Chapter 437: Spirit Healing

Outside the Shanmen of Lingguang Hall, amidst the gratitude of Lingguang Hall's stewards, Meng Qingyao led a group of physicians from the Dansheng Hall aboard the flying ship returning to Dansheng Hall.

This visit to Lingguang Hall was fairly successful.

Although a small number of Zhu Que soldiers with severe injuries, where ghost qi had already penetrated their dantians, had not yet received effective treatment, most of the wounded had their ghost qi cleared, and their damaged flesh and spiritual roots were properly healed.

Gu Jinfan watched Hua Changxi standing at the bow, lost in thought, then considered for a moment before walking over: "What is Peak Master Hua thinking about?"

Hua Changxi looked at Gu Jinfan, who had voluntarily approached, and did not hide her thoughts: "I am considering how to clear the ghost qi that has penetrated the dantian." She paused. "Master Gu is widely experienced; do you have any insightful opinions on this?"

Gu Jinfan smiled: "In front of Peak Master Hua, how would I dare to show off my meager skills?"

Hua Changxi raised an eyebrow: "Did you come over just to flatter me?"

Hearing this, the corner of Gu Jinfan's mouth twitched; looking at Hua Changxi, she said seriously: "Peak Master Hua, I hope you can always remain this bold and unrestrained."

Hua Changxi narrowed her eyes: "Are you mocking me?"

Gu Jinfan shook her head: "No, I sincerely hope so."

Hua Changxi withdrew her gaze, instantly losing any interest in continuing the conversation with Gu Jinfan.

Gu Jinfan sensed her distancing and did not wish to press her warmth against cold indifference, yet she did not forget her original purpose: "I once read a sentence in a travelogue—'Prescriptions attack evil, acupuncture unblocks meridians, and Spirit Healing consolidates the foundation.'"

"I understand prescriptions and acupuncture, but regarding the Spirit Healing mentioned in the travelogue... I have never been able to figure it out."

Gu Jinfan looked at Hua Changxi: "Does Peak Master Hua know what Spirit Healing is?"

Hua Changxi's gaze fell upon Gu Jinfan once more, her eyes deep in thought: "Spirit Healing... consolidating the foundation?"

What is the foundation?

For a cultivator, the spiritual root is the foundation, the dantian is the foundation, and the spiritual platform and sea of consciousness are also the foundation.

Could the so-called Spirit Healing be exactly what she imagined: the treatment and study of 'alternate spaces'—the dantian and the sea of consciousness?

Seeing Hua Changxi lost in her own thoughts, Gu Jinfan did not disturb her, turning instead to return to the group of physicians.

Tang Yufeng and Huo Yunxiao waited for her return and immediately asked: "What did you say to Hua Changxi?"

Glancing at the pricking ears around her, Gu Jinfan smiled: "Matters of medical art; I had a question I did not understand and intended to ask Peak Master Hua, but unexpectedly, I stumped her as well."

Meng Qingyao interjected: "What question could be so difficult?"

Gu Jinfan looked at her: "I read a travelogue stating that medical arts can be divided into three major parts: prescriptions, acupuncture, and Spirit Healing. We encounter prescriptions and acupuncture frequently in our daily lives, but Spirit Healing remains unclear to me."

"Pavilion Master Meng studied under the Xia family, a guardian Dao lineage; have you ever heard of Spirit Healing?"

Meng Qingyao also fell into contemplation: "Spirit Healing... I have indeed seen records concerning it in ancient medical texts; this treatment method seems to be targeted at heart demons."

Ye Lingxuan could not help but voice her own opinion: "Spirit Healing is not that simple; treating heart demons should be only one part of it. Spirit Healing should also encompass the treatment of spiritual roots, dantians, and even golden cores and nascent souls."

"When a cultivator damages their spiritual root or dantian, or when their golden core or nascent soul is injured, aside from pill treatment, I believe there must be other methods of healing."

"Take those Zhu Que soldiers whose dantians were eroded by ghost qi; in the absence of medicinal pills to treat them, are they simply left to wait for death?"

