The Rabbit Leaves the Hospital
Meanwhile, Shen Shuibi is receiving her final treatment.
Seven complete moons hung in this grotto.
The water is cold and the waves are rushing in the evening, and the trees are falling and the mountains are empty in autumn.
Jade Dipper hang across the net-like gates, the Milky Way shines brightly in the palace of flowers.
The righteous energy of the moon gathers here. Different moons represent different methods. Moreover, depending on the season, some are full moons, some are half moons, some are crescent moons, and there is even a dark lunar eclipse.
These seven Taiyin spheres formed a special formation within this grotto-heaven, with seven vertical lines connecting to Shen Shuibi's body.
Shen Shuibi's body is being reconstructed by the Seven Wheels of Yin.
In the first month, the Essence Blood; in the second month, the meridians are unified.
In March, the body takes shape; in April, hair grows.
In May, the muscles and bones are formed; in June, the internal organs are complete.
And now, it is the seventh moon, the moon that was swallowed by the lunar eclipse.
In the seventh month, all the gods prepare themselves, and all living beings receive their blessings, which are bestowed upon them by the harmony of heaven. Their blood, form, and spirit are all transformed into their essence.
Shen Shuibi looks completely different now.
As the saying goes: Mountains with jade make the grass and trees lush, and waters with pearls make the waves charming.
That's because the mountains and rivers possess their own unique Spiritual Qi.
The Spiritual Qi in Shen Shuibi's body had long since been exhausted, leaving only a trace. So although she was still exceptionally beautiful, and even more elegant and graceful than many ordinary beauties, she was not seen as such by powerful beings.
In the eyes of the powerful, Shen Shuibi was a person who could speak but had no spirit, had form but no bones, whose aura was not moist, whose color was not bright, whose hands and feet were weak, whose tendons and joints were not connected, and whose body was thin and whose spirit was turbid.
But now that Shen Shuibi has recovered from her injuries, she has an even more... indescribable aura.
The Spiritual Qi leaks out and is emitted as a sound.
When the body is upright and proper, the soul is complete.
Limbs bend and stretch, spirits and energy abound.
Her demeanor was elegant and serene, her eyes gleaming like autumn water.
Every step is like flowing gold, bathed in moonlight and heavy with dew.
Her appearance remained unchanged, but the aura she exuded was completely different.
In the past, her temperament was already quite aloof and beautiful, completely outshining a bunch of so-called 'elegant beauties'. But now, she is worlds apart from her former self.
That kind of oppressive feeling that emanates from within, that suffocating sense of pressure, yet without any sense of intimidation.
It's not intimidation.
When you look at the full moon on Mid-Autumn Festival night, do you feel any pressure?
No, it won't.
However, that full moon, just by looking up at it, seemed to make people lose the desire to speak, and they just wanted to watch it quietly, as if it had some kind of magic.
At this moment, Shen Shuibi's fingertips, eyebrows, and every inch of her skin seemed to exude a special sense of pressure, making people want to just watch her quietly without having the thought of disturbing her.
She was like the lonely moon in the sky, only to be admired from afar, not to be touched.
But even from a distance, it is like the moonlight, so captivating that it is hard to look away.
Her beauty was breathtaking, as radiant as a flower.
Unrestrained and unrestrained, yet gentle and warm like jade.
Five colors shone brightly, their forms inexhaustible.
Upon closer inspection, it is captivating and mesmerizing.
Like pearls dripping coldly, like jade powder, or like a bright white plate shining in the night.
Then, she looked up at the seven moons in the sky.
But then, countless Yin-Yang trigrams suddenly appeared around her.
These Yin-Yang trigrams form the hexagram, then rapidly rotate and swirl, completing their final integration around her.
Immediately afterwards, Shen Shuibi took a deep breath.
The seven wheels of the moon in the sky suddenly collapsed.
Then, it transformed into the specialty of the Southeast Demon Race, Imperial Flowing Sap.
On the night of Gengshen, the moon shone brightly, within which Imperial Flowing Sap, its shape resembling countless olives, with Ten Thousand Paths golden threads strung together and hanging down.
Plants and trees in the human world can become demons if they are exposed to its energy, and foxes and ghosts can display Divine Ability if they eat it.
Shen Shuibi naturally didn't need Imperial Flowing Sap's ability to become a demon; what she wanted was Imperial Flowing Sap's 'life'.
The raw material for the Imperial Flowing Sap is the essence of the moon. At this moment, seven moons were shattered at once, and the resulting quantity was extremely large, like the water of a large lake pouring out and falling from the sky.
The gushing spring, stretching for tens of thousands of feet, is like a white dragon soaring down from the sky, pouring down on the mountains. It leaps up in anger, swirling into snowdrifts that roll past, while silvery light falls from above, as if the Milky Way were falling from the heavens, connecting heaven and earth.
