Three Legs Can Be Fixed Too!

After Hundred Treasures Pavilion decided to have them help hunt Tier 2 Demonic Beasts.

The agreement they had previously made with Hundred Treasures Pavilion no longer counted. Originally, Hundred Treasures Pavilion found customers and provided materials while he refined Puppets, and he could only collect a crafting fee.

Now, the Qing He Association sold him the materials at market price. How many Puppets he could refine from those materials and how many Spirit Crystals he could earn were all up to his own ability.

Six thousand Spirit Crystals—after deducting the cost of the Spirit Lotus Legs, he could earn at least three or four thousand. This was truly a huge deal. No wonder he was so delighted; even the look he gave Guo Qiao Lian softened.

"Fellow Daoist Guo, I'm definitely making you my friend!" Su Qing said with sincere eyes.

"Huh? Weren't we already friends?" Guo Qiao Lian froze, her clear eyes utterly untouched by the Social Graces of the world.

If it were her, she probably would not mind that the Hiding Cave was so small, right?

With his thoughts wandering, Su Qing had the Lizard Warrior tuck him and Guo Qiao Lian under its arms and race toward that Rogue Cultivator's residence.

The Rogue Cultivators of the Forward Camp were not particularly particular about such things. Most lived in groups of three or five in shabby tents, while those willing to rent Spirit Houses were few and far between.

The crude tents looked like scattered earthen mounds across the ground, without a trace of the dignity cultivators ought to possess.

The lightweight Lizard Warrior was incredibly fast. Carrying the two of them at a dead sprint, it passed tent after tent and reached the injured man's residence in no time.

A ring of tents surrounded a large tent at the center.

Seeing outsiders approach, one Fierce God-like Rogue Cultivator after another glared menacingly at the one Puppet and two people, making even Su Qing a little nervous.

Fortunately, Guo Qiao Lian had some standing among the Rogue Cultivators. After she spoke with a burly man, the Rogue Cultivators parted to form a path.

Su Qing secretly thought that for the scare alone, he would have to make a little extra on this job.

Once they entered the innermost large tent, he immediately spotted the Rogue Cultivator with severed legs lying on a wooden board in the middle.

This Rogue Cultivator was truly huge. Even with both legs gone, his upper body alone occupied more than half the bed.

Su Qing bent down to inspect the wounds. Seeing that Guo Qiao Lian had already used a Spirit Healer's methods to give them basic treatment, he nodded slightly.

Around the man, dozens of broad-shouldered, thick-waisted, Fierce God-like Rogue Cultivators had already gathered.

"Fellow Daoist, my Elder Brother can still be saved, right? He won't die, will he?"

"Shut up! Elder Brother only lost his legs. At worst, he'll get prosthetic legs installed. He'll still be bouncing around full of life—how could he die?"

"What a pity. I was even thinking of helping him take care of Sister-in-law!"

"That might not be the case. Elder Brother seems to have lost three legs!"

"Sister-in-law is too pitiful—no, Elder Brother is too pitiful!"

Though these men spoke in jest, Su Qing found nothing funny about it.

On the way here, Guo Qiao Lian had already told him about the patient.

Though this Fellow Daoist was now lying flat on a board, his former vigor nowhere to be seen.

He was the Rat King Hunter, Niu Ya, whose name rang through the Hunting Grounds.

Not only was he a Tier 1 Peak Body Cultivator, but the Body Cultivators in this tent were brothers who had followed him in hunting demons for over a decade, brothers who had faced life and death together. Outside the tent, there were also hundreds who made their living under his lead.

These people spoke pleasantly to help their Elder Brother relax and to ease the nerves of him, the Puppet Master.

If he slipped up and something went wrong, he would not be able to withstand the trouble if they kicked up a medical dispute.

This was also why Su Qing had previously been unwilling to take orders for Spirit Lotus Legs alone.

There were plenty of Rogue Cultivators who were reasonable, but even more who were not!

Fortunately, before long, Fire Egg led Ma Tuan and the others into the tent, while Su Qing positioned two Armored War Bears outside.

Seeing Ma Tuan standing coldly behind him, even that extraordinarily ugly face seemed exceptionally dependable at the moment.

Only then did Su Qing begin refining Spirit Lotus Legs for this tough man who had lost three legs.

"May I ask whether this Fellow Daoist has any requirements for the shape of the legs? Thick or thin, long or short? My suggestion is to make them according to your original measurements, so you can adapt to them faster afterward."

The mood of a major client still had to be taken care of. Su Qing asked Niu Ya gently.

Niu Ya's eyes were vacant. He had yet to emerge from the blow of losing his legs.

His innate foundation was limited and his talent ordinary. He had only relied on a fierce drive to lead his brothers in capturing and hunting demons.

Though life was harder, he had a virtuous wife and obedient children at home, and he drank and made merry with his brothers in his spare time. His days had still been free and carefree.

When the Demonic Beasts had come down from the mountains this time, he had wanted to seize the opportunity to give it one more shot, to see whether he could obtain a Tier 2 Demonic Core and charge into Tier 2 Body Cultivator.

But now, he had killed no few Demonic Beasts and earned no few Spirit Crystals, yet all three of his legs had been broken.

Even if he installed Puppet Prosthetic Limbs, there would be no path forward for him in the future.

Of course he could not accept such a blow.

To him, this young Puppet Master Guo Qiao Lian had invited looked terribly unfamiliar. He presumably had not made much of a name for himself in the Market and did not have much skill.

Only Physician Guo, being a little too simple-minded, would have been fooled by his empty words into believing he was capable.

