Urban Extraordinary Immortal Doctor
Chapter 125: High Rank of the Accumulating Essence Realm

Chapter 125: Chapter 125: High Rank of the Accumulating Essence Realm

Early the next morning, Fang Bai got up to wash and get ready as he had the day before, then went out for his morning exercises.

Qiu Zhan was not in the courtyard as he had been yesterday; he was in his room with his wife, and Qiu Mingyue was also in her parents’ room. Both father and daughter seemed to have stayed up all night.

Fang Bai stepped lightly out of the red-painted gate, turned back to close it, and after leaving the village, sprinted towards the deep mountains.

He ascended the same peak he had trained on yesterday and took out three "Gathering Yuan Pills" and three Red Essence Stones to begin his cultivation.

This time, after absorbing the Essence Energy from the "Gathering Yuan Pills" and Red Essence Stones, True Yuan surged within Fang Bai’s Qi Sea, and he attempted to challenge the second layer of the "Dragon-Tiger-Lion-Elephant Technique," the High Rank of the Accumulating Essence Realm.

Although he didn’t succeed in the end, the barrier that blocked Fang Bai’s path to advancement had been thinned to mere paper. All it would take was one gentle poke, and it would burst.

Fang Bai was not in a hurry; he still had four "Gathering Yuan Pills" and four Red Essence Stones. Perhaps tomorrow, after absorbing the Essence Energy from the pills and stones, he would be able to pierce through that thin paper and successfully advance a minor realm, doubling his strength.

When he returned to the quadrangle home, Qiu Zhan was out, with only Mingyue at home to look after her mother.

Mingyue sat outside her mother’s room on a small stool, hugging her knees, staring blankly into the sky, and muttering under her breath, possibly praying for her mother.

With the combination of heartbroken crying and a sleepless night, Mingyue’s beautiful eyes were somewhat swollen and red, and her expression was haggard, inducing an irresistible sense of pity in others.

Fang Bai went back to his room to take a bath and changed into clean clothes. He didn’t rush to eat breakfast but instead went over to Mingyue and started a conversation with her.

"Mingyue, is your uncle not at home?"

"My dad just went out; he said he was going to find medicine to treat my mom’s illness."

"Actually, what I said yesterday was true. My medical skills are quite good. If you let me examine your mom, there might be hope."

"My dad is an excellent healer. Ever since I was little, whenever I was sick, he was the one who cured me. I’ve never been to a hospital. If even he can’t heal my mom, no other doctor can, and certainly not you!"

"That’s not necessarily true. You’ve heard the saying, ’There’s always someone stronger, just as there’s always a higher mountain,’ haven’t you?"

"You? A stronger force?"

Mingyue gave Fang Bai a glance and then unceremoniously said, "It’s not that I’m looking down on you, but you haven’t even graduated from medical school yet. You’re not even a proper doctor, nor do you have a license to practice medicine. Do you think I would believe you?"

As she said this, she waved her hand irritably and said, "Forget it, I don’t want to talk to you anymore, I’m feeling down!"

"Mingyue, you’ve memorized my mobile number, right? I’m going out now. Remember, if your mom shows any symptoms and your dad can’t save her, call my mobile immediately. I’ll hurry back as soon as I can."

Fang Bai walked away a few steps, then turned back to look at Mingyue and said earnestly, "Give me a chance to gain your trust, and perhaps I can give you back some hope! Goodbye!"

After speaking, Fang Bai strode out of the quadrangle, leaving Mingyue to continue sitting on the stool, staring into the sky.

After breakfast, Fang Bai spent the entire day touring antique markets, large and small, in Yanjing, hoping that he might stumble upon treasures like the Five Elements Acupuncture Set again, but unfortunately, he found nothing.

Fang Bai wasn’t disheartened, thinking to himself that rarity endows value, and only precious and rare items can be considered treasures. If one could easily stumble upon good things, then they wouldn’t be called treasures anymore.

