Chapter 543 - 297: Were it Not for the Son-in-Law’s Love of the Mortal World, He Would Become a Great Power in Taoism
Chapter 543: Chapter 297: Were it Not for the Son-in-Law’s Love of the Mortal World, He Would Become a Great Power in Taoism
Lu Yuan stopped his cultivation and opened the door. "Honey," he asked, "is something urgent?"
"Come quick and look at our brother! I think he’s possessed!" Su Liyan said, feeling embarrassed for interrupting Lu Yuan’s cultivation.
Lu Yuan threw on some clothes and said, "Alright, take me to him."
Su Liyan nodded, gave Lu Yuan another peck on the cheek, and said, "You’re the best!"
"Heh heh, when am I ever not?" Lu Yuan replied with a smile.
They arrived at a side room and pushed the door open.
Su Liyan’s mother was taking care of her son.
Lu Yuan saw at a glance that one side of Su Changliang’s face was red and swollen, distorting his features. He asked, "What’s this? What was he doing this morning?"
Neither Su Liyan nor her mother knew what Su Changliang had been up to. Only Xiaoqian might know.
Lu Yuan remembered that he had entrusted Su Changliang with delivering the Carefree Pills to Doctor Li.
Lu Yuan had Su Liyan and her mother restrain Su Changliang while he checked his pulse to diagnose him.
Su Changliang’s vital energy was extremely unstable, as if his body was about to explode.
Inside Su Changliang’s body, the black Striped Snake that Su Liyan had slapped unconscious woke up.
The Striped Snake once again took control of Su Changliang’s body.
Su Changliang let out a hoarse roar and broke free of their hold.
Su Liyan instinctively raised her right hand again, about to give her own brother a few hard slaps.
Only then did Lu Yuan understand why Su Changliang’s face was so swollen.
Lu Yuan quickly stopped her. "Honey, don’t!"
Su Liyan realized she had acted rashly and said in a small, soft voice, "But... I was just worried..."
Seeing the huge contrast in her daughter’s behavior, Su Liyan’s mother was taken aback for a moment but said nothing.
Lu Yuan said, "I know, you’re just heartbroken for your brother. Let me handle this."
While they were talking, Su Changliang went berserk and launched a frenzied attack on them.
Biting and scratching, Su Changliang looked exactly like a zombie.
Unsure what kind of evil had possessed Su Changliang, Lu Yuan cast an Invisible Air Wall to trap him.
Su Changliang was like a man trapped in a transparent coffin, unable to break free no matter how hard he struggled.
Lu Yuan brandished a few Suppression Talismans, but they didn’t seem to have much effect.
As long as he didn’t harm Su Changliang, Lu Yuan was momentarily at a loss for what to do.
Just then, a "HEHEHE" sound echoed.
They followed the sound and discovered Xiaotian lying flat on a roof beam.
Xiaotian hadn’t shown his face for several days, ever since being scared off by the giant python Su Liyan had conjured with her Confusion Skill.
So he’d been hiding on the beams of this side room all along.
Lu Yuan used his Floating Skill to pluck Xiaotian down from the beam.
Lu Yuan spoke first. "Little guy, what are you ’hehe’-ing about? I get the feeling you’re laughing at me."
Xiaotian glanced at Su Liyan, a shiver of fear running through him. He put on a serious expression and said, "Big Brother, this man isn’t possessed by some evil spirit. A Xingzi has entered his body."
It was the first time Su Liyan’s mother had seen Brother Pingtou talk. After a moment of surprise, she quickly asked, "Is there a cure?"
Seeing that he was being taken so seriously, Xiaotian lifted his head proudly and gestured with his front paws. "Yes, yes, yes!"
’Yo, yo, yo?’
’Am I supposed to say "check it out" now?’
Lu Yuan lifted Xiaotian into mid-air and demanded, "Well, spit it out!"
Xiaotian said unhurriedly, "It can’t be rushed. I’m afraid it won’t work today!"
"Why not?" Su Liyan asked coldly.
Xiaotian’s composure immediately shattered. He shivered and said, "The noon hour has already passed. To force the Xingzi out of his body, we must wait until noon tomorrow, when the sun is at its strongest."
"That’s not an option! By that logic, the yin energy will be at its peak tonight. It’s hard to say if my son can even survive until morning," Su Liyan’s mother argued, and her words made sense.
Xiaotian walked up to Su Changliang, circled him once, and said, "He has some power. He should be able to last through the night!"
"That’s too risky!" Su Liyan also felt uneasy.
Su Liyan wanted to act decisively and extract the Xingzi from her brother’s body immediately.
Xiaotian interrupted, "If you extract it by force, you risk damaging the host’s mind."
To put it bluntly, he could become a simpleton, which was an outcome Lu Yuan and the others did not want to see.
Now was the time for them to make a decision.
Should they listen to Xiaotian and hold out until noon tomorrow, or should they act now to avoid any further complications and exorcise the Xingzi from Su Changliang’s body?
Both Su Liyan and her mother turned to look at Lu Yuan.
In this room, Lu Yuan was the only man, and his word was final.
Though the wise mother-in-law was anxious, she decided to let her son-in-law make the call.
After a moment of thought, Lu Yuan said, "We’ll wait until noon tomorrow, when the sun is at its peak. At that time, I will perform the ritual to force the Xingzi from my brother-in-law’s body."
Su Liyan and her mother said nothing, simply nodding with a soft "Mm," signifying their agreement with Lu Yuan’s plan.
Lu Yuan put Xiaotian down on the floor and said, "Tonight, you’ll stand guard here."
"Me? Absolutely not!" Xiaotian refused point-blank, fiddling with his front paws.
Lu Yuan crouched down, looking Xiaotian straight in the eye. "You came up with the plan, so you have to see it through. The matter is settled!"
Su Liyan tried to persuade him, "Let me stand guard instead. I don’t think Xiaotian can handle it."
Su Liyan’s mother agreed. "Him? I’m afraid he really can’t do it!"
A Xingzi that can talk is one with profound power.
But no matter how you looked at him, Xiaotian just seemed to be a normal animal that could talk, with no other special abilities.
This scorn from Su Liyan and her mother, however, provoked Xiaotian’s competitive spirit. He beat his chest with a paw and said:
"HEHEHE, Big Brother, just leave it to me. You can count on it!"
Lu Yuan patted the tuft of "grandma gray" hair on Xiaotian’s head, pleased. "Don’t worry. If you truly throw your lot in with me, there will be plenty of rewards for you in the future."