74: Chapter 74 The Immortal Physician's Consultation!

Inside the quiet inner hall of Medicine Valley, the scent of calming agarwood burned silently, with wisps of white smoke spiraling above the green jade desk, eventually dissipating into the air.

After the continuous medicinal baths in the Heaven-rank pharmacy, Gu Yi had changed into a clean, fresh, and loose cyan robe.

He sat quietly on a wooden chair cushioned with a soft mat. His shoulders, previously pierced by the chains of Devilish Qi, were now wrapped in thick medicinal bandages. Although his complexion still retained a lingering paleness from his incomplete recovery, he could move without major hindrance.

A faint sound of footsteps came from outside the door, and the light green hem of a dress swayed gently as its owner approached, bringing with it a refreshing, faint fragrance of herbs.

Valley Master Yan Shuyao walked into the inner hall with graceful, lotus-like steps, carrying a bowl of freshly brewed warm medicinal soup. She placed the bowl gently on the desk beside Gu Yi, her gentle eyes lingering on his cheeks for a moment. Seeing his improved complexion, the worry in her eyes quietly faded away.

"Young Master Gu, drink this medicinal soup for nourishing Qi and regenerating flesh first. Although the residual toxins in your body have been suppressed by my acupuncture, the depletion in your Meridians still requires careful recuperation."

Valley Master Yan Shuyao sat down on the round stool opposite Gu Yi, her voice as soft as ever. Having just personally selected several high-aged Spiritual Plants from the depths of Medicine Valley, fine beads of sweat were faintly visible on her fair forehead, and her close-fitting moon-white inner garment was slightly damp.

Gu Yi picked up the jade bowl and drank the warm medicinal liquid in one gulp. As the liquid entered his abdomen, it transformed into a thick and gentle true essence, flowing slowly along his damaged Meridians and rapidly nourishing his flesh that had not yet fully healed.

"Many thanks to the Valley Master for your meticulous care during these days. If not for the resurrection techniques of Medicine Valley, I fear I would not have survived the disaster in Sword King City."

Gu Yi set down the jade bowl and smiled slightly at the gentle woman before him. There was a touch of just-right gratitude and intimacy in his black eyes; there was no excessive politeness, yet it made the listener feel exceptionally comforted.

Valley Master Yan Shuyao naturally extended her slender fingers and placed them on Gu Yi's outstretched wrist. A wisp of soft wood-element true essence traveled along his Meridians once more, carefully confirming the state of his injuries.

"Young Master's Physique is truly the only one I have ever seen in my life. If an ordinary person were pierced by the Devilish Qi of a Peak Soul Transformation Stage expert, even if they survived, their cultivation base would likely be ruined. Yet, not only are your Meridians healing at an accelerated rate, but the Pure Yang Qi within your body is also becoming increasingly vast. It seems there is no need for me to continue consuming my Origin by the pool for you."

Valley Master Yan Shuyao withdrew her jade hand, her words tinged with a hint of amazement and a trace of imperceptible disappointment. It seemed the excuse that allowed her to hold him in her arms legitimately no longer existed.

Gu Yi keenly caught that minute change deep in her eyes.

He gently tugged at his collar, a gentle smile appearing on his face, and said in a low voice: "If the Valley Master is reluctant to part with my Pure Yang Qi, I wouldn't mind staying in the Heaven-rank pharmacy for a few more days. Regardless, my two teachers are still guarding outside; I will just say it was the Valley Master's strict order that I must remain for observation."

Hearing Gu Yi's teasing words, a seductive blush quickly flashed across Valley Master Yan Shuyao's fair and delicate cheeks. She turned her head away with some shyness, casting a coquettish glance at Gu Yi with her beautiful eyes.

"Smooth-tongued. Peak Master Fei has been waiting outside until his eyes are red, yet you still have the mind to tease me here."

The atmosphere between the two, in this back-and-forth banter, became increasingly ambiguous and natural.

After laughing and joking for a moment, the casual look on Gu Yi's face gradually faded. He raised his head, meeting Valley Master Yan Shuyao's questioning, bright eyes, his expression becoming exceptionally serious and grave.

"Valley Master, aside from my injuries, I invited you here alone for a consultation today because there is actually a major secret I wish to consult the medical classics of Medicine Valley about."

