Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Milk

The first thing Ji Yuan did upon returning to Mist Island was check Big Clam's injuries.

He examined Big Clam again and again with his Divine Sense but found no fatal wounds.

Thank goodness. Ji Yuan took three or four bottles of Detoxification Pills from his Storage Bag and poured out more than a dozen pills, along with five Qi-Blood Pills made with Aperture-Tempering Pearls.

He stuffed them all into Big Clam's mouth at once.

After that, he could leave Big Clam to heal and recover on his own.

Ji Yuan then released the Ice Flood Dragon. Throughout the journey, he had only let the creature out once, for a fight on the Ancient Battlefield. Well, "fight" was generous. The dragon had taken one Star-Dust Kill head-on and gotten injured.

It had spent the rest of the time cooped up in the Spirit Beast Bag and was nearly bursting to get out.

The moment it was released, it grew wildly excited and wanted to play with Big Clam. But when it saw Big Clam's injuries, it threw back its head and let out a dragon's roar.

Ji Yuan was its master, and the two shared a bond, so he understood exactly what the Ice Flood Dragon meant.

It was fine if I injured Big Clam, but someone else? Absolutely not!

Ji Yuan ignored the Ice Flood Dragon's racket.

Even if Big Clam woke up, those two would only start fighting again.

"Come here."

Ji Yuan beckoned to Tu Yue, who was feeding the pigs in the distance. She tipped the remaining Spirit Grain husks into the trough, then came over with a smile.

Before, whenever he had been away for a year, Tu Yue's body would grow dry, and even her hair would turn brittle and yellow.

But since the