With a loud thud, the two maidservants dropped to their knees before Lin Dingchang. The person they were carrying—who else could it be but Ye Junfan, the Archaic Sacred Body?
“Please, Elder, save our young master!”
Su Yichen and Xiao Yan were both visibly shocked at the sight of Ye Junfan.
“He’s the Archaic Sacred Body?”
Lin Dingchang stared at the unconscious Ye Junfan lying on the ground. After confirming that there was no danger to his life, he said, “I know you’re panicking, but don’t be alarmed just yet.”
He placed his hand on Ye Junfan and began examining his condition. As the examination began, he murmured, “Cultivation backlash?”
Su Yichen sneered, “As expected. The Archaic Sacred Body is no longer fit for this era. Reaching the 7th stage Spirit Sea Realm is already a stroke of luck!”
But Xiao Yan noticed something different. Ye Junfan’s condition… looked strikingly similar to their own earlier state.
“We don’t know what happened. Young master was in seclusion, cultivating, but then started vomiting blood continuously. When night fell, the pain became unbearable. By the time we brought him out, he had already passed out from the pain,” the two maidservants sobbed, their eyes filled with tears.
They failed to notice, however, the growing strangeness on Lin Dingchang’s face.
“No, his condition is nearly identical to yours. Just that his injuries are even more severe—it seems he’s been like this for several days already.”
Lin Dingchang’s expression grew weirder as he glanced at the now-recovered Xiao Yan and Su Yichen. Were the three of them working together or something?
Su Yichen and Xiao Yan exchanged looks and both found it unbelievable.
“Elder Lin, he suffered the same injuries as us?” Xiao Yan asked.
“Yes. Judging by what I’ve seen, all of you were harmed by cultivating some techniques or martial skills with severe backlash,” Lin Dingchang replied.
Both of their expressions darkened. Cultivation techniques with heavy backlash? They had enough cultivation resources, why would they need to risk practicing such things?
“Elder, please save our young master!” the two maidservants pleaded again. They didn’t understand everything, but they could tell Lin Dingchang had the means to save Ye Junfan.
“Of course, as an elder of the Heavenly Medical Hall, I practice benevolence and will naturally save him.” Lin Dingchang coughed and continued sternly, “However, I’ll have to use a Withered Wood Spring Revival Pill to treat him. It’s worth 30,000 contribution points, and this debt must be recorded.”
The maidservants froze in place.
“You two Holy Son Candidates, please serve as witnesses. This Archaic Sacred Body is unconscious and can’t make the decision himself, and his maidservants obviously aren’t qualified, so I’ll trouble you to bear witness for me,” Lin Dingchang said calmly.
“Of course,” Su Yichen replied with a smile, and Xiao Yan nodded in agreement.
Lin Dingchang took out a jade bottle and poured out a deep greenish-brown pill.
“Look closely. This is a top-tier Profound Pill sold by our Heavenly Medical Hall for 30,000 contribution points. With it, I can save his life, restore all his internal injuries, and even help him recover his lost cultivation realm.” Find the original chapter at g.com.
Given his cultivation level and insight, Lin Dingchang could clearly see that Ye Junfan had already regressed in cultivation.
The two maidservants stared with wide eyes and swallowed hard. A top-grade Profound Pill worth 30,000 points was beyond anything they could imagine.
Lin Dingchang then fed the Withered Wood Spring Revival Pill to Ye Junfan.
Three breaths later, Ye Junfan coughed, spitting out blood, but he also opened his eyes and regained consciousness. He instinctively clutched his chest but was surprised to find the pain gone.
Looking around, he realized he wasn’t on his own Holy Son Candidate Peak anymore.
“Young master!” the two maidservants quickly called out joyfully. “It was this elder from the Heavenly Medical Hall who saved you!”
Ye Junfan composed himself, finally noticing Lin Dingchang, and then saw Su Yichen and Xiao Yan standing nearby.
Lin Dingchang smiled and said, “Holy Son Candidate No. 81, Archaic Sacred Body, Ye Junfan, correct? You’re at the Heavenly Medical Hall. Don’t doubt it. I’m the elder who saved you.”
Ye Junfan paused, then quickly cupped his fists in gratitude.
“Thanks are appropriate, but you now owe me 30,000 contribution points. Will you pay now or put it on credit?” Lin Dingchang asked with a smile.
What the hell?
Ye Junfan’s eyes widened. Thirty thousand contribution points?
“Young master, the elder gave you a top-grade Profound Pill—Withered Wood Spring Revival Pill—sold at 30,000 points,” one maidservant whispered.
“A top-grade Profound Pill?!”
Ye Junfan was dumbfounded. He had unknowingly swallowed such an expensive pill?
“You’re not thinking of defaulting, are you?” Lin Dingchang smiled. “I have two Holy Son Candidates here as witnesses.”
Xiao Yan and Su Yichen stepped forward immediately.
Xiao Yan said, “Ye Junfan, you can’t escape this 30,000-point debt. Without Elder Lin, your condition just now… tsk tsk!”
He added with a sigh, “But I didn’t expect you to suffer the same fate. It’s truly baffling.”
Ye Junfan snorted, “Who said I’d refuse to pay?”
He turned to Lin Dingchang and said, “Elder, I don’t have that many contribution points right now. May I owe it for now? I will repay it in the future.” This chapter is updated first at novelping dot com.
“That’s fine. My surname is Lin. As an elder of the Heavenly Medical Hall, it’s my duty to save lives,” Lin Dingchang smiled. “Perhaps, the three of you Holy Son Candidates will have much to talk about. It’s getting late, please take your leave now.”
Though confused, Ye Junfan still left.
Su Yichen and Xiao Yan approached him, and after a brief exchange, Ye Junfan was stunned. So it wasn’t just him—others had also suffered the same strange injuries!
Inexplicable injuries! Sudden vomiting of blood, damaged internal organs, severed meridians!
“Elder Lin said it’s because we cultivated techniques with severe side effects, but clearly, I didn’t,” Xiao Yan said.
“Neither did I,” Su Yichen added.
Ye Junfan’s expression darkened further. “Me neither. So what’s going on?”
Though the three speculated together, none of them revealed their full cultivation details. In the end, they couldn’t reach any conclusions.
The only fortunate thing was that their injuries and realms had been restored thanks to the Withered Wood Spring Revival Pill.
“Heh! In the Holy Son Selection Battle, all of you better be ready to become my stepping stones!” Su Yichen laughed as he left with his maidservants. He had already broken through to the 1st stage Cave Heaven Realm. Who could rival him now?
Having stepped into the Cave Heaven Realm, sweeping through the other Holy Son Candidates was no longer an issue!
Xiao Yan sneered to himself and returned to his own peak. He had to make better preparations. Su Yichen had pulled ahead, but the gap wasn’t too wide yet.
As long as Su Yichen couldn’t fight everyone alone and win, then at best, he would become the new No.1 Holy Son Candidate—not the true Holy Son.
That’s why he needed to become stronger!
But Ye Junfan wasn’t pleased at all.
After all this, his cultivation was still only at the 7th stage Spirit Sea Realm.
He had taken countless top-grade spiritual medicines and even profound-grade Great Reversion Pills, wasting tons of resources!
Now, he barely had any resources left for cultivation.
“Damn it!” Ye Junfan clenched his teeth in frustration, yet he had nowhere to vent. He didn’t even know why he had suffered this strange backlash!