Chapter 848: Wei Ruyan's Current Condition

"The color changed?" Zhang Xuan frowned and quickly walked toward the ten-leaf flower.

The ten-leaf flower was a sacred domain medicinal herb. When mature, it bloomed ten flowers, each with a different color, corresponding to a person's three souls and seven spirits.

Wei Ruyan's faint soul was being nourished on it.

He had promised Wei Changfeng to take care of his daughter. Why had the color suddenly changed?

Soon arriving in the middle of the courtyard, he saw that the once vibrant flowers in the formation had all turned pitch black, as if someone had splashed ink on them.

"What happened?"

His expression darkened.

The ten-leaf flower, with its ten colors, possessed the ability to nurture souls. Now that it had all turned black, clearly something had gone wrong.

Wei Changfeng had passed away. As the young master, if he had promised the man but failed to save his daughter, what face would he have to call himself a master teacher?

"Before you left, you asked me to take care of this flower. I watered it with earthly vein spiritual liquid every day. It grew well these past few days. Even when you came back this morning, I checked and it was fine. But about an hour ago... the color suddenly turned black. I checked carefully—no one touched the formation, and no one came. I don't know what happened either..."

Sun Qiang was frantic.

"Suddenly turned black?"

Zhang Xuan frowned. He undid the formation arranged around it and examined it carefully. Indeed, no one had been there.

No one had come, so sabotage was impossible. He trusted Sun Qiang completely. What was going on?

Approaching the ten-leaf flower, he activated his Eye of Insight and looked at it.

This ten-leaf flower, previously nourished by his earthly vein spiritual liquid and Heavenly Way true qi, had matured quickly, full of vitality and vibrant. But now, not only had the flowers turned black, but the leaves had also become somewhat withered, as if afflicted by some disease and on the verge of death.

Especially the exposed roots—they had already begun to rot.

"How could this happen?"

Nourished by earthly vein spiritual liquid and gathered spiritual energy from the spirit gathering formation, this sacred herb should have thrived. Why was it rotting like this?

He reached out his finger, lightly called out "flaw" in his mind, and a book appeared before him. He quickly opened it.

After a glance, his expression turned grim: "It's poisoning!"

According to the library's flaw, the reason for the ten-leaf flower's condition was none other than... poisoning!

"Wei Ruyan has a先天性毒魂体 (innate poison soul physique). Her soul is extremely toxic. Although the ten-leaf flower can nourish souls, prolonged contact with her soul has naturally caused it to be poisoned to this state! If not for the earthly vein spiritual liquid and spiritual energy nourishing it, it would have died long ago and couldn't have lasted ten days..."

The root cause of this situation spun in his mind, and Zhang Xuan's brows knitted into a knot.

Wei Ruyan's innate poison body was so powerful that it could even suppress the innate fetal poison in his own soul—truly terrifying!

The ten-leaf flower was a sacred herb for nourishing souls, but in contact with such a formidable poison body, it couldn't withstand it and had undergone this change.

Previously, he had only thought about nourishing the soul and saving Wei Ruyan, forgetting about her innate poison soul physique. He hadn't expected it to be so severe!

Once the ten-leaf flower died, Wei Ruyan's soul would become like a tree without roots and would soon dissipate!

Fortunately, Sun Qiang had discovered it in time; otherwise, instead of saving her, he might have caused her soul to scatter.

"Let's first see how the soul nourishment is going!"

Without hesitation, he moved his spirit, and his soul left his body, looking down at the soul contained within the flowers.

After a moment, his face turned ashen.

For other souls, ten days of nourishment by the ten-leaf flower would definitely strengthen a faint, fading soul enough to awaken. But Wei Ruyan's innate soul physique was too powerful—not only had it poisoned the sacred herb to death, but the nourishment had provided little help!

In other words, although Wei Ruyan's current soul state was slightly stronger than ten days ago, it was still extremely weak, far from being able to awaken.

"According to her current condition, to awaken... at least hundreds of thousands of ten-leaf flowers would be needed!"

He clenched his fist.

Based on Wei Ruyan's current condition, to awaken her, hundreds of thousands of ten-leaf flowers would be necessary.

One ten-leaf flower had already caused such a commotion, even dismantling the Physician Academy. Hundreds of thousands—how could that be possible?

It could be said that relying on ten-leaf flowers to save her was already impossible!

"Unless... a higher-grade sacred herb is used!"

He raised his eyebrows.

Although the ten-leaf flower was a sacred herb, it had only just entered the sacred domain. In human terms, it was equivalent to Saint realm one—its resistance to poison and endurance were naturally inferior.

If a higher-grade sacred herb were used, the effect might be much greater, and it wouldn't be so troublesome.

But... even one ten-leaf flower was hard to find, let alone other living herbs!

"Let's put her soul back into her body for now..."

Knowing that thinking about this now was useless, he had Sun Qiang bring Wei Ruyan's body over, then moved his soul and extracted her soul from the ten-leaf flower.

