With his parents, elder brother, sister-in-law, and little nephew watching, Han Feng took off his backpack and pulled out bottle after bottle of medicine.
"This is Qi-Gathering Powder. Take some before circulating your energy to break through and open your acupoints. It'll quickly give you extra True Qi."
His elder brother, Han Shan, picked up the bottle in delight and hefted it twice. Finding plenty left inside, he couldn't help asking, "Why aren't you taking it yourself? I don't think you've opened all your acupoints yet."
"No rush," Han Feng said. "I've got plenty of medicine."
With that, he took out another bottle. "Meridian-Opening Pills. They make the essence blocking your acupoints more active, so the acupoints are easier to open. Use them with Qi-Gathering Powder, and the effect gets even stronger."
"I've heard of them too. Those two medicines, together with Spirit-Sensing Pills, which help you sense Heaven and Earth Essence, and Essence-Sealing Pills, which keep your vital essence from leaking away, are known as the 'Four Innate Treasures.' If a martial artist at the peak of the Acquired Realm gathers all four, rests well, and fills himself with True Qi, his chance of breaking through to the Innate Realm exceeds fifty percent. Even if he fails, he can avoid the usual consequences of leaking vital essence or True Qi running wild. They're treasures indeed!"
His father, Han Ting, asked gravely, "Don't tell me you have the other two as well?"
Han Feng grinned and took out two more bottles.
"You guessed it. I have them all."
At the sight of those four bottles, the Han men's eyes lit up, and even their breathing quickened.
Han Ting had just turned forty. For a martial artist, the next five or six years marked the end of his prime. His cultivation