Chapter 229 - - 227 Everyone has a bright future_1

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The Jiao poison had all but dissipated.

Chang Kui slowly awakened.

It was only then that Li Anjiang reacted, tapping the air several times to promptly seal off his meridians.

Chang Kui bitterly smiled, "Sect Master Li, there's no need to restrict me. The Little Immortal Doctor has saved my life; whatever he takes from me is justified."

But do you know what he is taking from you?

Li Anjiang muttered under his breath---if Duge really cured Chang Kui, it indeed posed a dilemma for him.

The elders had selected for him were all patients with severe and difficult-to-treat illnesses, taking their spiritual power wouldn't have any repercussions.

Now that he had cured the man, taking away the spiritual power he had cultivated so hard to acquire was indeed quite cruel. It would likely be hard to avoid resistance from others...

"Sect Head Senior Brother, I've already said that there would be no problems. I saved his life; it's only right that he offers some recompense," said Duge as he returned, having just secured the Jiao poison for Elder Liu. He placed his hand on Chang Kui, "Senior Brother Chang, my apologies."

The next instant.

Actions on Behalf of Heaven activated automatically.

The spiritual power within Chang Kui's body gushed out like a breached dam, surging into the palm of Duge, filling the Golden Core that was on the verge of transforming into a Nascent Soul.

Feeling the swift depletion of spiritual power within his body, Chang Kui's eyes widened in shock: "This..."

Li Anjiang glanced at him: acting noble has cost you dearly, no?

Taking others' cultivation without any regard, and even having others to shield you, was truly more exhilarating than forcibly snatching someone else's power in battle.

This was the highest level of robbery! Noble yet plundering, taking with a sense of entitlement, leaving others speechless. What could they compare with me?

A tremendous amount of spiritual power flooded into Duge's Dantian. In less than the time it takes to drink a half cup of tea, the Golden Core within the Dantian had evolved into a tiny child, with nose and eyes, sitting cross-legged, a spitting image of Wang Chong.

After the transformation of the Golden Core into a Nascent Soul, the meridians swallowed spiritual power even faster. The pathways previously widened by the Golden Core now truly surged like rivers.

"Transformed into a Nascent Soul?"

Aside.

Li Anjiang, who had been paying close attention to Duge, was utterly shocked.

He had thought that Duge's extraction of others' spiritual power would only allow him to elevate his current realm to its peak. He would still need to meditate in seclusion to breakthrough; he didn't expect that once there was enough spiritual power, the Golden Core would smoothly and naturally transform into a Nascent Soul.

What incomparable talent!

Li Anjiang was so envious he almost cried. No wonder he had schemed so much to draw the Medical Immortal Sect into his plot. The Cultivation Technique of the Way of Heaven must have been tailor-made for him by his master!

At least it was good that now this excellent seedling belonged to the Medical Immortal Sect!

The moment Duge's Golden Core transformed into a Nascent Soul, Li Anjiang suddenly made up his mind, from now on, everything in the Medical Immortal Sect would revolve around Wang Chong.

Only he, only this genius, could truly lead the Medical Immortal Sect to its zenith.

The other elders of the Medical Immortal Sect were also stunned; they knew about Wang Chong's cultivation level.

Although Wang Chong had promised to help everyone reach the Integration Realm, everyone thought it was a long-term plan.

Because Wang Chong's own realm needed to surpass theirs before he could reciprocate, breaking through also took time. They had even prepared to wait ten years...

But now, it seemed unnecessary. Wang Chong's breakthroughs appeared to have no bottleneck; now it was they who were the drag.

Their speed of breaking through determined the Medical Immortal Sect's growth.

This sad reality filled the many elders with mixed emotions, as they watched Duge, still drawing spiritual power, speechless.

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After the time it took to burn a stick of incense had passed.

The transfer of spiritual power between Duge and Chang Kui ceased.

Duge steadily entered the early stages of the Nascent Soul, while Chang Kui fell from the mid to the early stages of the Nascent Soul.

"Senior Brother Chang, my apologies."

Duge’s hand left Chang Kui’s body, taking away the only middle garment on him and then, thoughtfully, he covered him with it again.

Within moments, his realm had plummeted from the mid-stage of Nascent Soul to the early stage of Nascent Soul. More than twenty years of hard cultivation had turned into running water. It hurt to think about it, but when he remembered that the other party had ultimately saved his life,

he simply couldn’t bring himself to utter a word of blame.

And moreover,

there was Li Anjiang, eyeing him like a tiger watching its prey, with a frosty expression that seemed ready to kill him at any moment. He naturally understood why Li Anjiang wore such a look.

Duge’s cultivation technique was too domineering.

Once it got out, it would likely cause a bloody storm in the Cultivation World. To protect Duge, for him to die would be the best option.

That was also the reason they had chosen for Duge to extract cultivation power from him previously,

After all, at that time, he was already beyond saving, and extracting his spiritual power wouldn’t have caused any accidents.

Unfortunately, the Little Immortal Doctor was kind-hearted and chose to save him in the end.

