Raising Ducks for Daily Rewards-Chapter 74: Healing Image

"This is the third month where you have over five injured wolves... aren’t you doing a bit too much?" Fengyu asked the alpha wolf after treating the sixth wolf.

"Woof woof, woof!"

"You have my help so you can take this risk?" Fengyu sighed, knowing his suspicions were true.

"While I am here, it’s true that helping you isn’t a big issue...

But I am also focusing on my cultivation and my path.

Healing three to five every time is fine, it won’t affect me.

On the other hand, healing over five will delay me for too long."

"Woof, woof?"

"Well, it would be nice to have an escort, but the issue isn’t travel time.

Though there is an issue with travel – it’s too suspicious.

The past year was fine because we have just entered the Second Decade.

In the next few years, the Beast Hunters will become more and more active, even daring to directly attack your tribe."

"Woof! Woof, woof! Woof!" the alpha wolf disagreed, telling him that he could defend himself and that there was no need to worry.

"Woof!" just then, a voice came. It was the wolf’s mate.

The mate woofed quietly for a few times before turning back to Fengyu.

"Woof, woof woof. Woof? Woof..."

"It’s no issue to continue this for another year or two, after all, I am also benefitting from it.

Still, the wounded wolves shouldn’t go beyond five, else the delay will really be too large.

As for emergency cases... well, you can come to my field and I will try to help you, but you can also see that the guards in the city are more attentive.

If they see even a shadow of a beast, they will likely attack and directly try to kill you!"

"Woof..."

"Yeah, I know this is a difficult situation, but what can I do?

It’s very difficult for me too. After all, talking with Spirit Beasts is fine, but non-beast tamers find it difficult to differentiate between Wild Beasts and Spirit Beasts.

Even hunters usually don’t learn the difference, since they will attack either way.

If I’m seen one day helping you, then I will directly be suspected of betrayal!"

"Woof? Woof woof!"

"Haha, thank you for your praise, but I am not that talented in the human world.

For now, let’s do as we plan and try to lower the injured.

It’s best if there are no more injured in three to five years.

Naturally, such a thing is impossible, but you had ways to deal with injuries before, so I suggest you get them in preparation.

"Woof, woof!" – we understand, there will be no issue on our end!

...

Fengyu’s deal with the wolves slowly came to a pause.

With the appearance of beasts, the hunters couldn’t sit still anymore.

He would occasionally see hunters rushing out of the village, entering the deep forests ahead. 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝚠𝚎𝚋𝗻𝗼𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝚘𝐦

Such behaviour was tantamount to suicide in his opinion, since many of these hunters were even only at the third stage.

But what could he do?

He’s not their parent nor teacher, their relationship isn’t close enough for him to think too much of them.

When Fengyu returned, he sat down in meditation.

"Fweeeeee-" the Tune of the Concentrated Mind sounded throughout the hut as he meditated.

Even after such a long time, he hadn’t changed the hut he cultivated in.

There was a strange feeling of serenity whenever he cultivated there.

A faint image appeared in front of his eyes –

It was a piece of skin, human, yet there was also fur and feathers on the corners, flowing through the skin as if it was a transforming being.

In the middle of this skin, there was a huge cut – piercing deeply into the body, stopping just centimetres in front of the bones.

Fengyu observed this wound deeply, finding it fascinating.

It was as if he could zoom in and out as freely as he wanted.

His hand reached forward, and in his image, it felt as if he had touched the wound just like that.

The image zoomed in seemed legit, as if that was all there is to it – a wound.

He even had a feeling that if he willed it, he could stop right here.

The image would transform into something he had never seen before.

Yet... when he looked at the image from a greater perspective, leaning further away...

He saw what was lacking.

"This wound seems to be complete, and I can zoom in and out... but it’s more like looking at a wound extremely closely.

Medicine shouldn’t be like that.

If I only looked at the wound with my eyes, how far would I go?"

The moment this thought emerged, he saw particles appear in the image –

But, just as in the cases before, when these particles appeared, the image crashed down.

"Argghhhhh," Fengyu groaned in pain as the image shattered. It felt like a thousand cuts hitting him..

A few minutes passed until he finally regained his power.

"This thing is way too difficult to comprehend!

I’ve spent over a year treating these wolves, yet this seems to be the limit of this image.

How should I proceed now?

Should I try and go with the seemingly obvious path, heal the wounds of feathered beasts and humans now that I have healed the wounds of furred beasts?

Or... should I find a different way to complete the true image I have in mind?"

A feeling of exhaustion washed over Fengyu as he contemplated.

Such a decision shouldn’t even have appeared usually.

After all, a normal cultivator would be delighted to already see a path forward...

Unfortunately, Fengyu wasn’t a normal cultivator.

When he looked at the image in front of him, he felt that it wasn’t what he sought, it was something else entirely...

"For now... let’s just continue the way I’ve done before.

Heal those that need healing, don’t think about specifically aiming for furred beasts, feathered beasts, and humans.

Such a simple solution only results in a simple ability."

Although Fengyu didn’t know what this was, nor did he find anything about it in the library, he still had a general idea of it.