When Chen Xiao woke up, he was lying in the room west of Li and Zhou's house that he had once stayed in. His sweaty clothes had been taken off, and the sticky sweat stains had been wiped by Xi Yunting. He was wearing a clean undershirt.
Xi Yunting sat on the round stool beside the bed, his back straight. When he saw Chen Xiao open his eyes, he asked, "Brother Xiao, you're awake. How do you feel?"
Chen Xiao's first reaction was to raise his right hand. Originally, there was only a bare broken arm in his field of vision, but now a red palm stretched out in front of him.
"My hand... is healed?" Chen Xiao looked at his arm in disbelief. The arm was so red that the capillaries could be seen, and the skin was so thin that it would break if touched.
Xi Yunting nodded, "I have checked it before, and it is growing well."
Chen Xiao didn't speak for a long time and lost consciousness halfway through. When he woke up, his palm had healed. This shock and joy made Chen Xiao unable to recover for a long time.
Xi Yunting indulged Chen Xiao in it, and when he had almost digested it, he said softly: "Because it is newly grown skin, it is still very fragile and tender. After a period of time, it will gradually turn into natural skin color."
In fact, after Chen Xiao's hands had fully grown out, Li and Zhou volunteered to prepare a drug to accelerate the growth of surface skin, but were stopped by the three people present.
Chen Xiao came back to his senses, smiled brightly, and said, "I know, it's just like the skin of a newborn baby. It will be fine after a while when the skin thickens."
Xi Yunting hadn't seen Chen Xiao smile so brightly for a long time, and he couldn't help but be a little dazed.
Chen Xiao's cheeks became hot when he was looked at by Xi Yunting's direct gaze. He had already adapted to the balance of having one less hand during this period of time. Now that his right hand had grown back, he had to readjust his center of gravity.
Fortunately, this kind of balance was what he had been accustomed to for many years, and Chen Xiao quickly adjusted back.
With Xi Yunting's help, Chen Xiao carefully moved his right hand and found nothing wrong.
"Where are Li and Zhou?" Chen Xiao asked, "I have to thank him very much. How long has it been?"
Xi Yunting said, "He is in the living room with Jing Hui and Liu Lang. You didn't lose consciousness for long, only an hour."
Chen Xiao smiled and said, "Then let's go quickly. I have prepared a thank-you gift for Li and Zhou."
The two left the west room and came to the living room. Li Yuzhou was talking to Liu Lang. Now Jing Hui was finally able to talk to Li Yuzhou, but she had to pick the topic that Li Yuzhou was interested in, otherwise she would fall into the awkward situation of having no response.
Fortunately, Liu Lang was there, so even if Li and Zhou were not interested in the topic, there would not be a dull moment.
Chen Xiao thanked Li Yuzhou and took the herbal cabinet out of the storage box.
This herbal medicine cabinet is huge, enough to take up an entire wall. Like the Chinese medicine cabinet in the pharmacy, it is divided into several rows of grids.
The function of this cabinet is to maintain low temperature and moisture retention, which is similar to the fresh-keeping refrigerator in the previous life. Because of its simple function, it cannot be considered a refining product.
As soon as this huge monster appeared, it immediately attracted everyone's attention.
Because the cabinet was too large, Chen Xiao's predicted landing height was off and a little high.
The cabinet fell to the ground, and Chen Xiao subconsciously stretched out his hands to support himself.
The two sounds of "bang" and "crack" rang out almost at the same time. The latter sound was very faint and was almost covered by the noise of the cabinet falling to the ground.
If the people present were not all cultivators with sharp eyes and ears, they would have ignored that sound.
But at this moment, not only did they not ignore it, but it was as if a powerful person had cast a spell of immobilization on everyone in the room, and everyone stopped moving.
They were very familiar with this sound, it was the sound of bones breaking!
After a moment, the rest of the people rushed towards Chen Xiao's position.
"Xiao brother, how are you?"
"Teacher, what happened just now?"
"Where is the bone broken? Is it the hand?"
"Let me see, let me see!"
Chen Xiao held the cabinet with his right hand, with his ring finger bent into a 90-degree angle.
Xi Yunting was the fastest. He stood in the front and gently lifted up Chen Xiao's right hand.
He frowned, feeling very distressed, "Does it hurt?"
The fracture was very clear and the pain was very strong. Chen Xiao's face turned a little pale.
He pursed his lips and said, "A little. But this pain is nothing compared to the itchiness before."
Xi Yunting's frown relaxed slightly. Trauma and injury were very common for practitioners like them. But what he was worried about now was not only the pain.
He led Chen Xiao to the main seat in the living room and asked him to sit down. Xi Yunting knelt on one knee in front of Chen Xiao. He looked up at Chen Xiao and said, "Be patient."
As soon as Chen Xiao said "hmm", Xi Yunting quickly straightened Chen Xiao's broken bone.
Jing Hui had more experience in treating injuries. Xi Yunting aligned the fracture site and cast a healing spell, and Chen Xiao's finger was healed.
"You can move now." Jing Hui said confidently.
Chen Xiao bent his fingers and slowly clenched them into fists, then nodded: "It's okay."
