2: Chu Yuan wakes up!

"Uncle Zhang, Ergou is about to die. Please take a look at him!"

That clear voice rang out again, sounding quite urgent.

Hearing this voice, Chu Yuan couldn't help but feel a warmth in his heart.

After sorting through his memories, he was naturally very familiar with the owner of this voice.

Erya!

She was the second daughter of Uncle Sun's family in the village, the same age as Chu Yuan, and had always taken good care of him since childhood. They were childhood sweethearts.

Chu Yuan was deep in thought when he suddenly felt someone grasp his wrist.

Immediately after, a powerful voice with ample Qi rang in his ear: "Strange!"

"His Yang Qi is almost depleted, and his internal organs are all corroded by Yin Fiend Qi. These symptoms indeed resemble an encounter with a Ghostly Creature."

"But if he really encountered a Ghostly Creature, why is he still alive? And where did the remaining Yin Fiend Qi go?"

"How strange!"

Uncle Zhang's voice was full of peculiarity, and even a hint of confusion.

"That's not right, I remember the village protecting bell didn't ring last night!" Another voice chimed in, filled with surprise and doubt.

"Yes, if a Ghostly Creature entered the village, the village protecting bell should have rung." Another person echoed, their voice also full of confusion.

"Erya, where did Ergou go yesterday?"

Uncle Zhang's voice rang out again, and the scene immediately fell silent, everyone's gaze focusing on Erya.

Erya quickly replied: "Uncle Zhang, we went to harvest rice with everyone yesterday and came back in the evening. We didn't go anywhere else after that."

"Uncle Zhang, please save Ergou quickly!"

Saying this, Erya urged again, her voice full of anxiety.

"Alas—"

Uncle Zhang sighed, "Given his current condition, it's hard to say if he can be revived. Even if he can, I'm afraid he won't live for more than three years."

As soon as his words fell, the scene fell into silence.

At this moment, Erya's voice rang out again, with a slight tremble: "Uncle Zhang, do you mean... you won't save him?"

Another period of silence.

After a while, Uncle Zhang sighed again: "Erya, in these times, life-saving herbs are very precious. You should understand this."

"That's right, Erya."

Someone echoed, "Xiao Huang Village needs strong laborers now. Ergou, he..."

The sentence was left unfinished, and the voice faded, but everyone knew what he hadn't said.

In such a world, who would waste precious life-saving resources to save a person destined to be useless?

The entire place fell silent.

Erya looked at everyone, opened her mouth, but felt her throat was blocked by something.

She turned to look at Chu Yuan, two lines of clear tears silently streaming down her cheeks.

"Enough."

Uncle Zhang's voice rang out again, "I have an unripe green fruit here. It has some limited effects for restoring Yang Qi and healing injuries, but its effect is limited."

"Whether Ergou can wake up depends on his own fortune."

After saying this, he handed a green fruit to Erya, and his voice continued to ring out:

"Erya, you stay here and watch him for now. The matter of the village protecting bell not ringing is still unclear, we need to go to the Ancestral Hall first to check."

As his words fell, a series of footsteps gradually faded away.

Chu Yuan quietly listened to the movements outside, his brows furrowing slightly.

Although he understood the predicament of Xiao Huang Village and could comprehend the thoughts of these people, he still felt a little uncomfortable in his heart.

Chu Yuan took a deep breath, a strong desire surging in his heart.

He must wake up!

Only by waking up could he utilize his Golden Finger, recover from his injuries, and become powerful.

And only by becoming powerful could he Dominator his own destiny, instead of letting others decide it!

At this moment, Chu Yuan's desire to become stronger grew even more intense!

He took another deep breath, thinking about how to wake up, but suddenly felt a sharp pain.

"Hiss—"

Chu Yuan gasped, his handsome face couldn't help but contort.

Hearing the sound, Erya immediately turned around, and seeing Chu Yuan wake up, a look of pleasant surprise appeared on her face.

She asked anxiously: "Ergou, are you okay?"

Chu Yuan frowned, the intense pain from his body made him exceptionally clear-headed.

