Chapter 107: Another Breakthrough

Watermelon had taken off his mask. As he said himself, if he couldn’t hold on, he would face death with his own face.

Now, Watermelon’s handsome face had become twisted and ferocious.

Many people might have tried putting a finger near a flame. Even at a certain distance from the fire, the heat was unbearable for anyone.

Burning a person to death was extremely cruel. The death was often too horrible to look at.

And Nirvana… was equivalent to scorching a person’s soul with fire. It was countless times more painful than burning a living person to death!

“Martial Uncle, I… I can’t do it anymore. Please… please kill me. Hurry up, I can’t take it!” Watermelon bit his own lips until they bled, and he begged intermittently. “Kill me quickly, kill me quickly!”

“Watermelon, hold on! Think of your parents…” Bu Yunyan comforted him with tears in her eyes.

Before she could finish, Watermelon let out a bitter laugh that sounded extremely terrifying. “I know, Martial Uncle… definitely, will definitely take care of them. I know, Sister Bu, please, stab me with your sword… I can’t take it!”

“Watermelon, you have to hold on. If you get through this, your future will be smooth. Didn’t you say your dream was to become the leader of all the gangs in the Azure Dragon Kingdom? Only by holding on will you have the chance!” Ahu looked at Watermelon and encouraged him loudly.

“Nonsense, it’s all nonsense… What leader, what gangs… I only know that I… I feel awful!” Watermelon gritted his teeth, his face ferocious. His whole body was soaked with sweat, his hands clenched tightly, and he curled up on the ground.

The burning of his soul and the pain of Nirvana made it impossible for him to even commit suicide!

“Shut up! Don’t you want to see your master?” Qin Li shouted angrily. “Watermelon, you are a man. You have to hold on! Stop saying useless things. I know you can get through this!”

“Martial Uncle…” Watermelon cried bitterly, tears streaming down his face. “You don’t know how it feels. It’s just too damn awful. I miss Master, I miss Martial Grandmother. I let them down. I’m going to die!”

“Give him the Black Water Kui Bull’s Inner Core to eat!” Qin Li’s eyes were also red at this moment. Seeing Watermelon in such pain while he could do nothing made him feel extremely bad.

“Right now… it’s useless even if he eats it.” Leng Yao said coldly. “He can only rely on himself…”

As she spoke, Leng Yao seemed to remember something. She looked at Qin Li and said, “By the way, you have never experienced Nirvana. Try… channeling the Yuanli from your body into Watermelon’s body. Maybe a miracle will happen?”

Qin Li was stunned. He thought, yes, why didn’t I think of that? This was not the time to consider it. Qin Li growled at Watermelon, “Focus and calm your mind!”

He slapped his palm on a major acupoint on Watermelon’s back. The Innate Purple Qi continuously flowed into him.

Immediately, Watermelon’s screams lessened.

Ahu, Bu Yunyan, and Leng Yao exchanged glances and saw surprise in each other’s eyes.

“It actually works!” Ahu exclaimed in amazement.

“Leng Yao, you’re a genius!” Bu Yunyan and Leng Yao hugged each other tightly, both with excited smiles on their faces.

But they did not know the pain Qin Li was experiencing at this moment. Originally, the Innate Purple Qi in Qin Li’s body wasn’t particularly abundant. After all, his cultivation level was only around the middle to high Earth Rank. But Watermelon’s body was frantically absorbing the Innate Purple Qi from Qin Li’s body. It seemed determined not to stop until it had drained him dry!

Gradually, Watermelon’s cries stopped. He also knew this was a rare opportunity. He quickly focused his mind and calmly circulated the One Primordial Heart Method. The pain brought by Nirvana went from being unbearable at first to now, although still painful, something he could grit his teeth and endure.

“Ah, what’s wrong with Young Master?” Bu Yunyan was the first to notice Qin Li’s abnormality and cried out in alarm.

Qin Li’s face was now completely devoid of color, as pale as a sheet of paper! Not only his face, but even the blood on his lips was visibly fading away.

At the same time, the temperature in the room began to drop sharply!

“Not good, he’s overexerted himself!” Leng Yao exclaimed, then took out a jade box from her person. When she opened the jade box, the room was filled with fragrance. The Black Water Kui Bull’s Inner Core was held in Leng Yao’s hand. She said, “Yunyan, help me feed this to him!”

Bu Yunyan hurried to Qin Li’s side. Her voice trembled as she said, “Open your mouth…”

But Qin Li’s mouth was tightly shut. The cold emanating from his body made Bu Yunyan burst into tears instantly. Leng Yao took the Black Water Kui Bull’s Inner Core back, and then… put it in her own mouth. Under the stunned gazes of Bu Yunyan and Ahu, she leaned down… and kissed Qin Li on the lips!

Qin Li’s body suddenly stiffened, and his mouth slightly opened. Leng Yao, ignoring her shyness, used her tongue to slowly pry open Qin Li’s mouth. Then, she pushed the Black Water Kui Bull’s Inner Core into Qin Li’s mouth before straightening up. Her face was already red as if blood was about to drip from it. She explained in a faint voice, “I… I had to do this out of necessity…”

Although Ahu and Bu Yunyan’s expressions were somewhat strange—they never thought the always cold and pure Leng Yao would make such a sacrifice for Qin Li—they still focused their attention on Qin Li. Seeing the color gradually return to Qin Li’s face, the three of them finally relaxed and let out long sighs of relief.

