73: Chapter 73 Healing Elixir, Ice Heart Grass

On the second day after settling in, Gu Yan came to the Lakeside Cottage where Leng Yuechan resided.

Inside the courtyard, Spiritual Qi was thick and misty, and above the lake, water vapor swirled, resembling a fairyland.

Leng Yuechan was sitting cross-legged in a pavilion in the middle of the lake, breathing and regulating her Qi.

The effect of the Fourth-Grade Spiritual Vein was immediate.

In just one night, her pale, pretty face had regained a hint of rosiness, and the Qi around her body, which had appeared somewhat chaotic due to the poison, had also stabilized significantly.

Seeing Gu Yan walk over, she slowly withdrew her cultivation, stood up, and performed a salute of equals toward him.

"Patriarch Gu." Her voice was still cold, but the initial vigilance and aloofness were gone.

"How does Miss Yue feel?" Gu Yan asked with a smile, sitting down on a stone bench in the pavilion on his own.

"The density of the Spiritual Qi here far exceeds my imagination," Leng Yuechan answered truthfully. "My external injuries and damage to my Meridians are recovering very quickly. However..."

Her words trailed off halfway, and a flash of undisguisable dejection flickered in her cold, Phoenix-like eyes.

Gu Yan knew what she was worried about.

"The damage to your Dao Foundation shows no improvement, right?" He pinpointed it in one sentence.

Leng Yuechan's delicate body trembled slightly, and she nodded silently.

The Dao Foundation is the foundation of a Cultivator.

When the foundation is damaged, it is like the roots of a great tree rotting; no matter how lush the branches and leaves are, in the end, it cannot escape the fate of withering and dying.

"Patriarch Gu has extraordinary knowledge, so you must know that an injury to the Dao Foundation is one of the hardest injuries to heal in the world," her voice carried a hint of helplessness. "Ordinary healing Medicinal Pills are useless for this."

"...Is there a way to cure it completely?" Gu Yan asked, following her train of thought.

This was the purpose of his visit.

Only by knowing the root of the ailment could he... prescribe the right medicine.

Leng Yuechan glanced at him and hesitated.

The method to treat a Dao Foundation is a closely guarded secret in any Sect.

Although she and the man before her had traveled together, they were, after all... mere passing acquaintances.

[Host, according to my big data emotional model analysis, the target character is currently in a state of wavering between 'trust and suspicion'.]

In his mind, the System's voice began its "professional" analysis again.

[She both hopes to receive your help and fears exposing her own secrets. At this moment, you need to show enough sincerity and sense of responsibility to completely break through her defenses!]

Gu Yan ignored the System's nonsense.

He just looked quietly at Leng Yuechan's eyes, which were filled with struggle, and spoke slowly.

"If Miss Yue finds it inconvenient to speak more, then let it be."

"However, it is fate that we have met. Although I, Gu, am untalented, I have gained some insights into the Dao of Alchemy. Perhaps... I can study it for you."

His words were spoken with extreme sincerity.

Not only did he give the other party a way out, but he also threw out a... bait that Leng Yuechan could not refuse!

The Dao of Alchemy!

This man was actually also proficient in the Dao of Alchemy?!

Leng Yuechan's heart skipped a beat!

She remembered the two bottles of "High Grade" Medicinal Pills of impossibly high quality that he had casually gifted her before!

Could it be...

Those Medicinal Pills were actually refined by him?!

Once this thought arose, it could no longer be suppressed!

If that were true...

Perhaps...

A spark of hope reignited in her eyes!

After a fierce internal struggle.

She finally no longer held back anything.

"I will not hide it from Patriarch Gu," she took a deep breath and said slowly in an extremely solemn tone, "This young woman has a special Physique, which is a rare... Ice Attribute Physique in this world."

"The damage to my Dao Foundation this time was because a kind of extreme Yang fire poison invaded my core."

"To cure it, ordinary healing sacred items are useless. I must... fight poison with poison, using a spirit item of extreme Yin and extreme cold to repair and neutralize it; only then will there be a glimmer of hope."

"And in the records of my Sect, the only Saint Grade main ingredient that can perfectly match my Physique and repair my Dao Foundation is named..."

"ice heart grass!"

ice heart grass?

Gu Yan quickly went over this name in his mind.

[Querying database...]

The System's voice rang out in time.

[[ice heart grass], a High Grade Xuan-level Spirit Medicine. Its nature is extremely cold, usually growing in the center of ten-thousand-year black ice or extremely cold snowy regions. It takes three hundred years to sprout, three hundred years to bloom, three hundred years to bear fruit, and a thousand years to mature. It is a top-tier Yin-cold attribute Heaven And Earth Treasure in the world!]

[Main effects: One, repair and nourish the damaged Dao Foundation of any Cultivator with an Ice Attribute Physique. Two, it can be used as a main ingredient to refine the High Grade Xuan-level Medicinal Pill 'Ice Soul Pill'.]

[Note: This item also has immense benefits for Liu Ruyan, who possesses the [Profound Yin Body]! If she can refine it, it would be enough to advance her Physique to the next level!]

[According to the big data emotional model analysis, after saving the damsel in distress, presenting her with a rare gift she has dreamed of can greatly increase the target character's favorability! There is over an 80 percent probability of directly triggering the 'pledge oneself to the savior' event! I suggest the Host obtain it as soon as possible, at all costs!]

Gu Yan understood everything in his heart.

So, this ice heart grass could not only save Leng Yuechan but also be of such great help to Liu Ruyan!

Killing two birds with one stone!

"...This item grows in extremely cold places and takes a thousand years to mature. Its form is like ice crystals, its leaves like snow, and it is cold to the touch. If a Mortal gets within three feet, they will be frozen into an ice sculpture," Leng Yuechan slowly described the form and characteristics of the ice heart grass.

Her voice carried a hint of longing and... deep helplessness.

"Such a Heaven And Earth Treasure, even within my... Sect, belongs to the level of strategic treasures and only exists in the records of ancient texts. This young woman has only heard of it and has never... seen it with her own eyes."

After finishing, she stopped speaking, and a flash of dejection flickered in her cold, Phoenix-like eyes.

She knew that everything she said was no different from a pipe dream.

In this small Baifeng City, wanting to find a legendary Spirit Medicine like "ice heart grass" was no less difficult than... looking for a needle in a haystack.

However.

After hearing her words, Gu Yan not only did not show any sign of difficulty on his face.

Instead, he revealed a... confident smile that she completely could not understand.

He looked at Leng Yuechan's eyes, which were slightly dimmed by the slim hope, and said slowly in a tone that was matter-of-fact and unquestionable:

"Miss, just rest assured and heal your injuries here."

"ice heart grass..."

"I, Gu Yan, will find it for you."