"How do you feel?" Huaci stepped up to Lu Ye's bedside, enveloping the air with a refreshing fragrance. 520 official website
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Lu Ye replied, "Much better."
"Let me take a look." Huaci, with her plump buttocks tilted, sat beside Lu Ye's bed, lifted his sleeve to examine the wound on his arm, and then lifted his shirt to check his chest, nodding and saying, "Not too bad."
As she spoke, she took out some items from her storage bag and placed them on the bedside, instructing Lu Ye, "Take off your shirt."
Lu Ye's shirt was already tattered and covered in blood. He hadn't had the chance to change it earlier while he was busy recovering. Now, he obediently took it off.
Huaci, while handling the items she had taken out, said, "Your arms and chest are severely burned, making it inconvenient to bandage them. For now, we'll use some medicine for a few days."
"Okay," Lu Ye responded.
"Extend your hands," Huaci said.
Lu Ye extended his hands, revealing his arms covered in green ointment, which must have been applied while he was unconscious yesterday.
Huaci used something to clean Lu Ye's arms before continuing to apply the green ointment.
After treating his arms, she moved on to his chest. The wounds on his back were slashes and didn't require the same treatment. Lu Ye remembered that Huaci had applied some ointment to his back yesterday, which had been causing him discomfort all day.
When it came to treating the wounds on his back, Huaci asked Lu Ye to turn around and warned, "Bear with it."
Before Lu Ye could react, he heard a tearing sound as the ointment from yesterday was ripped off, causing intense pain that made him shudder and break out in a cold sweat.
This woman, Huaci, truly spoke the softest words while dealing the harshest blows…
A green glow began to flicker, and a wave of spiritual energy spread out. Lu Ye turned his head in surprise, catching a glimpse of something and realizing, "Senior Sister, are you a medical cultivator?"
Pang Da Hai of the Righteous Qi Sect had previously told him that cultivators were divided into six major categories: Body Cultivators, who focus on physical strength; Weapon Cultivators, who excel in close combat; Spell Cultivators, who study magical techniques; Medical Cultivators, who heal and save lives; Ghost Cultivators, who communicate with spirits; and External Cultivators, who specialize in alchemy, talismans, formations, and crafting.
Because cultivators have low cultivation levels at the beginning, they generally start as Weapon Cultivators. Having a weapon in hand provides better self-protection and is more convenient for navigating the Spirit Stream battlefield.
However, during this period, cultivators will make some preliminary preparations based on their elemental attributes and preferences. Once their cultivation reaches a sufficient level, they can determine their specific category.
Most of the cultivators he had seen in the Sky Splitting Gorge were Weapon Cultivators, with only one, Luo Ji, who had laid the foundation for being a Spell Cultivator at the Second Layer Realm. This was due to his background in a top-tier sect, which provided the necessary resources and capital.
Dong Shuye was also a Spell Cultivator, but he was at the Seventh Layer Realm of the Spirit Stream.
Now, he had encountered another cultivator who had determined her category, and she was a Medical Cultivator. No wonder she could treat his injuries.
"Yep," Huaci replied casually, "What, do you have a grudge against Medical Cultivators?"
Lu Ye hurriedly said, "No, I have a grudge against Spell Cultivators." He inwardly vowed to kill any Spell Cultivators he found annoying in the future.
Huaci smiled, "I can tell." The injuries on Lu Ye's body were clearly caused by powerful spells. As a healer, Huaci had the discernment to recognize this.
With Huaci's continuous use of spiritual energy, Lu Ye felt the pain in his back gradually diminish, eventually turning into a tingling sensation.
After she finished, she applied another ointment to his back.
Next, she treated the wounds on his chest and arms. This time, Lu Ye could see clearly that Huaci's hands were suspended above his injuries, with a green glow enveloping them. Under the nourishment of her Wood Elemental spiritual energy, his injuries slowly improved.
This method of healing was indeed miraculous.
With such a beautiful and kind senior sister, the healing process was not at all tedious.
A moment later, Huaci finished and stood up, saying, "That's it for today's treatment." She extended a hand to Lu Ye, "Ten spirit stones, please."
Lu Ye looked at her, puzzled, "Huh?"
Huaci smiled, "Each treatment costs five spirit stones. You were too tired yesterday, so I didn't mention it. Including today, that's ten spirit stones in total."
"You're charging?" Lu Ye was taken aback.
Huaci explained, "The herbs you drink need to be bought, and the spiritual energy I expend needs to be restored with spirit pills and spirit stones. So, of course, there's a charge."
Lu Ye was speechless…
"Surely you, a disciple from a major sect, won't try to skip out on the bill, right?" Huaci's hand remained extended, firm and persistent.
"Of course not," Lu Ye replied, wondering how she knew he was from a major sect. But her reasoning made sense; she had spent time and effort to heal him, so he should show his appreciation.
Meeting a Medical Cultivator here would undoubtedly save him a lot of recovery time. In the end, he was the one benefiting.
"I don't have spirit stones, but do spirit pills work?" Lu Ye asked.
"Of course," Huaci nodded.
Lu Ye then took out a bottle of ten spirit pills and handed it to Huaci.
"Thank you for your business!" Huaci took the pills and smiled even more broadly.
Lu Ye was afraid she might say, "Hope to see you again next time."
"Rest well," Huaci instructed, "I'll come to treat you again tomorrow."
Before leaving, she turned back and said, "If you can take healing pills, your recovery should be faster."
"Got it," Lu Ye nodded.
Over the next few days, Lu Ye remained bedridden. During the day, a girl named Lingyu would come to give him the bitter medicine, and at night, Huaci would come to perform healing spells on him.
Lingyu's full name was Ruan Lingyu, a lively and friendly girl. After a few conversations, Lu Ye learned that this place was the ruins of a sect's base.
No one knew which sect it originally belonged to, but it had been attacked and destroyed several decades ago. Although the Heavenly Mechanism Pillar still stood, it no longer functioned as it once did.
This reminded Lu Ye of the scene where the Sect Master had sent him into the Spirit Stream battlefield in a desolate area. That place seemed to be the ruins of a sect as well.
Such ruins were common both in the Nine Provinces and within the Spirit Stream battlefield. When new sects emerged, they could choose these ruins as their bases because of the remaining Heavenly Mechanism Pillars.
However, many ruins were left unchosen and became gathering places for independent cultivators.
Although the buildings in these ruins were old and dilapidated, they still provided shelter from the elements and were in relatively good locations, naturally attracting some homeless independent cultivators.