Unplanned loss

The sky was vast and grand, blue color filled most of the space but there also white speck floating in the sky, it was the clouds that also decorated the blue sky.

The sun is already halfway to midday.

The bamboo forest near Gu Yue village was filled with the scent of refreshing air, the bamboo tree sticking out from the ground and filling the side of the road.

On the road, there were three people, two of them standing while the other one was lying on the ground.

"Are you sure this was Fang Zheng ?" Yu Tian asked Shu Gen while looking at Fang Yuan carefully.

"I have seen Fang Zheng before, so I'm sure that this was Fang Zheng. But Fang Zheng have twin brothers so there is also a chance that this might be Fang Yuan" Shu Gen gave her reply , there was hesitation in her voice but she looked more confident than hesitant.

"First of all let's check his condition" Yu Tian carefully tried to flip over Fang Yuan's body so he could check what happened to him.

He already has some guesses by seeing the pale face of Fang Yuan, but he still wants to check if there is any external damage.

'His face was pale and already lost all of its color, this must be the effect of backlash from using Gu!' with one big push, Yu Tian successfully flipped over Fang Yuan's body.

Shu Gen was the first to realize the abnormality of Fang Yuan's right arm.

"Senior brother, hi- his right arm!" She spoke while shocked.

Yu Tian isn't sure what Shu Gen fussed about, then he checks Fang Yuan's right arm and also gets shocked.

"What…?" Yu Tian gasps while he tries to examine Fang Yuan's right arm.

Fang Yuan was lying unconscious, the skin of his right arm was shallow green, at the same time a pale white spread across his right arm, making a green and pale white blend.

At the tip of his finger he could see that his skin had turned into a jade-like appearance and his veins had also turned a bright green color. Where this green vein runs, the green on the arm will become darker.

Yu Tian had never seen anything like this before, the world of Gu was vast and there were many Gu with various functions and forms.

What happened to Fang Yuan right now must have been caused by a Gu, but Yu Tian had never heard of this Gu, so he didn't know what to do.

Yu Tian noticed the change in Fang Yuan's right arm, at first he felt doubtful but after watching it for a long time he realized something.

"Whatever this white energy is, it blocks the changes that occur in Fang Yuan's right arm." But Yu Tian was not at all relieved to see this, because the changes that occurred in Fang Yuan's right arm became faster with time.

"Senior !" Shu Gen shouted at Yu Tian who fell into his own thoughts.

When Yu Tian heard Shu Gen's scream, he snapped out of his thoughts.

"We need to take him back to the village" While saying that, Yu Tian picked up Fang Yuan and carried him on his back.

He confirmed his posture for easier carrying Fang Yuan.

After being sure that he could carry the Fang Yuan properly, he looked at Shu Gen.

"Let's go" Yu Tian started walking.

Shu Gen followed Yu Tian from behind.

The two of them walked towards the village.

When the two of them entered the village, the passerby looked at the two of them.

"What happened ?"

"Is that Fang Zheng?"

Passers-by talked among themselves, some continued to walk, others stopped their steps just to have a better look at Yu Tian.

Yu Tian was completely unperturbed by people watching him, he only focused on the Fang Yuan who was unconscious on his back.

On the other hand, Shu Gen seemed a little distracted by the attention that was being focused on him and Yu Tian. But with her head lowered, she felt better.

After walking for a long time from the bamboo forest, they finally saw the gate of the clan leader.

The first to greet them were the two gatekeepers from the clan leader's house.

When these two gatekeepers saw two people walking towards them.

When Yu Tian got closer to the gate, one of the gatekeepers asked the other gatekeepers.

"Is that young master Fang Zheng?" While paying better attention to the person Yu Tian was carrying.

But the other gatekeeper noticed who was coming, he saw Yu Tian who was wearing a belt that marked a Rank two Gu Master and a woman behind him who was a Rank one.

"No, it may be young master Fang Zheng's brother, young master Fang Yuan." Another gatekeeper answered a question from the first guard.

"Go inside and ask what we have to do. Report that young master Fang Yuan seems to be injured. "The second gatekeeper told the first gatekeeper to report this to know what to do next.

These gatekeepers were only mortals, they had no right to refuse orders from a Gu Master. But their duties as gatekeepers of the clan leader gave them a little tolerance for refusing a Gu Master who didn't have the clan leader himself.

They were quite experienced at this, after all, who would want to break into the clan leader's house?

So whatever happens outside the orders of the clan leader, they always ask what they should do first.

The first guard went inside to report this.

At the gate, the second guard stopped Yu Tian and asked him to wait for further orders from the clan leader.

"Huh .. finally we arrived" Shu Gen who followed behind Yu Tian who finally caught up with him.

Inside the house, the guard first sees a servant doing his job. He calls the servant and informs her to report this problem to the clan leader to get further instruction.

Fang Zheng who had just finished his morning training saw the guards and the servants talking to each other. However when he watched the two of them, curiosity filled Fang Zheng.

