A Daydreaming Junior Sister

"Major Accomplishment. Not bad!"

Miejue replied casually.

The Emei Nine Yangs Technique was indeed a superior Internal Cultivation Method, but the First Layer was originally the simplest foundation. Its cultivation was not particularly complicated.

Back then, Miejue had also cultivated the Emei Nine Yangs Technique First Layer to Major Accomplishment in just over a month.

Moreover, Gu Shaoan cultivated diligently, and his disposition was far more hardworking than Miejue's had been in her youth. It was only natural that he reached it earlier than she had.

Miejue then taught Gu Shaoan the cultivation method for the Second Layer of the Emei Nine Yangs Technique. After giving him a few instructions and sharing her own insights from cultivating the technique, she finally allowed Gu Shaoan to leave.

Gu Shaoan nodded, saluted Miejue, and then departed.

After watching Gu Shaoan leave, Miejue did not return to the bamboo house to cultivate. Instead, she circulated her True Qi, leaped into the air, and headed toward the front mountain.

After returning to his room, Gu Shaoan first reflected on the shortcomings he had revealed during his fight with Miejue. Only then did he summon the system's Achievement Points Wheel.

"Hopefully, I'll draw something good this time too!"

As the thought flashed through his mind, a thousand Achievement Points vanished, and the Achievement Points Wheel before Gu Shaoan began spinning rapidly.

A few breaths later, when the wheel stopped, a notification appeared before Gu Shaoan.

[Congratulations, player. You have drawn an Advanced Doctor Sub-profession Card.]

"A Sub-profession Card?"

Gu Shaoan's brow twitched at what he had obtained from this draw.

Naturally, Gu Shaoan knew what a Sub-profession Card was.

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

According to the game's classifications, sub-professions were divided into six levels: Beginner Level, Basic, Intermediate, Advanced, Grandmaster Level, and Divine Hands Level.

"This is good stuff!"

Though it was only an Advanced sub-profession, that depended on what kind it was.

A sub-profession like doctor was considered one of the top-tier sub-professions in the game's settings.

That was not merely because of its practicality, but also because sub-professions like doctor made it exceptionally easy to earn Achievement Points.

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

Moreover, the number of Achievement Points gained was far higher than what one received from cultivating Martial Arts.

And as a Martial Artist, injuries and encounters with poison were unavoidable.

Gu Shaoan had originally planned to find medical texts and learn medicine himself once his cultivation had stabilized, hoping to unlock the doctor sub-profession that way.

He had not expected to draw it directly now.

After clicking his tongue twice inwardly, Gu Shaoan willed it and used the Sub-profession Card immediately.

The next instant, an immense flood of information surged into his mind, wave after wave.

It contained not only information on over ten thousand medicinal ingredients, but also their properties, the human body's five elements, meridians, and all manner of pathological diagnoses.

There was so much information that Gu Shaoan's head nearly began to ache from the swelling sensation in an instant.

Only after a quarter of an hour had he fully absorbed and digested all that knowledge.

[Congratulations, player. Doctor sub-profession has reached Advanced Level.]

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

Shaking his somewhat muddled head, Gu Shaoan raised a finger and massaged several acupoints on his brow and temples. Only then did the groggy feeling fade considerably.

Looking at the notification before him and the proficiency required to raise the sub-profession to Grandmaster Level, Gu Shaoan's eyelids could not help twitching.

But when he considered the capabilities represented by Grandmaster Level medical skill, he quickly accepted it.

An Advanced Level doctor could become a renowned physician anywhere.

Grandmaster Level medical skill, on the other hand, was exceedingly rare.

Across the entire martial world, Ping Yizhi, the Murderous Famous Doctor under the Sun Moon Divine Cult, and Xue Muhua, King of Hell's Enemy from a century ago, were both at this level.

While Grandmaster Level doctors could not treat every illness under heaven, the diseases that could leave such doctors helpless were few enough to count on one's fingers.

They could already be called divine physicians.

Developing pills to assist cultivation, or even refining medicines that could improve a Martial Artist's innate physique, would not be difficult for them.

For such abilities, requiring more proficiency was only natural.

Although this draw had not directly increased Gu Shaoan's strength,

unlocking the doctor sub-profession would clearly provide even greater help in the future.

That night, a bright moon hung high in the sky.

Inside the room, Gu Shaoan sat cross-legged while the internal force within his body slowly circulated along a far more complex route.

Only when the meridians within his body began to feel slightly uncomfortable did Gu Shaoan stop cultivating his Internal Cultivation Method.

[Congratulations, player. You have cultivated an Internal Cultivation Method for half an hour. Achievement Points +5.]

Most Internal Cultivation Methods in the world progressed step by step, becoming increasingly difficult to cultivate the further one advanced.

Compared to the First Layer of the Emei Nine Yangs Technique, the circulation route of the Second Layer was several times more complicated.

Even Gu Shaoan had spent several hours before successfully circulating his internal force through the Second Layer's route once in its entirety, reaching Beginner Level.

However, compared to the First Layer of the Emei Nine Yangs Technique, the Second Layer required twice as much proficiency.

On top of that, each circulation of the Second Layer took longer. Gu Shaoan estimated that it would take at least five months to cultivate the Emei Nine Yangs Technique Second Layer to Complete Mastery as well.

"The road ahead is long indeed!"

Shaking his head, Gu Shaoan stood and walked out into the courtyard, intending to practice the Three Manifestations of the Divine Dragon for a while and loosen up.

However, just as Gu Shaoan stepped out of the courtyard, he noticed a daydreaming Junior Sister beside the Clear Pond not far from his yard.

Seeing Zhou Zhiruo sitting alone beneath the moon, Gu Shaoan paused briefly before walking toward the Clear Pond.

Yet even when Gu Shaoan drew close, Zhou Zhiruo still had not noticed that someone had come up behind her. She remained lost in thought, her chin resting on her knees.

Seeing this, Gu Shaoan could only take two more steps forward and sit down beside Zhou Zhiruo.

Noticing the movement beside her from the corner of her eye, Zhou Zhiruo jumped and hurriedly turned her head.

Once she confirmed that the person beside her was Gu Shaoan, Zhou Zhiruo finally let out a breath of relief and patted her barely budding chest.

"Junior Brother, have you finished cultivating?"

Gu Shaoan gave a soft hum and said gently, "It's late. Why hasn't Senior Sister gone to rest?"

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

After thinking for a moment, Gu Shaoan asked, "Is it because we'll be going down the mountain in a few days?"

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

Her reaction left Gu Shaoan rather confused.

But before Gu Shaoan could ask further, Zhou Zhiruo raised her head once more and looked at the moon in the sky.

Only after a long while did Zhou Zhiruo speak again.

"Junior Brother, if Master asks us to kill people during this bandit suppression, what should we do?"