Ye Pianpian's temperament seemed to have changed greatly. She wasn't as cold and arrogant as she used to be. She pressed my shoulder and nagged a lot, but I couldn't even hear a single word clearly.
I didn't know how long it had been, but she finally gave up. She let go of my shoulder and stood up with the wooden bowl. She glanced at me in disgust before leaving in a hurry.
I thought that she was going to abandon me, but then Ye Pianpian came over every day with a wooden bowl in her hand and carefully fed me medicine.
I didn't complain and didn't even take the medicine. I just lay there numbly, unable to find my direction and struggling like a machine.
Ye Pianpian stuffed something into my mouth and I swallowed it. My mouth was often scalded by the hot medicine, but I didn't feel any pain. Instead, I felt inexplicably comfortable because of the stinging pain.
I lived on the bed like a pig. I thought that Ye Pianpian wouldn't put up with me for too long, but unexpectedly, Ye Pianpian came over on time every day for a month. Every few days, she would even turn over my body with a look of disgust, even though her actions were rough. Sometimes, she would even throw me off the bed.
But inexplicably, the deathly stillness in my heart seemed to dissipate a little.
One day, more than a month later, Ye Pianpian came to my bed again. She didn't hold a wooden bowl as usual, but a piece of clothing and a wooden box.
Her expression seemed to be colder than before. She threw the things in her hands onto the bed and said to me coldly, "Zhou Yi, I checked you yesterday. Your body has recovered. Although you can't cultivate for the time being, it's not a problem for you to get out of bed and walk.
Grandpa Li originally wanted to help you with the grudge between you and the Lu family, but the Lu family is too deeply involved with the Metaphysics Association. Even Grandpa Li can't directly take action against the Lu family.
So, you have to take revenge with your own hands. "
"Don't think that you can't cultivate after your meridians are blocked.
Grandpa Li checked your body before and said that there's a special power in your body that's helping you repair your body. As long as you work harder, the problem with your meridians will recover sooner or later. "
Hearing what he said, I suddenly became more spirited. I couldn't believe it. Special power? Is she talking about the dark green power?
Who was this Grandpa Li she was talking about?
After thinking for a long time, I remembered that she had told me before that she was the President Li Liguang who had given me the fan.
At this time, Ye Pianpian seemed to be silent for a while, and then she continued, "Grandpa Li also asked me to tell you that the True Dragon Vein is very helpful for your recovery. As long as you nourish your body with the True Dragon Vein every day, you can speed up the recovery of your meridians. Besides, if you have the Saliva of the True Dragon, your meridians will recover immediately after swallowing it."
True Dragon Vein?
True Dragon Saliva?
What did she mean by that?
Not waiting for me to understand, Ye Pianpian suddenly grabbed my chest and pulled me up from the bed. Her beautiful face was filled with anger as she shouted at me, "Grandpa Li doesn't want to tell me this. Tell me the truth. Did you steal the True Dragon's vein of the Metaphysics Association?"
I opened my mouth and tried to speak, but I didn't know what to say. My mind was in a mess.
That Old President Li, he … he knows that I stole the True Dragon's vein?
But that shouldn't be the case. He's the Old President of the Metaphysics Association. After knowing this news, he would definitely tear me into pieces. Why didn't he do that? Instead, he reminded me to use the True Dragon's vein to heal myself?
Also, what is the True Dragon Saliva that he mentioned?
Before I could figure it out, Ye Pianpian threw me back onto the bed and shouted at me without caring about her image, "You stole the True Dragon's vein and destroyed the foundation of the Metaphysics Association. I really don't know why Grandpa Li still spoils you so much!"
"Also, I'm going to the Fire God Temple with Grandpa Li tomorrow. I've left the clothes and your things here. I don't care whether you live or die!"
After saying that, she turned around and walked away angrily.
After she left for a long time, I took the clothes and the wooden box back in a daze. I was still thinking about the True Dragon's vein.
At that moment, I suddenly saw a small note on the wooden box. There was a line of words written on it.
"Third child, take your revenge slowly. No matter what, life has to continue. Go and collect your parents' remains and bury them in the ancestral grave."
Seeing this familiar name, tears welled up in my eyes. I cried so hard that I couldn't make a sound. I laid there and cried.
After a long time, I calmed down a little. I looked at the small note hesitantly.
Who wrote this?
Is it the Grandpa Li that Ye Pianpian mentioned?
Why did he use such a tone to talk to me?
Even though I couldn't understand it, I felt an indescribable warmth in my heart. Even though there were still tears in my eyes, they weren't tears of sadness, but of grievance. It was just like when I was bullied outside and saw my parents when I returned home and felt wronged.
After I calmed down, I threw my doubts to the back of my mind and slowly opened the small box.
Inside were my jade bracelet, the Square Sky Fan, the dark green bead, and even the 'Death Scripture' cloth that I had carried with me all these years.
What was even stranger was that the magic compass that I had gotten from President Xu was also here.
Moreover, the broken pieces of the compass had been repaired. Although it had lost its effectiveness as a magic tool, it was more than enough to be used as an ordinary compass.
I furrowed my brows and pondered, but I couldn't remember if I had thrown the broken compass away or if I had kept it with me.
The items that I had, whether it was the 'Death Scripture', the jade bracelet, or the dark green bead, were all rare treasures.
It wasn't that I was arrogant, but even a Heavenly Master would be tempted by these items. But now, they had been returned intact.
He didn't covet anything from me and didn't even care about the True Dragon's vein. Why did President Li do this?
Could it be that it was like what Director Song Xing had said when he had brought the Square Sky Fan over? President Li admired the Geomancy question that I had answered during the Dragon Seizing Tournament?
This was too inconceivable. Pure admiration couldn't have reached such a level.
After thinking for a long time, I still couldn't understand. In the end, I could only put these questions aside.
No matter who had written that note, the words on it were correct. No matter what, I had to go and retrieve my parents' remains.
I lifted the quilt and jumped off the bed. As soon as I touched the ground, my knees went soft, and I fell to the ground.
I hadn't moved for a long time. Although Ye Pianpian would occasionally come back to help me move, my muscles had already withered. My joints and nerves had been oppressed for too long, so much so that I had temporarily lost the ability to walk.
I supported myself on the edge of the bed and slowly stood up. After a long time, I finally regained my muscles and got used to the rhythm of walking.
After that, I rested in my room for a day. When I woke up the next day, my body had finally returned to normal. I put on my clothes and put on the jade bracelet and other items. It was the first time in over a month that I had walked out of my room.
After getting out of the house, I found myself in an ordinary house in the countryside. The surroundings were empty, and I could only see other houses in the distance.
I tried to check the other rooms in the courtyard, but all of them were locked. It was clear that there was no one here except for me.
I gave up and locked my room. Then, I leisurely walked out of the room.
This place was a deserted village. It was probably where Ye Pianpian usually lived. As for President Li, I didn't know their relationship, but I guessed he usually lived here.
I walked to the roadside and waited for more than half an hour. Finally, I got on a bus that was heading to the city.
Since my throat wasn't very comfortable, I didn't ask where I was after getting on the bus. I just paid the fare and waited for another half an hour. When I entered a bustling city, I found that I was in the suburbs of the capital.
The Metaphysics Headquarters wasn't far from this suburban county. I guessed that Grandpa Li and the others lived near the headquarters.
After getting off the bus, I lifted my eyes to look in the direction of the city.