Chapter 24 It's not a useless martial spirit!
In the afternoon, outside the Holy Spirit Village.
"Xiao Wu?" Before entering the village, Zhu Wu was discovered by Aunt Wang, a villager working in the fields, and asked tentatively.
After leaving the village for many months and absorbing another soul ring, Zhu Wu's body has changed a lot, and his figure has obviously grown a few points taller. This is not the growth rate of a normal child. Because of long-term exercise, the curves of his facial features are smoother and he has lost his original baby fat.
Although there is no big change in his overall appearance, I am really not sure whether it is.
"Hello, Aunt Wang." Zhu Wu greeted with a smile.
"It's really Xiao Wu!" Aunt Wang's eyes lit up, and a smile appeared on her already weathered face.
"Xiao Wu is back" The villagers working in the distance heard the voice and greeted him.
Zhu Wu responded one by one, and after a round of compliments and reminiscing about the past, he quickly ran into the village and ran to his home in the north of the village.
Before entering the small courtyard, I saw Zhu Gang sitting on a bamboo chair, holding a semi-finished bamboo basket in his hand and carefully weaving it.
His face was sallow and haggard, his hair was gray and withered, and his figure was even more withered than before he left. He looked like a dead tree that was about to rot and break.
"Ahem." He coughed a few times after a few words.
Seeing this, Zhu Wu felt a sudden pain in his heart and hurriedly ran into the yard.
"Grandpa." He shouted as he ran.
Zhu Gang seemed to be unable to hear who was coming. He turned his head slowly, and his two pairs of cloudy eyes in his sunken eye sockets half-closed and scanned, as if exploring in the thick fog. It was not
until Zhu Wu ran to him and half-knelt that his eyes burst into spirit, his face wrinkled, and he showed joy.
"Xiao Wu, you're back."
"Yes, Grandpa, I'm back." Zhu Wu's eyes were a little wet. He
hadn't seen Grandpa Zhu Gang for only 7 months, and his health had collapsed like this, which was really beyond his expectation.
"Okay, it's good to be back. Is the college on vacation?" Zhu Gang nodded repeatedly, thinking about Zhu Wu's studies.
"Grandpa, I have obtained the spirit ring and become a spirit master. I have graduated from the academy." Zhu Wu tried to explain in simple words to avoid his grandfather Zhu Gang's emotional misunderstanding. As he spoke, he took out a card from his arms.
"Grandpa, look, this is the spirit master certification."
"Okay, okay, my Xiao Wu is also a spirit master." Zhu Gang's face turned red.
"Ahem." He was angry and coughed a few times.
"Grandpa, let me help you go in." Zhu Wu quickly stretched out his hand to support him. "My grandson has graduated from the academy now. I can accompany you well in the future. There is a mountain behind our house. The teacher of the academy said that this environment is very suitable for my martial spirit training."
"With me here, you don't have to worry about family matters in the future."
"Okay, I'll listen to you." Zhu Gang's eyes were full of relief and satisfaction, and he smiled.
Soon, he was supported by Zhu Wu into the house, came to the bamboo chair next to the window and lay down, basking in the gentle sunshine.
Under the hazy eyes, Zhu Wu's figure swayed, and he began to pack things in the house. While packing, he talked about interesting things in the academy.
Zhu Gang felt that this life was worth it.
That afternoon, Zhu Wu did nothing else but stayed with his grandfather Zhu Gang and talked to him until he finished dinner and waited patiently for his grandfather Zhu Gang to fall asleep. Then he returned to his room and sat by the bed, practicing longevity exercises in the moonlight.
After that, he fell asleep with a lot on his mind.
The next morning, after settling his grandfather down and asking the neighbor next door to help take care of him, Zhu Wu ran to Nottingham City as fast as he could.
In the afternoon, outside the house.
"Doctor Xue, how is my grandfather?" Zhu Wu asked in a low voice as he followed the doctor out the door.
He studied veterinary medicine in his previous life, and was not good at treating people. He was limited to prescribing some small health-preserving prescriptions.
"Well, I'll keep you company for one more day." Doctor Xue sighed, "This old man Zhu has been holding on all these years with his determination. If I'm not mistaken, he must have suffered a lot of colds in his early years, so he has hidden diseases in his body and premature aging of his internal organs. Now that he is old, it is difficult for his body to maintain vitality, and these sequelae accumulated in his early years will inevitably show up." "
Birth, aging, illness and death are destined by heaven and cannot be reversed by human power."
"Xiao Wu, you don't have to be too sad. Your grandfather can live to this age, which is actually considered a long life."
At the age of 72, his grandson has awakened his soul power. He thinks that this old man's life is complete and he has no regrets.
He was introduced by Zhu Wu to the owner of the medicine shop. The two are old acquaintances, so he has heard about Zhu Wu. If I'm not mistaken, Zhu Gang should have let go of his determination after learning that his grandson had awakened a martial soul with soul power. People are so amazing sometimes. If there is any unfulfilled wish in their heart, their body will force themselves to hold on and not die until the wish is fulfilled.
To be honest, Zhu Gang felt it was a miracle that he could hold on until now. It would be a miracle for ordinary people to hold on for a month or two.
He always respected such old people.
"I will prescribe some medicine for the old man to regulate his body later, and try to delay as much time as possible." Seeing Zhu Wu silent, he whispered again.
"Thank you, Doctor Xue." Zhu Wu came back to his senses, forced a smile on his face, and said politely.
He also knew in his heart that Zhu Gang was beyond medical help at this time. Even if he was taught the skills, it would be useless and would only aggravate his condition.
