By the side, Elder Yi's lips were also twitching uncontrollably. Unable to hold himself back any longer, he bellowed, "Zhang gongzi, stop fooling around!"
If only he had known that the other party was so unreliable, he wouldn't have asked the Young Master to save him!
Seeing the expressions on the duo's faces, Zhang Xuan knew that they didn't believe his words. Thus, he placed his hands behind his back in an attempt to display the disposition of an expert, but it ended up tearing his wounds open instead. His lips twitched uncontrollably, and he nearly collapsed to the ground.
Suppressing the pain, he said, "Due to the damage to your meridians when you were young, you are unable to drive your zhenqi, and your dantian has been damaged as well. As a result, you are unable to accumulate energy, so you are unable to cultivate. May I know if I am right? "
Dan Xiaotian nodded.
When he was six, his clan had suffered a huge setback, and his dantian and meridians had been shattered. Even to this day, he was still unable to recover from his injuries. Thus, even though he practiced his swordsmanship every day, he was unable to advance his cultivation at all. All of his moves were nothing more than flashy feints.
He had sought out many renowned physicians, but none of them were able to cure him. As time went by, he had gotten used to it.
"Then, do you know what damaged your meridians and dantian?" Zhang Xuan asked.
"It was a powerful zhenqi that invaded my body. It's already a blessing that I'm still alive," Dan Xiaotian replied.
Over the years, he had been through many treatments, so he was well aware of what was going on in his body.
"Zhenqi?"
Zhang Xuan shook his head. "If it's just zhenqi, you should have cultivated diligently every day in hopes of improving your condition. But why hasn't there been any change in your body over the years?"
Dan Xiaotian was rendered speechless.
In truth, he was also perplexed by this.
Over the past decade, he had visited all kinds of renowned physicians, medicinal pills, acupuncture, medicinal baths … He had tried all kinds of means, but none of them had worked. His body was like a tattered gunny sack. As spiritual energy flowed into his body, it was only a matter of time before it dissipated.
Based on the words of many renowned physicians, if it was really zhenqi that had damaged his body, he should have been able to recover from it. Yet, his body was completely ineffective … This left many people in disbelief.
"If it wasn't zhenqi that invaded my body, what could have destroyed my meridians and dantian without killing me? How is my daily life unaffected? "
After a moment of silence, Dan Xiaotian asked.
Other than the fact that he couldn't cultivate, his injuries didn't affect him at all. What the other party said about being unable to interact with others was a lie. Every morning, he would be able to raise a pillar to the sky with extraordinary might.
"It's a parasite!" Zhang Xuan said, "You've been poisoned by this thing. That's why all medicine is useless!"
"Gu worm?" Dan Xiaotian could hardly believe what he was hearing. "You mean to say that … the worm in my body is still alive?"
"Not only are you alive … but you've also been absorbing the energy you've cultivated over the years. You've become extremely powerful!" Zhang Xuan said.
Through the library, he could already see the root of the problem.
It wasn't that his foundation was injured, but someone had planted a parasite in him. Furthermore, this parasite was constantly eating away at the energy he cultivated. This was the reason why he hadn't made any progress in his ten years of cultivation.
"A living Gu worm …"
Dan Xiaotian and Elder Yi glanced at one another with shock in their eyes.
The man before them was simply too horrifying, and they dared not believe his words.
There was actually a parasite in Dan Xiaotian's body, and it had been in his body for ten years … How in the world did the young man before them manage to see through it?
"I know that you don't believe me, but I can prove it to you right now!"
Looking at the expressions of the duo, Zhang Xuan could tell that they didn't believe his words. With a smile, he asked, "May I know if there are any silver needles or the like here?"
"There are!"
Elder Yi nodded. He turned around and walked into the room. Not too long later, he returned with a box of silver needles.
Long illness turned one into a physician. The Young Master's illness was treated on a daily basis, so these were all common items that could be found here.
"Un. I'll take it out for you right now!"
Zhang Xuan chuckled softly as he casually picked up a silver needle and flicked it.
Ding ling!
The silver needle fell to the ground less than three meters away from him.
"Cough cough. I don't have any strength left at the moment.
Come closer … "Seeing that the surroundings had fallen silent, Zhang Xuan felt a little awkward.
He had gotten used to shooting needles from afar, but he suddenly remembered that he was unable to use his zhenqi at all.
"Alright!"
Even though Dan Xiaotian felt that the young man before him was a little unreliable, he still walked over after a moment of hesitation.
Since things had already come to this, there was no harm in trying anything.
Taking out another silver needle, Zhang Xuan took in a deep breath before stabbing it toward the location recorded in the Library of Heaven's Path.
Ding!
Zhang Xuan's lips twitched.
Despite his lack of strength, the silver needle was actually unable to pierce through Dan Xiaotian's skin.
While Dan Xiaotian was unable to cultivate, his true cultivation was still at Saint 6-dan. Given that he had been nourished by the mercury-like spiritual energy over the years, his physical body had been tempered to the point where it was even tougher than steel. There was no way Zhang Xuan would be able to pierce through his skin that easily.
"I'll have to trouble you to help me!"
Zhang Xuan turned around to look at Dan Xiaotian.
Elder Yi walked over and infused a surge of zhenqi into the silver needle. In the blink of an eye, the curved needle straightened, and 'sou!', it pierced into Dan Xiaotian's body.
