This Damned Thirst for Survival

Chapter 237 - The end of the article (including Lu Youyi, Teng Bi)

Half a bathtub of poison tail scorpion blood turned into a vat full of it.

Jiang Luo wondered, "Where's the new stuff?"

Lu Youyi was just about to answer him when a breeze swept through the office and Hei Wuchang suddenly appeared in front of everyone.

Sai Liaoer was taken aback by the sudden appearance of Hei Wuchang and hid under his desk with a bitter face when no one was looking.

Please don't let Hei see him.

He really didn't want to work anymore.

Jiang Luo was caught off guard, "Brother Hei, what are you doing here?"

Hei Wuchang looked over at the big knife in the bathtub, "I came to see him."

Jiang Luo was delighted, "Could it be that Teng Bi can come back to life?

Lu Youyi looked up sharply at Hei Wuchang, his breathing heavier, his eyes burning.

"Not yet," Hei Wuchang said apologetically, "but I can feel the fluctuation of his soul."

Lu Youyi's eyes dimmed.

Jiang Luo was silent for a moment, and asked, "Does the fact that there are soul fluctuations mean that it is almost done?"

Hei Wuchang nodded wordlessly.

Everyone finally cheered with relief.

Hei Wuchang took the great sword out of the blood, a sword of unknown material that fell into the water without touching it, droplets of water dripping round from its walls, the black surface of the sword reflecting no human figure, filled with a sanguine aura, just like the man Teng Bi.

"When it has absorbed this vat of blood and water to a state where it cannot be absorbed, then it can take him to the Dragon's Eye of Dawu Mountain to find his body," Hei Wuchang said, "but this is only a remnant soul, and you must know that a remnant soul is not a complete set of three souls and seven bodies, what Teng Bi's final state will be when he wakes up. No one can say what state he will end up in when he wakes up."

But it's good to be alive.

Whoever it is, the wish is kept to a minimum. If only they could live.

Lu Youyi volunteered to take over the task of watching the big knife absorb the blood and water, measuring the amount of water in the tank at regular intervals every day. It was a tedious and meticulous job, but the big-handed Lu Youyi did it incredibly well.

Jiang Luo had expected to see Teng Bi resurrected for the New Year, but the water in the tank had only gone down by five centimetres until the snow fell.

Early in the morning of the New Year, Lu Youyi got up sleepily to measure the depth of the water for the big knife, and almost dropped the measuring tape into the bloody water when he yawned in the middle of the day. He caught it in a hurry, laughed twice and scratched his head, "I slept too late last night and played games all night with Jiang Luo and the others. Those grandsons were so thievish that they combined to gang up on me."

Lu Youyi believes that the remnant of Teng Bi's soul, placed inside the sword, can hear the words of the outside world. It is so sad and lonely to have a remnant soul in a knife, unable to move or speak. So Lu Youyi insisted on talking to the sword every day, and every time he did so, his mouth would get dry.

Lu Youyi has the courage to say anything, from detailing the smell of breakfast to gossiping about who has a hole in their underwear or who has fallen on their face. Occasionally, she reads romance novels and idol dramas to Dagger, and can even do a live performance of herself following the plot.

Ye Xun and Jiang Luo accompanied him once in a while to measure the depth of the water and were so dazed by Lu Youyi's recitation that they have not been involved in Lu Youyi and Big Knife's ramblings since then.

I don't know if it was also scared by the nagging, but after the end of winter and the beginning of spring, the big knife suddenly absorbed the blood water faster. As spring turned to autumn, by the time it was winter again, only a thin layer of blood was left in the bathtub, and the Great Knife finally stopped absorbing it.

Hei Wuchang reappears and nods as he examines the sword: "It's ready for a try."

This did not mean it was a sure thing.

Lu Youyi's heart tightened and he looked at Jiang Luo.

Jiang Luo's face was sober, "Let's go up Dawu Mountain and find Teng Bi's body first, we have to try."

Lu Youyi immediately raised his hand and said, "I'll go too."

The others followed suit, but Hei Wuchang shook his head, "The fewer strangers the better, preferably none. He is still weak and the yang energy will impinge on him."

Lu Youyi: "...... Then I won't go."

He whispered and slowly withdrew his hand.

