Chapter 279: Mother-In-Law Pities You
bout to toss it high into the air when suddenly Xie Wanjun stopped her and said to Hao Ren, "You have too many things on your hands; take them off!""I don’t think that’s a problem," Hao Ren replied.Fo...Chapter 279: Granny Loves You!
Rush to Rain Jia's house and quickly fry some hot dishes, then pack them up. Head... straight for the shantytown.
Arrive at Old Lady's dilapidated home. Xie Yujia knocks on the door; Old Lady opens it from inside.
"Granny, this is what I cooked, still hot," Xie Yujia walks in and places several dishes of food on a dark wooden table.
The old woman nods and sits down at the table.
Xie Yujia also takes her seat and pulls out two pairs of chopsticks from the box. Since there's no one home today, she decided to cook some fresh dishes to accompany Old Lady for a meal.
The old woman slowly eats without any extra words.
Meanwhile, Xie Yujia steals glances at her and after hesitating for a few seconds, asks, "Granny"
"What is it" the old lady raises her head.
"I have a friend who wants to refine the Immortal Face Pill. She... would like you to help," Xie Yujia observes Old Lady's expression cautiously before asking.
"What's her name"
"Su Han."
"A dragon clan inspector from Donghai City, I won't lend a hand with this request," the old lady answers.
Xie Yujia's steady breathing suddenly stops for an instant. But since Old Lady refuses to help, she doesn't want to press further.
"However... I can teach you how to refine them," the old woman remains calm for a few seconds and seeing Xie Yujia’s awkward expression, finally feels somewhat compassionate and changes her mind.
"Me" Xie Yujia looks at Granny with hesitation and surprise, "Can I"
"Why not! You're my disciple!" the old lady slightly frowns.
She can't stand seeing Xie Yujia's soft and passive nature. An originally lively and confident girl had become hesitant because of a love matter; this truly pained her heart.
A moment later, Old Lady’s expression softens somewhat, "The Five Elements Life-Death Talisman I taught you doesn’t merely serve offensive and defensive purposes—it can control the changes in natural elements. Therefore, it can also be used for refining medicine."
Refining medicine is essentially about extracting the five elements from ingredients and combining them in a clever and precise manner before finally burning them into medicinal pills.
The Five Elements Life-Death Talisman can control the five natural elements. Naturally, it can also guide the five elements inside the furnace, fully utilizing the medicinal properties of the materials to achieve maximum success rate for refining medicine.
"But you cannot refine with common fire. If you want to refine medicines, you need to borrow that boy's Snow Lion," Old Lady continues saying.
She calls him “the kid” without using his name, obviously not having much affection towards Hao Ren.
"Okay, Granny." Xie Yujia bows her head and eats quietly while answering softly.
The old lady doesn't say anything more but savor the dishes Xie Yujia prepared slowly.
After dinner, Xie Yujia cleans up the table. Old Lady rests slightly before teaching Xie Yujia how to use the Five Elements Talisman for refining medicine.
The Five Elements Life-Death Talisman is Old Lady's signature skill.
The Five Elements Talismans control life and death, master heaven and earth. In those days, she relied on this set of skills to forcefully borrow the power of heaven and earth’s fortune, propelling her from late Nascent Soul stage straight into Spirit Formation Realm. Now, having learned these Life-Death Talismans, Xie Yujia is undoubtedly Old Lady's direct disciple. However, due to her poor innate talent, Old Lady has no hope at all in expecting her to reach the Nascent Soul realm.
The Five Elements Life and Death Talisman is the perfect technique to counteract "Divided Light Sword Shadows."
"Divided Light Sword Shadows" manipulates the five elements through its sword energy, but the Five Elements Life and Death Talisman can control these elements from the heavens and earth. Therefore, this talisman is the bane of "Divided Light Sword Shadows."
The old woman taught Xie Yujia this technique not because she expected her to master it with her current talent and become a powerful figure in the human world, but rather so that she would have a way to defend herself against Hao Ren's bullying.
No matter how many sword energies Hao Ren releases or even if he forms an array of swords, once Xie Yujia uses her Five Elements Talisman, all his efforts will be nullified!
If "Divided Light Sword" is the blade, then the Five Elements Life and Death Talisman is its sheath.
I won't allow anyone to bully my disciple!
Seeing Xie Yujia practicing the technique seriously in her room, the old woman waved a hand and called her over.
"What's wrong Grandma, did I do something wrong" Xie Yujia had been practicing all day but still couldn't get it right, which made her anxious. She was smart when it came to academic studies, but in this area, she felt foolish.
"The talisman I gave you last time was a life talisman; now I'll give you a death talisman." The old woman placed a hand on Xie Yujia's shoulder, and immediately pure spiritual energy flowed through her meridians into the palm of her left hand.
