It was already a new day, and before he knew it, it was already morning. Chen Xiao felt very tired both physically and mentally.
Li and Zhou looked even worse at this moment, with messy hair, faces covered in black dust, and bodies covered in various stains.
Chen Xiao sighed and said, "That's all for today, let's go back and rest first."
Xi Yunting and Jing Hui are both in the Nascent Soul stage. Staying up all night has no effect on them at all and they are still very energetic.
But Liu Lang couldn't hold on any longer. He was so sleepy that his eyelids felt heavy and his head felt numb.
Xi Yunting said, "You are too tired, so don't go back to Tangyan Street. Just sleep in the west room." Then he turned to look at Liu Lang, "Go back to Tangyan Street and tell Du Rong, and by the way, check on Xiaodi's soul beast to see if there is any condition. As for Jinghui and I, we are not tired, so we will stay here and continue our research."
Chen Xiao was too tired and ignored Li and Zhou, whom Xi Yunting deliberately did not mention. He nodded, turned around and left the living room and walked towards the west room.
After making sure that Chen Xiao had entered the room and could not hear the conversation, Xi Yunting looked at Li Yuzhou with a serious expression and said, "While Xiao is resting, sort out and summarize all the new formulas you have made before. Master Jinghui and I are familiar with Xiao's physical condition, and the other has treated his arm. We will work with you to find out the root cause of the problem."
Li Yuzhou's eyes were full of bloodshot. He was also very tired, but his spirit was very high. The repeated setbacks aroused his fighting spirit. He nodded and said, "Okay!"
Chen Xiao woke up and found that he still had no feeling in his right hand. He thought there might be something wrong with his nerves.
However, he was not in a hurry at all. He slowly put on his clothes, washed himself, and combed his hair with his left hand.
There was no one around, and he couldn't tie his hair into a bun by himself, so he walked out of the room with his hair down.
As soon as he came out, he smelled the fragrant aroma of rice porridge, and Chen Xiao followed the smell to Li and Zhou's kitchen.
Xi Yunting was cooking here. Chen Xiao was quite surprised to see him, "Why are you cooking?"
Xi Yunting looked at him, "Did you have a good rest?" Chen Xiao nodded, and he said, "You haven't eaten for three meals, your stomach is very empty, so I made porridge for you."
The rice porridge was cooked in an iron pot, but the fire underneath was not firewood, but Xi Yunting's fire essence. The rice porridge was simmered over a low fire, and fish slices and shrimps were put into it. The rice had been cooked completely, and the thick porridge was bubbling, which made people's appetite grow.
Chen Xiao's overly hungry stomach woke up at the smell and began to make gurgling sounds.
Chen Xiao drank three bowls of cold dishes brought by the fat aunt who was helping him, and the pot was completely empty. He drank it in the kitchen. This was a special meal prepared by Xi Yunting for him, so he was reluctant to share it with others.
Chen Xiao lowered her head to eat porridge, and Xi Yunting used his fingers as a comb to tie Chen Xiao's hair into a bun, and then fixed it with a hairpin.
When Chen Xiao finished eating, Liu Lang had also come over. He asked if there was anything wrong at Tangyan Street, and he was relieved that Xiao Ba had adapted well to the new diet.
The group came to the living room. Li and Zhou had finished eating, and Aunt Pang was cleaning the table.
Li and Zhou wiped their mouths, stood up and said to Chen Xiao: "After yesterday's research and integration of all the new formulas, we now have a new treatment plan."
"What plan?" Chen Xiao asked.
He was a little puzzled. In his opinion, although various problems had arisen, weren't they all solved little by little by Li and Zhou?
How did they come up with a new treatment plan?
Li Yuzhou looked at Xi Yunting inquiringly, "Do you want to say it, or should I?"
Xi Yunting took a deep breath and said, "I'll do it."
Li and Zhou nodded and took a step back.
Chen Xiao looked at Xi Yunting seriously. Because he was nervous, Xi Yunting's face had a serious expression.
He said: "Based on the various reasons analyzed by the three of us, the reason for the repeated problems with the drug is that the drug's effect is uneven in the arm."
Chen Xiao nodded. He had already sensed this later.
