Longzang

Chapter 619 Secondary Role
When Wei Yuan regained consciousness, he found himself lying on a small island, next to a sapling of the Jianmu tree that had already grown to a height of thirty zhang. The tree trunk bore scorch marks left by tribulation lightning, but the newly grown branches had already formed a graceful canopy, shading most of the island.

The island is not just bare earth and rocks; a soft, bright grass grows there, interspersed with tiny flower clusters.

A wisp of life force from the sapling of the Jianmu tree was scattered and absorbed by Wei Yuan's primordial spirit. At the same time, a trace of life energy of extremely high rank was also injected, an energy that Wei Yuan was very familiar with, as it was the emanation of the life fruit that had saved his life back then.

Wei Yuan turned his head and saw a small tree beside him, with two fruits on it. A third branch had grown from the tree, with green aura wrapped around it, and a tender bud about to sprout.

Wei Yuan turned his head again and saw Bao Yun kneeling beside him, looking at him with concern.

"How did I get here?" Wei Yuan couldn't remember what had just happened. He searched among the mortal world but found nothing, as if the immortal plants had never witnessed what had happened.

Bao Yun said, "I was originally here to cultivate my spirituality when I saw a young lady rowing a small boat and bringing you here. She said that the Jianmu tree could heal your injuries and asked me to take good care of you."

"Miss? What does she look like?"

There was no need for empty words among cultivators; Bao Yun immediately conjured an image. Inside was a young girl dressed in simple, plain clothes, with an ordinary appearance, yet she evoked a strange sense of familiarity. She approached in a small boat, which cut through the wind and waves at an extremely fast speed.

Wei Yuan had no recollection of this girl. He usually remembered any mortal he'd ever seen, but he truly hadn't met this girl before. However, there were hundreds of thousands of mortals in the world, and the vast majority of them were people Wei Yuan hadn't seen.

He immediately searched the mortal realm, but found nothing. This suggested that the girl was most likely the manifestation of some celestial plant, but he wondered which celestial plant possessed such spiritual power—could it be the Red Lotus Bodhi?
Wei Yuan stopped speculating and instead examined his primordial spirit. At this moment, under the dual healing of the Jianmu tree and the fruit of Baoyun Daoji, the injuries to Wei Yuan's primordial spirit had healed considerably and were beginning to regenerate. Now, Wei Yuan appeared to have no visible wounds, but he was extremely listless.

Wei Yuan checked the items he had brought back again, and this time he had a result. He had brought back a small jar of ash sand and seven or eight small items dropped by monsters.

The ash has been properly preserved, and judging by its quantity, it's enough to keep the portal open for seven or eight days. Based on this calculation, the remnants from slaying a single monster would likely keep the portal open for half a day.

Wei Yuan fought desperately in the final moments, only remembering to collect his loot when he was almost breaking through the monster horde. He could only grab whatever he could find. However, most of the monsters were wounded but not dead, so there were no spoils to be had.

This was the first time Wei Yuan had encountered items dropping upon defeating a monster. The items didn't seem very large, barely enough to be carried around. But Wei Yuan couldn't understand why the monster would carry things; was it leaving a souvenir for the person who killed it?

At this time, Human Fireworks began studying the spoils Wei Yuan brought back and analyzing his combat records. Approximately dozens of missions were underway simultaneously, with nearly 30% of Human Fireworks' resources being devoted to these projects.

Currently, most of the resources of the Humanoid roaming class are focused on cracking the system carried by the Blackbird in order to improve themselves. Preliminary conclusions have been reached that this system can at least greatly enhance the Humanoid roaming class's information storage capacity, while also making searches faster and more efficient.

Seeing that everything was in good order while he was unconscious, and that all the things he wanted to do had been done, Wei Yuan felt both relieved and somewhat disappointed.

Just as he was lost in thought, he suddenly felt a soft touch on his body. Bao Yun gently stroked his body and asked, "Great Realm Lord Wei, what have you been doing? You've gotten yourself all tattered, and even your vital parts were almost broken. I had to help you put them back together."

Wei Yuan was immediately taken aback. He clearly remembered that he had already eliminated that cumbersome thing when he was in his primordial spirit state.

Furthermore, the primordial spirit is a unified whole, and there is no such thing as a vital point, so how could it be that a small part of it is broken?

But Wei Yuan still subconsciously got up and looked down, only to find that his lower body was fine, still wearing pants, with no extra items showing.

Seeing Wei Yuan's anxious expression, Bao Yun finally smiled and said, "That's what you get for not telling me when you're in danger!"

Wei Yuan blushed and said sincerely, "That's a broken world outside the heavens, maybe even a fragmented cave. It's extremely dangerous inside, and the monsters are particularly cunning. You can tell by how close I came to disaster there. If you go in, you really won't be able to get out."

"Take me to see the city center."

"Okay, but it'll have to wait a day or two. I'm quite badly injured this time, so I need to rest first." Wei Yuan nodded in agreement, unsuspecting.

"Go ahead, I'll come see you in a bit."

Wei Yuan nodded and left the mundane world. After returning to reality, he felt a splitting headache and was extremely tired, wanting nothing more than to collapse to the ground and fall asleep.

This time, his primordial spirit was severely injured. Despite the excruciating headache, Wei Yuan grabbed a spray canister and flew directly to Sun Yu's clinic. Sun Yu examined Wei Yuan's condition and, not daring to delay, immediately ordered two young and beautiful female disciples to carry Wei Yuan into the ward, whereupon he performed a thorough examination.

