Qi Zhiheng gleaned some meaning from these words. It seemed that the fault might lie with the envoy from Zhongzhou. Without much deliberation, he decided to save the person first. If the person had character issues, he could simply kill him later.

After thinking it over, Qi Zhiheng turned to the person who answered the question and said, "By the way, what's your name?"

When asked his name by such a high-level cultivator, the junior cultivator answered somewhat humbly, "I am Liu Fei."

Qi Zhiheng nodded: "You haven't joined a faction yet, have you? You can consider joining my city. Putting everything else aside, I'll definitely provide you with plenty of pills. However, there are some differences between cities and factions, so think it through yourself."

He only had a few hundred people under his command, and the pills that Qi Zhiheng refined alone were enough for all the cultivators in the entire city lord's mansion. Putting everything else aside, there was plenty of pills.

Seeing that Qi Zhiheng was willing to help someone in trouble when so many others didn't want to get involved, Liu Fei figured that Qi Zhiheng might not be a bad person and that his sect must be decent, so he immediately agreed.

Qi Zhiheng led Liu Fei to their stall and said to Yang Yitian, "You watch over this place for a bit. Liu Fei, you stay here with me while I go in and check on things."

Qi Zhiheng went inside the house to check on the bloodied man.

This situation of flesh and blood sticking together is really difficult to handle. Qi Zhiheng used his spiritual power to separate the stuck flesh and blood. The process was a bit troublesome, as some parts that had grown together needed to be cut open again.

Then Qi Zhiheng fed the man a muscle-regenerating pill, allowing his skin and flesh to grow back first, before dealing with the broken bones in his body.

After what happened last night, the man's condition stabilized. Qi Zhiheng then fed him a Blood-Regenerating Pill. Since the man's skin had been peeled off, bleeding was inevitable. After taking the Blood-Regenerating Pill, the man's pale complexion immediately improved.

Qi Zhiheng looked at the naked body, threw a blanket over the person, and took out a set of spiritual clothes and placed them aside so that the person could wear them when they woke up.

When Qi Zhiheng came out, it was already an hour later. He said to Liu Fei, "Go in and help look after the one inside."

Liu Fei nodded in agreement.

Qi Zhiheng and Yang Yitian were sitting at the stall outside.

Yang Yitian said listlessly, "I wonder when the spirit boat from the Southern Continent will arrive."

Qi Zhiheng shook his head: "It's hard to say."

Just then, Tong Qiaoxia walked over, this time alone. Her attitude was better than the previous two times, presumably because her master had already informed them that they were both at the Mahayana stage.

Tong Qiaoxia bowed and said, "This junior greets the two seniors."

Yang Yitian didn't see the other girl and asked, "Did you come alone this time? Where's your senior sister who always likes to argue?"

Tong Qiaoxia smiled awkwardly, "Senior Sister is cultivating with Master and will probably be in seclusion for the next few days, not receiving any guests." Her senior sister knew she had offended two Mahayana stage cultivators and was trying to avoid them, so how could she dare to come along?

Qi Zhiheng asked, "What do you want to buy?"

Tong Qiaoxia nodded: "I came here to buy some pills."

Although Qi Zhiheng and Yang Yitian's stalls were still there, the items on them were no longer displayed, which meant they were no longer selling anything.

Tong Qiaoxia saw that the spirit boat had just arrived and guessed that the two should be alright, so she shamelessly came over to ask.

Qi Zhiheng took out several hundred bottles of pills: "Which kind do you want?"

Tong Qiaoxia was also taken aback by the large number of pills that Qi Zhiheng suddenly took out. She opened her mouth slightly and said, "Junior, junior wants some top-grade pills."

Qi Zhiheng nodded: "These are all level six and seven pills, all suitable for you."

Tong Qiaoxia's eyes widened as she surveyed her surroundings, then lowered her voice and said, "So many of these are top-grade pills? Can I...can I buy a few more bottles?"

Qi Zhiheng nodded and said, "You can buy it for 20% more than the market price. You can have as much as you want."

Tong Qiaoxia swallowed hard; this pill was indeed quite expensive.

Seeing that she didn't speak, Yang Yitian said, "It's a good thing your senior sister didn't come along, otherwise we would have had to ask for 40% more than the market price."

Tong Qiaoxia choked for a moment, then felt somewhat relieved that her senior sister hadn't come along.

She was very envious of the top-grade pills. She knew that the pills at this stall were selling quite well, but she didn't expect that there would be top-grade pills. Moreover, these top-grade pills seemed to be endlessly available. Tong Qiaoxia was about to think that Qi Zhiheng had imprisoned a group of alchemists to refine pills for him.

Tong Qiaoxia didn't stand on ceremony and spent all the spirit stones she had in her sacred realm to buy dozens of bottles of pills from Qi Zhiheng.

Qi Zhiheng stopped the person and handed them a bottle of pills, saying, "This bottle of pills is for your master."