Xi Yunting said: "At first, the growth of flesh and blood was the most complete, while the skin and bones were relatively fragile. After the drug accelerated growth, the skin and bones were strengthened, but the strength of the flesh and blood could not keep up."
Jing Hui lazily leaned back in the chair next to her and interrupted, "It is because of this unbalanced strength that the force transmission when you punched was deviated, causing injuries to other vulnerable parts of your arm."
Xi Yunting glanced at him and continued to say to Chen Xiao: "Repairing one thing after another is actually just tearing down the west wall to repair the west wall. The weakest part keeps shifting, and the overall strength of the arm can never reach balance. This is the most fundamental reason for the failure of yesterday's treatment."
Chen Xiao nodded to show that he understood, and asked, "So what is the new treatment plan?"
Xi Yunting rarely showed a hesitant expression. He paused for a moment before saying, "Cut off the part that has already grown, and use the new medicine with the integrated formula to grow it again."
Liu Lang was shocked: "What? Do it again?!"
Chen Xiao was stunned. He thought for a moment, "What else? If it was just that simple, you wouldn't be so hesitant."
Xi Yunting didn't know whether he should be happy that his lover understood him so well. He hardened his heart and said directly, "Also, we found that the reason why your arm's strength is not balanced is because the part grown by the potion is always weaker than the other parts that have been tempered. In order to prevent this right hand from becoming the weakest part of the body, most of the bones, tendons, veins, and joints of the arm need to be replaced by mechanisms."
Chen Xiao's face was full of confusion, and he couldn't quite understand what Xi Yunting meant.
Jing Hui said, "How about I explain it?"
This plan was proposed by Xi Yunting, and Jing Hui understood the difficult journey he had gone through. It was a rare thoughtfulness of Jing Hui to offer to explain it on his behalf.
Xi Yunting rejected Jinghui's kindness. Since he was the one who proposed this plan, he had to tell Xiaodi in person.
Chen Xiao himself has no spiritual roots or true essence. He tempers himself every time his vital energy passes through his body. Every time he does a feng shui bureau and gets feedback, every time he practices acupuncture, a large amount of luck enters Chen Xiao's sea of consciousness and is transformed into new vital energy through the compass.
When Chen Xiao guided these new vital energies from his sea of consciousness into his body, his physique would be tempered and improved. The accumulation of this tempering made his physical fitness comparable to that of a cultivator in the foundation-building stage.
However, the newly grown arm did not undergo this kind of tempering.
Even if Chen Xiao accumulated new energy and received new tempering in the future, the degree of tempering of his arms would be far inferior to that of other parts of the body.
To put it bluntly, Chen Xiao's right hand will be like a glass hand from now on and will be very easy to get injured.
After hearing the explanation, Chen Xiao couldn't help but look serious. "How can we change this situation?"
Xi Yunting looked at him quietly and said slowly, "In order to prevent this right arm from becoming a hindrance, we can only use mechanical techniques to make the newly formed part of the arm keep up with the strength of other parts from the beginning."
After Xi Yunting finished speaking, Liu Lang seemed to have thought of something and his expression suddenly became heavy, and the atmosphere in the room also became depressing.
Chen Xiao asked: "If I use this method, my realm will be improved in the future, and my physical fitness will be tempered again. I won't lose this arm, right?"
Jing Hui shook her head affirmatively: "No! Don't worry, that won't happen. Otherwise, it would be meaningless to use a mechanism to replace self-regeneration."
Before Xi Yunting could make any move, Liu Lang glared at him fiercely. "Do you really need to say this much?" You are just talking nonsense.
Chen Xiao was a little puzzled and didn't understand what they were avoiding.
He asked: "How do we use the mechanism to replace the naturally generated part?" He felt that this was the reason why several people looked so serious.
The most difficult part was over. Li and Zhou then asked, "Do you know about mechanical puppets?"
Chen Xiao nodded: "Not only do I know, I've also seen it."
Whether it was Tong Nuonuo's humanoid mechanical puppet or Liu Lang's beast-shaped mechanical puppet for self-defense, Chen Xiao had seen them up close and fought side by side with them.
