Chapter 113: Divine Doctor's Superb Skill

According to Fu Qingyun's experience, breaking through a divine treasure normally requires more than one attempt; some people even need hundreds or thousands of tries to overcome the barrier and succeed.

Calculating the astral positions is one thing, breaking through is another.

To break through the Five Elements divine treasure, vital qi must repeatedly impact the barrier, creating a crack, gradually widening it, and finally breaking it open completely, ensuring it cannot heal. Only then is the breakthrough considered successful.

It's extremely rare for someone like Qin Mu to succeed in breaking through right after she left.

“Unless…” A thought struck Fu Qingyun: for Qin Mu to succeed in breaking through on his first attempt, his vital qi cultivation must be exceptionally powerful.

“Young master, let’s just lightly touch palms, purely with our vital qi.” Seeing his confusion, Fu Qingyun quickly smiled and explained, “I've closed my other divine treasures, keeping only the Spirit Embryo and Five Elements open. I just want to test how profound your cultivation is.”

Qin Mu nodded. As their palms met, their vital qi erupted. Fu Qingyun groaned, hearing a whistling wind as the scenery around her blurred. She was sent flying backward, crashing through several pavilions and high walls before finally embedding herself in a distant wall, stopping her momentum.

Dusty and disheveled, she extricated herself from the wall. Looking up, she saw that she was about forty zhang away from Qin Mu, with several buildings and walls between them, all bearing human-shaped holes from her impact. She could clearly see Qin Mu through the damage, and a chill ran down her spine.

She had only used her Five Elements realm cultivation for a vital qi clash with Qin Mu, yet the disparity was immense, leaving her disheartened. It was truly a tremendous blow!

However, she quickly regained her composure. She thought, “He is, after all, the young cult master of my Sacred Cult, so such cultivation is only natural. Besides, he already dealt me a severe blow during the competition in Disabled Elderly Village.”

Qin Mu quickly walked over. Fu Qingyun smiled and said, “I'm fine. Your cultivation is indeed extraordinarily profound; the Patriarch and Madam truly chose well. There's still a day and a half until the Imperial College opens. It would be best for you to consolidate your realm.”

Qin Mu agreed. With the successful breakthrough of the Five Elements divine treasure, new changes were occurring within him that he hadn't yet had a chance to examine.

Fu Qingyun glanced around, a wry smile forming in her heart. Ever since Qin Mu arrived, Listening Rain Pavilion had suffered greatly; either the pavilions were destroyed, or holes were punched through several buildings.

“He's the young cult master, after all, tearing things down wherever he goes. Fortunately, in two days, he'll be leaving here to demolish the Imperial College instead. Well, at least the Patriarch will have a headache, and I can finally relax…”

Unaware of her thoughts about him demolishing the Imperial College, Qin Mu returned to his room. The young man sat down quietly, his consciousness entering the Five Elements divine treasure. To his surprise, the divine treasure was a starry sky with five large, shining stars, surrounded by profound darkness.

“The Five Elements divine treasure is completely different from the Spirit Embryo divine treasure.” Qin Mu was surprised. His Overlord Body Three Elixir Technique didn't include cultivation methods for the Five Elements divine treasure, which gave him a headache.

He had seen the cultivation diagrams for the Overlord Body Three Elixir Technique in Zhenyang Palace. Only the first two diagrams were complete; the third was fragmented. Qin Mu tried to recall the incomplete diagram, which indeed showed five stars. However, in addition to the five stars, there were also five deities, each with unique patterns and vital qi circulation paths.

However, most of this diagram was damaged, and the specific vital qi circulation paths were unclear.

Qin Mu composed himself. His consciousness drifted through the vast, cold starry sky, intending to float towards one of the stars. However, as his consciousness flew, the star seemed to fly as well, maintaining the same distance from him.

Qin Mu frowned and tried flying towards other stars, but they also moved with him, preventing him from getting closer.

“What's going on?” Qin Mu paused. He wanted to see if the five deities from the cultivation diagram were on these stars, but since he couldn't reach them, he had to give up.

Keeping his consciousness within the Five Elements divine treasure, he activated the Overlord Body Three Elixir Technique. Instantly, miraculous changes occurred within the divine treasure. A reddish-orange star suddenly began to vibrate, then a fiery red beam of light shot straight out from it, landing with a hum on Qin Mu's consciousness.

Qin Mu immediately felt his consciousness filled with blazing, fiery energy. This energy was actually transforming the structure of his consciousness, giving it a physical form!

Guided by the flames, his consciousness grew legs, arms, and a head. In just a brief moment, his consciousness merged with the peculiar energy, transforming into a strange entity with a human face, a bull's body, and two legs!

Qin Mu was stunned. He looked down to see that his body was a large, reddish-brown ox. A tail extended from his rear, mostly bare, with only a tuft of long hair at the very tip.

Qin Mu flicked his ox tail, only for it to slap against his own plump rear, stinging sharply.

His two legs were ox legs, with powerfully muscular thighs as thick as elephant legs, but his calves were slender, and his feet were hooves.

