Longzang

Chapter 126 A First Exploration of Medicine
In the main hall of the Lan Shen Palace, a group of cultivators who had just recovered were clearing away the ruins, moving pieces of rubble to designated open spaces. Although they lacked tools, these cultivators were all at least at the Great Perfection of Body Forging, and could easily carry over a thousand-pound stone in each hand. Foundation Establishment cultivators, on the other hand, had their own techniques at their disposal; some were manipulating piles of rubble, while others were fusing countless small stones into a single large one to move away.

Wei Yuan then summoned Yun Feifei and asked her to take another walk around the area and choose a suitable place within a hundred miles for the relocated mortals to live in.

After giving her instructions, Yun Feifei didn't move. Instead, she said with a wronged expression, "They've fought a battle and been injured. You're making them work without even treating their injuries? You wouldn't even use mules and horses like that, would you?"

Wei Yuan then remembered that Yun Feifei was also injured. After going through a bloody battle together, Wei Yuan's impression of Yun Feifei had improved a lot. She had indeed taken the lead and fought to the death, ultimately sustaining serious injuries and now only managing to hold on thanks to her cultivation.

Wei Yuan's heart softened, and he said, "Then you should rest and heal your injuries first, and I will find someone else."

"no!"

Wei Yuan was a little confused. What exactly did this guy want?

Yun Feifei bit her lower lip and said, "This injury is for you, and I want you to heal me! No one else's medical skills are as good as yours!"

Both morally and logically, Wei Yuan found it difficult to refuse. He could have easily admitted his medical skills were lacking, but compared to these cultivators from the west, his knowledge from his medical theory classes was more than enough to claim he was a medical genius, even a national medical master. Therefore, Wei Yuan couldn't bring himself to lie and say he wasn't capable.

Yun Feifei led Wei Yuan into a disciple's room that hadn't collapsed yet. There was a bed in the room, the same one Yun Feifei had been lying on.

Yun Feifei lay on the bed and said, "You can come now."

Wei Yuan was about to make a move, but these words sounded rather strange.

Yun Feifei remained motionless and said, "Senior brother, hurry up and make your move! There are tens of thousands of mortals waiting down the mountain. The longer they stay in that environment, the more lifespans they will lose."

Now he had finally found Wei Yuan's weakness, so he reached out and lifted Yun Feifei's shirt. Yun Feifei had quietly unbuttoned the front of her shirt at some point, and Wei Yuan gently lifted it, revealing her entire back.

Yun Feifei was radiantly white, and although she appeared slender, her delicate frame meant that each bone was actually covered by a thin layer of flesh. Wei Yuan gently touched her, but couldn't feel any bones.

"This physical body... is really quite ordinary!" Wei Yuan shook his head inwardly. Zhang Sheng and his senior sister's hands were also soft, but they could pierce through metal and stone with a casual finger. But Yun Feifei's was just soft.

Yun Feifei had several conspicuous wounds on her back, one of which still had half an arrowhead protruding from it, constantly oozing blood. Fortunately, the Jiamu Shengxuan technique suppressed the bleeding, making the blood appear only slightly green.

Wei Yuan pulled out the arrow, treated several wounds, and then concentrated the life-giving energy within his domain onto Yun Feifei. Yun Feifei's wounds immediately healed at a visible speed, and her skin and flesh were completely healed in less than half a day.

After treating the wound on her back, Yun Feifei said softly, "There's more down there."

Just as Wei Yuan was about to cut open the blood-stained part of the skirt, Yun Feifei cried out, "No! This is the only skirt I have left!"

Wei Yuan stopped abruptly, and Yun Feifei took off her clothes herself, revealing her wounds. She was indeed badly injured; her thighs were covered in black mist, the wounds had begun to fester, and you could even see patches of white insect eggs.

The witch clan's spells and poisons are extremely vicious. If those afflicted are not rescued in time, the insect eggs formed from these magical powers will hatch, and the insects will pierce their flesh, devouring their internal organs, leading to death. Wei Yuan dared not delay and immediately began to treat them, carefully tending to all the wounds. He then used the "Jia Mu Sheng Xuan" technique to suppress the poisonous curse, and it took him a long time to complete the treatment.

However, it's not time to relax yet, since her injury is only half healed.

……

More than half an hour later, Yun Feifei and Wei Yuan finally emerged from the room. She was sweating, her face flushed, and she looked weak and unsteady on her feet, though she could still barely fly.

Wei Yuan had originally intended to have Yun Feifei survey the mortal settlements, but suddenly the array plate sensed something. Wei Yuan scanned it with his divine sense and discovered a faint point of light flickering in the distance. He then remembered that that place was also causally connected to Yun Feifei, but the reaction had been weak at the time. After Wei Yuan discovered Qingming, a series of changes occurred, and the matter was delayed.

Wei Yuan then said to Yun Feifei, "Come with me to find something."

"Okay." Yun Feifei was very well-behaved now.

The two soon arrived at a ruin ten miles away, where more than a dozen disciples' residences were scattered and built. Most of them were originally two or three-story buildings, and there were also a few separate courtyards.

According to Yun Feifei, this place was originally intended for the outer sect disciples and servants, so there was nothing of importance here.

The causal connection shown on the array plate lies in a detached courtyard. This courtyard previously belonged to a deputy steward, hence it only had two sections, front and back. Now, the courtyard has been completely leveled by external forces, leaving only ruins. Judging from the traces, someone directly used Taoist magic to flatten the houses in this area, without any thorough dismantling or search.

Wei Yuan swept his divine sense across the ruins and found only soil beneath them, nothing at all.

However, Wei Yuan had already witnessed the way Lan Shen Palace concealed the power of incense offerings, so he changed his approach and directly used the Qi Observation Technique to search for the power of incense offerings. Sure enough, he found a small cluster of power of incense offerings under a ruin.

Wei Yuan and Yun Feifei worked together and soon dug out several secret rooms located underground.

Wei Yuan entered the passage first, pushed open the door at the end, and a rather spacious secret room appeared before him. Wei Yuan conjured a pseudo-sun to illuminate the room, and then lit the wall lamps and candles inside.

Judging from the layout, this was a main room for receiving guests. On the wall above the main room hung a portrait of a man, a woman, and a girl, exactly the same as the three statues Wei Yuan had seen in the basement of the main hall. However, none of the three figures in the portrait had their faces painted; the empty faces looked particularly eerie.

Below the portrait was an altar, with a chair on each side. Wei Yuan scanned it with his divine sense and noticed several suspicious points. He pushed the altar, but it didn't budge; it was made of iron and welded to the ground. There were two drawers on the altar. Wei Yuan opened them and found some ropes and ribbons inside, nothing else unusual. However, the drawers were fitted with two iron rings, and they were also pulled open with the iron rings.

Wei Yuan sensed that Yun Feifei's aura was somewhat abnormal. When he turned around, he saw that her face was pale and fine beads of sweat were seeping from her forehead.

"What's wrong? Have you been here before?"

Yun Feifei hesitated for a moment and said, "I can't remember either. I think I came here when I was little, but I have no recollection of it since I grew up. I probably haven't been here before."

(End of this chapter)