Yaowangâs Analysis
"Of course not..." Uncle Zhu smiled bitterly, "If it were me, Iâd rather die than lose all of my strength! Only us practitioners can understand just how much it takes- we can only accumulate our strength bit by bit! It would be worse than death if we were to be stripped of it and reverted into a regular person! Weâd never let go of our strength even if we had only a sliver of hope to hang on to!"
"Thatâs right!" Yaowang nodded, "So, unless Lin Yiâs lost his mind, thereâs no way heâd let go of that strength. That, or he had absolutely no other choice than to do so."
"What if he really did have no choice?" Cihua frowned, "Right, could it possibly be that he had already recovered his strength?"
"Recovered his strength..." Yaowang and Uncle Zhu both uttered a cold breath- what Cihua was suggesting was simply too outlandish! It wasnât an impossibility, but it was simply too implausible.
"Whatâs wrong? Is there a problem?" Cihua asked, confused at the exaggerated expressions on their faces.
"What youâre suggesting is indeed possible!" Yaowang said, "But that would only exist under perfect circumstances! Number one, if he were to be in an isolated area with pure and thick qi, it would not be impossible for him to make a full recovery in one day. After all, as long as there was enough pure energy for him to absorb, itâd only be natural for him to be able to heal himself. But, of course, I donât even know if such a place exists on Earth right now. At the very least, I havenât heard of it."
"That does sound like something from a drama, it doesnât feel like it would exist..." Cihua shook his head, "Other than that?"
"Other than that, thereâs a second way, and that is for another master to surge his own energy into LinYiâs body. This can also help him receive a fast recovery as well! But the method is flawed- firstly, the master needs to be from the same practice, since different practioners from different sects train in different ways. They have different qi, so forcing it would only kill the person they were trying to heal! While this method does indeed save the personâs life, it just wasnât beneficial for the master as he was giving out his energy that he had spent so long accumulating. Itâd result in a downgrade in his own strength, and would even lower himself into a different power class! I think that even a brother or father wouldnât dare use a method like this! The higher you climb, the harder it is to progress, and so to save a mysticâs life, the healer must at least be an earth class. Giving out all that energy could push him down into the mystic class, and there would even be an ordeal waiting for him if he wanted to get back up to the earth class. Itâs unlikely that anyone would do something like that," Yaowang said.
"I see!" Cihua nodded. "In that case, Lin Yi really must have lost his strength? Or is there really no other way for Lin Yi to heal himself? I heard from Pengzhan and picked up on some things- Lin Yi shouldnât be from any sect, and heâs alone, meaning he had no one to save him, and no special medicine or pills. Heâd be waiting for his death if he hadnât already let go of his power!"
"We canât say for sure..." Yaowang shook his head, "Anyway, this really is a very odd situation."
"Thatâs right! That Chu Pengzhan, what an annoyance he is- Iâve been prodding for ages and he has never let anything slip!" Cihua said angrily.
"Alright, letâs stop talking about Lin Yi- whatâs the point? It doesnât matter if he has recovered his fighting strength or not, Iâm going against him regardless!" Master Bing was getting impatient. "As long as he doesnât have a big shot backing him, itâs fine. Iâll make sure he dies in front of me! This Chu Pengzhan, too- from what Iâve heard, heâs also been standing up for Lin Yi, right? I didnât plan on doing anything to him, but if heâs not looking at the situation and helping out, then weâll just have to deal with him along with Lin Yi!"
"Of course!" Cihua nodded in response, "Mister Yao, Uncle Zhu, how should we deal with Lin Yi?"
"Brother Zhuâs situation requires something like a year- so whatever our plan is, it shouldnât involve him," Yaowang said, "However, even after Brother Zhu recovers, I still wouldnât recommend confronting Lin Yi directly!"
"Oh? Yaowang, arenât you a mystic as well? Youâre not scared of Lin Yi, are you? You two could just go at him at the same time, thereâs no way youâd lose," Qibing asked.
"Master Bing, itâs true Iâm a mystic, but... Iâm a bit of a unique case!" Yaowang said bitterly. "I do have the strength of a mystic, but only through medicine. Itâs different from the practitioners who trained through taking in qi of the natural world. Plus, my field is a support type, focused on saving lives, not taking them!"
"I see!" Master Bing nodded, a little troubled. "If so, how are we supposed to fight him? Can we really not do anything to him even after he became a regular person?"
"Thatâs not true- weâre not sure if he really had lost his abilities! What if he had some sort of ancient miracle pill with him, and heâd eaten the pill to substitute for half a yearâs worth of rest, instantly recovering his strength?" Yaowang shook his head.
"Something like that exists?!" Qibingâs eyes were wide open.
"Itâs a big world, thereâs no telling what exists!" Yaowang said. "It sounds like nonsense, but I did see similar pills in ancient records, called Great Recoverer Pill and Lesser Recoverer Pill! The great pill instantly heals the injured person back to their peak strength, and the lesser one heightens the recovery speed. Consuming the lesser one doesnât give you back your fighting strength however, and youâll have to slowly get it back. Of course, these miracle pills are just legends, and we donât know if they even exist... But what if Lin Yi did have one? Then weâd just be in a very terrible position if we butted heads with him directly."
"True, true," Cihua nodded.
"Fuck, can we really not do anything?!" Qibing was quite pissed off at Yaowangâs analysis- what the hell was all this?n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om
"Maybe we could make a move on Chu Pengzhan first?" Cihuaâs eyes lit up all of a sudden. "Since the situation with Lin Yi is quite complex, we could just target Chu Pengzhan first. By doing this we could also test the waters with how much strength Lin Yi has right now. If he really has recovered, he would jump out for sure, and if not, itâs because he hasnât!"
"Right!" Qibing got excited at the suggestion, "Thatâs right, we could target Chu Pengzhan first! Thatâs that then, now we should discuss how we should go about this."
"Master Bing, now that weâre on the topic of the business world, Brother Zhu and I will keep out of the discussion, since weâre not well-versed in the field..." Yaowang shook his head. Different paths branch into completely different places- he couldnât just throw out unfounded suggestions at Master Bing while being completely unqualified.