Hei Wuchang looked to Jiang Luo: "You are no longer human and can go. To awaken him this time, you will need one more thing that Teng Bi values; if you don't know, ask Chi You."

Jiang Luo said decisively, "I'll get everything ready, Hei, how about we leave tomorrow?"

Hei Wuchang said casually, "I'm available any time."

Later that evening, Jiang Luo asked Chi You about it.

Chi You looked surprised, as if he had expected it, "I had something ready when I found out the date of Teng Bi's death."

Jiang Luo wondered, "What is it?"

Chi You wrapped his arms around him behind him and played with the dark hair on his back, laughing softly twice, "Before Teng Bi brought you back to life, I asked him what he wanted to do and he shook his head and didn't say anything. But he initially followed me because I promised him a request."

Jiang Luo asked, "What request?"

"To find his soldiers who died on the battlefield and redeem their dead souls," Chi You said lightly, "Teng Bi was a general when he was alive, and after he became a living dead he forgot many things and where his soldiers died, so he begged me to find his own soldiers. "

" Teng Bi turned out to be a general?" Jiang Luo had a sense of expectation, "You found it?"

Chi You said, "He saved you, so of course I'll do what I promised."

Something suddenly sank in Jiang Luo's chest.

A friend had lost his life for him, and a badly wounded evil spirit had done everything to return the favour for him.

Although somewhat unethical, Jiang Luo couldn't help but start thanking the original author of "Evil Dead".

*

The next day, Jiang Luo and Chi You went to Dawu Mountain.

Jiang Luo had a subconscious fear of Dawu Mountain and he would not allow Chi You to go near it. Chi You stood at the foot of Dawu Mountain from a distance.

When everything was ready, Jiang Luo and Hei Wuchang headed up the mountain.

Chi You stays at the foot of the mountain and when they find Teng Bi's body, they will try to fuse Teng Bi's body with the remnants of his soul. If the fusion goes well, Chi You will use the ghost of Teng Bi's own soldier to awaken Teng Bi. As soon as Teng Bi's eyes are opened, it means that his remnant soul and his body are fused together.

But if it fails, they will need to return Teng Bi's body to the Dragon's Eye again, borrowing its use to ensure that Teng Bi's corpse remains intact.

Jiang Luo's search for a dragon's eye was made much easier by his increased strength, not to mention the fact that he had a Hei Wuchang with him.

They found the place almost as quickly as they could, Jiang Luo violently dismantling the cave stones with his word spirit and entering the familiar tomb. He found his way to Longquan's spot, and once again saw the Longquan that had almost killed him and Chi You, and Teng Bi lying beside him.

Without looking away, Jiang Luo left the cave with Teng Bi in his arms. When he was ready to leave, he handed Teng Bi to Hei Wuchang, "Brother Black, wait for me for a few minutes."

Hei Wuchang nods.

Jiang Luo smiled at him and lightly destroyed the entire chamber with water.

The ground collapsed and a chunk of stalactite smashed into Longquan, completely covering it beneath the earth and the waves.

Jiang Luo contentedly withdrew the word spirit, "Brother Hei, I'm done, let's go."

Hei Wuchang looked at the mess in front of him and began to think about the possibility of recruiting Jiang Luo to work in hell, "Okay."

It didn't take long for them to make a round trip, and once they were far from Dawu Mountain, Hei Wuchang took the remnants of the Great Sword out and placed them in Teng Bi's body.

Teng Bi's face was pale and his lips were blue, as if he had just died.

A black mist emerges around Chi You, and several ghosts with a thin black aura emerge from it trembling. These ghosts were already extremely weak and muddled, and it was clear at first glance that they had no memory of being alive and did not know who they were.

Hei Wuchang walks up to the ghosts and gently brushes his fingers over their spirit platforms.

When they saw Teng Bi lying on the ground, their eyes widened as if they had seen their relatives, and they pounced on him with tears and laughter.

"General!!!"

"I never thought I would see you again, General!"

"Oooooooh General why is your hair broken, who used scalping on you?!"

......

Teng Bi is dying of pain.

Every inch of flesh and every bone in the body aches as if it has been reawakened to life. It came from all the limbs and bones to all the organs.

