Corpse Recovery Diver

Li Zhiyuan: "Twice."

Zhao Yi held up three fingers.

Li Zhiyuan: "You have great energy."

Zhao Yi: "So I realized, sometimes when you get to the key point, you can achieve the same effect without obsessing over completing every step. For example, with this 'Sealing Demon Conference,' we could prevent it from happening, or solve the problem before it even starts."

Li Zhiyuan: "I need to think about it."

Zhao Yi understood and pointed at Liang Yan and Liang Li, then at Run Sheng.

The two sisters' eyes focused simultaneously, and they both stepped forward, throwing a punch at Run Sheng.

Run Sheng caught their fists with his palms, and the two sides fell into a brief stalemate.

No auras were released, and the tiles on the ward floor didn't crack; it was just a simple test of strength, a professional evaluation among experts.

The two sisters withdrew their fists, their once fair fists now red as if they had been sanded down, skin and flesh broken.

The way they looked at Run Sheng now carried a deep caution, their earlier arrogance dissipated.

White smoke rose from Run Sheng's palms, and he shook his hand off, nodding to the young man, acknowledging the twins' strength.

Zhao Yi: "Strength is their weakest link; their background is anything but low."

The first half was to address the even match in a two-on-one situation, while the latter half explained they had stronger skills.

This kind of testing wouldn't yield accurate results and might even be drastically different from life-and-death battles, but Zhao Yi wanted to prove that his team possessed impressive strength now.

Li Zhiyuan: "Don't choose the hospital, if you're going to take the initiative, do it more thoroughly."

Zhao Yi: "Agreed."

At that moment, they not only reached a de facto alliance but also preliminarily settled on the first-round cooperation plan.

The smooth progress was partly because Lin Shuyou had given Xu Ming a good beating last night.

Zhao Yi knew about it, but he didn't mention it because it was pointless.

If it weren't for last night's incident, he would have definitely bargained, trying to gain some initiative, even if it was just for face value, as he had worked so hard in the Jianghu, earning a huge boost in his team's strength.

Now, he was very clear-headed.

Li Zhiyuan looked at Xu Ming, under the quilt, Xu Ming's body emanated a special vitality, still active despite heavy injuries.

The young man asked: "How many days to recover?"

Zhao Yi: "Originally five days, three if sent to the hospital, also saves some medicine pills."

Li Zhiyuan: "You're considerate."

Zhao Yi chuckled angrily: "Damn it, saving them isn't for your people to use!"

He had traveled the Jianghu too diligently and extremely, making the old man at home guard the medicine garden, exhaustively refining medicine pills, which were a bit in short supply.

Li Zhiyuan: "I'm hungry."

Zhao Yi: "There's a noodle shop at the hospital entrance, I've lately developed a liking for pea and minced meat noodles."

"Okay." Li Zhiyuan glanced at Run Sheng and the twin sisters, "Brother Runsheng, you guys sort out your own meals."

Run Sheng: "Alright."

Liang Yan and Liang Li exchanged glances, hesitated for a moment, but ultimately didn't respond.

But they could feel that the "guys" included them as well.

It was a strange feeling, as if, out of nowhere, they were now to follow that young man's command?

Li Zhiyuan and Zhao Yi exited the hospital and entered the noodle shop, where Zhao Yi ordered two bowls of noodles.

Some things weren't meant to be disclosed to subordinates or partners, but initially, they had to be discussed between them two alone.

Zhao Yi took out two pairs of chopsticks, wiping them with a napkin as he spoke: "Don't you find that little Taoist suspicious, being a demon yet without demon energy."

Li Zhiyuan: "Your take?"

Zhao Yi: "Only specially nurtured demons can have such an effect, but this method is somewhat inhumane.

It requires swapping the mother's blood with demon blood while she is pregnant, nurturing the child within her with demon blood.

This method is incredibly difficult and demands extremely high requirements but if successful, it can nurture a human-bodied demon spirit. As long as its demonic nature is not triggered, even the person might not know they are a demon."

Li Zhiyuan: "I know about this method."

The Jianghu Chronicles recorded an evil cultivator trying to nurture the child they desired this way, but it ended in failure.

Wei Zhengdao first sent this evil cultivator to be "eliminated by the Righteous Path."

Then, Wei Zhengdao spent quite some space analyzing why this evil cultivator didn't succeed and explained how to improve the success rate, finally expressing regret: this method harms harmony.

Wei Zhengdao loved doing this, researching and pondering anything he found interesting, his books filled with criticism and warnings, but a real evil cultivator getting his books would be so thrilled they might cry, treating it as a treasure.

The noodles were served, and the two picked up chopsticks to mix the noodles.

Zhao Yi: "Why is it I encounter you again, why are you always haunting me?"

Li Zhiyuan: "I have a way to solve that problem once and for all. Do you need me to do it?"

Zhao Yi: "That's not what I meant, think about it, if we're set to sail this wave together, there must be a reason, right?"

Li Zhiyuan: "Yeah."

Zhao Yi: "Seeing you, I started to think, after seeing that little Taoist, I had a suspicion, this wave might implicate..."

Zhao Yi deliberately paused, then they both spoke in unison:

"Yu Family."

Dragon King Yu, known for Beast Taming, the Jianghu often links anything about nurturing demons and spirits to the Yu Family's heritage.