Li Yao slowly woke up in the healing drugs, but he was not in a hurry to open his eyes. In the comfortable haze, he slowly perceived the brand-new world. He was both like a butterfly that was about to break out of its cocoon and like a bud that was about to break out of the soil. He could already vaguely smell the scent of sunlight.
Li Yao knew that he was completely different from the past and had embarked on a new path of Cultivation.
Chiliu! Chiliu! Chiliu! Chiliu!
All the Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures in the tank of healing drugs were absorbed by him instantly and repaired his damaged organs crazily. His every cell was brimming with vigor like a bud that was about to blossom.
The previously dark green drugs suddenly turned as transparent as pure water. All the effective ingredients had been absorbed by him.
Li Yao leaped up from the healing drugs without raising any waves. Before his feet touched the ground, the remaining liquids on his skin had already turned into mist because of the high-speed shivering of his muscles. The mist surrounded him, giving him the air of a transcendent being.
Grinning, Li Yao looked at his hands in great satisfaction. He clenched his fists softly. Strength flowed slowly in the gaps of his fingers and resonated with his belief silently like invisible dragons.
I'm finally back to normal!
The wounds that I suffered a while ago, especially the Five Disintegrations of Heavens and Human that Diwu Jian blew into my body, are mostly healed now. In a few days at most, I will be able to completely drive the radiating sword aura out of my body!
Sensing that every nerve inside his body was running smoothly like a high-speed crystal rail, Li Yao was so satisfied that he could not help but moan!
It was a plain, special ward that was fully equipped with the most advanced medical magical equipment. However, Wu Mayan was the only one taking a nap next to him. Sensing his spiritual energy, the young qi-trainer was immediately woken up and jumped to his feet. "Master, you're awake!"
"What happened?"
Li Yao glanced at the clock on the wall. It had been twelve hours since he executed the Blood Devil in the parliament building of the Federation. It was the middle of the night right now.
Li Yao coughed softly and rubbed his temples. Frowning, he asked, "Has the Blood Stripe Virus been completely executed by me?"
"Master!"
Blinking his eyes, Wu Mayan pouted and said, "That's not interesting at all. I've followed you for a long time, and it's not the first time that I've seen your acting skills. But even if you don't like it, I have to say that this is the most awkward, pretentious, and exaggerated performance I've ever seen!"
Li Yao's expression did not change as he shrugged his nose. "Is that so?
Wu Mayan nodded, "Yes, yes! You can't even fool a disciple with such clumsy acting skills. You can't be thinking that you can fool those seasoned councilors, elders, and sect leaders, right? "
Li Yao chuckled and put on his coat with Wu Mayan's help. He said with a smile, "About that, you have to consider it from a different perspective. It's true that my acting skills at that time were indeed super clumsy. It's almost the greatest stain in my acting career. Even the hundred and eight Annihilation Thunder Balls were made by dismantling the balls inside a few random bearings that I bought in a hardware store and refining them. At first glance, it doesn't seem to be possible to execute the Blood Stripe Virus.
"But how can you prove that it is not another scheme of the Blood Stripe Virus?
"Perhaps, the Blood Stripe Virus is trying to make everybody focus their attention on me in such a way so that it will take the opportunity to sneak into another councilor's body!"
Dumbfounded, Wu Mayan was dazed for a long time. "Do I need to prove that, too?"
"Of course!"
Li Yao nodded solemnly. "You know that the Blood Stripe Virus comes and goes without a trace. Whoever runs into it will certainly be unlucky. God knows how the infection works! Years ago, I was infected without a good reason, too. You were there, too. You saw it with your own eyes!
"Therefore, however clumsy my acting skills are, as long as the window is broken, the most powerful councilors, experts, and sect leaders of the Xing Yao Federation will have to face such a problem. How can they prove that my 'clumsy acting skills' are not the disguise of 'better acting skills', and that the real Blood Stripe Virus has sneaked away and taken over their bodies?
"Let's take you as an example. Let's say that you are a councilor. How can you prove that you are not infected by the Blood Stripe Virus?"
Wu Mayan jumped to his feet and scratched his head hard for a long time, but he was lost for words.
Li Yao smiled. "You can't prove it. The councilors and the sect leaders can't prove it, either. I can't prove it, either."
Wu Mayan surrendered. "Master, I'm dizzy!"
Li Yao smiled but didn't say anything.
"Master!"
Wu Mayan glanced at him in secret. After hesitating for a moment, he summoned his courage and asked, "That being said, I would still like to know whether or not the Blood Stripe Virus has been completely eliminated by you, Master. Is it possible that it will jump out and cause trouble again at some point? "
"Does it matter whether or not it has been eliminated?"
Gentle redness flowed deep inside Li Yao's left eye, as if it could be completely melded with the darkness deep inside his right eye. Pondering for a moment, he said slowly, "Yes. The Blood Stripe Virus seems to be a very bad and dangerous thing. Years ago, Yan Xibei almost brought a catastrophe to Iron Plateau after he was infected by the Blood Stripe Virus and turned into the Blood Devil!
