Douluo Continent: Shrek Prince, Getting to the Root of the Matter

Moon's eyelids twitched, and he almost lost his composure.

But when his gaze fell upon the emerald green dagger in Yu Wudao's hand, he could no longer maintain his composure.

"This is……"

"Gold of Life!"

Yu Wudao directly answered Mu En's question.

"Grandpa, I promised you I would watch me marry, have children, and succeed to Shrek Academy. No one can break my oath, Yu Wudao's oath!"

After saying this, Yu Wudao placed the Gold of Life in his palm and handed it to Mu En.

Moon stared blankly at the emerald green dagger for several seconds before suddenly bursting into loud laughter.

"Hahahahaha!"

A golden barrier of soul power suddenly appeared, completely enveloping the two of them.

"My great-grandson is indeed the chosen one! It's a pity that fate is not on his side—"

Moon let out a long sigh, expressing both his joy and regret...

No one wants to die if they can survive, but no one knows Moon's body better than himself. If he had obtained the Gold of Life a few decades earlier, his physical problems would have been no problem. But now...

"Put it away, good boy."

"I'm already halfway to my grave, no need to waste this precious life force. Besides, Great-Grandpa can still live for another three or four years, so if you put in the effort, you might have a chance to fulfill your wishes~, hahahahaha!"

Upon hearing this, Yu Wudao's expression darkened. "Grandpa, what's wrong with your health...?"

Moon held onto the chair and lifted his hunched body slightly.

"Alas... Dragon Pills were both his strength and his weakness..."

"You already know the general situation, so I won't go into details."

My body is now like a funnel, and although the malevolent energy of the Dragon Pill is tormenting me and depleting my body and life force, it also acts like a scab, plugging the gap in the funnel.

Although the Gold of Life can replenish my vitality and extinguish my malevolence, it cannot repair my flaws.

When I was suffering in my early years, I also tried to heal myself with my life force, but the result was that it consumed a huge amount of resources and created a gap in the scab of resentment that could not be healed, which aggravated my injuries..."

After listening quietly to Mu En finish speaking, Yu Wudao softly called out in his mind:

"Old Yi."

The aged voice quickly responded.

"Your great-grandfather is right; that's basically his physical condition."

"But how could there be a bodily flaw that even vitality can't repair? Sufficient vitality can even reshape the heart!"

Electrolux shook his head and said:

"You're right, but it's too simplistic. The essence of vitality is just a basic energy that constitutes life. Healing is just a byproduct, not the goal."

For example, someone born with only four fingers cannot grow a fifth finger no matter how much life force you provide. Conversely, someone born with six fingers needs to have one extra finger removed to heal them, not life force infused into them. In fact, with the infusion of life force, the removed finger might even regrow.

In this way, vitality becomes a contributing factor to his illness or deformity.

So ultimately, whether it's disability, deformity, illness, or health, these concepts are defined by people, not by the body itself. However, the healing of vitality follows the body's instinctive needs.

Looking back at your great-grandfather's situation, it was similar.

On the one hand, your great-grandfather lived for too long despite his physical disabilities.

On the other hand, a strange balance had been achieved within his body: the malevolent energy eroded his body while preventing his life force from leaking out, yet his life force was constantly being depleted by the malevolent energy. This situation is undoubtedly abnormal and flawed in our view.

But the body doesn't see it that way. After all, even without this situation, the body will slowly wear down due to aging and various other factors. In its perception, this is just a bodily movement no different from cell division.

Perhaps initially the body would have thought this was abnormal, but your great-grandfather survived stably under these conditions for so long without any problems or fluctuations that it naturally came to regard it as a bodily instinct.

Therefore, even the Metal of Life can only identify and eliminate the pure black market element 'Vicious Qi' and replenish life force, but it will not repair the flaws that the body perceives as normal.

Yu Wudao clenched his fists, and said with some resentment:

"What if I put the Gold of Life into Grandfather's body? That way, even if his body is a funnel, his life force will still be inexhaustible!"

Electrolux's expression softened upon hearing this, but his tone remained low.

"It's no use. The leakage of life force will also cause the loophole to expand. Sooner or later, he will still die. It's just another kind of slow death. In fact, the two are not much different in terms of time scale."

Yu Wudao looked somewhat dejected.

"At least it will make Grandpa feel a little better."

Electrolux asked in a cryptic tone:

"Are you really going to give him the Gold of Life? One piece of Gold of Life represents the life force of an entire world! You can't even imagine the benefits it will bring you in the future!"

Yu Wudao said sarcastically:

"Ha~, the whole world? Even my great-grandfather couldn't save it; he's nothing but a piece of broken iron! How could the future of Yu Wudao be defined by a piece of broken iron!"

"Good! Good lad! You're loyal, righteous, and ambitious! I'm growing to like you more and more!"

Electrolux laughed loudly, and then said:

"If you put a whole piece of 'Life Gold' inside his body, you could probably collect his corpse by tomorrow. Let this old man handle it!"

An invisible spiritual force descended along Yu Wudao's right arm, which was holding the Gold of Life, and then a drop of jade-like liquid separated from the Gold of Life's emerald green body and hovered in front of Mu En.

"The dosage of this drop of Life Gold is just right. After absorbing it, he should be able to maintain his peak condition for three to four years until his death."

Yu Wudao thanked him, and then said to Mu En:

"Grandpa, absorb this. It will keep you in peak condition for at least three years until your body is completely damaged."

Mu En shook his head, but before he could speak, Yu Wudao continued:

"I will not give up. The Douluo Continent is vast and rich in resources; there must be some unknown miracles within!"

He uttered some vague and ethereal words, but what surfaced in his mind was the Yin-Yang Eye of Ice and Fire, which was clearly recorded in the original work.

However, as this was a location that Tang San was paying close attention to, Yu Wudao would not go there rashly; he needed a foolproof opportunity.

At the same time, looking at Yu Wudao's stubborn expression, Mu En finally sighed and accepted the drop of life gold.

"Foolish child..."

Yu Wudao gave a final few words of advice before turning and leaving in a hurry.

"Elder Yi, I know you are skilled in weapon crafting. Could you perhaps resurrect my grandfather by crafting a body for him?"

Electrolux hesitated for a moment before speaking:

"Yes, but there are two conditions. First, his spiritual power must be raised to at least the human limit, and there must be a primordial body that matches his cultivation level—not too low, not too high; second, my soul needs to be restored."

Yu Wudao nodded. These questions were not entirely without answers for him, and several goals quickly flashed through his mind.

"I'm sorry, Grandfather. I'm a very selfish person. I want you to live, so you can't die."

That evening, Mu En, the master of the Sea God Pavilion and the Dragon God Douluo, announced that he would be going into seclusion!