Chapter 73: Chapter 70: Expelling Gu Poison
The last page of the notebook turned out to be an introduction to the Life Spirits.
Life Spirits are Tier Five treasures, containing abundant Life Essence Qi, capable of replenishing the Life Force of exhausted Pet Beasts or humans.
It is one of the key components in synthesizing Tier Seven treasure, the Heart of Life.
Although this treasure is rated as Tier Five, due to its special nature and rarity, its value might be equivalent to Tier Six treasure.
After usage, Life Spirits enter the body of a Pet Beast or human, growing or perishing with them.
Before the death of the Pet Beast or human, removing the Life Spirits from their body would allow reuse.
Ye Bai felt a pang of anxiety, yet he calmly closed the notebook as if he hadn’t seen the last page at all.
Ye Bai felt a sense of urgency; if someone discovered that Life Spirits were inside Big Gray, Big Gray would die.
Never underestimate the greed of human nature nor the desperation of those clinging to life.
Looks like he needed to think of a way to thoroughly conceal the aura of Life Spirits within Big Gray.
If any secret technique could track the aura of Life Spirits, Big Gray would be in grave danger!
Suna smiled subtly, her lips curling into a meaningful grin.
She leaned back, and countless piles of soil formed a chair behind her.
This was her Pet Beast’s unique talent of manipulating soil.
Since the arena was unoccupied, there was no need to stand on the stage constantly.
Suna quietly sat in the chair, peacefully reading a book, appearing serene and tranquil.
After continuously defeating the Boxing Rabbit and Fluorescent Jellyfish, the remaining students deemed themselves incapable of overcoming Ye Bai’s Ten Thousand Changes Silkworm.
They didn’t want to expose themselves to ridicule, becoming the laughingstock of others.
Thus, on Ye Bai’s Number One ring, an entire morning passed without challenge.
At this moment, Zhang Lingxue visited her grandfather’s small cottage, well-prepared this time.
Seeing Zhang Lingxue’s arrival, Principal Zhang furrowed his brow: "Xiaoxue, haven’t I told you I’m fine?"
"You don’t need to visit so frequently; my health is quite robust."
"With your frequent visits, how can I focus on my research?"
Just as Principal Zhang finished speaking, that burning sensation attacked again.
He endured the pain, his teeth grinding, producing cracking sounds.
After feeling well for a few days, his stubborn illness flared up anew.
Zhang Lingxue could also sense the Blood Gu within Principal Zhang becoming active once more.
"Grandpa, I’ve already found a way to treat your stubborn illness."
She released the Blood Gu Butterfly from the Pet Beast Space.
This beautiful and alluring butterfly danced gracefully in mid-air.
Strands of blood-red light fell from its wings, scattering across Principal Zhang’s body.
Principal Zhang suddenly felt the burning sensation within his body subsiding at that moment.
"Xiaoxue, what is going on?"
Principal Zhang was greatly puzzled?
"Grandpa, after testing your blood samples, I found a large number of insects in your blood."
"After consulting a teacher, I learned you’ve been afflicted by a kind of poison called Blood Gu."
"This Blood Gu is one-tenth the size of normal cells and possesses its own consciousness."
Zhang Lingxue took a deep breath and continued: "Normally, they hide within the organs of your body during blood tests."
"Which is why we’ve never discovered the presence of Blood Gu."
"It wasn’t until I gave you that Nutritional Potion, which could cause the Blood Gu to enter a dormant state, that I noticed this clue."
"This is why so many saintly physicians couldn’t recognize the problem."
"The more Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures you consume, the more Blood Gu proliferates."
"And this Blood Gu Butterfly evolved into a Tier Four Pet Beast by extracting the Gu Poison from you."
"Its ability is Gu Poison Manipulation, capable of clearing the Blood Gu within you."
The Blood Gu Butterfly is equivalent to the king of Blood Gu.
"Haha, Xiaoxue has grown up and can share grandpa’s burdens."
"This Blood Gu Butterfly should be evolved from your Hundred-Change Silkworm."
"You accidentally discovered a new evolutionary path."
Principal Zhang spoke with great relief.
"Then let’s begin the treatment."
Zhang Lingxue nodded at the Blood Gu Butterfly.
The Blood Gu Butterfly opened its mouth, producing an infrasonic wave.
Humans cannot hear this wave; only Blood Gu can receive this frequency.
Countless Blood Gu seemed to hear the call of their king and surged toward one direction.
Principal Zhang suddenly felt his blood vessels swelling. He raised his hand, and his fingers swelled visibly.
At this moment, the Blood Gu Butterfly extended its syringe-like mouthpiece.
Its mouthpiece lightly touched each of Principal Zhang’s ten fingers like dragonflies skimming water.
From the wounded fingertips emerged milky white liquid, composed of countless tiny Blood Gu forming the Blood Gu army.
The Blood Gu Butterfly opened its mouthpiece and absorbed this milky white liquid into its body.
Principal Zhang felt his body become more unrestrained.
