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She might even take the risk of taking me with her to go back to Liyue Harbor to seek treatment from you, Mr. Bai. If she encounters any danger on the way, I will be blamed."

As he spoke, Yu Qi half sat up and stretched hard: "It's pretty good now, as long as I don't become a burden, it doesn't matter if I adapt a few days later. Is there anything serious?"

"Is that so? Since you have no objection, I am relieved."

Although he said this, Bai Shu's eyes were still fixed on Yu Qi. His hesitant look made Yu Qi feel uncomfortable. He couldn't help but ask, "Mr. Bai, do you have anything else to tell me?"

"..." He remained silent. Even Changsheng on Bai Zhu's shoulder couldn't help but raise his head and looked at him worriedly.

After a long while, Bai Zhu breathed a sigh of relief, put away the smile on his face, and said solemnly: "So, Mr. Yu Qi, do you know anything about the power in your body that makes your physique stronger and stronger? Can it extend your life? Or even make you immortal?!"

"This..." Yu Qi had never expected Bai Zhu to ask such a question. He was stunned for a moment and didn't know how to answer for a moment.

"Baizhu?! Didn't we agree to observe for a while? Isn't it still uncertain now?!"

Raising his hand to calm the frightened Changsheng, Bai Zhu said frankly: "I know this question is very presumptuous, but this matter concerns me and the long-cherished wish of dozens of generations of doctors in my lineage, so I sincerely ask for your advice.

After seeing the changes in you, I feel that I may have found hope, so I asked such an impolite question. I hope you can forgive me! "

Seeing Bai Shu standing up and bowing to the ground, Yu Qi quickly reached out to support him and said helplessly: "Mr. Bai, what are you doing? I didn't say no!"

"Just think of it as repaying his life-saving grace!" Thinking in his heart, Yu Qi didn't think it was too much for Bai Zhu to ask such a question on their first meeting. In fact, he didn't really care about it.

More importantly, thanks to the ability he had just acquired, Yu Qi could actually feel that although Bai Zhu's emotions were a bit complicated when he said this, he was mostly filled with a sincere desire to save the world!

What he asked for from Yu Qi was not to satisfy his own selfish desires, but to be able to save lives and heal the wounded more conveniently. He still had respect for people like Bai Zhu!

If I can be of any help, I won't hesitate to give too much.

"Ah!" Bai Zhu stood up with an expression of joy that he could hardly control. He stared at Yu Qi with burning eyes: "Really?! Ah, sorry, I'm not questioning you, I'm just...overjoyed!"

Ignoring Bai Shu's overly passionate gaze, Yu Qi sighed: "But, Mr. Bai, please tell me what you want to know, otherwise I don't know how to answer you!"

"And..." After hesitating for a moment, Yu Qi continued to ask: "Can I know the cause and effect of this matter?"

"This..." Sighing, Bai Zhu did not refuse. He sat on the stool and began to tell the past stories of his lineage.

"At that time, there was a plague that plagued all living beings. A pharmacist therefore made a great wish to eradicate the suffering in the world. However, as a mortal, even with a kind heart and magical skills, it was difficult to resist the ravages of natural disasters. After practicing medicine for several years, even his relatives around him were infected with the disease and said goodbye to the pharmacist..."

"Legend has it that deep in the mountains of Chenyu Valley, there lived a Medicine Monarch who could cure all diseases. The Medicine Monarch went to the mountain alone, but in the end, he only found a white snake that had exhausted its power and had a weak breath in the mountains!"

"'Sign a contract and live with me; I will teach you the secret method of saving people, but you must not forget that this method will eventually harm yourself.' I once said this to the pharmacist, but he ultimately chose to use means beyond the ordinary to exchange for the miracle of reversing life and death.

The pharmacist thought that he could save everything in this way, but he forgot that he was just an ordinary person and that performing miracles would always come at a price - in the end, the pharmacist, who had exhausted his vitality, passed away.

Before his death, the pharmacist passed the contract down to his last patient, who was also his favorite disciple.

“Faced with the separation of life and death, that disciple made the same choice as Medicine Master—using his own life to save more lives, and this continues for generations!

Time and again... no matter how I reminded them or adjusted their bodies, I couldn't change the outcome..."

"Until my master passed this contract and Changsheng to me!" Bai Zhu stroked the cold snake body with a smile on his face after Changsheng's words: "My master never doubted the path chosen by the ancestors and himself, and so did I.