He hadn't expected that just a single thought would bring his consciousness back to his body.

But the moment the pain came, it almost made him faint again.

One could imagine that if the previous Yin Fiend Qi hadn't disappeared, this intense pain would have been even more terrifying.

Chu Yuan slowly opened his eyes, and what met his gaze was a delicate-faced young girl.

She was wearing a coarse green cloth dress, her skin fair with a hint of dullness.

At this moment, she was holding a green fruit in her hand, looking at Chu Yuan with an anxious expression.

Chu Yuan gently took a breath, not daring to exert force, afraid of aggravating his wounds.

He looked at Erya, and with difficulty, forced a smile: "Erya, I heard everything. Thank you."

"No... no need to thank me."

Erya's earlobes turned slightly red, and she quickly shook her head, her face filled with worry.

"Ergou, quickly eat this green fruit. It can help you recover."

Saying this, she brought the green fruit to Chu Yuan's mouth, wanting to feed it to him.

Chu Yuan looked at her, but his eyes shifted slightly, and enduring the severe pain, he laboriously took the green fruit.

"Erya, I'm a little thirsty. Can you get me some water?"

Erya quickly nodded: "You eat the green fruit first, I'll go right now."

Seeing her turn around, Chu Yuan immediately placed the green fruit into his primal origin space and duplicated one.

He strengthened the duplicated green fruit once, then quickly took it out.

At this moment, the green fruit in his hand seemed even more fragrant and sweeter, and its surface was brighter.

"Ergou, eat it quickly!"

Erya returned with a bowl of water, and seeing Chu Yuan still looking at the green fruit, she couldn't help but urge him.

"Okay."

Chu Yuan softly replied, then put the green fruit in his mouth.

The green fruit was only the size of a cherry tomato, with a bitter taste mixed with a hint of sweetness.

As soon as Chu Yuan swallowed the green fruit, he felt a warm current surge through his entire body, significantly alleviating his pain.

After a while, the warm current disappeared, and the pain in Chu Yuan's body also lessened by about thirty percent.

He believed that with three or four more green fruits, his injuries would recover.

"How is it?"

Erya asked hopefully.

Although she knew that an unripe green fruit wouldn't have too good an effect, she still couldn't help but ask.

Chu Yuan nodded slightly, smiling: "Much better. Thank you and Uncle Zhang."

Erya, however, shook her head: "Ergou, you don't need to comfort me. If this green fruit was really effective, Uncle Zhang wouldn't have taken it out."

Chu Yuan's expression paused slightly, but Erya's words were indeed correct.

If it were an unstrengthened, unripe green fruit, it would probably be difficult for him to recover even half of his strength.

Before Chu Yuan could think further, Erya had already sat by the bed and said softly: "Ergou, I'll feed you some water."

"Thank you!"

Chu Yuan responded gratefully.

Erya gently lifted Chu Yuan's head, fed him a few sips of water, and then put down the bowl.

She frowned slightly, asking in confusion: "Ergou, what exactly happened last night?"

Chu Yuan shook his head and replied: "At the time, I only felt the room suddenly turn cold, and then I lost consciousness. I don't remember anything else."

Hearing this, Erya's delicate eyebrows furrowed even tighter, "The village protecting bell is rumored to have been bestowed by the Great Xia Dynasty's Demon Suppression Hall. It can sense the Qi of Demons, monsters, ghosts, and ghouls and also deter them."

"But now something like this has happened..."

Her words revealed deep confusion, "Could it be that the entity that harmed you couldn't even be detected by the village protecting bell?"

Saying this, the confusion on Erya's face deepened a few more points.

"But if so, why did it spare your life?"

Chu Yuan's mouth twitched slightly. How would he know that?

And listening to Erya's tone, it seemed she wasn't happy that he survived?

Of course, Chu Yuan understood the meaning behind Erya's words and didn't overthink it.

Just then, a hurried series of footsteps suddenly sounded outside the house.

Immediately after, a clear yet slightly childish voice rang out from outside the door.