The Journey Of Flower

Chapter 59

However, things did not seem to end so simply. Tang Bao did not return and they could not contact it. When they wrote to Dong Fang, he did not reply either. Luo Shi Yi was so so anxious that he nearly rushed down to Yi Xiu Ge to snatch Tang Bao back. Shi Fu seldom ate with her or come to Jue Qing Dian. He spent most of his time in the meditation room alone.

The Immortal Sword Meet was approaching and everyone was busy preparing or training. However, Hua Qian Gu could not put herself at ease. She was constantly worried about Bai Zi Hua. However, he seemed to be purposely avoiding her and it was hard even to meet him.

One night, she was tossing and turning sleepless, when she suddenly heard the fain sound of a tea set shattering. She thought that she had heard wrongly. Yet it seemed to come out of Shi Fu's room. She could not put her mind at ease and decided to change and take a look.

When she walked outside Shi Fu's door, she saw that the room was dark and paced outside for a long time, not daring to enter. Recently, Shi Fu had been extra strict and particularly did not like her to disturb him.

After standing outside awhile and hearing that there was no activity in the room, she turned around to leave quietly. As she took a few steps, she suddenly heard the soft sound of glass fragments scraping across the ground. Evn though it was not loud, in the quiet of the night, it was particularly jarring. She stood outside the door, unmoving. She heard a light cough. Even though it was so slight and restrained, it was the breaking point in her already high strung state.

She turned around and ran toward's Shi Fu bed room. Without a second word, she kicked his door open.

"You......" Bai Zi Hua saw the door suddenly swing open and Hua Qian Gu staring dumbly at him at the door, her eyes full of surprise and fear. He struggled to lift his body up with one hand, while the other covered his mouth. However the fresh blood that he spat out dyed his clean white robe red.

""Shi Fu!" Hua Qian Gu rushed in front of him and lifted him up from the pile of shattered fragments beside his bed. She ceaselessly transferred her internal energy into his body.

"You...... You are coughing blood again......" Hua Qian Gu voice trembled. She reached out her hand to take his pulse only to find that he was extremely weak, even his internal energy was dwindling. She knew it! She knew it! This poison could not be cured so easily. Shi Fu had been struggling and day by day his powers were weakening. If this continued, he would die. 她

"Shi Fu......" Hua Qian Gu helped him up to his bed to lie down and anxiously took out a white handkerchief to wipe away the blood stains on his lips. His life, his internal energy, his immortal energy were all ebbing away with each drop of blood he lost. In the moonlight, his face looked even more ghastly and pale than a sheet of paper.

Bai Zi Hua knew that he could not keep this from her for long. He could only try to keep it a secret for as long as he could.

"I am alright. Xiao Gu, go back."

Hua Qian Gu knelt beside his bed and clutched his hand: "Shi Fu! Is there no way to cure the neutralise the poison?"

Bai Zi Hua did not want to lie to her and gently shook his head: "The poison has already penetrated into my bones. There is no cure."

Hua Qian Gu sucked in a breath and refused to give in "The one who starts it, can also end it. If we use the Shen Nong cauldron to make an antidote?"

Bai Zi Hua still shook his head: "There is no time..." He was not only poisoned, but sucked within the cauldron itself. the poison had already seeped into every inch of his body. He will slowly lose his immortal body and finally disintegrate. The only thing he could do was to try prevent himself from being controlled by the poison and turning into a monster. He could only try to delay his impending death.