Chapter 192: The Sacred Path Technique

The shield wall formed by the Myriad Spirit Cards could not completely defend against Moran’s charge. Throughout, she was like a sharp blade, capable of ripping anything apart. After shredding the Myriad Spirit Card formation, she headed straight for Siyuan’s position.

Without Longyuan’s guidance, Moran lacked the ability to distinguish friend from foe. Earlier, when she had gone out to buy food for the next day, she had suddenly sensed the fluctuation of a Forbidden Technique here. Moreover, it was the sinister Five Ghosts Transport Technique. In her impression, few who could use such an art were good; most were evil practitioners, rogue cultivators from Mount Shu or Penglai. So, based on past experience, without a second thought, she immediately launched an attack.

By the time she discovered the person in front of her was Siyuan, she had already lost the ability to stop. She could only brace herself, break through the card formation again, and do her best to withdraw her moves.

Unfortunately, the Sacred Path Technique was originally the strongest series of attack Arcane Arts from Mount Shu. Combining Sacred Path Four with the Demon Sealing Technique increased its power exponentially. To be honest, Moran was not yet very familiar with such combined skills, so she could not control them properly at all. She could only hope that Siyuan could block this technique of transforming the heart into a sword.

Siyuan was also stunned. Though he had witnessed Moran’s attacks before, he had never seen this little lady fight so seriously. Even during the incident on the ship, by the time he appeared, Moran’s attack had long ended. Although both she and Longyuan had been injured that time, it did not mean she was weak; it just meant the Great Heavenly Demon was too powerful. You have to understand, before that incident, this little lady was a big shot who could single-handedly clear an area and explode an entire Ghost Ship.

Under such an attack, Siyuan dared not act cool and take it head-on. As Moran approached, he suddenly twisted the bracelet on his wrist, and within a fraction of a second, the Shaluo Vine Armor covered his body.

Just after the armor fully covered him, the intense collision between the two arrived.

If using “dry wood catching fire” described two people’s impatience, then this time’s “throwing oneself into someone’s arms” could only be described as igniting explosives.

The air explosion from the collision threw all people and objects in the room heavily against the walls. Ning Qingying and the others fell into a daze right then and there. If it weren’t for Longyuan’s protection, at least two of these three women would have perished, and the remaining one would likely be severely paralyzed from the neck down.

After the light and violent wind dispersed, the room was in a complete mess. A group of people lay on the ground, including Moran and Siyuan, who had just collided intensely.

“I feel like I’m going to die.”

Siyuan lay on the ground, blood spurting from his mouth. Moran lay unconscious on top of him. After all, the recoil from clashing head-on with the Shaluo Vine Armor was quite terrifying. From a physical perspective, force works both ways; if someone hits a wall with their head, both the wall and the head hurt.

Relatively speaking, Siyuan was in a slightly better state. The impact only caused him severe concussion and internal bleeding. However, if not for his strong recovery ability, this guy, even wearing armor, would have been shaken to death by Moran’s cannonball-like force…

“Help…”

Siyuan’s vision turned black, and he could not see anything clearly. However, he could distinctly feel that his condition seemed very poor. So, being the Guardian, he could only lie silently on the ground and call for help…

But his cries were useless. Everyone in the room except Longyuan had fallen unconscious. And Longyuan had been blasted back to her original form by the small Spiritual Explosion earlier.

Soon, due to the huge noise and flashes earlier, the residents nearby had already called the police. Before long, the police officers broke through the door. As soon as they entered and saw all the “dead bodies” lying on the floor, they immediately panicked. In less than ten minutes, ambulances arrived with sirens wailing and carried everyone in the room to the hospital on stretchers.

As luck would have it, Siyuan and Moran were loaded into the same ambulance. The moment the police broke in, Mengling’s spirit returned to the armor. Crying, she ran back to find Qianruo for help. Now, only Siyuan remained, tilting his head to look at the Moran, the female hero who made him laugh and cry.

