Chapter 207: Boiled Egg Ascends to Become a Foundation Establishment Pill

Ye Fan had already imagined in his mind the things Lin Meng had painstakingly done for him, and for a moment he felt moved, his eye sockets slightly red.

Song Yun was uneasy about Ye Fan, and on the flying boat he would occasionally glance at Ye Fan, seeing that he looked like he was about to cry.

"Junior Brother Ye, are you really alright? Why are you tearing up?"

Ye Fan hurriedly wiped the tears about to fall from his eyes, then spoke solemnly and nonsensically:

"It's fine, Senior Brother; a breeze easily makes my eyes water—it's an old habit of mine."

Hearing this, Song Yun couldn't help but laugh out loud.

"Junior Brother, you must constantly remind yourself that you are now a cultivator; cultivators are fundamentally different from ordinary people—just a little wind‑tearing tear, you can condense a layer of wind‑shield with your spiritual energy around yourself, right?"

Ye Fan naturally couldn't say the real reason, so he went along with Song Yun's words, putting up a wind shield around himself; his fluttering hair and garment hems came to a stop.

"Thank you for the advice, Senior Brother; I'm much better now."

Lin Meng prepared a meal for two, packed Ye Fan's portion and sent it into her space, then she herself sat down to enjoy it.

Her cooking skills were nothing special; they were inferior to Ye Chenjing's, and compared to Ye Xiu's they were practically nothing.

But the ingredients were fresh, so the three dishes and one soup were not bad at all.

Especially this braised pork with abalone, fresh, sweet, and delicious; even the boiled egg soaked in the broth turned out amazingly flavorful.

Lin Meng took a bite of braised pork, a bite of abalone, and finally ate a boiled egg, thinking of Ye Fan's world where food probably wasn't so abundant—he would surely like it.

But the dishes in her space hadn't been touched yet; Lin Meng guessed Ye Fan was still on his way.

After about four hours, Lin Meng finally heard Ye Fan's voice.

At that moment, Ye Fan was crouching in a thicket; he told his senior brothers and sisters he needed to go out to relieve himself, then found a place far from them and hid.

"Immortal Sister, this Foundation Establishment Pill is too precious; I can't accept it."

Lin Meng heard this and was slightly startled, a bit surprised.

"Is a boiled egg that precious? Surely not; are your hens that rare over there?"

Ye Fan also froze upon hearing that, then suddenly understood.

He waved his hands repeatedly, saying, "No, no, Immortal Sister—I'm talking about the Foundation Establishment Pill, not the boiled egg. I know what an egg is, but how could you secretly slip a Foundation Establishment Pill into an egg? I couldn't bear that; or, you could immediately assign me a task—I can't take it for nothing, I must exchange ten tasks with you."

During this time, Ye Fan thought it over carefully and still felt he should be more sensible; the Immortal Sister had already given him too much, and such a crucial pill as the Foundation Establishment Pill absolutely had to be paid for with ten tasks.

This time Lin Meng finally heard clearly: what Ye Fan meant wasn't the boiled egg, but the Foundation Establishment Pill.

But she didn't have any Foundation Establishment Pill, and slipping one into an egg was even more impossible.

"Ye Fan, have you got it wrong? Where would a Foundation Establishment Pill come from?"

Lin Meng didn't even know what a Foundation Establishment Pill looked like; she had only heard of it from the few books Ye Fan gave her.

In a cultivator's training process, one must pass many obstacles; among them, breaking through from Qi Refining to Foundation Establishment is the first, and also a gate that has slain countless cultivators.

Even a genius with high cultivation talent needs to take a Foundation Establishment Pill when attempting to break through to Foundation Establishment, both to increase the chance of success and to lay a solid foundation.

If the foundation is unstable, later advancements in cultivation, no matter how high, will ultimately hide dangers.

Lin Meng knew how precious the Foundation Establishment Pill was; she would also need to take one when she herself attempted to break through to Foundation Establishment.

Upon hearing that, Ye Fan's eye sockets reddened again.

The Immortal Sister didn't admit it, but she was truly too good.

