Qingxin Xu Ming Pill?

The baby-faced youth and Poison Lady looked at each other, both seeing confusion on the other’s face.

But, it had to be admitted, the two words “xu ming (to extend life)” carried a fatal magic for someone on the verge of death.

So when they looked toward that furnace of pills, the baby-faced youth’s breathing grew rapid, and needless to say Poison Lady as well. The two held their breath and focused intently on Shu Tiantian.

What if… what if it really could extend life?

This absurd thought surfaced; even knowing the possibility was minuscule, they could no longer suppress it.

Until the medicine cauldron emitted a faint humming sound, and the two felt a rich medicinal fragrance full of vitality disperse, rushing at them so that their originally groggy minds instantly cleared, and they could not help but tremble all over.

They saw inside the medicine cauldron four pills spinning round and round. Taking a closer look at the patterns on the pills—there were fully three pill lines!

“Profound rank, top grade!”

Poison Lady could not help but cry out in alarm.

Even among pills of the same rank there were distinctions in quality; between top grade and low grade, the difference could be said to be heaven and earth. Poison Lady and the others might be able to scrape together spirit stones to afford a low-grade Profound-rank pill, but a top-grade one was something they would not even dare to think about.

A furnace refined in just one short hour, the entire cauldron produced, not a single wasted pill! If one had not seen it with their own eyes, whoever said it would think it was sheer fantasy!

When Shu Tiantian tossed a Qingxin Xu Ming Pill to the baby-faced youth, he still had not come back to his senses. “F-f-f-for me?”

Shu Tiantian wiped away the sweat brought out by the heat and nodded.

With life at stake, this mother and son were not people to stand on ceremony.

As soon as the pill was swallowed, the baby-faced youth felt a surge of vitality fiercely pour into his body, almost with a plundering force, rapidly breaking through the miasma, repairing his meridians and internal organs. That feeling of removing chronic afflictions and regaining life only made one feel as comfortable as bathing in spring sunlight.

The baby-faced youth’s breathing eased. As time passed second by second, the black qi on his face dissipated, his complexion gradually became ruddy. The youth who had originally been at death’s door could now even prop himself up to sit.

A withered tree meeting spring was nothing more than this.

The baby-faced youth was overjoyed in his heart and excitedly tried to stand up, but at the moment he stood, he suddenly fell heavily back onto the bed. The black qi seemed to return in force, devouring once again the little bit of vitality that had just been restored!

The baby-faced youth clearly knew his body’s changes best. His expression instantly turned ashen. If Poison Lady had not supported him, he would have swayed and collapsed onto the bed.

Powerless despair surged up once more, yet Shu Tiantian calmly took out a gleaming silver needle, wiped it, found the acupoint and inserted it, then circulated Withered Wood Meets Spring, channeling her own spiritual qi filled with rich vitality into it, gathering it at the acupoint where the silver needle was inserted, slowly guiding out the miasma.

Until fine, dense beads of sweat seeped out on her forehead, the black qi on the baby-faced youth grew less and less, while the blackness on the silver needle grew deeper and deeper.

The baby-faced youth bit down on a towel from the pain, but his complexion gradually flushed with a hint of red, and the furrow between his brows slowly smoothed out.

Poison Lady watched this scene that seemed like a divine miracle, her pupils shaking, the shock in her heart beyond words. Her mind was filled with—medical cultivators could do this? She had never heard of nor seen Shu Tiantian’s methods before, and only felt that the seemingly delicate little medical cultivator now appeared incomparably mysterious.

Although Void Abyss had no conscience, Void Abyss revered the strong.

If a few hours ago someone had told them that someone could save a dying person whose body had been invaded by miasma, they might have scoffed.

But Shu Tiantian had done it, and in an orderly, unhurried manner, not even looking as though she was doing something that, if spread out, might drive half of Void Abyss mad, but rather as if she were treating a minor cold.

At this moment, the shock in Poison Lady’s heart was beyond measure. The look in her eyes toward Shu Tiantian changed from suspicion to reverence, and even her tone became much more respectful. She only felt that her family had stepped in dog shit luck; picking someone up at random, they had actually brought back a golden thigh!

Shu Tiantian took the towel handed over by Poison Lady without a care, completely unaware of the earth-shattering change in attitude of the mother and son.

In the past, they had thought Shu Tiantian was a low-cultivation little furnace, struggling to survive, whether she could even live was still a question. But now, looking at Shu Tiantian, they only felt she was hiding her strength, unfathomable and mysterious.

However at this moment, the deeply hidden golden thigh very unromantically spoke up, “You two, ten thousand spirit stones, please.”

How much?

The baby-faced youth’s smile froze. Shu Tiantian leisurely repeated it once more before he finally understood the exact number.

Ten thousand! Ten thousand spirit stones!

Shu Tiantian felt a bit troubled, but still wanted to settle the account with them. After all, a top-grade Profound-rank Qingxin pill alone had a market price of around five thousand spirit stones, and the baby-faced youth would need to take two…

Poison Lady, however, immediately slammed the table and stood up, angrily saying, “Only ten thousand? My son’s life is worth just ten thousand spirit stones? Add more money, it must be increased!”

Shu Tiantian choked, the hands that had just been about to calculate shrank back.

The baby-faced youth wanted to say that even if he sold himself he would only be worth three thousand spirit stones, but his mother smacked his forehead and shut him up.

One must know that a medical cultivator capable of refining top-grade Profound-rank pills could be honored as a guest elder even in the great sects of Void Abyss, making every faction envious. And she was only at the Foundation Establishment stage and already able to refine top-grade Profound-rank pills—what about in the future? Earth-rank, Heaven-rank—would they not be within reach?

