White Lotus Sect, main hall.

clack—! clack—! clack—!

Kierra and Yu Chen were walking in the hallway. The archwizard's heels clattered rather loudly, catching the attention of people.

''Hey, who's that woman...?''

''How the hell would I know? More importantly, why is she together with Master Yu Chen...?''

Yu Chen had a history of shutting herself inside her room to cultivate for long periods of time, so when people saw her walking around like this with a strange woman, no less, they would definitely have to gossip.

''Wait, Master Yu Chen. May I ask, what are you doing here?''

An old man appeared. He looked quite on guard, eyeing Kierra in particular.

''Elder Xing.'' Yu Chen replied. ''I am on my way to meet my master.''

''...And this woman is?''

''She is a powerful cultivator in the Fusion stage; I can verify it.''

''Fusion stage...!!''

With that excuse, they were able to get past the elder. Yu Chen led Kierra up to the highest floor of the building, where they had to go through another hallway.

At the end of it was a large and relatively luxurious-looking door. Yu Chen opened it carefully, revealing a spacious room with all kinds of high-quality things in it—bookshelves, worktables, a large balcony, a whole corner for bonsai, and many more.

What caught Kierra's eye the most, though, was a simple white bed in the middle of the room. The design of it was fine, but it didn't exactly match the 'grandness' of everything else.

Lying on the bed unconscious was a beautiful but visibly sick woman—a sickly beauty. She had bleach-white long hair and exquisite facial features that shone through the cover of sickness.

Kierra frowned slightly.

''Please.''

Yu Chen placed two chairs beside the bed, looking at Kierra nervously.

'Did I do something wrong...?'

Kierra, on the other hand, was surprised. This woman in front of her... had mana sickness.

'Interesting, extremely interesting.'

The long-gone fire of passion in the archwizard's heart began to ignite once again. She finally found something that she was curious about after hundreds of years! How did this woman gain the perception of mana? How come only she did? How come she didn't realize that she was storing mana in her body? How come—

''Ahem.''

In any case, Kierra was determined to learn all about this.

''Yu Chen. Tell me all about the 'disease' that this woman has.''

''...Her name is Tian Yun.''

''Yes, Tian Yun. Now, tell me.''

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''Well... for starters, this disease is called the 'ghost' disease, mainly due to its symptoms being similar to how a ghost would slowly haunt you and take away your vitality, your mind, and eventually your life.''

This matched exactly what Kierra knew. Mana sickness was a relatively common disease among wizards, especially novice ones, who had to constantly deal with mana. It could be explained briefly as mana getting clogged in certain blood vessels due to lack of management, leading to lost functionalities of the body and eventually death if not treated.

''Continue.''

''The people who were known to have this disease are extremely rare, and unfortunately, no one survived. No one had been able to cure or even slow down its progress remotely.'' Yu Chen bit her lips lightly.

''Hm, I see.''

Kierra nodded calmly in response.

'So there were others.'

Well, that was all Kierra wanted to know. There was nothing particularly more to gain. So she stood up and took off her hat, placing it on the bed.

''Fortunately for you, I know the cure for this,'' She said, taking off her outer robe.

''Really?!'' Yu Chen exclaimed; she was beyond bewildered and excited right now.

''Yes,'' Kierra replied calmly, unbuttoning her shirt. ''I will treat her now, so strip her naked for me.''

'''' ... ''''

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''...Excuse me?'' Yu Chen was dumbfounded.

''You can leave her underwear on.'' Kierra looked calmly at Yu Chen, who was now on fire after realizing that she had been staring at the archwizard's almost naked body. ''Hurry up. I don't like exposing my skin like this.''

Hearing Kierra's somewhat irritated voice, Yu Chen snapped out. ''Y-Yes...!''

She quickly used qi to sit Tian Yun up and take off her outerwear while repeatedly apologizing in her heart.

Then, Kierra, in her mature black underwear and thigh-highs, climbed onto the bed and sat right in front of Tian Yun.

gulp—!

Yu Chen gulped nervously as Kierra put her hands on Tian Yun's waist and closed the distance.

To fix this problem, Kierra just needed to unclog the blood vessels inside Tian Yun's body and then create a mana circle for her to stabilize the mana.

Touching flesh like this was the optimal method—fast and effective—but in the eyes of the inexperienced Yu Chen, it seemed quite different.

'T-Their chests are pressing against each other...!'

The room was hot.

Nevertheless, Kierra touched her forehead with Tian Yun's and began to take control of the mana inside the woman's body. Slowly, she unclogged the spots one by one, using her divine control of mana. Both her and Tian Yun's bodies shone a dim blue.

After only two minutes, everything was clean. Even Yu Chen, who was 'studying' this treatment intently, couldn't help but notice that Tian Yun's face seemed much better.

Now was the time to make a mana circle. The first circle was easy to make, but when you reached the tenth one—the highest known to mankind, as Kierra did—everything was different.

In any case, Kierra used her own mana to construct a simple circle around Tian Yun's heart, then began to link it to the beating organ, making sure that the circle was connected with all the blood vessels.

She had also noticed a core filled with dense qi located near Tian Yun's womb. This was the first time she'd had a chance to look at a core, or, as the people here said, dantian, closely.

''...Done.''

Kierra pulled away after double-checking Tian Yun's state. She quickly got off the bed and put on her shirt, leaving the rest on the bed.

''T-That fast?'' Yu Chen stared blankly at Kierra.

''Yes. She should wake up fine in a day or so.'' Kierra replied.

''I see...''

Yu Chen was skeptical. But it was also undeniable that Tian Yun looked much better now.

''Now, what is your answer?'' Kierra sat down on the chair again, this time facing Yu Chen.

Yu Chen immediately knew what Kierra was talking about. She began to think of what the woman in front of her did in just less than a day.

She saved Yu Chen's disciples.

She beat Yu Chen's enemies.

She cured Yu Chen's master.

''...I want to join your wizard tower.'' Yu Chen answered with a determined face.

Kierra had done so much for her; if she dared to let her down here, would she be able to call herself a woman of integrity?

Absolutely not!

Even if Kierra made her go through torture, she would still want to join, just to repay this woman!

Yu Chen's determination rose to the sky and pierced through heaven. At this moment, even the perfectly shaped and milky pair of thighs in front of her could not be a distraction.

''Good.'' Kierra nodded contently; her blood-red lips rarely curled up.

Yu Chen was momentarily surprised by this change. ''...Now, please tell me what I need to do first.''

''To be qualified as a member of the wizard tower, you first need to be a wizard,'' Kierra replied. ''So I will help you form a mana circle. It is first step to becoming a wizard.''

''A mana circle?''

''It is similar to your dantian in nature. I just made one for your sect leader.''

''You mean... you will do the same for me, including the touching...?''

''Yes.''

This was the most excited Yu Chen had ever been in her life.