The young boy's eyes turned scarlet.
When Zhao Shuning was pulling out the dragon bone, she exerted all her strength. Due to the pain, the young boy kept writhing. Zhao Shuning's hands were also scratched by the sharp dragon bone, leaving many wounds.
The blood flowed down the dragon bone onto the young boy's wounds.
Zhao Shuning's blood actually began to emit a faint light. Under the nourishment of the blood, the young boy's wounds gradually faded.
The young boy's shrill cries also weakened.
Zhao Shuning let out a sigh of relief. Gathering her last bit of strength, she pulled out the dragon bone from its root.
Finally, it was done.
Zhao Shuning collapsed on the ground, gasping for breath.
The young boy was the same.
At this moment, his forehead and even his whole body were soaked in sweat. In the air, the smell of blood mixed with the smell of sweat was rather pungent.
Seeing Zhao Shuning like this, the young boy crawled over.
He rubbed his head against Zhao Shuning's hand.
Zhao Shuning smiled. Was she... being recognized?
It took the young boy many days to recover. Zhao Shuning had never known before that her blood had a healing function. In the past, it was Zhao Huai's blood that had quite miraculous effects. Could it be that because she had spent more time with Zhao Huai, she also had this function?
Thinking like this, Zhao Shuning laughed.
Only she could have such wild and random thoughts.
By the time the young boy's wounds had mostly healed, a month had passed. The fact that he had recovered so quickly had already exceeded Zhao Shuning's expectations.
During those days, Zhao Shuning found some cloth from her Qiankun Bag and made simple clothes to cover the young boy.
When she woke up today and saw the young boy sleeping soundly, Zhao Shuning took the section of the dragon bone that she had taken out from the young boy's body. Climbing along the spiritual rope, she went outside the cave.
In the sunlight, she found that this section of the dragon bone had actually merged with the young boy because it had been in his body for a long time. She injected her spiritual power into the dragon bone.
Zhao Shuning wanted to see just how powerful the inheritance power of this dragon bone was.
The reason she had come to the Misty Mountain this time was precisely for this inheritance power.
Zhao Shuning secretly rejoiced as she checked the spiritual power contained in the dragon bone. She thought that she had really struck it rich this time. If she could obtain the inheritance of the Flaming Fire Dragon, perhaps her cultivation as a spiritual pharmacist could directly skip over the fourth - level and break through to the fifth level.
Moreover, she had also felt the powerful inheritance power contained in the dragon bone in the cave before.
But when Zhao Shuning peeked into it with her spiritual power, she was stunned.
"How is this possible?"
How could there be no inheritance power at all?
The Flaming Fire Dragon was so powerful. Even after its death, the inheritance power it left behind should have been immeasurable.
But why? There wasn't even a tiny bit of inheritance power in this dragon bone.
Zhao Shuning's eyes glazed over, and she plopped down on the ground.
She had worked hard for almost two months. Just finding the hidden cave had taken half a month. Then she had kindly waited for the young boy's injuries to heal. She had thought that good deeds would be rewarded, but how could she end up with such a result?
"What bad luck! God, even if I, Zhao Shuning, am extremely talented and you have great faith in my strength, you should at least let me have a shortcut. I've worked so hard for so long, and you just throw this useless bone at me. What was the point of my coming to the Misty Mountain for so long? Was it all in vain?"
Zhao Shuning originally wanted to leave, but thinking of the young boy in the cave, she couldn't bear it.
However, if she took him with her, he had no self - care ability. She still had many things to do in the future, and taking him with her would be too troublesome.
But if she didn't take him, with his current abilities, unable to speak, unable to take care of himself, and not even knowing how to dress, even if he got out of the cave, he wouldn't be able to survive in the Eastern Wilderness.
Zhao Shuning thought that she was really kind.
Now she was even considering others' survival problems.
"Forget it. Just think of it as doing good deeds. Maybe in the future, all these blessings will come back to Xingchen. God, seeing how kind I am, you must bless my younger brother to live well and wait for me to find him."
After Zhao Shuning finished praying, she thought that because she had been too busy for so long, she had only been able to eat wild fruits. Since she had finally come out, she might as well hunt some rabbits or pheasants, roast them, and take them in for the young boy to taste.
Thinking like this, she quickly took action.
It took about a day. She ate the pheasant and roasted a rabbit. She put it away and then jumped back into the cave.
This time, before she reached the bottom of the cave, she heard crackling sounds coming from inside.
Just as Zhao Shuning was wondering what was going on, the young boy turned around and saw her. His expression changed unpredictably, and then he ran towards her.
He pounced on Zhao Shuning and knocked her to the ground.
"What's wrong with you?"
The young boy straightened up. Zhao Shuning looked at him and found that his eyes were filled with tears, and his face was full of panic.
"Are you scared? What are you afraid of?"
The young boy pointed at Zhao Shuning, and only then did Zhao Shuning suddenly understand.
It turned out that he was afraid that Zhao Shuning would leave. He was afraid that he would be alone again. Without seeing Zhao Shuning, he would become irritable and throw things around.
When he saw Zhao Shuning, he was like a child, sitting obediently in front of her.
Zhao Shuning thought that it was lucky that she had come back. Otherwise, what would this young boy do?
"It's okay. I'm not leaving. Come, let me take a look at your wounds."
The young boy obediently turned around and let Zhao Shuning check his injuries.
"Um, it looks much better. Come, let me help you put on your clothes."
Zhao Shuning took out the clothes from her Qiankun Bag. This time, she finally managed to put the clothes on the young boy smoothly.
"Let me take you out, okay?"
The young boy nodded. Zhao Shuning handed him the roasted rabbit.
"Have a taste."
The young boy took a tentative bite and then began to gobble it up. Before long, not even the bones of the rabbit were left.
"Now, follow me. I'll take you out."
But at this moment, the young boy put his arms around Zhao Shuning's waist, grabbed the spiritual rope, and climbed out.
When the young boy got close to her, the relic bone in Zhao Shuning's Qiankun Bag began to resonate again.
Even if Zhao Shuning was slow - witted, she understood at this moment that the inheritance power of the dragon bone had not disappeared. Instead, through days and days of tempering with the young boy, it had transformed into another force and entered the young boy's body.
She had worked so hard for so long, and once again, she had done all the work for someone else.
When they got out of the cave, the young boy even lowered his head and grinned at Zhao Shuning.
Zhao Shuning felt a pang in her heart. Her inheritance power, her dream of becoming a fifth - level spiritual pharmacist, had all gone to the young boy. At this moment, her heart was filled with pain.