Yuan Tian froze, then nodded silently.
After a few breaths, he seemed to have come to terms with it. He drew a deep breath and relaxed.
"Senior, I was too greedy. It was already no easy feat for her to survive. How could I ask for anything more?"
Yuan Tian shook his head. He knew Xu Tong had told him the truth.
This outcome was already very good. Losing the use of her left hand was better than dying outright.
He did not stop to wonder why Xu Tong had been able to protect all the meridians in his daughter's body, yet could not protect her left hand.
In truth, Xu Tong was not to blame.
The loss of her left hand was inevitable. No matter how powerful his magic power was, it could only work within her body. To drive the immortal power into the Jade Crystal, it had to pass through her flesh.
Once her flesh broke, his magic power would effectively be exposed to the outside world. By then, there would be no time to repair the damage.
If the Heavenly Dao discovered him and sent down a lightning tribulation, everyone here except him would die.
So his magic power had followed the immortal power straight into the Jade Crystal, leaving no time to repair her hand.
Just then, the Jade Crystal in Yuan Tian's hand suddenly unleashed a terrifying blast!
An enormous amount of spiritual qi gushed from the Jade Crystal in Yuan Tian's hand!
Because of the immortal power, this device that converted magic power into spiritual qi had now begun converting that strand of immortal power into spiritual qi!
There was no need to explain how mighty an immortal's power was, especially a strand of immortal power nurtured for nearly twenty years!
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