The ti ca quickly. Su Pan’er removed the firewood, scooped out the residual dicinal ingredients, and was left with a pot of black decoction thick with the scent of dicine. She then went to make preparations.
The little Bama pig’s snout was still smacking non-stop.
"Pan’er, it’s for real! I, the pig grandpa, went in and saw it. It’s that door, and I can’t get in. There really are lots of good things inside. Just check it out, co on!"
"Quit it! Don’t you see that I’m busy?"
Su Pan’er, quick and nimble, took out her spare clothes and laid them on a chair nearby."I’ve told you many tis; once I cultivate to the Acquired Realm, I’ll definitely go with you."
"But until now, you’re still not done cultivating. How much longer do you need?"
The little Bama pig stared at her with pleading eyes.
"Don’t you see that I’m busy cultivating right now?"
Su Pan’er couldn’t help but roll her eyes at the sky, then began to undress. Suddenly rembering that this damn lecherous pig was still hanging around, she kicked it away with one foot.
"Don’t you get it?! Run off or you’ll be eating my leftovers!"
"Ouch!"
The kick sent the comical pig rolling several tis on the ground, right to the entrance of the cave.
The cave entrance was blocked, but it scrambled to its feet, trying to squeeze back in.
Boom boom, slam!
The suddenly closed stone door almost stifled the pig’s snout, scaring it into retreating. With shock and annoyance, it swore: "Damn Su Pan’er, don’t think I’m begging for you, watch how I..."
"You can keep cursing outside, and once I co out, you’ll soon find out why the flower is so red!"
A calm and composed voice ca from behind the stone door.
Scared, the piglet tightly shut its mouth and stopped speaking, turning tail and running.
He ran faster than a rabbit!
"This damn pig!"
Su Pan’er shook her head, removed her clothes, and imrsed her naked body in the decoction. On her face and neck, there was a layer of sothing that looked like clay - it was a self-made Facial Mask.
It was a class above those inferior masks from her previous life. This was a pure natural recipe tailored for her own skin.
A few applications a month, it removed the residual sesa-sized spots on her face.
The pot was steaming hot, not boiling, but hotter than most people could stand.
Her Inner Strength was spinning rapidly, streaming along a fixed path while absorbing the dicinal efficiency in the decoction and resisting the heat.
One cycle, two cycles, three cycles...
Gradually, she fell into a state of neither joy nor sorrow, completely imrsed in cultivation.
The surroundings quieted down, with only the occasional crackling sound of the candle in the corner.
Through introspection, she clearly saw her Inner Strength, thick as a chopstick base, constantly enlarging as it absorbed and transford the dicinal strength absorbed from every corner of her skin.
The rest of her Inner Strength, guided by Su Pan’er’s spiritual consciousness ca to the dantian, where it wound around clockwise, spinning faster and faster, eventually forming a vortex.
As the assimilated dicinal energy converted to Inner Strength increased, there was nowhere for the Inner Strength in the dantian to go. Su Pan’er stopped cultivating, slowly calming her breath and finishing her practice.
She was genuinely elated.
She was now at the Bright Heart Realm Completion Stage, just one step away from advancing to the Acquired Realm!
Once she reached the Acquired Realm, not only would the impurities be completely cleansed from her, making her more beautiful, but her lifespan would also increase.
Based on normal people’s life expectancy of seventy years, she at the Clear Mind Realm Great Perfection could live to be a hundred, and once she broke through to the Acquired Realm, she could live to be a hundred and fifty!
A lifespan of a hundred and fifty years was sothing normal people wouldn’t even dare to dream of!
With a smile on her face, she slowly opened her eyes, peeled the dried clay mask off her face and threw it carelessly into the waste bin. Then she put on her clothes.
The water in the big clay pot had beco exceptionally clear and transparent, just like a pot of water.
All the dicinal power within had been fully absorbed by Su Pan’er.
She casually washed her face with clean water and then pushed open the stone door to step outside.
The sky outside was already bright.
The little Bama pig was lethargically lying not far from the cave. As soon as it saw Su Pan’er coming out, it imdiately scrambled to its feet, wagging its tail as it approached her.
"Pan’er, Pan’er, I want to tell you...".
"Shut up!"
Su Pan’er couldn’t be bothered to deal with this sly pig, she strode past it and into the house.
Aunt Zhou was busy in the kitchen. Seeing Su Pan’er appear, she greeted her with a smile, "Doctor Su, good morning! The al is ready and it’s on the table outside, you should go eat before it gets cold, cold food isn’t tasty."
"Good morning, Aunt Zhou. It’s so hot today, I prefer to eat sothing cold. Co join ."
Su Pan’er casually invited Aunt Zhou, then left the kitchen and sat down on a chair. "By the way, Aunt Zhou, where is Qin Yi? I haven’t seen him today."
Ever since the craftsn Master Uncle Cheng had brought started working, Su Pan’er had followed the local custom of providing food for the craftsn. The first al was mid-morning, the second was in the afternoon when work was done.
Aunt Zhou had taken over this duty when she found out what was happening, leaving Su Pan’er feeling sowhat guilty and indebted.
"I already ate. Scholar Qin went to the mountain top really early in the morning, he even carried a load of stead buns. Ke’er followed him too."
Aunt Zhou said, snatching a mont of rest from her chores.
"Oh, I see."
Su Pan’er quickly finished several bowls of congee, put down her bowl and chopsticks, and headed towards the back mountain.
The view of the back mountain had significantly changed.
A wide, high and thick wall had been erected all around the area, standing out at the foot of the mountain.
A group of craftsn was busy building a row of houses in the southeast corner of the wall, extrely busy.
Su Pan’er smiled as she saw the houses she had designed taking shape and she walked briskly into the enclosed area.
Ke’er saw her from a distance, and abandoning her conversation with the craftsn and Qin Yi, scampered over to her: "Fourth Sister, you’ve finally co! Ke’er missed you so much!"
"Slow down! Be careful not to trip and fall!"
Su Pan’er imdiately called out worriedly when she saw Ke’er running.
Su Ke threw herself into Su Pan’er’s arms, snuggling with her for a bit before pulling away and saying, "Fourth Sister, I’m just fine! Look!"
With that, she executed a swift revolution on the spot.
"Look at you, you don’t think about how worried your parents could get. You’re sweating profusely, co here and let your fourth sister wipe it down."
Qin Yi, hearing the commotion, also turned around and walked over, a broad smile on his face.
"Earlier they dug up a big snake in the ditch over there. The kid had a blast playing with it!"
Play with a snake?
This scared Su Pan’er!
"Fourth Sister, that snake isn’t poisonous, Fourth Sister taught Ke’er how to tell."
Ke’er hurriedly defended herself.
This brought laughter to Su Pan’er, leaving her both amused and exasperated. "You, child..."
Even Qin Yi couldn’t help but laugh!
"Ha, Scholar Qin, you must’ve struck gold to look so elated, huh?"
Just as the trio was enjoying their mont, a cold laugh suddenly ca from behind.
Turning around, Su Pan’er saw the village chief standing at the entrance of the courtyard, his face as cold as ice. Behind him were a large group of people, each wielding so sort of implent.
As the village chief stepped forward, this group also charged into the courtyard, their montum fierce.
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