The Healer Demands Payment!

Chapter 94 (Arc 3 Starfallen Sea)

The Apricot Forest was engulfed in silence, with only the sound of wind blowing over the leaves. As if they were dancing, the verdant and tall apricot trees made rustling sounds as their branches swayed along with the wind.

"What...happens?" Meng Qi asked dumbfoundedly. She looked around, and her gaze finally fell on Sikong Xing.

Just now, did Xingxing say that they saw her?

What exactly did they see?

Before Sikong Xing had time to explain, one of the elders of the Medical Society Alliance suddenly jumped from the peak and rushed towards Meng Qi. He quickly arrived in front of the two girls and said with a smile: "Young Daoist Meng Qi has returned safely, and everyone surely has many questions." He paused, looked around, and then said again: "But what she needs most now is a rest." The elder looked at Meng Qi with a cordial smile: "Young Daoist doesn't need to worry. Take a rest first, and anything others can be done later."

"Thank you, elder." Meng Qi bowed politely.

"Go." The elder smiled and nodded. "Young Daoist Meng and that Ji Wujiong broke through the Grand Tournament barrier in twelve days just with the two of you. This is something unheard of, even for us old men. There are many questions we want to ask you, however..." The elder's gaze moved around. There was a warning in his eyes: "When Young Daoist Meng Qi is resting, no one is allowed to disturb her without permission."

"Thank you, Elder." Meng Qi bowed once again. In fact, she was not tired at all. But when she looked at the surrounding crowd and felt countless gazes falling on her, she decided to accept the elder's help and leave this place as soon as possible.

"Meng Qiqi, you really need to take a good rest!" Sikong Xing said. Without giving Meng Qi a chance to argue, she held her arm affectionately and walked towards the entrance. "You were gone for more than ten days. I was worried to death! Fortunately, you return safely."

While babbling, Sikong Xing walked out of the crowd with Meng Qi. The crowd was composed of medical cultivators who attended the Medical Cultivator Conference. Seeing Sikong Xing and Meng Qi approaching, they spontaneously opened a path so the two could leave unimpeded.

"Fellow Daoist Meng." A medical cultivator who stood in the forefront, the one who took the first initiative to open the way, bowed towards Meng Qi.

Meng Qi quickly returned the bow, feeling a bit shocked. Many cultivators came to participate in the conference, but almost all were of the Golden Core stage and above. It wasn't exaggerating to say that people here were the medical elites of Three Thousand Worlds. In the eyes of these people, a small cultivator like Meng Qi, who had just barely formed her golden core, should be a nobody. But when she was walking all the way to the entrance of Apricot Forest, those cultivators all politely bowed to her.

Meng Qi earnestly returned the courtesy one by one. Until she finally walked out of the crowd, she was still a bit stunned.

"Meng Qiqi?" Seeing her stopping, Sikong Xing asked, "What's the matter?"

"Nothing." Meng Qi shook her head and smiled, "It was only twelve days, but it felt like a lifetime ago."

"You have no idea!" Sikong Xing took Meng Qi by the arm. She was taller between the two, yet she buried her head against Meng Qi's shoulder and muttered in a low voice: "When you were gone, one day felt like a year! No, even a decade! We waited here very anxiously!"

"Meng Qiqi." Before Meng Qi could react, Chu Tianfeng's voice came from behind. The Young Palace Master of Fentian Palace, whom she hadn't seen for one month, had already strode to her side without waiting for her to turn around: "Let's go back to the inn first."