Defeating Magic Chapter 88: Don’t kiss me while I can’t move

Chapter 88: Don’t kiss me while I can’t move

Translated by Addis of Exiled Rebels Scanlations

Editor: Karai

The sacrifice of the Right Protector was a bolt from the blue for Zhou Yan and the entire mecha team, and it came as a shock to everyone.

The beast invasion was quickly brought under control, and the mecha team suffered few casualties, except for the Right Protector, and everyone else was fine.

It was as if… It was as if the outbreak of the beast tide was just to take the Right Protector away.

Zhou Yan returned to the laboratory, walked straight to the laboratory table to take a look, the mouse used to do experiments stiffened. He turned around in an inexplicably very bad mood, motionless Luo Futu was still lying in the recliner.

Zhou Yan took a deep breath and exhaled slowly, doing this action several times before walking to Luo Futu’s side and sitting down slowly, then hesitantly, gently holding his hand, “The mouse used for the experiment also fainted, it seems that your inability to move is caused by the small thorns of the flower.”

Luo Futu’s side first did not move, then from his mind came the other side’s slightly shocked voice, “Something happened to Mu Lian?”

-Oh, how could I forget… He can now speak to him directly through telepathy, similar to reading his mind, and could directly see what he was thinking.

Zhou Yan was very torn about how to tell Luo Futu the bad news, he wanted to talk about something less shocking first, however, when he opened his mouth he was filled with the news of Mu Lian’s sacrifice, Luo Futu naturally read this layer of news first.

This was very difficult for Zhou Yan.

It’s tough as if the person reporting a funeral for the family of the deceased, Luo Futu usually behaved as if he was not salty to his two protectors, he could see that he actually cared a lot about these two people.

And Zhou Yan thought that the morbid news also had a layer of “responsible” factors in it, whether it was mecha battle team or Bai Yueqing, if they never occurred, Mu Lian would not be in trouble.

But it doesn’t matter… He was really not good at talking about such things, and now being seen straight through by Luo Futu in this unprepared situation saved him from all those excuses he was trying to make.

“Outside… The chaos outside has subsided.”

“Mecha team, not many sacrifices.”

“This time the beast wave is not large.”

…

Zhou Yan rambled on about Lurians, but his emotions were too complicated to express, and his expressions were unprecedentedly confused.

The only thing he wanted to say was this one. I’m sorry.

But Zhou Yan also understood that his sorry could not help at all.

Luo Futu laid there quietly with his eyes closed, as if he was asleep, and did not initiate a telepathic conversation with Zhou Yan. Zhou Yan couldn’t hear what he said. Luo Futu usually did not seem to care much about the two guardians, but in fact, he was a person of great affection, just a tough talker. By now, Zhou Yan already knew him well, but the more he understood, the more uncomfortable he became.

Zhou Yan would love to pull his hand back so he wouldn’t hear Luo Futu’s voice – no matter what kind of voice he hears, he didn’t feel good.

But Zhou Yan ultimately was not a person who liked to run away, when it came to anything, his first choice was to face it. He held Luo Futu’s hand tightly, not knowing whether he wanted to comfort him or to get some redemption for himself.

Luo Futu was silent for a moment, then spoke, “I can’t move now, and I can’t hold you, so don’t think about it yourself.”

Zhou Yan stared at Luo Futu’s face for a long time, he lowered himself to hug him. Zhou Yan lowered his head, his forehead resting on his chest, his hands around Luo Futu’s waist, hugging him tightly, “I have some regrets… If I hadn’t gone outside the boundary, you wouldn’t have somehow been sealed, and would have at least given them a helping hand during the beast wave.”

“Do not think about this nonsense, how is there a connection between these two things?”

Zhou Yan gritted his teeth and was just about to say something when he suddenly heard the door to the lab being pushed open. He looked over and saw Zuo Guofu standing outside the door panting. He gave them a look and slowly walked over.

“Protector Zuo, what’s the matter?”

Zuo Guofu stood beside Zhou Yan and then carefully took out a string of silver bells wrapped in a sarong from his arms, “I only recovered these.”

Zhou Yan’s heart tightened slightly – he had seen the string of bells, which Mu Lian wore on her feet on a regular basis. She was swallowed whole by Lurian, leaving nothing behind but the piece of clothing yarn.

He saw that Zuo Guofu still had something to say, so he said, “Say what you have to say, he can hear you, but he can’t move his body, I can hear what he says if I have physical contact with him, I’ll do the translation for you.”

Zuo Guofu looked at Zhou Yan skeptically, saw that he was holding Luo Futu’s hand, and no longer hesitated, looked at Luo Futu and said, “I used a spell to make a boundary to protect the bell, perhaps, we can also try… to look for the remnants of her soul on this bell.”

