Tu Xiao'an was at a complete loss. This wasn't part of the plan.
Where had it all gone wrong? The famous ancient Supre Profound Snake was hailed as a living Treasure dicine. Every part of its body possessed imnse value.
This snake had triggered a second snake-hunting craze in Bai Town. Countless people hoped to get rich from it, and countless sick people hoped it would cure their illnesses.
"Xiao'an, what do we do? Blood keeps pouring from Mom's mouth!" Tu Xiaoyue was frantic, muttering, "Is Mom... is she going to leave us just like this?"
Tu Xiao'an was in no mood to comfort his sister.
'Envelop her in my consciousness!'
His Consciousness Power instantly focused on his mother. Subtle streams of Qi in the air slowly transferred into Wen Qiu.
Through the Energy transfer, Tu Xiao'an miraculously sensed the internal structure of his mother's body; her internal organs seed to beco clearly visible.
He was looking inside her.
He imdiately detected an incredibly potent and fierce power surging within his mother, a power carrying the unique aura of the Snake Race.
It was the Supre Profound Snake's Snake Gallbladder. Inside his mother's body, its dicinal properties were violently flaring up.
This could be described as dicinal power.
Strangely, however, this dicinal power couldn't seem to find an outlet and was simply rampaging through his mother's body.
In professional dical terms, her body was too weak to be nourished by such potent redies. It was like force-feeding a massive amount of nutrients to soone who was skin and bones; their body simply couldn't handle it.
That's why Wen Qiu had started coughing up blood right after swallowing the Snake Gallbladder and drinking the honey water.
'Damn it. It's not that the Supre Profound Snake's Snake Gallbladder isn't working—it's working too well!'
It had surged into her system all at once, but instead of targeting the root of her illness, it just started rampaging.
His mother had lung cancer, which ant her lungs were severely damaged. Among all cancers, lung cancer supposedly had the second-highest mortality rate.
Once lung cancer reaches its final stages, death is basically a certainty. It's considered beyond the help of dicine.
In the late stages, the cancer had spread. As Tu Xiao'an inspected his mother's body, he discovered her lungs were surrounded by black spots. These spots were like parasites, madly gnawing away at her health and devouring her life.
'No, I have to guide the Snake Gallbladder's dicinal power to Mom's lungs.'
Otherwise, this incredibly potent power would continue rampaging through her body. It would do more harm than good.
How could he guide it? An idea struck Tu Xiao'an. 'My own Energy can act as a guide for the gallbladder's dicinal power!'
'Yes, that's it!'
But just then...
"Ding... Host has insufficient Energy Value. Unable to continue external use."
'Damn it!' Tu Xiao'an was so furious he could have spat blood. He'd dropped the ball at the most critical mont.
Tu Xiao'an withdrew his Consciousness Power and blurted out, "Sis, don't worry! I have a way to save Mom!"
Before his voice had even faded, a serpentine figure suddenly darted towards the woods in the backyard.
Night had long since fallen, blanketing the land in darkness. On the mountain behind the house, the temperature had dropped sharply. The once nacing forest was now bathed in moonlight, creating an illusion of peace and harmony.
The trees were a tangled ss, and moonlight filtered through the gaps like scattered starlight. In the shadows, the nacing trees seed to be laughing coldly. Pairs of eerie green eyes lay in wait within the bushes.
A Silver White Snake suddenly appeared in the forest. Its Snake Pupils glowed red, and Killing Intent poured from it. 'I need Energy Value. A massive amount of Energy Value.'
'Die. All living creatures will provide with Energy.'
A bat was flitting through the air. Having slept all day, it was now out hunting insects to fill its belly. Unfortunately for it, its path took it directly over Tu Xiao'an.
'Lock on with my consciousness. Now, burst!'
Tu Xiao'an looked up at the bat passing overhead. A Formless wave of power condensed in the air, then squeezed.
POP...!
The bat never knew what hit it. Its body abruptly exploded, raining down in a shower of blood and gore.
"Ding... Host has killed a Level 3 bat and obtained 20 Energy Value."
'Activate dominance ability!'
An aura of kingship surged from the Silver White Snake, sweeping out in all directions. As the night deepened, the forest grew bizarrely lively. Venomous snakes slithered out from all corners, converging on the Silver White Snake's position.
'Thirty snakes.'
'Fifty snakes.'
'One hundred snakes.'
'Sorry to disturb you. Now, offer up your lives for my Energy Value.'
Tu Xiao'an gazed impassively at the swarm of snakes that had gathered so quickly. His Killing Intent flared like a sudden, violent storm.
He was short on ti; he couldn't even wait for more snakes to gather.
Suddenly, the forest's tranquility was shattered by a chorus of demonic, hissing shrieks from the venomous snakes. Then, one by one, their life signs winked out.
「A short while later.」
Evolutionary Energy Value: 3000/2000.
'This should be enough.'
Barely ten minutes later, Tu Xiao'an reappeared in his mother's room. The two won were frantic with anxiety. Their mother's face was as pale as a sheet of paper, her body alternating between feverish heat and deathly cold, while blood continued to trickle from the corners of her mouth.
Tu Xiao'an had no ti to explain what he had just done. His eyes narrowed, and he once again focused his Consciousness Power on his unconscious mother.
Instantly, a massive amount of the subtle Qi in the air began flowing into Wen Qiu's body.
"Ding... 20 Energy Value consud."
"Ding... 50 Energy Value consud."
"Ding... 100 Energy Value consud."
Tu Xiao'an used a massive amount of Energy to guide the rogue dicinal power inside his mother. It was like trying to leash a powerful bull and drag it into a field to plow.
Once this dicinal power reached his mother's lungs, it could begin its work and unleash its true effect.
Soon, Tu Xiao'an could see the black spots—the cancer cells—in his mother's lungs being slowly eliminated by the dicinal power, which seed to be destroying itself along with them.
They were parasites, a potent poison, the very incarnation of the disease. They had to be completely eradicated. Afterward, the dicinal power could begin to repair his mother's damaged lungs.
If it could do all that, then she would be saved.
This was a battle for her health. The cancer cells were the invaders, and the dicinal power was like a Divine Weapon sent from the heavens—a battle of good versus evil.
Throughout this process, Tu Xiao'an continuously transferred Energy into his mother, subtly improving her physical condition.
He was worried her fragile body wouldn't be able to take the strain.
As ti trickled by, the eyes of the two worried won at the bedside slowly began to brighten.
They saw that their mother's complexion was gradually returning to a healthy, rosy color, and she was no longer spitting up blood.
This was an excellent sign! They were so nervous that sweat beaded on their foreheads, their hearts pounding in their chests.
They even began to pray silently, pleading for Heaven's rcy. She was such a tragic woman; her husband was dead, her son was dead... If the heavens had any compassion at all, they wouldn't take her too.
Whether the heavens were watching was another matter entirely. But Tu Xiao'an, now a House Snake, would rather die himself than ever let his mother leave this world.
Even if it ant a life for a life.
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