The emperor? Sooner or later, I will become one!

Lin Dong's eyes flickered slightly, and he hesitated to speak.

With his Cultivation, he immediately sensed a heavy, lifeless Death Qi on Elder Hu.

He hadn't paid it much mind initially, but he could now see that Elder Hu's condition was not right.

He calmly activated his Double Pupils and only then discerned a difficult-to-heal Dao injury on the divine patterns outside Elder Hu's Dantian, something even Elder Hu, powerful as he was, was helpless against.

"Haha! It's an old injury from many years ago, I'm used to it!"

It seemed Lin Dong's words had touched Elder Hu's heart; he took a large gulp of wine, suppressing the urge to cough, yet he couldn't hide the sorrow in his heart.

"Hmm?"

"How did he know I was injured?"

Suddenly, as if he remembered something, he looked at Lin Dong in surprise.

His injury was one that even ordinary Purple Palace Realm Cultivators couldn't detect, yet Lin Dong had grown to such an extent that he could see through his injury.

"Your injury..."

Before Lin Dong could finish, Elder Hu waved his hand: "Let's not talk about it!"

Lin Dong's eyes shimmered with divine light: "Elder Hu, I wanted to say that this junior might be able to heal your injury!"

"What?!"

Elder Hu was startled, his drunkenness dissipating by a third.

His cloudy eyes stared intently at Lin Dong, "You boy, what kind of joke are you playing? Do you know what kind of injury I have?"

"It's a Dao injury!"

"Dao injuries are known to be incurable, that's common knowledge."

"Even a Saint Pill cannot heal a Dao injury, what method do you have?"

After calming down slightly, Elder Hu shook his head and smiled, as if he had long come to terms with it.

He was once a King Realm Dominator, yet he had no solution; what method could Lin Dong, a Tiangang Realm Cultivator, possibly have?

He simply assumed Lin Dong was concerned about him, nothing else mattered.

The Dao injury had tormented him for years like a maggot in the bone; he had long prepared for death.

If there was a way to treat the Dao injury, he wouldn't have fallen from the King Realm to the Half-step King, or even be on the verge of falling to the Purple Palace Realm.

If he fell to the Purple Palace Realm, he wouldn't live for many more years.

Lin Dong spoke earnestly: "I want to try! What if it really works? Don't you want to return to your former Peak?"

Just because others couldn't treat it didn't mean he couldn't.

He possessed World-Destroying Double Pupils; two days ago, he had Awakened two great Divine Abilities of his Double Pupils: [Destruction and Rebirth].

Destruction: Possesses the Law of destroying everything; wherever it passes, not a blade of grass grows!

Rebirth: Possesses terrifying recovery power, with an effect comparable to bringing the dead back to life and regrowing flesh on bones. As long as one is not dead, one can recover!

Cultivating to the extreme, one glance can Dominator the life and death of the Universe!

Elder Hu stared at Lin Dong for a while, seeing that Lin Dong didn't seem to be joking, and forced a relaxed smile.

"Forget it, letting you try is no harm, I won't lose anything anyway."

If he was lucky and Lin Dong really cured his Dao injury, Elder Hu would truly have hit the jackpot, and still have a chance to return to his Peak in this life.

"Please, Elder, relax your mind!"

Lin Dong took a deep breath, his expression serious.

Elder Hu nodded, shedding his usual informal demeanor, and sat down cross-legged.

Gazing at the young Lin in front of him, he wanted to see what method young Lin had to treat his Dao injury.

The next moment, Elder Hu's pupils constricted, as if he had seen something unbelievable, and he couldn't help but exclaim in a low voice.

"Double Pupils?!"

Elder Hu revealed a look of shock; this boy actually possessed Double Pupils?

A glimmer of hope emerged in his eyes.

At this moment, he actually felt that perhaps... Lin Dong really could!

He saw that in Lin Dong's pupils, incomparably profound and complex divine patterns flickered, the Double Pupils slowly emerged, and a vast Universe was reflected in his eyes.

It depicted the destruction and birth of the Universe!

