Great Immortal Doctor

The warmth on Shu Wan's waist still lingered, and her heart suddenly felt empty. She pursed her red lips, thinking to herself, "This man is really hard to figure out."

Xiao Yi pulled Shu Wan into the elevator. Neither of them spoke, each lost in their own thoughts.

Soon, the elevator descended to the parking lot.

The moment they stepped out of the elevator, Xiao Yi suddenly and unexpectedly stopped in his tracks. His muscles tensed up instantly, and he pulled Shu Wan behind him.

"What's wrong?" Shu Wan asked in surprise.

"Something's not right. You drive out first and wait for me outside." Xiao Yi said softly. At the same time, he warily released his spiritual consciousness and began to search slowly.

There was a strong smell of blood.

Seeing Xiao Yi's tense expression, Shu Wan quickly got into her Hummer as he said and drove away.

Xiao Yi carefully searched through the gaps between the cars.

When his spiritual consciousness swept over a small red Mini Cooper, Xiao Yi stopped. He suddenly opened the car door.

A woman was lying slumped over the steering wheel. The seat was covered in blood, and a thick stench of blood filled the air.

Xiao Yi frowned tightly and reached out to lift the woman.

"It's her!"

The person was actually the little girl who sold the herbs.

Xiao Yi's heart tightened. He quickly examined the little girl's wounds. However, after the examination, he was shocked. The little girl's meridians were all severed. Even a god would find it difficult to save her. There was only a faint breath left in her chest.

Xiao Yi quickly reached into his pocket, took out the silver needles he carried with him, and quickly tore open the little girl's outer clothes. With lightning - fast moves, he inserted several needles into her chest and gently twirled his fingers, the Four - Elephant Acupuncture Technique.

As the mysterious red lines appeared, the little girl's eyes slowly opened, and an odd red glow even appeared on her face.

Xiao Yi knew that this was the result of the last trace of yang energy in her body being forcefully stimulated by the Four - Elephant Acupuncture Technique, a sign of her last - ditch effort.

The little girl took a look at Xiao Yi, her lips moving as she slowly said, "Just now... man..."

"Was it the man who was competing with me to buy the herbs who did this?" Xiao Yi asked, his brows furrowed.

The little girl nodded with difficulty.

The muscles on Xiao Yi's face twitched violently. Even if the little girl didn't say anything, he had already vaguely guessed the murderer. Besides the cultivator tonight, there couldn't be anyone else.

The cruel method used on the little girl couldn't be the work of an ordinary person. Moreover, judging from the bloody scene, it seemed that the cultivator had deliberately tortured the little girl, trying to ask something.

"That scoundrel!" A look of pity flashed in Xiao Yi's eyes, but he continued, "Your meridians are all severed. I can't save you. Do you have any unfulfilled wishes? Maybe I can help you achieve them."

The little girl's eyes glanced feebly at a string of beads hanging from the rear - view mirror and shouted hoarsely, "Beads..."

"Beads? What about the beads?" Xiao Yi asked quickly.

But the little girl's head had already dropped heavily, losing her last trace of life.

Xiao Yi's heart twitched violently.

Xiao Yi had seen a lot of life - and - death situations, but the death of this little girl tonight weighed heavily on his heart.

Using such a cruel means to kill an obviously ordinary little girl, that cultivator was simply an extremely vicious and degenerate cultivator.

Xiao Yi let out a sigh. He reached out and closed the little girl's eyes, which were wide open in death. He took off the string of beads from the rear - view mirror, quickly left the parking lot, and got into Shu Wan's car.

"What happened?" Shu Wan asked.

Xiao Yi slowly shook his head, looked at Shu Wan, and said, "It's nothing. Let's go back."

Although Shu Wan was suspicious, she didn't ask further. She gently stepped on the accelerator and sent Xiao Yi back to the Jishi Hall.

Lao Qin and Xiaoyue had already gone to bed. Xiao Yi didn't disturb them and went straight to his room.

Sitting on the bed, rubbing the string of beads in his hand, Xiao Yi tried to find some clues. This was probably the secret that the cultivator wanted to get. The little girl was really smart. She hung it so casually on the rear - view mirror that it wouldn't arouse suspicion.

However, after looking at it repeatedly for many times, Xiao Yi couldn't find anything special about the string of beads. It was just a string of seemingly cheap topaz beads. There were many impurities in the beads, and the quality didn't seem good.

"What exactly did the little girl want to say?" Unable to guess, Xiao Yi had to put the beads on the windowsill.

Sitting cross - legged on the bed, Xiao Yi sorted out his thoughts.

The death of the little girl made Xiao Yi realize that this seemingly peaceful mortal world was also full of dangers. He had to improve his strength as soon as possible and speed up his cultivation.

"Tonight, I'm going to refine the Marrow - Cleansing Pill." Xiao Yi made up his mind and jumped up from the bed.

He went to the front hall to get some supplementary herbs. Then, Xiao Yi activated the Eight - Trigram Fire God Spirit - Gathering Formation again and then started his pill cauldron.

When the several supplementary herbs were completely refined into a thick liquid, Xiao Yi carefully added the hundred - year - old wild ginseng.