The female hero’s condition was not optimistic. Earlier, the doctor performed a simple check on her in the ambulance: three ribs, the left leg bone, and seven fingers were all fractured. One broken rib had even pierced her lung. Her injuries were extremely severe.

Of course… Siyuan’s situation was no laughing matter either. His spleen was ruptured, he had intracranial bleeding, severe concussion, and three ribs were shattered into bone fragments. Fortunately, both of them were still alive, which made the doctors beside them marvel at the miracle of life…

After arriving at the hospital, the emergency room immediately began working at full capacity. Siyuan thus underwent surgery, unclear about what was happening…

“Dr. Wang, come look! Oh my god!”

When a young doctor opened Siyuan’s chest cavity, she immediately exclaimed in surprise, calling over the lead surgeon beside her. “Look!”

“Huh? Oh my god! What is this situation?”

Dr. Wang, who had been a surgeon for over thirty years, had never seen anything like this. Earlier, the X-ray showed that this patient was in a near-death state. But now, he found that the ribs in the chest cavity had returned to their normal state. The heart was beating strongly, and blood pressure, pulse, and blood sugar levels were all at healthy standards. This even stunned the clinically experienced doctor.

Before he could finish his surprise, there was another exclamation from the makeshift operating room separated by a curtain nearby. Then, a middle-aged nurse rushed over. “Dr. Wang, please go take a look!”

Dr. Wang glanced at Siyuan, and his expression changed again. Because in the time it took him to be distracted and turn his head, the chest cavity that had just been opened was completely closed, without even a scar left, restored to its original state…

He couldn’t believe his eyes. But when he went to the other side, he saw an even more frightening scene. The pretty girl, whose injuries were also lethal, was sitting on the hospital bed, setting her own bones. She used a dagger to cut open her chest, reached her hand in, and fiddled around, coughing up blood clots continuously.

But as she coughed, her complexion actually regained its rosy color, and her breathing became normal. She just seemed a bit weak, leaning against the head of the bed, clutching her chest, and gasping for breath heavily.

Fortunately, she was not as terrifying as the young man on the adjacent bed. But her wound was clearly in the process of healing as well; both sides of the incision were turning white and scabbing over.

“Crazy… This is crazy…” Dr. Wang’s head felt swollen. As a staunch materialist, after so many years as a doctor, his patients had overturned his understanding of the world. “This overturns biological characteristics!”

Just as he spoke, five or six people with solemn expressions suddenly burst into the operating room. Before the nurses could stop them, one burly man showed his identification. “This area is now under the jurisdiction of the Special Affairs Investigation Team. Unrelated personnel, please leave quickly.”

The speaker was none other than Ling Laoda. After receiving news of Siyuan’s injury, he immediately gathered several members from the Logistics Team, including the head of the medical team—Yu Xue.

Little Dragon Maiden was now wearing a white coat, her medicine bag slung across her body, a mask on, and she walked in with a serious expression. She smiled at Dr. Wang. “You are… Dr. Wang? Honorary member of the Royal Society of Medicine in Britain? I’ve read your paper. It’s brilliant.”

Brilliant? Brilliant my ass!

Dr. Wang stood to the side, utterly speechless. What had just happened completely overturned—no, destroyed—his worldview and values. And damn the paper! That paper he was so proud of was a joke in the face of these two individuals. After all, the central theme of that article was human self-healing and recovery…

“Dr. Wang, no need to be surprised.” Little Dragon Maiden looked around and said with a smile, “You are a famous medical expert. Why don’t you stay and watch? But please, you must keep it confidential.”

What could Dr. Wang say? Besides nodding numbly, he couldn’t think of a better response. For an academic researcher or a life scientist, nothing was more thrilling and appealing than observing unknown phenomena up close. That was precisely why, despite being a world-renowned doctor, he was willing to work as a physician in a single hospital.

Little Dragon Maiden first went to Siyuan. She pressed a few meridians at the back of his neck, then nodded understandingly. “I know you can hear, but you can’t speak, right? Just sleep well, and you’ll be fine.”

