Cling to Big Sister's Coattails

Fang Yu knew nothing about the Heaven-Palm Bottle being exposed. He even thought he had concealed it well, feeling a sense of relief.

But the urgent matter now was to quickly raise his physical cultivation to the eighth level, the Divine Courage Realm, then have Fang Qingxue help reshape his innate constitution so he could break through to the Mystical Ability Realm sooner.

Once he broke through to the Mystical Ability Realm, he would be able to cultivate divine abilities.

He truly had no interest in the Eclosion Sect's eight great divine abilities. The only one that caught his eye was Fang Han's Five Emperors' Great Devil Divine Ability—the Great Five-Elements Art—especially the Azure Emperor Wood Sovereign Art.

As long as he successfully cultivated the Azure Emperor Wood Sovereign Art, he would basically never lack cultivation resources, whether in the Eternal Life World or the world of A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality.

The Heaven-Palm Bottle could also be used specifically to gather Nine Yang Sacred Water.

Of course, he knew that the Heaven-Palm Bottle could not compare to the World Tree, but for him right now, it was more than enough.

As for the World Tree, without Emotion-Severing Water to wash away the filth accumulated over hundreds of millions of years, Nine Yang Sacred Water alone could not revive it.

Now that he had the Heaven-Palm Bottle, coupled with the one-year time ratio in A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality, becoming an immortal should not be a problem. But if he wanted to become a Heavenly Lord, he would likely still need to cling to someone powerful.

Especially his own sister's coattails. He had to hold on tight.

As for Fang Han, it would be enough to befriend him. That should more or less guarantee him a place as a Heavenly Lord.

Mm! It was decided, then.

Thus, after putting away the Heaven-Palm Bottle, Fang Yu set off for the stables.

Judging by the time, Fang Han should already have obtained the Yellow Springs Diagram.

Unfortunately, this was the Creation Immortal King's plan. He did not dare disrupt it, lest he be slapped to death.

When the era was destroyed, his own sister would probably have forgotten she even had a younger brother and would not choose to revive him with the Great Destiny Art.

Therefore, he still had to rely on himself.

Work at the stables was extremely demanding. One had to get up in the middle of the night and prepare additional fodder. There were even more rules when raising prized horses.

For example, Fang Han's care of Fang Qingwei's Thousand-Mile Snow required him to cook soy milk every day, mix eggs, soybeans, and all kinds of refined feed together for Thousand-Mile Snow to eat, then lead it around the stables for a lap. After it had digested its food, he would wait for the Fang Family's second young lady to arrive.

Thus, only the lowest-ranking servants of the Fang Family raised horses.

Because horse feed was far better than what servants ate, many stablehands secretly ate it. The Fang Family turned a blind eye to this as well.

After all, the Fang Family was wealthy and powerful. They did not care about a little horse feed.

Fang Han, however, was an exception. He never ate horse feed, so he was often ostracized, with the others thinking he was putting on airs.

But Fang Han simply disdained eating horse feed. He only wanted to escape his status as a servant of the Fang Family, though that was nearly impossible in the Great Li Dynasty.

But then again, Fang Han was the protagonist. Sigh.

Fang Yu's Black Steed and Fang Qingwei's Thousand-Mile Snow were the two finest horses in the stables, but they were far inferior to the Heaven and Earth Horse.

The first thing Fang Yu did upon arriving at the stables was send someone to summon Fang Han.

The moment Fang Han heard that Fang Yu wanted to see him, he became incredibly nervous. Yet he did not dare run away and could only follow behind, his eyes flickering as he pondered Fang Yu's purpose in summoning him.

"I heard you've raised Second Sister's Thousand-Mile Snow very well. Starting today, I'll leave my Black Steed to you as well!"

In the main hall of the stables, Fang Yu sat in the seat of honor, watching Fang Han. Compared to the last time they had met, Fang Han had not only grown stronger and taller, but his aura had also become deeper.

