A Blessing in Disguise

Ning Muqin and her assistant, Gu Peizhen, headed for the hospital where Ning Luoxue was staying.

Her steps were calm at first, but they became more and more hurried the closer she got to the hospital.

Soon enough, they got to the hospital and entered the room.

Aside from the soft beeping of the monitor, silence reigned inside the room. The lines on the monitor beside Ning Luoxue's bed jumped at a steady rate.

"...Call the doctor. Tell him I have the pill."

Gu Peizhen nodded and exited the room. He came back with the doctor.

"Let me see the pills." The doctor was well-versed in pill refining and the like, although he didn't have the ability to refine pills by himself. When Ning Muqin handed him the bottle, he took one out and examined it.

"--!" The doctor glanced at Ning Muqin and back at the pill. "Where did you get this pill?"

"Never mind that! Is it suitable?" Ning Muqin was clearly anxious.

"Well, if this pill doesn't heal your son, I don't know what will. This is the highest level Body Reconstruction Pill I've ever seen."

Ning Muqin stayed silent. Those words gave her hope, yet it also instilled fear within her. That meant that this pill was her last option. If it failed, there was nothing else she could do.

The doctor called for the nurse and slowly removed the ventilator from Ning Luoxue.

Ning Muqin watched from the side as the doctor rolled the pill down her son's mouth.

Its spherical shape made it easier to travel down his throat, and this specific pill had special properties that would induce the one who consumed it to instinctively swallow it, even while unconscious.

As the pill made its way down Ning Luoxue's stomach, it disintegrated in the acid. The pill's essence permeated throughout his body.

Everyone in the room watched as Ning Luoxue's veins glowed a bright golden sheen. His skull, which was cracked open, started to repair itself at a rapid pace.

Aside from healing whatever was broken, the pill strengthened the rest. Ning Luoxue's skin began to shed, and under was a layer brighter and firmer than before.

Ning Muqin fell down to her knees as she shed tears. It seemed like her son... was getting stronger!

Ning Luoxue was regarded as one of the prodigies of his generation, reaching the Elemental Mastery realm at the age of 23. However, he was still quite far from the Body Extension realm, as it was a completely different level of power than the Elemental Mastery realm. The average age a cultivator would be when they reach the Body Extension realm was 35. Even he himself thought that he wouldn't reach Body Extension Realm until he was around 30.

There were some exceptions, such as Lan Jiadan who reached it at the tender age of 18, but she had an extremely rare constitution that enabled her to cultivate at speeds unobtainable for the average cultivator.

Ning Luoxue also had a constitution, but unlike Lan Jiadan's, his constitution had its downsides. In exchange for accelerated cultivation, his body would not expel the impurities as efficiently as an average cultivator would. That meant that the more he cultivated, the more impurities that would gather inside his body. Eventually, this would spell the end of his cultivation, and maybe even cripple him for good.

Ning Muqin and her husband had always given Ning Luoxue pills to help expel the impurities that accumulated over the years. However, this method would not be viable once he reached the Body Extension realm.

And so, as she ran out of options, she decided to tell it straight to her son that he wouldn't be able to keep cultivating after the Body Extension realm. In despair, Ning Luoxue decided to skimp on his cultivation and fool around from now on.

Ning Muqin hadn't the heart to tell her son off his actions, for his current affliction was enough weight he had to handle. She just hoped he wouldn't go too far off the deep end...

Unfortunately, that was exactly what happened, landing him in his current state.

However, Ning Muqin thought that this was a blessing in disguise after all. Were it not for his injury, she never would have looked for the mysterious Miss X—the only pill refiner, to the extent of her knowledge, capable of refining a Body Reconstruction Pill high enough level to repair even her son's constitution. Not even the best pill refiners in the Xie family could achieve this, no matter how much time they were allotted.

Eventually, Ning Luoxue stopped glowing, and everything inside the room went back to normal.

The doctor dazedly fixed his glasses before calling for the nurse and examining Ning Luoxue's physical state.

"It's a miracle... he's completely recovered! Scratch that, his state is even better than before!"

Ning Muqin approached her son's still unconscious body. "...When will he wake up?"

"I'd say, in a few seconds..."

Ning Luoxue slowly opened his eyes. "Argh, what...? Mom? Where am I...?"

Suddenly, memories from right before he passed out flooded his mind. He shivered in fright. "M-mom!"

Ning Muqin hugged her son and pat his back gently. "Shh, shh, don't worry, I'm here..."

After a few minutes, Ning Luoxue calmed down. The doctor, the nurse, and Gu Peizhen exited the room to leave space for the mother and son.

"...So, you're saying that I almost died?" Ning Luoxue breathed slowly, his heart throbbing. Apparently, it was a last-minute clutch that he survived. Otherwise, the next time he'd wake up was as a zombie!

"Not to worry, son, you've completely recovered. Enough of that, what were you thinking, hitting on someone that refused you from the get-go?" Now that Ning Muqin had knowledge that her son's constitution was improved, she was more comfortable with scolding him.

"???" Ning Muqin scratched his head. He didn't expect his mother to blame him for the incident, especially one where he was the victim! There was also the fact that she hadn't scolded him for a long time already, putting him off. "But mom! I was beaten up too brutally!"

"Aiya! You're still deflecting?" Ning Muqin slapped him on the back of his head with minimal force. "This happened because of all the bad karma you've accumulated! Hai, what was I thinking, letting you do such horrible things?"

"!?" Ning Luoxue stopped thinking. 'Um, mom? Mother? I am a recently recovered patient! Why are you slapping me...'