The night was eerily quiet.
Occasionally, a gust of wind blew in, yet it still failed to stir any ripples.
Fang Yan had been sitting cross-legged in meditation for four hours.
The Luoxian Bamboo before him seemed to be growing at a visible rate...
Suddenly, a crisp cracking sound of meridians and bones caused Fang Yan to slowly open his eyes, revealing a hint of confident a smile.
He had entered the Foundation Establishment stage in just a few hours.
One must know that for a Cultivator with low aptitude, this would probably take a few years or even longer to achieve.
Such speed came entirely from the continuous, massive output of spiritual energy from the Luoxian Bamboo, as well as his peak-level Daoist cultivation experience from the past.
He adjusted himself briefly and looked at his younger sister sleeping soundly beside him.
Her pretty little face bore obvious signs of weakness.
Even the slightest movement would make her long eyelashes quiver slightly.
He gently pulled his sister's hand over and placed three fingers on her pulse.
As the spiritual energy circulated within Fang Miaoxue's body, Fang Yan furrowed his brows slightly.
It was actually the Moonflow Body!
With the Moonflow Body... he was more than familiar.
The Moonflow Body existed in the Immortal Cultivation World and was a rare cultivator constitution.
Cultivators possessing this physique primarily absorbed the essence of the moon, making their cultivation effects extremely high at night.
Moreover, an advanced Moonflow Body could even summon the power of moonlight. It could be hard or soft, and with a flick of the hand, it was either a tranquil nurturing of all things or the shattering of mountains!
Hundreds of years ago, Fang Yan had once faced an opponent with the Moonflow Body, fighting for seven days and seven nights. If he had not used his penetrating insight to alter the rotation of the sun and moon, he might have lost to him.
He had not expected his own sister to possess the very physique pursued by all immortals in the Immortal Cultivation World...
Soon, Fang Yan realized a problem.
In his past life, it was precisely the Moonflow Body that caused his sister to die prematurely in her youth.
While the Moonflow Body was naturally a top-tier constitution for cultivators, it was difficult for ordinary people to control.
If the spiritual energy within the body was not used by it, the power of moonlight would erode the tendons, bones, and blood, ultimately leading to the failure of various organs.
That was to say...
Before his sister could cultivate, he had to ensure there was enough spiritual energy in her body to be consumed by the power of moonlight!
The most direct methods to replenish spiritual energy were twofold: first, cultivation, and second, medicinal pills.
Cultivation... given his sister's physique, she certainly couldn't achieve it temporarily.
As for medicinal pills, since he had not yet broken through to Foundation Establishment, he was unable to generate divine sense and thus found them difficult to refine.
Foundation Establishment was divided into the early stage, mid stage, late stage, and peak. Only upon reaching the peak and breaking through Foundation Establishment to enter the Vein Gathering Realm could one generate divine sense.
Fang Yan had confidence that he could increase his cultivation speed, but his sister's body might not be able to wait.
However...
Although he could not refine true medicinal pills, a makeshift version might be worth a try.
Refined using some older herbs, while it wouldn't achieve the effect of true medicinal pills, it should be enough for his sister's current constitution.
He nodded; as long as it could improve his sister's health, he would do it!
Seeing that it was past five in the morning, Fang Yan locked the door and went outside to buy some breakfast.
On the way back from the Chen Family yesterday, Fang Yan had gone to the ATM without any hesitation to check the balance on that card.
Upon seeing that there was a million, he nodded; the Chen Family knew how to handle things. At the same time, he had also withdrawn twenty thousand to keep on his person.
Fang Miaoxue woke up, rubbed her eyes groggily, and was surprised to see that her older brother was already up.
In the past, Fang Yan would sleep in lazily until nine or ten o'clock every day.
"Bro, you're up so early? I'll go heat up breakfast for you."
As soon as she finished speaking, she sniffed the air: "Wow, it smells so good. Auntie Wang next door must be frying dough sticks."
Fang Yan smiled: "I bought breakfast. Go wash up, and once you've eaten, I'll take you to school."
|"What? You... take me? No way, my classmates will laugh me to death!"|
|"Well, then let them laugh you to death."|
In this life, he would never allow his sister to encounter any danger; he had to escort her to and from school!
|"No way, Bro, I'm already a senior in high school, and you..."|
Fang Yan's face darkened: "I said I'm taking you, so I'm taking you!"
