Infinite Fighting

Chapter 53: Chapter 49: Can a Carp Become a Dragon?

Zhang Ji had thought the resource shortage would hit later. In reality, by the third day, he had already run out of the necessary medicinal ointments.

Yan Ruifeng began dismissing the disciples, and all resource supply lines were cut.

The sect’s companies were now all operating under new names, and most of their assets were being rapidly transferred.

A great deal of turmoil erupted within the Five Elements Sect, but it was all suppressed.

Yan Ruifeng didn’t want to see any pointless casualties.

Besides, it wasn’t as if he didn’t have a plan of his own.

He had already bought plane tickets, preparing to leave with his core personnel, the elders, and the True Disciples.

Once abroad, he could issue a rallying cry and gather many of his followers.

As long as his people were with him, they could always stage a comeback.

.....

"It’s at least fifty percent slower..." Zhang Ji muttered with a frown.

Without the help of medicinal pills and other ointments, his progress with the Crane Form Fist had slowed by nearly fifty percent, relying solely on the moon’s essence.

After all, there was no moon during the day.

’It’s not like I can just hop on a plane and chase the moon around the globe, can I?’

Still, he was content that he could practice at all.

’So what if it’s a bit slower? At worst, a technique that would have taken forty days to master will now take eighty.’

He could figure out other methods later. The world was full of fortuitous encounters, and he knew the location and method for obtaining most of them. He just wasn’t strong enough to pursue them yet.

...

「December 10th.」

The once-bustling Golden Hook Mountain was now staffed only by a skeleton crew keeping things running.

The disciples had all left the mountain.

The ownership of Golden Hook Mountain had already changed hands.

Yan Ruifeng sat at the head of the main hall, reminiscing about days gone by.

It had all happened too fast, so fast he could barely process it.

The day before yesterday, his fourth disciple, Shen Han, had come to question him. They had argued, and it had taken Yan Ruifeng half a day to placate him.

The thought made him even more melancholic.

In truth, he was more reluctant to leave than anyone.

These disciples had grown up here since childhood, but hadn’t he as well?

"Sect Leader!"

Suddenly, a Core Disciple walked in, his expression grim.

"Ah Wen? What’s the rush? Didn’t I tell you to arrange for the luggage to be shipped?" Yan Ruifeng asked.

"They were stopped. And... your plane tickets... they’ve all been..." Ah Wen stammered.

The light in Yan Ruifeng’s eyes dimmed, a flicker of fury igniting in their depths.

’They won’t even leave us a single way out?’

’Are they really so determined to stop us from climbing any higher?’

"Good. Good. Good!!"

Yan Ruifeng said the word "good" three times, each one heavier than the last.

For a man who had spent years cultivating his temperament to utter those three words, the fury in his heart was plain to see.

"Sect Leader, what should we do now?" Ah Wen asked.

"Let me think. You’re tired. Go back and get some rest," Yan Ruifeng said.

Ah Wen gave a fist-and-palm salute and took his leave.

Yan Ruifeng pressed a hand to his forehead, contemplating his next move.

’Stay in the Eastern Extreme Country?’

’No, I can’t stay!’

’They’ll never let us be. A final reckoning is only a matter of time.’

’I have to leave. I’ll just have to use... other channels.’

...

「Inside Gu Shuangshuang’s room.」

She lay in a bathtub filled with ice, her body trembling. Her fingers clawed ceaselessly at her skin, leaving behind bloody scratches that stained the water red.

This wasn’t the first time.

The sedative she needed was a special one. The Five Elements Sect had been able to acquire it easily in the past, but not anymore.

They were controlled substances, and the medicine she had left was only enough to provide relief for a few days.

Once it was gone, she hadn’t wanted to trouble her master, the elders, or her senior brothers, so she had tried to endure it on her own.

But she had underestimated the drug’s side effects and overestimated her own willpower.

Now, she was in a living hell!!

...

"She was like this when we found her."

On the medical bed, Gu Shuangshuang was covered in frostbite. Scratches from her own nails crisscrossed her body, and her face was no exception—she was nearly disfigured.

Her body trembled as she fought against the withdrawal, her Spirit on the verge of collapse.

"Where’s the medicine?" Li Long asked.

"We didn’t have much to begin with, and it ran out long ago. Now we can’t get any at all. The government cut off our supply lines. They won’t even give us legal drugs, let alone the special ones!" the doctor replied.

"Then send her to the city hospital..." Li Long said.

"Even the city hospitals don’t have those sedatives. It would be pointless." The doctor shook his head.

"Can she get through this on her own?" Li Long asked.

"The Immortal Ascension Pill is a drug Martial Artists from centuries ago would take only when they were passing away in meditation. The neurological damage it causes is unimaginable. True Disciple Gu’s nervous system has already been severely damaged and can no longer function normally. If there’s any way to save her now, it would be to rely on those Alchemists. I’ve heard they even have the technology to preserve a person’s consciousness and rebuild their brain, but the success rate is... not high..." the doctor said.

The Eastern Extreme Country had banned Alchemy Technology.

It was nearly impossible to find an Alchemist here, let alone anyone with the relevant skills.

Before, the Five Elements Sect might have been able to figure something out, but now...

"Senior Brother..."

Suddenly, a faint voice spoke.

Li Long looked over. Gu Shuangshuang’s lips parted slightly. "Could you come here for a moment?"

Without hesitating, Li Long approached her.

"A little closer..."

Li Long leaned in.

Gu Shuangshuang’s lips moved, and she whispered a few words.

"I know. I’ve always known," Li Long said, taking Gu Shuangshuang’s hand.

He understood his junior sister’s feelings and had never shied away from them.

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