I Have Medicine

Chapter 527 - Seeing One’s Parents Again

At this point, Gu Zuo’s state of mind had calmed down significantly. He thought about the equipment he had given to his parents. If used properly, they could preserve their lives or even contend with others when encountering experts at the Immortal Realm.

Merely, if they were caught in a tight siege, they would be in great danger. In addition, with the Life Substitution Beast Pearls, they could at least get away with their lives once. It was just that, after using the beast pearls, any martial artists who escaped the danger would subsequently have their cultivation gradually reduced to the initial level, and they would need to cultivate all over again.

However, they still had to hurry as quickly as possible.

The two swiftly entered the dense forest. At this moment, there were several martial artists on the periphery, hunting wild beasts and out adventuring. This White Woods Slope was considered to be under the control of the Sect Offering Academy. Not even spirit-level wild beasts would appear, so the level of safety was rather high. This was supposed to be suitable place for his parents to temper themselves without risking their lives… Naturally, most of the present martial artists here were also students from the academy.

After rushing a number of kilometers in the indicated direction of the compass, the traces of people gradually decreased. At the same time, Gu Zuo discovered a scrap of cloth on a nearby branch.

This scrap of cloth carried the qi emissions of his dad, Gu Qi. As one could well imagine, the ambush this group of people received should’ve started in this place.

Tianheng gave a sweeping glance, and seemed to immediately see the scene at that time.

Gu Qi and Zhao Ji were probably in the middle of hunting a grade four wild beast to train their movement techniques. Yu Cheng was on the side to provide them support. All of a sudden, someone launched a surprise attack from the other side. Caught off guard, Gu Qi didn’t dodge in time. Although Yu Cheng’s reaction speed was very fast and he blocked the attack, the remaining power still punctured Qi Gi’s clothing. At the same time, because Gu Qi was wearing leather armor to protect his body, he wasn’t truly injured.

Soon after, they ran away!

Gu Zuo and Tianheng followed the traces and flew forward without wasting the slightest bit of time.

Gradually, they found bloodstains on the ground. The qi emissions of these bloodstains came from Gu Qi and Zhao Ji. However, the majority of them belonged to Yu Cheng.

Gu Zuo could tell that his parents were only lightly wounded. Most were due to indirect percussive blasts. On the other hand, Yu Cheng’s injuries were intermittent and disjointed. He must have done his best to protect them, resulting in multiple wounds.

After that, Tianheng noticed from some traces that the attackers were three Immortal Realm killers. Their attacks were sharp and decisive. As a martial artist of the Immortal Realm, there weren’t too many redundancies. They were probably experts who had received hellish training.

Next, there were qi emissions of Yu Cheng’s breakthrough. Immediately following this, there were signs of fighting, running, fighting…

They were getting closer and closer!

Soon after, they heard the sounds of two fierce explosions!

Gu Zuo was shocked: “It’s the Spirit Weapon Blood Sacrifice!”

This was quite an unorthodox method that was usually used for escapes. His big brother had thought it up, and passed it on to his dad and father. As such, the ones who had used the Spirit Weapon Blood Sacrifice were precisely them!

For a moment, Gu Zuo felt somewhat glad. Being capable of using Spirit Weapon Blood Sacrifice meant that nothing terrible had happened to them yet. However, Gu Zuo couldn’t be happy either. This was because they would only react like this at the most critical juncture.

Gu Zuo was aNxious: “Big brother, quick!”

TiaNheNg held Gu Zuo tightly, aNd the two of them were like afterimages. They already arrived at the sceNe withiN a siNgle breath of time!

In that place, the qi emissions of the three black-clothed men increased sharply. Their moves were cruel and vicious beyond compare. Yu Cheng was already tottering, on the verge of collapse. Gu Qi and Zhao Ji had just turned around to flee. Behind them, two black-clothed men were in close pursuit. With less than a meter of distance, their attacks would land!

In this instant, Gongyi Tianheng took action, and Gu Zuo was no slower.

A gigantic wolf-tooth cudgel appeared out of thin air, and ruthlessly swung towards those two black-clothed men! At the exact same time, a blood-colored palm made a slapping motion. In the blink of an eye, the two black-clothed men were knocked down to the ground.

Under the onslaught of the wolf-tooth cudgel, the bodies of the two black-clothed men were riddled with holes and bleeding profusely. Under the suppression of the blood-colored palm, they were crushed into meat paste before they could fully experience the agony of the wolf-tooth cudgel.

Gu Zuo didn’t hold back in the least. His formidable psychic power naturally caused immense damage. Tianheng was furious and merciless when he took action, and directly slapped those people to death.

Blood splattered, and the stench of blood reached Gu Qi and Zhao Ji.

Gu Zuo rushed over in a hurry: “Dad, father. Are you two okay?”

Tianheng turned around, slapped the other black-clothed man to death with a palm, and rescued Yu Cheng, who was already forced into a dangerous position and could’ve perished at any time.

Yu Cheng had lost all his strength. He was half-paralyzed on the ground, gasping for air. In his newly opened qi ocean, there was only a sliver of profound qi left. If his savior arrived just a little later, he would’ve certainly harmed his foundations.

Fortunately, his luck wasn’t bad.

