You’re Running 30,000 Simulations a Day—Trying to Stay Healthy or What?-Chapter 42: Competing Against Heaven for Life

Treading Heaven Steps only allows you to stand suspended in midair at the entry level.
If cultivated to perfection, would it really let me fly?
Flying is something only an Ultimate Grandmaster can achieve.
"How could that be?" you chuckle wickedly.
But then you suddenly recall that back then, Wan Qingluan was still being carried while flying by Yan Zhixue.
Wan Qingluan definitely could not fly on her own.
Moreover, Wan Qingluan had most likely already cultivated Treading Heaven Steps to perfection.
That means Treading Heaven Steps cannot truly make you fly.
You guess that the higher the proficiency, the longer one can hover in the air.
That makes sense; if martial arts could let you fly at will, how could they maintain the prestige of an Ultimate Grandmaster?
You continue immersing yourself in cultivation.
You spend ten days bringing Heavenly Desire Formless Technique to the peak of Marrow Washing.
Your next goal is the Organ Fortifying stage.
Just as you intend to take some internal spirit pills to refresh yourself,
a disciple arrives to inform you that Xie Huide wants to see you.
Only then do you realize Xie Huide has returned.
You go to meet Xie Huide.
The Danxia Sect leader Deng Rusong is also there.
Xie Huide greets you happily, "Tiezhu, I heard you have become a fourth-grade pill refiner?"
"Yes, master, just lucky, just lucky."
"Good, worthy of being my disciple!"
Deng Rusong deliberately adds, "Worthy of being a disciple of our Danxia Sect."
Xie Huide snaps back, "Senior brother, do you always have to argue with me to feel better?"
Deng Rusong laughs, "I'm just praising our sect's disciple, what's wrong with that?"
Xie Huide snorts lightly, "I’m not talking to you."
Both Xie Huide and Deng Rusong appear to be in good spirits.
You ask, "Master, you didn’t call me here just for this, right?"
Xie Huide hesitates, "Hu Zhongxuan has told you about my junior martial sister’s situation, hasn’t he?"
"He told me everything."
Xie Huide nods, "Follow me."
Xie Huide and Deng Rusong lead you to an underground secret chamber secured with multiple door locks.
The chamber is spacious and bright, lacking any of the typical darkness of underground rooms.
It is evident that it has been carefully arranged and maintained.
In the center of the chamber lies a cold jade bed, upon which rests a breathtaking woman dressed in white, her expression gentle.
Her eyes are tightly closed, completely still.
Only the rhythmic rise and fall of her abdomen shows she is alive.
You already guess who she is.
Xie Huide confirms that this is his and Hu Zhongxuan’s junior martial sister, Wanshu.
Xie Huide also explains that the entire Danxia Sect’s deployment to support the frontline was part of a deal.
It was to exchange for an Earth Source from Emperor Xuanwu Li Anlong.
However, Danxia Sect’s greatest sacrifice for this Earth Source was not just refining pills or healing on the frontline.
Rather, the entire Danxia Sect leadership spent two months working together to help Li Anlong successfully refine a very important medicinal pill.
More than a dozen senior pill refiners in the Danxia Sect were involved; the lowest rank among them was a sixth-grade pill refiner, and Deng Rusong himself was a genuine eighth-grade pill refiner.
You are very curious what kind of miraculous pill such a lineup could produce.
But Xie Huide does not tell you, probably because Li Anlong demanded secrecy.
You understand that this Earth Source is intended for Wanshu.
They actually used this precious Earth Source, painstakingly obtained by the entire sect’s efforts, to treat Wanshu.
You know that Earth Source is a must-have to become an Ultimate Grandmaster.
Ultimate Grandmasters represent supreme combat power and two centuries of long life.
Such a tremendous temptation would be unbearable without a firm conviction.
This shows how high Wanshu’s status is in Xie Huide’s heart.
You believe that Xie Huide must have paid a great price to rally the sect’s high-grade pill refiners.
Especially since Deng Rusong, an eighth-grade master, was involved.
