Chapter 44：Injury (1/2)

It was not until a minute later that Lin Mu's screams became audible. By now the echoing sound of the explosion had faded away and the forest had become silent once again. Clearly the explosion had scared most of the beasts of the forest, thus one could not hear any more sounds.

Lin Mu was screaming in pain, but he could still think. His left hand was severely injured, with his fingers broken and his arm bones popping out of his elbow. Blood could be seen dripping out of his lacerated flesh.

The force exerted by the combination of vital energy and spirit Qi was too much for his body to handle, which resulted in his current predicament.

Lin Mu forcefully gained a semblance of his sanity and instinctively withdrew the bottle that contained the Four vessels restoration pills. He then used his mouth to pull open the cork and popped a single pill into his mouth.

As soon as the Four vessels restoration pill touched Lin Mu's tongue, it melted and was swallowed by him. When the liquefied pill entered his stomach, a cooling feeling spread all over his body relieving him of his anguish.

The pain faded away as if it was never there. The flesh of Lin Mu's left hand started wiggling and itching. The bones that were popping out of his elbow were slowly being pulled back into their correct place.

Lin Mu's fingers that were broken in multiple places were also being mended. His flesh that was torn and cut slowly started healing. After ten minutes, Lin Mu's hand was completely healed and as good as new.

”Heavens! I can never do that again. I don't want to feel that kind of pain ever again.” Lin Mu said out loud.

If another person saw Lin Mu right now, they would see that he was drenched in sweat and was panting heavily.

'The effect of the Four vessels restoration pill is even more amazing than I guessed it would be.' Lin Mu thought.

Suddenly, Lin Mu felt a scorching feeling spreading throughout his blood vessels and meridians.

”Aargh! What is this? Why has the pain not stopped?” Lin Mu shouted.

Lin Mu felt as if his blood vessels and meridians were being scraped and pulled apart. This scorching feeling lasted for a few minutes, after which a comfortable warmth replaced it.

Lin Mu could sense spirit Qi flowing through his meridians. He sat down and chanted the severing heart sutra so that he could clearly sense the condition of his body. Lin Mu peered into his dantian and found out that his depleted spirit Qi was replenished, and even increased by a large amount.

Lin Mu observed his spirit Qi and estimated it to be around 500 wisps.

'My spirit Qi increased by such an enormous amount. This is definitely the effect of the Four vessels restoration pill.' Lin Mu thought.

'But the man in the restaurant never mentioned that the pill also has the effect of increasing one's cultivation.' Lin Mu wondered.

Pushing the unwanted thoughts to the back of his mind, Lin Mu instead chose to just take joy in the benefit that he had just gained. He then walked back to the hunting shack, as he had depleted the vital energy within his body.