Chapter 831: How to Wake Up Shen Anyu
Shen Anyu was far from unconscious. He was simply paralyzed by the sheer, overwhelming volume of Life Qi flooding his meridians, leaving him in a state akin to a mortal drunk on over-proofed medicinal wine. He rested in the dark of his own mind, perfectly lucid. If a genuine threat approached, he could snap awake in a fraction of a second.
All he needed to do was vent the excess Life Qi. Yet, this was pure, unadulterated vitality—a treasure he had painstakingly accumulated. Wasting it was out of the question. Just a fraction of the energy currently raging through his veins could pull thousands of mortally wounded men back from the gates of hell.
As he silently circulated his cultivation technique, the torrential Life Qi surged through his limbs and bones. It bypassed his already indestructible musculature, courtesy of his God-level Steel Body, and instead flooded his internal organs and blood vessels, tempering his weakest points into something incredibly resilient.
If a cultivator were to sweep him with Divine Sense, they would witness tens of thousands of ethereal, greenish-blue wisps illuminating his internal network. Each wisp pulsed with terrifying vitality. A single breath of it would grant a mortal the strength of nine dragons, elevating their physical form far beyond the limits of human biology.
This immense reservoir was the fruit of his own hoarding, compounded by the massive karmic feedback from his afforestation projects in the great Northwest. Had his cultivation base been any weaker, he would have exploded from the sheer density of it.
'I used to hoard this stuff,'Shen Anyu mused, a phantom smirk crossing his mind.'But using Life Qi to forge my own foundation while draining my enemies with Death Qi... this is the true path. My own lifespan is skyrocketing.'He was in an excellent mood.'It really does look like that...'
Murong Jieyu's dignified, melodic voice drifted into his ears, laced with an uncharacteristic, trembling shyness. Shen Anyu found the situation highly amusing. The excess Life Qi was burning through his system like a raging furnace, spiking his internal temperature and flooding his nerves with a hypersensitive, feverish heat. To an outside observer, he looked exactly like a man dosed with a legendary, lethal aphrodisiac.
His skin radiated a deep, flushed crimson. The ambient air around him warped slightly from the heat, his surface temperature already pushing past sixty degrees Celsius.
He waited in silent curiosity. How exactly was the renowned Goddess Doctor planning to treat this condition?
"Murong Jieyu, are you seriously telling me Shen Anyu was slipped an aphrodisiac?" Liu Ruyan leaned over the makeshift wooden couch, one elegant eyebrow arched high.
The cabin around them smelled sharply of fresh sap and scorched timber. They had carved the shelter and its crude furniture straight out of the mountain's ancient pines, using their cultivation to instantly draw the moisture from the wood.
Shen Anyu lay flat on his back against the timber. His handsome features were entirely serene, looking for all the world like a sleeping royal awaiting a kiss, save for the unnatural, burning flush of his skin.
'Hmph. Lying there so quietly, he actually looks decent. Not like a scoundrel at all,' Liu Ruyan muttered under her breath. A fierce, determined glint sharpened her charming eyes. Whatever it took, they had to wake him.
"Yes. It is exactly the kind of drug you are thinking of," Murong Jieyu replied softly, a faint blush dusting her porcelain cheeks as she gave a small nod.
"Then what are we supposed to do? Help him... relieve it?" Liu Ruyan pressed, her gaze turning sharp.
Murong Jieyu's red lips parted, but no sound came out. She was a woman of medicine, yes, but she was also an unmarried maiden. Discussing such intimate matters out loud felt like walking on hot coals. It would be one thing if the patient were a stranger, but this was Shen Anyu—a man with whom she already shared a tangled, complicated history.
"What kind of medicine?" Zhong Lingyin blinked, her large, clear eyes darting between the two older women. "Sister Ruyan, Sister Mu Mu, why are you speaking in riddles?"
Liu Ruyan's lips curled into a wicked, teasing smile. She leaned in close, cupping a hand over Zhong Lingyin's ear, and whispered a few explicit words.
Zhong Lingyin's breath hitched. A violent shade of scarlet instantly crawled up her neck and exploded across her delicate face. She stepped back, her hands flying to her hot cheeks.
That kind of medicine!
"But... but how?" Zhong Lingyin stammered, her voice squeaking. "Brother Shen was fighting that terrifying old man! It was a battle to the death! He didn't eat or drink anything, and no one drugged him!"
Liu Ruyan straightened up, her teasing demeanor fading back into genuine concern. She fixed Murong Jieyu with a skeptical stare. "She has a point. Murong Jieyu, are you sure you didn't misdiagnose him? This isn't a joke."