When Fang Bai returned to the quadrangle courtyard in the evening, he could smell the strong scent of herbal medicine from afar, no doubt Qiu Zhan had obtained new herbs and was brewing them for his wife, Qiu Yuzhi.

This time, there seemed to be two new types of herbs added to the medicine, which, in Fang Bai’s opinion, with the inclusion of these two new herbs, would extend Qiu Yuzhi’s life a bit longer.

Fang Bai admired Qiu Zhan even more, thinking that to come up with two new herbs capable of suppressing the toxicity of the "Man-Eating Flower" in just one night was nothing short of genius in medicine.

And to be able to find and bring back those two special herbs in just one day was also no simple feat.

Qiu Zhan and his daughter Qiu Mingyue, one diligently brewing the medicine in the kitchen and the other accompanying her mother in the bedroom, were not disturbed by Fang Bai as he entered the quadrangle. He went straight to his room and went to bed to rest.

On the third day before dawn, Fang Bai took along his last four "Gathering Yuan Pills" and the final four Red Essence Stones to once again ascend the peak, facing the sunrise to immerse himself in cultivation.

The previous two days of cultivation had consumed six "Gathering Yuan Pills" and six Red Essence Stones, and although his realm had not advanced, Fang Bai’s strength had greatly improved, and even the speed at which he absorbed Essence Energy had increased considerably.

The moment the sunrise began, the six "Gathering Yuan Pills" dissolved in Fang Bai’s belly, and the six Red Essence Stones crumbled into dust as six strands of Essence Energy entered Fang Bai’s body’s meridians, circulating endlessly with the operation of the "Dragon-Tiger-Lion-Elephant Technique."

With his intent directing his Qi, Fang Bai mobilized all the True Yuan inside his Qi Sea to strike at the barrier blocking his path to advancement.

With each collision, the barrier loosened bit by bit.

"Break for me!"

Fang Bai suddenly shouted in his heart, all his spirit and energy gathered together, the True Yuan surged forward and finally broke through the barrier, now as thin as a cicada’s wing.

Boom—

The moment the barrier broke, Fang Bai felt as though he was receiving the Ambrosia Baptism; his body shuddered, his mind roared, True Yuan surged, his blood qi tumbled...

After a brief moment, the True Yuan automatically returned to the Qi Sea, and all the abnormal reactions in Fang Bai’s body disappeared.

In their place were senses twice as sharp and a True Yuan volume that had doubled.

On his third day in Yanjing, Fang Bai finally used ten "Gathering Yuan Pills" and ten Red Essence Stones to break through another minor realm of the "Dragon-Tiger-Lion-Elephant Technique," reaching the High Rank of the second layer "Accumulating Essence Realm," thereby doubling his strength.

Fang Bai’s current strength was now on par with Qiu Zhan and when it came to combat power, he was even confident he could defeat Qiu Zhan.

What eased Fang Bai the most was that after surpassing Qiu Zhan in strength, he would be able to cultivate and circulate the technique in his rented room in the quadrangle at any time without worrying about being detected by Qiu Zhan.

A Martial Artist’s oscillation of breath during cultivation cannot deceive someone of higher strength, but it can deceive someone weaker.

Fang Bai, though on a par with Qiu Zhan in terms of realm, was superior in combat power, and his cultivation of the "Dragon-Tiger-Lion-Elephant Technique" was unique in this world.

Therefore, as long as Qiu Zhan’s strength was not stronger than Fang Bai’s, he would not be able to sense any fluctuations of breath when Fang Bai cultivated.

When he returned to the quadrangle, he saw Qiu Zhan pushing his wife, Qiu Yuzhi, into the courtyard to bask in the sun, while Qiu Mingyue held a bowl of rice porridge nearby.

Qiu Yuzhi looked a bit better than the day before, not as listless as she had been, but that was the only slight improvement.