Tong Qiaoxia took the pill bottle in a daze: "How many spirit stones does this cost? Senior, I don't have any spirit stones left."

Qi Zhiheng said, "No money is needed. If your master is satisfied with it, he can contact me." This was also the reason why Qi Zhiheng exchanged communication jade slips with the other party last time.

Tong Qiaoxia said, "Senior, rest assured, I will definitely deliver it safely to my master!" After saying that, she took her leave.

Yang Yitian waved goodbye to today's big customer.

The person who was rescued didn't wake up until the next day.

Liu Fei rushed out of the house: "Senior! He's awake."

Upon hearing this, Qi Zhiheng stood up, opened the door, and went inside.

The monk had already dressed and stood up from the bed.

Upon seeing Qi Zhiheng, he immediately knelt down and kowtowed: "Junior Shi Qingyun thanks Senior for saving my life! In the future, if Senior has any instructions, Qingyun will do his best."

Qi Zhiheng said, "You don't need to thank me in a hurry. Your injuries are very serious. I only treated your external injuries. As for your dantian and meridians, I didn't treat them."

Shi Qingyun's eyes flickered with light: "I am already extremely grateful that you were able to save my life, and I dare not ask for anything more."

That being said, Qi Zhiheng saw something else entirely in his eyes. Despite such severe injuries, he endured the pain and refused to die, ultimately surviving. With such a spirit, if this ordeal passes, he will surely secure a place in the cultivation world in the future.

Unlike his previous disciples, this person was severely injured, yet still exuded arrogance, suggesting he must have had a distinguished past.

His eyes subtly revealed ambition and restraint, suggesting he was unwilling to accept the status quo.

It makes sense. He was once a prodigy, but now he's a useless person. No wonder he's so resigned to it.

Qi Zhiheng actually admires people like this; they have drive and will one day make a name for themselves and trample most people under their feet.

The problem is, Qi Zhiheng doesn't want to be the one being trampled underfoot. To put it bluntly, this guy might be a wolf cub; it's not that he can't climb up, but it wouldn't be so pleasant if he climbed up by stepping on him.

However, these are just Qi Zhiheng's guesses. If used well, they might be a great help to him.

Qi Zhiheng found a chair and sat down: "Get up, there's no need to kneel."

Shi Qingyun stood up and stood to one side, waiting for Qi Zhiheng to continue.

Qi Zhiheng said, "Saving you was actually an accident. Now that I found you, it wouldn't be right for me to just leave you to die. However, as the saying goes, if you're going to do something good, do it all the way. Since I've already saved you, it wouldn't be right to let your dantian meridians continue to be injured."

Shi Qingyun's gaze was somewhat anxious, tinged with hope.

Qi Zhiheng said, "I can save you, but I can't do it for free. I'm not a bodhisattva, and I can't find a reason to waste money and effort on you. So, you have to give me appropriate compensation."

In fact, Qi Zhiheng could have used the promise of helping the other party repair their meridians as a condition for them to sign a contract to serve him, but given the other person's personality, he probably wouldn't agree. Even if they did sign the contract, it would ultimately make the other party hate him.

Qi Zhiheng didn't want to save this person for nothing, nor did he want to suffer the consequences later. So he didn't act rashly.

"Senior saved this junior, so it's only right that this junior does whatever it takes to help." Shi Qingyun's words were sincere and heartfelt. Although he was arrogant, he was not ungrateful or ungrateful.

Qi Zhiheng observed him for a while and was fairly satisfied with his answer; at least he wasn't an ingrate. As long as he didn't betray him or cause him trouble, Qi Zhiheng didn't really care what kind of person he was.

He paused and said, “I can save you and let you start cultivating again, but you must repay me in the future. I will not force you. I will give you two choices. First, stay in my city and work for me. I will teach you cultivation techniques. Second, write an IOU and repay me with ten times the resources I used to save you today. As for which faction you want to join, then join that faction.”

Shi Qingyun hesitated.

Qi Zhiheng said, "I'll treat you whenever you've decided."

After a moment of silence, Shi Qingyun said, "Senior, I choose the second option. To be honest, on the spirit ship heading to Central Continent, I offended a cultivator from a major sect. If I stay by your side, I'm afraid it will bring you unnecessary trouble."

Qi Zhiheng said dismissively, "He's just a Nascent Soul stage cultivator, I don't even consider him a threat. Oh, I forgot to tell you, if you weren't under my protection, you might actually be hunted down by your enemies. However, it's also possible that they don't care about you and have already forgotten about you."

Qi Zhiheng thought for a moment and then said, "By the way, your cultivation has been destroyed. Although I can heal you, you will have to start your cultivation all over again. A mere Qi Refining stage cultivator? You could be strangled to death at any time after you leave. You'd better think it over carefully before making a decision."

Yang Yitian asked, "By the way, how old are you?"

Judging from the fact that Shi Qingyun still looks very young after his cultivation was crippled, the other party should not be too old. Otherwise, he would have become an old man when his cultivation was crippled.