Chapter 70: Red Evil Ghost

"That scoundrel E Tu... is causing me trouble again."

Silently closing the third eye between his eyebrows, Li Li Boyang mumbled indistinctly.

Li Li Boyang had long since returned to his own home, lying on his small bed to recover from his injuries in peace.

After all, even with the altar bearing most of the backlash on his behalf.

The remaining fraction of the earth vein power was enough to keep Li Li Boyang bedridden for a while.

This is the greatest difference between supernatural powers and spells.

A supernatural power is one's innate talent, something akin to instinct.

Whether innate or acquired, once a supernatural power manifests, how far it can go depends entirely on how much you can develop it.

Spells, however, achieve a goal by borrowing external forces.

Whether gods or earth veins, in essence, they are foreign powers not belonging to oneself.

The worst consequence of overusing a supernatural power is merely exhaustion.

In contrast, spells not only require adhering to various taboos during use, but the consequences of backlash are extremely severe.

Fortunately, Li Li Boyang's constitution has already transcended the realm of mortals.

The earth vein evil qi belongs to a branch of earth vein power, which is why it did not completely shatter his meridians.

Even so, Li Li Boyang had to use Luo Qiu in advance to return home appearing completely unharmed on the surface.

Otherwise, just thinking of Chen Yun's non-stop nagging gave Li Li Boyang a headache.

Although the current situation wasn't much better, at least she wouldn't mutter it right in front of Li Li Boyang.

"Tell me, what did he do last night?"

After staring suspiciously at Li Li Boyang's room for a long time, Chen Yun finally couldn't resist asking her husband.

Li Li Boyang always rose very early and had no habit of oversleeping or lingering in bed.

At this time on ordinary days, he would either be climbing walls and trees around the village with Li Li Jingshu, or already gone to study with the Mountain God.

"Didn't you keep complaining that he isn't a normal child, giving you no sense of accomplishment as a mother?"

"Today, your son finally slept in, yet why are you unhappy?"

Li Yu, who was eating breakfast, lifted his head for a moment, his eyes full of teasing and affection.

After so many years as a couple, Li Yu sometimes understood her mindset better than Chen Yun herself, the wife and mother.

"How can these be the same!?"

Sitting down heavily opposite Li Yu, Chen Yun retorted in a bad mood.

"That child has been independent since childhood; as soon as he turned one, he strongly demanded to sleep alone, and even after growing up, he is rarely seen playing with children his age."

"He is so abnormal now; aren't you worried?"

Quickly shoveling two mouthfuls of rice, Li Yu suddenly lowered his voice deliberately.

"Of course I am worried..."

"But what I know even better is that that child is far more capable than we imagine."

Before Chen Yun could speak again, Li Yu volunteered the truth.

"He was injured when he returned last night..."

Before the words finished, Chen Yun nearly jumped up.

Fortunately, Li Yu had foresight and immediately reached out to press down on her shoulder.

"The child didn't want us to worry; can't you even see that?"

Her eyes wide, Chen Yun glared fiercely at her husband, though her voice unconsciously grew quieter.

"When did you find out? Why didn't you tell me?"

Turning his head with considerable guilt, Li Yu, unable to meet Chen Yun's gaze, answered in a low voice.

"When the storm dispersed last night and the child came home, I smelled a faint scent of blood on him."

"Although that scent was faint, it couldn't fool a hunter like me."

"That wasn't the blood of some wild beast; it was my son's blood; he was injured..."

Seeing Chen Yun about to explode again, Li Yu hurriedly explained once more.

"I saw no wounds on his body, and since the child didn't want us to worry, I pretended not to know."

"But rest is needed after injury; this is something even our miraculous child cannot avoid."

"Once the son has rested well, cook some ginseng soup and rice porridge for him to nourish his body; I believe he will recover very soon."

Glancing at Li Yu with doubt, Chen Yun finally turned and walked toward the kitchen.

"If I find out you and the son are conspiring to deceive me, you won't be coming home for dinner at night anymore!"

Hearing Chen Yun's low curses, Li Yu smiled helplessly.

As the only hunter in Li Family Village, Li Yu had accumulated quite a fortune over these three years.

Three consecutive years of great harvests not only allowed Li Yu to expand his originally simple house into a courtyard, but even the precious rice porridge could now be eaten to fullness.

More importantly, various mountain goods and medicinal herbs had also become daily consumables for Li Yu's family, and even for Li Family Village.

Mountain goods were the results of Li Yu's hunting trips into the mountains, adding some meat to the village's daily diet.

Medicinal herbs were the results of Li Li Boyang and Li Li Jingshu foraging everywhere, greatly reducing cases of death in the village due to illness or injury.

"Yun'er, our child is far more promising than we imagine."

Gazing deeply at Li Li Boyang's small single room, Li Yu seemed to return to the time a year ago when he went into the mountains to hunt.

That time, Li Yu had unusually failed.

Perhaps it was simple grudge-holding, or perhaps Xi Luo's aura was gradually fading...

A few earth crickets quietly surrounded Li Yu without him noticing.

By the time Li Yu realized something was wrong, one of the earth crickets had already fiercely rammed into him.

Although Li Yu, relying on his agile movements, dodged the earth cricket's first sneak attack.

Yet the earth crickets that appeared one after another plunged him into a desperate situation.

However, just at this critical moment, several red sleepworms suddenly flew out from who knows where, successfully causing some of the earth crickets to fall into deep slumber.

Seeing this, how could Li Yu not know that these sleepworms were protecting him?

Unfortunately, before Li Yu could snap out of his surprise, a huge earth cricket, almost having attained sentience, quietly appeared behind him.

Because that earth cricket's appearance was truly too sudden.

Neither Li Yu nor the sleepworms could react in time, directly causing him to be gored into serious injury at once.

In the final moment before Li Yu fell into unconsciousness, he saw the scene of the forest burning—he saw a "red evil ghost" walking out from the flames.

And from that day on, Li Yu never saw a single earth cricket near Li Family Village again.

Li Yu naturally knew exactly why this was, and also knew who exactly had done this.

"Sometimes when a son is too accomplished, it really makes his parents feel a lack of achievement..."

Letting out a subtle sigh, Li Yu only hoped that the "red evil ghost" would appear less often in the future.

At the very least, Chen Yun must not be allowed to see that angry "red evil ghost."

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