Bone Changer: Dragon Supreme - C28
“Blood… “I want blood …”
The prisoner’s hands were tightly wrapped around Jiang Shuo, making the iron chain hum. He wanted nothing more than to shove Jiang Shuo into his own body. His mouth was mumbling indistinctly, a trickle of blood seeped out from the corner of his mouth and flowed down along Jiang Shuo’s neck. He looked satisfied. The redness in his eyes was getting thicker, and his whole body was emitting an evil aura.
Jiang Shuo was like a goat caught in the jaws of a cheetah, his four limbs firmly bound and unable to move. He could only feel all the blood in his body congregating at the wound on his neck, unceasingly leaking out.
In this short period of time, Jiang Shuo’s energy rapidly drained. He wanted to rely on brute force to break free, but when he raised his hand and struck his opponent, he was weak and lacked strength.
He was like a fish on a chopping board being butchered. His vision was turning black and his head was spinning.
Ever since he had escaped from the Scarlet Cloud Village, with his knowledge of the world and his hard work, Jiang Shuo had thought that he would die, but he would never have thought that he would die in this kind of ridiculous situation.
He did not know how he died, and even the person who killed him was only meeting him for the first time.
I haven’t found out what happened to my father. I still have a lot to do. I don’t want to die!” Jiang Shuo felt a strong sense of unwillingness, but the quickly disappearing power dragged him into the abyss of death. He couldn’t say anything, but could only make a sound like a mosquito in the depths of his throat.
There was no turning point in the situation around, Jiang Shuo’s consciousness was already in chaos. Countless images flashed through his mind like a slide show, but the light gradually faded away.
Just as the endless darkness was about to engulf Jiang Shuo, suddenly, a ray of light cut through the darkness, illuminating his turbid eyes.
“Hmm?” For some reason, the opponent’s movements became sluggish, extending Jiang Shuo’s vitality.
From the corner of his eyes, he saw a ray of light that was not a dream, but a real existence – the 100 bone pieces in his chest were emitting a gentle light, enveloping both Jiang Shuo and the other.
“Yi, why is it …” Jiang Shuo was just in the middle of his doubts when the darkness suddenly spread and engulfed his entire mind. Jiang Shuo closed his eyes, his body occupied by a strong sense of fatigue. The tight defense of his mind loosened a little, but the consumption was too great and he fell into a deep slumber.
Jiang Shuo had a dream. Someone was digging out his bones, just like a disciple from the Dream Red Chamber.
After a long time, the long dream ended, and Jiang Shuo struggled to open his eyes. The light in front of his eyes was the release of the hundreds of pieces of bones from his bosom.
“This… What’s going on, I… Am I not dead? ” Jiang Shuo felt soreness all over his body, as if his bones were broken, as if he had just gone through a big battle.
He tried to sit up, his arms and legs as if they were not his own. After resting for a long time, he lifted his hand with much difficulty and touched his neck.
There were two rows of long, narrow, crescent-shaped wounds on his neck. The slight touch caused him to grimace and his mind, which was a mess, to recover a little.
“Looks like that wasn’t a dream. Then I really didn’t die?” When he thought of this, Jiang Shuo suddenly had the strength to sit up, using his elbow to prop himself up. Because his movements were too fierce, he felt a splitting headache. It was so painful that he sucked in a breath of cold air.
“Are you awake?” A hoarse voice came from the other side. “You lost too much blood. You’d better not move about recklessly.”
Jiang Shuo narrowed his eyes, the blurry image in front of his eyes gradually becoming clearer. At this moment, the prisoner opposite him had already raised his head. His white beard was piled up on his chin. It was an old man. His eyes had returned to normal. He was holding a roasted chicken in his hand and stuffing it into his mouth.
Thinking back to the previous scene, Jiang Shuo felt a wave of fear in his heart. He couldn’t help but pull on the iron bars, pulling his body a little further back and further away from the enemy.
The old man looked up and scanned Jiang Shuo, noticing his action. He snorted coldly, not caring in the least. “Heh, this is all there is to it. If you have the ability, jump again.”
Jiang Shuo looked down and saw that his body was in such a bad condition that he was no longer able to swim. He estimated that he would drown to death in less than half an incense’s time. On the contrary, the old man’s attitude was unpredictable. If he stayed, there might be a chance for him to survive.
As if having long guessed Jiang Shuo’s choice, the old man’s shoulders trembled with disdain. He tore a piece of chicken leg from the roasted chicken in his hand and gave it to Jiang Shuo.
Jiang Shuo stared at the chicken leg floating in the air, his mouth full of saliva. The alluring fragrance made him hungry, but he didn’t dare to pick it up.
The old man wanted to kill him at first, but now he was giving him food. If something strange happened, then there must be a demon. How could he dare to act rashly? Jiang Shuo was even more perturbed by the old man’s killing methods, which actually wanted to suck his blood dry. He had never seen anything so strange before, and he felt a lingering fear.
“It’s easy for me to kill you, so why use any other tricks?” The old man laughed. His words were simple and straightforward, and his straightforward personality pleased Jiang Shuo.
