After Gao Lian left, Diga looked at Er Zhuang.
"Come on. Let's heal your body first. Otherwise, it won't be easy for you to serve tea at the apprenticeship ceremony."
"Huh?"
Er Zhuang froze, then felt her surroundings change. She had already returned to the room where her body was kept.
Although she had drawn on the resources of a Na Du Tong stronghold, Gao Lian still remained wary of Na Du Tong. Thus, while Er Zhuang nominally belonged to the stronghold, she was not actually kept there, but hidden elsewhere.
Yet this secret location had been found in an instant by her newly accepted Immortal master...
"Master, you're amazing!"
Seeing Er Zhuang's eyes curve with her smile, Diga smiled as well.
"Don't worry. Healing you won't take much effort for your master."
As he spoke, Diga looked at Er Zhuang, whose entire body was submerged in nutrient fluid. Her small remaining portion of a body was covered in electrode pads and punctured by tubes.
Ordinarily, someone in such a state could never survive. Missing hands and feet alone would have been one thing, but Er Zhuang had only the part above her abdomen left, and even her internal organs were incomplete. Fortunately, her heart, lungs, and other vital organs were still relatively intact.
The fact that Er Zhuang was still clinging to life was partly because Na Du Tong and the Gao family had truly gone all out, exhausting every means possible to preserve her life. The person in charge back then had probably nearly burned himself out.
On the other hand, there was also something wrong with the very cause of Er Zhuang's condition. That method was both the culprit that had harmed her and the reason she could remain alive in this manner.
Those damaged parts had