On the other side, Gu Qi and Zhao Ji heard Gu Zuo’s voice, stopped their flying pace, and turned back. The two people’s complexions were somewhat pale. After all, the opponents they faced were far superior to them. Right now, they still felt a bit unwell.

When he was about to talk to Gu Zuo, Gu Qi was suddenly startled. Soon after, the qi emissions around his body underwent a burst of instability, which caused him to quickly cast a look at Gu Zuo. Then, he sat down with his legs crossed.

At first, Gu Zuo’s heart tensed, but it quickly relaxed.

As it turned out, due to that battle of life and death, and because his dad Gu Qi had been on the edge of danger the entire time, he squeezed out his own potential several times and successfully broke through.

But this was also normal. Whenever martial artists survived a disaster, if they didn’t die, their foundations would be severely damaged, or their potentials would be stimulated and their strength would rise dramatically.

Undoubtedly, Gu Qi’s luck was pretty good. He happened to be the latter.

Zhao Ji was similarly stimulated by this incident, but his progress wasn’t as great as that of Gu Qi. Currently, he was still at Xiantian stage two, but he was very close to Xiantian stage three.

Not long after, Gu Qi’s qi emissions surged, and he smoothly broke through from Xiantian stage one to Xiantian stage two. Originally, his strength was always slightly inferior because he had more distracting thoughts in his mind than Zhao Ji. But now, he had basically caught up.

Without delay, Gu Zuo said: “Congratulations on your smooth breakthrough, dad.”

Tianheng also spoke up: “Congratulations, uncle.”

Gu Qi showed a bright smiling expression that could wipe away the haze in onlookers’ hearts: “It’s all thanks to your timely rescue. Otherwise, we would’ve died once.”

At this moment, Yu Cheng felt very ashamed: “This ordeal is all my fault…”

Gu Zuo glanced at Yu Cheng, and waved his hand without accusing him of anything. When all was said and done, this was a bolt out of the blue that he couldn’t have resisted. The real people who were at fault was the Yu Family’s idiotic second young master. However, even though this was orchestrated by Yu Er, he was a member of the Yu Family. They could seize this chance to condemn the Yu Family, ridding them of this troublesome matter.

Thinking of this, Gu Zuo looked at Tianheng.

Tianheng smiled and nodded his head.

Of course, it would be more appropriate for Tianheng to take the lead on this incident.

After that, Gu Zuo peered at Gu Qi and Zhao Ji with a somewhat guilty expression: “Dad, father. I didn’t think carefully this time, and caused you two to suffer.”

— How could Gu Qi blame Gu Zuo?

He shook his head, and smiled: “This matter has nothing to do with you. You have already considered things very carefully. If an accident could be controlled, then it wouldn’t be an accident. Besides, we wouldn’t have really perished.

“Son, don’t think about it too much. You’ve just reached adulthood yourself, and your old dad and father are both strong men. We can still work hard to make a living, so why not leave some room for the two of us to show off?”

Right away, Gu Zuo felt somewhat embarrassed. In a low voice, he murmured: “The residual effects of the Life Substitution Beast Pearl are still quite serious. It’s best to avoid dying if possible. But dad, you should be a little more careful. After this time, I’ll give you guys some more things for self-defense… Use them when you need them. There’s no need to save me money.”

Gu Qi laughed and said: “Both the trick pills and poisons were very useful. Just prepare these things. As for the rest, we’ll think of something on our own. When we get stronger in the future, your father and I will go out adventuring.”

Gu Zuo wouldn’t refuse his family’s dad in this, and quickly agreed with a noncommittal hum. However, his gaze had quietly shot a glance at Tianheng.

Tianheng remained silent and calm. He had already communicated with him privately.

[Ah Zuo, don’t worry.]

[Big brother, I just feel that there are many lunatics like that Yu Er in the world. We need to stay vigilant in this regard…]

[I have already obtained a few refining methods for protective jade talismans. Once we go back, I can utilize the techniques of the six paths to seal several attacks into the jade talismans, and give them to these two uncles.

[In the future, if they confront someone whose realm far exceeds their own, they can brandish these jade talismans to wipe out powerful enemies. Besides this, we can prepare a few more Life Substitution Beast Pearls, all kinds of healing medicinal pills, and more of whatever Ah Zuo wants to supply.

[Furthermore, now that I have advanced to the Ascendant Realm, I can obtain Noble Realm battle slaves and add a few more Celestial Realm battle slaves. At that time, I’ll send Ying Yu to secretly protect these two uncles. I’ll only instruct him that he can’t interfere in their adventures unless they’re near death.]

Tianheng’s words were logical and gentle. After this conversation entered Gu Zuo’s Tianfu Acupoint, that bit of fretfulness in his heart calmed down.

Also, his parents hadn’t matured enough to go out on their own adventures. The opportune moment hadn’t arrived yet. There was still a period of time in between. Coincidentally, during this period of time, he would get a hold of more medicinal pills and strive to improve Ying Yu’s strength. It would be best if Ying Yu could break through to the Noble Realm.

At that time, if he acted as a hidden bodyguard, Gu Zuo would feel greater reassurance.

Gu Zuo silently sighed.

In any case, he wouldn’t let dad or father find out, and he wouldn’t interfere in their adventures. He only hoped that when they came across that kind of idiot again, they wouldn’t be deceived…

T/N: The next three chapters are double-length.

Thanks for the corrections, Charysa.

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