Master had no pulse, he just collapsed silently on the floor and I was still engrossed in trying to understand what was going on .
The second he fell on the floor, I was jolted awake from my thoughts and my shocked state at this kind of news, I thought he died in my hands, my whole mind went numb for a few second .
It took him falling and hitting the ground to act as enough stimulation to wake up back to the cruel reality of my current situation, instantly checking through anything that I can currently do to help, the one thing that came to my mind was to use that special method I had learned from Zi Xue .
Just as I was about to start executing the moves that helped in gathering that weird energy, I felt that the sead in my Dantian seem to be reacting intensively like it had never before, this didn't matter to me in the slightest at this point, all I was thinking about was how to help my dying Master .
The chant was said, the Energy gathered on the palm of my hand, then I directly infused it into his body, the second I did this or at least tried to do this, a hand suddenly reached out to me from the dark and held my hand, obstructing me from laying a hand on Master's body .
What are you trying to do ? .
The hand didn't belong to anyone else but guardian Li, the man who is a sworn brother to master and who had been missing for some time as I heard, Mu Lu had mentioned that he had heard rumors about him being searching for herbs or doctors to help Master with his injuries .
Who had happened to appear here and now of all the times, it also seem that he was quite concerned about master's current state, his eyes were bloodshot with fury, their was also a hint of wariness and bewilderment in them as he looked at me .
Hearing his question, it seem to me that Master apparently hadn't told him about the weird method I have in my possession also, this only made his confusion about what was currently going on only worse .
The hand that was holding me in place was steel like hand, firm and seemed to be unwavering, it also had quite the strength in it, enough strength to squish the bones in my own hand effortlessly and snap my arm off, that was what the dangerous feeling I got from him was telling me .
" I'm trying to save Master .
Second after I said this, the spark of energy swirling in the palm of my hand had dissipated and without any warning, I felt my body getting weaker by the second, just as I almost forced into a coma like state, feeling dizzy because the loss of Blood Qi, I heard the notifications sounds in my mind going off .
It seem that interrupting the process of operating that method, seemed to be quite harmful to the body, mostly the body's Vitality, the feeling I got just now, was from the facr that my Blood Qi was being consumed to compensate for the burn of vitality need to start operating that method .
It was not a negative side effect, so the Panel didn't interfere and blocked it for me, the consumption of Blood Qi I mean, the other harmful effects on my body and organs were removed, it seem that even though it had helped me with dealing with all kinds of negative effects, the rules of give to take still apply to me .
Instead of being exempted from using my Vitality, I was able to use my Blood Qi as the fuel to operate that method, when I was interrupted, the amount of Blood Qi I lost was even severe than I would have ever expected, I guess that as the popular say among Martial Artists goes ' a single slip could lead to death ', was indeed quite right .
I could say to have suffered bad luck or a small backlash, my complexion become a bit pale but only for a short while, then I felt like a warm current of energy seem to start circulating in my body, that current came from my heart, but I instantly understood and recalled what it was .
It originated from the gift that Feng Rui had bestowed upon me, that blood colored energy, it settled into my heart and helped me breakthrough to the Organs Quenching Realm in an instant, I thought that it should have already dissipated by now, but it seem that I thought wrong .
It was still inside me and at the current time, it was actually helping me in recovering my Blood Qi, but not without a cost, the Panel still had alarmed me to the fact that this was also set by those guys from the Phoenix Nest to damage my foundation, but I'm not certain if that was truly the case or not, it was just but a gues of mine .
Anyhow, seeing how I looked pale for a second after the weird energy in my hands dissipated, looking at how ugly his face currently looked, I understood that uncle Li in front of me was suspicious before, but now he was certain that I'm up to no good .
Before I even say anything, I saw him make a move with his free hand, a normal looking punch was being directed at my gut, the speed of the punch wasn't that fast, it just that I had felt that all my Blood Qi becoming unaccessible .
I was still able to move it inside my body, but as I try to empower myself with it or release it outside my body, the connection would be severed and I would be unable to access it, it's as if I was under a spell or something or maybe my Blood Qi got sealed, I don't know nor I liked that feeling much .
