The Beautiful CEO’s Close Bodyguard
Chapter 494 - 496: Forcing Out the Poisonous Gas

Chapter 494: Chapter 496: Forcing Out the Poisonous Gas

Master Guangde slightly paused, quietly looking at the child and asked with a bit of curiosity, "Is the child unwilling to let them go?"

The child shook his head, his little mouth pouting slightly, "Not at all."

It was just... it was just...

Thinking and thinking, the child lowered his head and didn’t say anything more.

Master Guangde gently raised his hand and rubbed the child’s little head, sighing softly, "You are so young and already staying with me in the deep mountains, indeed you have suffered a bit. If you want to go down the mountain, your teacher can speak on your behalf and tell them to take you down to have some fun."

Upon hearing this, the child suddenly looked up, his bright eyes twinkling with joy, but then dimmed again, he shook his head, "No need."

If he left, the master would be alone. Even having his master with him, he felt lonely; let alone leaving his master all by himself.

Master Guangde just quietly looked on, no longer continuing the conversation.

In fact, he knew that the child’s body was not yet suitable to go down the mountain, and maybe after his full recovery, he might let him go down to live the life he desires. But for now, a few days down the mountain would still be bearable, staying longer his body might not withstand it.

However, Master Guangde did not plan to tell the child this. He worried that it might affect the child’s emotions negatively, as the child was sensitive and sentimental. Even though he appears cheerful on the outside, inwardly he was quite fragile.

"Child, were you being naughty tonight?" Master Guangde looked at his depressed and conflicted little face and decided to change the topic.

The child was startled, then faintly nodded his head.

He deliberately burned the Earth Ganoderma as a way to provoke Chu Ge and Huo Tianqian.

Before their arrival, his playmates were only the surrounding flowers, plants, chickens, ducks, fishes, geese, and small creatures like insects and butterflies. He never had anyone to talk with like Chu Ge and Huo Tianqian.

This gave him a different experience, but he was also afraid that these two might eventually betray his master.

Thus, he had to keep his guard up against them.

On one hand he wanted to be friends with them, on the other, he remained cautious. This conflicting feeling truly troubled him.

"Follow your heart, and be at peace with the circumstances." Master Guangde gently said while patting his head.

The child somewhat understood and looked up at Master Guangde with confusion, but Master Guangde did not intend to explain further.

It was not until later, when the child grew up and left the mountain, that he truly understood the meaning of those words.

The next day.

Chu Ge and Huo Tianqian got up early. Thanks to the past two days of bathing, they significantly felt their bodies changing; not as groggy as when they were initially poisoned, even their minds were clearer, no longer muddled.

When the child got dressed and came out, he saw Chu Ge and Huo Tianqian standing in the courtyard looking refreshed, and he was slightly surprised, "Why are you up so early today!"

He had already prepared how to wake them up! Even his props were ready, yet they woke up earlier than him, truly disappointing.

Seeing the child’s displeased expression at them waking up early, Chu Ge guessed that the child had pranks in mind again after last night.

Upon seeing the child, Huo Tianqian felt slightly uncomfortable in his stomach, the burnt taste from last night still lingering in his mouth.

"After today, if our martial arts are restored, we will leave this place," Huo Tianqian said.

He didn’t mean to provoke the child or anything; he merely wanted to inform him that there would no longer be opportunities to trick them.

So they wouldn’t hold last night’s pranks against him, considering them as just playing with the child.

However, upon hearing this, the child’s face grew even more unhappy, and he huffed loudly at Huo Tianqian before quickly running away.

Huo Tianqian was confused and looked at Chu Ge, wondering, "Did I say something wrong?"

Even Chu Ge looked puzzled, watching the child’s departing figure, feeling as if the child had something on his mind.

At that moment, Master Guangde’s room door opened, and he walked out.

Seeing Chu Ge and Huo Tianqian standing in the courtyard, he lightly chuckled, "Both of you are up early today."

Chu Ge nodded slightly towards Master Guangde, "Good morning, Master Guangde."

Master Guangde, not seeing the child around, asked with some confusion, "Where’s the child?"

"He might have run off because of something I said just now," Huo Tianqian scratched his head, though he really didn’t understand what he did wrong.

In fact, when Huo Tianqian spoke those words just now, Master Guangde had heard everything clearly from inside his room; he also knew why the child was angry.

It wasn’t that the child was angry at what Huo Tianqian said, but the child was angry at himself.

Master Guangde smiled faintly, making a welcoming gesture, "Today is quite special. In order to completely expel the toxins from your bodies, you won’t be able to eat anything today, not even drinking water, so today will be exceptionally torturous for you. Be prepared mentally."

Chu Ge and Huo Tianqian looked at each other. Having already resolved themselves last night, no matter what they faced today, they would persist. After all, the Ancient Martial Arts meant too much to them.

"We are prepared," Huo Tianqian said decisively, his gaze firm as he looked at Master Guangde, his heart exceptionally calm.

Chu Ge also nodded slightly to Master Guangde, his dark eyes filled with many emotions - there was desire, determination, and also everything else akin to hatred. He must restore his martial arts and then seek vengeance!

Vengeance was his nature! None of these people could escape.

Master Guangde led Chu Ge and Huo Tianqian to the ice cave. After digging for one day, Master Guangde had created a one-meter-deep large hole, big enough to accommodate five people.

At this moment, sulfur water from the outside was already being channeled into the pit through a ditch.

What surprised Chu Ge was that in this large pit, one side was sulfur water and the other was spring water, forming a Tai Chi Eight Diagrams pattern, completely incompatible.

Master Guangde pointed at the water in the pit and explained, "On one side of this water is sulfur water, and on the other is spring water, at two levels, just like ice and fire. You need to alternate soaking in this hot and cold water for ten two-hour periods. It will be very painful, and whether the poison can be forced out of your bodies will depend on this ten two-hour process."

Huo Tianqian asked, "Master Guangde, didn’t you also mention acupuncture before?"