Otherworldly Merchant
Chapter 550: The Great Comradeship

At thismoment, it was too late to stop him. I had to stand and watch Dorgondraw thearrow and pull the string!

Luckily, Li Mazi’s reflexesweregood. He immediately cocked his head to one side and successfully avoided the fatal shot.

However,hewas stillhit at his shoulder. The fiery arrow burned his shoulder,which lefta charred area. Li Mazi screamed in pain.

Through his gritted teeth hesaid, “Why are youfreakingstanding idle there? Move!”

“Ptui!”As soon as he said that, he spat blood. Dorgon shot another arrowathim.

Ye Chen saw the dangerous situationand leftthe formation. He grabbed Dorgon’s bowand pulled it as he screamed at me. He wanted meto take action.

“Damn it!” I cursedasDorgon was beating theliving daylightsout of them. Then, I looked around. There weremountainsand trees, but no water. Without water, Li Mazi’s Five Elements Great Formation couldn’t work well.It was no wonder it was broken so easily!

When arranging the Five Elements Great Formation, one must pay special attention. If one of the elements representing the Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earthismissing, the power of the formationwillbe greatly reduced.

At thismoment, I couldn’t care much. I relocated the formation and sat down cross-legged. Afterclosing my eyes, I started to read the Five Elements spell to activate the formation.

However, it was frustrating that I couldn’t activate the Five ElementsFormationbecause there was nowater!

Li Mazi and Ye Chen had blood all over their bodies now. They couldn’t resist for a long time.

“LittleBrother Zhang, run! Run as far as you can! Help me take care of my son and daughter!” Li Mazisaid with difficultyas he spat blood.

When he recognized that I couldn’t activate the formation, he asked me to run away. At the same time, he clutched onto Dorgonin an attempt to trouble him and deviatehis aim. It was the first time I saw Li Mazi act like this. He wasnotafraid of death.

It was our comradeship—the higher form of friendship—that made usstaytogether throughlife and death. It made Li Mazi willing tosacrificehis own life.

“Brother!” My nose felt sour. I gritted my teethand lookedat Dorgon.Hewas also looking at me. His eyes showed his content and disdain.

“I’ll risk my life with you!” I didn’t believe that I couldn’t activate the Five Elements Great Formation. I took out a dagger and cut my finger. Using my blood, I drew a ring in the middle of the formation then four arrows extending from the ring, which pointed at Mount Changbai, the virgin forest, the earth underneath, and the river in the far distance respectively. Moreover, with the Yang flame in my blood, I had gathered the five elements successfully!

I read the spellas my blood continuedto drip into the ring. The more blood the ring had, the farther the four arrowscouldextend.

This formation had been activated by my blood. I was thrilledand readthe spell faster and faster. I wanted to make the Five Elements Great Formation cover Mount Changbai in itsentirety. I wanted to see how Dorgon could escape!

When I began to shiverdue totheshockfromblood loss, the four arrows started to glow. At the same time, a big glowing ring emerged above Mount Changbai.

Then, I heard countless people screaming and crying. Deep in my soul, the pain was so extreme that I felt like a hundred or a thousand mice were nibbling my brain and my heart.

The attacks were made by the wanderingghosts within the coverage of the light ring of the Five Elements Great Formation. Theywere attackingthe formationto escape. It was the first time I had set up such a colossal formation, and I finallyunderstoodwhy my grandpa had kept reminding me tonever stay in an expanding formation.

Before I could deal with Dorgon, I had to endure the attacks from theother ghosts and monsters! SinceI hadn’t thought about this crucial point, I had to endure it now.

Gradually, the feeling of having mice nibbling my heart subsided. It meant the ghostswere eradicated.

I was exhausted.The beads of sweat on my forehead were as big as soya beans. I shiveredand feltso cold. It was asthough I wasin an icechamber. I began strugglingas I readthe spell. My eyes felt so heavy. I wanted to sleep.

Soon, the light in front of me disappeared. Li Mazi and Dorgon were gone. I felt like I was inthe middleof chaotic space.Feeling exhausted, I closed my eyesand fellasleep.

“My grandson, wake up. Don’t sleep, my grandson! If you sleep, you will never wake up again.” Before I completely lost my consciousness, I heard my grandpa’s voice. My eyes flew open, but my grandpa wasn’tanywhere to be seen.

The ring of light was still there but it was dimmer. Dorgon didn’t have the mind to take care of Li Mazi and Ye Chen. I didn’t knowwhen it had happened,but he had left Mr. Jin’s body. He was spinning and floatingin the air.

It seemed my grandpahadn’t come here. It was my love for my grandpathathad awakened me right before my death.

I felt somewhat lost, but when I saw Li Mazi and the others lying on the ground,asense of responsibility arose in me. I pulled myself together and started to read the spell.

At thismoment, Dorgon and I were inaback and forth situation. However, I knew I couldn’t endure things for a long time.Nowwas my last chance! I bit the tip of my tongue and spat my essence blood into the ring of light in front of me!

With a swift rattle, the Five Elements Great Formation in front of me glowed brightly, which illuminatedthe surroundings asthoughit was broad daylight.

Dorgon was struggling. Then, he halted. After a terrifying scream, his soul perished. I gave a reluctant smile. After the ring of light scattered, my body felt so light. My eyesshut.

When I resumed my consciousness,itfelt like everythinghad beena dream. I heard noises, butbesidesahazy white space in front of me, I saw nothing else.

I heard Yin Xinyue crying. Myeyesflew openall of a sudden. I found myself in a patient ward in the hospital.People were standingaround my bed.

I saw Yin Xinyue, Li Mazi, Mr. Jin, and Ye Chen.

“What’s wrong?” I tried to get up from the bed, but my head felt so dizzy. I had toshakeit a few times.

Yin Xinyue hurled herself into my chestand weptloudly. “Jiulin, you woke up. I thought you would never wake up.”

Yin Xinyuelooked weary. There were dark circles under her eyes. Li Mazi and the others also looked tired. Moreover, I recognized that the wounds on their bodies had relatively healed. It turned out I had been unconscious for half a month!

Yin Xinyue was still crying. “The doctor said if youdidn’twakeup soon, youwould bea man in a vegetative state.”

I was scared, but I didn’t regret it.The worst consequencewas livingin a vegetative state.However,if I hadn’t created the slaughtering formation, Li Mazi and the others would have been killed.

People’s lives were neither long nor short. The important thing was to live with responsibility and courage!

It was similar to when Li Mazi had decided to sacrifice himself to save me.

It was the most preciousqualitya person possessed. It was the kind of great friendship and comradeship that differed us from animals.

SinceI had woken up, I didn’t want to trouble Mr. Jin anylonger. Moreover, Iwasn’t hurt that much. I just needed time to heal my internal wounds.We left the Mount Changbai area after that.

Mr. Jinwanted me to stay with himand treat me for a while. Their familyfeltso gratefultome. However,sinceI insistedon leaving, Mr. Jin gave me the bronze bow.

At the same time, when Mr. Jin’s motherlearnedthat Yin Xinyue was my fiancée, she gave her a gift that wasn’t ordinary at all. It was apair of carved golden bangles made of pure gold. The inside was made of agate.

Mr. Jin’s mother said that it was the Jin family heirloom,an itemthe imperial family used to treasure.

Sinceshe was so persistent, I asked Yin Xinyue toacceptthe gift. In return, I didn’t accept Mr. Jin’s payment. It seemed that after this business case, I had earned myself another good friend!

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