A scorching sensation appeared in the palm of Xie Yujia's left hand, followed by a faint silver talisman imprint appearing there.
Gold represents life; silver represents death. One life talisman and one death talisman.
These two talismans are infused with "source talismans," created using the old woman's Spirit Transformation level cultivation, which can be used to create an endless supply of Life and Death Talismans as long as they are proficiently used.
The life talisman can absorb heavenly strength or even others' skills; the death talisman can release condensed spirit pellets that strike enemy acupoints and paralyze their meridians, and it can also control these pellets to explode at any time.
So whether in terms of cultivation methods or combat techniques, this Five Elements Life and Death Talisman is quite domineering.
"Life and death correspond to yin and yang; they are not absolute. Currently being only a Qi Condensation Realm cultivator, you haven't reached the level where you can comprehend the subtleties of these Life and Death Talismans."
While guiding the spiritual energy in Xie Yujia's body, the old woman explained it to her in detail.
Xie Yujia learned as she practiced, feeling a very subtle cold and hot qi flow slowly within her body.
"Grandma, did you say Hao Ren has already reached the Core Formation Realm" Xie Yujia suddenly asked.
"His talent is better than yours. I also gave him a little help; he's now at the Core Formation Realm," said the old woman kindly.
Core Formation, Xie Yujia murmured to herself.
The old woman had said that she was only in the second layer of Qi Condensation Realm now and that once she broke through ten layers of Qi Condensation, there would be a chance for Foundation Establishment. Then reaching the later stages of Foundation Establishment, she could have a chance at Core Formation...
It seemed like catching up to Hao Ren was quite challenging.
"Grandma, why do you always act as if you're mute when you can actually speak" Xie Yujia suddenly asked.
"What could I possibly say to the ordinary people around here It's enough for me to sit quietly and watch the world's rise and fall," replied the old woman.
Hmm, thought Xie Yujia. She didn't quite understand the mindset of an old woman who had reached Spirit Transformation Realm but felt that it was very hard for her to speak so openly.
Time passed quietly; the moon rose and then set again.
Xie Yujia, still in the old woman's dilapidated house, didn't notice that she had been training all night long.
The room appeared to be a mess but was filled with dozens of times more spiritual energy than outside. After practicing for one night, Xie Yujia felt her cultivation level increase significantly.
"Granny, I seem to have made a little progress," said Xie Yujia, somewhat surprised.
"Hmm, you've reached the third layer of Condensation Breath cultivation." The old granny opened her eyes slowly and nodded while sitting cross-legged on her wooden board bed.
“Hehe, thank you so much, Granny!” Xie Yujia was overjoyed.
The old granny's face full of wrinkles smiled as well. In fact, in her heart she felt a little helpless because the most unsuitable person for cultivating and becoming an immortal—Yujia with a Stone Constitution體質—had managed to produce a life talisman of Child Stage嬰級等級. She had been trying hard but only made one layer of progress.
"Granny, I still have things to do today. I'll go buy you some breakfast and then head back," Xie Yujia stretched her limbs and said.
"No need for the breakfast. After watching you cultivate all night, it's quite tiring for you. Let me send you on your way." The old granny waved her hand at Xie Yujia.
Xie Yujia suddenly felt herself being swept up. When she opened her eyes again, she was already riding the clouds and fog!
"That boy doesn't treat you kindly, but Granny treats you well. Rainya, be assured that as long as I am alive, I will never let anything happen to hurt you," the old granny held Xie Yujia gently while passing through the clouds.
Xie Yujia felt a moist fog rush towards her face and hearing such words from Granny made her heart suddenly ache.
"Go on then! You are kind-hearted, but don't worry about yourself; Granny will fight for you!" The old granny suddenly let go of her hand.
Xie Yujia fell towards the ground. Just before she landed, several beams of light rose from her feet and firmly held her body up.
She focused again and found that she was right at the entrance to Hao Ren's seaside villa!
The old granny knew I wanted to come here" Xie Yujia looked upwards but saw no sign of Granny in the thick clouds.
A Cultivator of Spirit Formation, arriving and leaving without a trace—how could anyone dare to stop such a person
"Grandma! Grandma!" Xie Yujia called loudly from the doorway.
Hao Ren’s grandmother, who always woke up early, heard Xie Yujia's voice and hurriedly opened her window. "Ah, why is it Little Rainya"
"I have some free time today, so I came to see you," said Xie Yujia with a blush.
"I was just wondering how come Little Rainya hasn't come!" Grandma hurriedly went downstairs and opened the door for her. "Hao Ren" Where is he" Upon entering the house, Xie Yujia asked softly but awkwardly.
"He is still sleeping! He said yesterday he would go running on the beach but only got back very late. I guess he must be exhausted," Grandma walked towards the stairs as she spoke. "I'll go wake him up!"
