Time Travel: The Survival of Li Zhi

Chapter 549 Situ Han’s Past

Li Zhi's expression suddenly changed, and a strange light flashed in his eyes, but he immediately narrowed his eyes and retracted it into his pupils.

After calming himself down, he lowered his head slightly and stared at Situ Han who was leaning on the chair.

Situ Han's eyes were flashing with brilliance, which, combined with his haggard appearance, added a bit of weirdness.

Li Zhi took a deep breath and grabbed Situ Han's skinny wrist tightly with his backhand.

Then, he slowly squatted down, his eyes level with the other person's sunken eye sockets. He asked in a deep voice, "When did you know that I practiced the Five Organs Meridian?"

Situ Han chuckled softly in his throat, his grayish-blue cheeks flushed with a sickly red. He said without hiding anything, "When I first saw you... I... I already noticed..."

Li Zhi's heart sank to the bottom. He had never expected that Situ Han had already known that he had cultivated the Five Organs Sutra. He wondered: Could it be that the reason Situ Han treated him so well was precisely because he cultivated the Five Organs Sutra?

Li Zhi lowered his head, his Adam's apple rolling, and couldn't help asking, "So, all the care you take of me is for the sake of my five internal organs?"

But Situ Han slowly shook his head, his weak tone carrying a hint of emotion: "The reason I...helped you...is simply...because seeing you...reminded me of my past..."

Li Zhi's eyes showed a look of doubt. Before he could ask, he heard Situ Han continue, "I...I used to be...also...a human candle!"

Li Zhi's whole body shook as if struck by lightning. He suddenly raised his head and looked at Situ Han.

The sunlight shone through the window lattice onto Situ Han's face. On that withered and strange face, there was still... the gentle and kind smile of the past!

 …

twenty years ago.

Situ Han, who was only ten years old, was escorted to the dungeon of the Xiao family along with his clansmen by their family's enemy, the Xiao family.

The Situ family and the Xiao family have been fighting for many years, and if they are defeated one day, their families will be destroyed.

As the orphan of the Situ family, Situ Han and his clansmen naturally became the spoils of the Xiao family.

The Xiao family has always been famous for cultivating the five internal organs. When the Situ family members fell into the hands of the Xiao family, they unsurprisingly became the candidates for the Xiao family to cultivate the five internal organs.

Under the coercion and inducement of the Xiao family, Situ Han and others also began to practice the Five Internal Organs Sutra given by the Xiao family.

Among all the people in the Situ family, Situ Han is the most special one.

Others need a lot of five elements energy to activate an organ, and every time they activate an organ, they need a long period of time to recuperate before they have enough energy to continue practicing.

However, Situ Han was extremely gifted and had excellent bones. Not only did he need very little five elements to activate his five internal organs, but he also activated them several times faster than others.

In just half a year, his five internal organs were fully developed.

Such qualifications made even the Xiao family members tremble with fear.

In order to win over this genius, the head of the Xiao family promised him that as long as Situ Han provided the Xiao family with the Five Internal Organs Qi for ten years, he would give Situ Han the surname Xiao and make him a member of the Xiao family.

This is not the first time that the Xiao family has done such a thing.

Before Situ Han, there were six people who were eventually accepted into the Xiao family because of their excellent qualifications.

However, compared to those who were able to abandon their hatred and join the Xiao family, Situ Han never forgot his family feud and clan hatred.

While enduring the pain of having the Qi of his five internal organs drained away, he pretended to be subservient to the Xiao family and waited anxiously for an opportunity.

Because they are human candles, the Xiao family's supervision of them is extremely strict.

Even Situ Han, who had been designated as the future member of the Xiao family, was no exception.

But God will not let down those who work hard.

Finally, one day, Situ Han successfully escaped from the Xiao family!

The matter of human candles has always been a top priority for the Xiao family, especially for a genius like Situ Han.

Everyone in the Xiao family knew that once Situ Han escaped, he would be a huge threat to the Xiao family in the future.

In order to capture Situ Han, the entire Xiao family was mobilized.

The Xiao family is already very powerful, and their family has a secret method that can detect the qi of the five internal organs, making it extremely difficult for Situ Han to hide.

In the end, in order to prevent the five internal organs in his body from being detected by the Xiao family's secret method, in order to be able to escape successfully.

Situ Han finally gritted his teeth, hardened his heart, and destroyed all of his activated internal organs.

Once the five internal organs are destroyed, it will no longer be possible to generate the five internal organ qi.

Because of this, the Xiao family could no longer detect Situ Han's whereabouts through the Five Zang Qi. Situ Han also used this opportunity to successfully escape from the Xiao family's sphere of influence.

However, Situ Han, who destroyed his own internal organs, suffered severe damage to his vitality and almost lost his life.

Fortunately, just when he was about to faint on the side of the road, he happened to meet the Yong State envoys who had just completed their mission to the Wei Dynasty and were preparing to return home.

Zhao Wuji, who was in the lead, saw the young man curled up in the snow, with black blood oozing from all his orifices due to his broken internal organs. He was clearly in severe pain, but he was still tightly clutching the half-blooded family emblem.

There was no despair in the eyes of the dying boy, only the flame of revenge that would burn everything.

This scene moved Zhao Wuji's heart.

So, Zhao Wuji extended a helping hand to him.

Later, after talking along the way, the two sides had a certain understanding of each other.

Zhao Wuji then suggested to Situ Han that he follow them back to Yongguo.

Situ Han also knew that he was still seriously injured and had not recovered yet. Let alone revenge, even if he met someone from the Xiao family at this moment, he would have to flee with his head in his hands.

Therefore, Situ Han agreed to Zhao Wuji and followed the Yongguo envoys back to Yongguo.

After returning to Yongguo, Zhao Wuji also tried his best to help Situ Han find famous doctors and treasures, trying to cure Situ Han's injuries.

However, Situ Han's five internal organs were damaged and his meridians were injured. These injuries were irreversible.

In fact, because of the injury to his meridians, Situ Han was unable to even practice magic.

Situ Han became a useless person.

Even Zhao Wuji, who brought him back to Yongguo, was ridiculed for this, saying that he was wasting food by bringing back a useless person.

But Situ Han did not give up or accept his fate.

He knew that if he really became a disabled person, not to mention revenge, he would not even be able to repay Zhao Wuji's kindness.

For the family feud and clan hatred in my heart, and for the kindness of Zhao Wuji.

Situ Han gritted his teeth and practiced hard day and night.

In the end, with his natural talent and hard practice day and night, he actually managed to figure out and comprehend a spell.

However, the practice of magic made Situ Han's broken body even worse!

Over the years, Situ Han has relied on Zhao Wuji to keep him alive using various precious spiritual herbs. If not, Situ Han would have collapsed long ago.

But now, he has reached the point where his energy is running out.

Situ Han knew that his body was almost failing.

But he still has unfulfilled wishes.

The family feud and hatred in his heart kept echoing in his ears...

And he...

The only hope is Li Zhi in front of him!