In a daze.
Gu Qiu woke once more.
Confusion filled her eyes. The moment she opened them, she saw countless figures in white robes hurrying about around her, voices ringing endlessly in her ears.
"I... didn't die?"
Gu Qiu froze. She clearly remembered the Demon Crocodile biting off half her body in a single bite. Her injuries had been severe; one foot had already stepped into Yama's hall.
She struggled to sit up.
She found that the pain in her body remained, but... her injuries had already improved greatly. Even her incomplete body had recovered considerably.
She was astonished. For cultivators, physical mutilation was not much of a problem. There were many ways to recover from it.
What was troublesome was the foreign energy that had invaded the body through the wounds—such as evil qi, demon qi...
That was the chief culprit hindering the recovery of injuries.
The Demon Crocodile that had pursued her was immensely powerful. Without even thinking about it, she knew how troublesome the demon power lingering within her body would be. Resolving it would likely require no small price.
"Don't move!"
A gentle yet stern voice sounded beside her.
A woman in a white robe was preparing medicinal soup. Seeing Gu Qiu try to rise, she hurriedly pressed down on her shoulder. "Your injuries haven't healed yet. You shouldn't move around carelessly!"
Gu Qiu noticed the patterns and lettering on the other woman's attire and was somewhat surprised. "You... are from the Langya Foundation?"
"Mm!" The woman nodded and brought the prepared medicine to her lips. "Drink the medicine first!"
In the Cultivation World, consuming something given by another person without caution was undoubtedly a great taboo.
But at this moment.
Gu Qiu could not summon the slightest bit of wariness in her heart. Obediently, she