Artifact Chapter 23: Seeing the light again

Chapter 23: Seeing the light again

Translated by Addis of Exiled Rebels Scanlations

Editor: Karai

Although Lu Ming had been in space for a long time, in the outside world, he had only been gone for less than a second, so naturally Sang Wusheng could not feel anything unusual.

Lu Ming was lying lazily at the edge of the pool, the warm water gently brushing his body, he could not help but let out a pleasant whimper, his eyes slightly closed, his expression stretched and relaxed.

Sang Wusheng saw Lu Ming’s fair cheeks smouldering red from the rising heat, his handsome face glowing with water, looking quiet and beautiful. His long black hair gently swayed with the pool water, and part of it fell on the lean chest, the whole person was like a carefully outlined painting, so natural and rich in beauty.

Sang Wusheng breathed a sigh of relief and stared at Lu Ming, who suddenly turned around and turned his back on Sang Wusheng, then yawned and said, “I’m sleepy, I’ll lie down and sleep for a while. Xiao Mo, remember to wake me up later.”

Sang Wusheng came back to his senses, slowly approached Lu Ming, reached out and attached his hand to Lu Ming’s naked shoulder, shaking it softly, “Brother, you will easily catch a cold like this, it’s better get out first.”

Lu Ming discontentedly slapped away Sang Wusheng’s hand, closed his eyes and muttered, “I don’t want to get out, I want to stay in here.”

Before the words were finished, Lu Ming fell asleep with his head tilted on the edge of the pool, a slight snoring sound coming from his mouth.

Sang Wusheng was stunned, and reached out with some amusement to ruffle the black hair scattered on his cheeks, his eyes were tender and fond that Lu Ming had never seen before, as if he was looking at the most precious treasure in this world.

Sang Wusheng stretched out his fingers. Black demonic energy immediately flowed from his fingertips, and blew into Lu Ming’s nostrils. After withdrawing the black gas, his eyes shone with an inexplicable light, but his handsome face was expressionless. He reached out and pulled down a shirt from the side of the pool and gently covered half of Lu Ming’s body, moving gently as if he was afraid of disturbing the sleeping person.

Then Sang Wusheng just stared at Lu Ming for the whole night, his face occasionally showing a demented smile, his eyes shining like stars.

If Lu Ming hadn’t been temporarily blinded by that black demonic energy, he would have been scared half to death by this man when he woke up in the middle of the night and opened his eyes.

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Soon seven days had passed, Lu Ming was only in the late stages of Foundation Establishment, but recently there had been vague signs of reaching Core Formation.

Lu Ming thought it was probably due to the parasite that stored years of spiritual energy, coupled with the efficacy of the water of the spiritual spring here, so his cultivation speed increased so quickly.

Although his increase in cultivation was quite effective, his eyes were still blind. Sometimes he could clearly see some faint light, and he would be full of joy when he went to sleep, imagining the next day he would open his eyes to see the light again, but was always disappointed. Even the glimmer of light that he saw was invisible, and he was plunged into complete darkness again.

Lu Ming’s heart was a bit restless and anxious, and he spoke with a bitter smile, “Xiao Mo, do you think I’ll never see again in my life? My aura has all come back.”

Sang Wusheng moved stiffly and pretended to be calm, “Brother, you don’t have to worry, it will definitely happen.”

Lu Ming smiled faintly, reached out and groped for the warm body, put his hand on Sang Wusheng’s wrist and slowly transferred his aura into it, then said, “I’m about to reach Core Formation, so it’s useless to keep so much aura, why not give you some?”

Sang Wusheng held Lu Ming’s hand with the opposite hand, his eyes were complicated, and he didn’t say anything for a long time. How could aura be useless? To think it was only a few days ago that brother had felt the serious loss of spiritual energy in his body and the damage to his roots, which was why he gave him the spiritual energy.

Sang Wusheng’s eyes were dark, and there were some sour ripples in his heart. In this world, apart from his mother, no one would ever treat him so well. The people around him were indifferent to him, and sometimes he was bullied for no reason, but he put up with it all. When he was bullied by the He family boys, it was this person who helped him without hesitation and loved him as a brother.

He could have killed the boys, but his mother had told him not to show his true face in front of others, and not to let the dark lines on his cheeks be seen by anyone, so he gritted his teeth and endured the bullying.

