*Plop!*
*Plop!*
A golden light phantom instantly appeared around Nannan, followed by the sound of another heartbeat from within her body.
A surge of energy exploded within Nannan, rapidly spreading through her blood vessels and meridians.
It was like when humans are under extreme stress, all their cells expand to withstand greater pressure and transmit more energy.
Nannan was currently forced into this extreme state.
"Now is the time!"
Ying Chen blurted out unexpectedly.
Nannan then tried to mobilize her qi and blood, imagining it as a river obedient to her command.
She urged the river water to lift a stone sunk at the bottom and carry it far away.
Everyone present was incredibly tense.
Because success or failure hinged on this moment.
If successful, Nannan could speak!
If she failed, Nannan might even be in mortal danger!
In the end, Min Ziqiong couldn't bear to watch and turned her head away, closing her eyes.
She merely prayed devoutly.
Min Ziqing, on the other hand, clenched his fists, as if he were the one moving qi and blood.
Elder Guo, who was accustomed to such scenes, shouldn't have been emotionally moved.
Unexpectedly, Elder Guo also looked tense, muttering, "Come on! Come on! Come on, girl!"
*Boom!*
Nannan's blood vessels in her head and neck visibly bulged, and the flow of blood could be seen.
After the blood vessels expanded, a ball of light exploded, blinding to the eye.
The light lasted for more than ten seconds before slowly dissipating.
When the light vanished, everyone looked at Nannan.
They found that Nannan had fainted on the cushion!
The sound of two heartbeats within Nannan's body had disappeared, and her qi and blood circulation had returned to normal. Apart from a slight flush on her face, her breathing and pulse were all normal.
"It should be a brief shock to the brain, causing a temporary coma as self-protection. She'll be fine and wake up soon," Elder Guo said, having examined her first.
Hearing this, Min Ziqiong and Min Ziqing breathed a sigh of relief.
The three of them then gathered around Nannan, waiting for her to wake up.
They were completely unaware that Ying Chen stood motionless, lost in thought.
Soon, Nannan slowly opened her eyes.
Upon seeing Min Ziqiong, a look of joy flashed across Nannan's face.
She subconsciously opened her mouth.
Seeing Nannan open her mouth, both Min Ziqiong, Min Ziqing, and Elder Guo held their breath, their hearts in their throats.
They stared at Nannan with immense anticipation, waiting for the imagined scene to unfold!
Min Ziqiong's eyes welled up with tears, her shoulders trembling. Who knew how long she had waited for this long-lost "Mama"!
In her dreams, she had repeatedly dreamt of Nannan speaking, only to wake up to disappointment each time!
But this time, it was finally not an empty joy. The dream had finally become reality!
However, to everyone's surprise, under their eager gazes, Nannan finally uttered only a sound: "Na... na!"
*Plop!*
Min Ziqiong instantly fell to the ground.
Her full heart of expectation and joy turned to dust.
"How could this be?" Min Ziqing also looked confused and disappointed.
Elder Guo frowned, silent.
After a long while, Elder Guo suddenly slapped his thigh: "I understand! Nannan couldn't speak from birth, which means she has no ability to speak fluently! It's like a baby learning to talk; an unpracticed baby cannot speak fluently and clearly!"
"Think about it carefully, doesn't that 'na na' sound resemble the pronunciation of 'mama'?"
"In other words, Nannan can actually speak, but she hasn't mastered the correct pronunciation yet! She still needs constant teaching and practice!"
*Swish!*
Hearing Elder Guo's explanation, the disappointed Min Ziqiong siblings' expressions instantly changed from gloomy to sunny.
"Yes, yes, that's it! Sister, hurry up and get up, quickly teach Nannan the correct pronunciation of 'mama'! And Uncle!" Min Ziqing pulled Min Ziqiong up from the ground and urged her.
Min Ziqiong wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes and walked towards Nannan.
Just as she was about to teach Nannan the correct pronunciation word by word, she heard a voice from behind her.
Instantly, she felt struck by lightning and stood frozen on the spot.
"Don't bother, Nannan hasn't failed to master the correct pronunciation; she still hasn't recovered her ability to speak!"
It was Ying Chen!
"How... how could this be?"
His words made the other three open their mouths wide, unable to accept it.
Their gazes towards Ying Chen were full of incomprehension and doubt.
Ying Chen had clearly said it was foolproof, and he had even called Elder Guo over, believing he had victory in hand.
Why, after so much preparation, had Nannan still not recovered her ability to speak? m..oΓg
What exactly had happened?
"Immortal Master Ying, where is the problem? Nannan, having reached the Golden Embryo Yang God realm, should have no reason to be unable to move out an foreign object!" Elder Guo asked incredulously.
Ying Chen's expression was serious, and he shook his head slightly: "Not just you, even I made a grave mistake."
"We all thought the foreign object in Nannan's brain was a normal one. Little did we know, it's not a normal foreign object at all!"
"What do you mean?" Elder Guo and the other two's faces changed in unison.
"I always thought the foreign object in Nannan's brain was a fragment of my life-bound magic artifact, otherwise, I couldn't explain how Nannan could intuitively comprehend my Azure Sky Illusion. But in the end, I was prejudiced and blindly confident."
"Now it seems, Nannan truly displayed the Azure Sky Illusion through her innate talent! This talent, whether in the present or two thousand years ago, is terrifying! It signifies the birth of an extraordinary figure surpassing the current ceiling!"
"Of course, that's a side note and I won't delve deeper into it."
"The fact is, my prediction was wrong. The thing in Nannan's brain is not a fragment of my life-bound magic artifact at all! It's another kind of foreign object! This foreign object actively resisted when Nannan tried to move it just now!"
"In other words, it might have deliberately parasitized Nannan's brain and refuses to leave! "
"That circle of exploding light was produced by its collision with Nannan's qi and blood. I captured its aura from it, and I can be one hundred percent sure: it is not any normal foreign object! It might even be..."
Ying Chen paused, seemingly contemplating whether to tell Min Ziqiong.
In the end, Ying Chen spoke: "It is very likely an evil entity!"
*Plop!*
Min Ziqiong, who had only just gotten up, swayed and fell to the ground again upon hearing this!
Elder Guo's face also turned ashen, and he said in disbelief: "An evil entity? How could it be an evil entity? Was it deliberately planted in Nannan's brain by someone? Who could be so malicious?"
The scene fell into silence.
Everyone's face looked grim, including Ying Chen's.
Apart from feeling sorry for Nannan and Min Ziqiong, Ying Chen also felt a surge of righteous anger!
It was laughable how confident and assured he had been earlier, only to end up with such a result!
It was a complete slap in the face!
And the culprit behind all this was the person who had planted the evil entity in Nannan's mind!
Most crucially, Ying Chen still couldn't determine what kind of evil entity it was!
Did he truly have to break open Nannan's brain to find out?
Just as Ying Chen was becoming agitated, he saw Nannan pull at the corner of his clothes.
Ying Chen looked down and immediately felt half his agitation disappear, a look of pleasant surprise appearing on his face!