After Ning Xiaochuan helped Situ Fengwu refine the Reconnecting Healing Pill, its Pill Qi entered her body. Most of her injuries healed, and color returned to her face.
She bowed to Ning Xiaochuan. "Thank you again, Manor Master."
"It's nothing." Ning Xiaochuan shook his head and turned to leave, but he had barely taken a step when weakness swept over him. His body swayed sharply.
"Manor Master, what's wrong?" Situ Fengwu hurried forward to support him.
Ning Xiaochuan had suffered severe injuries in his battle with Minister Tian and lost a great deal of blood. After returning to Netherworld Manor, he had treated Situ Fengwu before tending to himself, worsening his own injuries.
Situ Fengwu was no weak cultivator, and she was an exceptionally clever woman. Of course she could tell that Ning Xiaochuan had already been badly injured when he treated her.
A flicker of warmth rose in her heart. Young Master Chuan did not seem quite so hateful after all!
She knew Young Master Chuan was gravely injured, yet she felt no urge to kill him. Even she found that strange.
"I'm fine!"
Ning Xiaochuan circulated his Martial Dao Profound Qi and suppressed his injuries again. He immediately returned beneath the Blood Toad Wood Tree, swallowed an Essence Qi Treasure Pill, and began to recover.
The five Essence Qi Treasure Pills contained more than Minister Tian's life's worth of blood essence. His profound qi and Martial Dao Divine Powers had been refined into them as well.
Before he knew it, more than ten days had passed. Ning Xiaochuan sat motionless beneath the Blood Toad Wood Tree, refining four Essence Qi Treasure Pills while a cloud of bloody mist enveloped him.
Not only had his injuries healed completely, but his blood essence had grown stronger.
A single drop of