Qin Li’s consciousness had been very clear the whole time, including when Leng Yao transferred the pill with a kiss. He was fully aware. As soon as the Inner Core entered his mouth, it slid down his throat.

Boom!

A huge wave of warmth exploded from Qin Li’s Dantian in all directions!

His nearly dried-up Dantian was almost instantly filled with astonishing energy!

At this time, Watermelon’s body was still frantically absorbing the energy from Qin Li’s body like a greedy vampire. So, this Black Water Kui Bull’s Inner Core served its greatest purpose!

Qin Li himself did not know how much time had passed. He only knew that the Black Water Kui Bull’s Inner Core seemed to possess endless energy. No matter how much Watermelon’s body absorbed, it showed no sign of depletion!

Seven days passed in a row. The servants had returned two days ago, and everything had returned to normal. Only the area within fifty meters of this room was set as a temporary forbidden zone.

At all times, one of the three—Ahu, Bu Yunyan, or Leng Yao—was stationed here.

On the evening of the seventh day, Watermelon finally woke up. He opened his eyes, and two beams of sharp light flashed from them! He stood up and let out a long sigh. Over there, Qin Li’s hand naturally withdrew, but he himself still had not woken up.

The person on duty here at the moment was Bu Yunyan. Seeing that Watermelon had finally turned the corner, Bu Yunyan showed a happy smile. “Watermelon, congratulations! You finally pulled through!”

Watermelon seemed not to hear Bu Yunyan’s words. Tears immediately welled up in his eyes. He turned and knelt before Qin Li, sobbing, “Martial Uncle, you are also a man. You must pull through!”

“Kid, what nonsense are you talking? Your Martial Uncle took the Black Water Kui Bull’s Inner Core. He is in a state of secluded cultivation. He is alive and well!” Bu Yunyan rolled her eyes at Watermelon, her own eyes slightly red. She understood how Watermelon felt now. Having truly returned from the brink of death, the feeling was indescribable.

Moreover, Watermelon definitely knew that Qin Li had saved him. If Qin Li ended up in danger because of saving him, Watermelon would never forgive himself.

Ahu and Leng Yao rushed over upon hearing the news. Seeing that Watermelon was safe and sound, everyone finally breathed a sigh of relief. Ahu looked at Watermelon, whose body radiated intense Yuanli fluctuations, and asked with a smile, “Watermelon, a blessing in disguise?”

Watermelon’s mouth twitched violently. He sighed but didn’t speak.

Ahu looked at Watermelon with a puzzled expression. “What, are you still not satisfied? With the powerful Yuanli fluctuations you have now, you must be at least at the high Mysterious Rank level. Before, during Nirvana, didn’t you always fall back to the Yellow Rank?”

“Sigh, the Only I Dominate Technique in my body has completely disappeared!” Watermelon sighed helplessly and said, “Now only the One Primordial Heart Method that Master taught me remains. That means I still have the Mysterious Rank realm, but… I don’t have any Combat Techniques anymore!”

“Ah? How could this be?” The three of them were stunned. They had never heard of such a situation—Combat Techniques disappearing from the body for no reason…

Even if the method to use the Combat Technique was gone, the moves of the Combat Technique… surely he wouldn’t forget them, right?

Unexpectedly, after Bu Yunyan asked this question, Watermelon still nodded with a mix of tears and laughter. “That’s right, I completely forgot.”

“Solely Supreme… Solely Supreme.” Leng Yao murmured softly. “Could it be that this Cultivation Method can only be practiced by one person in the world? Otherwise, why would it have such a name?”

Over there, Bu Yunyan and Ahu both nodded deeply in agreement. Then, they looked at Watermelon with sympathetic expressions.

Bu Yunyan said with a smile, “It’s okay. As long as you’re alive, there is hope for everything. You can learn any of our Combat Techniques! If you don’t like them, Young Master will definitely get you higher-level Combat Techniques!”

By now, Watermelon had also come to terms with it. Although he could no longer use the Sovereign of All Battle Skill, his life was saved. Moreover, he still had his current realm, at least the strength of the sixth or seventh level of the Mysterious Rank. Even if he just used his aura, fists, and feet, ordinary people were no match for him!

Thinking this way, Watermelon began to feel happy again. Besides, Watermelon had seen Ahu practice and thought Ahu’s fierce moves were not bad either. He thought, if nothing else works, he would learn Ahu’s Combat Technique! But he would wait until Martial Uncle came out of seclusion first!

Little did he know that Qin Li’s seclusion would last a whole month!

In a few days, it would be the New Year. The servants of the Qin residence had purchased large amounts of New Year goods and were preparing for the celebration. The entire Azure Dragon City was enveloped in a peaceful atmosphere.

The huge scandal of the Imperial Family being humiliated during the summer had finally begun to fade. People were all preparing to have a good New Year.