. We want to fade out of it, 'but while the tiger has no intention to harm man, man has a mind to harm the tiger.' The Dugu family is not afraid of trouble. Anyone who wants to ride on our heads and act tyrannically, we will show them what we're made of. After Baitian's funeral, I will have the Luo and Liu families erased from the martial world."

Li Shi shivered.

She absolutely believed Dugu Yanzhi's words.

A man who had just lost his beloved son was capable of anything.

Dugu Yanzhi muttered to himself, "Baitian was very cute when he was little. Although he was a bit mischievous and often fought with others outside, he was very well-behaved at home."

Li Shi thought to herself: I already knew he was no good. To think he would pretend at home. He was so bad as a child, no wonder he turned out like that when he grew up.

"He was very smart, and his constitution was exceptionally good. He was a prodigy in martial arts. But he was naturally active, yet too lazy to practice martial arts. It was only in the last year that he learned some superficial skills. If he had practiced martial arts since he was a child, with his aptitude, he would have long since made a name for himself in the world, and how could he have ended up like this?" Dugu Yanzhi's face was filled with grief.

Li Shi stood silently to the side.

She knew that saying anything at this time would be useless.

It was better to let him talk and vent on his own.

Just then, a loud voice came from the courtyard, "Don't talk nonsense! How could my grandson be dead? Where is he?"

Dugu Yanzhi and Li Shi came out of the study just in time to see Dugu Feiyu return.

An old man with the air of an immortal—was this the profligate of yesteryear?

Li Shi couldn't quite believe it.

"Dad, Baitian... he really..."

Ignoring Dugu Yanzhi, Dugu Feiyu walked straight to the stretcher where Baitian lay.

He lifted his eyelids, closed his eyes in thought, as if he had come to a realization, and finally placed his hands on his head.

No one dared to breathe, watching him quietly, hoping for a miracle.

After a long time, Dugu Feiyu released his hands and then shouted, "My grandson is—not dead!"

After hearing this, everyone wanted to beat the old man up.

He was still being so dramatic at a time like this.

Li Shi felt the same way, wanting to rip out the old man's beard.

Everyone was genuinely happy.

Too many things had happened today, with great joys and great sorrows several times over.

Tears streamed down everyone's faces, and they cheered loudly.

The old lady and the lady were also crying tears of joy, smiling through their tears.

After a long time, everyone gradually calmed down.

The old man said, "Yanzhi, why are you so agitated? You even alarmed your mother."

"Yes, Dad is right to scold me."

"Why haven't you told people to carry Baitian into the house yet?"

Everyone carefully carried Baitian into the house.

The old man then continued, "Baitian is only in a state of suspended animation. There is still activity in his brain, and his heartbeat and breathing have not stopped, they've just become very slow and faint. You can all go back. I believe he will wake up in a few days."

Everyone left one after another.

Li Shi stayed behind because of the jade stone, and also wanted to get her own jade pendant back.

She saw Situ Aoyue whispering to Dugu Baitian's mother before he left, and he kept glancing in her direction.

She gritted her teeth in hatred.

Sure enough, a short while later, Dugu Baitian's mother came over, unusually enthusiastic.

Li Shi was "flattered" and "alarmed," feeling very uncomfortable.

When everyone had left and only Dugu Feiyu remained, the old man muttered to himself, "Sacrifice the body to become a demon, the body dies and the demon is born, the demon dies and the body lives."

At this time, Dugu Baitian was wandering in the great void, in a long dream.

During this time, something special happened.

The jade stone flashed again, its color gradually becoming clear and translucent, turning into a top-grade jade stone.

Li Shi wanted to quietly take her own jade pendant back, but she couldn't pry Dugu Baitian's hand open.

After the color of the jade stone changed, Dugu Baitian entered a miraculous state.

He felt that he was not dead, and he was awake, but he just couldn't speak or move.

He knew everything that was happening in the outside world.

When Li Shi tried to steal back the jade pendant but couldn't pry open his fingers, he found it very amusing.

This peerless beauty was actually acting like a thief.

What terrified him later was that this beauty actually picked up a sword and wanted to chop off his right hand.

She hesitated for a long time, and the sword finally did not fall.

In the end, she just cursed, "Despicable, shameless, perverted, bastard boy."

Dugu Baitian had a new understanding of Li Shi: this beauty is terrifying—I like it.

Thinking of Li Shi, he thought of Situ Mingyue again.

And when he thought of her, a faint ache throbbed in his heart.

For the next few days, Dugu Baitian remained in a state of being awake but unable to move.

During this time, his friends came to visit him every day.

His mother and grandmother came even more frequently, visiting him every half an hour during the day.

His father, Dugu Yanzhi, also came a few times, but his grandfather, who usually doted on him the most, only came once.

Dugu Baitian secretly vowed, "I will definitely steal all his good wine."

In a secret room, Dugu Feiyu and Dugu Yanzhi were whispering.

Dugu Yanzhi said, "Dad, will there really be no side effects after Baitian sacrificed himself to become a demon?"

"There will be, but as long as his martial arts don't reach the Saint-level, it will be fine. If he really can reach that level, the consequences will be hard to predict. Sacrifice the body to become a demon, the body dies and the demon is born, the demon dies and the body lives."

Dugu Yanzhi's face changed. "Could it be the undying..."

Dugu Feiyu's face was also extremely ugly. "Yes, it's the undying body, also called the undying demon body. After death, one becomes a demon, killing everything. If the demon is destroyed, one is resurrected, and so on and so forth."

"Then isn't he now the public enemy of the entire martial world of the continent? We must keep this secret. I think only that Li Shi from Misty Hidden Peak knows about this. For Baitian's sake, should we..."

Dugu Feiyu said faintly, "Let's wait until Baitian wakes up to talk about anything."