Chapter 8: Abnormal Self-Healing Power

"A Li."

It was Shen Kuo's voice.

Shen Qingli in the space didn't hear it, but the little white snake darted out.

"Hiss!"

"I understand."

Shen Kuo, who clearly understood the snake language, let out a sigh of relief.

"Guard her well." Shen Kuo ordered.

The little white snake turned and left, acting like a young master who didn't need orders.

At the same time, Shen Qingli in the space was tidying up her various wounds.

Having just finished reforging her bones, she actually still had many hidden injuries that weren't healed, and then Bai Li Chongtong and Zhao Yue added more injuries, and she had been gritting her teeth through it all.

"Huh?"

After scanning herself internally, Shen Qingli was astonished to find that her previous hidden injuries had healed?

Self-healing power!?

Shen Qingli carefully sensed her body and realized that during the time she went out to endure head-on, the purple qi seeping from her bones had been nourishing her body, strengthening and toughening the fragile meridians she had just repaired.

Blocked and tangled spots were also self-repaired.

If she hadn't been suppressing it, fearing Zhao Yue and the others would notice, her later injuries might have mostly healed.

"Is this the heaven-defying aspect of immortal-demon dual cultivation?"

Shen Qingli muttered to herself, her eyes full of disbelief.

She herself had thought that recovering would take at least a few months, and had prepared to go into seclusion for a few days.

But there was also a strange problem: before leaving seclusion, she had clearly been at the mid-stage of the Profound Master realm, so how did a single trip out drop her back to the early stage?

After examining herself for a while, Shen Qingli strangely discovered——

Self-healing power comes at a cost!

Her rapid recovery is because her bones, which look like purple glazed glass, can convert her cultivation into healing power, automatically tending to her injuries!

This ability seems heaven-defying, yet also seems off somewhere.

But overall, life is more important than cultivation, which seems right.

Thus, in less than half a day, Shen Qingli "left seclusion."

As soon as she stepped out, she saw Shen Jin.

"Old Shen calls you to eat."

"?"

Shen Qingli, not reacting in time, blankly watched Shen Jin's retreating back.

Noticing that she hadn't caught up, the boy turned his head again and asked, "What's wrong?"

"Nothing." Shen Qingli stepped forward to catch up.

Upon reaching the dining hall, she happened to see Shen Kuo, sleeves rolled up, placing a pot of soup in the center of the table.

"Wash your hands and eat." He said.

Shen Qingli wanted to speak but held back, and even after washing her hands and sitting down, she remained silent.

Actually, she hadn't eaten a meal in a long time.

After reaching the Profound King Realm, one can abstain from grains.

Strangely, after having her bones pulled out, her realm plummeted, and logically she should feel hungry.

But regardless of past or present life, after her realm dropped she never felt hungry—until now, looking at the modest three dishes and one soup on the table, she felt hungry.

"Gurgle."

Her stomach sounded a protest.

"Want to try?"

Shen Kuo asked softly, with a hint of careful caution.

Shen Qingli didn't refuse, picking up her chopsticks to dig into the rice.

Shen Jin flicked a chopstick, sending a piece of red-braised pork with fatty and lean meat into her bowl.

"You're too thin, eat more meat."

"You should eat more."

Shen Kuo gave her a helping of every dish.

Shen Qingli looked at the plate piled high with food, her heart filled with mixed feelings.

From childhood onward, no one had ever served her extra rice, naturally no one had ever served her extra vegetables.

Of course, no one would ever call her to eat, let alone personally prepare the meal for her.

Nearly every child experiences this with their mother, but she never has.

She used to think it was because she was independent and outstanding, that elders subconsciously felt she didn't need fussy care, and didn't blame Zhao Yue.

……She had actually wanted to leave.

The words of farewell that had reached her lips were still left unsaid.

Anyway, Bing Xue Feng never takes cultivation resources from the Azure Jade Sect; staying here versus going out seems hardly different.

"Go ahead and eat; after you're done, let A Jin take you around the peak." Shen Kuo added.

Shen Qingli said nothing more, silently eating her meal.

Watching her heaping plate of food gradually diminish, Shen Kuo's clenched fist under the table finally relaxed.

After three bowls of rice, Shen Qingli silently set down her chopsticks.

Finished eating? Let's go!

Shen Jin grabbed Shen Qingli and flung her up!

Shen Kuo was about to curse someone!

Shen Qingli grabbed the boy's collar herself, "Let go!"

Shen Jin, letting go resentfully, tugged at his collar, rubbed the red mark on his neck, and muttered, "I'm not saying this, but as a girl, your actions are way too rough!"

Shen Qingli gave him a cold look.

Shen Jin scratched his head, "No wonder you're father and daughter—your gazes are equally cold! Let's go, I'll take you up the mountain."

Shen Qingli, not knowing why they were going to the mountaintop, only understood when she saw the pool rich in spiritual energy.

"Here, go heal your wounds. Don't worry, this pool isn't naturally formed by the Jade Sect; it's very clean." Shen Jin explained.

"You think the Jade Sect is dirty?" Shen Qingli retorted. This wasn't the first time Shen Jin had called it dirty; last time he blamed Su Chacha, and now he's clearly implicating the whole sect.

"What? You still want to protect them?" Shen Jin said irritably.

Shen Qingli blinked, then suddenly recalled that many years ago, Shen Jin should have gone to Saint Maiden Peak to look for her.

That was a long time ago…

She was still under ten, Gu Cihe had just joined the sect, and she looked after him very well.

Once, Gu Cihe was shoved over by a boy in purple robes; without a word, she pulled the boy away, helped Gu Cihe up, and asked if he was cold or warm. When she turned back, the boy had vanished.

"That time, you didn't push Gu Cihe?" Shen Qingli suddenly asked.

Talking past each other, Shen Jin turned his head awkwardly, "You go down; I'll guard the entrance, no one will come up."

What else does Shen Qingli not understand?

Sure enough, it's him!

Gu Cihe was indeed scheming from a young age; no wonder he gets along so well with Su Chacha.

And the spiritual pool before her, she still needed it badly; if she didn't replenish her spiritual energy, she'd soon fall from the Profound Master Realm.

"Why aren't you going down yet? You couldn't have never soaked in a spiritual pool and not know how, could you?" Shen Jin's voice came from afar.

"You're still eavesdropping?" Shen Qingli retorted.

Shen Jin's annoyed voice came immediately: "I didn't! I, I, I'm just worried about you! Will you even soak or not?"

Of course I will.

Although she had indeed never soaked before.

But she had taken her junior brothers and sisters to the Jade Pond countless times; that's a reward every inner disciple can receive, and also a reward for anyone who has made great contributions to the sect.

As the Peak Master's descendant, she also gets a chance every three years to enter the pool to temper her bones.

Yet she had never done so.

What should have been hers was always given away by Zhao Yue on her behalf.

Shen Kuo! Give my daughter back!

Zhao Yue's voice, at this very moment, came from below the peak!

Furious and resentful!

It seemed as if Shen Kuo had seized her supreme treasure!

But she was clearly something Zhao Yue didn't want.

Now that they've severed ties, she instead shows up at the door demanding it back?

Oh, to take her back and throw her into the endless abyss.

After all, she's Zhao Yue's exclusive plaything—life and death in her hands—so it's up to Zhao Yue to decide!

Looks like I still have to leave.

"A Li, hurry up and get over here! As long as you sincerely apologize, I can still forgive your grave rebellion!" Zhao Yue's condescending shout rang out again.