Chapter Eleven: The Mystery of Life
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The sun had lost its last rays, and darkness gradually swallowed the light.
In the hospital, surrounded by Chen Jin and Xiao Zhang, Fang Yi arrived outside the intensive care unit and saw the girl lying inside through the glass.
Chen Jin asked anxiously, "Great Immortal, please help me take a look."
Fang Yi didn't immediately leave his body; instead, he observed the girl on the bed, noticing her pale face and relatively steady breathing.
She didn't seem to be in any serious condition.
However, he couldn't discern anything visually and needed to observe her lifeline.
He pondered for a moment and said, "I'll use my powers to take a look, but you must protect my physical body and prevent anyone from touching it."
This wasn't Fang Yi being overly cautious.
He hadn't paid attention to this aspect when he left his body before.
However, when observing his body for problems, he discovered that when consciousness transcended the physical body, the body would cease functioning. If someone bumped or fell at this time, it could potentially cause significant injury.
Therefore, it was best to have someone protect the body when the soul left the body.
"Okay, thank you, Great Immortal."
"I will definitely protect your body, Great Immortal, and won't let anyone touch it."
Hearing that Fang Yi was about to unleash his power, both men showed expressions of awe and solemnly promised.
Fang Yi didn't say anything more, closed his eyes, cleared his mind of distractions, and then transcended his physical body with his consciousness.
Because he wasn't searching for information about others or looking at their past lives, he didn't need to use the constructed idol model, so the energy consumption was minimal.
The next second, he saw that the girl on the hospital bed had sixty-six lines composed of countless particles connecting to the universe around her, appearing very solid, indicating that the girl could live for another sixty-six years.
This was different from what he had seen using the idol's energy field model before.
Strange.
Fang Yi was a little puzzled. Although the girl also had sixty-six lines connecting to the universe before, each one seemed intricately connected, so why did each one appear so solid this time?
He couldn't understand it.
However, since the girl's lifeline was stable, she should be fine.
Fang Yi returned his consciousness to his physical body and then slowly opened his eyes.
Chen Jin hurriedly asked, "Master, how is my daughter?"
Xiao Zhang also stared at Fang Yi's face.
Fang Yi said, "She's fine. Your daughter will live for several more decades."
"Oh, that's good, that's good." Chen Jin breathed a sigh of relief and then smiled, "I was very worried, but after you examined her, I'm relieved."
Xiao Zhang flattered, "Master, your power is boundless. If you say she's fine, Xiao Qing will definitely be alright."
Chen Jin immediately said, "Xiao Zhang, go to the bank and get 100,000 yuan in cash to give to the Master..."
Fang Yi waved his hand and said, "I said it's not necessary. One thing at a time, I won't overcharge you."
It wasn't that he didn't love money, but a gentleman loves money but earns it honestly.
Previously, fortune-telling required the use of a pre-constructed model of a deity, which consumed a lot of energy, so he charged 100,000 yuan.
But this time, checking Chen Xiao Qing's lifespan only required her soul to leave her body, with virtually no energy consumption.
Of course, he wouldn't accept a reward without having done the work.
After three years of cultivation, and having cultivated his Golden Core, Fang Yi knew he was extraordinary, and had become indifferent to money.
If it weren't for buying ginseng, he wouldn't have set up a stall to make money.
Xiao Zhang wanted to offer some advice,
but Chen Jin, being shrewd and experienced, knew he couldn't contradict Fang Yi, and quickly said, "Alright, since the Great Immortal declined, I won't force you. Thank you so much for today." "
It's nothing," Fang Yi waved his hand. "I'll go back now."
Chen Jin quickly gave Xiao Zhang a look, then said, "Let Xiao Zhang see you off."
This time Fang Yi didn't refuse. "Thank you."
Xiao Zhang quickly led the way.
They hadn't walked far when
Fang Yi suddenly noticed a large group of people gathered in an intensive care unit.
Seven or eight family members were surrounding the bed, seemingly because the elderly person lying there was dying.
He suddenly became interested.
He had seen the lifelines of both the living and the dying.
What was the situation between near and near death?
Perhaps seeing that he had stopped moving, Xiao Zhang assumed Fang Yi was interested and proactively explained the situation: "The old man's heart function is failing, and he might not survive. His family has come to see him one last time."
