The commotion attracted many people in the trading area to look in their direction. Some people who had nothing to do came in twos and threes to watch the excitement, forming a circle around them.

"Come quick! Someone claims they can heal a damaged dantian!"

"Impossible, we've run into another con artist. There are always scammers around here."

"We made a bet, and this Xiao Leng has nothing on him, what could he possibly be trying to scam?"

...

After listening to their discussion, Shi Xuan turned to Xiao Leng and said, "Let's make this clear first, if I heal you, I'll have to take the spirit stones."

Xiao Leng was very embarrassed and whispered, "I... I can't afford it..."

"If you can't pay it, just owe it for now. Once you're better, there are plenty of ways to pay it back."

Old Wang curled his lip and sneered, "She's so easily swayed, she wouldn't even look down on my measly little bit of money, do you think she'd give it to you for free? Let's make this clear first, don't ask for money if she can't cure you!"

“That’s natural,” Shi Xuan said calmly, pulling Xiao Leng’s arm and probing into his body with his divine sense.

The entry of divine consciousness into a body is an extremely dangerous matter, requiring complete trust between the two parties. However, Xiao Leng is already injured to such an extent that she poses no threat to Shi Xuan whatsoever.

Shi Xuan used his divine sense to examine him along the meridians, and then sighed, "Not only is your dantian damaged, but many of your meridians are also broken. You'll need to add twice the amount of spirit stones."

"Aww~" A chorus of cheers erupted from the surroundings. This line of talk was definitely that of a con artist, but it was unclear what she was trying to scam.

Only Xiao Leng, who was being examined, was slightly shaken. He could feel a powerful, irresistible divine sense probing into his body, quickly finishing its examination and leaving. And she was right; apart from his dantian and meridians, he was in terrible shape.

A glimmer of hope rose in his heart. A cultivator with such powerful divine sense wouldn't be so bored as to come out and deceive a dying man like him.

"If the fairy can heal me, I will do everything in my power to repay the spirit stones I owe, no matter how many years it takes!"

Wang Laosan sighed. This guy's gone mad. He's even taking a liar's words so seriously. Apart from Xiao Leng, who's desperate and grasping at straws, probably no one else here would believe this round-faced conman.

Shi Xuan looked around and walked to several stalls selling spiritual plants, where he bought a few raw materials needed for the Shattered Spirit Pill.

As she moved, a group of people followed her, as if afraid she would run away. Shi Xuan didn't mind; let them follow if they wanted, it was just a pity she couldn't charge them for watching.

She already had the main ingredients, and after buying all the auxiliary materials, Shi Xuan requisitioned Xiao Leng's stall, took out the furnace fire, and processed the materials while heating the furnace.

This Shattered Spirit Pill is only the first step in treating him, and it is already a third-tier pill. For Shi Xuan, who is only at the seventh level of Qi Refining, he has enough spiritual energy but not enough spiritual energy, so it is a bit of a struggle to refine it.

As expected, when all the ingredients began to blend, Shi Xuan expended a lot of spiritual energy to coordinate the repulsive forces between the pills, in addition to controlling the heat. Before long, cold sweat broke out on her forehead.

All things are constantly in motion, and spiritual energy is abundant.

However, the excessive use of spiritual power caused her unstable spiritual root to flare up again, and she began to feel pain all over her body. Shi Xuan put a painkiller in her mouth before continuing.

The light inside the alchemy furnace shifted, and a group of people watched her movements intently. This swindler seemed to have some skills; she was no ordinary swindler, but a high-level one!

Shi Xuan's divine sense did not relax at all. After the medicinal liquid was fully fused, he increased the heat and suppressed the spiritual power, causing the pill to rotate rapidly under high temperature and pressure in the furnace, separating out impurities.

A quarter of an hour later, the pills had taken shape. Shi Xuan quickly cast the pill-collecting incantation, and the five spirit pills shot out and were collected into the jade bottle that had been prepared in advance.

Tier 3 Pill! Top Grade!

The crowd that had gathered around the "scammer" to watch the spectacle suddenly erupted!

"What kind of pill is this? I'm not seeing things, am I?"

"This swindler can refine top-grade pills? If he has that skill, he should go out and sell pills. What future is there in swindling?"

"Is it really a top-grade pill? It really is, right?"

...

Shi Xuan held a pure white Shattered Spirit Pill in his palm. Everyone around could see that it was undoubtedly a top-grade pill, but no one could identify what kind of pill it was!

Judging from Shi Xuan's expression, she seemed quite dissatisfied. It was all due to insufficient spiritual energy. In her previous life, such a lousy pill would never have produced a top-grade one; flawless ones would have been a piece of cake.

She then took out another jade bottle from her person and poured out a finished cyan pill.

"Your problem is so serious that it's impossible to cure it immediately. We can only complete part of the treatment today, and I'll come back at this time tomorrow."

Xiao Leng nodded repeatedly. He already somewhat believed Shi Xuan, and seeing Shi Xuan demonstrate his alchemy skills, he was undoubtedly a powerful alchemist.

Shi Xuan first handed over the white pill, saying, "Take this first. It will hurt a little. If you can bear it, then bear it. If you can't bear it, then ask me for a painkiller pill. The painkiller pill requires an extra high-grade spirit stone."

He had sold all the talismans from his stall to Shi Xuan for only one high-grade spirit stone, and that was only after Shi Xuan gave him a little extra. Now, hearing that she was charging one high-grade spirit stone for a single painkiller, Xiao Leng thought to himself, even if he was in excruciating pain, he would rather die than take that exorbitantly priced painkiller.

But reality always likes to slap you in the face. The Shattered Spirit Pill didn't just hurt a little; it hurt so much I almost fainted.

The reason why no one around recognized this Shattered Spirit Pill is because it's an extremely rare pill. Who would bother to refine such a pill and further damage an already compromised part of their body?!

At this moment, Xiao Leng's damaged dantian was cracked like a spider web. If one could look inside, one would see fine cracks all over it, making the injury even more severe!

Xiao Leng was in so much pain that he was speechless. Forgetting his earlier vow to never buy the exorbitantly priced pill, he tremblingly pleaded, "Painkiller pill..."

Shi Xuan readily gave him one, which relieved half of his pain. Although it still hurt a lot, at least he could bear it.

After the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, Shi Xuan examined his body again. The opening of his dantian was complete, but his overall condition was very poor.

His already severely injured body has been further aggravated, and now he can't utter a single word.

Those who were watching the spectacle suddenly became tense.

"Is this going to result in someone's death? She's a high-level con artist, surely she wouldn't do something like this?"

"It seems like she's dying. What kind of medicine did she give Xiao Leng? Not only has she not improved, but she looks even worse!"

"It's not a poison pill, is it? Even as a pill cultivator, I don't recognize this kind of pill!"

...

Shi Xuan showed no sign of panic. The best way to treat the dantian was not to repair it, but to reshape it.

Seeing that Xiao Leng's breath was getting weaker and weaker, Shi Xuan used his spiritual power to flick another green spiritual pill into Xiao Leng's mouth.