Records of Mysterious Things in the Southern Dynasties

Chapter 518 Treatment
"Don't worry, I don't blame you." Ren Yuan was both amused and exasperated, then said seriously, "My motivation for becoming a god has always been to prevent gods from riding on people's heads and acting arrogantly! If I were like those gods, wouldn't I have become a god for nothing?"

"Understood." The white-robed soldiers nodded emphatically, their respect for Ren Yuan growing even stronger.

After exchanging pleasantries with his brothers, he went to the wounded and sick, where he met Ma Fonian and Hu Longya. As for Chen Baxian, he had already fallen into a coma…

"My brother is in too much pain, so I let him sleep for a while," Fa Xiu said softly.
"I have already purified the Gu worms from the ordinary soldiers, but I am helpless against these three."

“When this Gu worm takes effect, it feels like there are worms biting every bone in my body.” Hu Longya looked at Ren Yuan and said with a wry smile, “When the little master checked, there really were worms biting me, turning my iron bones into frozen tofu.”

“Yes, even if we recover, we’ll be crippled.” Ma Fonian held Ren Yuan’s hand and said, “I’m entrusting the White Robe Army to A Yuan.”

“I will take care of the White-Robed Army.” Ren Yuan grasped his withered hand and said, “You don’t need to be discouraged. Let me think about how to help you recover.”

Having said that, he closed his eyes briefly and quickly searched through Wu Peng's memories. After a moment, he opened his eyes and said, "The three of you were all poisoned by Wu Peng himself. Although he, the Gu God, is dead, the Gu worms he released have already parasitized your bodies and will not die with you."

"Is there any way?" Fa Xiu pressed.

“Wu Peng’s memory contains a solution.” Ren Yuan nodded, then frowned and said, “But this is also my first time getting married, so I can’t guarantee it will work.”

"Then use me as an experiment first." Hu Longya said, "Anyway, I'm about to die, so let's try anything. If it works, great, but if it doesn't, thank you for helping me get out of this predicament."

"Don't worry, I won't let you die." Ren Yuan said, his fingertips tracing over Hu Longya's festering wrist. Where the chaotic power flowed, the dark green Gu patterns unique to Wu Peng were revealed.

"This is Wu Peng's 'Nine Nether Bone-Eating Gu'. Only by using his innate divine essence can the Gu worm be driven away from the human body."

After speaking, he held up the fragment of Wu Peng's divine core in his palm. After his absorption, the eerie green light had noticeably dimmed.

However, Ren Yuan's chaotic power was the source of all laws and could be adapted to any divine power. Under his activation, the broken divine core once again shone with a ghostly green light. That light projected thousands of runes that floated in the air, each rune being a profound Gu technique. However, no one but Ren Yuan could understand those ancient characters.

Ren Yuan scanned the area with his divine sense and found the runes corresponding to the 'Nine Nether Bone-Eating Gu'.

With another flick of his finger, the rune instantly burrowed into Hu Longya's body like a serpent, outlining an ancient array deep within his flesh and blood.

Hu Longya's face quickly turned red, and he couldn't help but let out a painful roar, his skin swelling up with countless lumps. Countless tiny Gu worms burst out of his body, trying to find a new host, but were instantly turned to dust by the chaotic power released by Ren Yuan.

Ren Yuan then chanted the purification incantation from Wu Peng's memory, reached out and grasped a fragment of a divine core, transforming it into a pure milky-white light spot, and sent it into Hu Longya's body.

Hu Longya suddenly arched his body, opened his mouth and spat out mouthfuls of black blood. A mother Gu as thick as a thumb was also mixed in with the black blood and escaped from the human body, which was no longer suitable for survival.

Ren Yuan condensed chaotic light at his fingertips, and with a gentle touch, the mother worm vanished into nothingness. Looking at Hu Longya again, the pain on his face had completely disappeared. He was about to grin when Ren Yuan raised his hand and said, "Don't speak. Use your Yang Spirit to absorb the remaining energy. Consider it a stroke of good fortune for you."

Hu Longya suddenly realized that the energy Ren Yuan injected into his body came from a fragment of a divine core!

He quickly shut his mouth and silently circulated his profound energy, which indeed restored his connection with the Yang Spirit. He then immediately followed Ren Yuan's instructions, using the Yang Spirit to absorb the remaining purifying energy within his body, not letting a single drop go to waste.

Ren Yuan then used the same method to help Ma Fonian kill the Gu worms in his body. Ma Fonian smiled gratefully at him and then quickly began to absorb the purifying energy.

When it came to Chen Baxian, Ren Yuan naturally had to take care of his own brother. Looking at the divine fire dancing in his hand, he sighed and said, "There are no more fragments left, so you can have this divine fire."

Having said that, he flashed into the air, channeled his chaotic power, and held the ball of green divine fire in his hands. Then, using the chaotic power's property of returning all energy to its origin, he attempted to forcibly refine it.

But this is extremely dangerous; it could easily trigger a cataclysmic explosion. Only a seemingly calm madman like him would act on a whim.

If Chen Qingzhi were here, he would definitely shout "Stop!" immediately. This is too reckless. Not only could the entire crew be wiped out, but they might also blow a hole in the South China Sea.

But the people on the ship were all ordinary people, all looking up at Ren Yuan in mid-air with awe. It was already a miracle they didn't prostrate themselves in worship; who dared to question His actions?
All around Ren Yuan was a surge of chaotic energy, which poured into the small universe he held in his hands, enveloping the eerie green Gu God Fire layer by layer.

The divine fire seemed to know its fate, struggling and throbbing violently, with countless phantoms of Gu worms surging in layers of vortexes, trying to break free from Ren Yuan's restraints.

"The Great Dao is simple, and all laws return to one!" Ren Yuan roared, and the power of chaos transformed into two large hands, one black and one white, forcibly compressing and kneading the Gu God Fire. Under the pressure of the large hands, the eerie green flame twisted and deformed continuously, howling wildly like a living thing.

Hearing the terrifying howl, the white-robed soldiers on the small boat went mad, and the fish in the sea went completely insane. Whether big or small, shark or whale, they all chased and tore at each other desperately. In the blink of an eye, the turquoise sea was stained with large patches of scarlet...

Fortunately, Ren Yuan realized the danger in time and enveloped himself with a chaotic barrier to prevent the howling sound from spreading. The sea surface then returned to normal...

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Ren Yuan's idea was actually very simple: even the master of this divine fire was no match for him, let alone after the master died.
The result was not so simple. Although the divinity of the Gu God within the divine fire crumbled inch by inch under the erosion of the laws of chaos, the dark green flame gradually faded, turning from dark green to emerald green, and then to pale blue.

However, Ren Yuan was also greatly exhausted. Cold sweat seeped from his forehead, and he could only grit his teeth and persevere, constantly changing hand seals to inject the chaotic laws into the core of the flame.

Just as he felt he was about to be completely drained, the divine fire suddenly trembled violently and erupted with blinding light. The remaining divinity of the Gu God finally vanished in the light.

As the light faded, the eerie green flame vanished, replaced by a pure white flame. This flame bore no divine mark, yet it contained boundless power, as if it were the most primordial spark from the beginning of time…

(End of this chapter)