You don’t think Deng Rusong would help out just because of a private friendship with the elders.
You can’t help but wonder, what kind of charm does Wanshu possess?
You turn to look at the silent woman on the cold jade bed.
You notice Wanshu’s face is very young, looking only about seventeen or eighteen.
Even considering the slow aging of martial artists, it is quite unusual.
Xie Huide tells you it is because Wanshu has been lying on the cold jade bed for decades, which slows the body’s aging.
Also, she cannot move on her own, so her energy consumption is naturally very low.
These two reasons combined have kept Wanshu’s appearance almost frozen at the moment of her accident.
You look at Xie Huide and ask, "Um... Master, should I call her master’s wife or master’s aunt?"
Xie Huide looks a bit awkward and purses his lips, unsure how to answer.
In fact, neither he nor Hu Zhongxuan have clarified their relationship with Wanshu.
Seeing Xie Huide’s embarrassment, you kindly help him out, "Forget it, master, it’s not important. The three of you living well together is what matters most."
Xie Huide lets out a complicated sigh.
He slowly walks to the cold jade bed and gently strokes Wanshu’s delicate face.
His movements are cautious, almost imperceptible, as if afraid of disturbing the peacefully sleeping Wanshu.
You watch this scene and find it very beautiful.
If it weren’t for Deng Rusong also reaching out to touch her, this moment would have been even more perfect.
You see Deng Rusong licking his lips as he approaches and softly strokes Wanshu’s forehead.
You are stunned on the spot.
"They say young people play recklessly, but you old folks aren’t any better!" your heart trembles.
It turns out this is not just about three people, but four.
You are very curious—what kind of super succubus is Wanshu?
How can she summon three guardian spirits at once?
Could it be because a triangle is stable?
You can’t figure it out.
To avoid the situation escalating into an illegal gathering of more than three people,
you clear your throat twice and say, "Um... Sect leader, stop touching her. Sing a song instead!"
Deng Rusong turns to look at you in surprise.
His eyes show confusion, but after thinking for a moment, he suddenly smiles knowingly.
Deng Rusong understands you misunderstood him.
He laughs and asks, "Tiezhu, do you know Wanshu’s surname?"
You answer, "Disciple does not know."
"Wanshu’s surname is also Deng. Her full name is Deng Wanshu. I am her biological older brother," Deng Rusong explains.
You suddenly realize the truth.
At the same time, you secretly sigh in relief, "Luckily the plot isn’t too explosive, or I don’t know if this would pass censorship."
You understand everything at once.
No wonder the entire Danxia Sect united to obtain the Earth Source.
In the end, they used the Earth Source to save Deng Wanshu.
No wonder Xie Huide was able to call on the great Buddha Deng Rusong.
It turns out Deng Rusong, the sect leader, was pushing hard from the start.
You ask, "How can the Earth Source be used to wake master’s wife?"
You decide that from now on, in front of Xie Huide, you will call Deng Wanshu “master’s wife,” and in front of Hu Zhongxuan, you will call her “master’s aunt.”
This way, you can keep the balance and offend no one.
When Xie Huide hears your form of address for Deng Wanshu, the corners of his mouth twitch into a slight smile.
He is clearly pleased.
Xie Huide slowly walks over from the cold jade bed side.
He says, "The sect leader and I plan to jointly refine the Reviving Yang Pill. The Earth Source is the key main ingredient for the pill."
Deng Rusong nods in agreement.
The Reviving Yang Pill is an eighth-grade sacred healing medicine.
No matter how serious the injury or strange the illness, as long as the person still has a breath of life,
a single Reviving Yang Pill will instantly restore them to full health.
Even someone with one foot in the underworld can be forcibly pulled back.
It truly is competing against heaven for life.
But you have one question.
Xie Huide is a seventh-grade pill refiner, Deng Rusong is eighth-grade; the Reviving Yang Pill can only be refined by Deng Rusong.
So why say that the two of them need to refine it together?
Is Xie Huide just there for show?
You can’t figure it out, so you ask directly, "Master, why do you need to jointly refine the Reviving Yang Pill?"