Capítulo 17: Discovery of a Level Lower than White
Lan Xiang slowly woke up, a handsome middle-aged man looking at him.
"Little Jian, look! He woke up!"
Xie Jian woke up earlier since she could recuperate her qi faster. She rushed to Lan Xiang's side and saw him slowly opening his eyes.
"How... long has it been?" Lan Xiang could barely muster a sentence before he ran out of energy.
It was clear that he was afraid of falling into a comatose state again.
"Xiang, don't worry, it's only been a few hours."
Seeing Xie Jian's gentle smile, Lan Xiang felt reassured. He smiled back.
"Who is that guy?"
"Hm? That's... gramps."
Xie Jian also found it hard to explain her grandfather's return to his youth. No one had cured QDD before Lan Xiang, who knew that it would actually restore the appearance that should've been!
Xie Gang guffawed. "Ahahaha, I feel so energetic now! This feels awesome!"
The frail, thin arms had been replaced with buff and thick ones. His nonexistent pecs came back with a vengeance. Most especially, his balding wrinkly head was now a lush forest of white, shiny hair!
"I need to call my wife right now!"
Xie Jian and Lan Xiang laughed at his enthusiasm. It was understandable, to return to one's prime appearance after looking so bad for so long would make anyone this joyous.
Xie Jian stared at Lan Xiang's face. Even though his hair was messy and his face was full of sweat, she thought he looked infinitely more attractive than he did before.
"Xiang, I don't know how to repay you..."
"Hm, well. How about you repay me... by staying by my side like you always have."
Xie Jian giggled. "That's acceptable, although a bit greedy."
Lan Xiang pinched her cheeks. "Then I'll change my request to pushing our next Saturday promise to tonight!"
"No! You have school tomorrow, right? You can't stay up late." Xie Jian still acted like his older sister sometimes.
"What's the matter with that, I already stay up late everyday..."
"So when do you sleep then?"
"During the day."
"At school." Xie Jian's serious expression sent a shiver down Lan Xiang's spine.
"Look, Jian'er, if I pass all the exams next term, promise me you'll stop nagging about school."
"Nagging? I'm just concerned... Okay, fine." Xie Jian pouted.
Lan Xiang stared at Xie Jian's lips and inched closer. She, too, got nearer to him.
"Hey, Little Jian, can I, uh, borrow your phone? I kind of destroyed mine..."
The two were startled, their foreheads bumping into each other. They then glared angrily at Xie Gang.
"What? What'd I do?"
As the three talked while surrounding Lan Xiang's bed, a physician with an angry look on his face approached them.
"Ahem."
Lan Xiang glanced and then promptly looked away. I forgot about him...
"Mr... Lan, was it?"
Lan Xiang then bowed while in bed. "Sir doctor, I'm really sorry for what I did earlier. But the situation was pretty desperate, so... could you please not share it to the, you know, police?"
"Oh no, I'm not here to reprimand you, Mr. Lan. After all, if I were to report you, I might lose my job too! Hehe." The physician nodded at his own joke.
"Besides, the operation was successful, and you've saved a patient no one else could've! Unfortunately, I cannot tell this amazing story to my doctors, as you and I both will get arrested."
"Really...? Then, how will you explain what happened here?"
"I'll just, um, give a diagnosis for a slight fever and tell them I gave a prescription, pretty much."
"...! Isn't that illegal as well?"
"It isn't if no one snitches." The physician winked. "Anyway, that's all I have to say, please take care of yourself, Mr. Lan."
Lan Xiang watched as the physician left. "That's a chill physician right there. I even assaulted him earlier."
Xie Jian just smiled. She and her grandfather had convinced the physician to do such a thing before Lan Xiang woke up so as to not give him any more trouble.
"Okay, now that that's all done and over with, it's my turn." Xie Gang's eyes turned serious.
"Youngster, no, Lan Xiang, I owe you my life." Xie Gang went down on his knees and bowed to Lan Xiang. "I cannot repay the favor in this lifetime."
"Hm, I think you can."
"How do you suggest I do it?"
"Call me grandson-in-law."
"..." Xie Gang. "Hahaha, kid, you've got a sense of humor. I already planned on doing that even before your request."
"Oh?" Lan Xiang was confounded. What else did he want?
Let's see...
A technique, of course! But which kind of technique?
He already had a few cultivation techniques, a few combat techniques, and other miscellaneous ones. What else was there?
In a cultivation world, what was interesting according to his past life's webnovels...
Aha! I got it!
"Then, how about you give me some pill refining techniques!" Lan Xiang's eyes sparkled.
Xie Gang was stunned. He didn't think the kid would ask for such an easy task. It was up to him to give him a technique worthy of his life.
With a wave of his hand, a thick book came out of his storage ring.
"Here, grandson-in-law, the pill technique that you wanted!"
When Xie Jian saw what Xie Gang was giving, she widened her eyes. "Grandpa, what are you doing...?"
"Little Jian, it's only a measly pill technique."
"But that's our family's core pill technique!" Xie Jian was hesitant.
The Xie family was well-known across the entire country, nay, the entire planet, for their pills, and that was all thanks to their unrivaled pill technique. Countless others have tried to find out about it but to no avail.
Xie Jian was worried. She trusted Lan Xiang to not share the technique to anyone, but what if someone found out that he had possession of it? It would be disastrous!
Lan Xiang took the book and glanced through it. He then opened the system panel.
Xie Family Technique, Spiritual Pill Refinement
Purple level technique
Average practicing speed: Very slow
Limit: Level 18 (Realm of Ascension)
Pill mastery: Very high
Founder: Xie Tianya (1109 years ago)
Advance: 5000 t-pts.
Sell value: 1000 t-pts.
"Very slow, huh? I guess that's the standard for this world's techniques. You have to have talent to use it to its full potential."
Xie Gang, watching Lan Xiang's reaction closely, was utterly bewildered by his unsatisfied expression. This is the best pill refinement technique that exists, what are you frowning for?!
As Lan Xiang brushed through the book, disheartened, a small, thin notebook fell out from one of the pages.
It looked decades old and worn out.
"Oh, never mind that, those are my notes when I tried to practice pill refinement myself. It... didn't quite work out." Xie Gang was quite embarrassed remembering those memories.
As he reached to take it back, Xie Gang felt a book thicker than he expected. Lan Xiang gave back the Spiritual Pill Refinement Technique?!
Meanwhile, Lan Xiang looked at the old and worn out notebook like it was a priceless treasure.
Pill Refinement Notes
Blank level technique
Average practicing speed: Very slow
Limit: Level 0.1 (Not Even Close Bro)
Pill mastery: Very low
Founder: Xie Gang (31 years ago)
Advance: 1 t-pt.
Sell value: none
"A blank level technique? This is utter garbage, I love it!"
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