Siyuan could hear and see Little Dragon Maiden’s arrival but couldn’t say a word. He was utterly anxious… Fortunately, Little Dragon Maiden seemed to understand how Siyuan felt, which immediately made him feel as if he had taken a stabilizing pill, letting out a long sigh of relief.

“Sword Qi has entered the body.” After examining him, Little Dragon Maiden shook her head and laughed. “You two are truly a pair of living treasures.”

As she spoke, she pried open Siyuan’s mouth and poured in a few drops of some unknown liquid. Then, she gently untied Siyuan’s clothes.

“This! What is this!?”

Dr. Wang suddenly shouted, “He… how is he glowing?”

Yes, Siyuan’s body was genuinely glowing now. The potion poured into him quickly spread throughout his limbs and bones. He instantly turned into a living version of a meridian model. Each vital meridian and every acupoint was clearly visible. The meridians appeared like ribbons of light, and the points of light, large and small, bright and dim, corresponded to each acupoint.

“No choice. To deal with these guys, I had to study both Chinese and Western medicine.” Little Dragon Maiden sighed and gave an apologetic smile to Dr. Wang. “These are his meridian charts.”

Dr. Wang widened his eyes. “Meridians? Wasn’t the theory of meridians in Chinese medicine proven not to exist?”

“Then what is this?” Sister Xue chatted with Dr. Wang while taking out silver needles to clear Siyuan’s Sword Qi-blocked meridians. “Often, what cannot be seen does not mean it doesn’t exist. What exists does not necessarily mean it’s real. What is real doesn’t mean it’s believable, and what is believable isn’t necessarily true.”

As she spoke, her eyebrows suddenly relaxed. Then, she pressed on Siyuan’s shoulder, held his chin with one hand, and with the other hand, took out a semi-transparent scalpel. She cut along a light band connecting his shoulder and neck.

As soon as the cut was made, the sound of clashing metal and galloping horses suddenly echoed in the operating room, causing everything to tremble.

“What domineering Sword Qi.” Little Dragon Maiden was also stunned. “Even the remnants are this strong…”

After releasing the pent-up Sword Qi inside his body, Siyuan’s whole body relaxed. He let out a long breath and slowly fell asleep.

Seeing that he was fine, Little Dragon Maiden lifted the curtain and walked to the adjacent bed to look at Moran. Moran’s condition didn’t look good, though she could now sit by the bed.

Little Dragon Maiden frowned as she looked at her. “So you’re a half-monster.”

Moran looked up with beautiful, confused eyes, seemingly not understanding what she meant. However, Little Dragon Maiden didn’t elaborate further. She just pressed on Moran’s shoulders, pushing her back down. “Your situation is much more severe. Don’t move or struggle. That guy’s Guardian Seal has marked your soul. If you were human, it would be easier to handle… but you’re a half-monster. Any later, and you might not make it through the night.”

Moran struggled to sit up but was firmly held down by Little Dragon Maiden. “I should have known that a human couldn’t reach your level at your age, whether in beauty or ability.”

“I…” Before Moran could finish speaking, blood started spurting from her nostrils, making her cough violently.

“Alright, no need to explain. I’m a half-monster too.” Little Dragon Maiden narrowed her eyes and smiled. “If I want to cure you, I need to first see what kind of half-monster you are.”

To put it bluntly, half-monsters are hybrids. Perhaps the father is a monster, or perhaps the mother is a monster. In any case, they are the product of a union between human and monster. Typically, such individuals are quite powerful. The most famous one people are familiar with is probably Wu Zetian. Her biological father was actually a Fox spirit, and his rank wasn’t low.

These half-monsters may not have pure bloodlines, but their potential far surpasses that of either parent. Possessing the genetic traits of both is a remarkable thing.

Of course, there are even more powerful beings—hybrids born from two great monsters. But the most common are still hybrids of humans and monsters.

Little Dragon Maiden performed a check. When she saw the mark right in the center of Moran’s lower back, she was visibly taken aback… Coiled Snake Mark!