However, facing the tearful faces of our loved ones begging us not to harm our own lives, my master and I both had a question: For those of us who are contracting, is this contract a poison that will only quench our thirst, or a cure that will save lives?

As people who have saved countless critically ill lives, how can we find a medical prescription that can save generations of people who have died prematurely due to contracts? "

"For this reason, I traveled through the mountains of Liyue, searching for a way to prolong my life without causing any harm, but I found nothing until..."

Chapter 9: Yu Qi and Bai Shu's Ambition

"Until... you found the real doctor, which is - me?"

"...Maybe." With a calm look in his clear yellow snake pupils, Bai Zhu carefully considered his words and began to express his thoughts.

“Generally speaking, the vitality contained in the human body is not constant. Whether it is contracting an epidemic, encountering an accident, or being overworked, indulging in smoking and drinking, staying up all night... anything that is harmful to the body will lead to the loss of human vitality.

Of course, this kind of damage is mostly temporary. Most excellent doctors can understand the actual condition of the patient's body by the changes in vitality, and then prescribe the right medicine and regulate the body with reasonable medical prescriptions to allow vitality to recover naturally.

On the other hand, the upper limit of human vitality can, to some extent, be regarded as a reflection of human lifespan. Every epidemic or injury will lead to a more or less reduction in one's lifespan.

At the same time, even if you maintain the most reasonable daily routine, the upper limit of human vitality will continue to decrease with the passage of time. When it is no longer possible to sustain the daily activities of life, that is the day of death.

After this lineage signed a contract with Changsheng, the secret method they obtained was to forcibly heal other people's illnesses and injuries at the cost of transferring the lesions to themselves.

Sacrifice your own vitality in exchange for the well-being of others.

If this continues, even with longevity conditioning and no matter how advanced his medical skills are, the doctor's life span will be constantly wasted in the process of transferring the lesion again and again, until he eventually dies."

“To inherit this contract, one’s character is extremely demanding, and each generation of contractors must be pure people.” Looking up at Bai Shu, a barely perceptible sadness emerged in Changsheng’s blood-red pupils, just like the look in his eyes as he watched generations of contractors rush to their deaths over the past thousands of years.

“However, the more kind-hearted people are, the more likely they are to be attracted by such miracles that defy life and death. After obtaining this secret method, even if they know better than anyone what the outcome will be, facing the cries of the masses and the life and death of their loved ones, they will ultimately choose to use this inhuman power.

...Just like a moth flying towards a flame, knowing that its wings will be burned by the flame, it still pursues the untouchable light. "

After smiling and comforting Changsheng, Bai Zhu continued, "As for me, I am probably the moth that wants to pursue hope but doesn't want to be burned."

"I respect those teachers who sacrificed their lives for the world, but I don't intend to become one of them, nor do I want this contract to be passed down to future generations."

"...But, your current condition does not seem to be consistent with what you said!" Yu Qi raised his eyebrows. As time passed, he was gradually able to master that power and could clearly feel the terrible condition inside Bai Zhu's body.

Apparently, like his teacher, Bai Zhu had also used that secret method a lot and had transferred countless diseases into his own body.

Bai Zhu did not show much sadness about this: "What is poison? What is disease? In essence, aren't they all ways that can affect the human body?

If any behavior that is different from "usual" can be called a "disease", then... can "eternal life" also be called a disease, and can "the elixir of immortality" be called a poison?

Studying all diseases and poisons in order to achieve immortality... This may seem against the laws of nature to ordinary people, but to me, it is no different from our ancestors who tasted hundreds of herbs to cure hundreds of diseases.

I don’t want those who come after me to continue to die young due to the contract, nor do I want Changsheng to die due to losing the contract, so I only have one choice! "

"So that's it... Immortality?" Having gradually understood Bai Zhu's idea, Yu Qi suddenly thought of what he had said to him before, and was shocked: "Wait a minute, you mean... you see the possibility of 'immortality' in me?"

If this is true, then the purpose of Baishu is...

"That's not the case. Please rest assured, I don't covet your ability, nor do I want to transfer it to myself through secret methods."

Bai Shu showed a trace of shame on his face and shook his head, "I am ashamed to say that when I was treating you before, I accidentally discovered something strange about you. Because I needed to understand your physical condition, and... I was curious.

So I did some in-depth research and unexpectedly discovered that your vitality is unexpectedly... tenacious!"

