Chapter 474

Jingsheng cannot absorb excessive Qi and blood; it is truly limited by his mortal flesh.

The limitation of the physical body is due to the inherent shackles of the human body.

There are nine layers of shackles within the human body that seal off one's potential.

By common logic, breaking these shackles requires years of physical tempering, but for Jingsheng at this moment, that is undoubtedly unfeasible.

With no path for internal cultivation, one can only forcibly borrow external power.

The Profound Yellow Fruit is the peerless spiritual fruit for breaking the shackles of the flesh.

"Who? Who did you say is asking for an audience?"

"Hua Changxi."

Hua Changxi's request for an audience surprised the five Xuanyuan Generals greatly.

Qin Feng clicked his tongue: "Hua Changxi plays this game of truth and falsehood, reality and illusion, very skillfully."

Now that she is wandering around everywhere, who would dare to be certain that she is the Hall Master of Lingguang Hall who suffered Heavenly Punishment?

Qin Feng stood up: "I will go to welcome her."

Outside the Xuanyuan Prefecture, Hua Changxi waited patiently for the Xuanyuan Generals' reply while watching the bustling courtyard in the distance.

Coming here this time, she discovered that in the second ring area near the Xuanyuan Prefecture, many courtyards were already being occupied.

She also saw the station of the 'Alchemy Saint Hall', where people were also coming and going.

"Jiuniang."

Just as Hua Changxi was watching intently, a Xuanyuan Army patrol passed by, and among this group was Hua Minghe.

Hua Changxi followed the sound and saw Hua Minghe trot out of the formation.

"Father."

Hua Minghe arrived before her, worriedly looking Hua Changxi over. Seeing that her spirit was good and there were no signs of injury, he clearly breathed a sigh of relief.

He had said so—how could his daughter possibly be the Hall Master of Lingguang Hall who commands the Zhu Que Army?

Hua Minghe assumed Hua Changxi had come to see her family. While taking out his One-Thought Connection, he said, "Your mother has been talking about you these past few days. I didn't expect you to return today. She is on duty today; I will send her a message now to say you are back and ask her to take leave."

Hua Changxi quickly held Hua Minghe's hand: "Father, I came here this time to find the five Generals."

Hua Minghe was stunned: "Find the five Generals?" He paused, and a look of worry appeared on his face: "Jiuniang, tell Father, did you run into trouble?"

Hua Changxi smiled and explained: "Someone is injured and needs a type of spiritual fruit for treatment. This fruit is only available at the Xuanyuan Prefecture."

Upon hearing this, Hua Minghe's expression improved, but he soon hesitated and lowered his voice: "The five Generals seem very approachable, but they are very principled. You... don't set your expectations too high."

Hua Changxi smiled and nodded. Just as she was about to say something, the barrier opened, and she saw Qin Feng walking out with long, swift strides.

"General Qin."

Hua Minghe hurriedly offered his respects.

Qin Feng nodded and smiled: "I have come to escort Peak Master Hua into the prefecture. You go back to your duties."

Hearing this, Hua Minghe knew he could no longer speak with his daughter. He took one last lingering look at Hua Changxi and turned to leave.

"Father, I will come back to see you and Mother when I am free."

"Yes."

Hua Minghe returned to the patrol team, looking back every few steps. Watching General Qin warmly welcome his daughter into the Xuanyuan Prefecture, he felt both gratified and proud, yet also felt a touch of indescribable sadness.

"Brother Minghe, your daughter really has status. Every time she comes to the Xuanyuan Prefecture, General Qin personally comes to the gate to welcome her."

After returning to the team, the captain smiled and patted Hua Minghe on the shoulder, and the others looked at Hua Minghe with envy.

Hua Minghe just smiled and did not reply.

Seeing this, the others said nothing more and continued their patrol.

Hua Changxi met the other four Xuanyuan Generals in the Chengqian Hall. After a few pleasantries, Lu Zhenting asked directly: "Peak Master Hua, is there something you need by coming here this time?"

Hua Changxi was also direct: "I have come to ask for the help of the five Generals. I need one first-grade Profound Yellow Fruit and one second-grade Profound Yellow Fruit."

Seeing the five Generals remain silent, Hua Changxi continued: "Whatever conditions you require for the exchange, Generals, please speak. As long as I can provide it, I am willing to pay."

The five Generals looked at Hua Changxi, then began to discuss via voice transmission.

Seeing this, Hua Changxi picked up the spiritual tea on the table and began to drink.

Just as the spiritual tea in her cup was finished, Lu Zhenting spoke: "The Profound Yellow Fruit can be given to you. As for the conditions of the exchange... we want nothing else; we only need Peak Master Hua to do three things for the Xuanyuan Prefecture in the future."

"One first-grade Profound Yellow Fruit, help do one thing; one second-grade Profound Yellow Fruit, help do two things."

"If Peak Master Hua needs other grades of Profound Yellow Fruit in the future, it can also be discussed accordingly."

Hua Changxi: "..."

Seeing her silent, Lu Zhenting added: "Of course, the Xuanyuan Prefecture will absolutely not make Peak Master Hua do anything that violates morality, nor will we ask you to do anything beyond your capabilities."

Hua Changxi pondered for a while and finally agreed: "Fine."

Seeing her agreement, Lu Zhenting was very decisive and directly had Qin Feng pick one first-grade and one second-grade Profound Yellow Fruit to give to Hua Changxi.

