A Disciple of the Sword Sect, No Regrets in This Life!

The moment Li Nanting returned to their quarters, he swept everything off the table onto the floor. He laid the youth down gently on the tabletop, then hurriedly channeled strands of pure, gentle origin power into him to stem the bleeding. Beside him, Qin Xian said in a heavy voice, "Give him healing pills!" "Check if his meridians have suffered internal damage!" "Tu Kui, go find Ge Qing at once. If I remember right, he has Sanqing Pills for external flesh wounds!" "No matter the price, I'll pay it!" Tu Kui gave a curt nod. With a slight shift of his feet, his form flickered and vanished in an instant. Li Nanting had already fed the youth pills, yet his face remained dreadful. With knitted brows, he said, "This kid pushed himself far too hard!" "The meridians inside him are tangled into a complete mess. Quite a few are already blocked." "Wait?" Beside him, Qin Xian quickly reached out to check the youth's wrist. Moments later, astonishment flashed in his eyes as well. "Why does he have thirty-six extra meridians in his body?" "And... none of those meridians are harmed in the slightest. They're still continuously absorbing spiritual energy to heal his internal wounds!" Li Nanting shook his head slightly, having no idea what was going on either. Even so, the old man said in a deep voice, "Whatever the case, let's settle him in first. Set up the spirit-gathering array disc so he can wake up as soon as possible." With a flick of his sleeve, Qin Xian tossed out an azure circular array disc. The disc split apart, instantly settling into eight directions. *Hum!!* A subtle, wondrous ripple drifted forth, instantly forming a spirit-gathering array roughly ten feet across. The old man then drew out ten whole high-grade spirit stones. After a second thought, he swapped them for mid-grade spirit stones. It was not that he begrudged the expense of high-grade spirit stones, but that he feared an excessive density of spiritual energy might cause Li Guanqi to unintentionally break through in the middle of cultivation. Once the spirit stones were slotted into the array disc, rich spiritual energy surged and gathered, coalescing into a faint, visible mist! Placing Li Guanqi into the spirit-gathering array, Qin Xian and the others slipped more restorative pills into his mouth. Before long, Tu Kui returned, holding the Sanqing Pills reputed to regrow flesh on bare bone. With a grim expression, Tu Kui could not help but grumble, "That old rascal is an outright extortionist! A mere four Sanqing Pills, and he demanded four hundred mid-grade spirit stones!" "Converted to low-grade spirit stones, that's forty thousand!" Qin Xian snatched the jade bottle from his hands, dismissing the complaint without a second thought. "Compared to him, I'd willingly pay even four hundred high-grade spirit stones!" "Enough talk. Hurry and help him recover from his injuries!" He popped a pale blue pill into the youth's mouth. Qin Xian and Tu Kui began working together to melt the pill's potency, guiding it to unblock and smooth out the tangled, chaotic meridians within Li Guanqi's body. Two Nascent Soul elders joining forces at the same time just to comb through the meridians of a Foundation Establishment disciple—anyone hearing of such a thing would scarcely believe it. Meanwhile, the outside world had already been thrown into a frenzy. Everyone was inquiring about the Great Xia Sword Sect, trying to learn everything they could about the blind youth named Li Guanqi. High above, after watching Li Guanqi's match to the end, the Northern Region Heavenly King, Long Qu, murmured softly to Ge Qing. "If that little blind kid can lead the Great Xia Sword Sect to claim the championship, I will personally grant them a high-grade spirit vein, along with three Earth rank cultivation methods." Ge Qing's pupils contracted violently. He hurriedly bowed in assent. Yet Long Qu was not finished. A sharp, chilly glint surfaced in his eyes as he muttered under his breath, "Heh. The Three Sects and Six Palaces... it's about time things were shaken up. Otherwise, this Northern Region is simply too dull." Ge Qing's throat bobbed slightly; he dared not let the faintest thought show on his face. Yet he knew that if that youth truly took the top spot, the balance of power across the Northern Region would undergo an earth-shattering upheaval! Even setting that aside, Xuanmen Palace's elimination today had already left everyone with dropped jaws. Seizing this chance, the other top-tier powers would undoubtedly use this century of development to exhaust every possible means to bring Xuanmen Palace down! Inside the inn where the Great Xia Sword Sect stayed, everyone was silently praying. Soon, the youth slowly drifted back to consciousness. He immediately sensed the immense medicinal efficacy coursing through him. Upon waking, Li Guanqi understood the situation at once. The rich spiritual energy drifting around him made his body absorb it voraciously, like parched earth drinking in rain. Feeling his origin power gradually filling again, Li Guanqi finally breathed a sigh of relief. Even so, he was extremely cautious as he absorbed the spiritual energy. In his current state, the slightest lapse in control could trigger a breakthrough! Standing among the crowd, the little girl looked at the wound-covered youth, her eyes turning red in spite of herself. Reaching into her pocket, she fished out a few copper coins and bits of broken silver, then slipped away quietly while no one was paying attention. She did not know how to make him get better, but she could go buy some steamed stuffed buns. The little blind boy had once said that what he used to crave most was a mouthful of hot steamed bread. She felt that steamed stuffed buns tasted better, though, so she would spend all her money to buy buns for him! The little girl's legs moved in a blur. Leaping and darting across the rooftops, she vanished into the distance in no time. Gradually, the wounds on Li Guanqi's body began to heal at rapid speed. Injuries that had looked terrifying with rolled-back flesh were now closing at an astonishing rate. Qin Xian stared blankly at the sight, his eyes wide in disbelief. "Do Sanqing Pills truly have such miraculous effects? That shouldn't be possible!" Li Nanting furrowed his brow and offered, "The medicinal potency of a Sanqing Pill shouldn't reach such heights. Could it be those unexplained meridians inside him that are drawing out the pill's full potential to the absolute limit?" Hearing this, Qin Xian nodded slightly. For now, that was the only explanation he could think of. Since it was a good thing regardless, they chose not to dwell on it. A full four hours passed before Qin Xian and Tu Kui slowly lowered their hands. "We've finally straightened out all his meridians. Now we just have to wait for his origin power to recover on its own." Qin Xian rose to his feet and gazed deeply at the bare-chested youth seated cross-legged, a complex swirl of emotions flooding his heart. Looking up toward the setting sun, the old man murmured softly, "To think that today's Great Xia Sword Sect once again has to rely on a Foundation Establishment disciple risking life and limb!!" A lame man, standing ramrod straight without anyone noticing when, faced the elder and said in a low, resonant voice, "As disciples of the Sword Sect, we have never once regretted putting our lives on the line!" "Even for me, all I felt back then was a bit of regret." "If I were to return to that day... and choose again, I would still unflinchingly choose to initiate the Purgatory Challenge!" Moved by the man's words, the surrounding disciples raised their voices in a resolute shout. "As disciples of the Sword Sect, we have no regrets in this life!" Looking at the passionate young people before him, Qin Xian's eyes grew faintly red, and his voice trembled. "Good, good, good! With disciples like you, the Great Xia Sword Sect's resurgence is just around the corner!!" Right at that moment, Li Guanqi slowly opened his eyes. Looking at the group before him, he could not help but grin, speaking softly. "As a disciple of the Sword Sect, no regrets in this life!" Yet as Li Guanqi stood up, he caught sight of a little girl outside the door, her eyes red and swollen. Clinging to the doorframe without stepping inside, she was hurriedly brushing the dust off her floral-padded jacket.