Staring at the chicken leg, Jiang Shuo swallowed hard, thinking that the old man was right, immediately ignoring everything else, snatching it and stuffing it into his mouth.
His teeth tore apart a piece of chicken and he swallowed it without chewing it much, melting it into his stomach. Jiang Shuo felt the meat in his mouth, and his whole body was indescribably comfortable. After experiencing the cold and hunger, just the normal chicken leg was enough to give him great pleasure.
When the old man saw this, he raised his head and laughed out loud. Then, he threw away the remaining half of the chicken that he had not finished eating.
Now that it had begun, Jiang Shuo did not hesitate any longer and took it. A rather fat chicken was quickly eaten clean, leaving behind a pile of broken bones.
Finally, Jiang Shuo spat out the last bone from his mouth and rubbed his stomach with one hand. After eating half of the chicken, the energy that had been lost was also restored, and the discomfort gradually disappeared.
“Have you eaten your fill?” The old man broke out a thin bone, picking his teeth while asking Jiang Shuo.
Jiang Shuo looked up and saw that the old man’s teeth had a tinge of blood-red. The contentment from having a full meal was gone like smoke in thin air, replaced with caution.
He squatted down and glared at the old man. He jumped out of the cage the moment the situation changed. Even if he were to drown, he could not let the old man suck up all his blood.
“Don’t worry, since I haven’t sucked you dry, I won’t kill you again.” The old man raised his hand and wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, then pointed at Jiang Shuo’s chest. “Let me ask you, where did you get this Life Bones?”
“Hundred Lives Bone?” Jiang Shuo looked down and realized that he was referring to his father’s treasure. He saw that this bone was broken into many sections and had always been called the 100 sections. He never thought that its true name was actually the 100 sections.
“Why? Don’t tell me you don’t even know its name?” Seeing Jiang Shuo’s expression, the old man asked in surprise.
Jiang Shuo nodded his head and looked at the old man in front of him. He was filled with doubts. Who was this old man and why did he recognize this bone?
“Hiss — this, shouldn’t have happened. It’s hard to avoid him saying that he deliberately hid it? But having said that, just a moment ago, he felt that his true energy was weak and his martial arts were low, which in turn means that something must have gone wrong with the other party. ” The old man tilted his head as he muttered to himself, “You still haven’t told me the origin of your Hundred Lives Bone.”
“This …” Jiang Shuo opened his mouth and fell into a dilemma. Thinking back to that scene just now, it was indeed when the Life Bones lit up that the old man let him go. Holding onto the hope that he wouldn’t give up on any clues regarding his father, Jiang Shuo pondered for a moment and then replied honestly, “This is my father’s relic!”
“Your father? “Jiang Shangwu?” The old man raised an eyebrow and said.
Jiang Shuo’s whole body shook, his eyes opened wide, shooting out rays of light. “Senior, you…” How do you know my father? ”
His father was indeed called Jiang Shangwu. Ever since he came out of the Nine Tripod Commerce, Jiang Shuo had never mentioned his father’s name to anyone. The other party knew his name just by relying on the Life Bones, obviously he had a good relationship with his father, which ignited a fire of hope in Jiang Shuo.
“He is a friend of mine, how could I not know?” The old man was in a very good mood when he met the son of the old man. He stroked his beard as he laughed out loud. After a while, he realized what Jiang Shuo was talking about and asked, “What treasure did you just say? You mean that he died?”
“This… I have not seen my father since the time I could remember him, but everyone in the clan said that he passed away. Upon saying this, Jiang Shuo’s tone was tinged with sadness. Having grown up alone, he yearned for the warmth of his family and imagined his father’s happiness by his side countless times. Especially after experiencing the incident with the Great Elder, he had become even more reliant on his father, whom he had never seen before.
“Dead? Tsk, tsk, how could he have died?” The old man scratched his head as if he couldn’t figure out what was going on.
Suddenly, he seemed to have thought of something as he squinted his eyes and a profound look flashed across his eyes. He raised his head again and flipped over this passage: “You were brought up at the Crimson Cloud Village in the Nine Furnace Mountain, right?”
“That’s right.” Jiang Shuo had greater hope in his heart. Since the other side knew his father, it would be natural for him to know about the Crimson Cloud Village. He hesitated for a moment before asking, “May I ask who Senior is?”
The old man stroked his beard and straightened his body. With bright eyes and a domineering aura, he said, “I am Mo Xuanwu!”
The sound was loud like a bell, and it only echoed in the four walls. The old man raised his head, waiting for Jiang Shuo’s praise, but there was no sound for a long time. He took a quick look and saw Jiang Shuo standing there, his eyes glazed over, clearly not recognizing him.
“Cough, cough cough!” After displaying it for a moment, Mo Xuanwu felt so stifled that his chest was about to collapse. He coughed lightly to cover his embarrassment. Then, he thought of something else. He had never seen Jiang Shangwu before, so how could he know him. He felt relieved and asked, “Hey, what’s your name?”
“Jiang Shuo.”
“Jiang Shuo, that’s a good name.” Mo Xuanwu looked Jiang Shuo up and down and suddenly asked, “Then Jiang Shuo, how about I give you a chance?”