Chapter 523 - 490: Applying the Same Formula

Song Ciwan stood her ground, receiving an overwhelming flood of human desires.

[Human desires from a Mid-Stage Qi Cultivation Cultivator: surprise, shock, and gratitude. Three jin and six taels. Tradable.]

[Human desires from a Late-stage Qi Cultivation Cultivator: astonishment, joy, and gratitude. Two jin and seven taels. Tradable.]

[Human desires from a Qi Cultivation Great Perfection Cultivator: surprise, hope, and gratitude. Three jin and one tael. Tradable.]

...

Countless masses of human desires tumbled toward the Heaven and Earth Scale.

Here, two people still lay unconscious on the ground. Besides Song Ciwan, only seven others were conscious. But even with a mere seven people, their emotions were so intense that they projected a flood of human desires, so many that Song Ciwan briefly lost count.

In any case, it was far more than a dozen or so masses—there had to be at least twenty-six or twenty-seven, if not more.

It wasn’t the first time Song Ciwan had been on the receiving end of such a fierce, sudden storm of human desires.

She had, for instance, put on such "public displays of power" many times before.

But this time felt completely different. Her past "displays of power" had mostly revolved around her combat prowess, and onlookers had felt more "shock and fear" toward her than anything else.

To be met with nothing but pure gratitude... the feeling, to be honest, was quite different.

A faint smile touched Song Ciwan’s lips as she watched Liu Tantan embrace Liu Qingqing, checking her over from head to toe.

She took her pulse, then infused her with True Qi to probe her Sea of Consciousness... If they weren’t sisters who trusted each other completely, who would ever allow someone to examine their Sea of Consciousness so openly?

At first, Liu Qingqing was dazed and confused, unsure of what had just happened.

Once she fully understood that she had narrowly escaped death and been rescued, she obediently allowed the examination to continue.

Then, in the middle of the examination, Song Ciwan received another wave of emotions, clearly from Liu Qingqing: [Human desires from a Late-stage Qi Cultivation Cultivator: surprise, lingering fear, and gratitude. Seven jin and six taels. Tradable.]

Another case of Qi Over Five Jin.

Liu Qingqing obediently let Liu Tantan examine her, all the while secretly stealing glances at Song Ciwan.

When she thought Song Ciwan might be looking back, she quickly ducked her head, blushing as she lowered her eyes.

Near the end of the examination, Liu Tantan insisted that Liu Qingqing cast one of her frequently used techniques on the spot: the Sandstorm Technique.

Liu Qingqing successfully cast the technique at a nearby sand dune, lifting a pile of fine sand high into the air. Before everyone’s eyes, she arranged the sand into a smiley face with its tongue sticking out. Only then was Liu Tantan satisfied.

Liu Tantan hugged her again, crying with joy. "You’re healed! You’re really healed! There’s not a single injury left. You’re completely better, and your Cultivation didn’t even drop! This is wonderful!"

Initially, Liu Tantan had even braced herself for the worst. As long as Liu Qingqing survived, it wouldn’t matter if her meridians were irreversibly damaged, if her Cultivation dropped, or even if she was left with some other disability—but of course, Liu Tantan wouldn’t voice these terrible inner fears now.

But it hadn’t just been Liu Tantan. In truth, everyone else had also been prepared for Liu Qingqing to never make a full recovery.

After all, Cultivators weren’t true Immortals. There were plenty of injuries that couldn’t be healed.

In fact, compared to mortals, the higher a Cultivator’s Cultivation, the more difficult their injuries were to treat.

Now that Liu Qingqing was fully healed, Zhou Mu and the others immediately realized they had met a living deity.

Once her initial euphoria passed, Liu Tantan quickly pulled Liu Qingqing over. The two sisters knelt and kowtowed before Song Ciwan to express their gratitude.

Song Ciwan wasn’t fond of people kneeling to her, but she didn’t stop them entirely. She simply turned her body slightly to the side and chuckled. "I understand your gratitude. Just don’t forget the gift."

’By accepting a gift, this was no longer a life-saving favor, but a paid transaction for medical treatment.’

Liu Tantan froze for a second, then quickly had Liu Qingqing kowtow with her one more time. Only then did they rise. "Fairy, my sister and I have eight hundred Battle Merits on hand. We can give them all to you as payment."

As she spoke, a look of shame crossed her face. "Eight hundred Battle Merits is a paltry sum compared to your miraculous healing, Fairy. If you wouldn’t be offended, my sister and I can also offer an IOU for another three thousand Battle Merits."

"We will hunt more Demon Beasts from now on and gradually pay you back."

As she spoke, Liu Tantan’s face flushed red, perhaps realizing how shameless her "gradual repayment" plan sounded.

Liu Qingqing glanced at her sister, then stole another peek at Song Ciwan, her own face showing the same mix of shyness and shame.

Song Ciwan was a little surprised. She remembered when Zhou Mu had been flailing on the ground, shouting out an offer of only three hundred Battle Merits. Yet these sisters were offering three thousand eight hundred right from the start...

To be honest, Song Ciwan had no idea what three hundred Battle Merits were worth, let alone three thousand eight hundred.

She had heard of Battle Merits, but their actual purchasing power remained a mystery to her.

And what if they had all returned to the city for treatment? How much did the Medical Cultivators in Demon Suppression City charge? These were things Song Ciwan knew nothing about.

So she didn’t answer whether she would accept the Liu sisters’ offer of Battle Merits, saying only, "There’s no rush."

With that, Song Ciwan walked over to another unconscious Cultivator on the ground.

This was a young Male Cultivator whose condition was clearly not as critical as Liu Qingqing’s. His legs were broken, however, and he had numerous internal injuries.

The good news was that although his legs were broken, at least all the pieces were still there; nothing was missing.

Song Ciwan was currently capable of Limb Regeneration for herself, but only because her Body Refining Technique had reached the Fourth Layer of Opening the Universe.

However, she wasn’t yet able to use a Daoist Skill to perform Limb Regeneration for other Cultivators.

That was, in fact, far beyond the scope of her current knowledge.

Song Ciwan had no idea if other Medical Cultivators in the Cultivation Realm were capable of it. She decided she would investigate and learn more once she entered Demon Suppression City.

After examining the young Cultivator’s injuries, Song Ciwan first cast a Recovery Spell on him, followed by the Ganlin Healing Skill.

After the first Recovery Spell, the young Cultivator’s leg bones made a CRACK as they realigned. The smaller cuts and scrapes all over his body also began to knit themselves closed.

As the second healing skill took effect, the young Cultivator’s Essence Qi was restored and his flesh began to regrow. He awoke from his coma, completely healed!

She repeated the process on the third person, whose injuries were even lighter than the young man’s—a coma caused mainly by ruptured organs and damaged meridians.

The Ganlin Healing Skill could heal most internal and external wounds and restore True Qi. The Recovery Spell could mend meridians and restore one’s Essence, Qi, Spirit, and Soul. When used together, many grievous injuries would pose no problem for Song Ciwan.