Hearing the anxiety in Huchen Wandong's voice, the Huchen Patriarch remained unperturbed and merely murmured an acknowledgment. He rose from his seat and appeared beside Huchen Jianghai in the next instant. With a casual point of his finger, he sent a stream of spiritual energy into Huchen Jianghai's body. A moment later, however, surprise appeared on his face.
After his spiritual energy circulated through Huchen Jianghai's body, he produced two pills from somewhere. With a flick of his fingers, he sent them into Huchen Jianghai's mouth.
"He is fine now. The pills have cleared the deadly poison from his body. As for his internal injuries, I have already tended to them with spiritual energy. He will recover after a period of rest. The reason he has not awakened is the consequence of using Offering One's Body to Feed the Tiger. He has lost ten years of his lifespan and will need a thorough recuperation."
At this, he turned slightly toward Huchen Wuding. "This lad is promising, very promising!" By then, Zhuo Lingfeng had already fed Huchen Wuding a pill. His injuries had only come from the shock waves of spiritual energy, and his condition was chiefly due to the excessive depletion of his own spiritual energy and Divine Sense. Thus, although he remained weak after taking the pill, he had already regained consciousness.
The Huchen Patriarch's repeated praise left everyone rather puzzled. Both contestants had ended up badly injured. Still, considering that Huchen Wuding had fought an opponent at the peak of Foundation Establishment Early Stage while only at the ninth level of Qi Condensation, and without using any magical treasures, such a result was indeed commendable.
Yet how could they know the joy in the Huchen Patriarch's heart? From the poisoning in Huchen Jianghai's body, he had determined that