'What happened, there seems to be a problem'

'Maybe I better check it out.' Thinking so, Fang Zheng walked over to these two people.

"What happened?" Fang Zheng entered the conversation by suddenly surprising the guard and the servant.

"Ah, young master Fang Zheng" The two of them immediately paid their respects and looked a little hesitant about what to say.

Fang Zheng, who didn't know anything, was still curious about what they were talking about.

The guard explained what happened with little doubt in his tone, but when Fang Zheng heard enough information for him to understand the situation immediately shocked.

He did not hide his astonishment, it was clear on his face when he was frantic.

But when he saw the two servants in front of him, he controlled himself a little and gave orders to them.

"You're going to report it to the head of the clan and you come with me to the front gate" Fang Zheng's order was correct but she still felt anxious and nervous.

Fang Zheng walked out and was followed by the gatekeeper.

In front of the gate.

Fang Zheng who was in hurry headed straight for Fang Yuan, he noticed Fang Yuan's face hanging on Yu Tian's shoulders was unconscious and his face was pale and colorless.

"Big brother!!!" Fang Zheng let out a grieve scream as he accelerated his pace.

Fang Zheng didn't know what to do, he just stood there and looked at the unconscious Fang Yuan.

"Big brother ... .. That is right, let's bring him inside first" Fang Zheng who is still in grief tried to do his best.

The guard who was standing beside Yu Tian wanted to say something, it might be better if he carried Fang Yuan into the house. Because he knew this was an order from Fang Zheng not from the clan leader, so he felt a little uncertain.

But who was he to question Fang Zheng's orders. He was just a mortal who worked as a gatekeeper nothing more.

With this in mind, he glanced at the guard behind Fang Zheng, his gaze already said, have you conveyed this information to the clan leader?

Then that guard gave a nod.

Yu Tian brought Fang Yuan into the house with Fang Zheng guiding his way. Shu Gen, who had been watching from earlier, was just silent in front of the gate.

She knew that this was the home of the clan leader and she didn't have any reason to enter and thus she chose to leave this matter to Yu Tian alone.

She walked away from the front of the gate and she seemed to sigh because this problem had gone off her shoulders.

Fang Zheng guided Yu Tian to one of the unused rooms, after putting Fang Yuan on to the bed, Yu Tian let out a long breath indicating the accumulated tiredness of carrying Fang Yuan from earlier.

"Senior brother, what happened to my big brother? Can you tell me? " Fang Zheng, urged Yu Tian to tell him because he wanted to know what had caused his brother to be like this.

He looked at Fang Yuan's right arm which had all his fingers turned into jade.

Seeing Fang Zheng who was filled with anxiety on his face, Yu Tian didn't know what to say. He just happened to meet Fang Yuan who was unconscious by the side of the road. What should he say in order to calm Fang Zheng down?

"To be honest, I also don't know what happened to your brother. When I met him, he was already unconscious and his situation was almost no different from now. "Yu Tian showed sympathy for what happened to Fang Yuan.

Fang Zheng who heard Yu Tian's explanation looked dumbfounded, he wanted to say something but he didn't know what to say because even Yu Tian didn't know what really happened.

The two of them fell into an awkward state because neither of them could do anything to treat Fang Yuan.

Then the clan leader entered the room and broke the awkwardness between the two of them.

Yu Tian immediately paid his respects, then Fang Zheng followed.

The clan leader who just entered just nodded his head, and looked at the Fang Yuan who lay unconscious on the bed.

Then he watched Yu Tian and Fang Zheng, after relating this scene to the information he received from the servant that came to him, he ordered the two of them to come out so he could check on Fang Yuan's condition.

Yu Tian was a stranger in this house, he was not invited by the clan leader at all, so he felt like a stranger and wanted to leave this room, this was seen on his face after seeing the clan leader enter.

Fang Zheng on the other hand seemed very emotional and because of that his being in this room would only disturb the clan leader.

The first to come out was Yu Tian, then followed by Fang Zheng. Fang Zheng seemed to want to say something to the clan leader but he canceled it with a bitter expression as he couldn't do anything to help his brother.

It was only after the door closed that the clan leader began to inspect the Fang Yuan.

He started from Fang Yuan's right arm which appeared to be undergoing the process of turning into jade and it could be seen that his fingers had turned into jade itself.

Then proceed with the veins that appear on the surface and also turn into a dark green color like a thread made of jade.

But it was just one thing that was happening to Fang Yuan's right arm, a pale white energy that seemed to attack, infiltrate, and destroy all the healthy tissue on Fang Yuan's right arm.

He continued on to the other limbs of the Fang Yuan, his face pale and losing its color indicating that Fang Yuan was receiving attacks internally.

Just one look at the clan leader could tell that this was the impact of the backlash using Gu.

"What happened to you ?" With a soft voice filled with some bewilderment, the clan leader whispers to himself.

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By Nefar-inn and Spyrakles