Chapter 00093: Saving a Life (Extra Chapter for the Alliance Leader, Boss)
# Saving a Life (Extra Chapter for the Alliance Leader, Boss)
Chapter 93
Novel: After the Myth
Chapter 93: Saving a Life (Extra Chapter for the Alliance Leader, Boss)
"Thank you for not letting the fish eat me. I don't think I can make it. I'm from the Falling God Valley in the Blooming God Continent," Qi Xinyue struggled to say before closing her eyes.
Fate is truly strange.
She had been ambushed, tortured, and imprisoned by people from Earth, yet in the end, it was also an Earthling who wanted to save her.
Ding Huan looked at Qi Xinyue, who had closed her eyes, feeling a bit regretful.
He should have prepared more recovery gene potions.
Qi Xinyue's cultivation level wasn't high, so she should have been able to fuse with the recovery gene potion.
But now, he had no choice.
He took out his Starry Sky Blade from his bag and sliced a large reef flat.
Then, he took out a sleeping bag, laid it on the reef, and placed Qi Xinyue on top of it.
Ding Huan carefully examined Qi Xinyue's injuries.
There were three main wounds: one arrow had pierced her chest, another had struck her shoulder, and the last had hit her waist.
Qi Xinyue's breathing was faint, and without immediate treatment, she would soon die.
Ding Huan knew how to make several types of healing potions, though they weren't gene potions.
Still, they could greatly help with such injuries.
However, this was just a reef island with no medicinal herbs or equipment.
No matter what, Ding Huan couldn't just watch Qi Xinyue die.
He tried to channel some of his true energy into her.
To his surprise, his true energy wasn't rejected at all.
In fact, if he wanted to, he could even help Qi Xinyue form a complete energy cycle within her body using the Luo Shi Scripture.
Should he help her? If he did, it would mean he would be peering into her body.
If he didn't, Qi Xinyue would surely die.
After only a second of hesitation, Ding Huan decided to help.
Unlike his own cultivation, this time his true energy carefully seeped into Qi Xinyue's Tian Tu acupoint and circulated along her Ren meridian.
The first cycle was quickly completed, and a hint of color returned to Qi Xinyue's face.
This gave Ding Huan great confidence, and he continued to circulate the Luo Shi Scripture.
This was different from cultivation.
In cultivation, one absorbed as much energy as possible and pushed for the strongest cycle.
But now, he was gently nourishing Qi Xinyue's withering and dry meridians, taking it as slow as possible.
Soon, Ding Huan noticed that Qi Xinyue's broken meridians were slowly repairing under the influence of his Luo Shi Scripture.
This was definitely a new breakthrough.
Ding Huan was sure it wasn't just the Luo Shi Scripture at work—it was likely related to his recovery genes.
As Ding Huan continued to circulate the Luo Shi Scripture, his understanding of how it could heal damaged meridians deepened.
In that moment, he completely forgot that his true energy was still flowing within Qi Xinyue's body, and that he was essentially peering into her entire being.
Qi Xinyue's cultivation method was strange.
Her dantian seemed to contain a different kind of energy.
Half a day later, Qi Xinyue opened her eyes.
When she saw Ding Huan's hand resting on her chest, she was startled.
But she quickly realized that she wasn't dead.
Ding Huan was using some secret technique to heal her.
She could clearly feel the Luo Shi Scripture's energy circulating through her meridians and acupoints.
With each cycle, she felt her injuries healing bit by bit.
At this moment, Qi Xinyue was also deeply shocked.
What an incredibly powerful healing technique! In the Blooming God Continent, there was no such miraculous technique.
If there were, it would have been monopolized long ago.
Her mother had told her that divine arts were the strongest healing techniques in the universe, but now Qi Xinyue had doubts.
Even divine healing arts might not compare to Ding Huan's method.
Thinking about how Ding Huan had seen every part of her body, Qi Xinyue's face turned slightly red, but she didn't move.
She practiced divine arts and knew that interrupting the healing process was the worst thing one could do.
In fact, if Ding Huan wanted to examine Qi Xinyue's body, he could have done so with just his divine sense.
But now, Ding Huan was completely immersed in the healing process of the Luo Shi Scripture.
With each cycle, he gained new insights.
A full day passed, and Qi Xinyue even felt like she could stand up, but Ding Huan was still healing her.
"Brother Ding..."
Qi Xinyue couldn't help but call out.
Ding Huan didn't hear her.
He was deep in thought, feeling that his Luo Shi Scripture could indeed be modified.
"Brother Ding!" This time, Qi Xinyue raised her voice.
Ding Huan was startled and quickly snapped out of his trance.
He saw that Qi Xinyue had opened her eyes and her complexion looked much better.
He quickly removed his hand and asked, "How do you feel?"
