The Strong Female Lead Versus The Most Miserable Male Lead
Chapter 509 Continuing the Vein of Lin Mu

Chapter 509: Chapter 509 Continuing the Vein of Lin Mu

Lin Mu stared blankly at Nian Shutong, "Continue my meridians?"

Her pulse, can it still be continued?

Lin Mu really thought that her own meridians were incurable.

She had never heard of treatment for meridians.

"Nian Shutong..."

"Don’t worry, all you have to do is trust me, and if it works, consider yourself lucky. If it doesn’t, I’ll just treat it as an experiment."

"Are you brave enough?"

Nian Shutong’s half-joking words made Lin Mu smile silently.

"I am! Go ahead and experiment!"

Hmm?

That sounded a bit ambiguous.

Nian Shutong shook the thought from her mind; she could slow down on studying knowledge for now. She always felt she was learning too many miscellaneous things.

"Take off your clothes and get in, you don’t need to do anything else."

"Okay."

Lin Mu, without a shred of shyness, undressed and stepped into the hot spring, looking up at Nian Shutong.

"Lotus Root, in combination with certain crystal stones and medicine liquid, permeates through your skin via the hot spring into your meridians."

"Its medicinal power stabilizes your veins and prevents them from shattering again. This step is very simple and gentle, and you won’t feel much pain."

As Nian Shutong spoke, she threw items into the hot spring—medicine liquid, top-grade crystal stones she had processed, and most importantly, Lotus Root.

But before Lotus Root went in, it was refined by a green light in Nian Shutong’s hand, slowly disappearing to form a fist-sized, semi-transparent liquid with silver hues.

"Lin Mu, although the process isn’t painful, it will be unbearably itchy. Hold on."

"I will."

Lin Mu said firmly, enduring the pain of her shattered meridians for nearly ten years—nothing could stop her.

"Alright, let’s get started."

The last bit of medicine liquid, and the most important Lotus Root, were thrown into the hot spring.

At that moment, Nian Shutong floated above the hot spring, sitting cross-legged, making seals with her hands as she prepared to activate the medicinal power for Lin Mu.

"Focus, start!"

Nian Shutong struck out with her palms, sending invisible spiritual power and medicinal power into the mixture below.

The initially white and clear hot spring began to turn bright green with silvery streaks flowing through it.

And the silver streaks didn’t flow regularly; they seemed alive, trying to scatter in all directions.

"Where do you think you’re going!"

Nian Shutong’s hands flew, forming seals.

"Cover!"

"Stabilize!"

With these two mnemonics uttered, an invisible but strong barrier covered the whole hot spring below, and a single stabilize word stopped the silver streaks from moving erratically.

Nian Shutong’s Divine Sense solidified into a line, reaching into the hot spring like a conscious fishing line, catching the playful silver fish below, and guiding it slowly toward Lin Mu.

Inside the hot spring, Lin Mu only felt a slight biting sensation on her skin, faintly.

The next second, she felt something piercing her skin, beginning to itch, but it was bearable.

However, the line seemed a bit long, penetrating her skin and not content to stay in one place; it began to climb upward.

It seemed to have a million feet, each foot with tiny barbs, not painful, just softly crawling through your flesh and meridians.

The itching, it began.

When a silver thread was led by Nian Shutong to the designated spot, the itching finally subsided somewhat.

"Lin Mu, eighty more to go."

"Bring it on!"

"Okay."

Nian Shutong didn’t waste any time, her Divine Sense gathered more threads, simultaneously inserting eight silver threads into Lin Mu’s body, repairing the damaged meridians.

Each silver thread covered Lin Mu’s meridians, making them glossy and resilient, rather than brittle like icicles, shattering upon touch.

The treatment continued, Nian Shutong made her utmost effort to increase her speed, while Lin Mu clenched her fists and gritted her teeth, enduring.

Enduring the unbearable itching that most could not withstand, yet Lin Mu remained completely still, even her breathing unchanged.

Above her, Nian Shutong constantly monitored Lin Mu’s condition, looking down at Lin Mu, she felt admiration.

She had experienced this itching.

Back then, her meridians were shattered, yet she had to heal herself, meaning that even through the itching, she had to control her current actions precisely for her own meridian flow.

However, Nian Shutong felt that back then, her focus was scattered and did not suffer as much as Lin Mu currently was.

When a person is in severe pain, doing something else may distract some attention.

But if that person does nothing but endure the pain, all their focus remains on the pain itself, making it feel even worse.

In short, Lin Mu was very tough.

Time continued to pass, with one focused on healing and the other determinedly enduring.

At dawn, Nian Shutong’s last silver thread finished the repairs.

"Lin Mu!"

She called out loudly, and the ever-enduring Lin Mu suddenly opened her eyes.

"Cultivate! Now!"

The moment Nian Shutong pulled away, Lin Mu started her Cultivation Technique.

The spiritual power from the top-grade crystal stones that had been nourishing the meridians in the spring water was relentlessly absorbed.

That wasn’t all; Nian Shutong, hovering above, continuously threw down top-grade crystal stones to lend Lin Mu a helping hand.

While Lin Mu was running her Cultivation Technique, she realized something had changed.

Not shattered.

This time, running the Cultivation Technique, her channels didn’t break but instead moved with ease.

Such ease, a pain-free ease, emboldened Lin Mu even more - bring it on!

Since her injury, she had never dared to absorb crystal stone so recklessly and freely; she was too afraid and it was useless.

Her body’s meridians were shattered, ruining her Cultivation every moment, barely maintaining her Cultivation Level from regressing, but that was it, advancement seemed impossible.

"Absorb boldly, I’ve got everything covered."

Nian Shutong’s words acted like a stabilizer, making Lin Mu’s courage swell tremendously.

Absorb, absorb, continually absorbing.

She wanted to advance!

She wanted to cultivate!

The endless top-grade crystal stones, the energy inside Lin Mu’s body grew more abundant, rapidly approaching the critical point.

This critical point, if crossed, would mean reaching S-level; crossed, she would become an S-level revered in the interstellar realm.

A step between, a world apart.

"Ah————"

Lin Mu roared, the spring water steaming, a drastic change in the atmosphere.

The barrier broke.

Lin Mu, with Level 1 Physical Fitness and Level A spiritual power, after ten years of hardship, finally welcomed her advancement, stepping into the S-tier series.

Lin Mu’s advancement made Nian Shutong finally stop her actions; the crystal stones no longer needed to be thrown.

Nian Shutong stood by peacefully, not disturbing Lin Mu, nor allowing anything else to disturb her.

As the sun rose from the east and reached its zenith, Lin Mu finally stabilized her cultivation, officially becoming an S-tier powerhouse.

She opened her eyes, stepped out of the spring, dressed herself, and sat next to Nian Shutong.

"Thanks!"

"No big deal."