It was as if there were two forces fighting in the body, one repelling the pain and the other rejoicing in its arrival. Teng Bi's consciousness woke up at times, in a daze, and he did not know how long it had been, when he suddenly heard someone's voice coming from him.

"How did the General ...... wake up after ......"

"...... overtake us ......"

At first, the words were just a trio of words, but eventually they became more and more jumbled. Various annoying sounds burrowed into his ears, causing Teng Bi to cringe unconsciously and fiercely.

Don't talk.

You are not talking in the right voice.

But his displeasure was not conveyed; on the contrary, the voices, irritated by something, grew louder and louder.

Finally, one day, Teng Bi could no longer bear the noise of these voices and opened his eyes violently, "Stop it!"

"General!!!"

"The General is awake! The General is awake!"

A group of ghosts swooped down on their knees in front of Teng Bi's bed, each looking at him with tears in their eyes.

Teng Bi looked at them with an expressionless face, and then at his surroundings. The fury of the noise in those eyes had barely risen before it was overpowered by a heavy blankness.

Where was this place?

What were these black things?

Jiang Luo and Chi You pushed through the door and met Teng Bi's confused look.

Such a look melts away the coldness of the man's face, and his eyes are unique in their concentration and silence, reminding Jiang Luo for a moment of a dead ghost with amnesia.

He paused momentarily in his steps and asked with an odd expression, "Do you remember who I am?"

Teng Bi: "Who you are."

Jiang Luo: "...... fruitful."

The soldiers were still talking, "General, you've finally woken up, we've been so anxious these days."

"Yes, yes, General, we almost thought you would never wake up again."

"Fie, how do you speak? The General is blessed with good fortune, he will live longer than the South Mountain!"

Teng Bi silently turned his head to look at his own soldiers and said in confusion, "Who are you again."

The kinsmen froze instantly and said sadly, "General-"

Chi You, tired of the noise of his own soldiers, raised his hand and put them away. When Teng Bi saw this, he was nervous for a moment, and then calmed down again because of Jiang Luo and Chi You. Jiang Luo walked up to Teng Bi and sat down, "Do you remember your name?"

Teng Bi asked, "What's my name?"

Jiang Luo urged, "Your first name is Jiao Jiao and your second name is Dead Ghost, which name do you want to be called?"

Teng Bi murmured, "If I had to choose, a dead ghost would be good."

Jiang Luo unfortunately said, "Actually you used to prefer the big name Jiao Jiao."

Teng Bi hesitated, "Really?"

Jiang Luo said with a smile, "Really."

Teng Bi dwelt on it for a moment, but said, "No, I'll just call the dead ghost."

Jiang Luo laughed twice, so loudly that his eyes were even a little moist. It was the first time since Teng Bi's death that he had laughed so much without gloom.

It was good.

It was good that Teng Bi was still awake, and it was good to be able to talk to him.

When Teng Bi woke up, he would fall into a long slumber and by the time he had settled down a little, half a month had passed and it was almost New Year's Eve.

And by now, the first snowfall of the year was already boiling down.

Lu Youyi has been distracted since Jiang Luo and the others left.

Without the task of measuring the depth of the water for the big knife every morning, Lu Youyi doesn't quite fit in, and he is so distracted by everything he does that he almost cuts off his own fingers when peeling fruit.

After ten days of muddling through, Lu Youyi's mind grew anxious and even desperate.

If he hadn't returned after so long, he had probably failed.

When the first snow fell, Lu Youyi woke up early and for some reason became agitated, his heart beating faster and faster, "pounding, pounding", drumming and restless.

Seeing how he couldn't sit still, the others simply took him out to build a snowman. It was a great way to let off some energy, and as long as he was exhausted, he didn't want to think about it.

But Lu Youyi is not serious about building snowmen, and the wind and snow are so strong that it blows cold on his head. The more he thought about it, the more he feared that Teng Bi would not survive.

Unknowingly, his surroundings became silent, but Lu Youyi, buried in a ball of snow, did not notice the change. When someone tapped him on the shoulder, Lu Youyi was startled and turned around and smashed the snowball into the person's face with a cry of "fuck".

"......"

The tall man who had been hit with the snowball was silent, allowing it to fall from his face, revealing a face that Lu Youyi knew all too well.