It was the second time Zhou Yan had heard this talk about looking for a soul remnant, the last time was when Gabriel died…. . Gabriel’s soul had not been raised.

If he could, he didn’t want it to happen a third time.

Zhou Yan looked down at Luo Futu and his voice came from his mind, “Fetch Mu Lian’s fate card.”

Zhou Yan hurriedly asked, “Where is the fate card placed?”

“Zuo Guofu knows, let him go get it.”

Only then did Zhou Yan realize, and said to Shuang, “Protector Zuo, go and get Mu Lian’s fate card.”

Zuo Guofu immediately nodded and left the lab. Zhou Yan frowned at Luo Futu, “What is the fate card? I remember you said that the two black-robed men who broke into my house also had fate cards.”

Luo Futu’s voice became somewhat pleasant, as if he was happy that he had remembered his words, “Hmm.”

“What’s the purpose?”

“The fate cards left within the sect are to monitor the lives of the sect’s disciples, and I gave them custom-made fate cards with Mu Lian’s soul attached to them.”

Luo Futu finished and paused, “And because they both had signed a contract with me, it is much easier to find her soul than Gabriel’s.”

Zhou Yan could hear that Luo Futu’s tone was a little subtle when he spoke of Gabriel, as if he was afraid to bring up his sadness. Strangely enough, Luo Futu could not move now, but Zhou Yan felt more connected to him.

Zhou Yan then slightly relieved, “That’s great, we can at least save one.”

Zuo Guofu was also anxious to save Mu Lian back, so he quickly fetched the life card. It was the first time for Zhou Yan to see a fate card, an amethyst-like card, palm-sized, adult hand thickness, its front engraved with Mu Lian’s name, the whole card emitted a ghostly luster, as if full of vigorous life force.

Looking at the sign, Zhou Yan suddenly had a feeling that he felt… Maybe it was really possible to bring Mu Lian back.

Luo Futu’s voice then came over, “I can’t cast the spell now, you dictate it and teach Zuo Guofu to operate it.”

Zhou Yan hurriedly responded and relayed Luo Futu’s meaning to him, and Zuo Guofu naturally had no second thoughts.

“The first step is… Go find two potatoes.”

Zhou Yan finished and gave Luo Futu a somewhat surprised look – after returning, Zhou Yan had already started to promote the cultivation of high-yielding crops, including potatoes, which were already quite common in the capital.

Zuo Guofu always obeyed Luo Futu’s orders, whether they were right or wrong, he would follow them, so even when Zhou Yan said the word potato, Zuo Guofu quickly went to find two.

The watery ones.

Zhou Yan hadn’t thought about how to spit, and heard Luo Futu’s voice ringing in his head, “Peel this potato into a doll, and use it to put Mu Lian’s soul.”

Zhou Yan paused, looked at Zuo Guofu, then looked back at Luo Futu and asked in a soft voice, “Are you sure you want to use potatoes?”

–In fact, if he needed this kind of doll, he could have used wood or iron… Find a professional to make a delicate one, what could a potato do? Mu Lian was so beautiful, she would definitely dislike it.

Luo Futu saw through Zhou Yan’s thoughts and gave a soft “hmmm”, “Although carefully made dolls will look good, but with such dead things as wood and stone as raw materials, she can not grow. Potatoes, a being that can grow when cut into pieces and placed in the soil, is suitable.”

–Turned out to be a vitality issue.

Zuo Guofu couldn’t hear Luo Futu’s voice, and when he saw Zhou Yan was silent for half a day, he asked anxiously, “What did the spiritual master say?”

Zhou Yan looked back at him and sighed, “Next we have to peel these two potatoes into human form to make a vessel for Mu Lian’s soul.”

“…”

This is easy to say, but very difficult to do, because Zhou Yan and Zuo Guofu were not craftsmen, one could only hold a scalpel, the other could only hold a knife, how can you peel the potatoes into a small person ah! “

Luo-Craftsman-Futu sent a taunt.

“…” This person really owed a beating.

Grumbling aside, they both worked hard for Mu Lian’s soul to have a place to stay, and after half a day’s effort, they finally came up with a decent potato man.

The next thing that Zuo Guofu was taught was to recite incantations and draw charms, and then put a large puddle of blood behind it, and finally got it right. This is the first time he’s ever seen a man who has been in a position to do something like this, and he didn’t understand why blood is given so many magical effects in theology. But now he has learned to accept that the world of theology is inherently unscientific.

They were summoning spirits now.

Zhou Yan stared intently at the blood-drawn symbol, waiting for the miracle to happen.