“No need, Granny!” Xie Yujia hurriedly held Grandma back. “Let him sleep a little longer.”
"Alright, alright," turning to look at Xie Yujia's flushed face, Grandma said, "Our Rainya is becoming more and more beautiful! Just days apart, she looks even better now!"
“Originally I didn’t want to come this week, but I thought I should drop by to see you.” Xie Yujia tiptoed upstairs.
"How can you say you don't want to come You must visit every week from now on!” Grandma pulled at Xie Yujia's wrist eagerly. Seeing that she was helping her carry the heavy quilts onto the balcony, Grandma hurriedly said, “Why are you doing such things when all I need is your company”
“It’s a fine day to air out the quilts!” With ease, Xie Yujia spread them out on the balcony. "Hao Ren being a boy can't think of these details."
"Father and son both are like that. They care for me, but they’re useless when it comes to chores. Arin’s mother was the same—she is not meticulous about household matters at all," Grandma shook her head slightly in complaint.
“They are busy,” Xie Yujia defended them before asking Grandma again, “Are there any clothes left unwashed at home”
"How can I let you do these things" Grandma quickly stopped Xie Yujia.
“Granny, it’s just a little bit of housework; we are not strangers,” Xie Yujia said with a smile.
"I put everything in the washing machine last night, and I was planning to let Ah Ren hang them up when he woke up," Grandmother said after thinking for a moment.
"Let me do it!" Xie Yujia walked enthusiastically into the bathroom, took out all the clothes and pants that had already been washed from the washing machine, and put them in a basin.
The clothes were quite heavy; no wonder Grandmother wanted to leave them for Hao Ren to hang up.
But when it came to Xie Yujia, everything became incredibly proficient. Although she didn’t have a talent for cultivation, she was an expert at managing the household.
Grandmother looked at the pale skin peeking out from under Xie Yujia's waistband as she tiptoed to hang up clothes and clicked her tongue, "This girl can definitely bear children."
Xie Yujia was hanging clothes outside when she suddenly noticed a few of Hao Ren’s underwear remaining in the basin.
Her cheeks flushed hotly; Xie Yujia picked up Hao Ren's underwear and hung it on the line.
Then, carrying an empty basin back inside, she saw that it was already past noon. She rolled up her sleeves without a word and went to prepare lunch in the kitchen.
Grandmother was both surprised and delighted; she suddenly recalled how Xiaobaoguo would pester her when he was little. A sense of relief immediately spread across her face—she remembered every kindness this girl had shown her!
About half an hour later, the fragrance from the kitchen could be smelled throughout the house. Xie Yujia also made some large ribs that were particularly fragrant.
"Grandmother! The food is ready!" Sweat trickling down her nose, Xie Yujia came out of the kitchen.
“Alright, I'll call Ah Ren to come eat. This lazybones is sleeping again!” Grandmother smiled while speaking in a reproachful manner.
"Okay, there's nothing else for me to do here. I'm going back now," Xie Yujia waved at her grandmother and headed towards the door.
“Why are you leaving so suddenly” Grandmother asked urgently.
"I have some schoolwork to do in the afternoon; I just came by this morning to see how you were doing," Xie Yujia walked out of the door, not giving her grandmother a chance to invite her to stay.
At that moment, Hao Ren was sitting cross-legged in his room facing the sea, slowly recovering from an ecstatic state.
Last night he had attempted to cultivate using thunder cultivation methods and opened two more dragon orifices!
Using the lightning refinement method from the Divine Light Sword Shadow Technique for cultivation, he was refining his divine essence.
The harder it became for a dragon cultivator to reach the Thunder stage, the more difficult it would be to open their dragon pearl (the core of their power).
This was what people meant by “easier at first and harder later on.”
And this method of refining the body through lightning could directly penetrate the dragon pearl’s orifice, almost breaking the established rules of dragon cultivation!
However, since he had only just opened these dragon orifices, Hao Ren focused intently on his practice until it was close to noon before slowly opening his eyes.
The moment he regained awareness, he heard Grandmother banging on his room door loudly: "Ah Ren! What are you doing in there"
“What’s wrong, Grandmother” Hao Ren hurried over and opened the door.
Seeing Hao Ren looking confused, Grandmother couldn’t help but say, “Come eat.”
"It smells so good!" Hao Ren inhaled deeply, his eyes shining brightly. "Haha, did you make this lunch for me today You know how much I love your vegetable rice."
Grandmother glared at him with a stern look: “I’m only doing it because I care about you! Go eat!”
The fact that Xie Yujia had come by, she didn’t plan to tell Hao Ren. This foolish boy was destined to have a life full of misunderstandings and romance.lor's first time in such an exuberant setting, so he appeared somewhat excited. He took out a pair of sunglasses from his chest pocket that he had bought before and put them on; immediately he looked...