Seeing that her older brother was angry, Fang Miaoxue dared not say anything more.
She pouted and let out an "oh."
Yet in her heart, she felt incomparably warm.
Being taken to school by her older brother? What a blissful thing that was.
It was just that... from the bottom of her heart, she only refused because she didn't want to trouble her brother.
Fang Miaoxue lowered her head and opened the food bag, her expression turning to one of surprise.
|"Bro... why are there so many good things? Did you strike it rich?"|
Fang Yan smiled: "I found a job, so of course I'm treating you to a big meal. Eat up quickly."
Fang Miaoxue nodded, took a large bite of a dough stick, and immediately gave a thumbs-up.
"So good!"
Fang Yan felt his heart melt.
"Silly girl, your brother will give you the best from now on."
Fang Miaoxue immediately raised one hand, her mouth still full of chewed-up dough stick.
|"Then next time I want sweet soy milk, with three spoonfuls of sugar!"|
Fang Yan smiled knowingly: "Okay."
After dropping Fang Miaoxue off at school, Fang Yan took a taxi directly to the Tianzhou Chinese herbal medicine market.
The reason he chose this place was because most of the medicines sold in current pharmacies and clinics were Western medicines, along with Chinese patent medicines.
Even if there were some herbs, they were all common herbs with high trading volumes and very short ages.
The Tianzhou medicine market was very large. Besides the few large warehouses in the very back, there were four aisles outside, with medicine shops lining the left and right sides of the aisles.
Further outside were some stall-holding herb merchants. They had no fixed shops, so they would hit and run, changing locations constantly.
Although the outer locations were better, due to their unstable positions, if one bought fake medicine, they might not be able to find the person, so more people were still willing to choose the medicine shops inside.
After all, there was after-sales protection.
In one medicine shop, Fang Yan did manage to find some aged herbs. Although they were only around ten years old, they were still enough to refine some Essence Qi Pills.
Moreover, the Essence Qi Pills could not only provide spiritual energy for his sister, but they would also be helpful in treating Elder Chen.
Carrying two large bags of herbs, Fang Yan walked out of the medicine shop.
He had not walked far before he heard a young girl's voice coming from ahead.
"Fang Yan?"
Fang Yan turned his head and found Su Wan'er standing there, with her parents right beside her.
Su Wan'er's father, Su Jianzhong, combed his hair straight back, wore a pair of black-rimmed glasses, and was dressed in his perennial attire of suit trousers paired with a jacket, making him look like a middle-management cadre.
Meanwhile, Su Wan'er's mother, Chen Yi, wore her usual gentle smile upon seeing Fang Yan.
Because he had indeed been very close to Su Wan'er in his past life, Fang Yan had met her parents as well.
"It really is you," Su Wan'er said in surprise.
Fang Yan nodded, then looked toward the other two.
"Hello, Uncle Su, Auntie Chen."
"Hello, hello, hello. It's been a few days since we last saw each other, and Xiaoyan seems even more energetic. You've really become a young man,"
Chen Yi said.
However, Su Jianzhong at the side wore a stern expression, to which Fang Yan was already accustomed; he always seemed to be like this.
"What are you doing here, Fang Yan?" With that, Su Wan'er glanced at the large bags in Fang Yan's hands. "You bought so many herbs?"
"Didn't you come too?" Fang Yan said.
"My dad is the production manager of a pharmaceutical factory, you see. My mom and I often accompany him to check out the market."
Su Jianzhong smiled faintly: "Xiaoyan, how is the job search going since you just graduated?"
"Thank you for reminding me, Uncle Su, I'm still looking."
"That's good. Do some proper work; you young people shouldn't just look at the present, you must look at future development."
Fang Yan furrowed his brows slightly. Proper work? Did he look improper?
Su Wan'er didn't know why her father would say such a thing, and hurriedly pulled Fang Yan along.
"Fang Yan, come with me!"
Walking to the side, Su Wan'er raised her chin and said, "You finally admit it."
"Huh?"
Fang Yan furrowed his brows slightly; this woman was still as fond of acting superior as ever...