The Wild Doctor and the Fair Beauty

The Mu Family.

Jiang Xinghai was still sitting in the medicinal garden, absorbing the few remaining Spiritual Medicines and the Medicinal Vein Qi.

Fortunately, he had spent the night with the virginal Leng Ning. The abundant Yin Qi replenished his own Yang energy, bringing immense benefits to his body.

His cultivation was now stable in the late stage of the Creation Realm, and he was on the verge of stepping into the Peak Realm.

"Hurry, hurry, hurry!"

Just then, Leng Ning drove straight to the Mu Family’s medicinal garden and placed three stalks of First Grade Spiritual Medicine at the ten-meter red line.

"Thank you both for your hard work. I’ll come out of seclusion before dark, regardless of whether I succeed, and take you out to relax and unwind."

Jiang Xinghai, who had left a sliver of his consciousness connected to the outside world, sent a Divine Sense message to Leng Ning and Chuchu as he took the Spiritual Medicines.

"It’s no trouble at all for us to see you improving step by step," Leng Ning said, gazing at Jiang Xinghai.

Chuchu added, "You should just keep cultivating. We’ll be back from the Huang Family in an hour at most, and maybe we’ll even have three more stalks of Spiritual Medicine for you."

"There’s no need. You two should rest," Jiang Xinghai said with a slightly bitter smile.

He had, after all, trained under the masters of Kunlun. His body had been steeped in medicinal vats for five years, using Third Grade Spiritual Medicines at the very least.

Now, only Second Grade or higher Spiritual Medicines, combined with the little remaining Medicinal Vein Qi, could be absorbed by his body.

As things stood, no matter how many First Grade Spiritual Medicines there were, they wouldn’t be enough for him to absorb unless the Medicinal Vein Qi was exceptionally dense.

"Isn’t that a shame, then?"

Leng Ning muttered, dazed, before glancing at Chuchu. The two then departed quietly.

Yan Qingshan, Butcher, and Qiu Shirong and Niu Xiaolan—who had delivered Spiritual Medicine and not yet left—all wore worried frowns.

They had just learned from Leng Ning that she had encountered Yan Duo at the Su Family’s estate!

Yan Duo had fled after losing an arm. If he were to appear again, he would likely have at least three Creation Realm experts with him!

Yan Qingshan, as a single Creation Realm expert, was no match for such a force!

Niu Xiaolan suddenly slapped her forehead. "Right! The Huang Family has a lot of Spiritual Sand!"

"Compared to Spirit Stones, Spiritual Sand may be fragmented versus whole, but its effects can still match that of a Third Grade Spiritual Medicine!" Yan Qingshan said, raising an eyebrow with a smile.

"There’s no time to lose. We need to inform Miss Leng and Miss Chu right away," Niu Xiaolan said, looking at the three men.

The three men paused, realizing none of them had contact information for Leng Ning or Chuchu.

"Patriarch Niu," Yan Qingshan began, turning to Niu Xiaolan, "the old ancestor of the Huang Family was already a Ninth-Grade Great Venerable many years ago. Has he taken that final step by now?"

Niu Xiaolan shook her head blankly. "That old geezer Huang Yaocheng is over ninety. Even though my Lv Family is on good terms with the Huang Family, I haven’t seen him in at least ten years."

"I see..."

Yan Qingshan’s expression darkened. "Besides Huang Yaocheng, the Huang Family has three other experts, all in the Realm of the Great Venerable. On our side, Miss Chu is only a Fifth-Realm Venerable. Relying on Miss Leng Ning’s Ninth-Grade Great Venerable cultivation alone won’t be enough to guarantee a decisive victory..."

"Chairman Yan, don’t you have three Elders under your command?" Butcher asked urgently.

"All three of them have gathered in the Provincial City and are preparing to travel to the Martial Arts headquarters in the Imperial City for a meeting. They can’t make it back on short notice." Yan Qingshan’s expression grew even more grim as he calculated their options. "Right now, the only way is for me to go to the Huang Family to assist Leng Ning and Chuchu, while the three of you stay here and protect Divine Doctor Jiang."

"The three of us..." Qiu Shirong began, but trailed off.

Butcher spoke up, "Old Qiu and I are only at the Third-Realm Great Venerable realm. If people from Yan Duo’s side come now..."

"Even if Chairman Yan were here, it would be difficult for us to handle. We should send someone to call Miss Leng and Miss Chu back," Niu Xiaolan said, immediately looking at her daughter, Lv Que.

"Wait!" Yan Qingshan said, glancing again at Jiang Xinghai, who was cultivating in the medicinal garden.

He knew full well that Jiang Xinghai wouldn’t have chosen to cultivate nonstop at a time like this unless he had reached a bottleneck and was trying to break through it in one go.

For those who walk the path of Martial Arts, comprehending the Heaven and Earth Martial Dao was not something that happened overnight.

Such an opportunity was incredibly rare, and it was possible for someone to go their entire life without making any progress at all.

’If it’s because he doesn’t have enough Spiritual Qi to absorb... What a terrible waste! Who knows how long he’ll have to wait for the next chance!’

At that moment, Jiang Xinghai’s face would twitch from time to time. It was clear he was struggling to break free from his shackles, attempting to overcome this barrier.

Just as Yan Qingshan suspected, if Jiang Xinghai didn’t possess the legacy of an Ancient Alchemist, it would have been impossible for him to break through to the Celestial Destiny Realm before the age of twenty-five by following a conventional cultivation path!

Cultivation in Martial Arts was a process where success came naturally when the conditions were right. For Jiang Xinghai to grasp this opportunity for a breakthrough today was truly a rare event.

Therefore, as long as Jiang Xinghai didn’t wake up, they would defend him to the death!

"Everyone, listen to me!"

Yan Qingshan quickly laid out his plan. "I will go to the Huang Family immediately to assist Leng Ning and Chuchu. You all will summon every expert at the Venerable Realm or higher that you can, right now! Immediately!"

Without a word, Butcher, Qiu Shirong, and Niu Xiaolan each began calling their clansmen.

Then, Yan Qingshan continued, "You will lead all your clansmen to stand guard outside a hundred-meter radius of the Mu Family estate, forming a protective wall! You will build this line of defense with your very lives!"

With the plan set, everyone moved to carry out their duties.