Chapter 848: Star Sky Martial Arts Ceremony (11)

Star suggested going to Dan Ding Si for treatment first, while Hu Ke would be taken by Ka Mei Li to Jinren Alley for delicious food.

When the two arrived at Dan Ding Si, Lu Ka was instantly stunned by this ornately carved "hospital"; every room here was far more grand than Na Ta Sha's clinic, and the air constantly carried a faint, crisp medicinal fragrance that soothed the senses.

"Wow! This is Dan Ding Si? Is the whole area a hospital? That's huge!" Lu Ka's eyes were about to stare dumbfounded.

"It's not a hospital; it's actually a research institute."

Lu Ka was again amazed by Star's connections; he looked up at the towering tree before him, feeling incredulous: "This is a place like a medical research institute? To bring me straight here for treatment, you're really impressive!"

From a distance he saw Su Shang asking Ling Sha for medicine, and he enthusiastically went over to greet her: "Miss Su Shang, what a coincidence! You're ill too?"

Su Shang instantly became displeased, pursed her lips and said, "How can you speak like that? You're the one who's sick!"

"Sorry, sorry, I meant… you're here for treatment too?"

Su Shang shook her head: "No, I'm here to prescribe some trauma medicine for those Cloud Rider brothers."

Lu Ka said apologetically, "…Sorry, I was too heavy‑handed."

"In a fair competition, no one can be blamed. Rather, we should thank Lu Ka's friends; they highly praised your strength and said you should practice diligently."

Ling Sha: "Star, we meet again. Who is this person beside you?"

"The murderer who injured the pure‑hearted Cloud Rider."

"Our event was a duel! Fair and just, I definitely did nothing against the Dao."

Lu Ka warmly greeted Ling Sha and explained in detail, point by point, the hallucinations he had recently experienced. After listening, Ling Sha found it somewhat interesting and decided to perform an imaging scan first to check whether his brain had any organic issues.

Su Shang scratched her head, still maintaining composure: "Hmm? How does this relate to 'temperament'? Is a poor temperament considered a disease?"

Ling Sha chuckled, "It's an 'organic problem'! That means… how to explain it? Basically, the brain is broken."

Lu Ka was shocked: "Ah— the brain is broken?!"

"Don't worry, now that you're at Dan Ding Si, I'll do my best to find a solution."

——

Fu Li Lian of the burial.

"What should we do if Lu Ka's brain is truly broken?"

"If it's truly a broken brain, Dan Ding Si might have a cure," Zan Yin said, pressing a hand to his cheek while leafing through a classic by the campfire, "Combining the ability of Xian Yao Long Nu with Gong Zao Si's technology, it's not surprising if they create a mechanical brain. Not to mention Miss Ling Sha seems to have medical skills not inferior to the Dragon Girl…"

Fu Li Lian watched the leaping tongues of fire before her, the flames casting deep shadows on her expressionless face: "If Xian Zhou were willing to open research on Shou Wen Hui Ji, allowing these Dan Ding Si practitioners the chance to study the building wood up close, perhaps their 'medicine' could advance further."

"I feel Xian Zhou is still quite stagnant in researching this area," Xiu Ta Er Ke said.

"No, perhaps it can't be called stagnation," Fu Li Lian shook her head. "The reason for prohibiting research on Shou Wen Hui Ji is based on the ancestors of Xian Zhou's understanding of the 【Abundance】 power; they likely realized long ago that this power is beyond their control, and persisting would be like playing with fire and burning themselves."

"But precisely because it can't be controlled, that's why it must be studied," Xiu Ta Er Ke's gaze subconsciously swept to Filien and the wand she constantly held, "Magic was once dangerous to humanity, wasn't it? Yet it was gradually overcome through generations of research, wasn't it?"

"Magic is magic, Shou Wen Hui Ji is Shou Wen Hui Ji; the two are not the same, Xiu Ta Er Ke."

"Even if the Xian Zhou people truly deepen their understanding of 【Abundance】, the consequences are almost predictable—they will push themselves farther away from 【Abundance】, which is the opposite of 【hunt】. Even if they develop technology related to the power of Abundance, they won't dare use it. Once humanity steps over a bottom line, they will find excuses to step over more boundaries… Ultimately, they drift further from the destiny of 【Abundance】, becoming completely the enemy of the hunt."

——

"Stand still, don't move… three, two, one…"

"Eggplant!"

Su Shang subconsciously made a peace sign toward the camera.

"This isn't a group photo!"

After a short while, Lu Ka's imaging picture appeared; Ling Sha examined it for a moment and found a massive shadow in his brain.

—— identical to Su Shang's hand.

"Based on the imaging results, your brain seems fine. Mr. Lu Ka, have you eaten anything unusual lately?"

Lu Ka recalled, "Let me think… when I first arrived at Xian Zhou I ate some local specialties—Mingou cake, spicy oil sliced beef offal, Scale Abyss ice spring, soda bean juice, spicy chicken cubes, garlic sprout pork belly… After the official competition began, my diet became fixed—brown rice, corn, buckwheat, boiled chicken breast, boiled beef shank, boiled fish, boiled shrimp…"

Su Shang could no longer listen: "Uh… feeding pigs? Mr. Lu Ka, be bold and tell me, is Star abusing you? I'll speak up for you!"

——

Miss Kaguya wants me to confess.

"Boiled chicken breast, boiled beef shank, boiled fish, boiled shrimp… My god, with such perseverance, Lu Ka will succeed at anything!"

Pinching the flesh on her own belly, Fujiwara Chika, on the verge of tears, couldn't help but think that rather than envying Lu Ka's ability to endure a life of daily boiled chicken breast, she found it even harder to understand how anyone could still tolerate it after eating so many delicacies on Xian Zhou!

If she had just gorged herself already!

"That's why you've always failed at losing weight," Shi Shang You said with a playful expression, "Besides, they only eat like that for the competition; for athletes like them, if they don't control their diet even a little, their bodies will balloon like a balloon, affecting performance. That's also a requirement for competitive results, right?"

"But judging from Su Shang's reaction, it seems Xian Zhou people don't need to worry about dieting issues?"

Shi Shang You nodded: "It seems Xian Zhou people also benefit from the Abundance power; no matter how their bodies change, they gradually revert to their original state. In other words, even if you binge and become fat, the Abundance power will gradually 'restore' you to your pre‑fat form. Since Star has been on Xian Zhou this long, besides never having seen any elders other than Chu Huai Yan, has he ever seen a single fat person?"