Qi Xinyue looked at Ding Huan with disbelief.
"Brother Ding, your healing technique is truly extraordinary."
"My technique isn't that powerful. It must be something else..."
Ding Huan suddenly remembered his earlier insights.
He closed his eyes and carefully recalled what he had sensed while healing Qi Xinyue.
After a while, he opened his eyes, feeling puzzled.
Although he had gained a lot of cultivation and genetic knowledge from the ancient scroll, he was only a fifth-level gene cultivator.
How could he have the ability to modify techniques? Could it be because he had fused with the recovery genes of the fire lizard, which had a trace of ancient dragon blood?
Seeing that Ding Huan seemed deep in thought, Qi Xinyue didn't say anything more.
"Wait here. I'll go catch some fish to help you recover," Ding Huan said as he stood up.
After sitting there healing Qi Xinyue for a whole day, he didn't feel tired at all.
As Ding Huan left, Qi Xinyue was left in a daze.
Ding Huan quickly caught a ten-pound sardine.
He couldn't help but sigh.
No wonder mutated beasts were running rampant now.
This thing, which usually weighed only a hundred grams, had grown to ten pounds.
Even though he had no fire, pot, or even fresh water, Ding Huan simply used his hand to slice a piece of reef into a stone pot.
Cleaning the sardine was even easier for him.
He didn't even bother taking out a knife.
With a few wind blades, he took only the fattiest part of the fish and discarded the rest.
Qi Xinyue watched in amazement as Ding Huan effortlessly prepared the fish and created a stone pot in an instant.
But that wasn't all.
She saw Ding Huan conjure a ball of water out of thin air and toss it into the pot, followed by a flame...
"This..."
Soon, the aroma of fish soup filled the air.
Qi Xinyue couldn't help but ask, "Brother Ding, do you know divine arts?"
"Divine arts?" Ding Huan looked at her, confused.
Qi Xinyue nodded.
"Yes. You're different from other Earthlings. You're more like the divine practitioners from the Blooming God Continent. They can conjure fire and water out of thin air..."
Divine practitioners could conjure fire and water? Ding Huan thought to himself.
Could it be that the Blooming God Continent was a cultivation world? What he had just used were simple wind blade, fireball, and water summoning techniques.
"I don't know divine arts. It's related to the techniques I practice. If you're willing to learn, I can teach you once you recover," Ding Huan said without hiding anything.
"My talent is poor. I probably won't be able to learn. If the Gene Alliance finds out you can do these things, they won't let you go," Qi Xinyue said, thinking of the person who had forced her to reveal the secrets of the Blooming God Continent.
Before, she thought Ding Huan was like her, stranded here and destined to die.
But now, she didn't think so.
Ding Huan might really be able to leave this place.
Ding Huan knew Qi Xinyue was talking about Shi Changyi.
He smiled.
"Even if he doesn't come looking for me, I'll go find him. Drink some fish soup and focus on recovering first. As for cultivation, you can give it a try. If it doesn't work out, we'll see."
Ding Huan also guessed that Qi Xinyue might not be able to cultivate.
He had a gene spiritual root, and his Luo Shi Scripture required a spiritual root to practice.
If Qi Xinyue couldn't cultivate the Luo Shi Scripture, he would teach her the Thousand Meridians Gene Technique instead.
"Can I ask how your spaceship came to Earth?" Ding Huan asked, thinking that relying on the Gene Alliance's spaceship to reach the Changyi Continent might not be realistic.
Qi Xinyue shook her head.
"I don't know. I was forcibly taken onto the ship to help them find the planet of the divine race."
Hearing this, Ding Huan was disappointed.
Seeing his disappointment, Qi Xinyue hesitated before adding, "I've heard that in the universe, there are some teleportation vortexes. Spaceships can only leave a galaxy by using these vortexes. Otherwise, no matter how fast the ship is, it can't escape the galaxy by speed alone."
This was an absolute secret, something she had never revealed before.
Ding Huan's heart stirred.
Teleportation vortexes? That concept seemed familiar...
Sure enough, as soon as he thought of it, various array knowledge surfaced in his mind, including information about teleportation arrays...
Could teleportation vortexes be teleportation arrays?
"If you want to leave Earth, you'll have to take the God-Seeking Ship. That ship has detailed cosmic navigation charts," Qi Xinyue continued.
"The God-Seeking Ship?" Ding Huan was puzzled.
Qi Xinyue explained, "It's the ship we came on. It's probably being studied by some Earth faction now..."
She paused, realizing that no one on Earth could repair the ship.
It was damaged and couldn't leave Earth.
The key was, she didn't know how to fix it either.
Even if Ding Huan found the God-Seeking Ship, it would be useless.
(End of Chapter)