291 If Life Could Be Like the Moment When We First Met Part Three

Seeing Nanke's response, Chen Changsheng became even more confident in hisconclusion. As he had already begun speaking, Chen Changsheng wanted to finishhis words. At some point in time, he had even begun to consider himself as adoctor and found himself incapable of accepting a sick person’s refusals. Eventhough she was an enemy and he was by far in an inferior position, ChenChangsheng felt obliged to help her. "I’m extremely experienced in problems caused by the bloodline. I think thatyou would know as well. If you allow me to treat your disease, I may be able tofind a way to cure it." He looked at Nanke as he spoke. The first time the continent had heard of his name was not due to hisengagement to Xu Yourong, nor was it due to the Ivy Festival, and also was notbecause of the Grand Examination, but because he became Luoluo's teacher. Thereason why he became Luoluo's teacher and earned the tacit approval of theSaint couple in the distant White Emperor City, was because he had solved theproblem in Luoluo's meridians, allowing her to successfully cultivate by humanmethods. Zhexiu had journeyed from the distant snowy plains to the capital andtook part in the Grand Examination, not because he could enter the Mausoleum ofBooks and view the monoliths, but because he had heard rumors of ChenChangsheng's skills and wanted him to treat his illness. These two facts wereproof that his medical skills were specialized in this area. Nanke's problem concerned the awakening of her blood. Although it wasdifferent from Zhexiu's and Luoluo's problems, there were many similar points.She stared at Chen Changsheng, paying no attention to the thoughts of thesubordinates behind her. After a moment of silence, she suddenly spoke, "If… Ireally am ill, then if you can treat me, I will let you go." Chen Changsheng thought to himself that even now, she was still unwilling tolet the white-clothed girl go. Just who was she? Of course, Chen Changshengwould never accept such conditions, and said in reply, "If I approach you,you’ll definitely kill me, so the most feasible way is treating your illnessafter I leave the Garden of Zhou." Nanke replied, "For what reason should I believe you? After you leave theGarden of Zhou, you'll definitely return to Li Palace, and I certainly won't beable to find you there." Chen Changsheng did not hesitate as he replied. "If I promise you, I willnaturally respect that promise." In a world of mutual deception, in the face of this bloody enmity betweenhumans and demons in which all methods were acceptable, keeping a promise wasthe most absurd matter. Yet, for some reason, as Nanke glanced at ChenChangsheng's calm expression, she felt that his words were incomparablysincere; she could not help but believe in Chen Changsheng’s words. This sort of feeling caused her to feel rather uncomfortable. Nanke questionedunhappily, "For what reason should I believe you?" She once again repeated her words, however, this time, Nanke finally realizedthat something was amiss. A strand of anger appeared in her dull eyes.Attempting to conceal her true emotions, she questioned in a flat manner, "Forwhat reason should I believe you? Are you saying that you would only need aglance to tell see that I am ill!?" This was the third repetition. Chen Changsheng sincerely replied, "Yes, I onlyneeded a glance." Nanke turned blank as the anger in her eyes scattered, leaving behind onlydullness. "How did you see it?" Chen Changsheng pondered for a moment, then said, "Your problem is differentfrom Princess Luoluo's and Zhexiu's. Their problems mainly had to do withconflicts between the blood vessels and the meridians, while you… Your problemis due to a conflict between the divine soul and the body. From your name, itwould seem the divine soul within your body should be the reincarnation of apeacock? The peacock has always been known for its powerful divine soul, whichis why it is called the Great Brilliant King. Since you inherited its divinesoul and blood, your innate comprehension should be extremely powerful. At ayoung age, its divine soul within you awoke and began to incessantly thrive andgrow, far surpassing the state of your body. It’s impossible for the soul andthe body to be in harmony with each other, gradually giving birth to conflict.This is the source of your problem." Nanke was silent for a moment, then asked, "I want to know how you managed tosee it." "The divine soul resides in the sea of consciousness, however, the divine soulof the Great Brilliant King is your body's second soul, therefore, it residesin a place that we doctors call the 'pine cone'." Chen Changsheng pointed at the space between his eyebrows as he continued,"When the peacock's divine soul awakened and grew incessantly, it caused yourpine cone to grow larger and larger, however, your body was unable to keep up;it was extremely easy to tell that compared to the normal person… or the normaldemon, that your brow is somewhat wider. Moreover, every morning and night youperform meditative self-introspection, at this time your mind will connect withthe peacock soul, causing a very special symptom..." He pondered on how to describe this symptom, and after a long period of time,he recalled a phrase which would accurately describe the situation. He said toNanke on the shore, "The reason why I could tell that you were ill at firstglance is because you are… cross-eyed." Cross-eyed? Cross-eyed! It was quiet all around the patch of reeds, especially on the shore, where adeathly silence lingered. Whether it was the two maids or the zither-playingold man, their faces were extremely unsightly. They looked at Chen Changshengas if they were looking at a corpse. Nanke's expression was still calm, even a little stupefied. However, for someunknown reason, even though there was clearly no wind, the hair that spilledover her shoulders had begun to float in the air. Her eyes began to glow darkgreen. Matched with the childish air that had not yet retreated, her somewhatwide face seemed incomparably strange and horrifying. At the peak of Sunset Valley, when Xu Yourong saw Nanke for the first time,she had also been as