His body was too weak, and whether the yang energy or the yin energy entered the body, it would cause damage to the body. "It should be." Doctor Xue smiled, walked to the bamboo chair next to him and sat down, took out a piece of paper and began to write a prescription.
Not long after, after paying the consultation fee, Zhu Wu asked Doctor Xue to go back and tell the owner of the drugstore to send the medicine every day, and he would pay for the travel expenses and medicine. Doctor Xue nodded in agreement and left. Zhu Wu then returned to his room and came to Zhu Gang's bed.
"Xiao Wu, don't worry about grandpa." Zhu Gang, who understood Zhu Wu's concerns, smiled.
"I can see that you have become a real soul master. Grandpa has lived a full life."
Originally, he was just an old beggar in Notting City. He became a refugee because of a disaster in his family in his early years. He did not have the courage to commit suicide and follow his relatives. He was muddle-headed all day and became a scavenger who lived a miserable life. Until he was over 60 and came to Notting City, he wandered around the garbage dump in the residential area to make a living, waiting for his death.
Later, on a cold winter night, he heard a weak baby crying near a garbage dump in a residential area, and saw Zhu Wu, who was still in his cradle. He inexplicably had hope and sustenance in his heart, and wanted to raise the child.
So, he intercepted the word "Wu" in the martial soul and named the child Zhu Wu, hoping that the child would awaken a good martial soul and possess soul power in the future. He didn't want the child to be treated as a beggar and looked down upon when he grew up.
Therefore, he brought the child to the Holy Soul Village.
He wanted to give the child a complete childhood and a decent future.
Now that the child has become a soul master, he is no longer an ordinary civilian. In the future, he will definitely be able to live a good life and no longer suffer.
He no longer has to worry about anything. The only thing he still worried about was...
"Xiao Wu." He called out softly, and said solemnly as if he had made up his mind, "Actually, I'm not your real grandfather."
"Grandpa, don't say that." Zhu Wu shook his head, "These are no longer important."
"You raised me up, I will always be your grandson, and my name will always be Zhu Wu."
Zhu Gang's eyes suddenly turned red, and he said excitedly: "Okay, okay, my good grandson."
"Now, my old Zhu family can be considered to have descendants, and we are not ashamed of our ancestors. Even if grandpa dies now, he can rest in peace."
"Grandpa, please don't say that." Zhu Wu said hurriedly.
"Grandpa knows his own health, you don't need to comfort him." Zhu Gang smiled.
"Grandpa, I'm 72 now, and I've lived enough."
"Okay, don't say that, go and do your own thing. Grandpa is still strong and won't die yet."
"Grandpa, let me help you to rest on the recliner outside." Zhu Wu said while stretching out his hand.
"The air there is good, and you can get some sun, which is good for your health."
"Okay." Zhu Gang nodded and let Zhu Wu help him get off the bed.
After settling Zhu Gang down, Zhu Wu walked into the open space not far away and summoned his martial spirit Xiaobai.
"Xiaobai, transform into a three-eyed demon fox!" He whispered the command. Xiaobai
nodded, and the next second, the scales between his eyebrows glowed with colorful light, and a circle of yellow spirit rings around his body lit up.
Then, Xiaobai's whole body flashed with white light, and a knee-high single-tailed fox suddenly appeared in front of him. It was purple and black, and a small tuft of hair between its eyebrows was bright purple. The overall shape was an oval with two pointed ends, and it looked like a vertical eye from a distance.
"This" Zhu Gang, who was watching from the side, was slightly surprised, and then pride rose in his eyes.
Although Zhu Wu was not his grandson, he was raised by him after all. It was enough to be proud of being able to raise a spirit master with his own hands.
In addition, although he didn't understand, he could feel that his grandson's martial spirit was not ordinary, and he could actually transform!
The martial spirit that my grandson awakened is not a useless one!
"Xiaobai, use the clone." Zhu Wu looked at him and gave another command.
"Chirp." Xiaobai made a fox cry, and his body shook, and two identical little foxes suddenly appeared on both sides.
They squatted and looked at Zhu Wu, looking very well-behaved.
"Am I dazzled?" Zhu Gang was surprised and couldn't help but murmured.
"Grandpa, this is my martial spirit Xiaobai using the clone skill." Zhu Wu explained with a smile.
Let Xiaobai perform in front of grandpa, let grandpa see new things, just watch the show, it's not bad to have fun, and it's also good for physical and mental health.
"Xiaobai, bow to grandpa quickly." Zhu Wu continued.
Hearing this, Xiaobai turned around obediently, and the two clones on his side also turned around and bowed together.
"Okay, okay." Zhu Gang really felt novel and waved happily.
"Next, Xiaobai, martial spirit possession." The charm skill is nothing good, Zhu Wu immediately gave the next command.
Xiaobai nodded, his figure flashed, his clones on both sides disappeared, his body suddenly glared, and crashed into Zhu Wu.
Without any delay, his whole body quickly sank into Zhu Wu's chest. Then, Zhu Wu felt his whole body getting hot, and the soul power in his body accelerated.
His pupils shrank and turned into vertical pupils in an instant, and the color also changed, from brown to bright purple, and the same bright purple pattern of the three-eyed demon fox appeared between his eyebrows. Other parts of the body also changed, the fingernails turned dark purple and quickly elongated and became pointed. The hair on his head also grew longer rapidly, and two fox ears on the top of his head trembled and appeared, and a dark black tail extended from the coccyx behind his spine.
"." Zhu Gang was stunned.
How did his grandson become a beautiful little girl with long flowing hair? She even grew fox ears and a tail!