After Sister Lin left, it was just Mei’er and me alone in the house—this was the so-called “world of two”!
If nothing happened now, it would be like rejecting a blessing from the heavens. Mei’er, here I come!
Mei’er was sitting on the sofa, lost in thought. I walked over and asked, “Mei’er, what’s wrong?”
Mei’er raised the half piece of the Millennium Blood Ginseng King in her hand and said, “I’m considering whether or not to eat this…”
“If you want to eat it, just eat it!” I replied casually.
Mei’er shook her head. “But if I consume it like this, it would be such a waste. If we could find an alchemist, they could enhance its medicinal effects tenfold!”
Oh, come on! Tenfold? Even though I didn’t know how valuable the Millennium Blood Ginseng King was, boosting its effects ten times over sounded insane!
Think about it: if you had a single croton seed that made you sick for a day, an alchemist could turn it into something that would knock you out for ten days! Alchemists must be a must-have profession for tricksters!
But Mei’er didn’t know how to refine medicine, so I was even less knowledgeable about it.
“Don’t overthink it. Just eat it,” I comforted Mei’er and continued, “Just from the name alone, you can tell alchemists are a profession for human cultivators. You should just stick to consuming natural products!”
Mei’er smiled and said, “Alright, I’ll eat it now and see if I can break the seal on my third tail!”
With that, she ate the half piece of the Blood Ginseng King, then sat cross-legged on the floor and began absorbing the spiritual energy within it.
While Mei’er was cultivating, I started to feel bored. I wanted to sneak in a little touch but was afraid of disturbing her and causing her to lose focus, leading to cultivation deviation.
With nothing better to do, I started rummaging through the contents of my Storage Ring when a pill’s name caught my eye—Body Refining Elixir.
Ever since I got shot by Zhao Ziqiang last time, I’ve felt that my body isn’t strong enough. Like those main characters in novels who can withstand sniper bullets, yet here I was, brought down by a small handgun—it was embarrassing!
Everything in the Storage Ring was valuable, so this Body Refining Elixir must be extraordinary, even though the name sounded plain.
I took the bottle containing the Body Refining Elixir, pulled out the stopper, and sniffed. A strange odor wafted out; it seemed like this elixir wasn’t meant to be ingested but applied externally.
I poured a bit into my palm and rubbed it on my arm. The moment the elixir touched my skin, I felt a warm sensation, and my skin turned slightly red, as if every cell was being massaged.
Glancing at Mei’er, who was still absorbing the spiritual energy, I walked to the bathroom, stripped off my clothes, and started applying the Body Refining Elixir all over my body.
As I kept applying it, a bizarre idea popped into my mind: What if I rubbed some on Xia Tian? Would Xia Tian become as hard as iron when it stood up?
With that thought, I applied a little there. Surprisingly, it felt pretty good, so I applied even more!
The more I thought about it, the happier I became, and eventually, I just poured the rest of the elixir onto it.
But then something felt off. Oh no! Why was Xia Tian suddenly getting so hot? The sensation wasn’t pleasant anymore, and what made it worse was that soon after, it started hurting! Damn it! This is my lifeline, and the pain was unbearable!
I quickly turned on the shower and sprayed Xia Tian, but it didn’t help. Soon, the rest of my body started to ache too, but compared to the pain in Xia Tian, the rest felt like nothing!
I endured the intense pain for an hour before it finally subsided, and Xia Tian became a sad, wilted version of itself.
Damn! Is it going to stay limp like this? I’m still a virgin! Heaven, don’t be so cruel to me!
I quickly resorted to my long-unused ‘self-help method’ to see if Xia Tian was truly down for the count. Thankfully, after some effort, it perked up again, feeling even firmer. This Body Refining Elixir really worked, but I definitely wouldn’t go through this again—too painful!
After getting dressed, I went back to the living room. Mei’er was still in the same position, not moving. It seemed the Blood Ginseng King contained a significant amount of spiritual energy.
Should I eat the remaining half?
Since that night when I lost my memory, I haven’t had a trace of True Qi in my body.
I took out the remaining quarter of the Blood Ginseng King, debating whether or not to consume it. True Qi wasn’t of much use to me since I hadn’t encountered any true cultivators yet. But if cultivators rely on True Qi, even as a half-baked cultivator, I should have some True Qi in me.
Thinking this, I shoved the remaining piece of the Blood Ginseng King into my mouth. I thought I’d have to chew it a few times, but it melted instantly, turning into warm currents flowing into my body. Worried that the spiritual energy might not be enough, I grabbed a spirit stone and sat down to convert the spiritual energy into True Qi.
Time passed unnoticed, and the spiritual energy in my body was still not fully refined. The spirit stone I had prepared remained unused.
I didn’t dare to lose focus, fearing I might go astray and end up half-crazed like Ouyang Feng.
As my dantian gradually filled with True Qi, I was surprised to find that my dantian couldn’t hold any more True Qi while the spiritual energy still wasn’t fully refined. If this continued, I would burst from the overflow of True Qi!
I immediately directed the True Qi to flow through my meridians, forcing open some that weren’t yet accessible. But this sensation was torturous; just when Xia Tian had stopped hurting, now it was my meridians’ turn to suffer.
Having read many novels, I knew that the human body has numerous meridians, at least eight main ones—the so-called Eight Extraordinary Meridians. Jin Yong once said that opening the Ren and Du meridians would make one a peerless master, but I couldn’t locate them, so I just channeled True Qi through connected meridians. After opening the twelfth meridian, all the spiritual energy was refined, and my dantian was filled with True Qi.
When I opened my eyes, it was already dark. A quarter of the Blood Ginseng King had taken up an entire day! No wonder in some novels, a single closed-door cultivation session could last years.
I wasn’t worried that the remaining half of the Blood Ginseng King would harm Liu Zhanqian’s wife. Ordinary people who don’t know how to refine True Qi won’t suffer a backlash; their dantian can’t store True Qi, and the spiritual energy would just roam freely in their body, eventually dissipating over time. While wasteful, it still provides some benefits for the average person.
I glanced at Mei’er, who was still refining the spiritual energy from the Blood Ginseng King. Not knowing when she would wake up, I took a shower and went to bed.
Just as I was about to fall asleep, I suddenly remembered… Damn it! What happened to our world of two?!
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