Changing Destiny

Huo Yuhao followed Jiang Nannan to the entrance of a room.

The door stood open, offering a clear view of the room inside.

A beautiful woman lay quietly on a simple wooden bed.

She appeared to be around thirty years old. Her eyes were tightly shut, and her face was pale as paper, devoid of any color.

Seeing her unconscious mother on the bed, Jiang Nannan felt even greater sorrow, her eyes reddening.

She turned around and looked at Huo Yuhao, her gaze filled with hope and pleading.

"Yuhao, please take a look at my mother."

Huo Yuhao walked over and sat on a stool beside the bed, taking Mother Jiang's hand.

Only at this closer distance could he observe Mother Jiang's appearance more clearly.

Compared to Jiang Nannan in her youth, the woman before him was no less beautiful.

In fact, the passage of time had given this beautiful woman a charm unique to mature women.

Huo Yuhao reined in his stray thoughts, gently placing his fingers on Mother Jiang's wrist. He slowly sent in a thread of Soul Power and began examining her carefully.

It did not take Huo Yuhao long to find the cause of her illness—congenital weakness of the heart.

For this condition, if Huo Yuhao merely provided Bloodline Power, he could not truly cure Jiang Nannan's mother.

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Mother Jiang's current condition was like a water bottle with a hole in its bottom.

The Bloodline Power Huo Yuhao provided was like constantly pouring water into that bottle.

But once the supply stopped, the water would eventually leak away, and the problem would sooner or later recur.

If Mother Jiang were a Soul Master, she could rely on her own Soul Power and gradually repair the problem with her heart through Bloodline Power.

But as an ordinary person, she simply lacked that ability to heal herself.

Even the Basalt Divine Pill was the same.

After taking it, its medicinal effects could temporarily remain within Mother Jiang's body and likely extend her life by more than a decade.

But it was not a lasting solution.

However, besides the Golden Dragon King Divine Core, Huo Yuhao also possessed the Eye of Destiny.

Mother Jiang, as an ordinary person, indeed had no possibility of repairing her heart herself.

But through the Eye of Destiny, he could alter the possibility that existed.

It was just that this method...

At that thought, Huo Yuhao's expression suddenly became somewhat conflicted.

Jiang Nannan, standing beside him, noticed every change in Huo Yuhao's expression, and her heart grew even more anxious.

Looking at Huo Yuhao, she asked carefully,

"Yuhao, is my mother's illness very difficult to treat?"

Seeing the hope that had risen in Jiang Nannan's eyes gradually dim once more, Huo Yuhao's inner conflict deepened.

"No, Sister Nannan. Treating your mother is actually very simple. It's just..."

Huo Yuhao's voice suddenly became somewhat timid.

He was a little afraid that if he voiced what came next, Jiang Nannan might throw him out immediately.

If that happened, he might lose the friend and companion he had known in his previous life.

Because using the Eye of Destiny and the Golden Dragon King Divine Core at the same time might cause problems with the Golden Dragon King Divine Core.

After all, the reason Huo Yuhao could currently draw upon the Golden Dragon King Divine Core's power with virtually no adverse effects was primarily because the Eye of Destiny had been suppressing it, preventing the consciousness within from affecting him.

But if he used both powers at once, while the Golden Dragon King's consciousness would not necessarily affect him,

Mother Jiang, as an ordinary person, would inevitably be affected.

And the greatest effect might be that, for a period of time, Mother Jiang's desires would increase greatly.

Was he supposed to tell Jiang Nannan that after he treated her mother, her mother might, for some time, particularly want to give her a younger brother or sister?

It was precisely for this reason that Huo Yuhao had not, during the previous half month, used the Eye of Destiny's power while simultaneously using Bloodline Power to nurse his own mother's body back to health.

"Just what?"

When Jiang Nannan heard the first half of Huo Yuhao's words, a trace of hope had risen in her heart.

But Huo Yuhao's hesitant manner made her heart leap into her throat once again.

She hurriedly grabbed Huo Yuhao's hand and said urgently,

"Yuhao, whatever concerns you have, just say them. So long as Sister Nannan can do it, Sister Nannan can agree to it."

After Huo Yuhao hesitantly finished explaining his concerns, a flush instantly spread across Jiang Nannan's cheeks.

She secretly glanced at the handsome young man before her.

Then she looked at her mother on the bed, pale-faced and with her eyes closed, and could not help comforting herself inwardly.

How could Yuhao possibly have that kind of thought?

Jiang Nannan, don't overthink things.

Besides, after Mother wakes up, she definitely won't have any inappropriate thoughts toward Yuhao.

And anyway, this is to cure an illness and save a life. Mother will surely understand.

Thinking this, Jiang Nannan took a deep breath and calmed the shyness and unease in her heart.

She looked into Huo Yuhao's cool blue eyes, as cold and clear as thin ice forming in early winter, then slowly nodded.

"Yuhao, I believe you."

"..."

An eerie silence fell over the room.

After a moment, Huo Yuhao finally nodded.

"Since that's the case, I'll begin."

Since Jiang Nannan had already agreed, Huo Yuhao naturally stopped dwelling on it.

A golden light suddenly flared in his eyes.

His originally clear blue eyes turned completely brilliant gold in that instant.

Even more astonishingly, a radiant golden glow emerged at the center of Huo Yuhao's forehead.

Within that golden light, a vertical eye slowly opened.

The instant that vertical eye appeared, Jiang Nannan's body stiffened abruptly.

She felt even her Martial Soul Origin tremble at that moment, as though it had encountered some supreme existence.

This shocking sight completely dispelled the few lingering doubts in Jiang Nannan's heart.

In their place arose an inexplicable excitement and anticipation.

Huo Yuhao was now gripping Mother Jiang's hand tightly.

A gentle golden ray shone from the vertical eye on his forehead, enveloping Mother Jiang.

At the same time, he slowly injected Bloodline Power into Mother Jiang's heart, carefully sorting through the problems within it.

The golden light shining upon Mother Jiang also transformed into fine golden motes, gradually merging into her body.

At that moment, in Huo Yuhao's eyes, Mother Jiang's body was filled with countless threads of destiny.

As the golden light continued to shine, one originally slender white thread gradually thickened, eventually turning into dazzling gold.

"Thump—"

A powerful, steady heartbeat sounded from Mother Jiang's chest.

Watching her mother's face, once pale as paper, gradually regain its color, Jiang Nannan's heart immediately filled with joy.