After speaking these words, Ye Lingxuan noticed everyone looking at her, including Hua Changxi, who stood at the bow.

Ye Lingxuan smiled awkwardly: "These are merely my humble opinions; everyone is free to listen or ignore them."

Meng Qingyao looked at Ye Lingxuan and smiled: "These are hardly humble opinions; it shows you have conducted deep research into medical arts." She then glanced at Hua Changxi. "Peak Master Hua truly has an abundance of talent under her command."

Hua Changxi looked at her: "If Pavilion Master Meng appreciates talent, the solution is simple. Good birds choose trees to rest in; as long as the Lingjing Pavilion and Qingyao Peak, under your leadership, become a place where everyone who joins can fully display their strengths, talent will naturally flow in endlessly."

The smile on Meng Qingyao's face stiffened slightly, and the expressions of the Secret Realm Masters present varied greatly—not everyone was willing to relinquish power from their hands as Hua Changxi did.

Seeing the atmosphere grow somewhat silent, Huo Yunxiao smiled to break the tension: "Peak Master Hua's magnanimity is something we should all learn from."

Hua Changxi smiled but said nothing more, turning back to continue watching the rapidly moving mountains and rivers outside the flying ship.

The atmosphere among the Secret Realm Masters was somewhat subtle, but it did not affect the moods of the accompanying physicians and alchemists in the slightest.

This outing had been highly rewarding for them all.

First, they gained practical experience; second, they received personal guidance from Peak Master Hua, further advancing their study of acupuncture techniques; third, once Lingguang Hall finalized the schedule, all of them would be permitted to enter the Wutong Forest to cultivate for one month.

No wonder the Qihuang Pavilion and Jiujie Hall had desperately tried to arrange for people to participate in this medical consultation; the improvement in strength for physicians and alchemists was immense.

The flying ship moved swiftly, and soon the Dansheng Hall, shrouded in spiritual mist, appeared in everyone's line of sight.

"Even without being fully revived, Dansheng Hall resembles a fairyland; one wonders what magnificent sight the fully revived sacred land will present?"

"Alas, why didn't the previous revival reveal the Shanmen? Without a Shanmen, our sacred land lacks the grandeur of Lingguang Hall."

Amidst the exclamations of the crowd, the flying ship landed.

Hua Changxi glanced at the First Street and Second Street, which were undergoing extensive construction, but did not linger long; avoiding the Pilgrimage Road, she headed toward Danyuan Peak.

Passing through Jiujie Square, Hua Changxi hesitated for a moment, then instructed Jia Lu to lead the others from Danyuan Peak back first, while she proceeded alone to the Danding Altar Square.

"What is Hua Changxi doing?"

Standing beneath the Danding Altar, Hua Changxi gazed heavily at the Qihuang Pavilion for quite some time, then ascended Qihuang Street, walking from the street entrance of Qihuang Pavilion Number One all the way to the street end where Qihuang Pavilion Number Eighteen stood.

This scene immediately caught the attention of all the Qihuang Pavilion masters.

Gu Jinfan stood with arms crossed, leaning against the gate of Qihuang Pavilion Number Ten, watching Hua Changxi without blinking as she counted on her fingers, silently reciting something.

Once Hua Changxi sighed, turned, and returned to Danyuan Peak, Gu Jinfan went directly to the Old Courtyard in the square.

Upon entering, she immediately asked Gu Xing: "Senior Gu, did Hua Changxi take away many Qihuang Tokens?"

Gu Xing glanced at her but offered no response.

Gu Jinfan, however, understood the reply hidden in his silence and smiled with a complex expression.

Both revivals of Dansheng Hall were triggered by Hua Changxi, and she had taken the largest share of the eighteen Qihuang Tokens...

Could it be that from the very beginning, the Divine Tree had chosen Hua Changxi?

Yet, if she is the chosen one for the Sacred Lord, then what role does Meng Qingyao play, she who obtained the Sacred Land's Divine Cauldron in her previous life?

Gu Jinfan's mind was in turmoil; asking nothing further, she turned and left the Old Courtyard.