Fang Chen was very mysterious. Although he looked like he was about to die, his heart was still beating.
However, as time passed, Fang Chen's heartbeat became slower and slower. Li Xiaoke knew that Fang Chen wouldn't be able to hold on.
Although she really wanted to save Fang Chen, there was nothing she could do.
In the end, Li Xiaoke couldn't bear to watch Fang Chen die. She let Fang Chen stay in her residence while she went into seclusion.
This time, she had obtained the Flame Leopard King's claw in the Fallen Flowers Mountain Range. She hadn't used it yet.
Time passed bit by bit. Fang Chen's heartbeat became slower and slower. His soul was also dissipating.
Even a medical expert with miraculous hands could not cure Fang Chen.
At this moment, Fang Chen seemed to have been sentenced to death. There was nothing he could do.
Half a month later, Li Mingzhu came out of seclusion. Her body was filled with a powerful aura. Her coming out of seclusion shocked the entire Li family.
Even the head of the Li family personally went to greet Li Mingzhu.
This time, although Li Mingzhu's cultivation base hadn't increased, her strength had increased a lot. After fusing with the Flame Leopard King's heart, Li Mingzhu's strength had almost reached the limit of the Condensing Reality Realm.
"Mingzhu, did you gain anything this time?" the head of the Li family asked with a smile.
Li Mingzhu nodded. "I gained a lot."
At Li Mingzhu's level, it was very difficult to increase one's cultivation base. Even a small increase would make people happy.
"That's great. There's still half a month before the Kaiyang City Tournament. Does Mingzhu have the confidence to defeat Yang Xiujian?" asked the head of the Li family.
Li Mingzhu's eyes turned. "Yes."
After saying that, Li Mingzhu left.
Her personality was like that. She didn't like to chat with others. She gave people a cold and aloof feeling.
After Li Mingzhu came out of seclusion, she went to Li Xiaoke's residence. Seeing the dying Fang Chen, she put her small white hand on Fang Chen's heart.
Soon after, she frowned slightly. In the end, she shook her head and sighed. Her red lips moved as if she wanted to say something, but in the end, she shook her head and didn't say anything.
Fang Chen's situation was very bad. If there were no accidents, Fang Chen would definitely die in less than a week.
Now, his heart was beating very slowly, even slower than a child's.
This made Li Mingzhu think that Fang Chen was dead for sure.
However, Li Mingzhu didn't care about Fang Chen's life or death. Fang Chen was just one of the warriors that Li Xiaoke had saved.
Five days after Li Mingzhu came out of seclusion, Li Xin and Li Cheng also came out of seclusion. Their auras were very strong, and it was obvious that their cultivation seemed to have broken through.
Sure enough, not long after, the news of Li Xin and Li Cheng condensing nine flashes of True Qi spread throughout the entire Li Clan. This made the Li Clan Leader extremely excited.
In the past, the Li Clan had always been at the bottom of the Mizang City Competition. Although they had Li Mingzhu and Li Xiaoke, their overall strength was far from the other two clans.
Now, the Li Clan had four young people with nine flashes of True Qi. In this year's Mizang City Competition, the Li Clan would definitely be in the limelight. Li Mingzhu even had a chance to defeat Yang Xiujian and become the number one person among the younger generation in Mizang City.
At the moment, there were still ten days before the Mizang City Competition. Everyone's eyes were focused on the place where Li Xiaoke was in seclusion.
As for Fang Chen, no one paid any attention to him.
Even Elder Li Han had forgotten about Fang Chen. He was concerned about whether Li Xiaoke would break through during this seclusion.
After another seven days, Fang Chen's heart completely stopped beating.
At this moment, Fang Chen's soul in his mind was about to collapse. There was only a little bit left. If this last bit of soul collapsed, his soul would be completely destroyed.
In Fang Chen's mind, his soul was swaying and could collapse at any time.
In his body, the golden heart had already stopped beating.
Si! Si!
Si! The moment the golden heart stopped beating, faint sounds came from Fang Chen's body.
When these sounds came, the golden heart, which had already stopped beating, actually started beating again.
If the medical expert Mr. Li was there, he would definitely be extremely shocked.
The heart, which had clearly lost all signs of life, actually regained its vitality and started beating again.
At the moment, some cracks appeared around the golden heart. These cracks got bigger and bigger until the final layer of skin started to peel off from the golden heart.
The golden heart was shedding its skin. As it did so, the golden heart became more and more active and started beating faster and faster.
When the golden heart finished shedding its skin, a ray of golden light shot out from Fang Chen's chest and pierced the sky.
In the meeting hall of the Li Family Mansion, the Li Family Patriarch led many elders to discuss the upcoming Mizang City Competition.
Just as Elder Li Han was about to speak, an intimidating aura suddenly filled the entire Li Family Mansion.
"What's going on?"
