Chapter 00058: Qu Yi's Unease
# Qu Yi's Unease
Chapter 58
Novel: After the Myth
Chapter 58: Qu Yi's Unease
As Ding Huan stepped out, he saw Yan Quan sitting at the door, waiting anxiously.
"Teacher Ding, how is Yi Yi?" Yan Quan tried to keep her voice calm, but her worry was evident.
If Ding Huan hadn't told her not to disturb him while he was saving Yi Yi, Yan Quan would have rushed in long ago.
"Yi Yi is fine now. You can go in and see her," Ding Huan said.
Hearing this, Yan Quan immediately rushed into the room.
As Ding Huan walked toward the living room, he could still hear Yan Quan's anxious voice.
"Yi Yi, why does your body look like it's been cut by knives?"
"Mom, I'm fine," Qu Yi's voice sounded stronger than before.
She didn't know what had happened to her body, but when Ding Huan had her fuse with the spiritual root gene potion, it felt like her insides were on fire.
It must have been from that.
"Teacher Ding, take a rest and have some water," Qu Yonghe approached him.
Although he was eager to see his daughter, he knew Ding Huan was her savior.
He couldn't neglect the person who had saved his daughter's life.
Ding Huan waved his hand.
"Uncle Qu, can you find the best surgeon? Someone skilled in eye surgery."
In fact, eye surgery wasn't as complicated as it used to be.
With gene-correcting potions, the body could now automatically repair and grow blood vessels.
As long as the main vessels were intact, even missing ones could regenerate.
So, in today's world, eye surgery was considered a minor procedure.
Qu Yonghe was taken aback but quickly replied, "Of course, Wen Xing is one of the top five surgeons globally."
Wen Xing had been a highly sought-after surgeon, but after the gene beast outbreak, the Qu family, who made their fortune in cold weapons, brought her back.
She no longer needed to stay in a hospital.
Wen Xing? Ding Huan immediately remembered her—the woman who always stayed by Qu Yi's side, Aunt Xing.
"Good. Have her prepare to remove my right eye and transplant it to Qu Yi. The surgery shouldn't be too difficult," Ding Huan said without hesitation.
"What?!"
Qu Yonghe was stunned.
After a moment, he stammered, "Teacher Ding, are you saying you want to give your eye to Yi Yi?"
Ding Huan nodded.
"Yes, Qu Yi's eyes can't be restored. The only option is an eye transplant."
"No, absolutely not!"
Qu Yonghe shook his head vehemently.
The Qu family wasn't heartless.
Ding Huan had saved Qu Yi's life.
Even if her eyes were ruined, they couldn't take his eye.
After a pause, Qu Yonghe seemed to remember something.
"Teacher Ding, although our family isn't extremely wealthy, we can afford to find a volunteer to donate an eye for Qu Yi."
Qu Yonghe believed that with enough money, they could find someone willing to donate their eyes after death.
Ding Huan didn't respond, only shook his head.
Qu Yonghe grew anxious.
"Teacher Ding, if we can't use someone else's eye, Yi Yi's mother and I can donate ours. We're her parents; there shouldn't be any rejection issues..."
"Trust me, my eye is the only option. Using someone else's won't work," Ding Huan sighed and repeated.
He couldn't explain it to Qu Yonghe.
Qu Yi now had a spiritual root gene.
Using an ordinary person's eye would lead to two possible outcomes.
First, as Qu Yi cultivated and her power grew, her ordinary eye wouldn't be able to keep up with her body's energy circulation, eventually failing.
Second, even if the eye didn't fail, since Qu Yi didn't have eyes when her spiritual root gene formed, her eyes wouldn't evolve with the rest of her body during future advancements, leaving them stuck at their initial state.
Ding Huan was a second-level gene cultivator with a spiritual root gene.
Moreover, Qu Yi's spiritual root gene had been formed using his blood essence.
His eye wouldn't hold her back.
He had also given Qu Yi a recovery gene.
Once one of her eyes was restored, the other would gradually heal.
Just like him—even if he gave one eye to Qu Yi, with some cultivation, his eye would grow back.
This was the power of the recovery gene, which contained a trace of the mythical beast, the Fire Qilin's bloodline.
There was another option: transplanting a volunteer's eye before Qu Yi fused with the spiritual root gene.
But Ding Huan was certain that even if they did that, the new eye would likely burst during the fusion process.
Fusing with a spiritual root gene was extremely dangerous.
The internal burning would almost certainly destroy any newly transplanted eye.
But that wasn't the main issue.
The main problem was that if they waited until after the eye transplant to fuse the spiritual root gene, Ding Huan would need to wait at least another year.
