Spring turned to autumn, and in the blink of an eye, half a year had passed. During those six months, Fang Yu had continuously used the Heaven-Palm Bottle to cultivate medicinal herbs, then followed the Fang Family's secret methods for tempering the body, using medicinal herbs hundreds or even thousands of years old to brew medicinal baths and refine pills to temper his flesh.
Yet the results were far inferior to those of the Fang Family. Even when the herbs were older than the Fang Family's, the gap remained considerable.
Still, he had made some progress. In terms of time spent, he was advancing far faster than he had while cultivating in the Fang Family.
Now that so much time had passed, Fang Yu felt it was time to return to the The Great Primordial World. He also wanted to see what changes the Heaven-Palm Bottle would undergo there.
After leaving Zhang Xiuer a letter saying that he was going out, Fang Yu willed it and returned to his room in the Fang Family.
More than half a year had passed in the Mortal World, but only six or seven hours had passed in the The Great Primordial World. Thus, nothing in the room had changed. It remained as luxurious and grand as ever, displaying the bearing of the young master of Dragon Deepwater Province's foremost family.
It was already late at night, with a bright moon hanging amid sparse stars!
Fang Yu paid little attention to any of that. What he cared about now was what changes the Heaven-Palm Bottle could undergo in the The Great Primordial World.
After all, the Fang Family was located near the dragon vein of Dragon Deepwater Province. The Great Li Dynasty had specially permitted them to build atop the dragon vein, yet the Fang Family's ancestors had refused!
Building an estate atop a dragon vein—what did that mean?
Rebellion?
Although it was not built atop the dragon vein, the Fang Family estate was still filled with exceptionally abundant spiritual energy. Staying there was tremendously beneficial to the body.
Otherwise, with the Fang Family's insane rules, people would easily die without healing medicine.
Even so, servants and slaves were thrown into the Longyuan River to feed the fish every day.
Fang Yu could do nothing about such matters. What mattered most to him now was raising his physical cultivation, breaking through the Gate of Divine Abilities, cultivating techniques and divine abilities, and finding powerful people to rely on.
He had to firmly cling to the coattails of both his elder sister, Fang Qingxue, and Fang Han!
At minimum, they would become Celestial Lords!
Who could refuse such temptation? As for being a sycophant—
Pah, that was called being a loving younger brother and a good brother!
Still, he was very curious about what exactly would appear in the Heaven-Palm Bottle within the The Great Primordial World.
Green liquid?
Or something else, such as the time crystals that only appeared in the Immortal World!
Of course, the question was how long it would take. In the Mortal World, it took seven days; in the Spirit World, three days!
How many days would it take in the The Great Primordial World?
With that thought, Fang Yu walked to the window of his room and placed it in a corner where it could receive the moonlight!
Before long, dazzling strands of light gathered from all directions.
Then, countless nearly transparent specks of light densely appeared around the little bottle, forming clusters of light the size of millstones. They resembled rounds of bright moons outside, leaving Fang Yu both nervous and exhilarated.
He was not worried about being discovered. Without his orders, no one was allowed to step into the courtyard, while Fang Family guards patrolled outside at all times. There was nothing for him to worry about.
After about an hour, the clusters of light vanished, and the Heaven-Palm Bottle became completely ordinary again.
Fang Yu drew a deep breath and opened it. Then he saw a single drop of liquid containing nine colors, burning like a flame, making it impossible to tell whether it was water or fire.
Nine Yang Sacred Water!
The instant he saw the nine colors, those four words flashed through Fang Yu's mind.
He then forcibly suppressed the urge to drink it in one gulp. If he truly did that, it would be little different from entering a crematory furnace—he would be reduced straight to ash.
However, he could not yet determine whether it truly was Nine Yang Sacred Water. He needed a professional.
The only person in the entire Fang Family who could recognize Nine Yang Sacred Water was Fang Qingxue, who had yet to return. Therefore, he still had to wait a while longer.
"I never expected it to be Nine Yang Sacred Water. Then again, even in the The Great Primordial World, the Heaven-Palm Bottle should count as an immortal artifact. Immortal artifacts can naturally, like experts of the Longevity Realm, draw in the Nine Yang energy that spills from the Gate of the Immortal World and condense it into Nine Yang Sacred Water. Unfortunately, it still falls short. It would be wonderful if it could directly condense Pure Yang Pills instead. Those are the best pills for cultivating the physical body."
Fang Yu recalled the relevant information and spoke with considerable regret.
Nine Yang Sacred Water and Pure Yang Pills were slightly different. With one of them, even those below the fifth level of the Divine Ability Realm had to refine it with the utmost caution. It was not because it was dangerous, but because it was difficult to refine.
Pure Yang Pills, however, could be consumed even in the physical realm. They nourished the body and helped one break through into the Divine Ability Realm.
In ancient times, during the Three Sovereigns Era, when the World Tree still existed, Pure Yang Pills were the cultivation pills of qi refiners. The The Great Primordial World had also been suffused with pure yang energy, and nearly everyone had the chance to enter the Divine Ability Realm. It ranked first among the three thousand great worlds and was comparable to the Immortal World.
Unfortunately, none of that remained now. Nine Yang Sacred Water and Pure Yang Pills had become things that only experts of the Longevity Realm could condense.
Let alone those in the physical realm—even those in the Divine Ability Realm found them difficult to obtain.
At roughly one drop per hour, it seemed like little, but for someone who was only in the physical realm, it was completely sufficient.
However, he could not consume it directly. He still had to wait for Fang Qingxue to return.
"I hope it won't take too long."
Fang Yu muttered to himself.
He remembered that green liquid had a storage limit, and he did not know whether Nine Yang Sacred Water had one as well. Ordinary containers could not store Nine Yang Sacred Water; it had to be kept in a treasure artifact or a spatial item, otherwise it would dissolve them completely.
Therefore, the Nine Yang Sacred Water would have to remain in the Heaven-Palm Bottle for the time being.
Nine Yang Sacred Water itself could be used to cultivate spirit herbs, and its effects would certainly surpass those of green liquid. But using Nine Yang Sacred Water to cultivate spirit herbs was simply too extravagant.
He was not Fang Han!
Moreover, the Fang Family's meager supply of spirit herbs simply could not withstand the immense energy of Nine Yang Sacred Water.
Thus, he still had to store it, and he could not leave the Fang Family.
As for the Mortal World, Fang Yu had no particular feelings toward it, nor did he care. Whatever direction the plot took had nothing to do with him. He only needed to wait for Fang Qingxue to return.
Meanwhile, he could gather more Nine Yang Sacred Water. When the time came, he could ask Fang Qingxue how to use it, or exchange it for other pills.
As for whether Fang Qingxue would forcibly seize the Heaven-Palm Bottle, rest assured—even if she were killed, with her pride, she would never do such a thing, let alone to her own younger brother.
And whether it would be discovered, he was not worried either, because worrying would be useless.
If it was meant to be discovered, he could not escape it anyway. It would be better to face it directly. Besides, he believed such a clichéd plot would not happen to him.
He was fairly confident about that.
And Nine Yang Sacred Water was also of considerable use to Fang Qingxue in her current state.
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