"There's actually a way to cure him?" Ye Qing's eyes widened.
"No, he can't be cured. Or rather, there's no way to cure him completely," Electrolux flatly denied. "Gold of Life alone won't work. It can only alleviate his condition. But your light and sacred attributes can purify that baleful energy. With that, his greatest problem will naturally unravel like a knot coming undone."
"Of course, after clearing away the baleful energy, drawing on some of the Gold of Life's power might offer a chance of healing his spine. But the damage to his soul is irreversible. If I were still in my prime, I could try repairing his soul, but you've seen the state I'm in."
"I see..." Ye Qing nodded thoughtfully. "Then, if we combine the Gold of Life with my abilities, we can extend my teacher's life for a while, right?"
"Yes. A conservative estimate would be another ten to twenty years, and he would no longer suffer unbearable pain from his old injuries afterward," Electrolux said.
"Anything beyond that is impossible. His soul can only hold out for so long. A healthy body alone isn't enough to keep someone alive."
That was enough.
Helping Mu En live a few more years and freeing him from the torment of the Dragon Core's baleful energy would be a fitting repayment for the effort he had put into nurturing him.
Ye Qing indeed no longer owed Shrek anything, but Shrek was Shrek, and Mu En was Mu En. Shrek wasn't grateful to Mu En, but Ye Qing had to be.
Besides, with Electrolux's method, Ye Qing wouldn't even need to break off a piece of the Gold of Life. He only needed Electrolux to help refine a drop of liquid Life Essence from the solid Gold of Life, then