The so-called Coiled Snake Mark is generally one of the patterns found on ancient bronze vessels, often mixed with the Vermilion Bird, tiger, and dragon. Its form consists of several, or even dozens, of snakes coiled together, some flicking their tongues, others baring their fangs.

But when a half-monster bears this Coiled Snake Mark, it signifies that they are descended from a snake monster. The pattern can also reveal just how powerful that snake monster was.

“Nine… nine snakes.” Little Dragon Maiden exclaimed in surprise and took a step back. “Nine snakes…”

Dr. Wang, who was watching nearby, grew increasingly confused and asked curiously, “What nine snakes?”

“It’s nothing.”

Little Dragon Maiden’s expression could only be described as a mix of crying and laughing. A Coiled Snake Mark with nine snakes… Her own Coiled Dragon Mark only had four dragons. Nine snakes… The only person Little Dragon Maiden could think of was—North of the Red Water, there is Mount Wei. There is a deity with a human face and a snake body, red in color, known as the Torch Dragon.

“Old Li, Old Li…” Little Dragon Maiden felt utterly torn between tears and laughter at that moment. “What sins did you commit in your past life…”

Sighing silently, Little Dragon Maiden squatted down, took out a box of ink paste from her case, and opened it. The room was immediately filled with fragrance. She took it out and placed it under Moran’s nose. “Take a deep breath.”

Moran took a deep breath, and then she flopped limply onto the bed, collapsing motionless without any resistance.

It was hard to imagine that someone who would wake up instantly upon being touched, even while severely injured and unconscious, had now fallen into a deep sleep just from smelling something fragrant…

“This is Dragon Scale Ink. Made by grinding dragon scales.”

“Dragon… There really are dragons?”

Little Dragon Maiden turned her head to look at Dr. Wang, then smiled without speaking… The wonder of this ink pad was that it could anesthetize monsters that hadn’t yet reached the state of a holy spirit. But there was a trade-off: if this anesthetized monster suffered any harm, the same injury would appear on the caster. So, it wasn’t much use for fighting, but it worked perfectly as an anesthetic for monsters.

After anesthetizing Moran, Little Dragon Maiden let out a long sigh, turned to Dr. Wang, and said, “What comes next… you probably shouldn’t watch.”

“I’m a doctor! I maintain professional detachment.”

“Then are you prepared to be hunted down by her after she wakes up?”

The thought of being pursued by such a monster made Dr. Wang’s scalp tingle. Silently, he retreated outside the curtain, took one last look, and walked out, muttering to himself.

After he left, Little Dragon Maiden sat by the bed and removed all of Moran’s clothes. When a completely naked Moran appeared before her, even though Little Dragon Maiden was also a woman, she couldn’t help but sigh. This girl… was simply like a goddess. Probably no man could resist her; even a gay man could be turned straight.

“This is difficult… very difficult.”

However, after identifying Moran’s problem, the highest commander of the medical team was at a complete loss. Moran, as fate would have it, had directly collided with Siyuan’s Guardian Seal. As the Guardian of the Beast Path, for a monster to crash into its Hunter… It was a punishment from the Heavenly Dao. Except for Siyuan himself resolving it, anyone else’s attempts would only make things worse. At most, they could only extend her life by a few days…

“It seems the Guardian still has absolute suppression over monsters that haven’t become holy spirits.” After dressing Moran, Little Dragon Maiden sat next to Siyuan and sighed. “That girl next to you, I’m leaving her to you. You’d better heal her as soon as possible. I can sustain her for a few days. Don’t let her get pulled into the Cycle of Reincarnation. Let me tell you… this girl has ties to us.”

Siyuan still couldn’t speak and could only blink to acknowledge the message.

“We’ll arrange for you two to be in the same room. The farther she is from you, the more dangerous it is. You must hurry!”

Little Dragon Maiden looked up at the sky. “What exactly is going on… Everything is chaotic, all messed up…”