"Yi Er, endure it!"
Chen Taixing's forehead was sweating as he carefully manipulated the True Yuan within Chen Yi's body, navigating through his ridians, while reminding him to bear the pain.
He had gone through Foundation Establishnt and naturally knew the sensation of when one's ridians were being widened by the True Yuan of a martial arts expert.
But this was a necessary beginning to Foundation Establishnt, and also the most optimal thod discovered by the Wei Dynasty nobility over thousands of years.
Only by widening the twelve primary ridians in the human body, and then strengthening muscles, bones, skin, and even the internal organs from the outside in with dicinal liquids for Body Refining, could the speed of advancent in cultivation be comparable to that of demons.
As for the final Foundation Establishnt evaluation—superior, excellent, average, and poor—these corresponded to the Saint, Absolute, Heavenly, and Earthly levels of demon bloodlines.
Although this thod of rating martial arts potential was not entirely accurate, it was still able to reflect a child's aptitude sideways, thereby matching them with corresponding resources.
"Hiss!"
Chen Yi clenched his teeth and endured severe pain.
He could feel a stream of air inside him, starting from the top of his head and travelling down his spine before spreading into his limbs and bones.
Each part it passed through brought waves of pain like needle pricks, causing his body to shiver.
No wonder Big Brother scread like a pig about to be slaughtered—it truly damn hurts!
In order to distract himself, Chen Yi summoned the light screen panel, repeatedly looking at the prompts on it.
Eventually, he no longer felt the pain, just numbness.
Pain to numbness!
It wasn't until Chen Taixing uttered the word "finished" that Chen Yi's eyes rolled back, and he fainted.
"Yi Er, Yi Er?"
Seeing the unconscious Chen Yi, Chen Taixing was shocked and hurried outside, shouting:
"Quick, get Pharmacist Li here!"
Xia Wanwan, who was anxiously waiting outside Fanghua Garden, turned pale when she heard the noise.
"Yi Er..."
Zhou Wanyi's face was also grim as she abruptly stood up and scolded: "Why aren't you going in to find out what happened!"
People outside the garden imdiately beca frantic.
It wasn't until the afternoon that everyone gathered in the main hall of the central courtyard.
At this ti, Old Madam Chen had lost her previous kind and gentle appearance; her ancient face was deeply furrowed.
Xia Wanwan and Zhou Wanyi sat together, looking slightly better but also angry.
The other elders looked okay, but most were confused and puzzled.
Only Chen Taixing knelt in the middle of the hall, his head bowed, saying nothing.
After a long while, Old Madam Chen slowly said, "Just now the pharmacist checked; Yi Er has only suffered ridian damage and needs two days of rest before he can receive the dicinal liquid for Body Refining."
"Although Yi Er is not in grave danger, the strangeness of this incident has caught my attention!"
By the end of her speech, her face was icy cold.
"Tai Xing, do you have anything to say?"
"Grandma, I..." Chen Taixing said bitterly, "I don't know why the Nourishing ridian Pill was ineffective."
"If I had known, I would never have dared to let Yi Er take it, causing his ridians to be injured."
"Is that what I'm asking you?" Old Mada Chen glared at him.
Beside her, Chen Lixin reminded, "Tai Xing, Mother is asking you where that elixir ca from."
"The pill," Chen Taixing realized and hastily replied, "was given to by the guard of our household."
"Who?"
"Zhao Xing, it was Zhao Xing who brought the Nourishing ridian Pill from the storeroom!"
"Bring him here!"
"I'll go." Chen Lixin stood up, taking a few guards with him to leave.
Old Madam Chen didn't respond, her expression remaining frosty as she surveyed the crowd and continued:
"Since the establishnt of the Chen Family in the Wei Dynasty, this is the first ti a descendant has been attacked during Foundation Establishnt."
"Good, very good, cough cough..."
"Grandma, please calm your anger, your health is important."
Chen Taixing crawled forward a few steps, his rugged face filled with guilt: "Grandchild promises you, we will definitely find the culprit who attempted to assassinate Yi Er!"
