Chapter 107 Chapter 107: Great Sage Kevin Reverses Hands to Cure Illness and Save Lives
Chapter 107: Great Sage Kevin Reverses Hands to Cure Illness and Save Lives
"Generally speaking, Mara-Struck individuals are handled by the Ten-Lords Commission. The judges appear in time to take them away before the Mara-Struck condition fully manifests, never allowing it to develop to this extent. Afterwards, various procedures are handled by the Hall of Karma, leaving few hidden dangers."
As she spoke, Bailu helplessly spread her small hands and made a little joke: "Perhaps there have been so many Mara-Struck cases recently that the judges of the Ten-Lords Commission simply can't keep up?"
"......"
Unfortunately, this cold joke not only failed to make anyone laugh, but also caused the girl who was even a bit shorter than her to immediately bury her face in her grandfather's arm and start crying.
"Grandpa, I don't want you to go... Grandpa, please talk to me, I'll listen to everything from now on, Grandpa..."
This tragic scene directly broke Bailu, who looked immature and indeed wasn't very old—
"Ahhh, what can I possibly do about this?! It's like a short-life species about to die of old age; how could it possibly be saved by medical skills alone!"
As if annoyed by her own helplessness, Bailu immediately began vigorously rubbing her little head, even visible sparks of electricity crackling on it: "If it were someone three or four hundred years old who fell into Mara-Struck due to emotional shock, that would be easier to handle. At least the Ten-Lords Commission has those pills that help sever emotions and desires..."
"But this elderly gentleman clearly reached the end of his natural lifespan, and then suffered some major shock afterwards, which is why he became like this. Even if it's not entirely Mara-Struck, it's not far off."
"Even if we could find that kind of pill now, at most it would only turn the elderly gentleman into a senile state... he wouldn't actually last much longer anyway!"
As a professional physician, Bailu certainly knew what 'a doctor's benevolent heart' meant. But precisely because of that, she couldn't recklessly give diagnoses. What is, is; there's no reason to make unfounded claims.
"Wait, so you mean... this Mara-Struck symptom is actually a natural mental shackle?" Kevin keenly grasped the key point in her explanation and asked in turn.
"That's true in a sense, but..."
Before the little dragon lady Bailu could finish her sentence, Kevin gently reached out and patted the old man's shoulder, sending him directly into a sweet slumber. Then he placed his palm on the old man's forehead, carefully sensing.
If Kevin hadn't just made a breakthrough in the use of mental domains, he likely would have had no solution at this moment either. But now, it could only be said that those three troublemaking kids had indirectly done something good?
With Kevin's mental strength, sensing and exploring the mind of this thousand-year-old man naturally wouldn't be a problem.
Time passed minute by minute. The group was tense and expectant but completely dared not disturb him, only silently staring at Kevin's largely expressionless face.
Finally, after several minutes, Kevin gently removed his hand and opened his eyes, prompting Bailu to immediately ask: "How is it? Did you find anything?"
Kevin remained silent for a moment. After learning the truth, he first cast a complicated look toward the girl by the bedside, her eyes full of hope.
The actual situation was indeed as Kevin had previously speculated. While unknown factors related to The Abundance might be fundamental causes, the main trigger for Mara-Struck was ultimately the gradual elevation of emotional thresholds under the erosion of long time—
Although the death of Xiao Yu's parents—this old man's children—was likely a major factor causing him to completely lose positive emotions; the girl's 'Heavenly Deficiency' was the main reason he frequently felt pain.
Whenever he thought about his granddaughter being a Heaven-Deficient person destined for a tragic life, negative emotions would begin to assault his reason—perhaps influenced by The Abundance factors—causing the old man to fall into what the Xianzhou calls 'Mara-Struck' at an extremely rapid pace.
Yet the most tragic thing lay precisely here—because the old man cared deeply for his granddaughter, the erosion of Mara-Struck on his reason never fully took hold, leaving him in a state alternating between madness and lucidity.
It's rather ironic... the very medicine meant to cure became the poison that takes life. Why would such a profoundly contradictory thing occur on Luofu, this so-called land of longevity and prosperity?
Thinking this, Kevin slightly shook his head, temporarily dismissing the idea of telling the others these things now. Instead, he directly stated: "I do have a way to free him from the influence of negative emotions for a period."
"But... I can't guarantee how long we can delay this so-called 'Mara-Struck' even without negative emotions affecting him..."
After all, there were still many things rooted in Xianzhou people themselves influencing its onset. How could Kevin dare claim he could definitely solve it and truly free this old man from lifespan limitations?
"What?! That's still incredibly impressive! In all my years of inherited memories, I've never heard of anyone who could 'cure' Mara-Struck!"
In Bailu's eyes, Kevin was completely humble-bragging! You can pull someone at death's door back from the Ten-Lords Commission, yet you dare be so modest?
If she had such abilities, her tail would already be pointing skyward! Every Xianzhou person would come begging her!
No, I must find a clever way to learn this technique from this big brother... Hmm, ice control arts are definitely worth learning too!
Miss Bailu immediately secretly set this goal for herself, her constantly wagging tail completely betraying her current mood.
Yet under her focused gaze, Kevin merely reached out again and gently placed his palm on the old man's forehead, withdrawing it after just a few seconds.
"Done... done?"
"Done."
"That's it?!"
Oh, right, there was indeed one more thing unfinished.
Reminded by Bailu, Kevin suddenly recalled something else. So he then gently stroked Xiao Yu's head a few times with his palm—
"Wow... I, I think I can see things now! Thank you, big brother!"
"Grandpa's beard is really this long? And big brother really is so tall! Huh... why does this older sister have a tail?"
Xiao Yu even curiously reached out and touched the large tail behind Bailu, completely shattering the worldview this Vidyadhara dragon lady had cultivated over decades since her hatching.
"Ah???!"
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