Niu Ya was merely treating a dead horse as if it were alive. He also did not wish to reject Guo Qiao Lian's goodwill, which was why he had agreed to let Su Qing try. Thus, he did not show Su Qing much respect at the moment.

When he saw Su Qing asking him to cooperate in drawing Blueprints of his three legs.

Niu Ya was even less inclined to bother. He casually sketched the left and right legs, telling Su Qing to just get a rough idea. Only because he feared losing face before his brothers did he draw the middle one a little larger.

Whether it was big or not, it was gone now anyway. No one could verify it, could they?

"Sister-in-law is a fortunate woman indeed!"

Holding the Blueprint, Su Qing nodded in praise.

He then took three sections of White Jade Lotus Root from his Storage Bag and got to work.

Without the Spider Doctor's assistance, no one could refine Spirit Lotus Legs, so he was not afraid of others watching.

Once he began, Guo Qiao Lian stared wide-eyed at his work. Faced with such open and aboveboard copying of his craft, Su Qing truly could not say much.

As Guo Qiao Lian watched, she kept screaming in her heart.

Using White Jade Lotus Root as the material for prosthetic limbs—what extraordinary cleverness!

This spirit material itself might transform into a Lotus Root Man, becoming a spirit creature that cultivated just like cultivators did. Using it to make prosthetic limbs truly could establish meridians through which spiritual power and vital energy flowed.

Drawing Tier 2 Biomimetic Runes—how brilliant!

I cannot draw Tier 2 Biomimetic Runes. I heard that they can simulate the bodily structures and movement habits of all kinds of living creatures. They are Runes that only Tier 2 Puppet Masters might be able to master.

Fellow Daoist Su can draw such Runes. No wonder he could refine Lizard Warriors.

Drawing Tier 2 Medical Runes?

Why would a Puppet Master study Medical Runes? Aren't those the primary Runes of us Spirit Healers?

The reason I, Guo Qiao Lian, have saved countless people in the Market is that I have mastered Tier 2 Medical Runes. Whenever I encounter a problem ordinary medical techniques cannot solve, I directly force the issue with Runes and let the Runes solve it.

Fellow Daoist Su is clearly a Puppet Master, yet he has also mastered Tier 2 Medical Runes. It is truly unexpected—and deeply admirable.

Next came Tier 1 Material and other Runes, which likewise opened Guo Qiao Lian's eyes. She now knew Su Qing had been right before: what he was doing now was simply not something she could learn.

Yet she did not dare relax, because she knew that the crucial difficulty of these Spirit Lotus Legs lay in how the three legs would be connected to Niu Ya's wounds.

Whether they were Dharma Cultivators or Body Cultivators, if their bodies suffered any loss, their spiritual power and vital energy would leak out through the wounds. Small wounds might be fine; the small amount of vital energy and spiritual power that escaped would not even exceed what cultivators could recover.

But with severe wounds like severed legs, the amount of vital energy and spiritual power that escaped was substantial.

If the wounds remained unrepaired for too long, the cultivator would absolutely fall in cultivation.

Generally speaking, after losing a leg or limb, cultivators would quickly treat the wounds, either installing prosthetic limbs or having Spirit Healers stitch them up.

Once that happened, the vital energy and spiritual power inside their bodies would form a new circulation based on their incomplete bodies. Though their cultivation would no longer fall, they could never establish a complete circulation again.

This was also why Su Qing needed freshly severed legs to refine Spirit Lotus Legs.

At this moment, Niu Ya's wounds had only been simply treated by her.

His vital energy was still slowly leaking away.

When Su Qing attached the legs, there would inevitably be significant movements that would burst those wounds open. If the connection succeeded, everything would naturally be fine, and Niu Ya could make up for the lost vital energy by cultivating diligently for a time.

But if he lost a great deal of vital energy and the installation still failed, the outcome would likely be far from good.

Though Guo Qiao Lian did not understand the Social Graces of the world, she had practiced medicine for a long time and seen many such cases.

At this moment, she looked apologetically at Su Qing, who was focused on his work, secretly reproaching herself for being so rash. To satisfy her own thirst for knowledge, she had recklessly invited Su Qing here.

Under Guo Qiao Lian's exceedingly nervous gaze.

Su Qing picked up a Spirit Lotus Leg.

With a smack, he yanked Niu Ya's wound over, pulled out fine sewing threads, and, as if installing an Inanimate Object, shoved the Spirit Lotus Leg into place.

"Ah!!"

"Ah? Ah!"

The first cry came from Niu Ya.

Installing a new leg always hurt a little, but even Ge Ling had gritted her teeth without making a sound before. This tough-looking brute was actually so unable to endure pain—it was rather contemptible.

Su Qing's surprise was at the second cry. He turned to Guo Qiao Lian and asked, "Why are you crying out?"

"Th-this is too rough, isn't it? There are so many blood vessels and meridians. How could you just install it directly? Aren't you afraid of making a mistake?" Guo Qiao Lian's rosy lips parted slightly, her eyes brimming with undisguised shock.

"I'm a Puppet Master. Our system isn't the same as you Spirit Healers'. It's perfectly normal that there are some methods you don't understand."

Naturally, Su Qing would not tell her that he had secretly released more than ten Spider Doctors to check for omissions and patch any gaps.

Next, the second leg was installed smoothly as well.

Only the third leg would not line up no matter what. Su Qing did not need to investigate; one glance told him there was a problem with the measurements.

"Fellow Daoist, should I shave it a little thinner?" Su Qing asked tentatively.

"Uh, make it a little shorter too!" Having witnessed Su Qing's skill, Niu Ya felt it was better to be honest. Covering his face, he said so.