Chương 70: Regrowth

By late evening, I had enjoyed my new concubines in a dozen ways, and felt quite good about myself.

"Drink some ice wine, wash up and dress yourselves, my ladies. You can also wear blue sockings next time we meet for cultivation, say in 10 days. Right now you need to digest and process what you've learned. Lina, the talismans are for you to study!" I commanded then also dressed and walked out. Minghue and Quinhue were waiting with tea, and blinked as their Elders walked out from my room, a bit stronger than when they entered.

"You were very busy, husband..." Quinhue noted in a jealous voice.

"We were practicing cultivation and flute singing. Who knew they worked so well together?" I deflected with a smooth voice, making Minghue giggle.

"Hubby, a Venerable needs to be more restrained..." she whispered like I lacked manners. I drank my tea, then sighed.

"Restrained, huh? Let's go visit the Ice Hall fist, my ice fairies. Being restrained kept hundreds of young girls in pain on those ice beds. Time to heal them." In a few rapid steps, I entered the Ice Hall, followed by my wives. A cultivator is very resilient and will not die from injuries, using their qi to keep themselves alive. But the pain never ends... Many of the easiest cases I have already healed, since healing pills are indeed useful. But there are injuries that normal self-healing or pills cannot help.

Mangled limbs, crushed organs, missing limbs... and worse. Luckily, in my quest to make a Supreme Tier 2 Regrowth pill, I had failed 1000 times and produced that many high-grade pills, plus some initial low-grade ones. Walking by rows of ice beds with injured women on them, I started by slicing off the dead and necrotic tissues, then had the woman eat a Regrowth pill, and moved on.

Fingers, noses, ears and other small bits were easy to regrow with low-grade pills, but when a building falls on your legs, even if you still have them... they are mostly a burden. Or if a snake beast crushes an arm with torsion power. In such cases, the pain might be even worse while the injury healed, so I administered aphrodisiac pills first, turning pain into pleasure, then I used the Regrowth pill and twisted the limb into a healing position.

I worked hard, returning the karma I received from the beautiful fairies.

"Injuries are normal for a cultivator. However, leaving them untreated is quite a problem. Pain can become a heart demon, eating at your mind and soul. Take note, my fairy wives. Aphrodisiac pills can be used to relieve pain in such cases, at least for a while until a medic is able to fix it." I continued my doctor rounds. By the time I finished the walk among beds, 90% of the girls were returned to health and hale bodies, if still moaning from pleasure in many cases.

"We used to destroy the vile things when we captured a stash of such drugs, but perhaps we were hasty. I sure could have used his knowledge before, my wise husband." Minghue whispered in a sad voice.

"Could you? If I gave you such a pill when we first met at Quinhue's wedding? Admit the truth... you would have thought I was a scumbag." I said with a wry tone, and stopped in front of a woman lacking all limbs, and holding on by sheer willpower.

"Hey, sweet lady. I've seen you before, right? Same cold eyes, perhaps hatred? Your tits are too small, but otherwise you're a pretty girl." I stopped in front of a dire case, one which I couldn't do anything about before. Stolen from its original source, this story is not meant to be on Amazon; report any sightings.

"My family needs me, Venerable. I cannot die! Can you really heal me?" the injured woman asked in a different tone. Hopeful yet vengeful too. I sighed aloud. All four limbs? This was not an accident, but intentional.

"We will heal you, young girl. But not at once. Half your body is missing, and the flesh has to come from somewhere. Minghue, a dozen meat steaks, if you please. Beast meat if possible." I asked gently, then undressed the disciple and started covering her in milk lotion.

"... I suppose there's no point protesting about my purity. They took that too, with my limbs." the young woman sobbed as my hands turned her over to bathe the back and ass.

"In this special case, I am your doctor, so it doesn't matter. I learned pride by walking with torn shoes on a farm. Plus, your little flap of skin in the Yin spring will regrow as well. It's called the Virgin Bride pill in some places, where women want to hide their adventures before a wedding. And a few women... they regrow it hundreds of times, for some strange reason." I said while teasing her young spring with my fingers, and made the girl chuckle.

"Hundreds of times... must be selling their purity for good money. Such pills must be expensive..." the girl said with an amused scowl.

"Right! Aphrodisiac pills will be needed too. They inverse the pain, so it helps with healing." I pointed out as a proper medical practitioner, when the woman trashed and struggled, which was quite a feat without limbs.

"No! Never!" she yelled in panic. Hmmm. Must have been on the nasty side of such pills then.

"No matter. There are other ways." Quinhue spoke with a cold voice, and grabbed the girl's neck. In a second, she calmed down.

"I'm sorry, Venerable Quinhue. Ugly memories." the girl spoke as her sanity resumed by force. Minghue returned with a basket of meat steaks, so I began feeding the girl, bite after bite.

"What now? One pill won't be enough, right?" Minghue asked as she checked the girl's body with cold eyes.

"We can start with one leg. We'll need to suppress the meridians going for the other limbs. Quinhue, you deal with the pain suppression" I said once the mutilated girl was fed enough meat to feed a dozen starving children. With my Supreme Regrowth pill, a new leg began to form, thin and weak, but it was a human leg not a lizard one. Didn't expect much from a mere Tier 2 pill, to be fair.

"Don't run around just yet, pretty girl. You will need a week to recover, and then we'll grow another leg, okay?" I said with my best doctor voice, and tickled the new leg, for medical purposes, of course.

"Disciple Gen! You heard the doctor. Rest and heal for now. And I will break your leg if you jump around on it." Minghue warned the crying disciple, who lifted her leg a bit to make sure it worked.

"Yes, Venerable! I will wait for the second leg before I run around..." the young woman answered with a happy, if still teary voice. As we walked out, I sensed the Sect Master come to check on the healing, which was responsible, I guess. But since this sect still let 90% of their Qi Gathering disciples die at Foundation, I didn't feel they were being very responsible.

"Minghue, stop all the outer disciples from trying to form their Foundation. Saving a few hundred now, is not worth causing thousands of early deaths. Your women can still die, but they should die in battle, not as young children of my age, falling dead on a meditation mat because of poor teachings." I said as we arrived in the Frozen Hall, where dozens of women were arranging tables and flowers for a future wedding.

"Blue Stars?" Quinhue asked with a keen mind.

"Exactly. The poor girls should have the chance to earn money and buy a spirit fruit. Then get beat up with a stick. It's the joy of being a true cultivator. As for the one legged girl... she was weak once, but I think this experience will make her strong. From that low place, she can only go up now. Might give Fenghue a challenge one day..." I said with Tian's experience as inspiration. He had seen men broken like that, or even worse. They often came back much stronger.

Willpower was a powerful force and cultivation served as a force multiplier.

"Will you tell Qin Lin, about your new cultivation partners?" Quinhue asked on a different note.

"She already told me to have Lina sing the flute. And the other three are your Sect Master's wish to include non-Yin Elders among the Venerables. I do what I can, with what I have. Milk for now... and a few pills." I answered with a grin, then drew Minghue in my arms by surprise, and stole a long kiss. Minghue fought me for a second, then melted in my arms and hugged my neck and ass, causing a few gasps among the disciples in the main hall. Well, if they didn't know who was going to marry by now...