A Jiu quickly removed the stopper and arranged them in a line.
Then Wang Shi began to breathe and circulate her energy, but to A Jiu's shock, the spiritual energy around her turned white!
"Grandma, you..." A Jiu's throat felt as if it were choked with a stone. "Did you... did you expend a lot of spiritual energy?"
"Isn't that obvious? It's remarkable that you could even cure this illness. Such malevolent energy has penetrated deep into the marrow, so death is inevitable."
Wang Shi murmured, her eyes still closed as she continued to circulate her energy.
A Jiu bit her lip and didn't disturb her. Only when all the spiritual energy was absorbed into her body and no longer seemed to be entering did A Jiu know her grandmother had finished absorbing it.
"Grandma, then why did you boast about it? Wasn't it a loss of so much spiritual energy, and not beneficial to yourself?"
A Jiu remembered her grandmother had been quite selfish lately, her mind solely focused on spiritual energy, spiritual energy.
This time, she was generous enough to sacrifice herself for others.
"It's nothing."
Wang Shi waved her hand and wiped the sweat from her forehead.
This session of breathing and circulating energy had caused her to sweat.
It was the first time A Jiu had seen her grandmother drenched in sweat. "Right, Grandma, I have something. Can you tell me how to use it? I've never understood."
A Jiu had used the ginseng as an experiment. It had now plumped up and sprouted underwater. A Jiu planned to leave it soaking.
A Jiu closed her eyes slightly and instantly pulled out the spirit pill from her embrace.
"Sniff, sniff!" Wang Shi sniffed it with her nose, and her eyes immediately brightened. She grasped it and examined it repeatedly.
"Granddaughter, where did you get this Eight Treasure Spirit Pill? This is a good thing. It can bring the dead back to life for mortals."
"Bring the dead back to life?" A Jiu inhaled sharply.
"Then what about you, Grandma?" A Jiu understood. Her grandmother had always talked about "common mortals" and "all sentient beings," implying she herself was different.
"If I eat it, I can fart blue gas five or six more times."
Wang Shi chuckled and popped it into her mouth.
"More... five or six more blue farts?" A Jiu didn't react for a moment.
"It means my cultivation will increase by a few levels. Also, don't disturb this old one for the next few days." Wang Shi placed her hands on her knees to circulate her energy, and a wisp of blue-tinged white gas began to intertwine.
"With your help, I naturally have my reasons. In the future, if anything happens, I will pledge to my ancestors to ensure your safety for life."
A Jiu's heart sank. Her grandmother's words sometimes sounded like she was having an episode, but not the kind that happened every day.
"Oh!"
A Jiu didn't understand either. If she wasn't to be disturbed, then she wouldn't be disturbed.
"A Jiu, why are you climbing so high?" Cai Lihua's voice suddenly came from the courtyard.
A Jiu looked closely and realized she was caught red-handed by her mother.
"I... I was admiring the moon." A Jiu regretted it as soon as she spoke. It had been only a short while since the fifteenth of August, and with the crescent moon, it was as dark as pitch.
"Come down quickly, slowly."
A Jiu obediently climbed down from the roof beam and walked on the courtyard wall with her hands outstretched for balance.
She jumped onto a haystack and slid down.
Cai Lihua quickly went to help her. "You're a girl, always climbing high and low, aren't you afraid of falling?"
She bent down and brushed the straw off her daughter's clothes a few times, then glanced back at the roof.
"Jiu'er, don't listen to your grandmother's nonsense all day." What if she corrupted her A Jiu?
"Grandma's words aren't always nonsense. Maybe she really is possessed by a deity." As A Jiu said this, she quickly covered her mouth, seeing her mother's reaction.
"What did you say?" Cai Lihua knew as soon as she heard this that her daughter believed her mother-in-law's ghost stories. This was a serious matter.
"Tonight, you'll sleep with me. Your father is at the private school managing food and lodging, so he won't be back tonight."
With that, she pulled A Jiu into her room.
As soon as they sat down, Cai Lihua couldn't help herself. "Jiu'er, you know what your grandmother says is superstitious, right? Look at her, not eating or drinking all day, she's become so thin."
"What does superstitious mean?" A Jiu asked blankly.
"..." Cai Lihua was speechless.