At some point, Hua Qingping took out a small array disc the size of a fist and placed it beside Ju Lin's bed. Then she set a Heaven Centipede Pearl atop the array disc.
The instant the Heaven Centipede Pearl was placed on the array disc, it emitted a beam of white light that fell upon Ju Lin. Ju Lin's entire body shuddered, a flush rising to his face before it twisted into an expression of pain.
A thread of blood-red color appeared within that white beam and flowed along it toward the Heaven Centipede Pearl. In an instant, the entire beam had been dyed red, and faint crimson blotches appeared on the Heaven Centipede Pearl.
Before long, the Heaven Centipede Pearl had turned scarlet as blood. With a sharp crack, it crumbled into powder. Yan Chihuo was startled. Looking again at Ju Lin, he saw that the man seemed somewhat more spirited, but there was no improvement in either his complexion or aura.
Hua Qingping then placed the second Heaven Centipede Pearl atop the array disc. It likewise drew out a stream of blood-red matter, and before long, this Heaven Centipede Pearl too turned to powder. Only then did Ju Lin's aura improve slightly.
Yan Chihuo thought to himself, It seems these ten Heaven Centipede Pearls may truly not be enough.
At that moment, he understood a few things. Hua Qingping had not invited him here for assistance at all. She feared that ten Heaven Centipede Pearls would not suffice and wanted to purchase more from Yan Chihuo, yet she was afraid he would refuse, so she had brought him here. Unfortunately, he truly had no Heaven Centipede Pearls left.
However, beginning with the third Heaven Centipede Pearl, the blood-red matter flowed into the pearl more and more slowly,