A hundred - year - old herb was originally the primer for the Marrow - Cleansing Pill. The quality of the herb also determined the quality of the Marrow - Cleansing Pill. As soon as the ginseng entered the pill cauldron, a strong fragrance emanated, and crackling sounds could be heard continuously.

Xiao Yi's spiritual consciousness carefully sensed all the subtle changes in the pill cauldron, not daring to relax for a moment.

During this process, the consumption of spiritual consciousness was extremely large. For every stir and every bit of refinement of the ginseng in the pill cauldron, Xiao Yi had to respond in a timely manner, either adding fire, withdrawing fire, or cooling, without making the slightest mistake.

Even with Xiao Yi's powerful spiritual consciousness, after two hours, he couldn't help but feel dizzy.

However, fortunately, a strong fragrance had already overflowed from the pill cauldron, and a humming sound came out. This was a special sign that the Marrow - Cleansing Pill was about to be formed.

Xiao Yi didn't dare to be careless. He slowly withdrew the fire. Finally, after another hour, Xiao Yi leaped up and lifted the lid of the pill cauldron.

 With a strong fragrance of medicine, a golden light shot out of the pill cauldron.

Xiao Yi was prepared. He took out a small bowl, aimed at the golden light, and with a quick scoop and pull.

Looking at the small bowl, there was already an object in it. It was a golden, thumb - sized, human - shaped pill, jumping in the bowl. It had all four limbs, a nose, and eyes, looking very spiritual.

This was the well - known Marrow - Cleansing Pill in the cultivation world. For cultivators in the Body - Tempering Stage, it had an incomparable effect of cleansing the marrow and removing impurities.

I actually refined it to the first - grade, fifth - quality level!" Xiao Yi gasped and sat on the bed, but his heart was filled with joy. He quickly sat cross - legged on the bed, calmed his mind, picked up the Marrow - Cleansing Pill with two fingers, and put it into his mouth.

The Marrow - Cleansing Pill was rich in fragrance and melted as soon as it entered the mouth. It immediately turned into a thick liquid that slid down Xiao Yi's throat into his abdomen.

Xiao Yi pinched the finger incantation, activated the Profound Medical Canon, and guided the breath in his body, driving the medicinal power to slowly flow through the meridians.

Wherever the Marrow - Cleansing Pill passed, a strong medicinal power expanded Xiao Yi's meridians and rapidly nourished his bones, internal organs, muscles, and skin.

Xiao Yi felt as if a great force was stretching his whole body, as if he was going to be crushed and then re - formed. His whole body, both inside and out, kept splitting, with blood splattering, but then it grew back at a visible speed.

Although Xiao Yi had expected this kind of pain, he was still in extreme pain, with his whole body twitching. Although Xiao Yi had at least a hundred ways to relieve the pain, he didn't do it. Instead, he gritted his teeth and endured it.

One must endure hardship to become an outstanding person. The path of pursuing the Tao is full of hardships. This kind of physical pain is just the initial stage. If he relieved the pain at this moment, his Taoist heart would become unstable. In the future, demons would arise on the path of cultivation.

Having cultivated assiduously for three hundred years in his previous life, how could Xiao Yi not know this truth?

He endured this inhumane pain for a full hour. Gradually, the dull pain became lighter. Xiao Yi felt that his whole body was as light as a feather. It seemed that with a slight movement, he could float up.

Slowly opening his eyes, Xiao Yi heard a gurgling sound in his body, like the melting of spring water, carrying endless vitality and flowing throughout his body. A sense of solidity and refinement suddenly burst out from his body.

Xiao Yi focused on examining himself and found that he had entered the middle stage of the Earth - level realm. The power in his whole body was surging, enough to kill a cow with one punch. This made Xiao Yi overjoyed. One should know that although there is only one character difference between the Human - level and the Earth - level, without the help of the Marrow - Cleansing Pill, it would be extremely difficult to break through normally.

This time, with the help of the Marrow - Cleansing Pill, not only did Xiao Yi successfully break through to the Earth - level, but he even leaped to the middle stage of the Earth - level. The Marrow - Cleansing Pill really lived up to its reputation. Presumably, it was also closely related to the fact that Xiao Yi had put in two hundred - year - old spiritual herbs at once.

Filled with a sense of power throughout his body, Xiao Yi took a deep breath and let out a long whistle.

Xiao Yi was in high spirits. Looking down at himself, there didn't seem to be much change on the surface. But upon closer inspection, his skin and muscles were more flexible. Even his whole body's skin had a new, soft - white look, like a lotus and jade, comparable to Shu Wan and Xiaoyue.

This was the result of cleansing the marrow and removing impurities. From then on, his body was as pure as a newborn baby, without a trace of impurities. Naturally, his cultivation could progress by leaps and bounds.

Xiao Yi jumped up, took off all his blood - stained clothes and pants, wrapped them in a bedsheet, and prepared to throw them away tomorrow.

Naked, Xiao Yi got out of bed and opened the door to take a hot bath.

However, as soon as the door was opened, Xiao Yi was extremely surprised to see Xiaoyue standing in front of the door, sleepy - eyed, with a small fist raised, as if she was about to knock.

"Ah!" The naked Xiao Yi suddenly came into Xiaoyue's view. Xiaoyue was so shocked that she quickly covered her mouth.