Chapter 593 — The War Begins Again
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"Phew..." Wei Zhao felt the energy elements around him repairing his organs at an almost inconceivable speed, and let out a long breath of relief.
The sensation was profoundly comfortable — like that exhilarating rush in the instant just before a breakthrough — and Wei Zhao couldn't help but groan with pleasure...
Since the time Feng Xiaoxiao had drained every last drop of his energy, this was only the second time Wei Zhao had sunk into such a deep sleep. He was utterly oblivious to the outside world.
Time slipped by, minute after minute. Wrapped in the pure energy of the jade pendant's space, Wei Zhao's damaged body recovered at a rapid pace. How long passed, he could not say—then, with a great and relieved cry, Wei Zhao rose to his feet!
Wei Zhao shifted his body left and right, scarcely able to believe it. Healed. Healed completely, just like that?
Wei Zhao knew well enough how grave his injuries had been. Even propped up by all the wondrous elixirs his grandfather possessed, he likely could not have risen from bed in under two or three months—and yet in this jade pendant's space his wounds had mended with such astonishing speed! A miracle, if ever there was one.
"Elder Jiao, I've recovered?" Wei Zhao asked, hardly daring to believe it.
"Recovered," Jiao Yazi said with a nod.
"The jade pendant's space can heal injuries too?" Wei Zhao asked, puzzled. When he had collapsed onto the bed, entering the jade pendant's space had been pure instinct; in truth, Wei Zhao had not known that slipping into it of his own accord after losing consciousness could also mend his wounds.
"Foolish boy—if your energy can heal others, naturally it can heal you as well." Elder Jiao rolled his eyes. "Could you try asking a question above kindergarten level?"
"All right, then that means if I slowly absorb energy out there—the true qi of the natural world—I could recover gradually as well?" Wei Zhao asked.
"In theory, yes," Jiao Yazi said. "But that, again, is a kindergarten-level question. The true qi outside is so thin that what you take in cannot keep pace with what your body burns through. You'd never last long enough to absorb that much energy—you'd be dead."
"So that's how it is..." Wei Zhao nodded. In that case, if that fellow called Uncle Zhu had no wondrous elixirs to rely on, he was likely a dead man. "Another question—why do I feel as though I'm a bit stronger than before? My level hasn't changed, but my strength seems greater?"
"Very good, that's progress—that's an elementary school-level question." Jiao Yazi's words left Wei Zhao somewhat abashed, but the old man did not wait for him to speak. "No breaking, no building—that is the principle. Your bones and your five organs were all shattered, then reforged and repaired by the pure energy of the space. Naturally, that leaves you far stronger than anything forged from the thin true qi of the natural world!"
Enlightenment struck Wei Zhao. So it all came down to the purity of the energy. It seemed this jade pendant's space was truly a wondrous thing.
"Injuries that severe, healed in such a short time—it's truly incredible!" Wei Zhao marveled.
"Short?" Jiao Yazi said flatly. "It's been nearly ten hours."
"What? Ten hours?" Wei Zhao started. By his own reckoning, only an hour or two had passed—he had never imagined so much time had gone by!
Which meant Tang Zhi must be worried sick by now!