"Tenacious?" Hearing this word, Yu Qi was worried, but also interested: "Can you tell me more about it?"

“Yes, tenacious!” Bai Shu nodded, as if he recalled something incredible, with a look of surprise on his face: “Logically speaking, you were seriously ill at the time, and your body was corroded by elemental forces, so your chances of survival should be very slim.

However, after a careful examination, I found that although your vitality seemed weak and was being constantly consumed by various diseases, it was recovering at an extremely stable rate, and your physical condition was also constantly improving!

Even without my help, you were able to recover without any medicine, and the source of this recovery seems to be related to your breathing."

At this point, Bai Zhu's tone gradually became agitated. Fortunately, Changsheng noticed his abnormality, raised his head and rubbed his cheek with the slightly cool snake scales, which made him sober up. He apologized in a low voice: "Sorry, I was a little excited."

Bai Shu took a deep breath, calmed himself down, and said, "This situation naturally surprised me, and gave me another inspiration. So after a night of thinking, I took the liberty to make such an impolite request to you."

"...So, after saying so much, what is your plan?" Blinking in confusion, Yu Qi was now a little confused about Bai Zhu's intention.

"So, I hope you can allow me to observe the changes in your body and find the root cause of this situation. Is that possible?"

"This..." Yu Qi looked at Bai Shu with some hesitation and asked, "But, what if you can't figure out anything, Mr. Bai? You can't let me stay with you all the time for you to observe, right?"

"Haha, that won't happen. Of course, if you are willing, I will be more than happy to help you." With a slight smile, Bai Shu added, "As far as I know, you and Miss Xiangling have agreed to go back to Liyue Harbor together. It just so happens that I will also be going back to Liyue Harbor in the next two days. The journey will take about half a month. How about limiting the time to this?"

"...That's not impossible." Yu Qi nodded hesitantly, looked outside the tent, and said, "But first we need to get Miss Xiangling's consent."

"I will discuss this with Miss Xiangling later."

"Then, can you tell me your real purpose? Why do I hear that you don't want to find the possibility of 'eternal life' from me?"

"..." After a moment of silence, Bai Zhu raised his head and looked up through the gap in the tent. He stared at the clear sky with deep yearning in his eyes: "Medicine cannot cure fatal diseases. Even if it is a secret method of immortality, it can only transfer the pain and cannot reduce the suffering in the world.

I previously tried to seek immortality only so that my life could save more lives; but when I think about it carefully, I am only one person after all. Even if I am immortal in this life, how many people can I save?

But the changes in your body are different. If we can find the source of this 'abnormality', analyze it, and finally spread it as a 'disease' to everyone in the world, we can let everyone in the world suffer from this 'disease' that can increase their vitality.

Then, perhaps my mission will be completely accomplished!"

“There will be no more illness and disease, and epidemics will be eradicated. If everyone in the world is healthy, even if I pass this contract on to future generations, they won’t need to sacrifice their lives to save others!

In this way, my long-cherished wish, and the long-cherished wish of my predecessors and teachers, has been completely fulfilled!"

"This..." Looking at Bai Shu with shock, Yu Qi had never expected that his thoughts would be like this. They were not as narrow-minded as he had guessed.

"Mr. Bai, your idea is really..."

“Hahaha, Your Excellency also thinks I’m daydreaming, right? In fact, I think so too.” Bai Zhu couldn’t help laughing, but his eyes were particularly firm: “I didn’t actually expect to succeed in just one try, but I have to try anyway.

Compared to seeking immortality, there is a better and more convenient possibility in front of me. How can I be willing not to try it? "

"Okay." Yu Qi nodded. He didn't think Bai Shu was joking. He said with a little respect, "Mr. Bai, you have convinced me. How about this? Not only during this period of time, but after I settle down in Liyue Harbor, I will go to Mr. Bai to cooperate with your research when I am free."

“Really?!” He was shocked, then showed a joyful smile, and stood up again and bowed deeply to Yu Qi: “Bai Shu would like to thank Mr. Yu Qi!

Please rest assured, I, Bai Zhu, will sign this contract with the name of Emperor Rock King as a witness!

From today on, Mr. Yu Qi, I will never reveal anything about you to anyone else. If you break this oath, you will be punished by being eaten by the rock, and you will be annihilated by the heavens and the earth, and you will never be able to be reborn!"