After receiving the Profound Yellow Fruit, Hua Changxi prepared to leave: "I will not disturb the five Generals any further."

In the end, it was Qin Feng who escorted Hua Changxi out of the Xuanyuan Prefecture. When he returned to the Chengqian Hall, he said directly: "When I was in contact with Hua Changxi before, I couldn't capture her aura at all, but this time, her aura leaked out."

"She is injured, and the injuries are not light."

The four, including Lu Zhenting, nodded. This time, through the aura Hua Changxi leaked, they had probed quite a few things.

"Hua Changxi actually still hasn't broken through to the Spirit Platform Realm!"

"Logically speaking, this shouldn't be. If she truly had no talent for cultivation, she couldn't have reached this point. Why can't she open her Spirit Platform?"

"I think it is mainly a problem of her state of mind."

"State of mind? But given the huge commotions Hua Changxi has caused, I feel her state of mind should be higher than many others."

"Cultivation relies first on talent, second on resources, and third on state of mind. Hua Changxi lacks neither talent nor resources. If it isn't a state of mind problem, what else could it be?"

Lu Zhenting, who had been silent, spoke up: "It might be the reason for her cultivation technique."

Qin Feng directly denied this: "That can't be. If Hua Changxi is the Hall Master of Lingguang Hall, the technique she practices must be the 'Zhu Que Divine Art'. Previously, dozens of Zhu Que soldiers in Lingguang Hall broke through to the Spirit Platform Realm simultaneously."

"It couldn't be that Hua Changxi's natural talent is inferior to ordinary Zhu Que soldiers, could it?"

As he spoke, he muttered to himself, "If Hua Changxi is not the Hall Master of Lingguang Hall, then her being inferior to the Zhu Que soldiers would make sense; but if she is, then it doesn't make sense."

Lu Zhenting nodded: "That is true, but the 'Biography of the Four Spirits' seems to mention that for those who practice the Four Spirits Divine Art, the higher the talent, the higher the requirements."

"I remember one condition seems to be that one must have great love."

Qin Feng was stunned: "Great love?! That standard is vague enough."

The other four Generals all looked in agreement.

The five Generals did not know much about research in this area, so the topic was not continued.

Qin Feng clicked his tongue again: "Using two Profound Yellow Fruits to save someone, Hua Changxi is certainly generous."

Lu Zhenting: "In the Alchemy Saint Hall, the place with the strongest cohesion is the Danyan Peak."

"What does it rely on? Isn't it just the word 'generosity'?"

After leaving the Xuanyuan Prefecture, Hua Changxi went straight back to the Ghost Fire Well.

Beside the mouth of the Ghost Fire Well, Jingsheng's eyes were tightly closed, his aura weak. Hua Changxi looked at him, flipped her right palm, and a first-grade Profound Yellow Fruit appeared out of thin air.

Then, the spiritual power at her fingertips surged like a tide, instantly wrapping the precious fruit. The fruit flesh dissolved rapidly in the spiritual fire, turning into a thick, golden liquid glowing with brilliant golden light.

The next moment, she lightly raised her hand, guiding that wisp of pure medicinal liquid to turn into a stream of light, silently seeping into Jingsheng's body, and then guided him to absorb it slowly.

Watching this scene, Gongshu Xingyan, not far away, had his eyes bulging out.

Profound Yellow Fruit!

Hua Changxi actually sought out such a treasure to save someone!

First there was the Ghost Fire Order to protect his vitality, and now there is the Profound Yellow Fruit to break the shackles of his flesh. To save Jingsheng, she is truly sparing no effort!

Amidst his amazement, a sense of envy, so intense it was almost bitter, grew wildly in the depths of Gongshu Xingyan's heart like wild grass.

He envied Jingsheng, and pitied himself even more.

In a trance, his thoughts were pulled back to those dark, sunless years—the hundred-plus years he was trapped in the Ghost Domain.

A century of loneliness, a century of struggle.

If during that time, there had been someone like Hua Changxi willing to exhaust all efforts to save him, would he have been able to escape sooner, rather than suffering for a century in purgatory?

Unfortunately, the world is cold, and he did not meet such a person.

Gongshu Xingyan stared blankly at Hua Changxi's back, his eyes somewhat unfocused and lost.

It wasn't until Hua Changxi raised her hand again and took out a second-grade Profound Yellow Fruit to refine, and that familiar golden light shone once more, that he was forcibly dragged back from the quagmire of his scattered thoughts.

However, before his shock could subside, an even more outrageous scene occurred.

Third-grade, fourth-grade, fifth-grade...

One after another, Profound Yellow Fruits of higher grades and more powerful medicinal potency appeared in Hua Changxi's hands as if they were common fruits that cost nothing.

Refining, injecting, absorbing.

The golden stream of light merged into Jingsheng's body time and time again, as if watering a bottomless seedling.

The expression on Gongshu Xingyan's face turned from shock to dullness, and finally, complete numbness.

His heart was pounding, but his reason was collapsing.

Amidst the golden light of the Profound Yellow Fruits scattering across the sky, he no longer knew what expression to make, only feeling a heart full of absurdity and shock.

After the shock, he suddenly understood and came to an understanding of Song Weimin—working for Hua Changxi, it seems, is not impossible.