"Are they gone?"
After they passed through the wall and left, Aiersi's attitude did a complete 180-degree turn. She asked Xiao Huang, and after receiving a positive reply, she breathed a sigh of relief.
"I don't think Tian Ling Grass can cure Videl's daughter's symptoms, because it's not a disease; it's a magic mutation."
There are two types of magic mutation: directional mutation and autonomous mutation.
Directional mutation, through continuous training, causes magic to become biased. For example, a person specializing in assassin-type skills will have their magic become sharp and stealthy, making it difficult for others to detect. If they specialize in magic, their magic will become high-burst and powerful.
As for the rare autonomous mutation, this type of mutation is different from the former. It's a spontaneous mutation of magic, usually beyond the host's control, but there are differences in strength, determining whether it is fatal or not.
The more fatal the mutation, the stronger it becomes after success, but usually, one cannot endure it alone and requires external assistance. Weaker mutations usually don't last long, let alone being fatal.
"Is Master planning to tamper with the Tian Ling Grass?" Xiao Huang asked, seemingly knowing something.
"Exactly. I wonder... if this thing is still useful..."
After regaining consciousness, Aiersi looked around. After Xiao Huang confirmed it was safe, a ring appeared on her finger, and with a flash, a blue light mass emerged.
"This is Pan Tian Xing Chen. It's best for removing impurities from the body and purifying one's own power. This thing will have miraculous effects on autonomous mutants."
Aiersi smiled, taking out the Tian Ling Grass and fusing the light mass with it.
As the two merged, the Tian Ling Grass emitted a faint glow but remained still. After a long while, the Tian Ling Grass seemed to be covered by a thin blue halo, and its power also seemed to become gentler...
At this moment, Xiao Huang asked in the Communication Realm: "Master, I've always wanted to ask, why doesn't this thing also remove the mutated magic?"
"That's the silliest question. Mutated magic isn't an impurity in the body. For autonomous mutants, what's most needed is purification, not control, nor forcefully removing it. This is ultimately your own power."
"So that's how it is. No wonder you collect those things every few months at night. But why didn't you make these things before?"
"How many things did I do in front of you before I crossed over? What you can see is what you can know. What you can't see, you naturally don't know."
"It seems we still don't know a lot about each other..."
"It's fine. I collect these things for a rainy day, to be prepared. This thing can only be collected in such a small amount once a year. It not only requires the right timing but also only a tenth of a mass can be collected in that fleeting moment..."
Xiao Huang complained: "Is this what they call 'useful but hard to make'?"
"Exactly, it's quite grueling..."
Aiersi admitted with a wry smile. Undeniably, the value of this item is no less than Tian Ling Grass, and its uses are extensive. The main difficulty lies in collecting it, not its scarcity...
Meanwhile, the Dean and Videl waited outside the door for a long time but still didn't see Aiersi come out, wondering,
"It can't be, can it? If she doesn't know its value, we can tell her. Don't leave her in the dark..."
"The main thing is she won't believe it. We need the power of knowledge."
A storage magic appeared in the Dean's hand, and a thick encyclopedia, at least 20 centimeters thick, materialized.
"So thick, do you remember what page it's on?"
The Dean shook his head awkwardly: "I don't remember, but I've memorized everything inside."
"You've memorized everything but not the page numbers? What kind of thing is this?"
"Just remember the essence..."
The Dean scratched his head, just as he saw Aiersi open the door, timidly looking around. Upon seeing them, she gestured for them to come over.
"What's wrong?"
"It's so big here, I'm afraid I'll get lost. As for that grass, I'll give it to you now, plus these others, because this grass isn't worth much, it's just good for healing."
"It's just good for healing..."
Videl and the other person smiled wryly. This item was something countless people fought over, yet she spoke of it as worthless. If this got out...
"Here... I'm giving you the rest. Please don't be angry."
Aiersi pouted as she handed over her pouch and the Tian Ling Grass. The two initially thought nothing of it, but when they took it, they instantly froze.
Because they saw that the pouch contained extremely rare medicinal herbs, as many as eight of them...
"Gulp..."
Videl leaned close to the Dean's ear and whispered: "When you said she was beaten silly earlier, I didn't believe it, but now I do. Could she be the child of some medical family..."
"I don't know, but I don't think so..."
After taking the pouch, the Dean seemed to realize something. He carefully looked at Aiersi's clothes, seemingly confirming something.
Aiersi saw the two whispering and asked: "What are you talking about? Is it not enough? I only have this much. If it's really not enough, I can work to pay it off..."
"Ah... No, no, no, one plant is enough, we don't need this much."
The two were almost frantic. Such a large quantity of herbs could make one a powerful noble, and this was just what a child possessed.
"Eh? Is that really okay?"
Aiersi confirmed.
"Yes, we just need this grass..."
The Dean said, returning the pouch to Aiersi and expressing his gratitude.
Then, led by the Dean and Videl, they went to their apartment. As for why 'their,' it was because Videl, Rosen, Degeli, and the Dean lived together in the largest apartment. This apartment was different from the others; the others had independent courtyards, single-unit apartments. This should be called an apartment complex, which had the largest courtyard, encompassing four pristine apartments, each belonging to them, managed by their respective servants.