astonished as Chen Changsheng. It was not just because thelegendary Nanke was a little girl with a wooden expression, but more becauseher brow was much wider than normal and her eyes were rather dull. She lookedsimilar to a person whose intelligence had yet to fully develop, moreover, hereyes seemed to lean towards the center. Xu Yourong had said nothing, because she considered Nanke to be an opponentworthy of her respect. To comment on the body of your opponent was anincredibly discourteous matter. Chen Changsheng had always been a person that placed an emphasis on manners.Even if he were facing an enemy like the demons which he would possibly engagein battle with, he would never purposefully make fun of his opponent'sdeformities. There were several reasons why he had directly told Nanke she wascross-eyed. The first was that he knew that she was not actually cross-eyed.This was a sign of the conflict between her body and the divine soul. It was asymptom and not a deformity, so he believed it was okay to say. The secondreason was that right now he regarded Nanke as a patient. As a doctor, ofcourse he would be as forthright as possible; he truly had no bad intentions,nor did he realize that the phrase 'cross-eyed' represented such a humiliationto this little girl. However, it was precisely these honest and sincere wordsthat seemed so trustworthy and believable which caused Nanke to boil with anger. Only when he saw Nanke's strange green eyes and floating black hair did herealize that he had made a mistake. He hurriedly gestured and tried to explain,"Of course I exaggerated too much, your brow is only a little wider thannormal, and when the eyes are influenced by the divine soul, they will innatelybe drawn closer to the center, making it seem a little dull, but of coursethere is absolutely no problem with your intelligence." Worthy of being the Orthodox Academy’s honest and reliable little dandy, withthis explanation, he was better off with no explanation. Nanke's expression was still as cold as ever, but her hair began to dancearound her while her breathing grew increasingly rough. There were several harsh shrieks. Without any warning, she lifted her right hand and pointed it at ChenChangsheng. Five rays of green light pierced through the air, hurtling towardsChen Changsheng's stomach! Those five rays of light contained the source of her power, carrying the coldand ruthless divine soul which rested between her eyebrows, the incomparablypowerful and terrifying Peacock Plume! After last night's violent battle, she had been severely lacking in trueessence. Like Xu Yourong, she had also lost a large amount of blood. In thissituation, for her to unsparingly utilize such an attack could only mean thatshe had truly gone crazy with anger. She no longer cared about any illness. Theonly thought in her mind was this to kill abominable human youth in front ofher. Although Nanke had yet to recover from her injuries, this sort of attack wasstill not something that Chen Changsheng could receive, let alone the fact thathe was even worse off than Nanke at the moment. It was a good thing that theBlack Dragon sleeping in the lake outside his Ethereal Palace was constantlyreleasing Black Frost Qi that assisted him in healing the wounds on hisinternal organs. Most importantly, the ice that fell from the lake helped himrecover some of his true essence. The true essence was still rather sparse, insufficient to do battle, however,it enabled him do something else. With a thought, the thin layer of ice overthe wasteland was ignited. Simultaneously, there was a burst of metal clashingsounds. The Yellow Paper Umbrella instantly appeared in his hands, showing offin the wind. Currently, around the quiet patch of reeds, there was not the slightest breathof wind. The wind that the umbrella welcomed naturally came from those fiveterrifying Peacock Plumes. With several terrifying successive bursts, the surrounding reeds were turnedinto a fine dust, scattering to the sky and the shore, seeming just like acloud of exploding snow. The five Peacock Plumes made no distinction between first and last. Theyviolently and simply exploded against the surface of the Yellow Paper Umbrella.Chen Changsheng had simply no way of standing straight. Using the last of histrue essence, he held onto the umbrella for dear life. His feet left the reedsas he was sent into the sky, flying several dozen zhang. At the termination ofthe arc, he heavily fell into that plain. Utilizing the Yellow Paper Umbrella, he was able to somewhat slow his speed ofdescent, however, his fall was still not light. As he fell in the water, heproduced a big splash. Just like the pools of reeds at its perimeter, underneath this boundless plainof weeds were countless concealed pools of water. The moment the chilly water struck his face, he felt as though he had collidedagainst a solid rock. This massive shock almost caused Chen Changsheng to vomitblood, but he managed to force it back down. He laboriously stood up from the water, unable to deal with his newly-openedwounds. Dragging his even heavier legs, he began to run forward. Being struck by Nanke's tyrannical and terrifying Peacock Plumes and flyinginto the plains, this was something that he had already prepared for. Whetherit was the angle or position, there was not the slightest deviation. In otherwords, he had originally been prepared to escape into these plains. Althougheveryone knew that entering this enigmatic and dangerous plains meant thatthere was no going back, he had no choice but to enter. Because if he did not enter this plain, he would die. If he entered, he wouldbe able to survive for a while longer, even if it was only a few breaths more. The sky would occasionally rumble with a mournful shriek as Nanke's terrifyingattacks persisted. He did not turn around to glance back at the shore. This had nothing to dowith something like 'true men don't look back as the building collapses'. Heonly wanted to save time and escape as quickly as possible. The water in the plains was not deep, barely passing his waist. It was justthat walking through it was extremely difficult and exhausting. Even if hewanted to go faster, he could not do so.