What's more, the light emanating from the Fire Element star continued to converge, forming two fiery dragons with menacing claws and fangs beneath his feet!

The Fire God! Qin Mu's heart skipped a beat. He had seen similar statues in the temples of Xianglong City, where the people of the Great Ruins worshipped such figures as the Fire God.

However, the energy flowing from the Fire Element star wasn't strong, and the body condensed from his consciousness was merely a faint phantom.

“Is this the Fire Element divine treasure within the Five Elements divine treasure? What about the other elements…?”

As Qin Mu pondered this, another sky-blue star suddenly began to vibrate, and a water-blue beam of light shot down from it, landing with a hum on his 'body'!

At the same time, the other three stars, each of a different color, also vibrated, and beams of light from them landed on his body in succession.

Qin Mu groaned. His Fire God form immediately began to collapse, while other forms started to emerge. However, the energy attributes from these five stars were completely different, even mutually restrictive and suppressive. They clashed, conflicted, and annihilated each other within his consciousness!

Boom! A violent explosion reverberated, and Qin Mu's consciousness within the Five Elements divine treasure was annihilated in the blast. Qin Mu's vision went black, and he passed out.

When he woke up, he found himself lying in bed. Hu Ling'er was applying a warm, damp towel to his forehead, and his head throbbed as if it were a watermelon smashed on the ground, threatening to split apart.

By the bed, several girls stood with expressions of concern.

“It seems the young master suffered a qi deviation. Thankfully, Ling'er discovered it in time and called for us.” Fu Qingyun said with a worried look, “Young master, I've already ordered medicine to be brewed; it will be ready soon. However, with the Imperial College opening in two days, I'm afraid you won't be able to attend. A qi deviation requires more than ten days of recovery…”

Outside the door, two girls were brewing medicine, and its scent drifted in. Qin Mu struggled to sit up, sniffed the medicinal aroma, and said, “My consciousness is injured, and my spirit is damaged. The medicine you're brewing is appropriate, but it's missing one ingredient: two qian of Tan Aconite leaves. Help me up; I'll refine it myself.”

Fu Qingyun was surprised. Could this young cult master also refine medicine? Skeptical but hopeful, she instructed a girl nearby to fetch the medicine, then reached out to help Qin Mu up. Realizing that he was weak and struggled to move, she had the medicinal cauldron and stove brought into the room.

Qin Mu suppressed his headache and activated his vital qi, levitating the medicinal cauldron. With a gentle shake, the cauldron settled, but the water and herbs inside floated in the air, suspended by his vital qi. The girl who had fetched the medicine returned and quickly added the Tan Aconite.

Qin Mu's technique was fluid and varied. After a moment, he blended all the medicinal properties. With a light flick, the dregs automatically settled, and the water vapor evaporated, leaving behind only a few red pills.

Qin Mu swallowed the red pills and activated their potency. His headache gradually subsided, though an occasional tearing pain lingered. He said, “If I refine another dose tomorrow morning, I'll be fully recovered.”

The girls in the room were astonished. Qin Mu's refining technique was truly masterful and dazzling in its variety. A qi deviation was no small matter. Could this medicine truly be so effective as to cure him in half a day?

“Without further cultivation methods, it seems impossible to cultivate the Five Elements divine treasure and convert its power into my own cultivation.”

Qin Mu regained his strength, stood up, and smiled, “I was a bit too eager for quick success, which worried you all.”

“Young master, you're skilled in medicine, but are you familiar with gynecology?” a girl suddenly asked.

Qin Mu replied, “I have some understanding of anything related to medical arts.”

The girl's face flushed slightly, and she said, “I have some uterine pain. I wonder if the young master…”

Qin Mu took her pulse and smiled, “A minor issue. Just an imbalance of internal qi and some uterine cold. I'll prescribe a medicine for you.”

A girl immediately stepped forward, offering a brush and ink. Qin Mu picked up the brush, wrote a prescription, and said, “This is a Uterine Warming Pill. After taking it, adjust your internal qi, and it can cure the root cause.”

The eyes of several girls in the room brightened. The zither player, blushing, whispered, “Young master, I also have some minor ailments…”

“Young master, please check me too!”

“Young master, my menstruation is irregular…”

…Fu Qingyun's head throbbed. She exclaimed, “The young master suffered a qi deviation and hasn't fully recovered yet! Stop chattering senselessly and let him rest!”

Qin Mu smiled and said, “It's fine. I can't cultivate while suffering from qi deviation, so it's a good opportunity to rest and help the sisters in the courtyard improve their health. It won't take much effort. Besides, I'm staying here with Sister Yun'er, receiving care, so how can I not offer something in return?”

The young women were overjoyed and lined up. Qin Mu examined each of them and prescribed various medicines. The pipa player saw Fu Qingyun still in the room and smiled, “Sister, why are you still here?”

Fu Qingyun snorted. After a moment, she stepped forward, extended her hand, and whispered, biting her lip, “Young master, although my cultivation is profound, my body has some issues. In recent months, my menstrual cycle has been imbalanced, sometimes appearing, sometimes not…”