The Imperial Flowing Sap are sexually potent and can replenish life.
Her body was complete; she only lacked life.
Sexuality is the true and unchanging essence of the body, the source of spiritual wisdom, and the origin of so-called 'personality'.
Life is the ultimate state of being, the fundamental basis for life's activities, and the source of energy.
This is the principle behind how the Imperial Flowing Sap can awaken demons.
The essence of plants and Lingzhi mushroom has life but no sexuality, Imperial Flowing Sap can add sexuality to it.
The essence of birds, beasts, insects, and animals is short-lived and lacks vitality, but the Imperial Flowing Sap can replenish these deficiencies.
Once this is done, spiritual intelligence will naturally arise, Demon Transformation.
Now, Shen Shuibi's reconstructed body is lifeless and soulless, relying entirely on her fifth-rank true spirit to sustain it. Therefore, it needs to be reawakened with the Imperial Flowing Sap, just like an infant gaining intelligence, in order to complete the final process.
Her original, shattered body had been completely discarded, and her soul and spirit had now been transferred to a brand new body.
It's like a car that's been in an accident; the engine is broken, and replacing it with a new one is much easier than repairing it.
Shen Shuibi felt her soul and body gradually becoming one.
It is even more suitable for the soul than the original one.
"This is truly... an unbelievable method. A completely new, custom-made body. Has the methods of the Miscellaneous School reached this level?" Shen Shuibi exclaimed.
The doctor next to them heard this and replied, "It is indeed amazing. Before this technology existed, seriously injured people could only recover slowly, but now they can directly replace bodies, which is very convenient."
"But... how did you manage to achieve such a perfect match between the soul and the body? This method of creating a body and soul that are so perfectly matched is truly inconceivable," Shen Shuibi asked the physician.
Changing bodies is not difficult; there are countless methods of possession, so it's nothing unusual.
Ultimately, however, the problem of matching the body and the soul remains unresolved. It is rare for a physical body to be more compatible with the soul than the original body. This is a major obstacle to the method of possession. The rejection reaction is an almost insurmountable problem, unless one is directly reincarnated, in which case the newborn body will be compatible with the soul.
But reincarnation is a complete reset, requiring starting all over again, and very few people can make that decision.
But now, without reincarnation, one can obtain a perfectly compatible new body. As long as the true spirit is not damaged, the physical body can be replaced.
If this technology were used on the battlefields of the Tang Kingdom, how many battle-hardened but physically disabled warriors could be brought back to the battlefield?
Their casualty ratio is likely to be much higher than that of the enemy.
Faced with Shen Shuibi's question, the doctor who was controlling the treatment process smiled and said, "Only those who are knowledgeable in this field would know this. I'm just using a ready-made body. Alright, life is infused into it, and the final step is complete."
Shen Shuibi looked up at the sky again.
In the world, apart from the Imperial Flowing Sap, very few materials can be used to infuse life.
Yes, there are some, but the cost is too high. Very few naturally formed heavenly materials and earthly treasures can achieve this.
Only the one among the Great Sage of the Demon Race, known as the 'Emperor,' created the Imperial Flowing Sap and spread it throughout the heavens, thus popularizing treasures with this property.
The appearance of the Imperial Flowing Sap increased the number of Demon Race by tens of millions of times.
However, Shen Shuibi was still puzzled.
In any case, Imperial Flowing Sap is something that only the Southeast Demon Race possesses. How did Human Path manage to obtain such a large quantity of Imperial Flowing Sap?
The method of making Imperial Flowing Sap is a secret of the demonic path. Apart from the demonic path distributing it regularly, it is almost impossible for others to possess so much Imperial Flowing Sap.
But in any case, Human Path has been shown.
At this moment, the Secret Method of the Miscellaneous School, the Medical School of the Human Path, and the Imperial Flowing Sap of the Demonic Path are combined into one.
Only in this way was Shen Shuibi's injury healed.
This shows how difficult it is to treat her injuries.
Just after the Imperial Flowing Sap had finished dripping.
Just then, a voice came from beside Shen Shuibi: "Hmm, now that I've finished what I needed to do here, I'll be going!"
"Yes, thank you, Miss Yu." Shen Shuibi immediately turned around and thanked the departing person.
If Li Qi were here, he would definitely exclaim in surprise.
Because it was she who helped Shen Shuibi adjust her body.
Li Qi's classmate, the Yu Zao mentioned by Liu Shenzhi as the experimental subject of the Miscellaneous School.
For some reason, she ended up taking charge of Shen Shuibi's new body.
But no one else sensed anything was wrong and let her leave first, since the other party had already finished her work.
Meanwhile, Shen Shuibi also thanked another doctor, "Physician Bai, thank you again this time."
"It's my duty, no need for formalities." The woman, referred to as Physician Bai, nodded with a smile and then said, "I should thank you, I've learned a lot from you this time."
