Iron Snow Clouds

Chapter 1858 (One Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty Eight) More Pain

After Hou Jizhuan finished saying this, his left leg suddenly stopped hurting, and the pain in his right leg also eased a lot, and he was able to calm down and listen to Hou Xueyan. But even in this situation, if he was asked to concentrate on performing a ritual to try to find a way to solve the pain, he still couldn't do it. Of course, Hou Xueyan had already tried it out, so there was no need for Hou Jizhuan to perform a ritual himself when he was in pain.

Hou Xueyan continued, "I haven't finished yet. After temporarily relieving your pain, I can do another thing, which is to find you a pair of crutches. When you are not in pain, you have to do a ritual with me on the crutches. Next, before using the Fuqiu Qi to treat your legs, you have to use the crutches for a certain period of time every day. The condition of your legs will not deteriorate easily, and the number of times you feel pain will be significantly reduced."

"If you don't give me pain relief now, what if you just get me a pair of crutches and then perform the ritual with me?" Hou Jizhuan asked.

"That won't work." Hou Xueyan said, "Your legs will only be pain-free when you and I perform the ritual on the crutches, and within two hours before and after the ritual. Only then will your magic be effective if you use it together with me. Otherwise, our ritual will not work."

"Brother, if you perform a ritual to relieve my pain, how long can you guarantee that I will be pain-free for?" Hou Jizhuan asked.

Hou Xue said: "Three hours at most."

"What about three hours later?" Hou Jizhuan asked.

"You will feel pain for six consecutive hours." Hou Xueyan said, "The pain during those six hours will be worse than before."

"Will you bring me the crutches within six hours when I'm no longer in pain?" Hou Jizhuan asked.

"Of course." Hou Xueyan said.

"If I do the ritual with you on the crutches, and then I move around with the crutches for a certain period of time, can I avoid more pain than before?" Hou Jizhuan asked. "I can't do it." Hou Xueyan said.

Hou Jizhuan asked in confusion: "Why?"

Hou Xueyan said, "After we perform magic on the crutches, you must use them for five hours. Then they will prevent your legs from getting worse and the pain in your legs will be significantly reduced. However, in the three hours after I use magic to relieve your pain, the pain you feel will definitely be worse than before I performed the magic on you."

"Five consecutive hours?" Hou Jizhuan asked.

"It doesn't have to be continuous." Hou Xueyan said, "It can be done in bits and pieces to make up five hours."

Hou Jizhuan asked: "I moved around with the crutches, but in the period of less than five hours, wouldn't the pain in my legs get better just because I've been moving around with the crutches for a while?"

"That's right. It won't get better just because you've been using the crutches for a while." Hou Xueyan said, "Before you've been using the crutches for five hours, the condition of your legs won't get better immediately, even if you've been using the crutches for more than four hours. Five hours is like a hurdle. Once you pass that hurdle, the situation will be different."

Hou Jizhuan asked: "After I hold on to the pair of crutches that you and I have performed the ritual on together for five hours, will my legs not get worse even if I stop using them and the pain is significantly less frequent than before?"

(End of this chapter)