A Little Senior Sister Lost in Thought

"A perfected state, not bad!"

Miejue responded casually.

The Emei Nine Yang Skill was indeed a superior inner force cultivation technique, but its first layer was the simplest foundation, and its cultivation wasn't overly complex.

Miejue herself had also cultivated the first layer of the Emei Nine Yang Skill to a perfected state in just over a month.

Coupled with Gu Shao'an's diligent practice and his much more stable temperament than Miejue had at his age, it was normal for him to achieve this earlier than her.

Immediately after, Miejue passed on the cultivation method for the second layer of the Emei Nine Yang Skill to Gu Shao'an. She also gave him a few pointers and shared her own experiences cultivating the Emei Nine Yang Skill before letting Gu Shao'an leave.

Gu Shao'an nodded, bowed to Miejue, and then departed.

After watching Gu Shao'an leave, Miejue didn't return to her bamboo hut to cultivate. Instead, she circulated her true energy, leaped up, and headed towards the front mountain.

Back in his room, Gu Shao'an first reviewed his shortcomings during his recent spar with Miejue before summoning the system's Achievement Points wheel.

"I hope I can draw something good this time!"

As the thought flashed through his mind, Gu Shao'an's Achievement Points decreased by a thousand, and the Achievement Points wheel before him began to spin rapidly.

A few moments later, when the wheel stopped spinning, a prompt message popped up in front of Gu Shao'an.

[Congratulations to the player for drawing the Advanced Physician Sub-Profession Card.]

"Sub-profession card?"

Facing the item he had obtained from this draw, Gu Shao'an's brow twitched.

Gu Shao'an was certainly aware of sub-profession cards.

Once a player obtained and used a sub-profession card, they could directly unlock a special skill.

According to the game's tier classification, sub-professions were divided into six levels: Entry Level, Beginner Level, Intermediate Level, Advanced Level, Grandmaster Level, and Saint-Hand Level.

"This is great!"

Although it was only an Advanced level sub-profession, it depended on the category.

Sub-professions like Physician were considered top-tier in the game's settings.

This was not only due to their practicality but also because sub-professions like Physician made it very easy to earn Achievement Points.

Diagnosing illnesses, treating people, dispensing medicine, and even studying medical texts could all earn Achievement Points.

Furthermore, the amount of Achievement Points gained was much higher than from cultivating martial arts.

Moreover, as a martial artist, injuries and exposure to poisons were inevitable.

Gu Shao'an had originally planned to find medical texts and study medicine himself to try and unlock the Physician sub-profession after his cultivation stabilized.

He hadn't expected to draw it directly now.

With a "tsk tsk" in his mind, Gu Shao'an willed it and directly used the sub-profession card.

The next moment, a massive amount of information surged forward like waves.

It not only contained information on tens of thousands of medicinal herbs but also the pharmacology of each herb, the five elements of the human body, meridians, and various pathological diagnoses.

The sheer volume of information almost instantly caused Gu Shao'an's head to feel a slight throbbing pain.

Gu Shao'an, on the other hand, absorbed this immense knowledge like a sponge.

It took a full quarter of an hour before he had fully absorbed and digested all the knowledge in his mind.

[Congratulations to the player for reaching Advanced level in the Physician sub-profession.]

[Sub-profession: Physician (Advanced) - Current Proficiency: 1/100000]

Shaking his slightly dizzy head, Gu Shao'an raised a finger and rubbed a few acupoints on his forehead and temples, after which the dizziness subsided considerably.

He looked up at the prompt message before him and seeing the proficiency required to reach Grandmaster level for his sub-profession, Gu Shao'an's eyelids twitched.

However, when he considered the abilities represented by Grandmaster-level medical skills, Gu Shao'an felt at ease.

An Advanced level Physician could become a renowned doctor anywhere.

As for Grandmaster-level medical skills, they were extremely rare.

Throughout the entire Jianghu, figures like the Butterfly Valley Medicine Immortal Hu Qingniu and the Sun Moon Divine Sect's Murderous Famous Doctor Ping Yizhi were at this level.

A Grandmaster-level Physician, while not able to cure all illnesses, could only be stumped by a handful of diseases.

They could already be considered divine doctors.

It wouldn't be difficult for them to develop some pills that could aid cultivation or even refine elixirs to enhance a martial artist's physique.

It was perfectly normal for such abilities to have higher proficiency requirements.

Although this draw hadn't directly improved Gu Shao'an's strength, unlocking the Physician sub-profession would clearly bring greater benefits in the future.

That evening, the bright moon hung high in the sky.

Inside his room, Gu Shao'an sat cross-legged, circulating the inner force within his body along a more complex route.

Only when his internal meridians began to feel a slight discomfort did Gu Shao'an stop cultivating his inner force technique.

[Congratulations to the player for cultivating inner force techniques for half an hour, Achievement Points +5.]

Most inner force techniques in the world progress gradually, with the difficulty increasing at higher levels.

Compared to the first layer of the Emei Nine Yang Skill, the circulation route for the second layer was several times more complex.

Even Gu Shao'an spent several hours before successfully circulating his inner force a complete loop according to the second layer's route, reaching the entry level.

However, compared to the first layer of the Emei Nine Yang Skill, the proficiency required for the second layer had also doubled.

Coupled with the increased time needed to circulate the technique in the second layer, Gu Shao'an estimated it would take at least five months to cultivate the Emei Nine Yang Skill's second layer to the perfection stage.

"The road ahead is long!"

Shaking his head, Gu Shao'an stood up and walked out of the courtyard, preparing to practice the Three Manifestations of the Divine Dragon to warm up.

However, just as Gu Shao'an stepped out of the courtyard, he noticed his junior sister spacing out by the clear pond not far from his courtyard.

Seeing Zhou Zhiruo sitting alone, gazing at the moon, Gu Shao'an paused before walking towards the clear pond.

But until Gu Shao'an approached, Zhou Zhiruo still hadn't noticed another person behind her, her chin resting on her knees as she stared blankly into space.

Seeing this, Gu Shao'an had no choice but to take two steps forward and sit down next to Zhou Zhiruo.

Noticing the movement beside her out of the corner of her eye, Zhou Zhiruo quickly turned her head in surprise.

After confirming that the person beside her was Gu Shao'an, Zhou Zhiruo finally breathed a sigh of relief, patting her chest where only the tip of her breast had begun to show.

"Junior brother, are you done cultivating?"

Gu Shao'an softly grunted, his voice gentle as he asked, "It's late, why isn't Senior Sister resting?"

Zhou Zhiruo replied softly, "I can't seem to sleep."

Gu Shao'an thought for a moment and asked, "Is it because we're going down the mountain in two days?"

Zhou Zhiruo first shook her head, but after a pause, she nodded again.

This reaction left Gu Shao'an somewhat bewildered.

However, before Gu Shao'an could ask, Zhou Zhiruo looked up again at the moon in the sky.

After a while, Zhou Zhiruo's voice sounded again.

"Junior brother, tell me, if Master orders us to kill people when we go out to suppress bandits this time, what should we do?"