Not yet extinguished

Blood orange was the sort of healing medicine they always carried with them.

Chen Xuan took out two, crushed them, and applied them to her gunshot wounds. Yet the usual white frost failed to appear, and the wounds showed no sign of healing.

"Blood orange can only speed up recovery. It can't bring someone back from the dead." Liu Shuyue walked over as well, frowning. "If the body has lost its ability to heal itself, pills will struggle to work, too."

"Do you have any better medicine?" Chen Xuan looked at her.

She shook her head regretfully. "Legend has it that the Lotus Cloud Sect's treasury holds Immortal Pills that can practically regrow flesh on bare bones and reverse life and death, but no disciple has ever actually seen them. As for alchemy... that isn't my specialty."

Back during their very first trade, she had thrown in Alchemy as a bonus for Chen Xuan.

Even if Liu Shuyue had since relearned the art of pill refining, her skill was probably only back to where it had been before the trade.

"You think she's still alive?" Lin Qing asked in disbelief.

"Yes... because her name is still in the Ability Store's records," Chen Xuan answered honestly. "Gilles de Rais used to be a customer, too, but his record has disappeared."

"I see." Lin Qing believed him immediately. "Then... do we need to try resuscitating her?"

She sounded hesitant. Believing him was one thing, but even her extensive knowledge of first aid contained nothing about saving an injured person who had already lost all vital signs.

Her words reminded Chen Xuan of something. He immediately took out his phone and called Sun Suigong, the Northern Heaven Institute Head.

"Hello, Director Sun? I need a favor!"

There was a stunned pause before the