Chapter 420 - 66: Hidden Truths
On the continent, there are several methods for Dark Practitioners to heal wounds.
One can utilize their own Dark Power or robust physique to treat their injuries. Under the effect of the Nine Revolutions Creation Technique, Yue Jinghua’s regenerative ability is extremely strong. As long as her injuries aren’t as severe as losing limbs, most wounds can heal within three days.
Another method is by ingesting Elixir Pills and Dark Pills.
The appearance of Weiwei introduced Yue Jinghua to yet another healing method.
She did not heal her wounds with Dark Skill as Yue Jinghua had thought, but rather by using the Wood and Earth attributes of Dark Power that exist in the environment.
For members of the Chi Mei Clan like Yue Chen and Ye Zi, this is quite understandable.
The Chi Mei Clan is innately endowed with the Wood Attribute. Plants of the Wood attribute have strong healing and regenerative capabilities naturally. Unless the root system is damaged, the Chi Mei Clan can heal injuries like lost limbs automatically. This explains why when Yue Jinghua first saw Yue Chen beaten into a swine-like state, he recovered in no time.
"I am a Dual Attribute Wood and Earth Healer. Because I know a bit about group healing methods, I was noticed by Compass Captain and became a Reserve Team Member of the Soldier Second Generation Mercenary Corps," perhaps due to Yue Jinghua’s rescue or gratitude for his care, Weiwei shyly explained her method of healing to Yue Jinghua.
There are all sorts of birds in a big forest.
From birth, Weiwei was able to sense the energy fluctuations of both Wood and Earth attributes in the environment much more keenly than others.
If we use Qing Pu’s words for understanding, Weiwei has a high affinity for elements of both Wood and Earth attributes.
These two forces, where Wood represents strong regenerative ability and Earth symbolizes the solid earth, can continuously provide her with the power needed for recovery.
"With such an astonishing healing ability, why do you stay with the ’Second Generation Soldiers’?" Yue Jinghua looked at Weiwei, having seen the wounds she healed, which were almost like never injured. In theory, other mercenary groups on the continent should be desperately seeking someone with such exceptional skills, so why would they let her stay in such a small and insignificant squad?
Even though Yue Jinghua also noticed that apart from absorbing Wood and Earth Dark Power from the environment, Weiwei is almost incapable of using the other three types of Dark Power.
Moreover, unlike other Dark Practitioners, Weiwei cannot store Dark Power within her body, which is the complete opposite of the approach used by Dark Practitioners of the Eastern Continent, who absorb Dark Power and then transform it into their own Dark Skill.
To put it more plainly, Weiwei is also a dud; her combat ability is practically zero.
"I... actually I can only heal myself," Weiwei said softly, afraid that Yue Jinghua would be disappointed, or even drive her out of the team, she hurriedly added, "I can also perform minor group healing, but it’s only limited to superficial flesh wounds."
It is precisely such a healer who can only heal himself but not others that everyone has to look out for Weiwei during missions. Before, Yan Bao and the others even claimed they wanted to get rid of Weiwei. It was only when Compass jokingly said that Weiwei could help bandage everyone’s wounds during internal disputes that she was able to stay and become a Reserve Team Member of the Soldier Second Generation Mercenary Corps.
Hearing this, Yue Jinghua did not show much difficulty or intention to drive Weiwei away, which made Weiwei grow even fonder of her and changed her address to Yue Jinghua from "New Captain" to "Brother Yue".
As a few people were handling the Salamander King’s corpse, Weiwei efficiently skinned and deboned it with skillful movements, showing no signs of disgust.
"It’s been a long time since I’ve seen such a big Mountain Wall Salamander. Brother Yue’s sword strike just now was good; it didn’t damage the salamander’s skin. Just this skin alone is worth more than five thousand Fourth-level Dark Pills. If we encounter a good tailor, and sell it to an assassin, the price could increase by another twenty percent. The Salamander meat can be dried into pet food, with a dried pound worth five hundred Dark Pills, which is quite in demand around the Imperial City. And the Salamander’s liver is a good medicine for expelling cold, can be sold to the grocery store for about three hundred Dark Pills," Weiwei rattled off like a living abacus, quickly estimating the entire salamander’s worth.
Yue Jinghua noticed that on Weiwei’s palms were small scars that could not be erased even with Healing Technique after repeated injuries. Although Weiwei didn’t say anything, Yue Jinghua knew that in the past few months, this young girl, without any Dark Skill or Dark Beast to protect her, had been entering and exiting Xuan Beast Ridge using all her wits and efforts to rescue Compass.
The reason she wanted to save Compass was so simple and touching to Yue Jinghua because Compass was the only one who believed in her strength and treated her as a Healing Soldier.
"Weiwei, don’t worry about these things for now. Didn’t you once sell a type of herb to the ’Love Hunting’ Xuan Beast Store in Five Saints Town?" Yue Jinghua didn’t want to dampen Weiwei’s spirits. Even though Weiwei knew how to accumulate wealth, relying solely on collecting herbs and similar beast gathering activities, she managed to gather twenty thousand Dark Pills in just a few months.
However, what she didn’t know was that shortly after Compass’s incarceration, the mission to escort the Dark Beast Egg had been re-evaluated and the initial compensation amount of several hundred thousand Dark Pills had rocketed to several million Dark Pills. Even with Weiwei’s current earnings, no matter how hard she worked for a hundred years, she would not be able to pay it off.
But there was a silver lining; finding Weiwei also meant finding the whereabouts of the hops, which would allow Yue Jinghua to start brewing beer.
Following Weiwei’s guidance, Yue Jinghua found a vast field of perfectly blooming hops not far from Longevity Bridge.
After collecting a portion of the hops for brewing ingredients and transplanting some into Greenland Black Forest, Yue Jinghua returned to Five Saints Town with a full load and the three others.
This journey gathering ingredients took longer than expected, but the final gains were significant, especially the Prajnaparamita Needles crafted by Sha Yan from Divine Court.
After returning to Five Saints Town, as expected, Shalman had already headed back to White Moon Pavilion. She managed to find the Flying Purple Centipede and collected several rare Poisonous Insect Eggs. Shalman decided to hatch a few of them using the Stone Coffin Yue Jinghua brought back from Kalan Peak.
To their surprise, they had thought that Qin Dongting had long since returned since he had spent the most time on Xuan Beast Ridge, and the Niger Boiling River was not far from Five Saints Town, and Qin was not one to loiter.
After searching Helen Tavern, Yue Jinghua and Shalman realized that something was off; the bartenders and regulars in the tavern, including Helen, had not seen Qin Dongting.