Chapter 440: Hand of Creation

"Long time no see."

As soon as Hua Changxi entered the No. 10 Qihuang Hall, she smiled and walked toward Pang Shaoyu and Chang Wei.

"Peak Master Hua!"

Chang Wei, being experienced and tactful, greeted Hua Changxi naturally.

But Pang Shaoyu beside him was a little uncomfortable.

There was no help for it—the gap between them was now too great.

Back when he first met Hua Changxi, he had been a Brocade Guard, while Hua Changxi was just a menial servant.

Now their positions had reversed; he was merely a casual cultivator, while Hua Changxi had become an exalted figure in the eyes of all casual cultivators.

After a brief exchange to ease the awkwardness, Hua Changxi got straight to the point: "You both know why I called you here, right?"

Chang Wei glanced at Pang Shaoyu and nodded: "Yes, Manager Yu already told us."

Hua Changxi activated her 'Truth-Seeing Eye' and scanned Chang Wei from head to toe: "Your spiritual root is torn too severely and was not repaired in time. It has now atrophied considerably."

After confirming that she wanted to 'verify whether the content taught at No. 10 involved research on spiritual roots,' the first person she thought of was Chang Wei.

For no other reason—when she had treated him before, she had thought that if she knew spiritual root suturing, she might be able to stitch his torn spiritual root back together.

Hearing Hua Changxi's diagnosis of him, Chang Wei's breath tightened: "Then do I still have a chance to continue cultivating?"

Hua Changxi thought about her treatment methods and didn't commit too much: "Regarding treatments involving spiritual roots, I have previously only used medicinal pills and acupuncture. As for your condition, conventional pills and acupuncture can no longer solve it."

"So, I am going to try a treatment method on you that I have never attempted before."

"I cannot guarantee whether your spiritual root can be repaired."

After hearing this, Chang Wei sighed, and his eyes dimmed.

Seeing his reaction, Hua Changxi confirmed again: "Are you sure you want to accept my treatment?"

Chang Wei noticed her seriousness and concern, smiled, and said: "Peak Master Hua, rest assured. Since I came, I am willing."

He knew very well how severe his spiritual root injury was; otherwise, the imperial family would not have directly abandoned him back then.

Having once walked the path of cultivation, he did not want to become a mere mortal again.

Therefore, even if it was only a minuscule chance, he was willing to try.

Moreover, since the healer was Hua Changxi, suspected to be the Fire Lotus Immortal, he felt even more confident.

Hua Changxi then looked at Pang Shaoyu: "And the family member? Do you understand the treatment situation? Are you also willing for the patient to receive treatment?"

Pang Shaoyu hadn't expected Hua Changxi to ask him, and he quickly nodded: "I am willing." He paused, then quickly asked, "The treatment won't be life-threatening, will it?"

This time, Hua Changxi gave a definite answer: "No."

Upon hearing this, Pang Shaoyu grinned: "Then no problem—do whatever you need to. We trust you."

Hua Changxi glanced at him; his personality hadn't changed much since before. It seemed that even as a casual cultivator, he was living well.

Hua Changxi looked at Jia Lu: "Set up the treatment room as I told you earlier." Then she turned to Ye Lingxuan and Jiang Henian, saying, "You two will assist me during the treatment."

"If any problem I haven’t noticed arises, you must intervene in time."

Ye Lingxuan and Jiang Henian, suddenly called out and entrusted with such an important task, were both surprised and nervous.

Did the Peak Master really trust their medical skills so much???

The treatment room was spacious and clean. In the center was a green stone bed carved from top-grade wood spirit stones, surrounded by pure and vibrant wood spiritual energy. The edges of the bed were inlaid with black fruits that emitted a dark glow.

Besides that, in front of the stone bed was an operating table covered with various spirit needles of different lengths and thicknesses, as well as a variety of pills and medicinal liquors.

Accompanied by Pang Shaoyu, Chang Wei entered the treatment room. Seeing how well-prepared the Danyuan Peak disciples were, his initially tense mood relaxed considerably.

Hua Changxi: "Except for Jia Lu, Ye Lingxuan, and Jiang Henian, everyone else stand outside the array."

To avoid interfering with the treatment process, Hua Changxi set up a sealing array. Those outside the array could see and hear everything inside, but nothing outside the array could be transmitted into it.

Next, Chang Wei obediently lay down on the wood spirit bed. As soon as he laid down, under the influence of the black fruits, within just a few breaths, he fell into a deep coma.

Seeing this, everyone was somewhat surprised.

Pang Shaoyu couldn't help asking Yu Fu beside him, "Butler Yu, what's wrong with my uncle?"

Yu Fu pointed at the black fruit on the edge of the Wood Spirit Bed. "See that black fruit? That's a Drunken Immortal Fruit. Its fragrance has a strong anesthetic effect."