After bringing Aiersi to Weideer's Apartment, he instructed the servants to bathe Aiersi, change her into a new set of clothes, and also ordered them not to be rude to her.
After these tasks were done, the Dean and Videl also went upstairs with the Tian Ling Grass.
Upstairs, there was a strange room, originally unremarkable, but today, cold air emanated from the door crack, causing a thin layer of ice to form on the floor in front of it. The temperature on the second floor was dozens of degrees Celsius colder than the first.
The Dean worried: "Weifuna's condition is getting worse. Hurry."
As Videl opened the door, a biting cold air rushed out, and just a single gust caused a thin layer of ice to form on their hands, which they had raised to shield themselves.
After the cold air dispersed, everything in the room gradually became visible. Everything around was covered in a layer of ice, but through the ice, one could see that this was originally a very luxurious room, now like a cold storage unit.
On the completely frozen bed, a woman in a nightgown with long, straight white hair lay quietly. Her skin and face were terribly pale and gray. If she weren't still breathing with difficulty, exhaling wisps of white mist, one might truly mistake her for a corpse. This must be Weifuna.
"Phew... Dean, let's begin." Videl let out a long breath, gently stroking Weifuna's forehead.
"I'm not confident with this. We need a professional. I've already called someone."
The Dean was helpless, and soon after, the person who arrived was the same doctor who had just treated Aiersi.
"Hi... Dean, what do you need me for?"
The doctor seemed a bit scared, as he feared the Dean would hold him responsible, given that he had indeed had some greedy thoughts earlier.
The Dean looked at his flustered expression and sighed.
"What are you afraid of? I'm not going to eat you. I won't hold you responsible. Those things, anyone might have lost control. Don't worry, I didn't take it to heart."
"So... so you called me here for..."
"To save someone. You should know how to use Tian Ling Grass."
"Oh, I see. Leave it to me. But didn't you say you didn't get it? Where did this come from? You didn't take it from that child, did you..."
"We exchanged it with her. A legitimate transaction."
"I always feel like you took advantage of her..."
The Dean listened and calmly explained, "We didn't intend to take advantage of her. She has some minor issues with her mind right now, a bit silly, seems to have amnesia."
"Amnesia... then it'll be even easier to take advantage of her... Oh dear..."
The doctor was cut off mid-sentence by the Dean, who directly tapped him on the head.
"Still thinking about taking advantage? Hurry up and get to work."
The Dean said, handing him the Tian Ling Grass. To his surprise, the other party just sensed it for a moment and found something amiss.
"This Tian Ling Grass is a bit different. It seems purer. Is it my imagination?"
"Whether it's your imagination or not, just get it done, okay?"
"Alright..."
He concentrated his magic, and the Tian Ling Grass miraculously floated up. Seizing the right moment, a burst of magic energy shattered the Tian Ling Grass into a sky full of energy.
"Gather!"
He suddenly clenched his hand, and the scattered power rushed towards Weifuna. After that power surged into her body, the effect was very obvious. The power that entered her body spread out, and her originally pale skin instantly became delicate and fair. Her white hair, for some unknown reason, turned blue-white, perhaps this was its original color.
"It seems the effect is good. As expected of Tian Ling Grass, it really can cure any illness."
The doctor smiled faintly, watching her tightly furrowed brows relax, and also breathed a sigh of relief.
However, as expected, just when everyone thought nothing had happened, a strange blue force field emanated from Weifuna's body. The moment the few people were affected by the aura, their entire bodies felt as if they had been cleansed.
The force field spread throughout the room, and the surrounding ice was shattered by this harmless force field. Strangely, the broken ice instantly transformed into pure magic power and surged into Weifuna's body, and her magic power also continuously grew stronger, constantly breaking through ranks.
In just a few minutes, her strength had increased by several ranks, breaking through from the original CC-rank to BA-rank. This change astonished the few people present.
"This... is this Tian Ling Grass? I've never heard of it having this effect. That force field just now doesn't seem to be something the Tian Ling Grass itself possesses. So what exactly was it...?"
The doctor was somewhat confused, but the Dean seemed to have realized something.
"Pan Tian Xing Chen... This thing is as valuable as Tian Ling Grass. Not many people can capture these things nowadays; only some extremely sparse traces exist in the world. No one knows how many uses this thing has, but it is definitely the strongest treasure of purification power. Nothing is purer than it..."
The Dean explained with trembling lips. He had only heard about this thing initially. Before, he had bought a small genuine piece at a high price. Just that small piece made him feel his internal power slowly purifying and becoming purer, and it also made him feel comfortable during work.
As for why the Dean and Aiersi referred to the same item by different names, it was because her former world and this world were only generally similar.
He couldn't even imagine the concentration of the Pan Tian Xing Chen just now. At least for now... it made the few people comfortably unable to extricate themselves.
"It's really... too comfortable... I've never experienced anything like it..."
The doctor was the first to become strange, followed by Videl. As for the Dean, he still maintained his composure.
As the two indulged, they struck various poses they believed to be intoxicated, creating a somewhat indescribable scene. Only the Dean remembered to pull out a specially made bottle to collect the Pan Tian Xing Chen, but it's not excluded that he eventually succumbed to the intoxication himself...