Lu Youyi froze in place, a rush of hot blood rushed to his head, making him dizzy, his eyes fixed on the person, his voice afraid of scaring them away as loud as he could, he said softly, "Dead ghost?"

Teng Bi was silent for a moment, "Why did you smash me?"

"I'm sorry, I didn't know it was you," Lu Youyi was so incoherent he didn't even know what to say, "Am I still awake, deadbeat, you've really come back from the dead? Is it really you? It's not my illusion, I, I-"

Teng Bi listened patiently, it was strange, this man was talking a lot too, but he didn't feel bored. His eyes were looking straight at Lu Youyi, who was being watched by him suddenly couldn't speak, his eyes were red and his voice became choked up.

"It's really good that you woke up ...... dead ghost."

Teng Bi heard the cries and inexplicably felt uncomfortable. He rustily interrupted Lu Youyi, "Do you know me?"

Lu Youyi's intention to cry with Teng Bi faltered as he couldn't go on, wiping his nose and looking at Teng Bi worriedly, "Damn, you haven't lost your memory again, have you?"

Teng Bi felt as if he was looking at himself with the eyes of a fool.

But then he thought, "He doesn't know anything, isn't he just a fool? So Teng Bi nodded heartily, "Yes."

Lu Youyi looked at him with distress, "This head of yours is also a difficult fate haha. No, if you've lost your memory, why are you shooting me?"

Teng Bi said slowly, "Because I saw you look familiar and I wanted to ask you if we were friends."

Lu Youyi laughed, he was just about to answer with unmistakable certainty when Teng Bi grimaced and said seriously, "You don't have to tell me, I already know the answer."

Lu Youyi was a little nervous, "What's the answer?"

Teng Bi stepped forward and gave him a hug, "We must be friends."

Lu Youyi almost cried again as he sobbed and slapped Teng Bi on the back, "Good buddy!"

After they parted, Lu Youyi looked at Teng Bi as if he were his son, and seeing that he was underdressed, he took off the big red scarf around his neck and put it around Teng Bi's neck, "Good brother, you've just come back, I don't have anything nice for you. Take this with you to keep warm, and let's have a good dinner tonight!"

The scarf still carried the warmth of a human being, a warmth that went from Teng Bi's neck to his heart, and Teng Bi smiled unconsciously, "Yes, friend."

The two laughed face to face, their smiles gradually becoming more and more goofy. The expressions of Ye Xun, who were watching from the sidelines in the cold wind, gradually changed from joyful to expressionless as they looked at each other and turned to walk home.

Jiang Luo didn't even look at the two giggling at each other, pulling Chi You along and leaving at the end, sighing, "They're killing me."

Chi You laughed meaningfully, "Then it's your turn soon."

Jiang Luo immediately looked back at him, "What do you mean?"

Jiang Luo looks at him suspiciously, his guard up. Jiang Luo looked at him suspiciously, his guard at the highest. He didn't look at Chi You too closely, fearing that Chi You would make a scene that would embarrass him to death, but as he walked, something suddenly tickled the top of his head.

Jiang Luo raised his hand to feel it, but instead he felt a rose in bud.

The heart of the rose was blushingly covered with bright red petals, and the faint scent of roses carried a pleasant fragrance.

The delicate, dew-dripping rose was clearly eerie in the midst of the wind and snow.

Chi You said vaguely, "Uh-huh."

Jiang Luo said, "Beauty and the beast?"

"It's beauty and evil spirits." Chi You said.

As soon as the words were spoken, the rose in Jiang Luo's hand suddenly withered rapidly, one gaunt petal falling away, and in the blink of an eye, all that remained was the pistil, which was gathered in the very middle of the rose.

A silver ring, as crystalline as ice and snow, lies silently among the stamens.

Jiang Luo stares at Chi You's hand.Updat𝒆d fr𝒐m nov𝒆lb(i)n.c(o)m

Only then did he realise that Chi You's other bony hand, which lay at his side, had somehow been adorned with a silver ring, glinting at him with a fascinating light.

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Author's comment.

So far, the whole thing is over!

Ahh super mixed emotions, the story of Lok Lok and Chi You will continue and their lives are colourful.