Chapter 2632 — An Astonishing Piece of News
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"Oh?" Patriarch Xuanchen frowned. "A top-grade fourth-rank Great Huan Pill... now that you mention it, it really is possible! In his prime, Bai Lingtou could indeed refine fourth-rank pills. He may be crippled now, but one can't be sure he doesn't have a few left in stock... Only, why doesn't he take one himself?"
"His injuries came from qi deviation, from true energy flowing backward—perhaps that's different from injuries caused by ordinary external forces?" Little One thought for a moment and said. "Or perhaps his meridians have already recovered, and it's only his alchemy skill that hasn't! Otherwise, after all these years, by any reasonable reckoning, with his meridians severed and no external body cultivation, even if he didn't die he'd be half paralyzed. How could he be perfectly well?"
"Little One, you're right. Perhaps Bai Lingtou has recovered, but his strength simply can't be restored..." Patriarch Xuanchen nodded in sudden understanding. "The old fox certainly hides himself deep. If not for you two guessing it, I'd still be in the dark!"
"Indeed. But to save Tagan Long, if we ask him to donate a top-grade fourth-rank Great Huan Pill, he should agree, shouldn't he?" Little One asked.
"I'll ask him. Who knows what goes on in that old fellow's head?" Patriarch Xuanchen shook his head and dialed Bai Lingtou's number.
Bai Lingtou had not expected Patriarch Xuanchen to call him again. He did not know what it was about, but he answered anyway. This time, however, he was already on his guard against Patriarch Xuanchen; he knew that Xuanchen was, in the end, a man of wolfish ambition, and that his own excessive kindness would only bring him losses. "Xuanchen, what is it?"
Bai Lingtou's voice was utterly placid, as though nothing had happened the day before.
"Eldest Senior Brother, Han Jingyi is all right now, isn't she? I truly apologize for yesterday's business—I worried all night. If anything had happened to Han Jingyi, I would never have let Little One and Little Eleven off lightly!" Patriarch Xuanchen said with feigned sincerity.
"Asking like that, you must already know Han Jingyi is fine, don't you?" Bai Lingtou's heart gave a jolt, but his tone remained as calm as ever. "Your information travels fast. It seems you've been keeping an eye on me all along!"
"Haha, am I not simply concerned for you, Eldest Senior Brother?" Patriarch Xuanchen laughed. "Senior Brother, congratulations on your meridians having recovered!"
"What do you mean by that?" Bai Lingtou's heart jolted again, though he kept his expression unchanged as he asked.
"Heh heh, Han Jingyi's injuries were so severe, yet she is now as good as new. If not the work of a top-grade fourth-rank Great Huan Pill, then what?" Patriarch Xuanchen smiled faintly. "I never imagined you still had some in stock, Eldest Senior Brother. If Han Jingyi could take a top-grade fourth-rank Great Huan Pill, then surely you have taken one yourself as well!"
"Oh..." Bai Lingtou thought to himself: so Patriarch Xuanchen had misunderstood! But were Han Jingyi's injuries really that severe? And if they were, how had Wei Zhao healed her?
The day before, Bai Lingtou had not carefully examined Han Jingyi's injuries; he had only looked at her outward appearance and concluded that her injuries were not light—but they were all superficial wounds!