211: Chapter 224 Effects of the Ten-Thousand-Year-Old Bell Spirit Milk

The clearing at the heart of the forest was thick with the heavy scent of blood and scorching.

Lu Yang curled up in the pile of rubble, clutching a jade box tightly in his arms, his breath so faint it was barely perceptible. Ning Hong leaned against a broken crystal pillar, her chest collapsed, every breath accompanied by a raspy noise like a bellows. Mu Wanqing lay prostrate on the ground, her face as pale as golden paper, her life force nearly extinguished.

Just then, several rapid sounds of breaking air approached from the distance!

"Quick! The source of the fluctuations is right here!" Chi Rong's cold voice carried a clear sense of urgency. "But the life signatures... are very weak!"

Chi Rong's figure was the first to charge into the clearing, followed closely by Xia Yuxuan, who was supported by Spring Breeze and Transforming Rain, with the Golden Palace Peak strongman bringing up the rear. They had been drawn here by the earth-shattering explosion and the violent energy impact from before. Chi Rong's spiritual sense had already spread out, quickly scanning the battlefield.

Upon seeing the scene before them, everyone was deeply shaken!

The corpses of two Giant Flood Dragons, like small mountains, lay sprawled on the ground in gruesome postures; one had a charred and shattered head, surrounded by lingering frost, while the other's head had exploded, with lava-like blood still slowly flowing. Meanwhile, Lu Yang, Ning Hong, and Mu Wanqing lay like broken dolls amidst the pools of blood and crystal shards, their fates unknown!

"Lu Yang!"

"Senior Sister Ning! Senior Sister Mu!"

Cries of alarm rang out simultaneously.

Chi Rong was the fastest, instantly crouching beside Lu Yang. Spring Breeze and Transforming Rain rushed to Ning Hong. Xia Yuxuan broke free from her support and stumbled to her knees beside Mu Wanqing.

A faint green light flickered at Chi Rong's fingertips as she quickly examined Lu Yang's condition. Her expression instantly became extremely grave: "Multiple broken Meridians, more than half of his bones shattered, internal organs severely displaced and damaged... The exhaustion of spiritual power has caused a violent oscillation in his Origin! There are also residues of water and fire toxins in his body!" The situation was dire in the extreme.

On the other side, Mu Wanqing was partially lifted by Xia Yuxuan. With great difficulty, she opened her eyes a sliver and squeezed out broken words in a voice as thin as a thread: "Senior Brother... Origin... exhausted... Senior Sister Ning Hong... Evil Qi backlash..." Before she could finish, she fell back into a deep coma.

"Origin exhaustion?!" Chi Rong's heart sank even further; this was a hundred times more troublesome than external injuries. She immediately looked up, her voice carrying an unquestionable decisiveness: "Spring Breeze, Transforming Rain! Do your best to stabilize Ning Hong's injuries! Yuxuan, protect Wanqing's heart vessels and her last bit of life force! I'll take care of Lu Yang! Move fast!"

Spring Breeze and Turning Rain did not dare to delay, immediately injecting soft yet resilient Qingmu spiritual energy into Ning Hong's body, acting like an invisible brace to protect her shattered breastbone and suppress her roiling blood. At the same time, they crushed several precious Medicinal Pills for bone healing and meridian restoration, carefully feeding them into her mouth. Xia Yuxuan, disregarding her own instability, used a stream of gentle Water-Wood spiritual power to protect Mu Wanqing's heart vessels and fed her a dissolved Spirit Pill for consolidating the Foundation and cultivating the Origin.

Chi Rong's hands moved quickly, tapping several key Acupoints on Lu Yang's chest. Several strands of extremely pure and condensed Qingmu spiritual energy entered like silk threads, carefully guiding the violent and chaotic water and fire toxins within him, desperately protecting the heart vessels and Qi Sea that could collapse at any moment. This was only a temporary measure to keep him alive; the fundamental task was to repair the broken Meridians and the nearly extinguished Origin.

"His body is as parched as a desert and cannot withstand strong medicinal properties... He needs something that can gently nourish the Origin..." Chi Rong thought rapidly. Ordinary Medicinal Pills would be no different from poison at this moment. Her gaze swept over the jade box Lu Yang was clutching; the medicinal power of its contents was too overbearing and could not be used. Her spiritual sense instinctively reached toward the Storage Pouch at his waist.

Suddenly, she captured a fluctuation that was extremely pure, gentle, and contained a massive aura of life Origin!

"ten thousand year stalactite milk? He found it!" Chi Rong's eyes suddenly erupted with the light of hope! She immediately and carefully took out the Jade Bottle from Lu Yang's Storage Pouch, which was covered with multiple Seal Talismans. Peeling back a bit of the Seal, a cool and pure aura that seemed capable of cleansing the Divine Soul and nourishing all things immediately filled the air, lifting everyone's spirits!

"Heaven has not abandoned us! Yuxuan! Spring Breeze! Help me! The stalactite milk is the supreme treasure for repairing the Foundation!" Chi Rong was greatly encouraged.

She carefully pried open Lu Yang's clenched teeth. With a slight flick of spiritual power from her fingertips, she guided a drop of milky-white liquid that glowed like moonlight—the ten thousand year stalactite milk—slowly into Lu Yang's mouth.