Bai Zhu's words seemed very light, but Yu Qi could feel the sincerity in his heart. At the moment when Bai Shu's words fell, Yu Qi vaguely heard a deep and powerful voice in his ears, not knowing whether it was an illusion or not.

"The contract is done!"

His heart pounded, Yu Qi was dazed for a moment, and then he suddenly realized who the owner of the voice was.

The god in power on earth and also the ruler of Liyue - Geo Lord Morax!

Not only Yu Qi, Bai Zhu and Changsheng hanging around his neck also seemed to have heard the sound, and their faces were all startled!

No one had expected that they had simply signed a contract and would actually attract the attention of the God of Contracts. This sudden change stunned everyone on the spot, especially Yu Qi, whose face showed a dazed look.

A faint light, as if responding to the voice, flickered slightly in his eyes.

After a brief moment of surprise, Bai Zhu's face suddenly showed ecstasy again. Even the gods cast their eyes on him and even personally witnessed the contract between them. Doesn't this mean that his idea is not just a mere delusion, but a real hope that can be realized!

When he thought of this, Bai Zhu instantly felt motivated - not at all, after all, he was already motivated about this, he just felt more at ease.

Looking at Yu Qi who seemed a little confused (?), Bai Shu thought of his identity as a person from another world and explained: "Did you hear that voice just now, Your Excellency Yu Qi? That was our Liyue's god, Lord Yan Wangdijun. He is also the God of Contract. With his testimony, you will believe the oath I made, right?"

"Of course." Nodding, Yu Qi came back to his senses, raised his hand and touched his chest, with a somewhat puzzled expression.

Just as he opened his mouth to ask something, the curtain of the tent was suddenly opened, and Xiangling came in with a big bowl of rice porridge. She looked at Bai Shu who was sitting beside the bed and said, "Mr. Bai, breakfast is ready. Please come out and eat. I'll take care of Mr. Yu Qi."

Behind him, Guoba ran in happily with a dish of side dishes on his head, calling out "lulu", and nimbly climbed to the head of Yu Qi's bed. He looked at him curiously, and for some reason, there was a hint of closeness and reminiscence in his eyes.

He looked at the rice crust in confusion, not understanding why its attitude had changed so much from before, but soon, Yu Qi's attention was attracted by Xiangling, who sat down beside him with porridge and seemed to want to feed him.

Looking at the spoon reaching to his mouth, he quickly shook his head and reached out to take the porridge from Xiangling's hand: "No, no, I'm not that weak, I can do it myself."

"Well, okay then." Looking at the rosy-faced Yu Qi, Xiang Ling nodded with both happiness and regret, and just sat there watching him finish all the porridge with some side dishes in no time.

"Do you want more? I have cooked a lot more." Xiangling asked, taking the bowl and chopsticks from Yu Qi.

"No, this much is enough." He shook his head. Maybe it was because his body hadn't recovered yet, but he felt tired and couldn't help yawning. "I usually eat very little in the morning, and you haven't eaten yet, so go eat."

"Then Mr. Yu Qi, you should have a good rest. Remember to call me if you need anything!"

"Well, definitely."

"Lulu~"

Watching Xiangling leave, Yu Qi raised his hand and shook Guoba who was waving at him, then shrank back into the quilt with a weary look on his face and squinted his eyes.

One minute, two minutes, ten minutes...

A full half hour had passed, and for some reason Yu Qi, who clearly felt very sleepy, still couldn't fall asleep. He tossed and turned in circles on the bed, but instead he became more and more energetic.

"Ah, I can't sleep!" Muttering softly, Yu Qi straightened his body, raised his arms and placed them in front of his eyes, and a point of elemental light appeared at his fingertips.

"Is it because of you? Fushe... I don't know who you were in the past!"

Chapter 10 Yu Qi and Ship Knowledge

Fushe, this name is actually very unfamiliar to Yu Qi. At least before today, he had never even heard of this name which seems to be no different from a nickname.

But starting from today... no, to be precise, after the heavy rain yesterday, this name will be deeply engraved in Yu Qi's heart.

Just yesterday in the rain, when Xiangling ran back to the camp to get rain gear for Yu Qi, he was facing a life-and-death crisis. He instinctively felt that he could not hold on for much longer, so he took out the two-star card, Strong Soul, and swallowed it directly.

Theoretically speaking, as a human being, Yu Qi is actually unable to digest something like a soul. Even when he chose to swallow that soul, he didn't have much hope in his heart.