White-Robed Chief

Panda Novel

He had once seen this kind of spirit pill in the Treasured Pill Scripture. However, due to a shortage of certain spirit medicine, the Holy Church of Light did not have this spirit pill. He would usually consume animals to restore his blood essence.

For instance, Lu Zhen required a large amount of blood essence to regenerate her arm. Unfortunately, there was no such pill as the Strengthening Pill, so she had to rely on consuming more animals.

Still, by doing so, her blood essence could only be replenished at a limited speed, which was about ten days.

Besides, the restoration of blood essence also determined the condition of recovery. Just like regenerating an arm, if Lu Zhen had a rich supply of blood essence, her new arm would be strong. If her supply of blood essence was lacking, her regenerated arm would look like that of a baby’s and it would take some time for it to become robust.

In spite of the saying that people who practiced martial arts had vigorous blood essence, it was not sufficient for limb regeneration.

“Excellent!” Wen Tingdao was overjoyed. He did not expect Chu Li to agree to it.

Chu Li said, “A bottle of Strengthening Pills and the Less Ultimate Sword’s techniques. Hand them over now!”

Without hesitation, Wen Tingdao took out a jade bottle and a thin book before he tossed them to Chu Li.

When Chu Li received the items, he flipped through the sword manual. Then, he took the copy in Li Ruolan’s hands, flipped it through and nodded contemplatively. Undoubtedly, the sword techniques were wondrous and the combat styles were unusual. The manual could help improve his limited skills.

After that, Wen Tingdao removed the cork from the bottle and emptied out ten round, red pills. Chu Li nodded in a satisfied manner. He then took out a jade bottle from his own pocket and tossed it to Wen Tingdao.

Wen Tingdao opened the bottle too and there were four pills in the size of soybeans. They were the Detachment Pills he had consumed before and so, he nodded pleasantly. “Brother Zhao, we’re considered friends now.”

Chu Li snorted, “We aren’t friends!”

“Those who trust each other are friends. I regard you as a friend, Brother Zhao!” Wen Tingdao grinned. “We wouldn’t have known each other if it weren’t for this matter. I now have ties with the Holy Church of Light. If I ever find the time, I’ll definitely pay you a visit!”

Chu Li gestured dismissively. “I don’t have time for you, so it’s better that you don’t come. Goodbye!”

After he finished speaking, he turned around and left.

Li Ruolan followed him out of the temple.

Wen Tingdao raised his voice. “Brother Zhao, we’ll meet again.”

Chu Li waved his arm and walked in big strides. He sped up before he finally used the Time Steps to leave with Li Ruolan.

Li Ruolan remained by his side silently.

She knew it was all her fault. She was careless and was duped into coming to this place. Li Ruolan was worried and behaved impulsively.

Chu Li was quiet as he walked quickly. They descended the mountain where the Taoist temple was built on and headed for Falling Autumn City.

“Junior Brother, about this…” Li Ruolan let out a sigh. “It was my fault that I got you into this.”

Chu Li glanced at her and remained silent.

Li Ruolan added, “Everything happened so quickly at that time. I really thought that they had abducted Senior Brother Ji. You do know that Senior Brother Ji can’t defend himself now and is almost crippled. It’s very easy for someone to abduct him…”

“Mm, I understand,” Chu Li interrupted her with a wave of his arm. “You weren’t careless. It’s just that Wen Tingdao is very cunning and crafty.”

Sigh…” Li Ruolan exhaled a pent-up breath.

Chu Li spoke, “Initially, I had intended to give the Detachment Pills to the Saint and she will then trade the Less Ultimate Sword with the Sword Moon Sect, but I didn’t expect Wen Tingdao to be so anxious that he used this tactic. Because of that, I traded the items now.”

Li Ruolan’s eyes gleamed and she soon understood Chu Li’s plan.

“It was all my fault…” Li Ruolan said apologetically.

Chu Li shook his head. “He has always had a way of manipulating you. You can’t defeat Wen Tingdao, so today’s situation was bound to happen. We’d better return to the Great Light Peak in case he bothers us again!”

“Alright!” Li Ruolan gave a firm nodded.

