Chapter 2404
“What?” replied the astonished Professor Boyle as he stared wide eyed at Gerald.
“What cr*p are you even spewing? My grandfather simply has tuberculosis! It only rpses when he’s
tired, so stop trying to scare us! Just leave already!” retorted the annoyed woman.
“Stop it, Harmoni!” growled Professor Boyle as he slowly got to his feet before looking at Gerald with
genuine surprise.
“To think you’d be able to see through my condition that easily, Mr. Crawford… In such detail too…! You
must be a hidden master!” dered the professor, leaving Harmonipletely dumbfounded.
Before she could say another word, the professor added, “True enough, I began learning breathing
techniques when I was forty, and my stamina greatly increased soon after. On one of my following
explorations, I headed into a primitive forest in search of exotic nts… However, I ended up getting
seriously injured by a huge python! Despite having broken four ribs at the time, a colleague of mine
risked his life to save me. Thankfully, we both made it out alive, and he immediately sent me for an
operation. To my dismay, even after several check-ups-and the fact that the doctor told me that I had
completely healed, I’d still rpse and cough up blood every time I felt too tired… With all that said,
could you borate on my condition?”
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Professor Boyle was rightfully surprised. After all, he hadn’t even told his son or granddaughter about
this before!
“Of course. Basically, aside from hurting you physically, the python also damaged your heart and lung
meridians. With that in mind, it’s no exaggeration that the breathing techniques and nurturing formation
are what kept you alive till today. Even so, I believe that the rpses have been getting more frequent
in recent years, and it gets worse every time too. Am I correct?” replied Gerald with a smile.
“You absolutely are! Why is this happening? Is this age rted?” asked Professor Boyle in an
extremely respectful tone.
“While it’s true that the condition worsens as you get older, age isn’t really a major factor. After all, since
you’ve been practicing breathing techniques for so long, not only is your body much better at handling
injuries, but you’ll live far longer than regr people. With that said, the key to fixing your condition lies
in the formation!” replied Gerald with a chuckle.
“The nurturing formation?” asked the professor who sounded like a student now.
“Bingo. When I already noticed your formation the second I got here. However, it didn’t take long for me
to realize that your formation wasn’tplete. Due to that, it’s only been able to partially help with your
condition. To better exin that, imagine a child getting full after eating half a bowl of rice. Now imagine
that same child in his thirties. Do you still think half a bowl of rice is still enough for him?” replied
Gerald.
“I get what you’re trying to say. The truth is, while the diagram of the formation I read about was quite
detailed, I wasn’t able to understand some parts at the start. Because of that, some areas of the
formation werepleted through guesswork! However, it was some time ago when I noticed that over
the years, the formation seemed to be giving less and less energy to me. Understanding that, I then
studied the book once more and soon enough, I learned that the formation required a ‘holy stone’ as a
power source!” exined Professor Boyle.
“Indeed. In fact, it was a few years ago when my father told us to locate a holy stone. Unfortunately, we
weren’t able to get any news about it for years… That is, until I found out that the Morningstars had a
lot of holy stones hidden. Sadly, no matter how much I was willing to pay, they refused to give any to
us! ” added Fayvel as he shook his head. By this point, even he was behaving respectfully toward
Gerald.
“I’m honestly d they didn’t. After all, while it’s true that the formation’s effect would double with the
aid of holy stones, using a holy stone on an iplete formation would kill you in seconds!” replied
Gerald.