Peng!
Just as Zhang Xuan was about to push the silver needle forward, he realized that the needle had flown out at an even faster speed, piercing into the wall before vanishing from sight.
Dan Xiaotian and Elder Yi widened their eyes in astonishment, especially the former.
As the person in question, he knew that he had not exerted any strength at all, but the silver needle had flown out at such an incredible speed. Could there really be something else in Dan Xiaotian's body?
"You should have sensed it as well. It's a gu that pushed the silver needle back," Zhang Xuan explained.
With his current strength, it was impossible for him to kill a gu. However, the fact that the gu had retaliated once should have allowed Dan Xiaotian to sense its existence.
"There's really a gu?"
Dan Xiaotian was rendered speechless.
He had never believed it before, but at this moment, his confidence was starting to waver.
Putting aside the fact that he had not exerted any strength at all, even if he had, there was no way he would have been able to pierce such a thin needle into the wall without leaving a single mark.
"Even though I didn't manage to injure it in the slightest, I've managed to discover its location. If I'm not mistaken, it should be able to find a new home. When it moves, you'll be able to sense the flow of zhenqi, and your injured leg will be alleviated!"
Zhang Xuan said. "Of course, this is only temporary. Once it stops moving, everything will return to normal. The only way to deal with it is to find a way to kill it!"
"This …"
Dan Xiaotian found it hard to believe what he was hearing, but it didn't take long for his eyes to widen in shock.
Just like what the other party had said, he could sense the flow of zhenqi in his body. Following which, his numb left leg seemed to have regained some feeling as well.
He took a few steps forward, and to his astonishment, he felt no obstruction at all.
However, this feeling only lasted for ten breaths before it stopped. His leg had become as stiff as a block of wood once more.
"You should believe me this time, right?"
Zhang Xuan could tell that his diagnosis was spot on, so he chuckled softly.
"Paying respects to teacher!"
Without any hesitation, Dan Xiaotian kneeled to the floor and kowtowed.
Despite so many renowned physicians having taken a look at it, none of them had been able to find the root of the problem. Yet, with just a glance, the young man before him was able to pinpoint the root of the problem. Everything was exactly as Dan Xiaotian had said. Just this alone was enough to tell that the young man was a capable individual.
"Stand up!"
After Dan Xiaotian bowed to his teacher, Zhang Xuan helped him up.
Taking the other party in as his student could be considered as repaying the debt of saving his life.
"Teacher, may I know how I should deal with this gu worm?"
Dan Xiaotian turned to Zhang Xuan and asked.
However, upon learning that there was a worm living in his body, he couldn't stand it anymore. If he didn't get rid of it as soon as possible, he might not be able to eat or sleep in peace.
"As long as I recover from my injuries, I should be able to deal with it easily."
Zhang Xuan.
If not for his severe injuries, he would have been able to infuse his Heaven's Path zhenqi into Dan Xiaotian's body to kill the gu worm. However, he was unable to utilize his zhenqi at the moment. Even though he knew where the gu worm was, he was still unable to kill it.
More importantly, the other party had even shot his silver needles at him. This was challenging his bottom line!
"You want me to recover from my injuries?"
Dan Xiaotian was taken aback for a moment before replying. "That's simple. I have quite a few precious recovery pills here, and I was intending to give them to you. However, I didn't dare to use them because I wasn't awake yet. Now that you have consumed them, you should be able to recover from most of your injuries!"
Powerful recovery pills were usually too potent. If one were to consume it while one was still unconscious, it would only cause the opposite effect. Unless one had sufficient zhenqi to assimilate the medicinal properties of the pill, it would only be a matter of time before you recover from your injuries.
However, Dan Xiaotian was unable to cultivate, so he hadn't done so.
Elder Yi entered the room once more and took out a jade bottle. He opened it lightly, and a concentrated medicinal aroma immediately drifted into the room.
It was a grade-8 recovery pill.
Zhang Xuan took it and swallowed it. A moment later, he shook his head and said, "This medicine is useless to me …"
While he might have seemed weak on the surface, he was actually an Ancient Sage 4-dan Dimension Shatterer realm expert. Grade-8 recovery pills were invaluable to Saint 6-dan cultivators, but to him, they were completely useless.
"It's useless?"
Dan Xiaotian had Elder Yi take out the best recovery pills in the Zhang Clan, but none of them were of much use.
"Are there any large malls around here? Are there any places where you can purchase recovery pills or medicinal herbs? "Zhang Xuan asked with a frown.
"There are indeed malls, but the medicinal herbs and pills that they sell aren't of high tier. I bought these recovery pills from there …" Dan Xiaotian scratched his head awkwardly.
These recovery pills were completely useless to the young man before him. No matter how many he bought, it would be useless.
"Where can I find higher tier recovery pills?"
Zhang Xuan asked.
As long as he didn't recover from his injuries, he wouldn't be able to treat Dan Xiaotian. If he failed to treat Dan Xiaotian properly, putting aside surviving for three days, he might not even be able to survive the night.
"Cultivators usually have to rely on the Ethereal Token to purchase pills of a higher tier. As long as the transaction is successful, the items will be delivered to you very quickly, "Dan Xiaotian replied.
"Ethereal Token?" Zhang Xuan pondered for a moment before asking, "Where can I find it? Or is it possible to buy it? "
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