Chapter 30: Spiritual Power is stronger than Internal Energy
When Hua Changxi returned to the storeroom carrying the injured Yu Hui, she startled everyone there.
“What happened to Brother Yu?”
Yu Hui’s two trusted subordinates, Wan Xiaozhou and Li Meng, quickly ran over to take him.
Hua Changxi said, “I don’t know. When I was returning to the Medical Affairs Department, I saw Brother Yu collapsed and unconscious by the back door. He’s quite badly injured, you should take him to see a doctor quickly.”
Wan Xiaozhou immediately said, “Li Meng, hurry and get a cart. Oh, and go to the dormitory to get a blanket. The closest clinic to the Medical Affairs Department is several miles away.”
Hua Changxi was about to leave, but upon hearing this, she stopped. “The Medical Affairs Department has so many clinics, why do you need to go out to see a doctor?”
Wan Xiaozhou gave a wry smile. “Sister Changxi, those clinics in the Medical Affairs Department are not places we can just enter.”
Hua Changxi frowned. “What, do the clinics in the Medical Affairs Department discriminate against laborers?”
Wan Xiaozhou replied, “It’s not discrimination against laborers, it’s just that the fees are too high, and we can’t afford the consultation fee.”
Hua Changxi asked, “You’ve been working in the Medical Affairs Department for quite some time, you should have some savings. Surely you can afford one consultation fee?”
Li Meng said with a wry smile, “Xiao Zhou and I both have families to support, and we send most of our monthly salary home. Brother Yu also has people to take care of.”
Hua Changxi interrupted him. “Isn’t Brother Yu an orphan?”
Wan Xiaozhou explained, “Brother Yu is an orphan, but he has companions he grew up with, and an old beggar who took care of him when he was young. If these people can’t survive, Brother Yu can’t just ignore them. Most of his monthly salary goes to them.”
Hua Changxi hadn’t expected Yu Hui to be so loyal. Then why was he so stingy with her? She had only asked for some dried herbs, and he had stopped talking to her.
Glancing at Yu Hui’s injuries, Hua Changxi thought for a moment. “Moving Brother Yu around like this will only worsen his injuries.”
Wan Xiaozhou said helplessly, “There’s nothing we can do about it.”
Hua Changxi was silent for a moment, then looked at Wan Xiaozhou and Li Meng. “I know medical skills, you know that, right?”
Wan Xiaozhou let out a surprised “Ah.”
Hua Changxi continued, “If you trust me, I can treat Brother Yu. However, you’ll need to provide some medicinal herbs.”
Wan Xiaozhou hesitated.
If they agreed, Sister Changxi was only thirteen years old. Even if she knew medical skills, it was probably just superficial knowledge.
But if they didn’t agree, he and Li Meng didn’t have much money, and he had no idea how much seeing a doctor would cost.
Also, after 9 PM, all the gates in the Medical Affairs Department would be closed. It was already dark, and if they took Brother Yu out to see a doctor, they might have to sleep on the streets tonight.
Li Meng was more decisive and immediately asked, “What medicinal herbs do you need?”
“Let me say this first, although we guard the medicinal herb storeroom, all incoming and outgoing herbs are recorded. If the herbs you need are too numerous or too valuable, we won’t be able to provide them.”
Hua Changxi replied, “Don’t worry, they are just some common medicinal herbs.” With that, she listed over a dozen medicinal herbs.
Upon hearing this, Wan Xiaozhou and Li Meng relaxed. They were indeed common medicinal herbs used by martial artists.
The two first carried Yu Hui into the dormitory. Then, Li Meng went to get the medicinal herbs, while Wan Xiaozhou went to find the medicinal pot and mortar Hua Changxi needed.
Before long, Wan Xiaozhou returned with the items, looking at Hua Changxi with some unease. “Sister Changxi, can you really treat Brother Yu?”
Hua Changxi carefully examined Yu Hui’s injuries, and without looking up, replied, “Don’t you know the saying, ‘If you use someone, trust them; if you doubt them, don’t use them’?”
Wan Xiaozhou had no confidence in Hua Changxi’s medical skills and wanted to ask more, but Hua Changxi completely ignored him.
Soon, Li Meng also returned with the medicinal herbs.