Even the sour, foul smell of a servant was gone from him.

Fang Yu understood at once that Fang Han had already obtained the Yellow Springs Diagram and the Nine-Aperture Golden Pill, which had expelled most of the impurities from his body.

"Thank you, Young Master. This servant obeys."

Upon hearing this, Fang Han let out a sigh of relief and immediately knelt to offer his thanks.

Because of what had happened before, he held a somewhat more favorable impression of Fang Yu.

Otherwise, if the remaining five lashes had landed on him, then without the Nine-Aperture Golden Pill, he would have needed at least ten days to half a month to recover.

"All right, get up!" Seeing this, Fang Yu stepped forward and helped Fang Han to his feet, greatly changing the expressions of everyone else present and filling their eyes with jealousy.

Yet when Fang Yu touched Fang Han, he froze.

Naturally, he did it on purpose.

In an instant, everyone in the hall went still. The place became so silent that a pin drop could be heard, while Fang Han's entire body stiffened, his expression tense to the extreme.

Then Fang Yu waved for the others to leave the hall.

Although they were immensely curious, envious, and even jealous of Fang Han, they could only obediently leave.

Within the Fang Family, only Fang Zetao and Fang Qingxue could order Fang Yu around. Even Fang Qingwei's status was inferior to Fang Yu's.

After all, Fang Yu was a son—Fang Zetao's only son, and his youngest child.

Though Fang Zetao had a household full of wives and concubines, he had only three children: Fang Qingxue, Fang Qingwei, and Fang Yu.

Fang Yu's status was self-evident, and both Fang Qingxue and Fang Qingwei doted on him dearly.

Otherwise, given Fang Qingxue's temperament, how could she possibly have taken the initiative to visit Fang Yu's courtyard?

Even Fang Zetao did not have that privilege. Whenever he had business with Fang Qingxue, he could only obediently go find her himself.

In fact, after Fang Zetao learned that Fang Yu had made Fang Qingxue come to him, he had wanted to personally drag Fang Yu into the Fang Family's main hall and demand an explanation. However, Fang Qingxue stopped him.

Fang Yu knew nothing about this matter.

"Did you take some kind of heavenly spiritual medicine? Otherwise, how could your innate constitution be so good?"

Fang Yu feigned surprise as he released Fang Han, then looked him over from head to toe again.

Before his words had even faded, a look of terror surfaced on Fang Han's face. Then, with a thud, he dropped to his knees and kowtowed.

"Young Master, please forgive me. This servant... this servant was washing horses in the Longyuan River five years ago when lightning flashed and thunder roared. A large horned snake suddenly rolled out of the river. It terrified this servant, but then the snake was struck dead by lightning. Out of curiosity, this servant fished it out of the river and cooked it to eat by myself. I ate it for many days. I even ate its gallbladder. Strangely enough, that snake's gallbladder was bright red and as hard as stone. I boiled it for an entire afternoon before it dissolved. From then on, this servant's body grew stronger and stronger, and I developed the thought of secretly learning martial arts. This servant deserves death."

Fang Han kowtowed once more.

His explanation was not fabricated. Bai Haichan had told it to him.

It had originally been prepared for Fang Qingxue, but he had not expected the plan to fall behind events, so he could only tell it to Fang Yu instead.

"A Unicorn Viper. Its inner gallbladder strengthens one's foundation and nourishes one's essence; it is a naturally occurring spiritual medicine. After consuming it, one gains immense strength. One of our Fang Family ancestors once hunted one. You were fortunate enough to obtain one as well. Not bad. It seems you are also a man blessed with destiny."

"How can someone like you remain a slave who feeds horses? How about this? Starting today, you will cultivate martial arts alongside the Fang Family disciples at the training grounds and strive to become an expert of the Physical Body Realm. I'll tell Father about this later, and he will make the arrangements. Don't disappoint me!"

Fang Yu patted Fang Han on the shoulder and smiled.