210: Chapter 223 Treating Lu Yang

The dead silent clearing was filled with the heavy smell of blood and charring. Lu Yang lay unconscious amidst the shattered rocks, clutching a Jade Casket tightly, his breath as faint as a candle in the wind. Ning Hong collapsed near a crystal pillar not far away, her chest caved in, her breath barely a thread. Mu Wanqing lay prostrate on the ground, her face like golden paper, her vitality dim.

Reinforcements arrived!

Just at this desperate moment, several urgent whooshing sounds approached from afar!

"Over there! Such powerful energy fluctuations!" It was Chi Rong's cold voice, tinged with surprise and doubt!

Chi Rong, Xia Yuxuan, and Spring Breeze, Transforming Rain, among others, were rushing towards the clearing! They had been attracted by the huge commotion and violent spiritual energy fluctuations from the previous Mysterious Sun True Fire eruption and the explosion of the Thunderfire Pearl. Although Xia Yuxuan was supported by Spring Breeze and Transforming Rain, her face was still pale, but her eyes showed anxiety. Chi Rong's expression was even more solemn, her spiritual sense already spread out to investigate.

When they passed through the chaotic crystal stone forest and saw the scene in the clearing, everyone gasped!

The two mountain-like giant flood dragon corpses were terrifyingly grotesque; one's head was charred and shattered, its cold Qi still lingering; the other's head was blown apart, and lava-like blood was still flowing. And Lu Yang, Ning Hong, and Mu Wanqing lay like tattered rags in different corners, their lives unknown!

"Lu Yang!"

"Senior Sister Ning Hong! Senior Sister Mu!"

Exclamations sounded simultaneously!

Chi Rong's figure was the fastest, instantly appearing beside Lu Yang. Spring Breeze and Transforming Rain rushed towards Ning Hong, while Xia Yuxuan, bracing herself, hurried towards Mu Wanqing.

Chi Rong knelt down, her spiritual sense quickly sweeping over Lu Yang's body, her brows tightly furrowed: "Many Meridians are broken, nearly half the bones are shattered, internal organs are displaced by immense force, and even more seriously, the exhaustion of spiritual energy has caused Origin tremors! And... residual fire poison and Cold Poison!" The situation was even worse than she had imagined.

"Junior Sister Mu... Origin... exhausted... Senior Brother Lu... injured his Foundation..." Mu Wanqing, supported by Xia Yuxuan, forced out her last shred of clarity, spoke disjointedly, and fainted again.

"Origin exhaustion?!" Chi Rong's heart sank further. Damage to a Cultivator's Origin was far harder to recover from than external injuries. She immediately looked up and shouted: "Spring Breeze! Transforming Rain! First stabilize Ning Hong's injuries! Yuxuan, look after Junior Sister Mu! Lu Yang's injuries are the most severe, I will handle him!"

Spring Breeze and Transforming Rain immediately cast spells, injecting gentle wood-attribute spiritual energy into Ning Hong's body, stabilizing her shattered sternum and turbulent Qi and blood. They then crushed a healing Medicinal Pill, dissolved it, and carefully fed it into her mouth. Xia Yuxuan, disregarding her own weakness, activated her faint spiritual energy to protect Mu Wanqing's heart Meridians and fed her a Spirit Pill to solidify her Foundation and cultivate her Origin.

Chi Rong dared not delay, her hands continuously pointing, sending several streams of pure and gentle Qingmu spiritual energy into Lu Yang's body. Like the most agile threads, they carefully guided the chaotic residual water and fire spiritual energy within him, protecting his heart Meridians and Dantian Qi Sea. But this could only barely sustain his life; repairing the broken Meridians and damaged Origin was the key.

"His spiritual energy is exhausted, his body like a dried-up riverbed, unable to withstand strong medicinal effects. If there were a spiritual item that nourishes the Origin and gently repairs..." Chi Rong's mind raced. Ordinary Medicinal Pills would be ineffective and might even crush his fragile body.

At this moment, her gaze swept over the Jade Casket Lu Yang clutched tightly. Although the Divine Plant was good, Lu Yang's current state simply couldn't withstand its immense medicinal power. Her spiritual sense subconsciously swept over Lu Yang's Storage Pouch, hoping to find something else suitable.

Suddenly, she sensed a trace of extremely pure, gentle, and profoundly vital Origin Qi fluctuation from the Storage Pouch! This aura... was exceptionally familiar!

"ten thousand year stalactite milk?!" Chi Rong's eyes burst with joyful light! She immediately carefully took out a Jade Bottle from Lu Yang's Storage Pouch, sealed with multiple Talismans. Peeling back a bit of the Seal, that cool, pure aura, as if capable of nourishing all Origins, immediately permeated the air, invigorating everyone present!

"Excellent! Yuxuan! Spring Breeze! Help me!" Chi Rong was greatly invigorated, "The ten thousand year stalactite milk contains pure life Origin, gently nourishing, perfect for repairing Lu Yang's damaged Foundation!"

Chi Rong immediately acted. She carefully pried open a tiny gap in Lu Yang's tightly clenched teeth, condensed spiritual energy on her fingertip, and guided a drop of milky white liquid from the Jade Bottle, like a pearl condensed from moonlight—the ten thousand year stalactite milk—slowly into Lu Yang's mouth.