Li Yuzhou relaxed a little, licked his dry lips, and said, "That's easy. Mechanical engineers can make parts that are exactly the same as the human body, and the top-level puppets are no different from real people. The plan we are thinking of is to find a mechanical master to use the parts of puppets to make right arm bones, tendons, joints, etc. that meet the physical fitness of a cultivator in the foundation-building stage, and replace the parts you grew naturally."
Chen Xiao's eyes lit up: "Can it be done to this extent?"
Liu Lang said on the side: "It is entirely possible with mechanical engineering. Some mechanical engineers even mechanically engineer parts of their bodies in order to improve their combat effectiveness."
Chen Xiao said: "That's good."
The others didn't expect him to say that and were a little stunned.
Chen Xiao tilted his head in confusion: "What's wrong?"
Jing Hui raised her head and sighed, "Oh, if I had known you didn't care at all, why would we be so careful!"
Liu Lang looked at him incredulously: "Teacher, do you really not care that part of your right hand is made of machinery?"
Chen Xiao said as a matter of course: "Of course not, didn't you say it's exactly the same as the real thing, then there is no difference, why should I mind?" As he said that, he also smiled, "This is much better than I expected. When I thought there was really no other way, I even thought about installing a prosthetic limb."
"What is a prosthesis?" Xi Yunting had relaxed now and asked in a gentle tone.
"It's a fake hand or limb." Chen Xiao pointed at Xi Yunting with a hidden look. "A long time ago when I was still a mortal, in my hometown, if someone accidentally became disabled and lost a leg, they would make a new leg out of wood or other materials and install it on the broken limb. If someone lost a hand, some people would just make a hook."
Jing Hui smiled and said, "That's the mortal world. In the world of immortal cultivation, apart from mechanical engineers, other immortal cultivators would do it on their own bodies. If they can't heal the missing limbs, they would rather keep them as they are than use the kind of prosthetic limbs you mentioned."
Chen Xiao felt incredible about this, "Why not? Wouldn't it be inconvenient?"
Xi Yunting said, "This is because they follow the law of nature, and their bodies and hair must also follow this rule. It's not that they are conservative, but they are restricted by the practice, which will affect the operation of the mind. After all, the replacement mechanism cannot form a true circulation with one's own true meridians. Your situation is different from that of a cultivator. Your vital energy does not rely on meridians when it runs, so it has almost no effect on this."
Therefore, Xi Yunting came up with this solution after careful consideration and thinking through all aspects. The only thing he cared about was that Chen Xiao would be concerned about having something that did not belong to him, and would feel uncomfortable because of it.
After explaining the new plan, Jing Hui cast a spell on Chen Xiao, temporarily blocking his pain and severing the newly grown arm from the previous wound.
Liu Lang quickly took the severed arm away and disposed of it. Xi Yunting held Chen Xiao's head the whole time to prevent him from seeing the bloody scene.
This careful and caring look made Chen Xiao feel a little amused and helpless. He was not that fragile.
The effect of the potion after Li and Zhou integrated it was powerful. The arm that grew out this time was exactly the same as the original one, and there was no pain throughout the whole process, and the growth was extremely fast.
Chen Xiao clenched his hands, moved his fingers, and picked up a teacup.
Li and Zhou said, "Using your hands like this won't affect your daily life at the moment. You can practice body movements, write calligraphy, or draw talismans. But you must not let any spells touch you. It is forbidden to use your right hand to circulate vital energy. Do you understand?"
Chen Xiao nodded repeatedly, indicating that he would definitely follow the doctor's advice seriously.
Li Yuzhou gave Chen Xiao a lot of integrated medicines. Watching Chen Xiao put them into the storage box, he drooped his shoulders, slumped into the chair, and fell back with his head behind the chair.
"I have tried my best. The rest depends on the master of the mechanism. These potions are enough for you to try until you succeed. These three days have really exhausted me... Even I have never worked out so many new formulas in such a short time. I feel like my brain has been hollowed out."
Chen Xiao said to Li and Zhou gratefully: "You have worked hard! Thank you so much this time!"
Li and Zhou straightened up and said seriously, "You're welcome. We are friends, and this is as it should be. In addition, if you want to find a master of machinery, it's best to go directly to the Machinery Island. Recently, all the machinery masters in the entire Heaven Realm have gathered there."
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