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Chapter 143 Carrying Grandpa

"Brother Zhong, how is it? Have you found the cause?"

Gu Ning was also very anxious. After all, Gu Chen was once the number one genius in the family. If he could really be cured, he would be happy to see it happen. Who wouldn't want to have a more powerful son in the family? Besides, Gu Chen was still young and would not compete with him for the position of patriarch. The two of them had no conflicts of interest.

Zhong Lin collected the internal energy in Gu Chen's body, shook his head and said, "Sorry."

Upon hearing this, Gu Chen's face was filled with despair and pain.

"Gu Chen doesn't have any problems with his body, but for some reason his energy and blood keep dissipating. This is also the reason why his cultivation has not improved but regressed over the years." Zhong Lin said.

"Is there really no other way?"

"Not really."

Zhong Lin continued, "Gu Chen's body is like a funnel right now. Although we don't know where the blood and qi are leaking out, everything has its reasons. Since we can't find the cause of the leak, we can start from where it's coming in."

"What does Brother Zhong mean?"

"You can let Gu Chen take more pills to replenish his Qi and blood, so that the two can maintain a balance. Then he can naturally continue to practice. Maybe when he reaches the third level and can condense his own Qi and blood, he can find the root cause and lock his Qi and blood at the same time. Then his body will naturally heal without medicine." Zhong Lin said.

Gu Ning frowned slightly and asked, "Qi and Blood Pills? How many do you need?"

"According to the current situation, one pill a day should be enough, but as his martial arts improve, he will need more. When he reaches the seventh level of Bone Tempering, he will need at least ten pills a day."

Zhong Lin made a simple calculation.

"This……"

Gu Ning frowned, said no more, and calculated quickly in his mind.

One Qi and Blood Pill costs fifteen taels of silver. Even if the Gu family needs to purchase in large quantities and can get a discount, one pill still costs thirteen taels of silver.

If you take ten pills a day, that means you will need one hundred and thirty taels of silver every day.

Even he himself, as the son of the patriarch, did not have such luxury, let alone investing in Gu Chen, whose future was still unknown.

There was a hint of despair in Gu Chen's eyes. He naturally knew the situation. Even if his parents were alive, it would be impossible for them to invest more than one hundred taels of silver in him every day, not to mention that it was the family's responsibility.

This is simply a bottomless pit, and one with an unknown future. It is impossible for the family to invest such a huge amount in him.

Zhong Lin patted Gu Chen's shoulder and said softly, "Don't be discouraged. After all, you haven't had such symptoms before, so it's possible that you will recover soon."

Gu Chen suppressed his despair and said in a deep voice, "With your kind words, I will never give up."

"Hahaha, not bad, not bad, you have perseverance. Brother Gu, please get a hundred Qi and Blood Pills for Brother Gu Chen. This will be considered as my support for him. The cost will be deducted from next month's supplies." Zhong Lin said with a smile.

Gu Chen's eyes lit up and he thanked him again: "Thank you, Master Zhong Dan."

Logically speaking, he should have refused, but for that glimmer of hope, he was reluctant to give up such an opportunity. He could only secretly swear in his heart that if his body could really recover one day, he would repay Zhong Lin after he had achieved success in his cultivation.

Gu Ning also bowed deeply to Zhong Lin: "Thank you, Brother Zhong."

The two of them did not stay here for long and left the courtyard.

At night, Zhong Lin refused the two girls from the Gu family sent by Gu Xiaofeng to sleep with him, and until three o'clock in the morning, he shuttled across the roof like a ghost.

Without disturbing anyone, he quickly came to the courtyard where Gu Chen was. Even through the door, Zhong Lin could sense that Gu Chen had already fallen asleep. With a shake of his palm, the beam behind the bedroom door was shaken open.

Looking at Gu Chen sleeping soundly on the bed, Zhong Lin reached out and pressed his neck, and Gu Chen slept even more soundly.

"I want to see if there is an old man."

He reached out and took the black ring on Gu Chen's neck, but did not pull the rope on it.

The ring is completely black and feels heavy in the hand. It looks like it is made of black iron, but when you apply a little force, the shape of the ring does not change at all.

"It's really not a mortal thing."

You know, with Zhong Lin's strength, even without circulating his internal energy, he could easily crush a piece of steel into mud, but the black iron ring in front of him did not change at all.

Zhong Lin didn't dare to use more force, for fear of breaking it.

A stream of internal energy emerged from the fingertips and slowly flowed into the ring.

The next moment, a violent suction force suddenly came from the ring, and Zhong Lin's internal energy was devoured like a flood. In just a moment, a full 30% of it was devoured.

"More... still... need... more."

A faint voice came from the ring, seeming to be there and not there. If you didn't listen carefully, you might even think it was an illusion.

Zhong Lin's face changed drastically, and he slapped the ring with his left hand. The moment the ring left his palm, his body quickly retreated.

Breathing heavily, Zhong Lin looked at the black ring on Gu Chen's neck with caution.

In just a few breaths, more than 60% of the energy in Zhong Lin's dantian was gone, all of it was sucked away by the ring.

"I heard it right. There is indeed a sound coming from the ring, and it can even absorb my internal energy. It really is 'Medicine Master'!"

At this moment, Zhong Lin was shocked. There was indeed something wrong with the ring on Gu Chen's neck. He thought that his deficiency of energy and blood was due to this ring.

"I have already understood the ninth level of martial arts. It is absolutely impossible for the soul of Yao Lao to be hidden in the ring like in the novels of my previous life. Master also said that even if I break through to the first level, I will only have a stronger power than the first level, and I can't do such a miraculous thing."

"So either there is a higher realm in martial arts, a realm that is more mysterious and incredible, or there is another cultivation system, a cultivation system that is completely different from martial arts."

"No matter which one it is, this ring is a treasure, or more precisely, the person inside the ring."

"This is the portable old man! I just don't know if this old man is good or bad."

Zhong Lin was also a member of a certain website in his previous life. He had read countless novels. The kind with the portable grandfather was once very popular.

At the beginning, the old grandfathers were all good, helping the protagonist solve various problems in cultivation and teaching various martial arts, skills, and secret techniques. However, as this school matured, various conspiracy-like old grandfathers began to appear.

But no matter what, Zhong Lin would never hesitate to speculate with the greatest malice.

"Gu Chen, who let your grandfather be exposed? I also want to have an old grandfather. I'm sorry, but taking the old grandfather is also for your own good. Even my upper third-grade cultivation had 60% of my internal energy sucked away in an instant. You can't even cultivate your Qi and blood, so you can't withstand the devouring and absorption of this old grandfather. I guess you will never be satisfied until you die."

"Taking this ring may be a good thing for you."

(End of this chapter)