But Zhang Lingxue, through the skill of Gu Poison Manipulation, discovered that Principal Zhang’s Gu poison was not completely removed; about two-thirds of the Blood Gu remained.
Zhang Lingxue communicated with the Blood Gu Butterfly and found that absorbing so much Blood Gu was already the limit for the Blood Gu Butterfly.
It needs time to transform these Blood Gu, making them usable for the Blood Gu Butterfly.
This transformation process requires three days.
Zhang Lingxue was slightly disappointed, but these three days were still within controllable limits.
Nutritional Potion can make the Blood Gu in grandfather’s body enter a dormant state, and it’s believed that soon the stubborn disease in grandfather’s body can be expelled.
"By the way, Grandpa, my teacher is coming to visit you next week."
"She wants to check your illness and then visit my laboratory to see my recent research results."
Principal Zhang’s face changed dramatically: "Nonsense, how can you let Academician Su come to see me?"
"She is a national-level scientist of the Flame Country Alliance."
"Her safety is of utmost importance."
"Such a big event, why did you mention it only now!"
Principal Zhang paced on the ground, worrying that Academician Su, with numerous major projects in hand, must not have any mishaps.
"But given Su Qingxian’s stubborn nature, once she decides something, she won’t change it."
"Let’s do this, I’ll discuss with your senior brother and President Wang to see how her itinerary should be arranged."
Zhang Lingxue nodded: "Grandpa, remember to take the potion I prepared for you regularly."
"In three days, I’ll come over to treat you again."
Actually, Zhang Lingxue had another idea, which was to cultivate several more Blood Gu Butterflies to solve all troubles at once.
To let her grandfather completely recover and join the teacher’s security team, ensuring her teacher’s safety to the fullest.
If anything happens to her teacher here, the consequences would be unimaginable.
When Zhang Lingxue returned to the research institute, she found it empty and couldn’t reach Ye Bai by phone.
Where did this kid run off to?
What about the Blood Gu Butterfly data we agreed on?
Suddenly, she slapped her forehead; right, it’s the arena competition today, Ye Bai went for the competition.
After lunch, Ye Bai saw that still nobody wanted to challenge, so he negotiated with Director Suna.
"Director Su, since no one is challenging, and I’m just standing here doing nothing, how about I leave my pet beast here and go out for a stroll?"
Ye Bai asked tentatively.
"It seems you’re quite confident in your pet beast’s strength."
"Indeed, if the opponent’s pet beasts are generally Tier One, while yours is Tier Two, you have the ability."
"Alright, you can go, just be careful."
"But if your pet beast loses the match later, don’t cry about it."
Suna smiled and turned another page of her book.
The Ten Thousand Changes Silkworm was still sleeping soundly on the stage; it was really too exhausted recently.
Evolving with two clones nearly cost the Ten Thousand Changes Silkworm its life.
Its mouth opened wide, with a slick, crystal-clear liquid flowing from its mouth corner.
Ye Bai just returned to the laboratory and found a busy figure.
Zhang Lingxue noticed Ye Bai was back upon hearing the noise.
"Weren’t you at the arena competition?"
Zhang Lingxue asked curiously.
"After my pet beast defeated the Boxing Rabbit and Fluorescent Jellyfish, no one came to challenge."
"I stood idly on the stage all morning."
Ye Bai shrugged his shoulders and put down the organized Blood Poison Moth and Blood Gu Butterfly experiment reports on the table.
"According to my test results, when the Hundred-Change Silkworm wants to evolve into a Blood Poison Moth or Blood Gu Butterfly, their cell activity is higher than ordinary Hundred-Change Silkworms."
"They are more sensitive to the smell of the Blood Core."
"Teacher, if you want the Hundred-Change Silkworm to evolve into a Blood Poison Moth and Blood Gu Butterfly, you’ll need to select another batch of Hundred-Change Silkworms."
Ye Bai said earnestly.
"I see."
Zhang Lingxue pondered for a moment.
"Let’s go to the Hundred-Change Silkworm breeding farm and select a batch then."
"Just as you suggested, use the Blood Core to test which of the Hundred-Change Silkworms react first."
Ye Bai first discovered the evolutionary path of the Hundred-Change Silkworm through the Eye of Insight, then deduced the common traits allowing Hundred-Change Silkworm to evolve.
The attraction of the Blood Core to those Hundred-Change Silkworms was something Ye Bai found accidentally.
"The nearest breeding farm is at the outskirts of Jiaying City and the Changhe City junction."
"I am quite familiar with the farm’s manager over there, we can select some Hundred-Change Silkworms from their breeding farm."
"There’s no time to lose, let’s set off immediately."
Zhang Lingxue said eagerly.
Meanwhile, after Ye Bai left, the classmates watching the Ten Thousand Changes Silkworm began to have ideas.
Since Ye Bai, the Pet Beast Master, is not around, does this mean they could take advantage?
Then, a rock-type pet beast with flames all over its body jumped onto the arena.