Fang Yi hummed in agreement and made up a story: "Take good care of his body for me; I'll perform a ritual for him."
"Great Immortal, have mercy," Xiao Zhang flattered, then said, "Don't worry about your power; I'll watch."
Fang Yi once again separated his consciousness from his body.
He stared at the old man's lifeline on the hospital bed and found that, like Lao Miao, over eighty lifelines had broken.
Perhaps he was just lucky.
At this moment, the old man had just breathed his last, and the family members began to wail.
But Fang Yi saw something unusual.
The old man's bio-energy field didn't dissipate all at once; rather, similar to his own situation, it first detached from his body.
Fang Yi even sensed that the old man's bio-energy field still retained some consciousness.
He saw the old man "look" at his family members with a very confused expression, and then look back at him.
This lasted for quite a while.
Fang Yi estimated it to be about five minutes.
For five minutes, the old man's bio-energy field was constantly dissipating, as if being absorbed by something, until it finally dissipated completely.
"So, a person's bio-energy field can only survive for five minutes without the body providing energy,"
Fang Yi mused. Then, remembering his golden core being stolen, he couldn't help but feel a wave of fear.
Fortunately, his bio-energy field, cultivated for three years, was far stronger than the average person's; otherwise, without his golden core and his soul leaving his body, he probably would have vanished like the old man after a while.
He brought his thoughts back to his body and sighed, "Let's go."
"Yes," Xiao Zhang replied.
On the way home.
There was some traffic, and the car wasn't moving very fast.
Fang Yi had been resting with his eyes closed until Xiao Zhang spoke to him, at which point he opened them and chatted casually for a few minutes.
Suddenly, his gaze swept across the car window and he noticed a pharmacy.
Fang Yi said, "Stop the car."
Xiao Zhang was taken aback. "What's wrong?"
Fang Yi pointed to the pharmacy. "I'm buying ginseng."
Xiao Zhang blinked. "Are you buying ginseng for your elderly relatives?"
Fang Yi shook his head. "For myself."
Xiao Zhang's eyes flickered. "Okay, I'll drive to the entrance."
The car then stopped in the parking space in front of the pharmacy.
Fang Yi got out and walked straight into the pharmacy.
Seeing him go in, Xiao Zhang immediately took out his phone and made a call, "Hey, boss, I noticed that the master seems to really like ginseng... Okay, I understand... Alright."
Inside the pharmacy.
Fang Yi walked in and said to the saleswoman, "Do you sell ginseng?"
The saleswoman asked, "Where are you feeling unwell? I can recommend some Chinese medicines containing ginseng."
Fang Yi shook his head, "I only want ginseng."
The saleswoman continued, "What grade do you want? I have both good and ordinary ones."
Fang Yi asked, "How much is the good one?"
The saleswoman smiled and said, "That's hard to say. For example, the cheapest wild ginseng is over a thousand yuan a piece, and it has to be sourced from elsewhere. Cultivated ginseng is much cheaper, ranging from tens to hundreds of yuan. For example, an 80-gram pack of cultivated Changbai Mountain ginseng only costs a little over two hundred yuan."
Wild ginseng can be bought for over a thousand yuan?
Unfortunately, it required ordering more ginseng, and Fang Yi was in a hurry to cultivate and needed to consume it. After thinking for a moment, he said, "Recommend me some good artificially cultivated ginseng."
"Good stuff, huh?" The saleswoman came out from behind the counter and went to get a box of ginseng. "This Changbai Mountain ginseng comes in a 50-gram pack, with five ginseng roots inside, for 1299 yuan."
Fang Yi saw that it was the same brand as the one he had been consuming before and said without hesitation, "Okay, give me 50... 10 boxes."
The saleswoman was surprised to make such a large order just before closing time and happily went to get the goods.
Before long, Fang Yi paid and left with ten boxes of ginseng.
He was filled with excitement.
With these ten boxes of ginseng, he could exhaust his Golden Core energy ten times over!
Moreover, Fang Yi figured that his previous slow cultivation speed was most likely because he hadn't replenished his vital energy after each cultivation session.
Now the situation was different.
He was relatively well-off and could drink ginseng soup after each cultivation session as described in "Mr. Chen's Inner Alchemy Manual."
In this way, cultivation would surely be much easier.
Keep it up, and strive to reach the second tier as soon as possible.
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