In fact, Chen Yan's External Incarnation could use the Great Evolution Art at almost any moment to evolve a pill that would fully restore both Ding Songyao's martial spring and her spiritual sense.
But he would not do that.
Because Bamboo Heart and Wordless Silence, those two External Incarnations, had another purpose in bringing Ding Songyao and Tang Chen to Mountain Spring City.
"There's an apothecary up ahead."
Wordless Silence's voice came from behind them.
His voice was much like his appearance: there was almost nothing memorable about it.
Just as Wordless Silence had plainly been following Bamboo Heart and the two young disciples of Glazed Mountain all along, yet was somehow difficult to notice.
His excessively ordinary, unremarkable appearance gave the impression that his karma had been concealed by Hidden Truth Returning Silence.
The apothecary stood midway along Mountain Spring City's main street. Its storefront was small, with a faded banner hanging outside bearing the words "Hall of Universal Aid."
The door stood open. Inside, the light was dim, and the scent of medicinal herbs mingled with the smell of old wood drifted out.
Bamboo Heart lifted the curtain and entered. There was only one clerk inside, dozing with his head on the counter.
Mountain Spring City was a small city.
Its total population was only a little over forty thousand. Though called a city, Mountain Spring City was actually little different from the larger towns of the mortal world.
Bamboo Heart tapped lightly on the counter twice. The clerk jerked his head up, wiped the drool from the corner of his mouth, and hurriedly stood.
The clerk first examined the clothing of the people before him. Only after confirming the Daoist robes worn by Bamboo Heart and the others did he finally speak:
"Immortal master, are you here