The moment the Double Pupils operated, even Elder Hu's Half-step King Cultivation felt a hint of death's threat: "Double Pupils are indeed terrifying!"

"Buzz!"

At this moment, Lin Dong's World-Destroying Double Pupils radiated boundless light, a green light illuminating the world, falling upon the Dao injury outside Elder Hu's Dantian.

Elder Hu felt an indescribable surge of life Qi gushing forth.

What shocked him was that the Dao injury, which had tormented him like a maggot in the bone, sensed the terrifying might of the Double Pupils and dissipated like a mouse seeing a cat.

His Dao injury was actually slowly recovering.

Lin Dong's face showed a hint of joy, "It really works!"

Elder Hu's face was filled with shock and excitement, his emotions indescribable; he hadn't expected that in this life, he would have the chance to recover from his Dao injury.

There was also a hint of gratification on his old face, as if to say, I didn't misjudge him this time!

Boom!

As the Double Pupils' light beam disappeared, the Dao injury that had plagued Elder Hu for decades completely vanished.

Lin Dong exhaled lightly, his face a bit pale, but the joy on his face couldn't be hidden, "Elder Hu, see, this junior didn't lie to you, if I say it can be done, it can be done!"

"You're quite something, boy!"

Elder Hu also noticed Lin Dong's weakness and asked with concern: "Are you alright? You didn't pay any price to save me, did you?"

Elder Hu frowned, sensing Lin Dong's depleted essence blood.

If Lin Dong had sacrificed his future to save himself, even if Elder Hu's Dao injury was healed, he would feel guilty for the rest of his life.

Lin Dong still had an infinite future.

If Lin Dong sacrificed his future to save an old man who had one foot in the grave like him, it truly wasn't worth it.

"Elder Hu, you're underestimating me too much."

"It's just a small Dao injury, why would I need to pay any price? At most, it's just two drops of essence blood!"

Lin Dong laughed, saying that with his Tiangang Realm Cultivation, contending with a King Realm Dao injury was somewhat strenuous; to completely heal Elder Hu's injury, he had to sacrifice some essence blood.

But all of this was worth it!

Elder Hu felt reborn, as if he had become a dozen years younger; the heavy Death Qi dissipated, and it wouldn't be long before he could recover to the King Realm.

"Good, good, good!"

"I truly didn't misjudge you!"

Elder Hu's old face was full of gratification, and he happily took a large gulp of wine.

He truly hadn't expected that a young man he had inadvertently helped would actually save him and give him a chance at Rebirth.

"Good deeds are rewarded!"

Lin Dong laughed: "This is the good fortune Elder Hu deserves!"

Elder Hu's kindness to him was hard to repay; what was a little essence blood?

Cheers!

Two grown men, not knowing what words of gratitude to speak, simply clinked glasses and drank wildly.

Elder Hu sighed: "As expected of Double Pupils, the supreme Physique in the world, it can even treat Dao injuries that even Saints deem impossible. I've truly learned something new!"

"You, boy, have the potential of a Great Emperor!"

"Great Emperor?"

Lin Dong had only heard this term in ancient texts, the highest Realm of Cultivation in Jiuzhou, a Realm pursued by countless Cultivators.

"Yes, Great Emperor, looking down on all living beings!"

"Only the legendary, supreme Great Emperors are qualified to set foot in Jiuzhou."

"Great Emperors comprehend the Great Dao to a level unimaginable to mortals! Their life essence transcends all things and beings!"

"Great Emperors are omnipotent, revered by all races in Jiuzhou!"

Elder Hu's cloudy eyes held longing, but alas, he was old; the Great Emperor fruit position was hopeless for him in this life.

He glanced at Lin Dong beside him; perhaps he could in the future...

At this moment, a seed of becoming a Great Emperor powerhouse was planted in the young man's heart. Great Emperor, huh? I will become one sooner or later!!

The old man and the young man chatted deep into the night before returning home.

Lin Dong took advantage of his drunkenness to sleep soundly. He planned to Cultivate the Tianxing Step and consume the jinpu fruit after waking up.

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