"That was why I was so anxious when I learned that I was infected by the Blood Stripe Virus.
"However, after the incident, I discovered that Lu Zui, who was absolutely not infected by the Blood Stripe Virus, almost brought a catastrophe to the Xing Yao Federation, the Heaven's Origin Sector, the Flying Star Sector, and the Blood Demon Sector, didn't he?
"Tell me. Is there any essential difference between Yan Xibei who was infected by the Blood Stripe Virus and Lu Zui who was not infected?"
Wu Mayan was dazed for a moment. He was deep in thought.
Li Yao smiled and continued. "Until the last second of his life, Yan Xibei did not believe that he was infected by the Blood Stripe Virus. He swore to me that he was Yan Xibei and that he had been pushing the whole plan forward.
"At that time, I didn't believe it. Like you, I thought that the real Yan Xibei was dead and that the one dealing with us on Iron Plateau was just the Blood Devil in Yan Xibei's shell.
"Right now, I've changed my opinion. Maybe he was right. He was not manipulated by the Blood Stripe Virus at all. Maybe the so-called 'Blood Stripe Virus' is truly neither good nor evil. The only thing that can distinguish between good and evil is ourselves and our hearts. The 'Blood Stripe Virus' is just adding fuel to the fire at best.
"The Blood Stripe Virus did not control Yan Xibei. Yan Xibei swallowed the Blood Stripe Virus and carried out his crazy will with the strength of the Blood Stripe Virus!"
Wu Mayan stammered, "Master, you mean …"
"What I mean is," Li Yao said, "maybe, everybody is born with an abyss in their heart, and a Blood Devil is lurking in the deepest part of the abyss. Anybody, even someone like Lu Zui, who is absolutely impossible to be infected by the Blood Stripe Virus, will be swallowed by the abyss and controlled by the Blood Devil if they are not careful!
"If that is the case, does it matter whether or not the Blood Stripe Virus has been completely annihilated by me?"
Wu Mayan gasped. "Then … Then, what do we do?"
Li Yao flicked his forehead neither lightly nor heavily. "If you are worried, just find the abyss and the Blood Devil in your heart and chop them a few times every day after you eat and poop. Everything will be fine, won't it? Isn't that what 'Cultivators' mean? "
Wu Mayan covered his forehead, deep in thought. Or rather, he pretended that he was deep in thought.
Such logic was not something that a young man in his twenties could understand easily.
Right then, the door of the ward was kicked open. Ding Ling Dong rushed in like a tornado and crashed into Li Yao's arms.
Li Yao felt that a volcano that was erupting seemed to have hit him. He was both happy, dizzy, and suffocating.
Professor Mo Xuan looked at them with a smile. Vivid colors were beaming out of his liquid metal face.
"Do you want to have ten minutes?"
The professor asked understandingly as he winked at Wu Mayan.
"Forget it."
Ding Ling Dong released Li Yao and pinched his chest by the way. She sniffed and said, "Professor, you have been there before. Li Yao and I haven't seen each other for ten years. What can we do in ten minutes? Besides, this place is too small for us. "
"Cough, cough. Cough, cough, cough!"
Li Yao coughed loudly. Rubbing his ribs that were almost broken by Ding Ling Dong, he said solemnly, "Professor, I've slept for half a day. What's the situation outside?"
Professor Mo Xuan smiled and brought three pieces of news.
Firstly, after learning that the 'Blood Stripe Virus' might be roaming in the parliament building of the Federation and even infecting a certain representative, expert, and leader, the government of the Federation attached great importance to it. With the cooperation of the Cultivators, the best doctors, Meditation Healers, refiners, and so on, in only a couple of hours, a standard procedure for the identification of the Blood Stripe Virus had been developed, with a 100% accuracy rate.
After the identification, all the representatives and experts present, including Li Yao, passed. None of them were infected by the Blood Stripe Virus.
All the representatives, experts, and leaders agreed that the 'Blood Stripe Virus' had been completely annihilated by Li Yao and would not cause any more trouble.
The sky cleared up after the rain, and everyone was happy!
"Is that so?"
Li Yao frowned. "Is the procedure reliable? Will there be any errors? For safety reasons, why don't you lock me up and observe the thousand representatives, the sect leaders, the Core Formation Stage Cultivators, and the Nascent Soul Stage Cultivators for a decade or so? "
"Rest assured. It's definitely reliable!"
Professor Mo Xuan said solemnly. "The procedure has been approved by hundreds of representatives, leaders, and specialists. It means that thousands of authorities in the Heaven's Origin Sector have guaranteed that as long as you pass the test, you will definitely, definitely, definitely not be possessed by the Blood Stripe Virus!"
"That's good."
Li Yao was finally relieved. He asked again, "Then, if I run into any trouble in the future, nobody will blame me for the Blood Stripe Virus, right?"
"Absolutely not!"
Professor Mo Xuan declared resolutely. "Everybody in the parliament building today is likely to be infected by the Blood Stripe Virus. If somebody suspects you in the future, won't they suspect everybody?"
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