Chapter 875 — Uncle Qing's Injuries
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Indeed, Uncle Qing still clung to a single thread of life, but this was by no means because his attacker lacked the strength to finish him off. On the contrary, the attacker had done it deliberately, leaving Uncle Qing one breath. Judging by the nature of the wounds, the attacker had struck only once—meaning his strength far surpassed Uncle Qing's, and that taking Uncle Qing's life would have been a trifling matter.
Yet the attacker had not done so. Clearly he had not wanted Uncle Qing to die outright. He had likely said a few words to Uncle Qing after striking, but most likely his aim was to make Wei Zhao expend his true qi healing Uncle Qing, thereby dropping Wei Zhao's strength by a whole level.
To save him, or not? For a moment, even Wei Zhao hesitated.
By sentiment, Uncle Qing had always treated him well. Ever since Wei Zhao had first arrived in Songshan City, Uncle Qing had been unfailingly courteous, treating him as one of the household in the villa—and so Wei Zhao did not want anything to happen to Uncle Qing. But by reason, Wei Zhao knew that expending his "energy" to heal Uncle Qing at this moment was hardly a wise move.
The enemy had skilled fighters among them. If he expended his "energy" to heal Uncle Qing's injuries, his own strength would inevitably suffer—and by then he might not even be able to save Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu!
Although energy could be easily obtained within the jade pendant's space, it still required cycles and time. Wei Zhao did not know whether there was still enough time.
Wei Zhao gritted his teeth. He would save the man first. At the very least, before he had any word of Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu, he could not simply stand by and watch a man die.
Several silver needles appeared in Wei Zhao's hand, and he swiftly inserted them into several acupoints on Uncle Qing's body. Then he circulated the mental cultivation method of the Xuanyuan Dragon-Taming Art in his heart. This time was much the same as when he had healed Liu Bojia before: Wei Zhao used the silver needles to seal several of Uncle Qing's meridians. He intended to use energy to sustain Uncle Qing's life for now, but he had no intention of directly curing him.
For Wei Zhao knew very well how terrifying the amount of energy required would be to heal a man so gravely wounded and on the verge of death. Most likely, by the time he finished healing Uncle Qing, he would himself have entered a state of automatic sleep—and to do such a thing now would be unquestionably dangerous.
For now, Wei Zhao could only use a small portion of energy to sustain Uncle Qing's life. So long as the man's life was preserved, once this matter was over, Wei Zhao would have all the time in the world to treat him. Whether Uncle Qing's martial skills could still be preserved, however, was another matter entirely.
An external-style expert who had suffered such severe injuries was most likely crippled for good. Although Wei Zhao could use energy to create a Yellow-Rank high-grade dog, he could not use energy to create a Yellow-Rank expert—the amount of energy required for a man and for a dog differed as vastly as heaven and earth. Creating even a Yellow-Rank high-grade dog would force Wei Zhao into a state of dormancy, let alone creating a Yellow-Rank expert of a man. If such a thing were possible, Feng Xiaoxiao would long since have become a Yellow-Rank expert.
Moreover, Uncle Qing was an external-style expert. Even if he had enough energy to create a Yellow-Rank expert, it would not apply to Uncle Qing, because what an external-style expert required was not energy, but years upon years of tempering the body. RO