The ward was about five zhang in diameter, with a cold jade bed in the center and glowing Yang jade embedded in the ceiling, illuminating the entire ward. A magic array was set up in the room, gathering the power of the Jianmu tree to generate Xuan, which turned into a light blue spiritual mist that continuously sprayed onto the bed from above.

Sun Yu's clinic was already a place of special care, and Wei Yuan had poured a lot of Jianmu Shengxuan power into it. After Sun Yu's strengthening treatment, it could be said that as long as the physical body had a sliver of life, lying on this hospital bed would not lead to death.

Wei Yuan had never seen this ward before; it must have been built little by little by Sun Yu and the disciples of the medical clinic over this period of time. With this ward, the medical clinic finally looked like a proper medical clinic and deserved the name.

Otherwise, given Sun Yu's style, Wei Yuan felt this place should be called the Special Operations Research Institute.

After Wei Yuan lay down, he was immersed in the power of the Jianmu Shengxuan, and immediately felt his whole body revitalized and much more comfortable. Then, he saw the Dharma image appear above Sun Yu's head, and the scorpion sprayed a mouthful of venomous mist onto Wei Yuan's face! Wei Yuan instantly felt numbness on his face, and then the numbness quickly spread throughout his body, leaving him unable to move.

"What are you doing?"

Sun Yu said, "Your primordial spirit is damaged, so you must be having a terrible headache. Therefore, I will first give you a small amount of poison, mainly to relieve the pain."

"What about its secondary role?" Wei Yuan became wary.

"Secondary effect... well, if it were an ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivator, they would probably be dead by now. But it doesn't matter to you, the trace amount of poison will help temper your physical body."

Wei Yuan was rather speechless, but everyone has their own expertise, and Sun Yu's medical skills were quite trustworthy. Whether saving lives or taking lives, the first priority is to have a thorough understanding of the human body, both internally and externally. And as long as one has a thorough understanding of the human body's inner world, their medical skills won't be too bad.

Sun Yu took a transparent jade bowl, poured in a few drops of medicinal liquid, which dissolved into mist upon entering the bowl. Then Sun Yu placed the jade bowl over Wei Yuan's face and said, "Just breathe naturally and inhale the medicinal mist."

Wei Yuan spoke through his divine sense: "What is this again?"

Sun Yu said, "Inspired by Brother Wenwu, I was amazed by the variety and exquisite medical methods used by mortals in the outer world. This made me reflect that internal and external application are not the only ways to administer medicine; there are many other methods available. For example, inhaling the medicinal vapors is more natural, takes effect very quickly, and is much better than traditional oral medication."

Wei Yuan inhaled the medicinal energy in a few breaths and felt much better. His primordial spirit was being nourished by the medicinal energy and was recovering rapidly.

Sun Yu said, "Your primordial spirit is too strong. An ordinary cultivator would be cured with one dose of medicine, but you need to take seventy doses. However, the dosage I just gave you is also twenty times that of an ordinary person. You lie here for twelve hours, take two more doses, and that should be about it. After that, you will recover on your own. If you take any more medicine, your physical body will not be able to withstand it."

Wei Yuan asked, "How many cultivators could the dosage of medicine you just gave me kill?"

Sun Yu pondered for a moment and said, "Cui Yu will surely die, and Henshui will be greatly annihilated."

"...Uncle-Master, you have that much faith in me?"

"..."

Damage to the primordial spirit is no small matter. Sun Yu could repair half of Wei Yuan's damage in a day, but the rest would have to be recovered by Wei Yuan himself. This wasn't due to anything else, but rather because the elixirs for healing the primordial spirit were exhausted.

Sun Yu instructed Wei Yuan to contact Xu Henshui after he recovered and ask if he could sell the internal medicines used by Qingming at a lower price.

Wei Yuan asked curiously, "Such a trivial matter, why don't you just go and say it yourself, Uncle?"

Sun Yu shook his head: "You don't know, those scoundrels from the Creation Temple are obsessed with the profit multiplier, and that bastard Xu Henshui refuses to lower it below fifteen times no matter what. He says making money is a small matter, but losing one's integrity is a big one!"

Wei Yuan remained silent for a moment, then said, "Do you have a recipe? I'll make a batch when I have time."

Sun Yu was surprised: "You can also refine pills?"

Wei Yuan was a little embarrassed and said, "I can't say I'm good at it. I've only practiced a few techniques, and my skill level is about twenty times higher."

Sun Yu was taken aback: "What? Isn't he even taller than Xu Henshui?"

Wei Yuan said, "It's just that those few pill formulas are a bit more advanced than those of Uncle Xu."

"Oh, it's understandable that he's not as good as others. But it's still quite an achievement."

Wei Yuan said, "I don't know any other pill formulas."

Sun Yu: "..."

……

While he was recovering from his injuries, Bao Yun entered the ward with an urgent report in her hand. She said, "The battle report from the Red Sand Oasis says that Xu Yi's vanguard was attacked and lost hundreds of soldiers. They have retreated a hundred miles to await reinforcements. Cui Yu is leading the main force to accelerate their advance."

Wei Yuan was taken aback. The vanguard that went to attack Leize had actually been defeated? Although the battle report showed it was only a minor defeat, it was still quite unbelievable.

(End of this chapter)