Tie Shou froze in midair. In the end, he did not dare disobey and obediently lay back down.
Only after lying down did he realize that his internal injuries had somehow healed by forty or fifty percent.
Someone had reconnected his severed meridians, and most of the accumulated poisonous blood had dissipated. Even the listless Nascent Soul in his sea of qi was somewhat more spirited than before he lost consciousness. The power of laws and true essence driven into his body had also vanished.
A fourth-tier low-grade Meridian-Reconnecting Pill, an Azure Wood Essence-Nurturing Pill, and a fourth-tier mid-grade Azure Dragon Spring-Returning Pill.
Tie Shou raised his brows. He knew full well what these medicinal pills were worth. They were lifesaving treasures; that Azure Dragon Spring-Returning Pill alone was worth over ten million Low-Grade Spirit Stones.
Yet Qing Chen had used them on him just like that.
Sometimes, even fathers and sons or masters and disciples would not receive such treatment.
"Azure Abyss Marquis..." Tie Shou opened his mouth, wanting to say something, yet not knowing where to begin. After all, this was nothing like the Qing Chen he knew!
A reply came from the bow. Qing Chen ended his practice, the true essence around him slowly withdrawing into his body. He stood, turned to look at Tie Shou lying on the deck, and smiled.
"I keep those close to me close and those distant from me distant. I've never been stingy with my own people. Your younger sister Qingyao and I have long been engaged. Saving someone from the Iron Household is only right and proper."
"Even so, I must thank you, Marquis..." Tie Shou answered honestly.
Qing Chen waved a hand. "No need."
"You're Tie Qingyao's older clan brother, and Tie Ming's older clan brother too. Once I