Modifying Fate

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

The door stood open, allowing a clear view of the scene inside.

On a simple wooden bed lay a woman with delicate features, resting quietly.

She appeared to be around thirty years old, her eyes tightly shut, her complexion as pale as paper, devoid of any color.

Seeing her mother unconscious on the bed, Jiang Nannan felt a surge of grief, and her eyes reddened.

She turned her head, her gaze filled with anticipation and pleading as she looked at Huo Yuhao.

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

Huo Yuhao walked over to a stool by the bed and sat down, taking the hand of Jiang Nannan's mother.

Up close, he was able to observe her features more clearly.

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

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

Huo Yuhao set aside his extraneous thoughts, reached out to gently place his fingers on her wrist, and slowly channeled a wisp of soul power to begin a detailed examination.

It did not take long for Huo Yuhao to identify the root of the illness: a congenital weakness of the heart.

For a condition like this, simply providing Bloodline Power would not truly cure Jiang Nannan's mother.

Jiang Nannan's mother was currently like a water bottle with a hole in the bottom.

The Bloodline Power Huo Yuhao provided was like constantly adding water to this bottle.

But once the supply stopped, the water would eventually leak out, and the problem would inevitably recur.

If Jiang Nannan's mother were a soul master, she could rely on her own soul power to slowly repair her heart using the Bloodline Power.

But as an ordinary person, she lacked the capacity for such self-repair.

Even the Basalt Divine Pill would be the same.

While its medicinal effects could linger in her body after consumption, extending her life by perhaps a decade or so, it was ultimately not a long-term solution.

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

As an ordinary person, Jiang Nannan's mother indeed lacked the ability to repair her heart.

But he could use the Eye of Destiny to alter the possibilities of existence.

It was just that this method...

Thinking of this, Huo Yuhao's expression suddenly became conflicted.

Standing to the side, Jiang Nannan took in every change in Huo Yuhao's expression, and her heart grew increasingly tense.

She looked at Huo Yuhao and asked cautiously:

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

Watching Jiang Nannan's eyes, which had just ignited with hope only to dim once more, Huo Yuhao felt his inner conflict deepen.

"No, Sister Nannan, the method to treat your mother is actually quite simple, it's just that..."

Huo Yuhao's voice suddenly became somewhat timid.

He was afraid that if he spoke the words that followed, Jiang Nannan might drive him out immediately.

If that happened, he might lose this friend and companion from his previous life.

Because if he were to use the Eye of Destiny while simultaneously utilizing the Golden Dragon King Divine Core, it might cause issues with the Golden Dragon King Divine Core itself.

After all, the reason Huo Yuhao could currently tap into the power of the Golden Dragon King Divine Core without major repercussions was primarily because the Eye of Destiny was constantly suppressing it, preventing the consciousness within from exerting influence.

But if he were to use both powers simultaneously, while it wouldn't necessarily allow the Golden Dragon King's consciousness to affect him, Jiang Nannan's mother, as an ordinary person, would inevitably be affected.

And the greatest impact might be that for a period of time, Jiang Nannan's mother would experience a significant increase in her desires.

Was he supposed to tell Jiang Nannan that after he treated her mother, it might lead her mother to be particularly eager to give her a younger brother or sister for a period of time?

It was precisely for this reason that Huo Yuhao had not used the Eye of Destiny in conjunction with his Bloodline Power to nourish his own mother's body during the past half-month.

"Just what?"

Jiang Nannan had felt a glimmer of hope upon hearing the first half of Huo Yuhao's sentence.

But his stuttering demeanor made her heart leap into her throat once again.

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

"Yuhao, if you have any concerns, just say them. As long as it is something Sister Nannan can do, I will agree to it."

After Huo Yuhao hesitantly finished explaining his concerns, Jiang Nannan's cheeks instantly flushed a deep crimson.

She snuck a glance at the handsome young man before her.

Glancing once more at her mother, who lay on the bed with a pale complexion and eyes tightly shut, Jiang Nannan couldn't help but secretly console herself in her heart:

How could Huo Yuhao possibly have such thoughts?

Jiang Nannan, stop overthinking things.

Besides, once Mother wakes up, she certainly won't harbor any inappropriate thoughts toward Huo Yuhao.

Furthermore, this is for the sake of healing and saving a life; Mother will surely understand.

Thinking along these lines, Jiang Nannan took a deep breath, calming the shyness and unease within her.

She looked into Huo Yuhao's blue eyes, which were as cold and clear as thin ice newly formed in winter, and slowly nodded.

"Huo Yuhao, I trust you."

"..."

The room fell into an eerie silence.

A moment later, Huo Yuhao nodded.

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

Since Jiang Nannan had already agreed, Huo Yuhao naturally wouldn't dwell on it any further.

Suddenly, a golden light ignited within his eyes.

His originally clear blue irises transformed entirely into a brilliant, radiant gold.

Even more astonishingly, a dazzling golden light emerged at the center of his forehead.

Within that golden glow, a vertical eye slowly opened.

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

She felt her own martial soul origin trembling at that moment, as if it had encountered some supreme, transcendent existence.

This shocking effect caused the last remnants of hesitation in Jiang Nannan's heart to vanish completely.

In its place was an inexplicable sense of excitement and thrill.

Huo Yuhao had already firmly grasped the hand of Jiang Nannan's mother.

A gentle golden light shone from the vertical eye on his forehead, enveloping her body.

At the same time, he began to slowly channel his Bloodline Power into her heart, meticulously sorting out the issues within it.

The golden light shining upon her transformed into tiny, shimmering golden specks, slowly merging into her body.

At this moment, in Huo Yuhao's vision, the mother's body was filled with countless threads of fate.

As the golden light continued to shine, one originally thin white thread began to thicken, eventually turning into a dazzling gold.

"Thump—"

A powerful and steady heartbeat resonated from within the mother's chest.

Jiang Nannan watched as her mother's face, previously as pale as paper, gradually began to flush with color, and her heart was instantly filled with joy.