Qu Jianlei said he could treat them, but Jiang Hui's problem was not yet resolved.
She asked curiously, "If it's a Light Art, can it treat multiple people at once?"
Many Light Arts were area-of-effect techniques. They could attack groups, so naturally they could also heal groups.
"The difficulty..." Qu Jianlei's mouth twitched when he heard that. "It's not impossible, but the difficulty will increase considerably."
"Then treat them together," Jiang Hui said gravely. "After all, it's a Rule Item. Using it to treat only one person would be too wasteful."
"Ridge Lord Qu, consider it a favor to me. Gao Qingyang can recover some of his investment this way too."
They were both at Nascent Soul cultivation, yet she called Gao Qingyang by name, too lazy even to address him as fellow daoist.
And upon hearing that treatment was possible, Gao Qingyang immediately looked much more spirited.
However, when faced with Hall Master Jiang's remark about recovering his investment, he remained fairly rational.
"Whether I recover my investment isn't important. The key is that Red Leaf Ridge must not pay too great a price!"
"It definitely won't be small," Qu Jianlei sighed softly before speaking seriously. "But the number of people treated together is limited too."
"How many people have similar symptoms? If there are too many, we really can't handle them all."
"Seventeen," Jiang Hui answered casually. "Four Nascent Souls and thirteen Golden Core Realm cultivators. None below the Golden Core Realm..."
"I knew it," Qu Jianlei snorted. "Those below the Golden Core Realm simply can't endure it."
"What?" Jiang Hui's expression changed. She understood all too well what that meant. "It really was the work of an Out-of-Body Heavenly Demon?"
"What else could it be?" Qu Jianlei glanced at her. "If we weren't trying to break the