To save her, Junior Brother Zhao has made one less contribution and he could not prove himself before the Saint. She felt guilty about this because it was likely that he could not become a priest due to this misstep.

The two of them returned to the backyard of the Town Defense Prefecture where Lu Zhen and the rest were waiting for them.

When he saw Li Ruolan’s return, an emotional Ji Xin approached her. He had wanted to embrace Li Ruolan, but when he noticed how solemn she was with her lack of shock, he could only suppress this urge.

Zhou Jinchun smiled cheerily as he bombarded them with questions.

Li Ruolan told them everything and the crowd shook their heads helplessly.

The others would have done the same if such a situation had occurred. If they had felt concerned, they would have rushed to check on someone and fell into the same trap. Wen Tingdao was a sly person as he had managed to trick someone within a short timeframe.

Nonetheless, they also knew that this sort of invitation would either end up as a forced invitation or a fight at any time. If not for Chu Li’s timely arrival, the outcome would have been unpredictable.

“Since when has Wen Tingdao become such a nice person to negotiate with?” Ji Xin muttered angrily.

He became nervous when he thought of Li Ruolan’s precarious situation.

“He still wants the Detachment Pills.” Chu Li shook his head. “Forget it, we’ll ignore him for now. Senior Sister Lu, take one Strengthening Pill a day and two Detachment Pills each time!”

“Alright.” Lu Zhen nodded.

She was often quiet and seemed indifferent towards everything. She merely tugged at Li Ruolan’s hand and did not say much. Yet in reality, she was trying to suppress the pain in her shoulder.

“We must leave now,” Chu Li announced. “We have to get back to the Great Light Peak as soon as possible.”

“Yes, go now!” Zhou Jinchun and Ji Xin nodded quickly.

Li Ruolan said, “Senior Sister Lu, come with us. It’s not a good idea for you to stay here.”

“Mm.” Lu Zhen nodded gently.

She knew Mo Qianjun could not wait for her to leave at once as she was already a burden to him.

…

Indeed, Mo Qianjun could not wait for all of them to leave. They had burdened him by remaining at his place. At dawn the next day, they left Falling Autumn City by steeds as Zhou Jinchun and Ji Xin could not use their light-body techniques.

Due to that, Mo Qianjun had prepared a steed for each person before he sent them off personally.

Noticed his satisfied expression, Chu Li shook his head quietly. If only the latter knew that Bai Feng and her disciples had already set up a huge formation, he would not have been so excited. Now, he would not be able to seize the great deed of guarding Falling Autumn City.

The setting up of the formation by Cheng Sen and Cheng Lin went better than expected. They had finished setting it up the second night but it had not been activated yet. However, it could be activated at any time once a large army ambushed them.

Everyone rode on the horses which galloped as fast as they could.

Lu Zhen remained quiet on the journey.

Chu Li knew that she was in terrible pain. The Detachment Pill had an unpleasant taste and her arm was probably aching. Although she had lost an arm, the feeling of pain in her arm was still present.

Yet, Lu Zhen did not moan; she had even masked her agony. Seeing her pale and haggard face, Li Ruolan and the rest knew how uncomfortable she must be feeling. Therefore, they did not disturb her as they rushed back in silence.

At dawn on the fifth day, when they passed through the border of the Great Light Peak, a jubilant cheer broke the silence. Li Ruolan held Lu Zhen’s left arm and felt overjoyed — Lu Zhen’s left arm had finally regenerated.

Zhou Jinchun went over to have a look. When he saw Lu Zhen’s fair and supple arm, he laughed excitedly as he gripped Chu Li’s arm tightly. He exclaimed in a grateful manner, “Junior Brother Zhao, you’re amazing! You’re amazing!”

Chu Li was not amused by his emotional outburst and instead, tried to pull his own arm away.

Ji Xin, too, was in awe. “I can’t believe her arm would regrow! The Detachment Pill is wonderful! With this pill, we won’t be afraid of injuries again!”

Instead of fearing death, the disciples of the Great Light Scripture feared disability. If they were to end up as a disabled person like Lu Zhen, they had to spend the remainder of their lives in the Great Light Peak, doing nothing but eating, sleeping and waiting for death. It would be a cruel life.