"Your medical skills are far superior to mine," she said to Shen Shuibi with a sigh.
Indeed, Shen Shuibi was involved in nearly half of the treatment plan and also provided many suggestions to the other half.
Aside from the Imperial Flowing Sap and the Miscellaneous Secret Method, which she couldn't participate in, everything else was completed by her and Physician Bai together.
"I've learned a lot too. It turns out that Tang Kingdom has a standardized and template-based medical system, which is much better than my amateurish approach," Shen Shuibi said quickly.
There are many things to learn from the other party's medical skills, especially their solid foundation and systematic learning, which Shen Shuibi finds impressive.
Physician Bai chuckled and shook his head, "Alright, alright, stop flattering each other. Let's do an internal examination. If there's nothing wrong, change your clothes and come out."
Shen Shuibi examined her body again, confirmed that everything was alright, and then got up.
At this moment, the Imperial Flowing Sap in the sky has been completely absorbed.
The brand-new body perfectly housed the soul.
Shen Shuibi's personal world is complete.
Then, she changed her clothes and stepped out of the cave.
After completing the formalities and saying goodbye to the doctors who had taken care of her, Shen Shuibi walked out of the hospital.
Meanwhile, Li Qi was already sitting at the entrance of the clinic, waiting quietly.
When Shen Shuibi came out, Li Qi stood up at the same time.
The two quickened their pace and walked together, but neither of them spoke.
Both of them seemed to be somewhat cautious.
This attitude is really strange.
Instead, Shen Shuibi, after remaining silent for about half a minute, suddenly spoke up, asking cautiously as always, "You... aren't you afraid of me?"
Upon hearing this, Li Qi suddenly relaxed. "I was worried that you would dislike me~".
The two exchanged a smile, and the previous awkwardness vanished.
Clearly, they were thinking the same thing.
The difference in cultivation level is too great, which may create some kind of barrier.
But now it seems not.
Li Qi naturally reached out and handed her the juice he had just bought, then took her other hand, and the two left together.
Walking on the streets of Chang'an, it was as peaceful and serene as ever.
The two strolled around, chatting about many things, such as what had happened in the past few days.
Li Qi recounted his experience attending the banquet, while Shen Shuibi spoke about her treatment.
Soon the conversation turned to each other.
Li Qi was the first to ask, "You have a special aura about you. Is that a characteristic of a fifth-rank official?"
He was recklessly using his True Knowledge Dao Charm to scan Shen Shuibi's body, sensing every difference from before.
If he were any other fifth-rank official, Li Qi would have been thrown out and beaten to death by now.
Fortunately, the object of her gaze was Shen Shuibi. Although she felt uncomfortable from being constantly stared at, she managed to hold back.
It's not like you'll lose a piece of meat.
Besides... I've already seen everything I needed to see.
"It must be the lingering scent of the Imperial Flowing Sap, right? My body was originally inanimate; it was only revived by the Imperial Flowing Sap." Shen Shuibi looked at her hands, sipping her juice as she answered.
"Imperial Flowing Sap? Is it possible to obtain something like that? Isn't that a legendary heavenly materials and earthly treasures?" Li Qi was somewhat surprised.
Shen Shuibi replied naturally, "It's not that rare. Although we don't know the production process of Imperial Flowing Sap, the output is still very large. Unfortunately, only the Demon Race can manufacture it. The Demon Race usually manufactures and uses it on-site, so it is hard to find in other places."
"To be honest, I'm quite surprised that Human Path has such a large reserve of Imperial Flowing Sap, but they must have their own methods. Speaking of which... Li Qi, you've changed quite a bit too."
"I thought it would only be seven days, and Li Qi, you wouldn't have changed much, but now it seems that your cultivation has changed a lot. Have you changed your methods?" Shen Shuibi also noticed the changes in Li Qi.
"Yes, I incorporated some Human Path methods to refine the Guangyang within my body."
"... Can you fit in?" Shen Shuibi frowned.
Conflicts on the Dao Path are no laughing matter.
"Guangyang is the land of Baiyue, a place where the ways of Shaman Path and Human Path intersect. I also acted based on the actual situation in Guangyang," Li Qi replied.
In the Baiyue region, Human Path Shaman Path are intertwined, and the conflict between the two is inherently complex. This is one of the reasons why Li Qi dared to do this.
"... But cultivation is not going well in the Baiyue region, and the people are not convinced. You know what the situation is there. This is caused by the struggle for the Dao. Aren't you afraid that it will be the same for your own small world?" Shen Shuibi asked worriedly.
"So I made the changes, and now it looks fine," Li Qi replied.
"Li Qi ...you are participating in the Dao struggle. Do you know what will happen to you if you make a mistake?" Shen Shuibi looked at Li Qi solemnly.