A normal punch, yet all the hair on my body stood on end, all my body screamed at me to move and I wholeheartedly wanted to listen to this plea, but I just couldn't, my body wasn't listening to me, it was as if I was a prey that had locked eyes with a predator .
I was so stricken with fear that I was no longer able to move, absolute despair and absolute helplessness, those were the feelings that had started to seep into my heart, just as I was already thinking of trying to scream on top of my lungs and tell him to stop his attack, I found that I was no longer in control of my body .
Most of my body at least, I was thankful to the fact that there seemed to be a path left for me, maybe a backdoor would be more fitting to describe the only path that I found myself able to take, my mind and my Soul Power were the only two or maybe one thing that I still seem to have access to .
My Soul Power allowed me to perceive the world different than most people and sharpened my mind beyond any humane limit, the Panel allowed me to extend the state in which my mind feeling mostly threatened, but also most clear, as death threatened to embrace me with its cold hands, I seem to be able to enter a special state thanks to the Panel .
I was able to calculate at which angle precisely will the punch land, I could be able to block it like I had did before, releasing Soul Power was instantaneous and the effect was the same as well, the only problem was me not completely certain that whether I would able to withstand this blow or not .
But even though the scene displayed in front of me was in slow motion like, the punch was already on me, then on the next second of us finally making our moves and as we clashed, a small invisible wall appeared and blocked where the punch landed, but just as I was starting to feel happy about the result .
The wall cracked, then it shattered instantly without even struggling for a second more, but even though this happened, I had still gaind something from this unsuccessful attempt to save my life and hopefully Master's as well .
What I gained with mobility, I was able to feel that whatever curse that had been put on me had been lifted and I was now free to move again, urging the essence of Thunderclap Fist that I had mastered and through the use of Fluidity and Integration, I used Charging Tiger to just twist my body in a weird bizarre angle, if those guys who work at circuses saw me, they would have been very proud, this allowed me to jump behind him .
I wanted to create some distance between us, but my other hand was still sealed in his, I too had barely started to regain some of my consumed Blood Qi, thanks to that weird energy currently slumbering in my heart .
Just as I thought about what should my next move be, I found that even though a second had passed, he seem to be no longer showing an intention to attack, which made me unable to understand what he was exactly thinking right now, so I stood there dumbstruck as much as him .
I sensed my left hand being finally released from his grasp and the intense atmosphere only gotten stronger especially after I saw that even though I kept being conscious of all my surroundings while executing my move just now .
The second I landed on the ground, I saw that a hand that was making a sword like gesture was aimed at my neck, as if already waiting for me there since a long time ago, I didn't even feel the slightest bit of threat from that sword hand like posture, at least not until I saw him still looking at Master's body and still not looking at me straight in the eyes and saying :
Explain Yourself now ? .
The second those words were spoken, the hand aimed at my throat began to feel like an actual sword that can cleave my head at any second now, I wonder if all my movements just now had even missed his eyes, how strong was he really compared to my Master .
But already understanding that my silence might make him more suspicious of me again, I cleared my throat from the awkwardness that the current situation brought me, then I started to explain mostly everything to him .
I mainly told him about me being chosen as a disciple by a Spiritualist and me being the one who healed senior brother Bai's injuries, only after I mentioned this did he finally lowered his hand that was stretching towards my neck and finally calmed down .
So you have a method to help your Master heal, how certain are you, the poison is very threatening, your Master had cladded you in a barrier to help you in staying here, had already put him at his limit, even with me here, the wisp of poison that might struck you next won't let me able to save you, do you understand the risks you are entitled to go through here .
Hearing his explanation, I finally understood what was the light that cladded me before when those wisps of green energy tried to invade my body, not that it would have done much to begin with, but the gesture was still very much appreciated, so after hearing all that he wanted to say, I nodded my head at him solemnly and decisively .
Seeing my response, he sighed and his solemn expression eased slightly, then he put a barrier around me, inside that barrier, I felt a weird feeling as if I was being peeped on, or as if my secrets were being exposed, the feeling was daunting, but I understood why he was doing that .