The soul, separated from the flower, was as weak as before, with eyes tightly shut. He returned it to her body, but there was no sign of waking.

"I'll continue refining the Duanxu Dan. Once the pill is ready, it will nourish the body first. When the body is strong, the soul might strengthen accordingly... Then I'll find a way to search for a higher-grade sacred herb!"

Seeing the girl still unconscious, Zhang Xuan rubbed his brow.

The condition that had left countless six-star physicians helpless and drained all of Wei Changfeng's energy... Wei Ruyan's illness was indeed not as simple as he had imagined.

He had originally thought that finding a living sacred herb to nourish the soul would awaken her, but now it seemed he had underestimated the situation.

Not to mention anything else, her innate poisonous soul alone made it difficult for countless sacred herbs to withstand.

His soul flew out, and he used his own soul to nourish hers for a while. Feeling that her vitality had recovered somewhat and she wouldn't die for the time being, Zhang Xuan finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Although this ten-leaf flower hadn't awakened her, it had successfully resolved the immediate danger of death. As long as he refined the Duanxu Dan and restored her body's vitality, even if she didn't wake up for now, she would surely hold on until he found a higher-grade sacred herb.

"Young master, Master Lu and the others are waiting in the main hall!"

After having Sun Qiang arrange for someone to continue caring for Wei Ruyan, Zhang Xuan walked toward the main hall.

"Master Zhang!"

Entering the hall, seeing him arrive, Master Lu and the others quickly stood up.

"No need to be formal. I don't need to explain why I called you here—you all understand. I hope to use your skills to refine a seven-grade Duanxu Dan!"

Sitting down, Zhang Xuan got straight to the point.

Although they had guessed as much, hearing him admit it still left them all silent.

They were all peak six-star alchemists, capable of refining six-grade pills without issue, but refining a seven-grade pill—and with a group that had never worked together—was far too difficult.

"Master Zhang, it's not that we're refusing, but our abilities are limited. We're afraid... we can't accomplish this heavy task!"

Master Lu shook his head.

They didn't deny Master Zhang's alchemy skills, but a seven-grade pill, and one of the higher-ranked ones, was completely out of reach!

"Don't worry, and don't put too much pressure on yourselves. As long as you follow my steps step by step, there shouldn't be major problems!" Seeing their lack of confidence, Zhang Xuan said.

It was understandable. They were only six-star alchemists, and the highest-grade pills they had dealt with were six-grade.

The Duanxu Dan, a high-ranked seven-grade pill, was beyond their imagination.

"We still dare not..." Master Lu shook his head.

"Yes, we are old. We've attempted breakthroughs many times without success, and we've never worked together. It will be very difficult!"

The other alchemists also shook their heads.

Seeing that they lacked even a shred of confidence, Zhang Xuan frowned.

Alchemy required not only skill but also essence, energy, and spirit—all were indispensable. Especially for a pill like the Duanxu Dan, which could repair limbs and reconnect severed arms, containing intense vitality. If the alchemists had this attitude, even if the steps were correct, success would be impossible!

This was no longer a problem of alchemy technique but of spirit and belief.

It was like when he had taken the one-star alchemist exam; Master Chen Xiao, due to his physical condition, had refined a pill infused with death energy. Taking it would not only be ineffective but could also lead to qi deviation.

Seven-grade pills had reached the saint level; the medicine could even develop its own consciousness. If the alchemist's spirit was insufficient... how could they succeed?

He had only one set of ingredients. If they failed, there would be no second chance. This refinement could not afford any mistakes!

"Since you all lack confidence, then... I'll have to offend you!"

Seeing their attitude, Zhang Xuan knew it would be difficult to restore their confidence in a short time, and he had no time to waste. With a flick of his wrist, a pile of medicinal ingredients fell to the ground—the ones the elders of the Alchemist Academy had helped prepare earlier.

After doing this, he took a deep breath and directly spoke: "No need for anything else. We'll start alchemy now. These are the ingredients. Master Lu, purify the liquid from the honeysuckle and苜蓿 (medick). Master Qiu, roast the true beard flower with gentle heat. Master Liu..."

He spoke rapidly, with a special cadence, assigning a task to each person.

The alchemists were about to refuse when they felt their minds go dizzy, and their bodies involuntarily began to follow his instructions, starting to refine the ingredients.

"Heavenly Word Impartation?"

Looking at their uncontrollable hands and movements, everyone's pupils constricted.

By now, even the dullest realized that this young man had used Heavenly Word Impartation on them!

They were all six-star high-grade master teachers, with mental cultivation and mental state at the forefront of the Master Teacher Academy. Yet they had been directly affected—unthinkable before!

"His mental state... must have exceeded 21!"

They were all horrified.

To be able to command everyone in one breath and make Heavenly Word Impartation effective meant that this young man's mental state was stronger than all of theirs, likely reaching... the level of a seven-star master teacher!

A freshman around twenty years old with a mental state of 21... Even in a saintly clan, there was no such prodigy!

Perhaps, they, who had never worked together, could truly unite and create a miracle!