A gentle breeze kept brushing against his face. The scent of grass mixed with the smell of soil after rain, like a beautiful and gentle girl, made people willingly throw themselves into her embrace…
The wind tickled Zane's eyelashes, making him unable to resist opening his eyes.
At this moment, he was standing on a hillside, blue sky above his head and green grass beneath his feet. The boundless prairie rolled into green waves under the waves of warm wind.
"So this is… Fu Ling's domain…"
He had to admit, this was the most beautiful domain he had ever seen.
Only…
Zane looked into the distance. At the place where the grass met the blue sky, a boundless patch of black was gradually spreading, eroding the sky and the earth, dyeing them both into a thick gray.
'...Could that be Fu Ling's illness?'
As Zane thought this, he noticed that on a small hill not far from him, something seemed to be glowing.
Curious, Zane stepped forward. His feet pressed against the grass, making a rustling sound. But the sound didn't last long before stopping.
Only when he got closer did Zane realize that the glowing thing was actually a drawing board.
Looking at the drawing board in front of him, Zane felt a mix of emotions for a moment.
On the drawing board, Fu Ling had carefully painted a future. In that future, Wu Li was wearing a uniform, holding some kind of plant, and speaking excitedly to the person beside him.
Petals floated around Wu Li, and sunlight guided his way.
But where was the person beside him?
In the painting, Wu Li almost occupied the entire canvas, while Fu Ling, who should have appeared by his side, had not been added into this picture by its creator.
"Fu Ling, is this your choice?"
"In the future you imagined, there's no place for you. You're not afraid of death, but you're afraid that Wu Li will stop moving forward on his adventures."
Zane raised his head and looked once again at the gray that was slowly approaching.
One day, this land, this painting, would all be swallowed by that thick gray.
"So, I just need to deal with that gray stuff now, right, Jue."
Zane tilted his head up, trying to establish contact with Jue outside.
After all, she was the one who opened this passage, so she naturally had a way to contact him.
"That's right."
Jue's voice suddenly appeared in the sky, giving Zane enough confidence.
"So what should I do now?"
"I don't know."
Jue answered without the slightest hesitation. After all, she was just a weak, pitiful, and helpless Sui Master, she really didn't know what to do next.
"I don't believe you for a second, you shady little brat."
Zane curled his lips. Relying on others was worse than relying on himself. Right now, the only thing he could depend on was probably his right hand.
Thinking of this, Zane carefully examined his right hand again and muttered, "Listen, my good brother, we've been together for so long. Whatever you want, you've had it. I've even let you touch my second brother."
"Help your brother this once, okay?"
But his right hand didn't seem willing to respond to him, remaining completely silent.
"I say," Jue, who was watching Zane's every move from outside, couldn't help but speak up, "Stop acting crazy and hurry up and figure out how to adapt to your right hand's ability."
"But communicating with my right hand is adapting to its ability."
"Does your right hand talk?"
Zane thought about it seriously and answered firmly, "No."
"Then what are you babbling for!?"
Jue panted heavily, wishing she could rush into the domain and slap Zane hard across the face.
After teasing Jue, Zane's expression turned serious.
Right now, he felt like he was carrying a mountain of gold on him, but he just didn't know how to use it.
It was extremely frustrating.
After thinking for a moment, Zane suddenly realized he seemed to have forgotten something. He immediately summoned the Nexus Armament.
Only then did Zane discover that the Nexus Armament on his right hand had actually evolved. The original arm blade armament had now evolved into a bow-type armament.
The originally sharp arm blade guard had transformed into a silver-white streamlined guard, with a faint blue glow flowing over it.
With the enhancement of the Nexus Armament, Zane could vaguely feel an unusual power flowing within his right hand.
"Is this the power of time sequence that Jue mentioned?"
Zane raised his hand toward the gray that was constantly approaching in the distance. The power of time sequence activated instantly.
Although it couldn't be seen with the naked eye, Zane was certain that the gray that had been eroding Fu Ling had completely stopped.
"Although I can stop the erosion, this only treats the symptoms, not the root…"
Zane knew very well that if he left this gray stuff alone, Fu Ling's body would eventually be dragged down by it.
Stopping the gray's erosion was only the first step. What should he do next…
Zane scratched the back of his head in distress and finally understood that old saying,
You regret not knowing enough when it's time to use knowledge, and when it's time to think, your brain won't work.
Usually surfing online without learning anything useful, stuffing your head with useless dirty stuff.
———
'Wait, something weird got mixed in.'
"Right!" After a brief silence, Zane suddenly slapped his hand and recalled what Jue had said earlier.
Besides replenishing mana, his right hand seemed to also have the ability to absorb it?
Thinking of this, Zane didn't hesitate anymore. With a few quick movements, he arrived in front of the gray mass.
Under the influence of the power of time sequence, the gray that had originally been eroding the world had now been compressed into a small gray cluster.
And so-called absorption probably meant absorbing this gray cluster, which could kill Fu Ling, into his right hand.
But Zane wasn't afraid of this strange thing at all. Instead, he rubbed his hands together excitedly while looking at the gray cluster.
He was also going to raise a gu inside his body.
Isn't that how fantasy novels usually go? The male protagonist either carries a deadly poison or has a massive, uncontrollable energy sealed inside his body.
To deal with these problems, the protagonist has to desperately improve his strength. Then, by chance, he turns the problem into his own ability,
and then slaps a bunch of villains in the face.
Thinking of this, Zane reached out toward the gray cluster without hesitation, while letting out a strange laugh, "Hehehe, little gray lump, don't be afraid. Big brother is a good person. Big brother just wants to play a little game with you. Don't worry, it won't hurt."
Fu Ling, who was lying in bed, saw Jue suddenly slap her own forehead and show a "I don't know him" expression.
A trace of worry immediately appeared on Fu Ling's somewhat pale face.
"Jue… my lord, what's wrong with you?"
Hearing this, Jue turned her head, the muscles on her face completely out of control, her skin twitching slightly.
At this moment, she really wanted to grab Zane by the ears and ask him, 'Why are you so skilled at this!'