After hearing this, Pang Shaoyu suddenly understood and asked again, "Would cultivators also be knocked unconscious by the scent of the Drunken Immortal Fruit?"

Yu Fu: "That depends on the grade of the Drunken Immortal Fruit."

Pang Shaoyu nodded, asked no more, and focused on the situation inside the formation.

At the same time, Hua Changxi stood before the stone bed with a solemn expression. She first took out the Qihuang Token given by Gu Jinfan and placed it on the operating table. Then she picked up the spirit needles and gently inserted them into several major acupoints around Chang Wei's body.

When Ye Lingxuan and the others saw the Qihuang Token, their eyes flickered. But as Hua Changxi's needling grew faster and more concentrated, they withdrew their attention.

Chang Wei's spiritual root had two problems: first, the spiritual root was severely torn; second, it had atrophied from prolonged lack of nourishment from spiritual energy.

Due to the atrophy, many places had broken off, causing his spiritual root to be in fragments.

If using conventional medical methods, one would first restore flexibility to the atrophied spiritual root by repeatedly channeling spiritual energy to fill and nourish it.

After solving the atrophy problem, one would then treat the tearing of the spiritual root.

This process would undoubtedly be lengthy.

Hua Changxi had no time to waste on this. Before coming to the No. 10 Qihuang Hall, she had crushed a Creation Pomegranate Seed.

The Creation Pomegranate can directly generate a spiritual root, and the juice of its seeds has excellent effects in inducing the formation of a spiritual root.

One Creation Pomegranate Seed is equivalent to a Creation Pill, capable of granting an ordinary person a spiritual root.

If not for verifying the teachings of the No. 10 Qihuang Hall, she would truly begrudge consuming a Creation Pomegranate Seed.

The moment Hua Changxi opened the porcelain bottle containing the juice of the Creation Pomegranate Seed, an indescribable aura wafted out, instantly causing Jia Lu, Ye Lingxuan, and Jiang Henian—the three inside the formation—to reveal intoxicated expressions.

"What good thing did the Peak Master take out?"

The Dan Yuan Peak disciples watching noticed the change in expressions of Jia Lu and the others and were very curious about what exactly was in the porcelain bottle in Hua Changxi's hand.

Hua Changxi dipped the spirit needle into the Creation Pomegranate Seed juice, carefully controlled the dosage, and slowly inserted the needle into the areas where Chang Wei's spiritual root was severely atrophied.

With the first needle, under the透视 of her Truth-Seeing Eye, Hua Changxi saw that under the catalysis of the Creation Pomegranate Seed juice, Chang Wei's atrophied spiritual root became plump and strong, like withered trees meeting spring. Even the cracks on the spiritual root were gradually healing.

Hua Changxi glanced at the Qihuang Token. Seeing no reaction, she proceeded with the second needle, the third needle...

After the ninth needle was administered, the parts of Chang Wei's spiritual root that had broken due to atrophy grew back together. The entire spiritual root was once again connected end to end, forming a complete closed loop.

[Creation Hand (Manifestation): 0/1000]

Seeing the new data suddenly appear in her field of vision, Hua Changxi's heart shook violently. She had not expected that after the 'Observation, Auscultation, Inquiry, and Palpation Technique', the Divine Farmer's Cauldron still had other inheritances.

Creation Hand?

Manifestation?

While Hua Changxi's thoughts were in chaos, the Divine Farmer's Cauldron in her sea of consciousness trembled, and then a flood of information poured madly into her mind.

"Creation Hand: snatch the workings of heaven and earth to continue the path of the Dao; mend the deficiencies of Yin-Yang to aid the multitudes."

"This divine ability uses 'spiritual power as the guide, primordial source as the medium, and laws as the measure,' specializing in treating incurable Dao-path ailments such as shattered spiritual roots, broken dantian, and collapsed sea of consciousness."

"The divine ability is divided into three levels: Manifestation, Restoration, and Remolding."

"Manifestation—the practitioner uses spiritual power as a guide and gathers the life primordial source as a medium to project and manifest the spiritual root, dantian, and sea of consciousness of the rescued person, making them observable, touchable, treatable, and healable..."

"Restoration—building upon the foundation of Manifestation, following the primordial source of the spiritual root, dantian, and sea of consciousness, using the life vessel as a brush and spiritual power as ink, to mend the marks of damage and continue the path that is on the verge of breaking."

"Remolding—reaching the peak of creation, abandoning the constraints of 'restoration', seizing the spiritual essence of heaven and earth, gathering the primordial source of the cosmos, using the practitioner's own spiritual power as fuel and leading the Primordial Qi as fire, to perform a bone-changing rebirth of the manifested spiritual root, dantian, and sea of consciousness."