I Just Want To Follow The Plot!

Arc 1.6

After everyone left the main hall, Zero took Shi LanHua into a secluded corner and the two siblings smiled at each other, as if understanding everything just from their expressions.

Just as he was about to reach out and pull the latter into a hug, Zero flinched and looked at Shi LanHua with a grim expression of disbelief.

"Are the injuries still plaguing you?", he asked.

As if the other party already knew he was going to say that, she merely nodded and gave him a sad smile.

Zero clenched his fists together under his robe and revealed an expression of pain and heartache. Suddenly, and idea came to him and his eyes regained some light while he said, "The secret realm! We might be able to find the Heaven's Heart Fruit in the secret realm!"

As if struck by a sudden realization, Shi LanHua's breathing also became more agitated and if not for her tremendous self-control, she would have started dancing around happily on the spot.

That's right, she was injured. During the great war between the dragons and phoenixes, although Zero did everything he could in order to protect Shi LanHua from the attacks, there were still a few that hit her. If it was just that, then with the recovery rate of the legendary beasts, she would have healed a long time ago, but there was this one attack which caused her to become poisoned. Everyone knows that phoenixes are the bearers of fire and that it's their main element of control, and they also know that the greatest enemy of fire is water. One of the princes of the dragon lineage was a water wielder, and a strong one to boot, so when he realized that he couldn't defeat Zero, like the other god level dragon which caused Zero to be severely injured, he self-exploded. Unfortunately, at that time, Zero was about to win, so he let down his guard a little and since most of the attack was directed at Shi LanHua, who was on his back, she took a severe amount of damage. Though it wasn't fatal, she never recovered from it and has to undergo an unimaginable amount of pain every time she attempts to utilize a high leveled fire spell, it's as if thousands of swords were stabbed deep into her, inflicting endless amounts of torture upon her... Not only that, but Shi LanHua's cultivation level fell back to the peak of Foundation Building, and it was only due to Zero finding countless of treasures that she could recover her earlier state. If it didn't drop, with her talent, she would have been at the peak of Spirit Division by now.

And since she has to blend in with the humans of the Celestial Sect, she has to frequently show off her prowess by demonstrating fire spells. Zero's heart felt like it was crumbling every time he saw her back drenched in sweat from holding in her screams of pain and agony. One has to know, with the level of injury she received, Shi LanHua is already considered lucky to be alive, but seeing the pain she needs to go through to live, most would rather be dead.

Now, the Heaven's Heart Fruit is an extremely rare fruit that is said to have only existed in legends, so no matter how hard Zero looked, he could never find it. He almost went into a Qi Deviation due to all the stress, after all, to a sis-con like him, Shi LanHua is the most important person in his life.

Normally, one would have to use many rare, or even legendary ingredients that are equally as hard to find as the Heaven's Heart Fruit in order to cure Shi LanHua of her condition, but Zero had reached complete mastery of pill concocting in the system's learning space before he entered this world, so he is able to create a pill that's strong and suitable for her. However, even with all that, everything is useless if they can't even find the ingredient needed!

"FengFeng, even if you don't find it, I'll be fine. I won't die from such measly pain, so just focus on being happy, okay? Remember, we swore that as long as we're together, everything will be alright.", she smiled.