In order not to burden him, the Immortal Sister would rather lie to preserve his dignity.

At this moment, Lin Meng's image and standing in Ye Fan's mind rose even higher.

Suddenly, Lin Meng seemed to think of something, and her eyes widened like brass bells.

Ye Fan wouldn't lie; from his tone he seemed quite excited—perhaps he really did have a Foundation Establishment Pill.

Could it be that this time it's the boiled egg's turn to skyrocket in value?

Boiled egg, Foundation Establishment Pill—is this round a pun?

After the first time, when cola braving the cultivation world became spiritual water, and organic rice turned out to be spiritual rice, could it be that the boiled egg also needs to ascend? Or become an exceedingly precious Foundation Establishment Pill?!

Just thinking about how likely this possibility was, Lin Meng couldn't help but cover her mouth, her breathing becoming hurried from excitement.

She hurriedly said to Ye Fan:

"Wait a moment, I'll fetch something to show you shortly!"

As soon as Lin Meng finished speaking, without waiting for Ye Fan's reply, she rushed to the kitchen and grabbed a few eggs from the refrigerator.

She quickly made boiled eggs, fried eggs, and steamed eggs, and stored them all in her space.

"Take a look at these three kinds of eggs—what do you think?"

Lin Meng was a little nervous, waiting for Ye Fan's response.

Who would have thought that when Ye Fan saw that unpeeled boiled egg, his eyes widened completely round.

"Immortal Sister, enough, enough—I'm not yet at the stage to take a Foundation Establishment Pill."

The Immortal Sister was truly too good; he wanted to cry himself to death.

Lin Meng asked: "Is it a boiled egg?"

Ye Fan nodded slightly; the Immortal Sister was asking knowingly.

"Immortal Sister, when I attempt to break through to Foundation Establishment, I won't need that many Foundation Establishment Pills."

Normally, a single Foundation Establishment Pill would have the Qi Refining disciples of the Cloud Heaven Sect fighting over it; if people learned that his Immortal Sister had suddenly prepared this many for him, they'd surely envy him to death.

Upon hearing this, Lin Meng understood in her heart and broke into an excited, covert smile.

Boiled egg, boiled egg, you've had your day too!

The egg is merely an ordinary, dark‑shelled chicken egg, worth five mao each.

Who would have thought that tossing it, shell and all, into a pot to simmer for ten minutes would turn it into the Foundation Establishment Pill that cultivators in the cultivation world must take!

Lin Meng pressed down the corners of her mouth that kept turning up, and said to Ye Fan:

"Ye Fan, you don't know this, but in the plane I'm currently in, this boiled egg is your Foundation Establishment Pill."

"How effective it is still depends on your own experience, but I'd rather suggest you first take one out and let others try it."

"This space anyway preserves freshness; eggs placed here won't spoil, so just keep them in the space. When you need them, you can take them directly without going through me."

After Lin Meng finished speaking, Ye Fan was stunned for a moment, then couldn't help replying:

"Fairy elder sister, I will definitely repay the kindness of your gift of the Foundation Establishment Pill; tell me to do anything and I'll do it!"

Lin Meng thought for a moment and indeed there was something she needed Ye Fan to handle for her.

"Ye Fan, I remember you saying you've already learned how to refine pills?"

Ye Fan's eyes lit up at the words, "Exactly, Fairy elder sister, I've just entered the path of an apothecary, and now I can independently complete the refinement of earth-rank medicinal pills."

"Excellent!" Lin Meng immediately told Ye Fan her plan.

"Fairy elder sister, the realm I'm currently in is deficient in spiritual energy, the path of cultivation is almost cut off; I want to set up a school here, recruit those with talent to cultivate with me, but I need a large amount of medicinal pills for support."

"You said you've already learned how to refine pills; could I trouble you to, when you have time, help me refine a batch of basic medicinal pills?"

After Lin Meng finished speaking, Ye Fan almost didn't even think before agreeing.

"Fairy elder sister, you want to establish a sect; this kid is more than happy, refining pills is no problem—I'll take care of it!"