Chapter 28: The Marvelous Uses of Healing Abilities

Qin Yu and her group rested for a while, during which Xia Cheng tended to everyone’s wounds. To their surprise, Xia Cheng’s healing abilities were remarkable. As soon as he used his power, their injuries no longer hurt at all!

At this moment, Zhao Meng began to truly appreciate Xia Cheng’s abilities. Seeing Xia Cheng busy healing others, her freshly treated wound started to itch again with impatience. She casually picked up a stone and brought it down hard on the head of a nearby mutant dog. Afterward, she began to dig around inside.

Zhang Kuang couldn’t help twitching at the sight of Zhao Meng’s actions. “Zhao Meng, stop digging. These are just low-level mutant dogs, they don’t have—” He froze mid-sentence. In Zhao Meng’s hand gleamed a stone no larger than a fingernail—it was clearly a crystal core! Though tiny, even a little is still something, especially when it’s a crystal core that can enhance one’s abilities. No matter how small—like a grain of rice—they wanted it, desperately so!

The group immediately went wild. There were over a hundred mutant dogs here! Just imagine all those crystal cores—what a windfall! Those without abilities were calm, but those with powers scrambled to harvest the cores. Some used tools, others simply used their hands. The poor mutant dogs, tormented even in death.

Qin Yu couldn’t help but twitch at the scene, yet felt a surge of gratitude that Zhao Meng was so restless and inquisitive. Otherwise, they would have lost a substantial fortune.

Xia Cheng watched Zhao Meng frantically collecting among the group with great interest, sighing to himself that his little Meng was truly something special.

When they finally gathered all the crystal cores together, everyone’s smiles grew broader and broader at the sight of the pile.

Zhang Kuang picked up a core, preparing to absorb it, but suddenly froze. He realized he couldn’t absorb it! Impossible—these were clearly the same attribute as his own. How could he not absorb them?

Seeing Zhang Kuang’s stunned expression, unease crept into everyone’s hearts. Zhao Meng, however, couldn’t hold back. “Zhang Kuang, why aren’t you absorbing it?”

Zhang Kuang set the core down with a trace of bitterness. “I can’t absorb it.”

Qin Yu paused, gazing at the crystal cores in silence.

“What? How could that be? Let me try…” Zhao Meng said, picking up a core and preparing to absorb it. Nothing happened. Reluctant to give up, she tried nearly every core in the pile, but none worked. At last, she had to admit the truth—they simply could not absorb these mutant dogs’ crystal cores.

The lively atmosphere instantly vanished, replaced by helpless sighs.

“Little Meng, try this one,” Xia Cheng suddenly said, handing Zhao Meng a crystal core.

“I already said it’s impossible to absorb them!” Zhao Meng’s voice trembled on the verge of tears. Yet, even as she protested, her body couldn’t help but try to absorb the core.

“This… this is…” Zhao Meng looked up at Xia Cheng in astonishment.

Xia Cheng smiled gently. “Yes, this is the first core you couldn’t absorb.”

“But how is it possible now…?” Zhao Meng’s eyes grew red as she stared at Xia Cheng in surprise.

Xia Cheng gazed at her with a hint of pain—his little Meng should always be smiling. “I used my ability.”

“Your ability? I thought it was only healing?” Zhao Meng asked, puzzled.

“Mm… it’s not purely healing. Apparently, it has a purification function as well,” Xia Cheng replied with a wink and a smile.

Hearing this, Qin Yu—who had been silent until now—suddenly remembered why Xia Cheng seemed so familiar to her. In her previous life, he had been quite famous. Though ruthless, he possessed a formidable power. It was said that if his ability reached the sixth tier, he could purify all things. At the time she’d been betrayed, his ability was supposedly at the fifth tier. Rumors were always exaggerated, but from what she saw now, even if he couldn’t purify everything, purifying these crystal cores should be no problem.

Qin Yu smiled faintly and said to Xia Cheng, “In that case, I’ll leave these crystal cores to you. I’ll need them all purified by tomorrow—everyone needs them urgently.”

Xia Cheng stared blankly at the pile of crystal cores handed to him. Oh heavens, would they never let him rest?

Everyone cast sympathetic glances at him before gathering their things to move out.

Only Xia Cheng remained, staring dazedly after the group as they walked away. Gritting his teeth, he called out, “Hey! Wait for me!”