**Chapter 113: The Divine Healer's Miraculous Hands**
According to Fu Qingyun's experience, normal barrier-breaking required multiple attempts. Some people needed hundreds or even thousands of tries before they could shatter the barrier and succeed.
Calculating the star positions was one thing; breaking through was another.
Breaking through the Five Stars barrier required vital energy to strike again and again, creating a crack in the barrier, gradually widening it until the barrier was completely shattered and unable to heal—only then could it be considered a successful breakthrough.
A situation like Qin Mu's—where she had just left and he immediately succeeded—was extremely rare.
"Unless..."
Fu Qingyun's heart skipped a beat. Unless Qin Mu's vital energy cultivation was exceptionally profound, he couldn't have succeeded in a single attempt.
"Young Master, let us clash our palms using only vital energy."
When she saw his confusion, she quickly explained with a smile: "I'll close all my other divine treasuries, keeping only the Spirit Embryo and Five Stars—I simply want to test how deep your cultivation truly is."
Qin Mu nodded. Their palms met, and their vital energy erupted. Fu Qingyun grunted as a howling wind filled her ears. The scenery before her eyes shifted continuously as she was sent flying backward, crashing through several pavilions and walls before finally embedding herself in a masonry wall.
She struggled free from the wall, gray-faced and dusty, and looked up to find herself more than forty zhang from Qin Mu. Between them, several buildings and walls bore human-shaped holes where she had crashed through—allowing her to see Qin Mu from here. She shuddered at the thought.
She had used only Five Stars Realm power, simply clashing vital energy with him. She hadn't expected the disparity to be so vast—it left her feeling somewhat disheartened.
The blow was truly devastating!
But she quickly regained her composure, thinking: He was always the young sect master of our Heavenly Demon Sect. Such cultivation was only natural. Besides, during the competition at the Village of the Broken Elders, he had already dealt me a crushing defeat.
Qin Mu hurried over, but Fu Qingyun smiled. "I'm fine. Your cultivation is indeed extraordinarily profound—the Patriarch and the Madam chose well. With only a day and a half before the Imperial Academy opens, you should stabilize your realm."
Qin Mu agreed. With the Five Stars barrier broken and the divine treasury opened, new changes were occurring within his body, but he hadn't had time to examine them yet.
Fu Qingyun looked around and sighed inwardly. Ever since Qin Mu had arrived at her place, the Listening Rain Pavilion had suffered greatly—pavilions had been demolished, and several buildings now bore holes in their walls.
"He is the young sect master, after all. Wherever he goes, destruction follows. Fortunately, in two days he won't be here anymore—he'll be tearing apart the Imperial Academy instead. Well, the Patriarch will have to deal with that headache. I can relax..."
Qin Mu had no idea she was harboring such thoughts about his potential to demolish the Academy. He returned to his room and sat quietly, his consciousness entering the Five Stars Divine Treasury.
Inside the treasury was a starry sky, with five great stars shining brightly. Beyond them lay only profound darkness.
"The Five Stars Divine Treasury is completely different from the Spirit Embryo Divine Treasury."
Qin Mu was surprised. His Tyrant Body Threefold Technique contained no cultivation methods for the Five Stars Divine Treasury, which was rather vexing.
He had seen the cultivation diagrams for the Tyrant Body Threefold Technique at the Town Palace of Suppression, but only the first two diagrams—the third was incomplete. Qin Mu strained to recall the damaged diagram. It did indeed show five stars, but besides the five stars, there were also five deities, each with their own patterns and pathways of vital energy circulation.
However, this diagram had been damaged beyond recognition—the specific circulation paths were blurred beyond reading.
Qin Mu steadied himself. His consciousness drifted upward through the cold starry expanse, intending to approach one of the stars.
But as his consciousness flew, the star seemed to move as well, maintaining the same distance between them no matter how he advanced.
Qin Mu frowned and tried approaching the other stars, but they moved in the same way, keeping him from getting closer.
"What's happening?"
Qin Mu was puzzled. He wanted to see whether the five deities from the cultivation diagram existed on these stars, but since he couldn't reach them, he could only give up.
He left his consciousness within the Five Stars Divine Treasury and activated the Tyrant Body Threefold Technique. As the technique activated, a remarkable change occurred within the treasury—one of the orange-red stars suddenly began to vibrate, and then a beam of crimson light shot straight down from that star, landing on Qin Mu's consciousness with a hum.
Qin Mu immediately felt his consciousness fill with blazing fire-like energy. The energy began altering the structure of his consciousness, giving it physical form!
Under the fire's direction, his consciousness sprouted legs, grew arms, and developed a head. In moments, his consciousness had fused with this peculiar energy to become a strange being with a human face and a bull's body, standing on two legs!
Qin Mu stared in astonishment, looking down to see that his body was that of a crimson bull. Behind him grew a tail—at the tip of which was a tuft of long hair.
Qin Mu flicked his bull tail, which slapped against his own plump hindquarters with a stinging pain.
His legs were bull legs—the thighs were thick and powerful, comparable to elephant legs, but the calves were much thinner, ending in cloven hooves.
Moreover, the light streaming from the Fire Star was still gathering, forming two ferocious fire dragons beneath his feet!
A Fire God!
Qin Mu's heart raced. He had seen similar statues in the temples of Xianglong City—the people of the Great Ruins worshipped statues in this form as the Fire God.