He still didn't completely trusted that method of mine, well seeing it in action should allow him to accept it no matter how unwilling he was, as I stood again in front of Master's body that was currently laying on the floor, I tried to use the same method as before, but even after I executed the moves perfectly, I was unable to gather any of that healing energy in my palm .
Understanding what was going on, I couldn't help but turn to Uncle Li behind me and with an embarrassed smile, I asked him if he had any Blood Qi Recovery Pills in hand, I saw him squinting his eyes at me, but he still throw a bottle at me .
My pills had been consumed in the fight with Chu Cheng and Gu Yi, so all I can do now is borrow some, the blood colored energy that was resting in my heart, healed me up and allowed me to regain some of my lost Blood Qi, but hadn't allowed it to fully recover, as I accepted the bottle, I unlocked its seal and swallowed one pill almost instantly .
Then just to make sure that he didn't suspect me anymore than he is currently, I sat down on the ground and act as if I was starting to absorb the Medicinal Energy in the pill, surprisingly one pill wasn't enough to make me recover all my Blood Qi, two pills would at least be required, if I wanted to recover all my lost Blood Qi completely .
Something that I had never expected, but now wasn't the time to dwell on what was going on with this, after a minute, I opened my eyes and he asked if I had recovered my Blood Qi, I nodded my head and saw the shocked look on his face, but gave it no mind, instead I started to operate the method again and this time, the weird Healing Energy appeared finally .
Directly infusing it with Master's body, the second that the energy sunk into his body, nothing happened at first, then his glimmering with green toxins skin began to return back to normal, before his whole body shimmered with that nasty green energy, but now and as if that green energy had met its greatest enemy .
The shimmering began to subside, then I saw with my own eyes that, the dark green energy of the toxins didn't dissipate after it was removed from his body, but they started to gather into what seemed to be the shape of a dragon head, but compared to the dragon I saw in my dreams, the illusory green dragon head in front of me lacked any luster, it's as if I was comparing the Firefly to the Moon .
The second that Dragon Head appeared, it brought tons of pressure with it, then as if seeing me as its sole enemy, it directly started to swarm me, being quite close to it at the moment, left me no chance to evade and left Uncle Li no time to react, the dragon sunk into my body .
The Dragon head made of poison was fist sized and the second it sunk into my body, a strong suction force directly appeared in my body and before I even know it, the Panel didn't directly eradicate it, that green dragon head had appeared in my Dantian much to my surprise .
I wasn't given much time to react before I found my body being swarmed by yet another invading injury, this time this energy came from Uncle Li, he seemed to be trying to help me deal with the poison, but after he used his energy, I understood that he wasn't using Blood Qi .
The energy coursing through my body was quite different than my Blood Qi, it was heavy, more powerful and more tangible, it was a force that can't be stopped, the only two time that I had ever felt like that was when I got inspected by Master and Lu San .
The energy they used were similar, but one is weaker than the other, as this energy kept coursing through my body, I suddenly found that he looked at me with shocked eyes and face and he directly retracted his hands while saying :
Huh, where has the poisen remnant go, what's going on ? .
His question was directed at me, I shrugged my shoulders and as if I was finally starting to suffer from the loss of my Blood Qi, I had collapsed on the floor and was panting heavily, half acting and half actually suffering from the loss of my Blood Qi .
Then he once again reached for my body with his hand, his hand was gleaming with white color energy, the second his hand touched my body, I felt my body seemed to be feeling better, it was as if I was suddenly being soaked in a hot spring, my body started to feel content like never before .
I didn't understand what was happening, all I know was that everything should have worked well, but as I looked at his face, I was able to see that he still was in disbelief and quite bewildered at everything that had took place, after 2 to 3 minutes of he just staring at me blankly as if I was some kind of a ghost, he finally left me an went to check on the Master .
The toxins had been removed, but Master had yet to wake up, heck, he wasn't even breathing, I too couldn't help but reach him in hope of understanding his condition, just as I was about to touch his body, I found that Uncle Li stopped me and shook his head with a solemn expression, then he said with a cold and solemn tone :
Your Master had passed away .
" HUH ?!! .