Inside the Celestial Vein Medical Hall.

The young cultivator wearing a plain white Taoist robe put away the golden thread for pulse diagnosis and said irritably, "Such a big fuss coming here, I thought you were seriously injured.

Turns out you two are just playing me, huh.

Get up!

You're occupying my freshly cleaned bed!"

Wei Qingye and Li Ye, who had just been extremely weak, immediately sat up. The former skillfully grabbed two peaches, giving one to Li Ye and biting into the other himself.

"It's just...got caught up."

He mumbled incoherently, "If I lose again...then it's...Golden Core mid-period."

Li Ye thanked the youth with the peaches, saying, "Thank you, Dao You, for helping us conceal this."

Then he sighed softly, "At least this way, we can save face."

The youth in the plain white Taoist robe shook his head, "Helping you two cover up isn't free of charge. I see this Dao You...you're a cultivator of the Four Seasons Sect, right?"

Though Li Ye was still wearing a robe like a bathrobe, the Pure Spirit Qi from constantly interacting with the Grass and Wood Spirit Beast and nature was unmistakable.

On this Celestial Vein Sword Mountain almost entirely filled with sharp Sword Qi, it was as distinct as the smell of sizzling and steaming meat roasted with various spices inside a temple.

"Yes."

Li Ye asked, "Dao You, is there something you wish for my assistance in?"

"Indeed, there's a task I'd like to ask your help with." The youth turned and entered an inner room, soon coming out with a basket of medicinal seeds.

"I want to ask Dao You to accompany me to a martial hall and plant all these seeds; they are painstakingly collected by me."

Medicinal seeds?

Li Ye glanced at the seeds in the basket; some he had only seen in illustrations, yet the panel diligently provided the name of each type of medicinal herb.

All these medicinal herb names had "Celestial Vein" before them.

Take the most common ginseng inside: it's called "Celestial Vein Spirit Ginseng."

Adding those two words suddenly gives it a sense of mystery and suggestiveness.

Beside him, Wei Qingye frowned, "Are these seeds from the Celestial Vein nursery? How long did it take you to accumulate enough merits to exchange for this?"

"I've been accumulating since I became a physician." Qin Qian answered, "I come from a small place, after all, and need to support my brothers."

"But the crops in the Celestial Vein nursery..."

Wei Qingye paused, saying to Li Ye, "Brother Li, do you know about our Celestial Vein Sword Mountain's Celestial Vein nursery?"

"I don't; could Brother Wei enlighten me?"

This was truly unheard of, but the name sounded so grand, it was bound to be magical.

"Let me explain." Qin Qian took over, "The Celestial Vein nursery is a gift from the Sect Leader of your Four Seasons Sect to our Celestial Vein Sword Mountain's founder, after their union.

Dao You must be aware Celestial Vein Sword Mountain is deep into the Heavenly Trace, inevitably receiving some of the Celestial Vein Qi shed by this Cultivation Realm's Celestial Dao.

This Celestial Vein Qi is residue from the operation of the Celestial Dao, beneficial for healing various injuries, especially Dao injuries.

Even recovered injuries can be re-healed and tempered.

Our methods of Sword Cultivation are often too sharp and fierce, naturally resulting in frequent injuries, thus the patriarch planted some medicinal herbs there.

Those herbs are the renowned Celestial Vein Spirit Medicines.

Sometimes even your sect seeks some from us."

At that, Li Ye pondered aloud, "Would it also repair damaged meridians a second time?"

— His only injury basically was the damaged meridians from crossing over. Though it was later healed using the Spirit Power from the Flint Fire Divine Turtle with the Warm Water Fat Pine, it wouldn't hurt to further consolidate.

"Of course it can." Qin Qian seemed to think of something,

suddenly showing a somewhat enthusiastic smile, "The relationship between your Four Seasons Sect and our Celestial Vein Sword Mountain is extremely good, utilizing Celestial Vein Spirit Medicine to repair meridians is naturally easy.

If Dao You helps me with a small task, I'll use my authority to help Dao You exchange for a Spirit Pill.

What do you think?"

Li Ye nodded without objection; though he could acquire it through other means, there was a straightforward path here.

If the task wasn't difficult, he didn't mind reciprocating and building some goodwill.

So he waved his hand, saying:

"Dao You, speak without hesitation."

"No rush, please come with me, Dao You."

Qin Qian deliberately kept some suspense, leading Li Ye and Wei Qingye, who insisted on accompanying him, away from Celestial Vein Sword Mountain.

...

Around Celestial Vein Sword Mountain for thousands of miles is a barren land.

Not only is Celestial Vein Sword Mountain domineering, but also due to the presence of the Heavenly Tear, the Spiritual Qi environment here is extremely unstable. If a mortal were to live here, death would likely come within half a day.

Even the Four Seasons Sect's exceptional ability to transform mountains and Earth Veins has no effect here — past attempts were made.

Yet, after investing countless Spirit Stone resources, the result was a wasteland, as the ripping of Heaven was too severe.

Even the Sect Leader's face turned uncharacteristically pale for a moment upon hearing the amount of resource loss.

Li Ye gazed upon the barren earth devoid of any Spiritual Qi, understanding how much Spiritual Material must have been lost to turn the Sect Leader pale.

Yet even deserts possess a trace of vitality.

Around the edges of this barren land, countless martial arts training centers for young cultivators to practice swordsmanship and martial arts exist, nearly encircling the thousand-mile expanse.

Young cultivators raised in such an environment, honing their skills in Martial Arts Swordsmanship, have bodies like dried cakes, ready to swell upon absorbing the slightest moisture.

The barrenness of this place acts as the grinding grit that sharpens swords, allowing for quicker growth.

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