"Master Mommy, what's in this little bottle? It smells so good."
A Yao leaned in holding her lotus platform, her small nose twitching and her big eyes looking at the jade bottle with curiosity.
"These are Medicinal Pills for your Junior Sister to help her Cultivate."
Gu Han explained patiently.
"Oh!"
A Yao nodded as if she understood, then gave Liu Ruyan a sweet smile.
"Junior Sister, you have to become powerful quickly!"
Looking at this Eldest Senior Sister who was like carved pink jade and had a pure Heart-Nature, Liu Ruyan's heart was filled with warmth, and she nodded vigorously.
"Yes! Thank you, Eldest Senior Sister. Ruyan will definitely work hard!"
Gu Han nodded slightly and said to Liu Ruyan:
"Follow me."
She turned, her sleeves fluttering, and led Liu Ruyan toward the Quiet Room in the Side Hall next to the Main Hall.
A Yao also followed closely behind, clutching her flowing light lotus platform like a little tail.
The Quiet Room was simply furnished, with only a Meditation Mat and an Incense Table.
However, the Spiritual Qi was exceptionally dense and pure, clearly due to an Advanced Spirit-Gathering Formation.
"You shall refine it here," Gu Han said.
Liu Ruyan took a deep breath, sat cross-legged on the Meditation Mat, and first tucked away the Samsara Dao Scripture Jade Slip.
Then she solemnly opened the jade bottle and poured out the heaven and earth creation pill.
When the pill touched her hand, it felt somewhat heavy. Nine Dao Patterns were faintly visible on the golden pill, and its exotic fragrance was so refreshing that it lifted her spirits.
She no longer hesitated and put the pill into her mouth.
The pill melted instantly, and an indescribable, majestic medicinal power immediately surged into her limbs, bones, and internal organs!
"Mmm..."
Liu Ruyan couldn't help but let out a muffled groan.
This power was too vast, completely beyond her imagination.
She didn't dare to be careless, immediately focusing her mind and circulating the Spiritual Qi in her body, trying to guide this medicinal power through her Meridians.
However, how could the medicinal power of the heaven and earth creation pill be anything but profound?
It didn't strike crudely; instead, like the finest craftsman, it began to comb, wash, and reshape Liu Ruyan's Physique and Meridians from the most minute details.
First were some Pill Toxins accumulated in her body, hidden injuries from improper cultivation, and Acquired Impurities.
Like snow under the sun, they quickly melted away, turning into specks of grayish-black filth that were expelled from her pores.
Immediately after, her Meridians were gently but firmly widened and reinforced by this power, becoming even more resilient.
Her bones let out a slight hum, becoming denser and glowing with a jade-like luster.
In her eyes, light and shadows flickered, as if reflecting fragments of her past and present lives, carrying a sense of vicissitude and enlightenment as if she had seen through the Mortal World.
This was precisely the sign that the Reincarnation Dao Body was beginning its Awakening!
At the same time, the Samsara Dao Scripture Jade Slip seemed to sense the transformation happening within her.
It actually began to heat up slightly on its own, and a wisp of mysterious script and Dao charm quietly flowed into her Sea of Consciousness.
It created a wonderful resonance with Liu Ruyan at this moment.
It was as if countless minute runes representing the Reincarnation Law were merging into her flesh, blood, and Divine Soul along with the medicinal power, laying the most solid dao foundation for her.
Gu Han stood quietly to the side, her powerful Divine Sense enveloping Liu Ruyan, closely monitoring every slight change within her.
Seeing that the effects of the heaven and earth creation pill were so gentle yet thorough, and that the Awakening of the Physique even triggered the resonance of the Samsara Dao Scripture.
She nodded secretly; the Medicinal Pills and Cultivation Techniques produced by the System indeed had a very high degree of compatibility.
A Yao sat quietly to the side, her small hands propping up her chin.
Her big eyes watched Liu Ruyan, who was enveloped in a halo of light, without blinking.
Although she couldn't understand the details, she could feel that this Junior Sister was becoming "powerful," and a happy smile appeared on her small face.
Time passed bit by bit.
In the Quiet Room, the fragrance of the pill and the Dao charm intertwined. Liu Ruyan's aura rose steadily, the filth on her body was expelled time and again, and then purified by Gu Han with a wave of her hand.
Her skin became increasingly crystal clear; although her appearance didn't change much, there was a hint of depth and mystery between her brows.
Finally, after an unknown amount of time.
A slight sound, like the cracking of an eggshell, came from within Liu Ruyan's body.
The barrier between Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment was blown open by the natural accumulation and the push of the heaven and earth creation pill!
Even more refined and massive Spiritual Qi surged through her new Meridians, and within her Dantian, a phantom of a dao foundation slowly condensed.
Foundation Establishment Stage, achieved!