The stalactite milk melted the moment it entered his mouth, turning into a cool and vast torrent of life Origin that instantly surged toward his parched limbs and bones! Chi Rong did not dare to delay and immediately pressed both palms against the key Acupoints on Lu Yang's back. Her pure and deep Qingmu spiritual energy acted as the most patient guide, carefully leading this majestic life Origin power to flow, permeate, and repair along those shattered and broken Meridians.

On the other side, with the assistance of Spring Breeze and Turning Rain, Xia Yuxuan also fed a drop of the stalactite milk to Mu Wanqing, the gentle medicinal power beginning to nourish her exhausted Origin. After taking the Medicinal Pill, Ning Hong's breathing also stabilized slightly under the continuous input of the Golden Palace Peak strongman's thick Gold spiritual power. Her breastbone began to slowly realign under the nourishment of the powerful medicinal and spiritual power.

The healing process was long and treacherous, like walking on the edge of a cliff.

Inside Lu Yang's body, the Origin power of the stalactite milk was like sweet rain moisturizing parched earth. Everywhere it passed, the broken Meridians greedily absorbed the life force, slowly reconnecting and growing. However, the residual toxins from the Water and Fire Twin Flood Dragons were like maggots on a bone, exceptionally stubborn, constantly eroding the newly formed fragile tissues. Chi Rong's Qingmu spiritual energy had to do two things simultaneously: guide the repair and focus on suppressing and expelling the toxins. Every confrontation caused Lu Yang's body to shake violently, with foul-smelling, black-purple blood spilling from his mouth. More troublesome were the internal organs injured by the massive force; the nourishment of the Origin power also washed away internal bruising and minor damage.

Fine beads of sweat broke out on Chi Rong's forehead, her spiritual power consumption was immense. "Yuxuan! Quickly dissolve an 'azure jade rejuvenation pill' and use spiritual power to apply it to the key Acupoints corresponding to his internal organs! Spring Breeze! Once Wanqing's side has stabilized, have one person come over immediately and use gentle yet resilient Gold spiritual power to help me suppress and expel the flood dragon toxins in his Meridians!"

Xia Yuxuan immediately complied, dissolving the pill and mixing it with her slowly recovering spiritual power. With precise technique, she pressed it into several major Acupoints on Lu Yang's chest and abdomen. The cooling medicinal power seeped in, doing its best to soothe the injured internal organs. After confirming that Mu Wanqing's state had temporarily stabilized and was no longer worsening, Spring Breeze immediately came to Chi Rong's side. Her fingertips condensed a resilient yet incredibly soft Gold spiritual power, which she carefully probed into Lu Yang's Meridians. Like weaving a fine golden net, she cooperated with Chi Rong's Qingmu spiritual energy to entwine, bind, and forcibly strip away and expel those stubborn water and fire toxins.

Time passed in a silent contest of healing and repair. Under Chi Rong's precise and minute control, the nourishment of the vast and pure life Origin of the stalactite milk, the assistance of the azure jade rejuvenation pill, and the forceful expulsion by Spring Breeze's Gold spiritual power, the near-collapse situation within Lu Yang's body was finally turned around bit by bit.

Under the washing of the life Origin and the nourishment of the Qingmu spiritual energy, the broken Meridians tenaciously reconnected and grew, the pathways becoming wider and more resilient than before. The injured and displaced internal organs were smoothed by the medicinal power, the blood stasis gradually dissolving and radiance returning. The minute cracks deep within his Origin were also slowly filled and mended by the pure energy of the stalactite milk. The remaining flood dragon toxins, under the joint siege of Gold and Wood power, were gradually forced out of his body, dissipating as wisps of foul-smelling black gas.

When the last wisp of stubborn ice and fire mixed toxin was tightly enveloped by Spring Breeze's Gold spiritual power and finally forced out from Lu Yang's fingertip, dropping to the ground as a globule of turbid, foul-smelling black blood, a hint of color finally and with great difficulty returned to Lu Yang's deathly pale face.

His tightly knitted brows slowly relaxed. Although his breath was still incredibly weak, it no longer flickered like a candle in the wind, ready to go out at any moment; instead, it became steady and long, revealing a new and resilient life force!

"Whew..." Chi Rong let out a long, deep breath of turbid air and withdrew her palms. Her face was visibly pale from the massive consumption. Spring Breeze also immediately withdrew her spiritual power.

"He's stabilized!" Xia Yuxuan's voice carried an irrepressible joy and lingering fear.

The hearts of everyone, which had been hanging in suspense, finally settled heavily. At this moment, Lu Yang was still heavily injured and weak. The external injuries to his bones and the displacement of his internal organs would require time to slowly recuperate and recover. However, the most fatal damage to his Origin and the chaotic situation within his body had been laboriously repaired by the ten thousand year stalactite milk and everyone's combined efforts. His life was no longer in danger.

After an unknown amount of time, under the reflection of the dim starlight of the Secret Realm and the faint glow of the crystal plants, Lu Yang's eyelashes flickered first, and he slowly opened his eyes. At first, his gaze was somewhat vacant, but it quickly focused, regaining a deep clarity, carrying the exhaustion of surviving a disaster and an unyielding resilience.