Seeing the change in Gu Yi's aura, Valley Master Yan Shuyao also composed herself, sitting up slightly straighter with her plump figure, and said warmly: "Please speak, Young Master. If it is something I know, I will never hide it."

Gu Yi took a deep breath and closed his eyes slightly. Guided by his thoughts, he carefully tore a controllable crack in the barrier of his vast Sea of Consciousness, guiding a wisp of Valley Master Yan Shuyao's Divine Sense to probe into it.

"Deep in my Sea of Consciousness, there resides a Senior who is of vital importance to me. To save me, her Physical Body collapsed, and her Divine Soul was almost burned out; now, she can only barely sustain herself with top-grade soul nourishing wood."

Of course, this experience was all made up by him.

Gu Yi's voice echoed slowly in the inner hall.

Following Gu Yi's guidance, Valley Master Yan Shuyao's wisp of pure medical Divine Sense slowly probed into that golden Sea of Consciousness of Pure Yang.

In a corner of the Sea of Consciousness, a piece of soul nourishing wood emitting a faint purple light hovered silently. The moment Valley Master Yan Shuyao's Divine Sense touched the edge of the soul nourishing wood, a massive pressure—weak yet supreme, like a chasm between heaven and earth—shook the Void Realm without warning.

That was the aura of the Divine Soul Origin of a Dao Integration Stage expert, which could not be violated even if they had fallen.

Under the backlash of this aura, the window lattice of the Medicine Valley inner hall emitted a slight tremor.

Valley Master Yan Shuyao's face turned pale in an instant. She opened her beautiful eyes in disbelief, and her plump figure involuntarily leaned backward. If not for Gu Yi's quick reflexes, grabbing her soft, slender waist, she would have nearly slipped off the round stool.

"Dao Integration Stage... a remnant Soul of an expert?!"

Valley Master Yan Shuyao ignored the sensation of the young man's powerful hand on her waist; her gentle eyes were filled with shock and horror.

She had thought that what resided in Gu Yi's body was at most an old monster of the Nascent Soul or Soul Transformation Stage, but she had never expected that this young Disciple's Sea of Consciousness actually hid the Soul of a Dao Integration Stage expert who had almost gone extinct in the Central Plains.

Gu Yi took the opportunity to squeeze her soft, slender waist, then steadied her, shaking his head with a wry smile.

"Valley Master, you see clearly. It is precisely because this Senior's Realm is too high that I have scoured the classics of the Xuantian Sect and cannot find a way to perfectly reshape her Physical Body. Ordinary Heaven And Earth Treasure seem completely unable to carry this Origin."

Valley Master Yan Shuyao calmed her somewhat chaotic breathing, her expression becoming exceptionally serious. She lowered her head and pondered for a long time, beginning to search her mind for the supreme taboos passed down by the past Valley Masters of Medicine Valley.

"Young Master's guess is correct; this Senior's Realm before death was truly too high, having already touched the Origin of the Laws of heaven and earth."

Valley Master Yan Shuyao stood up, walked to an antique bookshelf on one side of the inner hall, and took down an ancient leather scroll from the top hidden compartment that had already yellowed and radiated the aura of the vicissitudes of time. She slowly unfolded the scroll on the green jade desk, pointing to a blurred, smudged area on it, her voice heavy.

"Ordinary Soul-nurturing stones, or high-rank cultivation Materials for a Physical Body, are like trying to hold Nine Heavens divine thunder with mortal iron for this Senior. Once forcibly fused, not only would the Physical Body be instantly shattered by the Dao Integration Origin, but this Senior's remaining Divine Soul would also be completely annihilated due to the conflict of Laws."

Hearing the words "completely annihilated," a ripple uncontrollably emerged in Gu Yi's previously calm black eyes.

"Is there really no foolproof method in this world?" Gu Yi frowned, asking in a deep voice.

Valley Master Yan Shuyao stretched out her long, white, scallion-like finger and gently pointed at an ancient character marked with cinnabar at the very end of the scroll.

"There is."

Valley Master Yan Shuyao raised her head, looking straight into Gu Yi's eyes, a rare, unprecedented gravity flashing in her beautiful eyes.