Old Madam Chen coughed for a while to calm down, waved her hand tiredly:
"Yuan Er, how is Yuan Er doing? Did he also suffer ridian damage?"
"Reporting to Old Madam, Mr. Yuan's condition is sowhat better than Young Master Yi's, but his ridians also have two points of injury," Pharmacist Li answered from a corner.
Zhou Wanyi's complexion changed slightly, and she tightened her grip on Xia Wanwan's hand.
Xia Wanwan hurriedly comforted her in a low voice, to prevent her from disturbing the fetus.
At this mont, Chen Lixin hurried back with an ugly expression, saying:
"Zhao Xing is dead!"
The entire main hall suddenly fell silent, and only after a long ti did Old Madam Chen's voice co through, resounding like thunder:
"Find out, investigate thoroughly!"
...
When Chen Yi regained consciousness, it was already night.
He opened his eyes groggily, surveying his surroundings; he was still in his own wing room.
His eldest brother, Chen Yuan, was also lying on a bed nearby.
Beside him, Xia Wanwan and the wet nurse Lu Luo were sitting with their backs towards him, seemingly lost in thought.
Chen Yi closed his eyes again.
"What happened? Wasn't I at the stage of Foundation Establishnt?"
After a mont of recollection, he rembered passing out at the end of the ridian opening process of his Foundation Establishnt.
It was then that Chen Yi felt a faint pain in his body.
"Am I injured?"
"I wonder if this counts as a successful Foundation Establishnt..."
It seems that the Nourishing ridian Pill is still essential; although he avoided the poison of the Shattering ridian Pill, he was still injured in the ridian opening process.
Thinking of this, Chen Yi opened his eyes again.
"Mother."
"Yi Er?"
Xia Wanwan quickly ca over and embraced him, bursting into tears, "You're finally awake, you've scared to death."
"Mother, what happened? Was my Foundation Establishnt successful?"
Xia Wanwan hesitated for a mont and said, "The Foundation Establishnt went smoothly, but you've injured your ridians and need to rest quietly for a couple of days."
Chen Yi breathed a sigh of relief in his heart; as long as his Foundation Establishnt wasn't affected, he was relieved.
Then he looked at Chen Yuan lying beside him: "What about Big Brother?"
"Yuan Er is the sa as you, he needs to rest as well."
"Big Brother's ridians are also injured?" Chen Yi paused.
"Mm, but Yuan Er's condition is a bit better than yours."
Seeing that he was in good spirits, Xia Wanwan wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes and squeezed out a smile: "Fortunately amidst the misfortune, both you brothers have successfully completed your Foundation Establishnt."
"That's good..."
Not good at all!
Chen Yi was well aware that it was the Shattering ridian Pill he had ingested, not the Nourishing ridian Pill.
If it weren't for the fact that the panel had absorbed the poison for him, he probably would have ended up crippled by now.
And Chen Yuan was injured too?
Could it be that woman, to harm him, made Big Brother also ingest the Shattering ridian Pill?
However, after so thought, Chen Yi shook his head in secret.
There was sothing strange about all this.
A simple "poisoning by swapping pills" involved complicated preparations behind the scenes.
If anyone handling the matter in between had noticed the problem, it would have been impossible to carry out.
Chen Yi did not believe that using ordinary thods would deceive his second uncle, Chen Taixing.
Especially since the traces of the Shattering ridian Pill, compared to the previous Gluttony Pill and Soft Bone Powder, were too obvious.
Was such a blatant sabotage of his Foundation Establishnt really the doing of the always cautious Zhou Wanyi?
"Yi Er, rest for a while first."
"Mm."
When the room quieted down, Chen Yi thought hard but could not figure it out.
He could only temporarily place the bla on Zhou Wanyi.
One thing could be ascertained — they did not want Chen Yuan to have an accident.
Even if it wasn't Zhou Wanyi's doing, it must be related to her!
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