Chapter 136: Spoils of War
Gritting his teeth, Xiao Yu had to steel himself several times before he finally mustered the strength to rip out the small cauldron. Several pieces of burnt flesh were still clinging to the metal.
A soft grunt escaped Wei Yuan’s throat. The wound on his back was basically an ashen pit where every inch of flesh was charred black. It was the only way he could have sealed the wound at the time.
Staring at the wound, Xiao Yu could not help but feel a stinging sensation in his eyes. If Wei Yuan hadn’t blocked the blow for him, he would have died or suffered a significant amount of damage to his Dao Foundation at the minimum. His path to immortality would have broken prematurely.
At the moment, waves of weakness were assaulting Wei Yuan’s senses. His body in particular was burning up like there was a fire in him. A rich lump of dark green aura was entrenched in the middle of his chest as well.
The attack had shattered a small part of his heart and every lung lobe on one side of his chest. His sternum and spine were severed right down the middle, and his insides were a complete mess. The dark green aura was also constantly corroding everything around it.
Fortunately, Wei Yuan’s physical body was exceptionally tough. Jia Wood Nurtures Life was filling him with Life Nurturing energy as well. The vitality currently contained inside his body was so concentrated that tiny fragments of his flesh were swimming here and there on their own, attaching themselves to suitable spots and becoming parts of new organs.
If the level of vitality did not change, and these fleshy fragments were ejected outside of his body, it was entirely possible that they could have grown into independent entities of sorts.
Although the lump of black green aura was extremely potent and insidious, it was being suppressed by both Qingming and Wei Yuan’s physical body. Slowly but surely, it was being broken down. He could have healed even faster if he focused more Life Nurturing energy into his body, but most of that energy was currently being used on a dozen or so grievously wounded cultivators. Their injuries were so severe that they would perish as soon as the Life Nurturing energy was removed.
“Stay strong,” Xiao Yu said while cutting away the blackened flesh around Wei Yuan’s wound with a mystic sword. Once done, he crushed an exclusive vulnerary of the Xiao Clan into powder and blew it over the wound.