Chapter 297: Dire Straits (2/2)

True Lake Stage?

Mo Wuji was shocked when his spiritual will came to Cen Shuyin’s elemental lake. The only reason he could reach True Lake Stage was that all hundred-over meridians of his were absorbing spiritual energy at the same time. That was all thanks to his modified reverse circulation technique. Cen Shuyin was only of a better calibre naturally – yet she had also reached True Lake Stage.

From the looks of it, the training conditions in Zhen Mo Continent were a thousand times better than those in the Lost Continent.

But now, Cen Shuyin’s elemental lake was dry. There wasn’t a drop of elemental energy left. What’s worse, her elemental lake had signs of damage. She was in her final stage in life – no wonder she had to go into a deep sleep. Mo Wuji couldn’t even sense her willpower. Clearly, even her soul was badly injured.

Suddenly, two drops of tears formed at the corners of Cen Shuyin’s eyes. They flowed down her temples.

Mo Wuji empathised. Cen Shuyin was a lady after all. It was already bad enough that he was looking at her while she lay exposed. Now, he was even using his spiritual will to study her internally.

However, he had no choice. Even if he could put a coat around her now, it would still be ripped to shreds when they stepped out. And he had to use his spiritual will to check on her. He couldn’t possibly leave her to die.

Cen Shuyin’s entire body was trembling by now. Mo Wuji quickly retrieved a piece of clothing and used it to cover her body. He apologised, ”Senior Cen, I am Mo Wuji. We can talk after I save you. Please don’t be agitated. If you continue this way, I won’t be able to help you.”

Cen Shuyin was dying – her wounds couldn’t even begin to heal. If she carried on this way, her soul would definitely leave her body.

After hearing his words, Cen Shuyin’s body gradually stopped trembling. Slowly, she became more still. Yet, the tears continued to flow from her eyes. She was obviously ashamed.

Mo Wuji used his spiritual will to delve deeper into the cave. He found that deep inside was an empty area, of about 200 to 300 square metres. From the looks of it, that place belonged to the Howling Wind Beast. For the Howling Wind Beast to have found such a place to live in Thorny Wind Gate, it must have been quite capable.

Mo Wuji only felt the rich spiritual energy when he arrived at the Howling Wind Beast’s resting place.

The spiritual energy in Thorny Wind Gate was already considered impressive. Not long ago, he had made use of these conditions to break out of Yuan Dan Stage and enter True Lake Stage. However, the spiritual energy in this place was much purer and richer.

In his heart, he decided that no matter what, he had to stay here to train for a period of time. If he didn’t take advantage of such a place, his trip here would be wasted.

Carefully, Mo Wuji lay Cen Shuyin down atop a boulder. Then, he began to tear apart the cloth that he had covered her with earlier. If he wanted to save her, he had to first treat her physical wounds. Otherwise, what would there be to save?

He began to grind 2 Clear Jade Pills into powder, before rubbing the powder onto her wounds. He took 2 more Clear Jade Pills and fed them to Cen Shuyin.

The Clear Jade Pill was Mo Wuji’s best medicine used to treat wounds. It was a Tier 5 wound-healing spiritual pill. It would completely heal the physical wounds on Cen Shuyin’s body, but it would not help her to regain consciousness.

Since she was barely breathing, she was not able to swallow the Clear Jade Pills that he had put into her mouth. He had no choice but to help her refine the pills.

With his strong spiritual will and a large amount of his elemental energy, he helped her to absorb the Clear Jade Pills in a matter of minutes.

The Clear Jade Pills started to take effect. Her wounds gradually disappeared, and her skin slowly became clear again.

4 hours passed. On the outside, Cen Shuyin had almost fully recovered. The skin on her neck and arms were fair once again. Now, Mo Wuji truly appreciated how perfect Cen Shuyin’s body was.

If Mo Wuji hadn’t known better, he would think that Cen Shuyin had fully recovered. At least, that was how she appeared. However, he was well aware that Cen Shuyin remained gravely injured internally. For one, her Elemental Energy Lake was still dried up.

In addition, Cen Shuyin was incapable of absorbing spiritual energy to aid her own recovery.

Mo Wuji also realised that apart from the body-protection suit that she was wearing, Cen Shuyin had nothing left on her. Even her ring was gone, nowhere to be found.

He let out a huge sigh, ”Senior Cen, I am limited by my abilities. I can only help you to this point…”

Suddenly, he remembered something. While he couldn’t sense Cen Shuyin’s willpower, it didn’t mean that it was completely gone. The fact that she could still shed tears earlier was proof that she was only very weak now.

Mo Wuji could not help to return her elemental lake to its original state. But he did have something that would help to heal Cen Shuyin’s soul.

The Immeasurable Soul-prolonging Flower. This was the premium spiritual herb, that was highly effective in healing the soul. It could heal even the gravest injuries to the soul. Not only had he used it on himself before, he had also used it to save Jing Lengbei.

Without further hesitation, he retrieved the Immeasurable Soul-prolonging Flower. He peeled a petal and placed it into Cen Shuyin’s mouth.