The three appeared.
Lu Changfeng now held a leather pouch-the bag Guo Yuliang had used to hold the Mingshe Snake. He had taken it from the corpse as they left.
Made from Bashé skin, the pouch held a world of its own inside. It could store objects or shelter a person, making it a genuine treasure.
He turned the pouch upside down and tipped Sima Cheng out.
The young man lay unconscious, covered in blood. The wounds sliced open by the silk threads were bone-deep; in some places, stark white bone was exposed.
The deadliest injury was in his lower abdomen, the damage left when the Huayang Needle dispersed his cultivation. His Dantian was ruined, his meridians ravaged. He was like a punctured leather bag, his vitality pouring out at a terrifying rate.
Lu Changfeng crouched and checked his breathing. He was still alive.
Letting this young man die would be an enormous loss.
-The Houtu bloodline, a direct heir of the Sima Clan, a former Fifth Realm expert, and master of the Tomb Tiger Tally.
Someone like him was a rare "noble" patient, excellent material for earning rewards from the Medical Canon.
He pressed a hand to Sima Cheng's chest and circulated the Shennong Glazed Glass Art. A stream of gentle true qi flowed into him. Wherever the Shennong qi passed, the bone-deep wounds slowly closed, the bleeding subsided, and his severed meridians were reconnected one by one.
Even with his meridians reconnected, he would remain crippled, but at least his life could be saved.
A short while later, Sima Cheng's breathing steadied.
``` [Noble Physician's Canon activated.]
[Target: Sima Cheng. Identity: descendant of the Sima Clan, inheritor of the Tomb Tiger. Overall value: five stars.]
[Condition: severed meridians, damaged Dantian, penetrating bodily wounds (active phase).]
[Success reward: Heavenly