The man was placed in the center of the blood symbol and suddenly moved, then slowly sat up, Zhou Yan subconsciously grabbed Luo Futu’s hand and whispered, “It’s moving…”

As soon as he finished, he noticed that the hand he was holding was a little wet, and then he took a closer look, Luo Futu’s head was covered in cold sweat – he was still unconscious, but was obviously going through something very strenuous. Zhou Yan hurriedly raised his sleeve to wipe his forehead, “Are you okay? “

“Yes, you go see how it is.”

Luo Futu’s voice also sounded tired, it turned out that in this process, although Zuo Guofu was allowed to operate, it was Luo Futu who really cast the spell.

Before Zhou Yan could get close enough to see, the potato man that was lying on the ground stood up and made a yawning sound.

… Much like Mu Lian.

Looking at Mu Lian’s amethyst fate card, there was no longer a ghostly aura on it, it became similar to an ordinary card.

Zhou Yan had only heard of the myth and legend of using lotus roots instead of flesh, but had never seen potatoes instead of flesh. If Luo Futu also knew the story of Nezha, he would surely have something in common with Taiyi Real.

Zhou Yan looked at the potatoes and then at Zuo Guofu, “Is this… Did it work?”

Zuo Guofu’s expression was rare and somewhat excited as he nodded slightly and looked to Luo Futu as if for confirmation, “Spiritual Master…”

“If it can move freely on its own, that means it has succeeded, next she just needs to warm up her spirit body.”

Zhou Yan then said, “It can move and act, she was just yawning.”

As they were discussing, the potato man on the table suddenly spoke, “Huh? Where am I?”

Its voice was not the female voice they were familiar with, but the tone was very similar to Mu Lian, Zuo Guofu immediately crouched down in front of the table and stared closely at the potato man, “Mu Lian, is that you?”

The potato man quieted down, Zhou Yan also held his breath nervously, but for a long time, the potato did not speak, Zhou Yan could not help but comfort, “Maybe she can not hear…”

As soon as the words left his mouth, he heard the potato sob, “How did I die?”

Zhou Yan froze for a moment, then couldn’t help but smile as he turned back to Luo Futu, who was still lying over there, “It seems to have really worked.”

–The life card is so good, it is equivalent to Mystic’s second life, no wonder everyone wants to join the sect… If Gabriel had also made a life card, he wouldn’t still be warming his soul.

Zuo Guofu acted more excited than Zhou Yan, grabbed the potato man and shook it hard, “You’re not dead! It’s you who was saved by the spirit master!”

“I can’t see anything… Hey! Don’t shake, don’t shake! I’m dizzy!”

“Click.”

At this time, Zhou Yan heard a crisp “click”, Zuo Guofu immediately froze there, Zhou Yan also silent, he followed the sound to look over, only to see the potato man’s already not very good-looking, dropped an arm.

“…”

“…”

Zuo Guofu also really did not know how to hold things gently, ah.

“What’s wrong? Why are you all silent, I can’t see now, only hear a sound, suddenly being so  strangely quiet is scary.”

Only potato Mu Lian did not know what else to do but to ask questions, and seemed to want to shake the arm, but she just turned into a potato, the domination of the limbs was completely incompatible, “how come it feels lighter now, what happened?”

Zuo Guofu hurriedly put the small arm to push it up, “Nothing, nothing, you just woke up, should rest a little.”

But once a potato was broken it couldn’t be put back together, he tried several times without success and was sweating profusely. Zhou Yan saw him in such a mess and couldn’t help but twitch the corners of his mouth and handed him a short needle. Zuo Guofu was blessed and used the needle to pin Mu Lian’s arm back on.

… In any case, she didn’t feel anything now, so it didn’t matter if it was pinned back.

Luo Futu said, “Next, Zuo Guofu will nurture Mu Lian’s soul and let her come back.”

Zhou Yan then conveyed Luo Futu’s meaning to Zuo Guofu, who naturally did not have any objections, and left with the potato man carefully. After the two of them left the lab, Luo Futu slowly exhaled, his tone indignant, “You should care about me now.”

Zhou Yan looked at him lying motionless, staring at him for half a day, couldn’t help but lower his head and come over and give Luo Futu a kiss on his forehead.

Zhou Yan did not say anything, but Luo Futu felt his breathing very close, and immediately anxiously said, “What are you doing? You’re not doing anything strange while I can’t move, are you?”

Zhou Yan raised his eyebrows slightly, “If you think this is a strange thing, then I will not do it in the future.”

Luo Futu reacted quickly and immediately said, “How could you kiss me when I was unconscious? Wouldn’t I be at a disadvantage?”

“Then what should I do?”

“Hurry up and unseal me, I want a kiss back!”

Zhou Yan couldn’t help but roll his eyes, “I think it’s good for you to be a sleeping beauty quietly now.”

–Begging him for help and still being so righteous.