The Healer Demands Payment!

Chapter 28 - Reinforcement

Meng Qi was taken aback.

No money?!

Her pair of bright eyes widened, staring at Qin Xiumo in a daze.

His eyes seem to hide…a slight smile?

The IOU was in her hand. Even if the other party said that he has no money, she always had a way to collect this debt. Some thoughts flashed through Meng Qi’s mind. She had never doubted that people like Qin Xiumo and Chu Tianfeng would renege their debt. And just now, did this guy mention Chu Tianfeng?

“Sixth-realm Jingxin pill, did Chu Tianfeng sell it to you?” Meng Qi asked.

“Right.” Qin Xiumo nodded.

“Did you meet him?” Meng Qi asked again.

Fentian Palace had a dedicated medical hall, and there were high-level medical cultivators there. It was not impossible for them to refine a sixth realm Jingxin pill. But Chu Tianfeng and Qin Xiumo had fought back and forth for Lu Qingran so many times in the previous life. Meng Qi has seen it before. Their fights couldn’t be said to be a normal brawl, but more like a deathly match.

Her mind turned fast, but her face remained calm. His treatments had reached this point, if she didn’t continue, would all her previous efforts be in vain? The water in the cold pond was so cold, even with the help of the spring warmth pills, Meng Qi still felt chilled to the bone.

Paying the debt with his body?

Hehe.

Meng Qi was about to speak when her eyes suddenly lit up. Why didn’t she think about this before?!

If Meng Qi wanted to solve the jackdaw poison from Xiao Qi’s body, besides some precious medicinal ingredients, she would also need a large amount of jade cicada vine. Although she could find that in the area around Fentian City, she had to go to the place called Yuchen Cliff. The aura around the cliff was very thin, thus also known as a ‘dead place.’

According to legend, one thousand years ago, a powerful celestial demon cultivator and an elder of Fentian City fought there for three days and three nights. At the end of the great battle, all the vitality within the radius of a hundred miles was dissipated. Ordinary cultivators wouldn’t be able to absorb the aura they needed to cultivate there.

Those who in the Qi Condensation and Foundation Establishment stage usually relied on simple means of transportation to fly at low altitudes. For example, Meng Qi has a paper crane folded from talisman paper. Using a spirit stone as the source of energy, she could use it to fly. Although the speed was not fast, it was still better than walking on foot.

But the item was completely unusable in jade cicada cliff. There, people in the Foundation Establishment stage could barely use a magic tool, and it was impossible to fly to the cliff to cut the jade cicada vine. Only Golden Core cultivators could barely use a flying tool. Of course, for the Nascent Soul stage and above, the impact would only be smaller and smaller.

Cultivators of the Nascent Soul stage, however, could serve as elders even in a large sect like Fentian Palace. It was impossible for them to be responsible for mundane chores like gathering medical ingredients. This jade cicada vine was not a legendary treasure and rarely used when refining medicine. Even if it was sold in the Cloud Immortal Pavilion, the quantity was small, and the price was still very high.

Meng Qi originally planned to search for a solution after arriving in Fentian City, the only place in the Eastern Realm where jade cicada vine was grown. If nothing really worked, she would have to find a Golden Core cultivator to help her took the jade cicada vine in exchange for some spirit stones. The price of hiring such a high-level cultivator wasn’t low. Moreover, those people usually have great pride, and it would be hard to find one who would be willing to help her, even with a high payment.