Liu Lang hugged his arms and said seriously, "What happened just now? How did your finger get broken? Did you get hurt?"
Chen Xiao said puzzledly: "I just propped up the cabinet with my hands. The cabinet fell directly to the ground and did not fall towards me. I did not feel the impact and I don't know how it broke."
Liu Lang asked doubtfully: "Is it because the bones are new and very fragile?"
Li and Zhou frowned and thought, then slowly said, "It is very likely because of this. Just like the skin exposed on the outside looks fully grown, it actually takes some time to fully grow back."
He turned around and looked at Chen Xiao seriously and said, "I have a suggestion. I can prepare a medicine for you to accelerate growth and shorten the process. Let's see if it's because of incomplete development."
Now everyone had no reason to stop him. Chen Xiao recalled the itch that had made him feel crazy before, took a deep breath and said, "Okay, please help me configure it."
Li and Zhou immediately entered the workshop. None of the four spoke a word. They just waited quietly in the living room.
This time Li and Zhou acted quickly and came out in just half an hour.
He held up a small bowl filled with a thick brown liquid, "Drink this in one gulp."
The liquid tasted so bitter that Chen Xiao felt his sense of taste was about to be damaged. He held his breath and drank the whole bowl. He then broke out in sweat again.
Putting the bowl down, he tensed his body and waited for the tingling sensation to come again.
This time, what I felt was a faint itch like a feather scratching my skin.
Turning his head to look at Li and Zhou in surprise, Chen Xiao blurted out: "Why isn't it itchy anymore?"
Li and Zhou said proudly: "This time I specially added a herb that can temporarily numb your senses."
Chen Xiao said "thank you" gratefully.
The medicines made by Li and Zhou usually take effect quickly, and this time was no exception. Gradually, Chen Xiao's new skin changed from red to pink, and then from pink to white, and finally became closer and closer to his current skin color.
After waiting for about quarter of an hour, the effect of the medicine finally evaporated.
Li and Zhou asked Chen Xiao cautiously: "How do you feel?"
Xi Yunting gently took Chen Xiao's right hand. Now this hand was exactly the same as his left hand.
After another careful examination, there was nothing abnormal except that the bones felt stronger and the skin layer became a little thicker.
But at this moment, Xi Yunting didn't dare to be so sure that there was really no problem. After all, he had just broken his bone for no apparent reason.
"Try again this time." He let go of Chen Xiao's hand.
Chen Xiao thought about it, clenched his fist, and swung it out violently.
When the arm was swung to the end, the fist and wrist suddenly bent into a strange angle.
There was another dead silence, and Chen Xiao said calmly: "It's dislocated."
"I see." Liu Lang covered his forehead with a headache, "Is there a problem with the joints again?"
Li and Zhou were sweating profusely. They jumped up, turned around and rushed into the workshop. "Wait for me, it will be ready soon!"
A dislocated wrist is easier to treat. After Xi Yunting repositioned Chen Xiao's wrist, he applied an anti-swelling ointment on him.
The ointments Xi Yunting brought were all of top quality, and soon Chen Xiao felt that the pain in his wrist was gone.
However, Xi Yunting's mood was obviously depressed. He didn't show it on the surface, but Chen Xiao could clearly feel it.
Xi Yunting sat upright next to Chen Xiao. Chen Xiao raised his hand to cover the back of Xi Yunting's hand which was placed on his thigh.
He looked at Xi Yunting with a firm gaze and whispered, "I'm fine. If paying this price can make my hand intact, then I'm willing to bear it."
Chen Xiao's strength calmed Xi Yunting down. He turned over his palm and held Chen Xiao's.
Jing Hui who was sitting next to them rolled her eyes speechlessly, while Liu Lang turned his head away and held back his laughter. Both of them deliberately avoided looking at the two people who were showing their affection.
After waiting for nearly an hour, when Li and Zhou came out this time, they looked much more disheveled.
He was still panting when he rushed over, raised the small medicine bottle in his hand, and stuffed it under Chen Xiao's nose, "Drink it!"
After waiting for half an hour for Chen Xiao to drink it, Li Yuzhou confidently asked Chen Xiao to wave his arms.
Chen Xiao clenched his fist and threw an uppercut. This time, there were no problems with either the bones or the joints.
Li and Zhou high-fived happily, "It's finally done!"
Before Liu Lang and Jing Hui could be happy, the attentive Xi Yunting noticed that Chen Xiao's face looked a little strange: "What's wrong?"
Chen Xiao pinched the middle of his right arm with his left hand and said expressionlessly: "The tendons seem to be broken."
Li and Zhou Er turned around and returned to the workshop without saying a word.
Li and Zhou rushed into the workshop again and again, each time coming out in a more embarrassed state and giving Chen Xiao a new dose of medicine. Every time they fixed a problem that had occurred last time, a new problem would always appear.
It seems that the parts on the arm always don't match for one reason or another.
After drinking the potion again, Chen Xiao waved his fist as usual. Facing the nervous and expectant expressions of the crowd, Chen Xiao, who had no hope for this, looked indifferent and said lightly: "I don't feel anything this time."
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