However, the energy pouring from the Fire Star was not strong. The body formed by its fusion with his consciousness was merely a faint shadow.
"Could this be the Fire Star within the Five Stars Divine Treasury? Then the other stars..."
Just as this thought occurred to him, a sky-blue star suddenly began to vibrate as well. A beam of azure light shot down from it, landing on his "body" with a hum!
At the same time, the other three stars of different colors also began to vibrate, each sending down a beam of light that struck him in succession.
Qin Mu grunted as his Fire God form immediately began to collapse and disintegrate. Other forms attempted to manifest simultaneously, but the energies from the five stars were fundamentally incompatible—they didn't merely differ, they actively suppressed and countered each other, clashing within his consciousness and annihilating one another!
BOOM!
A violent explosion erupted. Qin Mu's consciousness within the Five Stars Divine Treasury was obliterated in the blast. His eyes went black, and he collapsed unconscious.
When he awoke, he found himself lying in bed. Hu Ling'er was pressing a warm, damp cloth to his forehead, while his head throbbed like a watermelon that had been smashed against the ground—ready to split apart.
Several girls stood at the foot of his bed, their faces etched with concern.
"The Young Master seems to have suffered qi deviation. Fortunately, Ling'er discovered it in time and called us."
Fu Qingyun looked worried. "Young Master, I've already ordered medicine to be prepared—it will be ready shortly. However, the entrance examination in two days... I'm afraid you won't be able to attend. Recovery from qi deviation requires over ten days of treatment..."
Outside the door, two girls were decocting the medicine, and the scent of herbs wafted in. Qin Mu struggled to sit up, sniffed the aroma, and said: "I've injured my consciousness and damaged my spirit. The medicine you're brewing addresses the right symptoms, but it's missing one ingredient—Tanfu root. Take two qian of Tanfu leaves... Help me up. I'll brew it myself."
Fu Qingyun was surprised—the young sect master could also prepare medicine?
She was skeptical but had a girl fetch the ingredients. She helped Qin Mu up and found that his consciousness was too weak for him to walk, so she had the medicine furnace and fire brought into the room.
Qin Mu endured the headache and used his vital energy to lift the medicine furnace. With a gentle shake, the furnace settled back down, but the water and herbs floated in the air, supported by his vital energy. When the girl returned with the Tanfu root, she quickly added it.
Qin Mu's hands moved in ever-shifting patterns. After a short while, all the medicinal properties had been fused together. With a light flick, the dregs fell from the water automatically, the moisture evaporated on its own, and only a few red pills remained.
Qin Mu swallowed the pills and directed their medicinal power. The headache gradually eased, though occasional tearing pains still lingered. "One more dose tomorrow morning, and I'll be fully recovered."
The girls in the room were astonished. Qin Mu's medicine preparation technique was truly masterful—his fluid, ever-changing movements dazzled them.
Qi deviation was no minor matter. Could this medicine really be so effective that he would recover in half a day?
"Without more advanced cultivation methods, it seems I cannot cultivate the Five Stars Divine Treasury and transform its power into my own cultivation."
Qin Mu regained his strength and stood up with a smile. "I was too hasty in my pursuit and caused you all to worry."
"Young Master, since you're skilled in medicine, do you have any knowledge of gynecology?" one girl suddenly asked.
Qin Mu replied, "As long as it pertains to medicine, I have some knowledge."
The girl's cheeks flushed slightly. "I've been having some uterine pain, and I was wondering if you..."
Qin Mu took her pulse and smiled. "A minor condition—just an imbalance of internal qi with some uterine cold. I'll prescribe a remedy."
A girl immediately stepped forward with brush and ink. Qin Mu wrote out a prescription. "This is the Warming Uterus Pill. After taking it, your internal qi will be regulated, and the root cause will be eliminated."
The eyes of several girls in the room lit up. The qin player, blushing, whispered: "Young Master, I also have some minor ailments..."
"Young Master, please examine me too!"
"Young Master, my menstrual flow is irregular..."
...
Fu Qingyun's head was spinning. She shouted: "The Young Master hasn't recovered from his qi deviation yet! Stop clamoring and let him rest!"
Qin Mu smiled. "It's no trouble. I can't cultivate while recovering from qi deviation anyway. I might as well spend this time helping these sisters with their health—it won't take much effort. Besides, I've been eating and staying here with Sister Yun'er, receiving your care. How could I not reciprocate?"
The young women were overjoyed and lined up. Qin Mu examined them one by one, writing various prescriptions. When the pipa player noticed that Fu Qingyun was still lingering in the room, she smiled: "Sister, why are you still here?"
Fu Qingyun gave a cold laugh. After a moment, she stepped forward, extended her hand, and bit her lip as she whispered: "Young Master, although my cultivation is quite advanced, I've been having some health issues recently. For the past few months, my 'red dragon' has been unbalanced—sometimes it comes, sometimes it doesn't..."
① In traditional Chinese medicine, the department of gynecology was established during the Tang Dynasty. Sun Simiao advocated separating obstetrics and gynecology from general medicine, at which time it was often called "obstetrics" or "women's medicine." By the Song Dynasty, gynecology had been formally established as a specialty, with the Imperial Medical Bureau's nine departments including obstetrics and gynecology.