Little did he know the malevolence of the human heart!

With an inward sigh, Chang Kui said, “Little Immortal Doctor, there’s no need to worry about offending or not offending. Chang acknowledges his own condition, with poison attacking the heart, and his life was not long. To have my life saved is fortunate enough, what’s the harm in losing some cultivation power. Speaking of which, it’s Chang who has gotten the better end of the deal.

Little Immortal Doctor, rest assured, Chang Kui swears that he will not divulge a word about this healing to anyone. If because of Chang any disaster befalls the Little Immortal Doctor, may Chang suffer intestinal rupture and an ill death.”

Li Anjiang slightly knitted his brows.

Doctor’s Benevolence at work, huh! Duge pretended not to see Li Anjiang’s expression and smiled, saying, “Brother Chang is magnanimous, but there’s no need for such a harsh oath. I understand that having one’s spiritual power extracted by someone else can be uncomfortable.”

“Little Immortal Doctor has misunderstood; I truly haven’t any hard feelings,” Chang Kui responded with a wry smile. He glanced at Li Anjiang and said, “Little Immortal Doctor, when I was unconscious earlier, I heard your conversation with Sect Master Li and the others. Actually, they were right—people can be cruel, and someone like you who trusts others so easily will eventually bring disaster upon yourself. If not for the fact that I was the one being healed, I’m afraid I would have made the same choice as Sect Master Li and the others. Only a dead man can keep a secret.”

Li Anjiang looked at Chang Kui with surprise and slightly relaxed his murderous intent.

“Senior Brother Chang, I think living people can keep secrets too,” Duge said, looking at Chang Kui and shaking his head. He asked, “Dare I ask, Brother Chang, how long will it take for you to recover the cultivation power I extracted from you?”

“At least a decade,” Chang Kui said gloomily.

“Senior Brother Chang, actually, my cultivation technique can not only extract cultivation power but also nourish others with it. The loss you just experienced, as long as my cultivation level is higher than yours, I can replenish it for you in the time it takes to drink a cup of tea,” Duge said with a smile.

“…” Chang Kui frowned, not understanding the implication. “Little Immortal Doctor, what are you trying to say by telling me this?”

“It’s to save your life,” Duge turned his head to glance at Li Anjiang. “I’m afraid that the moment you leave, the Sect Head Senior Brother might kill you at the sect’s gate. After all, you were saved by me, and I wouldn’t want you to die because of me in the end; that would mean I saved you in vain.”

“Doctor’s Benevolence, I wouldn’t do such a thing,” Li Anjiang said, his voice slightly embarrassed as he was called out on his thoughts.

“Little Immortal Doctor truly has a kind heart,” Chang Kui laughed and looked at Duge with appreciation. “Little Immortal Doctor shows righteousness, and Chang is not inferior. There’s no need to hold back any words with Chang, for my life was saved by you. If need be, I’ll return it to you.”

“It’s not that serious,” Duge waved his hand and spoke with a touch of embarrassment, “Senior Brother Chang, as I said earlier, as long as my cultivation is higher than yours, I can replenish your spiritual power.

Think about it, do you have any relatives or friends whose realm is higher than yours but who are unwell? If you bring them to the Medical Immortal Sect, I will cure their ailment, then extract spiritual power from them and nourish you with it. That way, nobody loses.

If Senior Brother Chang directs more patients to me, I will not leave you uncompensated; I will return some spiritual power to you as a commission, which may even be quicker than your own cultivation.

In this way, there’s benefit for both sides.

I don’t have to worry about Senior Brother Chang betraying me, and you don’t have to worry about the Sect Head Senior Brother harming you. It’s a win-win cooperation, wouldn’t you agree?”

“…” Li Anjiang suddenly froze.

“…” Chang Kui also froze, swallowing hard. “But if I bring someone and they lose cultivation power, they might resent me, and I wouldn’t even be able to keep a friend!”

“They can also find someone with higher cultivation to replenish their power!” Duge said with a puzzled glance at Chang Kui. “Besides, at that time, if your cultivation is higher than theirs, what’s there to fear from their revenge? I would think, by that point, you should be working together. Perhaps… you could find a patient with even higher cultivation to cure…”

Chang Kui pursed his lips and fell into a daze, lost in thought.

Duge smiled and turned back to look at the elders of the Medical Immortal Sect, continuing, “In this way, no one suffers any loss, and everyone fights for their own benefit. There’s no need to worry about leaks! Because leaking it wouldn’t be good for anyone!”

Gulp!

The sound of people swallowing filled the area, with many elders of the Medical Immortal Sect staring at Duge, completely stunned by his ideas.

If his plan were put into practice, they wouldn’t even need to go to battle. Before long, the entire Cultivation World might become patients of the Medical Immortal Sect.

What a monstrosity!

The many elders of the Medical Immortal Sect looked at Duge, a cold sweat forming on their backs, each of them feeling relieved that it was Wang Chong who had come to the Medical Immortal Sect. Had it been another sect, in the end, how the Medical Immortal Sect would disappear, they probably wouldn’t even know…

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