The questioning of her professional integrity struck a nerve. Murong Jieyu possessed an endlessly gentle temper, but her pride as a healer was absolute. She straightened her posture, her soft voice taking on a firm, unyielding edge.
"There is no mistake in my diagnosis, Second Senior Sister, Fifth Junior Sister. You must trust my expertise." Her clear gaze locked onto Liu Ruyan. "Shen Anyu saved my life today. I would never be careless with his. I will use everything in my power to bring him back."
The absolute conviction in the Goddess Doctor's eyes silenced them both. Liu Ruyan and Zhong Lingyin exchanged a glance, their lips parting slightly before closing again.
"We aren't questioning your skill, Jieyu," Liu Ruyan sighed, her tone softening as she tried to smooth the sudden tension.
"I know. You are just panicked and worried about him." Murong Jieyu offered a forgiving, graceful smile. They were her martial sisters; she took no offense at their anxiety. "But if you remain in this room, I won't be able to focus. I need absolute silence. Please, wait outside."
She took a deep breath, her eyes dropping to the unconscious man. "I am going to use the Ghost Gate Thirteen Needles."
A heavy silence fell over the room. Even with their limited medical knowledge, Liu Ruyan and Zhong Lingyin knew the weight of that name. The Ghost Gate Thirteen Needles was an ancient, legendary acupuncture technique, second only to the mythical Shennong Nine Needles. It was a forbidden art meant to drag a soul back from the very gates of hell.
Suppressing their lingering dread, the two women cast one last, reluctant look at Shen Anyu's flushed face. They turned and stepped out into the mountain air, pulling the heavy wooden door shut behind them.
"Sister Mu Mu!" Zhong Lingyin called out just before the latch clicked. "If anything goes wrong, you call us immediately!"
"I will," Murong Jieyu promised softly.
Click.
The cabin fell dead silent. Murong Jieyu stood alone beside the wooden couch, the ambient heat radiating from Shen Anyu's skin warming the air between them.
She exhaled a shaky breath. Her heart hammered a frantic rhythm against her ribs. With trembling fingers, she reached out and began to peel away his ruined, bloodstained clothes.
The fabric fell away, revealing a torso forged like tempered steel. His abdominal muscles were sharply defined, radiating a fierce, masculine heat that made the air shimmer. As her eyes inevitably drifted lower, taking in the full extent of his physical reaction to the drug, the blush on her porcelain face deepened into a burning, furious crimson.
Stepping away from the cabin, Liu Ruyan's eyes immediately locked onto a pathetic figure bound tightly to a thick pine branch.
Xiao Fan.
Her lingering anxiety over Shen Anyu instantly transmuted into cold, biting fury. She marched over to the captive, her eyes flashing dangerously.
"You ungrateful little beast," Liu Ruyan spat, her voice dripping with venom. "Shen Anyu and I saved your miserable life at the Xihe Shopping Mall. And how do you repay us? You bring your master here to slaughter us."
She stepped closer, glaring down at him. "Shen Anyu is lying in there, hovering between life and death, entirely because of you!"
Xiao Fan hung from the ropes, a wretched mess of dried blood and dirt. His face was a ghastly, ashen gray. His eyes were hollow with absolute despair. His master, Xiao Qingtian, was dead. His Dantian was shattered. His cultivation was entirely eradicated. Tied to this tree, he was nothing more than a breathing corpse.
But at Liu Ruyan's furious words, a dark, twisted light flickered in his dead eyes. He let out a hoarse, mocking sneer.
"What is the point of barking at me now, Liu Ruyan?" Xiao Fan rasped, blood bubbling at the corner of his lips. "Shen Anyu actually managed to kill my master... but do you really think a mortal can achieve that without a price? He must have burned his very soul, using some suicidal secret art to gain that power. He overdrawn his life force."
Xiao Fan had spent the last hour agonizing over the impossible reality. How could Shen Anyu have defeated Xiao Qingtian? His master was a supreme expert in the Foundation Establishment realm! In the mortal world, he was a god among men. Not even a Land Immortal could have touched him.
Yet, Shen Anyu had unleashed a terror that defied logic, instantly obliterating Xiao Qingtian and draining the mighty elder into a withered husk.
Power like that did not come without a catastrophic toll. Shen Anyu had to have sacrificed his own foundation—perhaps his very life—to strike that blow.
He would never wake up.
A grotesque, bloody smile stretched across Xiao Fan's pale face, twisting his features into a mask of pure, vindictive satisfaction.
"I may be finished," Xiao Fan whispered, his eyes gleaming with mad delight, "but dragging Shen Anyu down to hell with me... makes it all worth it!"
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