Moreover, this Foundation was so thick and the Spiritual Qi so pure that it far exceeded that of ordinary Foundation Establishment Cultivators by more than a hundred times!
Liu Ruyan slowly opened her eyes.
A faint light first flashed in her eyes, followed by what seemed like countless flickering shadows, finally settling into clarity and depth.
She felt the transformative changes within her; the majestic Spiritual Qi surged through Meridians that were several times wider than before.
Her Soul also seemed to have become more solid, and she had a faint connection with a certain mysterious Law of heaven and earth.
One must know that ordinary Cultivators must at least reach the Void Returning Realm before they can begin to attempt contacting the Law.
Yet she, currently only at the Foundation Establishment Stage, could already achieve this step.
And she had also built a Perfect dao foundation with infinite potential!
All of this was bestowed by the beautiful Master before her!
Liu Ruyan suppressed the surging excitement and gratitude in her heart, stood up, and once again bowed deeply to Gu Han.
"Disciple Liu Ruyan kowtows to thank Master for the grace of remolding me!"
Gu Han accepted the bow calmly, a hint of satisfaction flashing in her eyes.
"The dao foundation has been shaped well."
"The Reincarnation Dao Body has preliminarily awakened. In the future, when you Cultivate the Samsara Dao Scripture, you will surely achieve twice the result with half the effort."
"Yes! Your Disciple will definitely Cultivate hard and not fail Master's teaching!"
Liu Ruyan's voice was firm.
"Very good."
Gu Han nodded, her gaze sweeping over the two Disciples before her.
One was the pure and flawless Reincarnation of an Immortal, and the other was a Rebirth who had experienced Reincarnation and whose Dao Body had just awakened.
The Foundation of the Yaochi Immortal Palace finally had some semblance of form.
"A Yao."
"Master Mommy! A Yao is here!"
A Yao also followed Liu Ruyan's example, puffing out her little chest as she replied, looking extremely cute.
Gu Han looked at A Yao's serious little appearance, and a hint of a smile crossed her eyes.
"A Yao, take your Second Junior Sister for a tour."
"Okay!"
A Yao immediately perked up, reaching out her small hand to take Liu Ruyan's, looking up with her small face.
"Junior Sister, I'll take you to see the flowers by the Yaochi. They're so beautiful!"
Liu Ruyan looked at her Eldest Senior Sister's innocent and romantic appearance, nodded, and said softly:
"Okay, thank you for your trouble, Eldest Senior Sister."
Watching her two Disciples, one large and one small, leave hand in hand, Gu Han finally looked away.
This Sect finally had a bit more life to it.
Her figure flashed, and she returned to the depths of the Main Hall.
Sitting cross-legged on the Cloud Bed, she sank her mind into her Sea of Consciousness and called up the System interface.
[Host: Gu Han (Gu Tianyi)]
[Sect: Yaochi Immortal Palace]
[Disciples: 2 (A Yao - Over 10 stars, Liu Ruyan - 10 stars)]
[mastery value: 20,000 points]
[Sect Buildings: Basic facilities complete]
[Special Items: primal source fluid (two drops remaining)...]
"Twenty thousand mastery value points..."
Gu Han's gaze swept quickly over the mall list.
Medicinal Pills, Magic Treasures, Cultivation Techniques... there was a dazzling array of items, many of which tempted her.
However, those suitable for her own use were too expensive, often costing tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands.
She would have to wait until the Sect recruited more Disciples or until her Disciples had major Breakthroughs in their Realms.
Right now, what she needed most was a capable assistant.
Her Divine Sense focused on the search bar, and with a thought, she entered keywords like "Character" and "Summon."
The light screen flickered, filtering out most items and finally stopping on several pages of special cards.
[Random Handyman Summoning Card (Peak Foundation Establishment): 100 mastery value]
[Random Deacon Summoning Card (Peak Soul Transformation): 500 mastery value]
[Random Elder Summoning Card (Peak Fusion): 2,000 mastery value]
[Random Protector Summoning Card (Peak Mahayana): 4,000 mastery value]
[special character summoning card (ninth level of undergoing tribulation): 5,000 mastery value]
There really was one!
Gu Han's gaze was firmly locked on the last card, the [special character summoning card].
Priced at 5,000 mastery value, it could randomly summon a Cultivator of the Ninth Heaven of Undergoing Tribulation.
Although she couldn't specify the person and there was a certain amount of randomness.
This was undoubtedly the best choice for improving the Sect's high-end combat power at the moment.
"This is the one!"
Gu Han did not hesitate at all, locked her mind on it, and confirmed the exchange.
[Ding! Consumed 5,000 mastery value, successfully exchanged for 'special character summoning card' x1!]
[Use immediately?]
"Use!"
As Gu Han thought to herself, the card emitting a mysterious starlight shattered in her System warehouse, dissipating into countless points of light.