Chapter 1710 - 1709: Luo Shui’s Life Force
"..."
Qin Feng was speechless.
How should he answer that?
Should he say yes, that he’s concerned about her injury?
That’s a bit too much.
After all, she’s his future mother-in-law... Uh, no! They haven’t even reached that point yet, it’s just that she keeps calling herself "mother, mother," and he has never agreed to it.
Should he say he’s not concerned about her, but about everyone?
That doesn’t seem quite right either.
Qin Feng was conflicted, and Mei Niang, seeing his embarrassed expression, chuckled and said, "Don’t worry, everything is under control. Thanks to the Medicine King’s efforts throughout the night, with the herbs gathered from the Immortal Medicine World, he prepared a decoction that has healed the injuries of myself, Broken Moon, and Ghost Saber."
"I see..."
Qin Feng nodded.
He believed in the Medicine King’s abilities, especially after seeing her gather a wide range of herbs from the Immortal Medicine World yesterday.
At the same time, he finally understood why the Medicine King was yawning and looking so tired earlier; it turns out he had been up all night preparing the medicine for everyone.
"By the way, where’s Sister Luo?"
Qin Feng asked.
He remembered that last night, the life force of the Luo Shui Divine Doctor had been completely burned out, and her injuries were the most severe.
"Oh, calling her ’Sister Luo’ so affectionately? When will you call me ’mother’?" Mei Niang teased jealously.
"...."
Qin Feng was embarrassed.
Mei Niang giggled again, then said, "Enough with the jokes, it’s time to get down to business. I came to see you because I need to take you to Luo Shui."
"...."
Qin Feng was speechless; can’t they seriously handle the task at hand instead of messing around?
Soon enough.
Qin Feng followed Mei Niang to the room of the Luo Shui Divine Doctor.
She lay calmly on the bed, like a beautiful ice-cold beauty, showing no signs of her severe injuries.
"The Medicine King prepared medicine pills for her last night, which sustained her bodily functions, but her life force has been completely depleted, and this cannot be replenished. The crucial challenge now is how to restore her life force," Mei Niang said, her face growing serious.
Qin Feng’s brow furrowed deeply.
With his current medical skills, he could heal almost anything.
Whether it’s an external injury or an internal injury, as long as it’s a wound, he could use the aura of "creation and regeneration" to heal it.
However.
Life force is the only thing that cannot be replaced.
It’s like a person’s soul; even if the body is intact, without a soul, one cannot wake up, just like Linglong.
"Let me check the pulse first."
Qin Feng sat beside the Luo Shui Divine Doctor and checked her pulse.
Sure enough.
With the Medicine King’s herbs, her bodily functions were being maintained, which was already a miracle. Without the Medicine King, even immortals might not achieve this effect.
However.
The source of life was missing.
It’s like a big tree sustained by external forces but without roots.
"What do you think about the ’Mandarin Duck Treasure Book’?"
Mei Niang asked at this time.
"No way."
Qin Feng refused without even thinking.
"I’ve heard of the pure and noble feelings between you and Luo Shui, as pure as the moon, but there is no other way," Mei Niang continued.
"But even if we used the ’Mandarin Duck Treasure Book,’ I’m not confident," Qin Feng said.
"It’s worth a try!"
Mei Niang urged.
"I can’t take the risk..."
Qin Feng shook his head and refused again.
Mei Niang’s expression turned earnest as she said, "Xiao Feng, she’s like this because of you, and you still refuse to sacrifice a bit of yourself?"
"Because of me?"
Qin Feng was puzzled.
"Of course," Mei Niang continued, "All of us know how important Saintess Xing’er is to you. If anything happened to Xing’er, you would likely turn white overnight. None of us want to see that, so we risked everything to search for the saintess’s herbs and the Heaven and Earth Essence Qi."
"Do you think we came for that so-called apocalypse, to protect the Earth World, to safeguard all of humanity by coming to Vine Dragon Mountain?"
"No, none of that."
"Including the Saintess, including Luo Shui, including the Medicine King, and even myself, are not that noble."
"What does it matter if the world ends?"
"We have the ability to find a small Sumeru space to escape this calamity."
"But we didn’t."
"We came to Vine Dragon Mountain."
"The reason is you."
"To us, the biggest disaster brought by this apocalypse is you!"
"With your abilities, you could also escape."
"However, after escaping, Xing’er was the first to realize an issue, which is the problem with your Dragon Emperor Bloodline, and by that time, the apocalypse could worsen your bloodline issue."
"So she came to Vine Dragon Mountain, not for the world, but for you!"
"Likewise, the Medicine King and Luo Shui also came to Vine Dragon Mountain."
"Similarly, it’s for you!"
"You alone are Xing’er’s world, our world..."
"...."
Qin Feng was taken aback and moved by her words.
He had always thought that the Saintess and others came to Vine Dragon Mountain to combat this catastrophe for the sake of protecting this world, but it turned out they all did it for him!
This realization shook his heart deeply!
"So, sacrificing just ’a hundred buns’ is not too much to ask of you, is it?" Mei Niang added.
"...."
Qin Feng nearly choked.
He had just been moved by the gravity and emotion of the matter, and then she mentioned "a hundred buns." Previously, Mei Niang had said that a man’s essence is worth ten drops of blood, and a drop of blood is equivalent to a full bun, making one drop of essence worth a hundred buns...
"Ahem..."
Qin Feng coughed awkwardly and hastily said, "What I mean is, her injuries can’t actually be healed with the ’Mandarin Duck Treasure Book.’ The medicine prepared by the Medicine King has brought her bodily functions into balance, thus sustaining her life. Using the ’Mandarin Duck Treasure Book’ might disturb this balance, and it also can’t regenerate life force."
"So it can’t be healed?"
Mei Niang asked.
"There’s a way." Qin Feng stroked his chin thoughtfully and said, "But we have to find that Beidou old man or my senior sister. They have something that might be able to regenerate life force."
"I see." Mei Niang sighed lightly and said, "Then we can only wait?"
"Yes, I’ll have someone spread the word. I believe it won’t be too long before we find them."
Qin Feng said.
With no other options, they could only temporarily leave.
Mei Niang took the Medicine King along with the Heaven and Earth Essence Qi collected by the Luo Shui Divine Doctor to prepare an elixir and headed to the Saintess’s room.
Ling’er, who was taking care of the Saintess, was visibly excited when she saw them arrive, her eyes lighting up, "The Medicine King’s elixir is ready? Can we start now?"
"Yes."
Qin Feng went over to check the Saintess’s pulse.
The Saintess was still in a deep slumber.
Perhaps sensing Qin Feng’s presence, the small jade-like hand in her sleep suddenly grasped Qin Feng’s.
Qin Feng’s spirit trembled, and he let out a long sigh.
At this moment.
Mei Niang and Ling’er, unnoticed, were already outside the room. Mei Niang said, "We’ll close the door now, you can get started!"