Bang! Bang! Bang!
Because Si Niang was closest to me and knew that being struck by the Returning Origin technique had put me in grave danger, she rushed over at once. Her divine sword launched a rapid barrage of attacks, blasting most of the earth-vein essence out of my body. But by then, I had already been thoroughly soaked in it from head to toe!
My protective astral shield had long since collapsed under the instant regression, and the scalding, viscous earth-vein essence clung all over me. The agony was overwhelming. This could no longer be called cleansing—it was more like being burned alive. By the time I could force out a roar, not a single patch of flesh remained intact. If Si Niang had not disregarded everything else and carried me out of the earth-vein essence, my Dao body would probably have been burned to ash, leaving me to recover from a purely spiritual state.
"Hubby! Hubby!" Seeing me drenched in blood, Si Niang began to weep uncontrollably.
"Seal... my meridians... quickly..." I said in a low voice. The power of regression soon began repairing the meridians throughout my body, but this time I had been left in a truly sorry state.
Before Si Niang could even react, Zuo Qingxuan had already sealed my major meridians with her hands. That way, when I regressed my cultivation power, I would not be reduced to having not even a scrap of skin or bone left on my hands and feet!
The earth-vein essence was truly terrifying. I had been burned nearly to cinders, with hardly a single patch of intact skin left. The pain made me nearly faint several times. I absolutely did not want to experience it a second time!
"Si Niang, let me." Zuo Qingxuan took me from Si