Not to mention Shu Tiantian could now dispel miasma poison! If any other medical cultivator had this ability, they would have long been held high in reverence. Even one hundred thousand, several hundred thousand spirit stones might not persuade them to act. Ten thousand was simply a conscientious price!

But clearly, the generous golden thigh herself had not yet realized how sought-after she was. If they did not cling to this thigh now, then when?

Poison Lady’s expression softened pleasantly. “My son’s life was saved thanks to the young lady. Like this—ten thousand spirit stones, we mother and son cannot produce it all at once, but we will slowly repay it later. We will never forget the young lady’s great kindness. If the young lady has anything she needs help with, my son is willing to serve you like a dog or horse!”

Repaying the money immediately was impossible—it had to be repaid slowly, preferably more and more over time, so they could firmly cling to this thigh!

Baby-faced youth: …..

He also came to his senses and quickly said fawningly, “Yes, yes, yes, the spirit stones must be paid, and it’s only right for me to serve the young lady like an ox or horse.”

After figuring things out, the youth changed his attitude at lightning speed, transforming directly from baby-faced youth into a Chihuahua. If he had a tail, it would already be wagging.

Shu Tiantian nodded reservedly, “As long as you help me with a few things, I can give a discount, make some allowances.”

Poison Lady smiled with extreme warmth. “No, no, not a single bit owed to the young lady can be less.”

Shu Tiantian: …?

Confused, very confused.

But she still took out her small notebook filled with three full pages and said seriously, “First matter, help me buy all these things within today.”

Poison Lady took it and looked, seeing the list filled with spirit herbs, wound medicine, and gauze. Many of them their family already had, and the most expensive small storage pouch was only eight hundred spirit stones.

Poison Lady beamed with joy, took the list, and hurried out the door.

The baby-faced youth watched his mother leave and asked eagerly, “Then what about the second matter?”

Shu Tiantian thought for a moment. “The letter I sent last time has been out for three days. I don’t know if there’s been a reply. If you could go help me check at the Transfer Office…”

The baby-faced youth thought for a moment and said, “I forgot to tell Miss Shu last time. If there is any news from the Transfer Office, it will naturally be sent to our Black Valley. Void Abyss and Tianji Sect are extremely close. News should arrive within half a day. Neither my mother nor I have received any reply, so…”

In truth, these words were already very tactful. Shu Tiantian naturally would not fail to understand. Yes, a message that should take only half a day would definitely reach Master at once. If Master had seen her letter, how could he not come to find her?

“Is it possible it wasn’t delivered?”

The baby-faced youth shook his head, firm and decisive. “Impossible.”

Letters themselves were not worth anything, and the evil cultivators of Void Abyss were even harder to provoke. Basically, there was no possibility of delivering them wrongly or failing to deliver them.

In truth, after witnessing how formidable this mysterious little medical cultivator was, the baby-faced youth felt extremely puzzled—Tianji Sect could abandon even such an impressive medical cultivator?

Seeing Shu Tiantian’s slightly dejected expression, the baby-faced youth became even more bewildered.

In this day and age, were there really people who would throw away mountains of gold and silver and refuse to take them?

At first, Shu Tiantian had been completely certain. Not because she believed a man’s nonsense, but because Tianji Sect was powerful, and her master was the number one swordsman in the world. In reason and in sentiment, Shu Tiantian could find no reason why they would not take her back. Then why were they not coming?

Shu Tiantian felt as though she had overlooked some crucial point, but for the moment, she could not grasp any clue at all.

She put away the silver needle and, for the first time, began to question her own judgment.

Wait a little longer. See whether Master would come to fetch her, see what exactly she had overlooked. In any case, she had secured half a year for herself—at least for half a year, she knew nothing would happen to her.

She shook her head and still said to the baby-faced youth, “Please help me keep watch for a reply regarding this matter. If there is any news, tell me immediately. I am currently still staying in the Scarlet Flame Flower Fields. If the illness relapses, just send a message.”

Message talismans could not contact people outside Void Abyss, but within Void Abyss they could still communicate freely. This was exactly what the baby-faced youth had been waiting for. He immediately beamed and exchanged message talismans with Shu Tiantian, feeling as though he were dreaming.

“There’s one last matter. Over the next few days, post these around Black Valley.”

Shu Tiantian took out the psoriasis-style advertisements she had written on the road—oh no, flyers—and eagerly handed them to the baby-faced youth.

The baby-faced youth lowered his head to look. Written in large characters:

All difficult and complicated illnesses wiped out, pay for treatment and even the King of Hell won’t take you.

Treating infertility and certain death—reviving the dying with miraculous skill, seek the Ghost-Faced Medical Cultivator!

Contact: Black Valley Poison Lady, address xxxx

Ghost-Faced Medical Cultivator, who?

Under the other party’s doubtful and confused gaze, Shu Tiantian nodded reservedly, indicating that this was her newly devised alias. It suited Void Abyss’s style and was extremely wild and wickedly charismatic.

The baby-faced youth only felt confused about the entire world. Such a medical cultivator golden thigh, a rare treasure—wouldn’t people outside be scrambling and crying, begging her to treat them? How had this one not only been abandoned by her sect, but fallen to the point of posting little advertisements to attract patients?

Had Tianji Sect already become this powerful; had patients already begun to treat their lives as worthless as dirt?

Could it be that during the few days he had been gravely ill, genius medical cultivators outside had already become as common as dogs?

At this moment, the sect Tianji Sect left behind in the baby-faced youth’s heart an image of terrifying grandeur.