124: Goddess Blessing

After Xiaochun's two days and nights of tireless, full-strength treatment, the strange and heavy internal injuries within the mysterious woman were finally stabilized by the powerful life force of the Body of a Hundred Medicines. Her severe dehydration and state of weakness were also greatly relieved.

At dusk on the third day, the afterglow of the setting sun dyed the sea surface a magnificent orange-red.

"Cough, cough... Brother Feng," Xiaochun's face was pale and her breath was weak, but her eyes held a hint of joy, "Her... her life Aura has stabilized. It seems... it seems she's about to wake up!"

Hearing this, Qin Feng immediately went to the cabin where the woman was placed. Ji Ruxue also silently appeared at the door, watching the interior vigilantly.

Inside the cabin, the Blue-Clad Woman's long eyelashes trembled slightly, and then, those tightly closed eyes suddenly snapped open!

What kind of eyes were those?

They were as deep as a secluded pool beneath ten thousand years of ice, clear yet so cold they lacked a trace of human emotion. The pupils were not the common black or brown, but an extremely pale, almost transparent ice-blue, as if they contained an endless starry sky and eternal loneliness.

At the very moment she opened her eyes—

Boom—!!!

An indescribable, irresistible, terrifying pressure that seemed to come from above the Nine Heavens descended like a physical mountain, or like an absolute zero that froze the Soul! It instantly enveloped the entire ten thousand seas and spread outward at an alarming speed!

Thud! Thud!

Qin Feng, Xiaochun, and Ji Ruxue, who bore the brunt of it, couldn't even raise a thought of resistance before being forced to their knees by this Aura as vast as an abyss! Their knees hit the wooden floor with a dull thud. They only felt the air around them solidify and their blood freeze; even breathing became a luxury, and their Souls were trembling!

And this was merely a trace of Aura the woman had unintentionally leaked!

At the same time, on the deck, in the cabins... Zhao Mang, Steward Liu, Captain Zhang Yuan, all the sailors, and guards... everyone on the ship except for Qin Feng's trio, the moment this pressure beyond their comprehension swept past, they didn't even let out a groan before their eyes rolled back and they collapsed like harvested wheat, losing all consciousness.

The entire ten thousand seas instantly fell into a deathly silence, with only the sound of waves hitting the hull remaining.

The Blue-Clad Woman slowly sat up, her movements natural and elegant, as if she were just waking from a nap. Her indifferent gaze swept over the three people kneeling before her, who were stiff and unable to even lift their heads. That look was like a deity above the clouds looking down at ants in the dust, devoid of any emotion, only a pure, desperate gap in status.

"My god... this pressure... a Martial Saint? Or... a Martial God?!" Stormy waves rose in Qin Feng's heart, and an instinctive shudder came from the depths of his Soul. He had felt Zhao Mang's Martial King level Aura and faced Sasaki's Peak Martial King killing intent, but compared to this Blue-Clad Woman, they were simply fireflies to the bright moon, or a stream to the vast ocean! They were not existences of the same dimension at all!

"Was it you all... who saved me?"

A cold, ethereal voice, seemingly devoid of any earthly touch, rang out in the cabin, transmitting directly into the depths of the three people's consciousness rather than through air vibrations.

Qin Feng gritted his teeth and used all his strength to barely squeeze out a few words: "Ye... yes... Senior... it was this Junior... and... Xiaochun..."

That ice-blue gaze lingered on Qin Feng for a moment, as if it could penetrate his flesh and bone to look directly at his Origin.

"A natural Sword Bone... unfortunately, the Aptitude is too cluttered and messy." Her evaluation was like an icicle piercing Qin Feng's heart. The Sword Heart and Sword Bone he was so proud of were actually just "poor Aptitude" in her eyes?

Her gaze then fell upon Xiaochun.

"Body of a Hundred Medicines?... Ordinary, but usable."

Both Qin Feng and Xiaochun felt a chill, yet also found it somewhat absurd. Their Aptitudes, which were enough to be called geniuses in the outside world, were actually just "messy" and "ordinary" to this mysterious woman?

