"Didn't you like to collude with Chen Sheng? Do you know what happened to him? Exactly the same as you are now. Are you convinced now?"

Ning Yao stood up and said to the clan leader, "If you don't cut the weeds at the root, they will grow back in the spring breeze. Since this black-robed elder has ulterior motives towards the Yunxiang clan, there is no need to keep him alive."

“I have crippled his martial arts and severed all his meridians. He will be a cripple from now on. No one in this world can cure him except me. Does the clan leader think I am meddling in other people’s business?”

The clan chief's expression hardened: "Thank you for your help, Miss Ning. Yun Xiangkun is a traitor to our clan. Sparing his life is already a great act of magnanimity!"

Yun Xiangkun lay on the ground like a dead fish, barely clinging to life.

A hoarse sound came from his throat, and even the pain of his severed meridians could not hide his vicious gaze.

He stared at Ning Yao, speechless. But if looks could kill, not only Ning Yao, but everyone present would have been torn to pieces by him countless times!

The clan leader ordered Yun Xiangkun to be taken away, leaving the remaining four elders in the main hall looking at each other in bewilderment.

Elder Yuan, clad in white robes, broke the silence: "Now that the Holy Maiden has emerged alive from the forbidden area, the troubles there must have been resolved. I believe we should promptly summon a physician to treat her!"

"This young master was also injured by the spiritual energy of the forbidden area..."

"If the doctor can't cure them, there's no need to call one. Just go back to your residence and settle them in. I will take care of them myself!"

Elder Yuan quickly said, "Since Miss Ning has a solution, that would be wonderful!"

Ning Yao smiled and said, "Thank you for speaking up for me earlier, Elder."

Elder Yuan waved his hand and said with a wry smile, "If I hadn't helped him back then, the young lady wouldn't have been trapped. I'm guilty too!"

"Uncle, you can't say that. Those people have wolfish ambitions. No matter how hard we try to guard against them, we can't prevent them from having them. Even if it's not you, it will be someone else!"

The remaining three elders quickly declared their stance: "We swear to be loyal to the Yunxiang clan and to the Holy Maiden to the death, and we have no other intentions!"

Inside the Temple of the Holy Maiden, some were injured, some were unconscious, and the place was in complete chaos.

After cleaning up the mess, everyone returned to the mansion.

Yun Xiangnan and Ning Zhiheng are in a coma.

Yun Xiangnan and Yun Xianglingyu were injured.

The two injuries were minor; Ning Yao administered a single pill, and they were immediately cured.

The two who were in a coma were a bit more difficult to treat, so they were placed in the same hospital for easier treatment.

At this moment, only family members were in the courtyard; there was no one from outside.

"Father, I'm going to treat them. Please wait at the door."

Yun Xianglingyu quickly said, "Do you need any help? I know a little about pharmacology and I can help you!"

Ning Yao smiled faintly: "No need. You've just recovered from your injury, so take care of yourself first. Besides, you all know how powerful the earth vein spiritual energy is, so there's nothing we can do to help."

The high priest said, "Alright, we'll wait here. Just give the word if you need anything, and we'll hear you."

"good!"

Yun Xiangnanxi remained unconscious inside the room, so Ning Yao took her back into the Thousand Illusions Secret Realm.

After absorbing the spiritual energy of the Seven Star Array in the Forbidden Land, it seems that those newly created but temporarily unusable items can now be used.

For example, things have changed inside the Spirit Medicine Pavilion. Originally, it was just a pharmacy with the medicine room and pill room together, but now they are separated, and there is even a separate room with a small bed.

In this situation, it's perfect for Yun Xiangnanxi.

After settling her in, Ning Yao began to peruse ancient medical books.

She didn't just look at medical books; she scrutinized anything that mentioned being damaged by spiritual energy.

Finally, they found a record of turbid qi in a book called Immortal Techniques.

"Turbid energy is born from heaven and earth... It can damage a person's five internal organs, six viscera, seven tendons and eight meridians... and ultimately lead to a painful death..."

"The impure air purified by the secret realm is the purest spiritual energy, with gold being the finest..."

"Those injured by the turbid energy need the Lotus Heart Pill, made from Blood Spirit Seed, Falling Cloud Flower, and Golden Lotus Seed, to be cured!"

Ning Yao thought for a moment. Blood Spirit Seeds, Falling Cloud Flowers, and Golden Lotus Seeds were all available in the secret realm, and she also knew how to refine pills.

Now everything is ready!

With that in mind, she began to prepare the medicinal herbs.

The Spirit Medicine Pavilion has readily available Blood Spirit Seeds and Falling Cloud Flowers, while Golden Lotus Seeds need to be picked.

Ning Yao turned and left the Spirit Medicine Pavilion, where the golden lotuses in the spiritual spring were swaying in the wind.

Everything has a spirit, let alone the treasures in the Thousand Illusions Realm.

Ning Yao squatted down and looked closely. She found that only the largest golden lotus had lotus seeds. Although the other golden lotuses were also in bloom, they did not have lotus seeds for some reason.

Ning Yao reached out and stroked the petals of the golden lotus. When she squatted down, she was at the same height as the golden lotus.

The size of the golden lotus was beyond Ning Yao's imagination; just one petal was as big as her two palms.

"I need one of your lotus seeds to save someone. Can you help me?" Ning Yao tried to negotiate with it.

Jinlian understood her request. Her petals and leaves trembled simultaneously, and then a lotus seed flew up and landed in Ning Yao's palm.

Ning Yao was pleasantly surprised; it truly was a treasure, so extraordinary!

Thank you!

Jinlian shook her enormous petals again, as if to say, "You're welcome!"

Ning Yao took the lotus seeds and immediately returned to the Spirit Medicine Pavilion to start refining pills.

The Immortal Manual is just a cultivation method; it doesn't specify the amount of each medicinal herb required.

Ning Yao had to figure it out on her own. In order not to waste the medicinal materials, she divided the lotus seeds into four portions, thinking that if she didn't succeed the first time, she would still have a chance.

Using spiritual power to process medicinal herbs, they are atomized into components, then thrown into the alchemy furnace, with careful control over the heat.

Soon, a faint lotus fragrance wafted from the alchemy furnace. Just when Ning Yao thought she was about to succeed, a wisp of black smoke came out of the furnace.

"Huh? It failed?"

She quickly opened the alchemy furnace, and sure enough, the pills that had already taken shape inside had turned black. Although the original lotus fragrance had not dissipated, there was now a burnt smell.

Ning Yao stared at the failed alchemy furnace for a long time.

"Now that the pill has been formed, it means that the order and amount of the medicinal powder were correct. All that's left is to ignite the fire to refine the pill. Could it be a problem with the heat?"

Ning Yao tidied up the alchemy furnace and repeated the previous actions.

The medicinal herbs are atomized into powder, which is then put into the alchemy furnace, and the fire is lit to begin refining the elixir.

The fact that the lotus fragrance emanated first indicated that the pill had already taken shape at that time, but it later became burnt could only be due to excessive heat.

This time, when the lotus fragrance emanated from the alchemy furnace, she began to reduce the heat. If the lotus fragrance was too weak, she increased it, and if the lotus fragrance was too strong, she maintained it.

The second batch of Lotus Heart Pills was cooked fairly well; the pills didn't burn. However, because the heat varied, the pills were heated unevenly.

Having learned from her previous two experiences, Ning Yao began her third attempt at alchemy.

This time, she mastered the dosage, time, and heat from the very beginning, and the pill quickly took shape, making it the most perfect of the three attempts.