Elder Lihan asked anxiously. He could sense a sense of danger from that aura.
"What happened?" the Li Family Patriarch asked loudly.
Many of the Li Family Elders also stood up and walked out of the meeting hall.
Immediately, everyone saw a ray of golden light that pierced the sky.
"What is that?"
An elder asked in shock. That ray of golden light was too shocking. It directly pierced the sky.
Crash!
When that ray of golden light pierced the sky at an extremely fast speed, it instantly disappeared. Immediately after, that intimidating aura also disappeared.
The Li Family Mansion regained its calm. All the elders looked at each other. They never would have thought that the aura that could intimidate even a Spirit Vortex Realm expert came from Fang Chen.
After a long while, the Li Family Patriarch said in a low voice, "Could it be that an almighty is breaking through near our Li Family Mansion?"
The Li Family Elders all nodded. This was the only explanation.
After all, Mizang City was a city in the Five Elements Province. From time to time, there would be experts from other cities passing by. Perhaps it was an expert breaking through.
Without that oppressive aura, the Li Family Elders once again returned to the meeting hall to discuss the Competition.
At this time, in Li Xiaoke's residence, Fang Chen's body was slowly changing.
After the golden heart shed its skin, its color became brighter and brighter. A thick golden luster filled it. An invisible aura spread out from the golden heart and flowed into Fang Chen's limbs and bones.
And Fang Chen's body was actually miraculously recovering.
The golden heart revived and seemed to be healing Fang Chen's body.
Wherever the invisible aura passed, the damaged wounds were actually slowly recovering. Although it was very slow, it was indeed recovering.
At the same time, Fang Chen's body started to show signs of vitality.
This was the first time in so many days that Fang Chen's body showed signs of life.
If the medical expert, Mr. Li, was here, he would definitely be shocked. He had lived for so long and had seen countless seriously injured people on the verge of death. However, he had never seen such a miraculous situation like Fang Chen's.
As the Competition approached, everyone in the Li Family focused their attention on Li Xiaoke's place of seclusion. No one would come to Li Xiaoke's residence.
No one knew about the changes in Fang Chen's body.
One day later, the wound on Fang Chen's chest had completely healed. His internal organs were also recovering.
The golden heart's recovery power was getting stronger and stronger. At this time, the True Qi in Fang Chen's Sea of Qi could finally circulate on its own.
With the help of the True Qi, Fang Chen's body recovered even faster.
It could be seen clearly that Fang Chen's external injuries were recovering at a speed visible to the naked eye. Even his broken frontal bone was recovering quickly.
Finally, when there was one day left before the competition, Fang Chen suddenly opened his eyes.
"Where am I?"
Fang Chen suddenly sat up and habitually looked around as he spoke in a low voice.
In the next moment, Fang Chen felt pain all over his body. Then, Fang Chen's body fell uncontrollably onto the bed.
"This is …"
When Fang Chen noticed the changes in his body, he was completely stunned.
"I remember that when I was teleporting, I was interrupted by the Hundred Snake Valley Master and the others. I entered the spatial turbulence and then fell unconscious. How did I end up here?"
Intuition told Fang Chen that he had been saved by someone.
Fang Chen's last memory was when he entered the spatial turbulence.
Fang Chen had read about the continent's unofficial history. It mentioned the spatial turbulence. Ordinary warriors would definitely die if they entered the spatial turbulence.
Of course, this was not a 100% thing. This was because there were always some warriors who were more fortunate than the heavens and would miraculously survive.
However, such warriors were few and far between.
In the past hundred years of the Ancient Sword Continent's history, there had never been such a situation.
Almost every warrior who entered the spatial turbulence had died.
The spatial turbulence was constantly moving. So even if a warrior who entered the spatial turbulence died, their corpse would fall in some corner of the Ancient Sword Continent.
Fang Chen was also excited that he had been able to survive.
"To not die after entering the spatial turbulence, it seems the heavens are helping me." Fang Chen thought to himself.
When he looked at the heart, he was completely stunned.
"Has the golden heart transformed?"
Fang Chen muttered to himself. At this time, the golden heart had undergone a heaven-shaking change. The golden heart was emitting an invisible aura that was helping Fang Chen recover his body.
"It seems that being able to survive the spatial turbulence definitely has something to do with the golden heart." Fang Chen looked at the golden heart and grinned.
"This time, I have to thank you," said Fang Chen.
The golden heart seemed to be able to hear Fang Chen's words. It immediately emitted a rich aura and restored Fang Chen's body.
After Fang Chen woke up, his body's recovery was clearly accelerated. By night, his injuries were almost completely healed.
Even his soul had been completely restored. Only his organs were seriously damaged and had yet to fully recover. As for his broken meridians, they had already been reconnected.
Moreover, after reconstructing his meridians, Fang Chen felt that his strength had increased a lot.