Insufficient balance

  "If that day really comes, we will absolutely not shirk our responsibility!" No matter what he thought in his heart, beautiful words had to be said. The wind and the sword turned around, looking at Emperor Tianlong and saying: "However, Your Majesty, forgive me for speaking bluntly, your inner breath is extremely weak, your breath is scattered everywhere, I'm afraid..."

  "Is the vital energy exhausted?" The Tianlong Emperor sighed, looking at the young man in front of him with some surprise, not expecting that he could see through his illness so thoroughly from such a distance.

  Feng Xiao didn't respond, which was tantamount to tacit agreement. In reality, if there was one aspect where Feng Xiao could surpass his speed, it would be in medical skills! In "Rebirth", whether it was the players or the system characters, their appearance and internal state were indistinguishable from reality, even down to the texture of their skin being identical to that in real life. Unless they originally had a disability, the system would automatically repair it in the game. Therefore, Feng Xiao could still tell at a glance what condition someone's body was in, even in the game.

  "The vital signs are gone", these four words made him involuntarily think of the shadow of a weak girl, and his heart slightly hurt.

  None of the civil and military officials present uttered a word, their faces all showing sorrow and pain, the emperor's condition was no secret to them.

  "Cough, cough... Alas, to be honest with you, I have fallen ill and even the most miraculous medicine cannot save my life. All the imperial physicians are helpless, but as the world is on the verge of chaos, I still have many things to attend to and it's really hard for me to leave like this." The Tianlong Emperor spoke candidly about his condition without hiding anything.

  "Is there really no way to save your life?" The emperor's impression on Feng Xiao was not bad, so he spoke with a bit more concern.

  "There is a way, but it's no different from having none..." The Tianlong Emperor recalled the only hope that the imperial physician had mentioned, his eyes growing even darker, yet his gaze at Feng Xiao gained a hint of fervor.

  "Alright, Emperor, stop beating around the bush and just say it to this kid directly!" Tian Xiu's face showed impatience, as if he already knew what the Emperor wanted to say.

  The wind was blowing wildly as he looked up at Emperor Tianlong with a puzzled expression, thinking to himself that perhaps this method had something to do with him.

  "Cough, cough... Since I learned of my illness three years ago, I have sent many people to search the entire Tianlong continent for the only thing that can save me, but all in vain. So, our last hope is placed on you brave warriors from other worlds. The prophecy says that you all possess unparalleled potential, wisdom and courage. Perhaps, you will have a glimmer of hope to find that thing."

  "What can save your life is......?" Feng Xiao instinctively felt that the thing Tian Long Emperor wanted to say was absolutely not simple.

  The Heavenly Dragon Emperor sighed and said: "Qilin's blood!"

  "What! This too..." Feng Xiao was shocked.

  The Dragon Emperor let out a bitter laugh: "I know this hope is extremely slim, but having something is better than nothing. Can you help me, or can your friends help me with this? Of course, even if we can't find it, it's no big deal. After all, this is basically an impossible task. The Qilin's dwelling place is not somewhere humans can search for and set foot in. Even if we really found it, getting the Qilin's blood would be difficult! Difficult! More difficult than ascending to heaven! I just don't want to die like this." After saying so much in one breath, the Dragon Emperor couldn't catch his breath again, and another severe coughing fit ensued, scaring the little eunuch into a flurry of activity.

  He actually wanted to say: "What a coincidence!" The Qilin blood was exactly what he had been searching for all along.

  "Alright, Your Majesty, I'll do my best to help you find it! Just because you're a great emperor who cares about the country and its people!" Feng Shi said with a smooth tone, flattering the emperor at the same time.

  So bluntly agreeing to an impossible task, unexpected by everyone, even Tian Xiu looked at him with a few more eyes: This kid, although not self-measured, has admirable courage.

  "Excellent! You truly are the first brave warrior to set foot on the Tian Long continent, and you indeed have a majestic aura. My hopes have increased by several folds, hahaha...!" Then, another severe bout of coughing ensued.

  "Ding, Player Fengyun, you have accepted the hidden quest 'Find the Qilin's Blood'. The deadline is three months. If you fail to complete it within three months, the Tianlong Emperor will die and the quest will be failed. Completing the quest will reward you with a generous prize from the Tianlong Dynasty and recognition from the civil and military officials. Failure will result in contempt from the civil and military officials."

  "This is the Lingyu Bottle. If by any chance, Feng Xiong's brave warriors really find the Qilin's Blood, they can put it in this bottle and bring it back." The Tianlong Emperor had a small eunuch hand over to Feng Xiao a small white jade bottle.

  Lingyu Bottle: A spiritual device that allows the user to store any categorized object in it using their mind, without mixing up different objects and with no spatial restrictions.

  "Infinite water storage? What a practical bottle!" Feng Xiao hastily put the Lingyu Bottle into his backpack.

  "Your Majesty... Your Majesty... it's all over..."

  Suddenly a flustered voice came from outside the palace, followed by a small eunuch who rolled and crawled in, his face extremely terrified.

  The Dragon Emperor furrowed his brow and shouted: "What's going on that you're so panicked?!"

  "Your Majesty... water... Princess Shuizhuyue's illness has relapsed..."

  "What!" Tian Long Emperor suddenly stood up, his face turned even paler: "Wasn't it said that the last time was already cured, how can this happen again..."

  "The little ones don't know either... and this time... it's even more severe than before, Your Majesty should hurry up and move the imperial carriage..."

  ……

  With a profit of 100,000 gold coins, Tian Xiu's mouth was about to curve into a smile, and his footsteps out of the imperial palace were much lighter. This earned him a disdainful glance from Feng Xiao beside him.

  "What's going on with this Water Moon Princess? She seems to have contracted some kind of serious illness." Feng Xiao asked curiously.

  "Cut, I don't know how the old emperor knows, but I've heard that this emperor has only one daughter in his life and loves her to death. If she really is gone, then the emperor will be truly childless! However, let's talk about you, Feng Xun, are you really going to find the Qilin's blood? Ah, I'll tell you, even if your luck is strong enough to find the Qilin, how do you plan on making it bleed? It can kill you with just a fart!" Tian Xiu looked at Feng Xun's recklessness with disdain and distrust.

  "There was no hope to begin with, and yet you still come to strike me down. Don't worry, the Emperor himself said it's fine even if we can't find it." But in Feng Xiao's mind, he was thinking of Xuan Yuan Sword, and that Qilin Blood was the only way to lift the second seal, and no matter what, he had to find it.

  But before that, what needs to be done first is to become stronger, only then will there be hope.

  Tian Xiu gave him a white eye, and said helplessly: "It's not as simple as you think. If you don't agree, it's fine, but if you do and still can't find it, the entire imperial palace will look down on you. I'm afraid that by then, you won't even be able to enter the palace."

  "What? Is it that serious?" Feng Xiao was indeed shocked, the entire imperial palace was in an uproar. If this gets out, won't people on the streets be pointing and staring at me everywhere I go? What about shops, pharmacies, appraisers... damn!

  "Of course! So, you'd better hurry up and get stronger. With your current level 10 strength... Oh, it's actually level 14 now. Level 14 is still very weak, hurry up and level up, with my Shura Phantom, you can't help but level up quickly!" As soon as the Shura Phantom was mentioned, Tian Xiu glared at him fiercely.