Chapter 10: Secondary Development

When Li Boyang opened his eyes again, the time was already approaching dusk.

The first thing to enter his vision was Chen Yun, who was squatting in front of him with a worried look on her face.

"Son, are you awake?"

Looking at the sleepy-eyed Li Boyang, Chen Yun reached out to stroke his head, the worry on her face shifting into a smile.

"?"

Seeing at a glance that Chen Yun was forcing a smile, Li Boyang blinked in confusion.

[Wait... something seems wrong...]

As this thought flashed through his mind, Li Boyang quickly realized what was amiss.

Even though it was dusk and the room had become completely dark, he could clearly see the expression on Chen Yun's face.

[This firelight... where is it coming from?]

Li Boyang instinctively lifted his head, and the firelight illuminating the room flickered along with the movement.

Seeing this, Li Boyang immediately realized—had his hair caught fire again?

In Li Boyang’s perception, a force vastly different from his life Qi was continuously surging into his body.

This force was incredibly violent and savage.

It caused the flames in Li Boyang’s hair to burn even more fiercely than before.

Not only that, but Li Boyang could clearly feel this force eroding and damaging his physical body.

His body was continuously radiating high heat, and even his forehead had become scorching hot...

[Am I running a fever?]

Looking at Chen Yun opposite him, Li Boyang seemed to understand where the worry on her face came from.

Closing his eyes gently, Li Boyang attempted to circulate his internal energy again, guiding those Earthly Fiend energies through his Governing and Conception vessels into his dantian.

Whoosh!

After being mixed with Li Boyang’s life Qi, those Earthly Fiend energies seemed to become less violent.

Especially when these Earthly Fiend energies flowed into his dantian.

The Sword Pellet in his dantian immediately absorbed them, converting them into a part of its own power.

But the problem was, this approach was merely a drop in the bucket.

The Earthly Fiend energy from the outside world was still continuously pouring into Li Boyang’s body.

Even if he refined these fiend energies twenty-four hours a day, he could not fully digest and absorb all of this Earthly Fiend energy mixed with his life Qi.

[Is just one Sword Pellet not enough?]

Seeing this, Li Boyang chose to divert the flow of the fiend energy.

Under Li Boyang’s control, a portion of the fiend energy entering his body flowed into his lower dantian, while the other portion surged into his brow-center consciousness sea.

Whoosh!

Just like the Sword Pellet in his dantian.

The fiend energy surging into his consciousness sea was also quickly absorbed by his Heavenly Eye.

The Heavenly Eye, which had stopped developing after its birth, seemed to have a trend of secondary development at this moment.

If someone could light up Li Boyang’s meridians right now, they would find that the Qi within his body was circulating and roaring like a vast ocean.

Whoosh!

With the Governing and Conception vessels as the hub, and the limbs and bones as the branches.

Every time that Qi passed through his brow-center and lower abdomen, its quantity would sharply decrease.

Even so, the remaining Qi mixed with fiend energy still exceeded the burden an infant could bear, causing his body to continue running a fever and burning hot.

Having no other choice, Li Boyang had to find a third vent for this Qi—his fontanelle.

Whoosh!

Before an infant is one year old, the brain is still developing, and the fontanelle on the top of the head has not yet completely closed.

Therefore, when that Qi was expelled from his body through the gap in his fontanelle, the temperature of Li Boyang’s body naturally dropped.

However, as the price for forcibly expelling this fiend energy, the fine hair on top of Li Boyang’s head emitted an even more dazzling firelight.

The nearly materialized firelight was no longer warm, but genuinely scalding to the touch.

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Night fell, at the Li family courtyard.

When Li Yu returned home carrying the day’s catch, he saw the deeply worried Chen Yun.

"A-Yun, what's wrong?"

Hanging the prey on a bamboo pole to the side, Li Yu walked up to Chen Yun and asked.

"It's our son, our son..."

Leaning gently against Li Yu, Chen Yun couldn't help but sigh.

"I went to town today to pray for a peace talisman for our son..."

"But as soon as I got back, I saw his hair on fire and his body burning hot; he was running a high fever."

"I brewed him some fever-reducing medicine, and the fever went down, but the fire in his hair is burning even more fiercely."

Hearing this, Li Yu immediately looked toward their bedroom, discovering that one could indeed faintly see firelight burning inside.

"Do you think the Mountain God has really taken a liking to our son?"

"Should I go to the nearby Mountain God temple to pay my respects and ask Them not to keep pestering our son?"

Gently stroking Chen Yun’s hair, Li Yu asked in a deep voice.

"Besides you, has anyone else discovered our son’s abnormality?"

His perspective was different from the emotional Chen Yun.

As a father, Li Yu was more concerned about whether anyone else had discovered the anomaly with their child.

"When I went to town today, I asked the eldest girl from next door to help me look after the child."

Hearing Li Yu’s question, Chen Yun realized the situation and answered with some worry.

"The eldest girl?"

After a moment of contemplation, Li Yu immediately realized who Chen Yun was talking about.

"That heartless scholar’s daughter?"

In this Li Village of only a dozen households, there was only one scholar who was an outsider who had married into a family.

To support that scholar’s studies, his wife worked from dawn till dusk, relying solely on her own small plot of land to provide for the family’s livelihood.

Unfortunately, ever since that scholar said he was going out to build a career, he never returned.

Leaving only his wife to raise their naive daughter, persisting until now.

Every time Li Yu entered or left the village, he could see that woman, who was very sharp-tongued in front of others, sitting by the window washing her face with tears.

To tell the truth, if it weren't for the help of fellow villagers, that widow and orphan would never have survived until today.

"Tomorrow, take two catties of meat and go visit next door."

"Although my cousin-in-law may seem sharp-tongued, she is ultimately just trying to survive."

"If you talk to her and ask her not to spread gossip outside, it shouldn't be a big problem."

Li Yu was not worried about the villagers knowing about his son’s situation.

Or rather, even if the people in the village didn't know exactly what was going on with Li Boyang, they had more or less guessed something.

After all, the whole village was only so big, and everyone was related in some way; it was simply unrealistic to keep it hidden forever.

What Li Yu worried about was that if his son’s situation spread outside, it would invite unnecessary trouble.

"Mm, I understand."

Just as Chen Yun agreed, Li Yu continued as if he had remembered something else.

"By the way, when you see my cousin-in-law, tell her she can let her eldest girl come over to help us look after our son."

"Our family will cover one meal a day for her eldest girl, which can be considered a way to lighten her burden."

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