He didn't have that much time.
There was also another reason, hidden deep in Ding Huan's heart: Qu Yi's eyes were the most perfect, clear, and pure he had ever seen.
If they replaced her eyes with someone else's, would they still be as clear and untainted?
He wasn't just being self-assured.
He shared Qu Yi's belief that despite the ugliness of the world, there was still beauty in it.
"But... but..."
Qu Yonghe stammered, unable to find the right words.
At that moment, Yan Quan came out.
After hearing Qu Yonghe's explanation, she looked at Ding Huan in disbelief.
Qu Yi was her daughter.
She would gladly give her own eyes to restore her daughter's sight.
But Ding Huan, even if he was Qu Yi's lover, shouldn't have to go this far.
"Teacher Ding, is it really necessary for Yi Yi to have your eye?" Yan Quan asked again.
Ding Huan sighed inwardly.
He could feel the kindness in Qu Yonghe and Yan Quan, their reluctance to take his eye for Qu Yi.
It seemed Qu Yi's kindness was inherited from her parents.
And it was that kindness that had given him a chance to live another two hundred years in this universe.
"Yes, it has to be my eye," Ding Huan confirmed.
After receiving Ding Huan's firm answer, Qu Yonghe had no choice but to prepare the operating room as instructed.
...
In just three days, the Qu family had the operating room ready.
In those three days, Qu Yi's condition had improved significantly.
She could now move on her own.
Qu Yonghe and Yan Quan were amazed.
Teacher Ding's abilities were truly extraordinary.
Not only had he saved someone who was certain to die, but in just a few days, Qu Yi had recovered to this extent.
If it weren't for her eyes, she would have been almost back to normal.
"Yi Yi, how are you feeling?" Yan Quan entered Qu Yi's room, where Qu Fei was keeping her company, chatting about Ding Huan.
"Mom, I'm much better. The only issue is my eyes. My body feels healthy."
Qu Yi was in good spirits.
Although she couldn't see, she was alive and could cultivate the techniques Ding Huan had taught her.
What more could she ask for?
Anyone forcibly fused with an unknown gene by the Gene Alliance would consider themselves lucky just to survive.
She couldn't ask for more.
"Yi Yi, Aunt Xing will perform your eye surgery today. Don't worry; it's not a major procedure."
Yan Quan sighed inwardly.
If she told Qu Yi that Ding Huan was donating his eye, Qu Yi would never accept it.
She knew her daughter too well.
"Ah..."
Qu Yi was surprised.
She hadn't expected her family to find a donor so quickly.
She didn't think too much about it, silently thanking the kind soul who had donated their eyes.
After all, if she were dying, she would have done the same for someone in need.
"Mom, is Teacher Ding outside?" Qu Yi couldn't help but ask.
Perhaps it was just her imagination, but ever since Ding Huan had saved her, she felt an inexplicable connection to him.
"Teacher Ding is helping with your recovery. Just focus on healing," Yan Quan said, her eyes slightly red.
She couldn't bring herself to ask if Ding Huan was Qu Yi's lover.
...
In the sterile operating room, Qu Yi, under anesthesia, felt a strange sense that everyone around her was hiding something.
But it was just an eye surgery.
What could they possibly be hiding?
The surgery proceeded smoothly.
After Ding Huan's eye was removed, there was surprisingly little bleeding.
Even Wen Xing, a highly skilled surgeon, was astonished.
As Wen Xing implanted the eye into Qu Yi, her assistant helped bandage Ding Huan's eye.
Ding Huan didn't wait for the surgery to finish.
He picked up his bag and left the operating room alone.
There was nothing more for him to do here.
With Wen Xing's expertise, the surgery was in good hands.
Even an average surgeon could handle it without much difficulty.
He needed to return to Qianluo Mountain to cultivate.
His feud with the Gene Alliance was far from over.
Although he had killed many Gene Alliance members, none of them were true powerhouses.
The real threats were still out there.
He needed to focus on his cultivation and strengthen his abilities.
...
As Ding Huan had predicted, the surgery went without a hitch.
When Wen Xing finished and turned around, she noticed Ding Huan's bed was empty.
"Where's Teacher Ding?" Wen Xing asked urgently.
One of the assistants quickly replied, "Teacher Ding left. He told me not to disturb you during the surgery."
"What?!" Wen Xing rushed to open the door.
"How did the surgery go?" Yan Quan asked anxiously as the door opened.
"The surgery was a success. But where's Teacher Ding? He still needs to recover..."
Wen Xing replied.
Qu Yonghe sighed from the side.
"He's gone. I couldn't stop him. Our family owes him too much."
(End of today's update.
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