The Stalactite Milk melted upon entry, transforming into a cool, pure, and incredibly gentle torrent of life, instantly flowing into Lu Yang's dry and withered limbs and bones!

Chi Rong dared not delay, immediately pressing her palms against Lu Yang's back at the Shanzhong and Dantian positions, continuously injecting pure and profound Qingmu spiritual energy. Like a guide, she carefully led this immense life Origin power, slowly flowing and repairing along the damaged Meridians.

On Mu Wanqing's side, Xia Yuxuan, with the assistance of Spring Breeze and Transforming Rain, also fed a drop of ten thousand year stalactite milk into Mu Wanqing's mouth. Spring Breeze and Transforming Rain urged gentle vitality to help the medicinal power of the Stalactite Milk nourish Mu Wanqing's exhausted Origin. On the other side, Ning Hong, who had taken the Medicinal Pill, had her breathing somewhat stabilized with the spiritual energy input from the Golden Palace Peak strongman, and her sternum began to slowly reconnect under the powerful medicinal and spiritual energy.

The treatment process was long and perilous.

Inside Lu Yang's body, the vast life Origin contained in the Stalactite Milk was like sweet dew. Wherever it passed, the broken Meridians greedily absorbed it, slowly reconnecting and healing. But the residual flood dragon poison from the water and fire twin flood dragons was extremely overbearing, like maggots clinging to bone, constantly eroding the newly formed Meridians. Chi Rong's Qingmu spiritual energy not only had to guide the repair but also had to divide its attention to suppress and expel these potent poisons. Each confrontation caused Lu Yang's body to twitch slightly, and black-purple foul blood oozed from his mouth.

Even more troublesome were the internal organs, injured and displaced by the immense force. While the Origin power of the Stalactite Milk nourished them, it also stirred up internal bruises, causing some tiny blood vessels to rupture again. The stinging pain in his internal organs made Lu Yang's brows tightly furrow even in his coma.

Fine beads of sweat seeped from Chi Rong's forehead, indicating immense spiritual energy consumption. She had to divide her attention to direct: "Yuxuan! Dissolve the 'azure jade rejuvenation pill' and apply it with spiritual energy to the Acupoints corresponding to his internal organs! Spring Breeze! Transforming Rain! After stabilizing Junior Sister Mu, one of you immediately come over and use gold spiritual energy to help me suppress the restless flood dragon poison in his body! Be gentle!"

Xia Yuxuan immediately complied, dissolving the Medicinal Pill and, with her little recovered water-wood spiritual energy, gently pressing it onto Lu Yang's chest and abdomen's vital Acupoints. The cool medicinal power permeated, soothing his injured internal organs. After confirming Mu Wanqing's stable condition, Spring Breeze immediately came to Chi Rong's side, condensing gentle but tenacious gold spiritual energy on his fingertips. He carefully probed into Lu Yang's body, cooperating with Chi Rong's Qingmu spiritual energy, like sturdy chains, coiling, suppressing, and expelling the stubborn water and fire flood dragon poison.

Time passed little by little. Under Chi Rong's precise control, the Heaven-Defying Origin nourishment of the ten thousand year stalactite milk, the assistance of the azure jade rejuvenation pill, and Spring Breeze's gold spiritual energy suppression, the chaotic and violent situation within Lu Yang's body was finally gradually sorted out and pacified.

The broken Meridians, nourished by the life Origin and Qingmu spiritual energy, were like withered vines moistened by spring rain, stubbornly reconnecting and growing, becoming tougher and wider. The injured internal organs were soothed by the gentle medicinal power, blood stasis was dissolved, and vitality was rekindled. The subtle cracks deep within his Origin were also slowly filled and repaired by the pure energy of the Stalactite Milk. The remaining flood dragon poison, under the combined encirclement of gold and wood, was gradually forced out of his body, dissipating into wisps of black Qi.

Finally, when the last trace of stubborn flood dragon poison was wrapped by Spring Breeze's gold spiritual energy and forced out of Lu Yang's fingertip, turning into a drop of foul-smelling black blood, Lu Yang's originally pale face, which was like golden paper, finally regained a hint of color.

His tightly furrowed brows slowly relaxed. Although his breathing was still weak, it no longer wavered like a candle in the wind, but became steady and long, carrying vibrant new vitality!

"Hoo..." Chi Rong let out a long sigh of relief, withdrawing her palms, her face slightly pale, clearly having expended a great deal. Spring Breeze also immediately withdrew his spiritual energy.

"It's done!" Xia Yuxuan said with delight.

Everyone's suspended hearts finally settled. At this moment, although Lu Yang was still severely injured and extremely weak, requiring a long period of recuperation to recover his Origin Qi, the fatal injuries and Origin damage had been painstakingly repaired by the ten thousand year stalactite milk and everyone's combined efforts.

The clearing was a mess, the smell of blood and charring had not yet dissipated, but the corpses of the ice and fire twin flood dragons stood like two silent hills, testifying to the ferocity of the battle. And beside the jade platform they guarded, three people who had experienced life and death, finally temporarily out of danger, slowly sank into a healing and restorative sleep under the protection of their companions. The nine-aperture nascent soul grass, which Lu Yang had risked his life to obtain, still lay quietly in the Jade Casket, emitting a faint glow leading to a higher Realm.