Zuo You pushed the Storage Box toward Qin Siyang, his gaze sincere. "So this extra amount isn't payment for medicine. It's protection money for you, and a small token of respect from me, a doctor, for this hard-won order."
Qin Siyang fell silent for a moment. Seeing the openness in Zuo You's eyes, he finally stopped refusing.
"All right." Qin Siyang put away the Storage Box, stood up, and nodded solemnly. "Thank you, Chairman Zuo. As long as I'm still here, no one will be able to hold a knife to your throats."
After leaving, Qin Siyang once again began battling the Skywalking Lion-Eagle, accompanied by Li Tianming as his [Insurance Provider].
Devouring the Skywalking Lion-Eagle's Feather Blades had extended his Path of Self-Verification to well over a hundred thousand meters, more than enough to capture several hundred motes of [Primordial Starshine]. All he needed to do was keep acquiring them.
With the help of Zuo You's medicine, the number of [Primordial Starshine] motes hanging above Qin Siyang's Path of Self-Verification soon reached one hundred and fifty-six.
Once he reached that number, Qin Siyang stopped deliberately dying to acquire [Primordial Starshine].
According to Qian Wendao's theory, breaking through to origin sequence level five required eighty percent of the maximum amount of [Primordial Starshine] one could obtain. For Qin Siyang, that meant he should break through upon refining his one hundred and sixtieth mote.
However, Qian Wendao was currently his only data point, so he could not be entirely certain of the rules governing a breakthrough to origin sequence level five.
To be safe, he chose to stop at one mote of [Primordial Starshine] fewer than Qian Wendao had possessed when he broke through.
Still, Qin Siyang also knew that a mote of [Primordial Starshine] appeared each time he neared death.