Chapter 261: Major Improvement
The mother and daughter held each other and cried bitterly for a while. Danba, who was standing to the side, cleared his throat. "Ziqing, you and Shishi have all the time in the world, but Third Brother is running out of it."
Hu Shishi quickly wiped her tears away and said, a little embarrassed, "Godmother, I have to save Xiaoyuan first. I’ll properly show you my filial respect once I’ve recovered."
"Yes, good child. You must take care of yourself, and you absolutely cannot give up! As long as there’s a sliver of hope, I will make sure you are healed!"
"Thank you, Godmother."
Duan Yanming said in a gentle voice, "Shishi, you don’t have a Celestial Doctor Body, after all. The treatment will only be about seventy to eighty percent effective at best. It needs to be supplemented by a medicinal bath. Follow us."
With that, Duan Yanming picked up Cheng Yuan and headed straight for the bathroom.
Inside the bathroom was a massive bathtub.
The tub was filled with a brown medicinal solution, which gave off a rich, herbal aroma.
It had to be said, Medicine Valley had truly gone all out this time.
This tub of medicinal solution alone was worth tens of billions. It was a staggering investment in the Sacred Body.
Danba tugged on Nangong Ziqing’s sleeve. Realizing what he meant, Nangong Ziqing gave Hu Shishi a mischievous smile before following Danba out of the bathroom.
With a great SPLASH, Duan Yanming dropped Cheng Yuan into the tub.
The liquid was too dark to see anything.
Duan Yanming teased, "Don’t be disappointed, Shishi. Once the Medicinal Power is all used up, the water will become crystal clear!"
"You’re impossible! Get out, Second Brother!!"
Protesting, Hu Shishi shoved Duan Yanming out and locked the bathroom door with a CLICK.
Hu Shishi wasted no time and strode quickly toward the tub.
She was only a temporary Tripod Furnace and couldn’t store the Celestial Doctor True Essence for long. She had to transfer it into Cheng Yuan’s body as quickly as possible.
Hu Shishi lifted her leg and stepped into the tub.
BOOM!!
The Celestial Doctor True Essence in her body, which had only just stabilized, erupted violently once more!
Like a wild horse that had snapped its reins, the Celestial Doctor True Essence madly surged out of her Dantian, racing down through her Meridians!
If Hu Shishi hadn’t already awakened her Star War Body, this single surge would have instantly destroyed more than half of her Meridians!
Even so, visible cracks began to appear on her Meridians!
Some of the Celestial Doctor True Essence even broke free from the confines of her Meridians, tearing through her skin and flesh to seep into the medicinal bath.
Stimulated by the Celestial Doctor True Essence, the medicinal bath instantly began to boil, unleashing 120% of its Medicinal Power!
Both Cheng Yuan’s and Hu Shishi’s conditions improved in an instant!
Hu Shishi gritted her teeth against the agonizing pain of her flesh tearing and Meridians shattering, channeling the Celestial Doctor True Essence toward Cheng Yuan with all her strength.
As she was only a Tripod Furnace, manipulating the Celestial Doctor True Essence was incredibly difficult. It took her a full two minutes to successfully guide it to its destination!
Having found an outlet, the Celestial Doctor True Essence surged rapidly into Cheng Yuan’s body!
The Celestial Doctor Body truly lived up to its name as the Sacred Body’s Companion Spirit Body; the Celestial Doctor True Essence was an immense help to Cheng Yuan!
Cheng Yuan’s injuries healed in an instant.
The blended, virulent poison that had been such a headache for Cheng Yuan was mere child’s play for the Celestial Doctor True Essence. It was instantly drawn out from the depths of his bone and brain marrow!
However, instead of expelling the toxins, the Celestial Doctor True Essence transformed them, making them harmless and allowing Cheng Yuan to absorb them.
Once Cheng Yuan fully absorbed this virulent blend, he would become immune to at least 99.999% of all toxins, unless he were to encounter one of the Ten Great Exotic Poisons of the Ancient Martial Realm.
As more and more of the Celestial Doctor True Essence was transferred, the pressure inside Hu Shishi’s body decreased significantly, and she let out a long sigh of relief.
The rest of the process went much more smoothly.
Half an hour later, the blend of virulent poison in Cheng Yuan’s body had been completely transformed and absorbed.
If Cheng Yuan were willing to practice a Poison Skill, he would undoubtedly achieve twice the results with half the effort.
Next, the Celestial Doctor True Essence began to refine the True Essence within Cheng Yuan’s body.
The True Essence in Cheng Yuan’s body had, after all, come from consuming Essence Enhancing Pills, so he could only unleash forty percent of its power at most.
However, as the Celestial Doctor True Essence refined it, Cheng Yuan found he could unleash more and more power. Eventually, he gained complete control over all the True Essence in his body!
This meant Cheng Yuan could now effortlessly annihilate any expert below the Martial Emperor realm!
If he used his trump cards, he could even trade blows with a Martial Emperor!
This was a tremendous improvement!
Without the aid of the Celestial Doctor True Essence, it would have taken Cheng Yuan at least one or two months, perhaps even more than half a year, to gain complete control over the True Essence in his body!
Such were the benefits the Celestial Doctor Body provided to the Sacred Body.
Of course, under normal circumstances, the Sacred Body would reciprocate, and the Celestial Doctor Body would also receive benefits, such as an increased cultivation speed.
But Cheng Yuan was currently in a highly abnormal state, and with Hu Shishi being only a Tripod Furnace, he had no way of reciprocating.
Gradually, the Medicinal Power of the solution was exhausted.
By this point, Hu Shishi was utterly spent.
She had depleted all her True Essence and physical stamina, and was on the verge of losing consciousness!