In a good mood, Chu Yuan stretched, took a deep breath, and went to check on his junior sisters' cultivation progress. With their master away, he, as the senior disciple, had to take some responsibility.
“Hmm?!” As he stepped out of the palace, he saw Luo Li and Bai Jin. Luo Li was practicing a sword technique, while Bai Jin was setting up a cauldron to refine pills in another corner.
What the heck?!
Did they like to cultivate outdoors?
“Senior Brother!” Luo Li was the first to notice Chu Yuan and called out in delight.
Boom—!!!
The next moment, an explosion rang out. The two looked over and saw Bai Jin with a soot-covered face, spitting out a mouthful of black smoke. She… blew up her furnace!
She was at a crucial stage in refining her pill when she heard Luo Li calling out to their senior brother and got distracted.
“Pfft—” Luo Li couldn't hold back her laughter, but realized her mistake as soon as the laughter escaped her lips, “Junior Sister, no, I didn't mean to.”
Chu Yuan also wanted to laugh, but he held it in. He was afraid of hurting Bai Jin's fragile heart.
Swish—
Bai Jin shuddered, her True Essence washing over her body and cleansing it. Her face was flushed, the redness spreading all the way to her snow-white neck, turning it a bright red. It was both embarrassing and adorable.
Her heart was also in turmoil.
Ahhhhh…!!!
She was mortified.
She wished she could find a crack in the ground and disappear. Blowing up a furnace wasn't a big deal, but she had ruined her image, especially in front of her senior brother.
Seeing her embarrassed expression, Chu Yuan knew she must think she had made a fool of herself. Well, she wouldn't understand the term “made a fool of herself.”
Chu Yuan spoke to relieve her embarrassment, “Why aren't you two cultivating inside the palace? There are all kinds of formations in the palace that amplify your cultivation speed. It’s more effective than outside.”
“It's like this, Senior Brother. Three days ago, an Elder from the Holy Land sent some things over. We saw you were in seclusion and accepted them on your behalf. The Elder from the Holy Land also said to remember to wake you up the day before the coronation ceremony. We were afraid we might get too engrossed in our cultivation and forget the time, so we decided to cultivate outside. But we didn't expect you to leave seclusion so early,” Luo Li explained earnestly.
Chu Yuan understood. He had been in deep seclusion and hadn't paid attention to the outside world.
“What did they send?” Chu Yuan asked.
“It's a set of clothes. They said it’s the Holy Son’s attire.” Luo Li said, a flash of light in her hand, and a transparent box appeared. Inside was a set of white robes with gold trim, shimmering with various Dao patterns and luster. It was clearly extraordinary.
There was only one set. After all, clothes in this world didn’t need to be washed. Your cultivation would cleanse them instantly, especially robes like this that required countless precious materials to make.
“Not bad.” Chu Yuan took it over, opened the box, and admired it for a moment. He was very satisfied. The robe had several formations—calming, defensive, and speed-enhancing. Even an Elder from the Holy Land couldn’t destroy even a corner of it. It could also change its style and color at will.
“Senior Brother, do you want me to help you dress?” Luo Li blurted out, then froze. Oh no, she had accidentally spoken her mind.
Swish—, instantly, she turned red-necked, just like Bai Jin, her head lowered, burying itself in the soft fabric.
“!!!” Bai Jin’s eyes widened. She thought she had misheard. How could the Second Senior Sister be so bold? Did she like the Senior Brother? S… she felt a little jealous. Did she also like the Senior Brother? No, such a perfect man, impossibly handsome, who wouldn’t like him? It was normal for her to like him. Yeah, she was just doing what any woman would do.
But she wouldn't dare be as bold as her Second Senior Sister. How could she even say it out loud? It was mortifying.
Help me dress?!
Even Chu Yuan took a deep breath. Wow, what a thing to say!
The society in this world was still fairly conservative. “Helping to dress” could only mean a servant or a wife.
His junior sister… good for her!
He took a deep breath, a gentle smile spreading across his face, “Thank you, Junior Sister.”
He didn't refuse. Why would he? As a senior disciple, he had to consider his junior sister’s feelings. If he refused, she would be embarrassed. He wasn’t simply trying to get his junior sisters to dress him. No, no, that's not it. He's just a great Senior Brother. That's it.
He had agreed, he had agreed. Luo Li was both embarrassed and thrilled, while Bai Jin felt a tinge of regret.
“Junior Sister, let’s help Senior Brother dress together,” Luo Li said softly. She felt a little embarrassed by her junior sister’s gaze.
“Okay… okay.” Bai Jin lowered her head, but her eyes couldn’t help but show a hint of joy.
Sword Spirit: “…”
Medicine Aunt: “…”
Chu Yuan only took off his outer layer of clothing and allowed the two girls to help him put on the Holy Son’s attire. After he was dressed, Luo Li and Bai Jin couldn't help but cover their mouths.
Senior Brother was already handsome, with an ethereal aura. Now, with these clothes, he was even more noble.
Of course, besides the clothes, there were also boots and arm guards, but those were considered part of the outfit.
Looking at his two infatuated junior sisters, Chu Yuan’s lips curved into a slight smile.
It's good to be handsome.
It took them a while to regain their composure.
“Luo Li, you're at the fifth level of the Divine Pill Realm, hmm, not bad.” Chu Yuan nodded. She had broken through four levels in a month, even faster than he had been. But it was understandable, her Supreme Sword Body was even stronger than an Emperor’s Potential. And most importantly, both she and Bai Jin were children of destiny, with the blessing of destiny.
With the same aptitude and resources, Chu Yuan believed children of destiny would definitely break through faster than others.
Luo Li felt a sense of accomplishment at being praised by her Senior Brother.
“Third level of the Spirit Sea Realm, not bad either.” Chu Yuan turned to Bai Jin.
From someone with zero cultivation to the third level of the Spirit Sea Realm in a month, directly reaching the third major realm of the Transcendent Eight Realms, was incredible!
There were two reasons for her rapid breakthrough. First, she had already reached the Spirit Sea Realm before, but her cultivation had dropped later. It was naturally much easier to cultivate back to the same level. Second, she cultivated by refining the Essence of Spiritual Fire, a unique cultivation method. In other words, she also had a kind of cheat code. No wonder she was advancing so quickly.
This was also because Bai Jin had spent half of her time studying alchemy in the past month.
Under Medicine Aunt’s guidance, in just a month, she had transformed from a novice to a third-grade alchemist.
She could refine pills used by those in the Spirit Sea Realm.
This speed of learning alchemy was simply unheard of.
First-grade alchemy corresponded to the Body Tempering Realm, second-grade to the True Essence Realm.
She understood the theory of first and second-grade alchemy immediately, and her hands were proficient. The third-grade alchemy only presented a slight challenge.
This is the power of a genius with the Divine Pill Body!
However, because she had only started studying alchemy recently, she also had her weaknesses. For example, she didn’t recognize many herbs.
Chu Yuan looked at the place where her furnace had exploded and asked curiously, “What pill were you refining just now?”