Chapter 24: The herbal mix

Grandpa Long put me down in the basin of water and the medicinal mix. He put me down gently to avoid the possibility of me drowning.

‘Maybe he is not as shitty as I thin—’ I couldn’t finish my thoughts as a pain like no other assaulted my whole body.

‘FUCK!’ I shouted on my mind as I was In excruciating pain.

It was like countless needles were pistoning in and out of my body. The medicinal mix was getting absorbed at an astonishing speed, visible to the naked eye.

As this was going on, I couldn’t keep my voice down and screamed at the top of my lungs.

“ARRRRRRRRRRRRGH.”

At that time I lost my consciousness and fall face-first into the basin.

——(POV Li Long a.k.a best grandpa in the world, moments ago)——

“Don’t worry. For the next few days, I would make these medicinal mixes beforehand so you don’t have to waste time waiting for me to finish the preparations.” I told him.

This medicine is not something that can be bought with money. The recipe to make it is sort of a family heirloom. This mix would help you in absorbing more Qi when you have spent all your body’s Qi.

For this reason, I pushed Huang as hard as he could endure so that he would deplete all his Qi and be ready to use this herbal mix to break through his Qi cultivation or at least take a step to gain more power.

From the text that the ancestors left behind about this herbal mix, I have known that the best time for using this herbal mix is in the Qi Gathering realm and preferably in the ninth stage so that the one who is receiving this herbal mix could benefit much more.

My plan for Huang is to use this herbal mix to break through to the next big realm, Meridian Formation. If he can do it in this one week’s time, I can rest assured that he would pass the [Trial of Eternal Chasm] and he won’t meet anything that would challenge his life.

Gently, I put Huang down in the basin of water and the herbal mix. As I know this is a bit painful, I did my best to ensure that he is sitting firmly in the basin.

Just as I put him down, you could see the herbal mix getting absorbed in his body slowly. Nodding to myself I was glad that the herbal mix is doing its thing and there is no problem in the absorption process.

Looking closely at the basin suddenly a change accord.

“This…” my eyes widened.

The speed of absorption increased so much so that you could see the clear water without any sign of herbal mix in it and all of the mix getting absorbed fast into Huang’s body.

‘This is bad! Why did it happen?’ I was thinking hard to find a reason and a solution for this situation. I can not just stop this process without knowing if it could leave permanent damage on Huang’s body.

At that moment I figured out the root of the problem. In the notes about this herbal mix was some words about it having some side effect on some people with particular physiques. One of the ancestors of our Li family had used this herbal mix and experienced excruciating pain but achieved better results and his gains were far more than his other peers.

It was said that after he absorbed all of the herbal mix in the water, he had lost his consciousness for a couple of hours.

Suddenly I heard Huang screaming.

“ARRRRRRRRRRRRGH.”

As he was about to fall into the water I float him out of the water and carried him in my arms toward a room in the courtyard.

To calm my anxiety, I started examining his body with my Qi. This was very hard because he had almost no Qi and I had to make sure my Qi won’t be left in his body or else there would be permanent damages to his meridians and Qi paths so I had to be more careful.

But who do you think Li Long is? I can say that my level of control on my Qi is in the top 10 in the world so this is nothing much for me.

After a few moments of examination, I was shocked. Not only he didn’t have any problem but you could see that his Qi paths have gotten firmer and his body stronger in general. So this was the gain that was talked about in the notes.

But why did he was in such pain?

If I had to guess, I think it is because of his cultivation level. He is at the eighth stage of Qi Gathering. In the seventh, eighth, and ninth stages of the Qi Gathering, you would strengthen your nervous system. Feeling more pain when your nervous system is getting stronger while your whole body is also getting improved is very logical. I have to write this down for future generations.

As Li Long was writing on the notes and tending to Li Huang, hours passed, and before he could feel it, six hours were past.

——(POV Li Huang)——

Feeling my whole body ache, I opened my eyes with a grunt.

“Argh.”

This was my second time seeing the unfamiliar ceiling but I didn’t panic. Why? Well, how could that demon of grandfather leave me to die? There is just no way. He is sadistic, so I have to be alive to feel pain for him to enjoy or something…

“Oh! You are finally awake! Hope you rested well because we have more training.” Speaking of the devil, I heard grandpa Long’s voice.

“Old man, you must be blind to ask me to train more in this condition. That aside, what the fuck was that medicinal mix that you mixed in the water? Are you sure that wasn’t poisoned?” I asked him with a sarcastic tone.

He clicked his tongue to my words.

“*tsk* do you think I need poison to kill you?” he asked back.

“Fair point.” I accepted his logic easily. He really doesn’t need poison to kill me but that was not the point.

“Than what?” I asked him again.

“Well, it was a secret recipe of our Li family that would help one to expand their Qi faster. With this, I was hoping that you could breakthrough in this week.” He told me honestly.

“I see… was that supposed to be this painful?” I asked him again. Even with the level of training that Li Huang went through, this was a fucking torture.

“…No, it wasn’t. You, my grandchild, are a special case.” He smirked while answering me.

“What do you mean by that?” I furrowed my eyebrows. I have no time for new bullshit.

“Well, It is like this…” he told me about the cause and the ancestor that was like me and had better gains from the others.

“I see. By the way who was that ancestor?” I got curious about that ancestor that had the same situation as me.

“Good question. I don’t know it myself, let me check the notes about his name…” he got up and opened the notes on the herbal mix and looked for the name of this ancestor.

“It is written here that he was Li… Bao.” His voice trailed off at the end of his sentence.

I was shocked beyond what I thought was possible.

“you mean Li Bao, as THE Li Bao?” I asked him to clarify. This is just too shocking.

There was silence in the room for some moments.

“…Yes, it seems so.” Grandpa answered me as he was also shocked by this development.