But he did not expect that this person suddenly appeared in his life, as if a warm light, so he could not help but want to get closer, want to get more warmth, so that his gradually cooled heart could feel alive again.

This light was now so close to him, could be tightly grasped in his hand, and belonged to him alone. Once he grabbed it, he would never want to let go of it again in his life.

Lu Ming felt Sang Wusheng squeeze his hand tighter and tighter, and his body was a little stiff, so he smiled and said, “What are you thinking about? Your ability to improve is the best thing for me. Now that I am blind, you are the only one I can rely on. If I am in danger, you will have to protect me.”

When Sang Wusheng heard such words, his heart was beating like a drum and he grabbed Lu Ming’s hand tightly and said, “Brother, I will protect you, even if it means death, I am not afraid.”

Lu Ming pulled back his hand and slapped him hard on the head and scolded him with a smile, “If you say that again, you will be cleaned up, what death or not, you have to save your life, you know? If you die, there is nothing left, not to mention that I am not weak enough to do so. In the future, when in danger, first assess the situation, beat the other side with a fist. If you can not beat the other side, then use your brain to escape. The truth is that if you stay in the green hills, you will not be afraid of burning wood.”

Sang Wusheng frowned, “That is not a great man?”

Lu Ming said, “A great man is often broken in the hands of a small man, it is not cost-effective!”

Sang Wusheng nodded gravely and took Lu Ming’s words to heart, which he carried out and implemented in the future.

Lu Ming smiled proudly, thinking that he had finally taught the boy a vivid and useful lesson, and his sense of accomplishment was overwhelming.

After a few more days, Lu Ming finally saw a faint glimmer of light again, and as that glimmer grew brighter, Lu Ming suppressed his surprise and said, “I think I’m almost there.”

Sang Wusheng’s aura had basically returned since last night, and it was easy to change into Jing Mo’s appearance. Since last night, Lu Ming no longer inhaled the black demonic energy that could cause blindness, so Lu Ming quickly recovered.

Sang Wusheng pretended to be surprised and said, “Brother, I told you that you would be able to see soon.”

Lu Ming blinked, stared at Sang Wusheng carefully for a long time, poked Sang Wusheng’s cheek and said, “My eyesight seems to have suddenly become better.”

Sang Wusheng smiled gently and said, “It’s probably the effect of the spiritual spring.”

Lu Ming smiled and nodded, then sighed lightly, reached out and pulled off the thin shirt by the pool and draped it over his body, tossed his long hair behind him, then said, “Xiao Mo, let’s get going now, I’m afraid if we continue to delay, Fu Shu’s soul will be scattered.”

Sang Wusheng’s hand holding his shirt gave a beat, his face did not show even a ripple, he said softly, “Listen to brother.”

Without much delay, the two of them immediately moved to the cliff where Fu Shu had fallen and ran away. Both of them had recovered their aura, so they directly released their aura and traveled fast, their speed was much faster, and they arrived there in just one day and one night.

Sang Wusheng stood at the edge of the cliff and looked down, and as far as he could see, it was pitch black, he couldn’t see the bottom at all, so he said, “How do we get down here?”

Lu Ming smiled slightly and reached out to show Sang Wusheng that there was an antique silver ring on his right pinky finger, “This is a storage ring I made not long ago, it contains some magic Artifacts that will help us reach the bottom.”

Sang Wusheng’s eyes crossed a trace of amazement, then said, “When did brother refine these gadgets?”

Lu Ming was stunned, the moment his eyes were restored, Lu Ming entered the space and started making magic Artifacts, but the outside world was only a second later, so it makes sense that the other side didn’t feel anything unusual.

Lu Ming thought about it and decided not to tell Jing Mo about the existence of 233 and the space for the time being, so he said, “I had nothing to do in the past, so I made some, but I never thought it would come in handy today.”

Sang Wusheng’s eyes narrowed and he thought to himself, he stayed by Lu Ming’s side every day as Jing Mo, but he didn’t see him ever make these things, I think it was the place where Lu Ming brought him back for three years when he had demonic energy in his body last time. That place had no change of seasons and no change of weather, so it was very strange to think about.

Sang Wusheng also did not expose Lu Ming’s lies, smiling lightly, “In that case, let’s go down and find out what’s going on.”

 

 

 

 

 

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