"Headmaster, step back. Don't let your Soul Power touch the Blue Silver Grass!"
Tang San closed his eyes and focused every sense on his palm.
That green life force had not passed through the Mysterious Heaven Skill, nor was it part of the Ice-Fire Medicinal Power. Yet it flowed through the Blue Silver Grass on its own.
It wrapped around Yu Xiaogang's damaged Heart Meridian, and his stopped blood began to flow again.
A second heartbeat came.
Then a third.
Flender pressed his palm to the side of Yu Xiaogang's neck. His fingertips rose and fell with the pulse.
"He's alive! Xiao Gang is still alive!"
"I'm only keeping his Heart Meridian going."
Tang San did not dare move his hands.
"Zhao Wuji, open the window. Oscar, prepare another Recovery Sausage. Xiao Wu, get warm water, but don't touch his body."
They sprang into action.
Soul Power could not enter his meridians, but warm water could at least help maintain his body temperature.
Leaning against the wall, Oscar recited his soul incantation. The sausage that formed was only half its usual size, and his face turned a few shades paler.
"Is it enough?"
"Dissolve it first. Give him just one mouthful."
Tang San sensed the flow of the green life force and tried to follow it with the Mysterious Heaven Skill.
The moment his Soul Power drew near, that force retreated toward the roots of the Blue Silver Grass.
He stopped at once.
"It's rejecting my Soul Power."
Flender asked, "Isn't that the power of your Martial Soul?"
"I've never actively cultivated this kind of life attribute."
"When Dai Mubai was gravely injured, your Blue Silver Grass gave off the same aura."
"That was a return of energy after the Eight Spider Lances devoured something. There's nothing inside my teacher