Miejue's Expectations

The wooden box wasn't large. Although it lacked intricate carvings, the dark wood, steeped in the passage of time, exuded a restrained nobility. Gu Shaoan could also clearly sense the faint aroma of sandalwood tickling his nose.

Facing the wooden box Miejue handed over, Gu Shaoan's expression showed doubt, but he still accepted it. The box felt smooth and slightly cool in his hands.

Miejue spoke, "Inside this box are two Bodhi Exquisite Pills. They are refined using the gallbladders and blood of the Bosi Qu snake, mixed with Linglong grass and forty-nine other medicinal ingredients. After consumption, they can strengthen the origin and enhance internal energy."

"One pill is equivalent to a year of arduous internal energy cultivation for a martial artist with excellent roots, and it can also boost their physical strength."

Gu Shaoan already possessed advanced medical texts, so he was naturally familiar with special medicinal ingredients like the Bosi Qu snake's gallbladder.

Hearing Miejue's words, the hand holding the wooden box trembled slightly.

Gu Shaoan hadn't expected such a treasure to be kept within Emei.

Items that could increase the origin of internal energy and improve one's physique were rare treasures anywhere.

Let alone a second-rate force like Emei, even first-rate forces might not possess such valuable items for enhancing the origin of internal energy and improving physique.

Gu Shaoan was surprised Emei Sect actually had them.

Zhou Zhiruo, standing beside them, had a simple heart.

Upon learning that the Bodhi Exquisite Pills were precious treasures passed down from their Ancestral Master Guo Xiang, she harbored no covetous thoughts. She merely looked at the wooden box in Gu Shaoan's hands with a hint of curiosity.

Seeing Gu Shaoan staring at the wooden box in astonishment, Miejue spoke again.

"Shaoan, your comprehension is extraordinary, but your roots are merely excellent, just like mine. While they are already quite good within the martial world, they still can't compare to those Heavenly Prodigies."

"Your internal energy might very well become your only weakness in the future."

"However, it's fortunate that you've just begun your cultivation. These two Bodhi Exquisite Pills happen to have the effect of strengthening the origin of your internal energy, providing you with a solid foundation."

"With a strengthened origin of internal energy and a stable foundation, combined with your own diligence, Shaoan, you will undoubtedly surpass me in the future, reaching the stage where your cultivation power can transform True Qi into Yuan."

"At that time, the Emei Sect will undoubtedly shine brightly in your hands and return to the ranks of first-rate forces in the martial world."

Let alone Gu Shaoan.

Even Zhou Zhiruo could discern Miejue's profound expectations for Gu Shaoan from her words at this moment.

Looking at the wooden box in his hands, Gu Shaoan couldn't deny being moved.

From Miejue's explanation, Gu Shaoan understood that these were the last two Bodhi Exquisite Pills in Emei, their refining method lost to time, making them exceptionally precious.

Yet, Miejue was offering such a valuable item to a disciple who had only joined the sect for just over a month.

Regardless of Miejue's intentions, he was the one who would benefit.

Gu Shaoan was not a person of indecision.

People were divided into different ranks, and the same applied to martial artists' roots and comprehension.

Those with superior roots could achieve in one month what those with inferior roots took several months to accomplish.

This was why those Heavenly Prodigies in the martial world, despite their young age, possessed cultivation power so profound that even seasoned veterans were shocked.

Gu Shaoan's excellent roots were not bad in the martial world, but they could only be considered upper-middle tier.

Although he could use Achievement Points for draws, and perhaps he might draw something to improve his roots someday.

But that was uncertain.

Being able to improve his origin internal energy sooner would greatly enhance Gu Shaoan's strength.

He nodded, and under the watchful eyes of Miejue and Zhou Zhiruo, Gu Shaoan slowly opened the wooden box.

The inside was lined with soft, bright yellow silk, upon which lay two bean-sized pills.

The pills were as large as broad beans, with faint red patterns.

They looked like mud balls with some red lines drawn on them, and they carried a scent reminiscent of Huanglian.

Taking a deep breath to suppress his turbulent emotions, Gu Shaoan, without hesitation, picked up one of the Bodhi Exquisite Pills.

"To achieve the maximum effect, take both at once."

At this moment, Miejue suddenly spoke.

Hearing this, Gu Shaoan picked up the other pill as well and, following Miejue's advice, placed both Bodhi Exquisite Pills into his mouth together.

As the pills touched his taste buds, the concentrated bitterness of Huanglian made Gu Shaoan frown instantly.

Who said good pills tasted sweet? All medicine had a degree of bitterness, let alone pills refined from a mixture of herbs and snake gallbladders.

He grumbled inwardly, forcing himself to swallow the pills despite the bitterness, his brow still furrowed.

After the pills entered his stomach, the expected potent medicinal energy did not erupt immediately. It was like a stone sinking into the sea, with no discernible fluctuation, leaving only the lingering bitterness in his mouth.

BOOM!

However, ten breaths later, Gu Shaoan suddenly felt an indescribably vast energy erupting from his Dantian.

This energy was not like a violent flame, but rather like magma buried deep underground surging forth, carrying a heavy, immense force that threatened to split his entire lower abdomen.

"Ugh!"

Gu Shaoan grunted, feeling his entire lower Dantian instantly filled with an endless torrent of energy, swelling to the point where it felt like it would be torn apart at any moment.

An intense pain and an indescribable sense of expansion struck him, causing stars to flash before his eyes. His body trembled uncontrollably, and his forehead instantly broke out in a fine sheen of cold sweat.

"Hold to the origin and guard the one, circulate the Emei Nine Yangs Technique."

Just then, Abbess Miejue's cold yet implicitly concerned voice was like an ice spring pouring over his head, instantly awakening Gu Shaoan.

Almost at the same moment Abbess Miejue's voice fell, Gu Shaoan suppressed his discomfort and sat down cross-legged on the spot, his Internal Energy in his Dantian circulating at full power almost instinctively.

The Internal Energy, which had been circulating like a gentle stream within his body, was now as fragile as a candle flame in the wind before the vast and unparalleled torrent of medicinal energy, almost collapsing and being swallowed in an instant.

The energy transformed from the medicinal pill was so immense it exceeded Gu Shaoan's imagination.

It was more like a boundless ocean, and he was merely a small boat on it, liable to capsize at any moment.

The Emei Nine Yangs Technique was, after all, Emei's supreme cultivation method.

Furthermore, Gu Shaoan's Emei Nine Yangs Technique First Layer had already reached Perfection, his Internal Energy condensed into threads, incredibly solid.

Under full-speed circulation, his Internal Energy was also refining and devouring the diffused medicinal power within his body at an extremely rapid pace.

As waves of medicinal power were refined, every minute meridian and channel in Gu Shaoan's body was forcibly widened. The tearing pain caused his bones to creak and groan.

Moreover, a portion of the medicinal power quietly entered his Dantian, merging with Gu Shaoan's origin internal energy, while another portion integrated into Gu Shaoan's body.

It seeped into his muscle fibers, bone marrow, and the Essence of his blood.

This was tempering and strengthening Gu Shaoan's tendons, bones, and physique.

During the process, Gu Shaoan could even feel an intense itching sensation emanating from deep within his body.

It was his bones becoming denser, his muscle fibers rearranging and combining, becoming tougher and more explosive.