"Uh... Senior..." Qin Feng wanted to say more.

"Forget it." The Blue-Clad Woman seemed too lazy to say more, her tone remaining flat. "Since I have received your help, I shall settle this Karma and grant you an Opportunity as payment."

She reached out a slender jade finger, and a faint ice-blue light containing an indescribable Dao rhyme swirled at its tip. She first tapped lightly toward Qin Feng.

Buzz—!

That point of blue light instantly vanished into Qin Feng's forehead! Qin Feng's whole body shook violently. The Sword Heart in the depths of his consciousness beat frantically at an unprecedented frequency, and the Sword Bone in his body emitted a clear and stirring hum, as if it had been injected with some kind of primal power! A vast and pure insight and information regarding the 'Sword' flooded into his mind like a torrent, washing over his Soul! He seemed to see a peerless Sword Intent spanning between heaven and earth! This was not a specific Cultivation Technique, but a higher-level enlightenment of the 'Dao'! His Daoist Primordial Chaos Art Incomplete Manual actually began to circulate on its own, faintly resonating with this Sword Intent!

Next, the woman reached out again and gently patted the top of Xiaochun's head.

Xiaochun's body trembled, and the green light of life around her erupted uncontrollably, more dense and pure than ever before! she let out a muffled groan, unable to withstand the sudden influx of massive life Origin power, and directly fainted. However, her Aura steadily rose during her unconsciousness; a trace of the Body of a Hundred Medicines' potential seemed to have been triggered.

After doing this, the woman looked at the unconscious Xiaochun, seemed to ponder for a moment, and then flicked her finger. A small jade talisman that looked ordinary but was inscribed with profound azure runes landed gently inside Xiaochun's lapel.

"This talisman may save her life once."

Before her voice finished fading, her figure began to become blurred and transparent, as if melting into the air. The next moment, she had completely disappeared, as if she had never appeared.

The terrifying pressure that enveloped the entire ship also vanished... After an unknown amount of time, the people who had fainted on the deck began to wake up one after another with groans, looking at each other in confusion, only remembering that their vision had suddenly gone black and they had lost consciousness.

Zhao Mang shook his somewhat groggy head and checked himself; there was nothing unusual, and the wound on his left arm had not changed. "Strange... what happened just now?"

Ji Ruxue also recovered from her kneeling state and stood up abruptly, her sharp eyes scanning the surroundings as her hand pressed onto her dagger. However, she furrowed her brows; everything in her memory regarding that Blue-Clad Woman, including her existence, her pressure, and the process of granting opportunities, had become a blank space, as if erased by an eraser! She only remembered that she seemed to be on guard at the cabin door, and then... she had inexplicably knelt on the ground?

Qin Feng also slowly stood up. He likewise found that his memory of the woman's specific appearance and their conversation had become extremely blurred, as if separated by a thick fog. But he could clearly feel that some mysterious insights regarding the 'Sword' had been added to his consciousness; his Sword Heart and Sword Bone seemed to have become more transparent and sensitive, and his understanding of the Daoist Primordial Chaos Art had also become inexplicably deeper. He looked at Xiaochun, who was slowly waking up beside him. Xiaochun also had a look of daze, seemingly completely unable to remember what had just happened, only instinctively touching her chest where a warm Azure Jade Talisman lay quietly against her skin.

"What... happened to us?" Xiaochun asked dizzily.

Qin Feng looked at the empty bed, then felt the changes within his body and the jade talisman in Xiaochun's lapel, and he understood in his heart.

That mysterious existence, while granting opportunities, had also erased most of the traces of her arrival, including everyone's related memories. Perhaps, just as the System had warned, knowing of her existence itself was a 'Black Certain-Death Calamity' that they could not bear.

He pulled Xiaochun up and shook his head at the equally confused Ji Ruxue and the approaching Zhao Mang and others, saying in a heavy voice, "It's nothing. We probably encountered a special maritime turbulence field just now, and everyone fainted for a moment. It's fine now."

Everyone was skeptical, but they indeed could not find any problems, so they could only accept this explanation.