"Only a tenth-rank Spiritual Item of heaven and earth. According to the oldest holy book of Medicine Valley, crossing the far southwest edge of the Central Plains, deep within the vast Great Wilderness occupied by primeval miasma, Vicious Beast, and poisonous insects all year round, there is an ancient territory called Qingqiu. At the very core of that Fox Clan Holy Land, every thousand years, a 'Creation Holy Lotus' breaks through the soil."

"Only the tenth-rank Holy Lotus that has fused with the Creation Law of the Great Wilderness can become the most perfect shell to accommodate the heavens, carrying this Dao Integration Senior's terrifying Origin without harming her future Dao of cultivation."

Creation Holy Lotus.

Great Wilderness Qingqiu.

The moment he heard these two terms, Gu Yi's deep eyes narrowed slightly. For that bad woman hiding in his mind, this trip to the Great Wilderness was something he had to undertake.

At the exact same moment Gu Yi made up his mind.

Inside his golden Sea of Consciousness, that purple top-grade soul nourishing wood trembled slightly.

An illusory figure condensed from a thousand-year Divine Soul Origin slowly emerged above the soul nourishing wood. The woman was devastatingly beautiful with exquisite curves; even as just a Divine Soul phantom, she exuded endless charm.

It was Ji Meier.

At this moment, in those fox-charming eyes that were always mischievous and uninhibited, she was reflecting Gu Yi's worried appearance outside, frowning for her sake.

Going to the Great Wilderness—that was a place of extreme danger that even Soul Transformation Stage Cultivators of the Central Plains would change color at the mention of.

Yet this little guy before her, who always liked to take advantage of her and was full of bad ideas, did not even think of giving up the moment he heard the news; instead, he was unhesitatingly preparing to risk his life for her.

An unprecedented sourness and touch of emotion, like a breached dam, instantly pierced through this Dao Integration expert's defenses. Her eye sockets were a bit red, and mist swirled in her eyes.

But the pride of a Devil Sect expert and her inherently uninhibited personality made it absolutely impossible for her to endure revealing her sentimental and fragile side in front of a young Junior.

Ji Meier took a deep breath and forcibly suppressed the tears in her eyes. That seductive voice boomed directly in the depths of Gu Yi's mind, carrying her signature teasing and dirty talk.

"Oh my, little guy. I've lived for so many years, and this is the first time I've heard of someone going to a godforsaken, wild place like the Great Wilderness to risk their life just for this body of mine."

Ji Meier stretched her illusory yet extremely seductive figure in the Sea of Consciousness, blinked at Gu Yi's consciousness, her tone full of teasing.

"What, are you that heartbroken for me? Are you in such a rush to wait for me to reshape my body so you can strip me naked, throw me on the bed, and toss me around to your heart's content? The size of my Divine Soul right now isn't any worse than that gentle Valley Master of yours outside, you know. Want to have a session of Divine Soul Dual Cultivation tonight and let me use my mouth... to properly reward you?"

Hearing the dirty talk in his mind that was almost snapping the strings of his sanity, the corner of Gu Yi's mouth couldn't help but twitch violently. The gravity in his heart was instantly ruined by this old goblin.

He rubbed his brow helplessly, his consciousness sinking into the Sea of Consciousness, and unceremoniously condensed a pair of golden hands, giving a heavy slap to Ji Meier's illusory buttocks.

"Old goblin, shut your mouth. Going to the Great Wilderness is just to cut off Karma while I'm at it; stop being so narcissistic here."

Gu Yi retorted angrily in his mind.

"If that day really comes, and I reshape your Creation Holy Lotus body, the first thing I'll do is use Advanced ropes to tie you to the bed and stuff your mouth, so you don't keep saying these dirty, nonsensical things in my head all day."

"Hehehe... Then I will, counting the days, look forward to the Young Master coming to tie me up."

Ji Meier let out a silver bell-like, excited giggle, and her Divine Soul phantom shrank back into the soul nourishing wood like soft mud.

It seemed like she was just talking nonsense and being dirty, but only she knew that her Dao Heart, which had been without warmth for thousands of years, had completely fallen for Gu Yi's overbearing and responsible promise at this moment.