Hua Changxi asked the two to fetch water to clean Yu Hui’s wounds, while she began to prepare the medicinal herbs. Some were to be boiled into medicinal soup, and some were to be crushed into a poultice for external application.
Yu Hui’s most serious injury was from the palm strike by the Fourth-Rank Martial Artist. It contained the martial artist’s internal energy, which needed to be neutralized by medicine.
After half an hour of work, the medicinal soup was ready. Hua Changxi had Wan Xiaozhou give it to Yu Hui, and then had Li Meng apply the crushed poultice to Yu Hui’s wounds.
After Yu Hui drank the medicine and his breathing gradually stabilized, Hua Changxi said, “You must continue to drink the medicinal soup three times a day. You know which medicinal herbs to use. If you’re unsure about anything, you can ask me when I come to get more medicinal herbs tomorrow.”
“Alright, I’m leaving now.”
Watching Hua Changxi leave, Wan Xiaozhou and Li Meng looked at each other with uncertainty.
“Can Sister Changxi cure Brother Yu?”
“Before, when Sister Changxi was bullied, Brother Yu just stood by and watched. Do you think she might be taking revenge?”
“I don’t think so.”
When Hua Changxi returned to the dormitory, her roommates had finished their duties and returned to rest. Even Sister-in-law Shi, who was on leave, had returned.
Sister-in-law Shi’s expression was a little unnatural, and she was still regretting not being able to swap shifts with Hua Changxi. “Changxi, why are you back so late? We thought you wouldn’t be back until tomorrow.”
Hua Changxi smiled and replied, “I was afraid of delaying my duties.” After speaking, she took a water basin to wash up.
After washing up, Hua Changxi climbed into bed. This time, she didn’t immediately fall asleep but began to read Lingbo Microsteps.
She knew too little about cultivation and couldn’t access any cultivation techniques, so she had to start with the martial arts cultivation methods from home.
Lingbo Microsteps came with clear practice diagrams, making it easy to get started by following them.
However, the extent of its power depended on the depth of the practitioner’s internal energy.
The others were a little unaccustomed to Hua Changxi not sleeping immediately, but they were too busy every day to pay much attention to others’ affairs.
Before long, everyone had fallen asleep.
Hua Changxi found that her memory had improved significantly. After reading Lingbo Microsteps three times, she had memorized the footwork.
Afterward, Hua Changxi lay on the bed with her eyes closed, repeatedly simulating the footwork of Lingbo Microsteps. After 11 PM, the entire Sixth Bureau fell silent, and she quietly got out of bed.
“Whoosh~”
Under the moonlight, on both sides of the ditch in the front courtyard of the Sixth Bureau, a figure was flashing by rapidly.
The person running was Hua Changxi.
After running ten laps around the ditch, Hua Changxi finally calmed her excitement.
Activating the spiritual power in her body could indeed unleash the power of ‘Lingbo Microsteps’!
Moreover, the spiritual power consumed was very little; ten laps only consumed one spiritual power point.
Most of the Hua family men practiced Lingbo Microsteps, with Hua Minghe and Hua Da Lang being the best. Hua Changxi had seen them practice and knew that they consumed a lot of internal energy when activating Lingbo Microsteps.
Judging by her spiritual power consumption, internal energy was not on the same level as spiritual power; spiritual power was much more profound than internal energy.
Therefore, she now possessed a combat power comparable to that of a martial artist.
She just didn’t know how many rank martial artists she could fight with her current realm points.
Having learned a footwork technique, Hua Changxi happily returned to the dormitory, climbed into bed, and began to immerse herself in cultivation.
“Water~”
Just as dawn was breaking, Wan Xiaozhou, who had guarded Yu Hui all night, was about to open the storeroom door when he heard Yu Hui’s weak voice.
“Brother Yu, you’re awake?”
Seeing Wan Xiaozhou and looking around, knowing he was in the dormitory within the storeroom, Yu Hui’s tightly furrowed brow relaxed slightly.
Wan Xiaozhou walked over, helped him sit up, and poured him a cup of water. “Brother Yu, who beat you like this?”
Yu Hui didn’t answer but instead asked, “Did you save me?”
Wan Xiaozhou shook his head. “Sister Changxi saved you.” He then recounted how Hua Changxi had carried him back and treated his injuries.
Yu Hui’s expression froze. “So it was Sister Changxi who saved me.”
