Chapter 7: Rewards: Essence Yuan Pills

At night, some of the Fang family's younger members had gone out of the Fang estate to seek amusement, while others lay in their rooms resting—after all, a day of cultivation was exhausting. But the Fang family's servants were usually busy from morning until night.

A servant must keep working nonstop; only when they collapse from exhaustion and fall asleep, thinking of nothing, are they considered a good servant.

Just as Fang Yu was about to head back, he caught sight of Fang Han over there, preparing fodder for Qianli Xue, and his expression shifted slightly.

This one would in the future be the fearsome Fang Han, the Old Demon whose might covered the world and who devoured the heavens—but for now he was still just a lowly horse slave of the Fang family. Not to mention any steward of the Fang family could deal with him; even fellow servants could bully him.

Fang Han now looked to be only fifteen or sixteen, his frame somewhat thin, and his cultivation realm had not even reached the 1st Stage of Body Refinement, let alone Force Training.

After all, a horse slave of the Fang family who neither ate well nor slept well—what right would he have to cultivate to the Realm of Nurturing Life?

"The future supreme Devouring Man King is now just a horse slave. He still needs a fated encounter with the Dao."

Fang Yu did not step forward to greet Fang Han or try to get close to him. After all, his current identity was a member of the Fang family, with impeccable roots and a red background. If he suddenly treated a horse slave too well, it might draw the attention of some lofty titans—one had to remember that every incarnation of Fang Han was watched closely by many titans.

There was still a long road ahead; there was no need to do anything for Fang Han right now.

Fang Yu glanced at Fang Han once, then went back to rest.

He slept very well that night. Early the next morning, it was once again time for the daily cultivation.

Fang Yu had already cultivated to the 4th Stage of Physical Body, the Hardness-Softness Realm, having broken through one realm overnight. Glancing casually around, he saw that the surrounding younger members were all at the 3rd Stage of Physical Body. He felt that with a casual move he could knock them all to the ground.

"Hm? Fang Yu, your cultivation base has actually broken through to the 4th Stage of Physical Body, the Hardness-Softness Realm!"

A resonant voice rang out—it was none other than Giant Spirit Hand Fang Tong. This nine-chi-tall middle-aged man had eyes sharp as torches; at a single glance he saw that Fang Yu's cultivation base had reached the 4th Stage of Physical Body, the Hardness-Softness Realm, and he immediately nodded, somewhat satisfied.

"Not bad, not bad. To break through to the Hardness-Softness Realm in a single night—you do have real potential. Keep cultivating like this for five or ten years, and you might just reach the Divine Power Realm. By then, even taking up the post of a regional commander would be more than enough for you."

Fang Tong looked at Fang Yu, his gaze carrying a note of appreciation.

Just at that moment, a middle-aged man in purple brocade arrived at the Myriad Manifestations Garden with several servants, calling out loudly: "Where is Fang Yu?"

"Greetings, Steward."

Fang Yu stepped forward. He knew the man before him was the Fang family's head steward, in charge of managing the Fang family's household affairs—the servants' duties and the monthly stipends of the Fang family's younger members all fell under this steward's oversight.

"So you are Fang Yu? Very well. I come bearing the Family Head's command, here specifically to reward you."

The middle-aged man in purple studied Fang Yu carefully for a moment before speaking unhurriedly. "Fang Yu, your cultivation base has broken through to the 4th Stage of Physical Body, the Hardness-Softness Realm. According to the Fang family rules, a reward is naturally in order. Fang Yu is specially granted twenty Essence Yuan Pills and one thousand taels of silver."

As he spoke, he drew a gourd from his sleeve, and a flash of greed passed through his eyes—but that greed vanished in an instant.

With a wave of his hand, the servants behind him carried up a chest of silver. Each ingot was cast with exquisite flame patterns—clearly official silver of the Great Li Dynasty.

This scene immediately drew looks of envy from the surrounding Fang family younger members.

"As members of the Fang family, you surely all know what an Essence Yuan Pill is. It's an elixir only the immortals of the Yuhuaxian Sect are qualified to take—each one is worth a fortune! Fortunately, our Fang family has an unfathomable relationship with the Yuhuaxian Sect, and the Young Lady has even joined the Yuhuaxian Sect to cultivate. That's how we have Essence Yuan Pills. In the entire Great Li Dynasty, apart from our Fang family, how many other great clans could possess such resources?"

The steward was somewhat reluctant, yet still handed the Essence Yuan Pills over to Fang Yu, then turned his gaze to the gathered Fang family younger members and continued speaking.

"So you must cultivate diligently. Being born into the Fang family, as members of the Fang family, only you have the right to receive our Fang family's nurture. As long as you cultivate well, break through realms, and strive to contribute, the Family Head will not be stingy with rewards. Do you understand?"

"Understood!"

Watching twenty Essence Yuan Pills and a thousand taels of silver all fall into Fang Yu's hands, which of the Fang family younger members didn't understand.

Essence Yuan Pills!

If even a single Essence Yuan Pill were to spread to the other great clans of the Great Li Dynasty, it would be a treasure worth a fortune, fought over by every clan.

Once, a certain great clan obtained a single Essence Yuan Pill and, unable to bear using it, actually treated it as a family heirloom.

In the entire Great Li Dynasty, only the Fang family—this foremost great clan—had the wealth and the means to obtain some Essence Yuan Pills from the Yuhua Sect and supply them to its disciples for cultivation.

Now that twenty Essence Yuan Pills had fallen into Fang Yu's hands, the other Fang family younger members wished they could begin cultivating and breaking through realms immediately.

"Essence Yuan Pills—one Essence Yuan Pill is dozens of times better than the food-medicines we eat. No matter how good a food-medicine is, it still needs to be digested and excreted, but an Essence Yuan Pill, once swallowed, requires no excretion at all—every bit of its medicinal power can be absorbed."

A Fang family younger member said enviously.

"Essence Yuan Pills—those are treasures of the Yuhuaxian Sect. They have no dregs whatsoever, can replenish the essence and blood within the body, and rapidly boost one's strength. Fang Yu actually got twenty of them. At this rate, the speed at which he cultivates to the Divine Power Realm will be greatly accelerated!"

"Cultivate, I must cultivate. How could Fang Yu break through to the Hardness-Softness Realm in a single day? I must seek advice, seek advice. If I too could break through to the Hardness-Softness Realm, I would receive the family's nurture as well!"

"Did he not rest at all yesterday, and keep cultivating the whole time? It seems the rest of us cannot fall behind—we must cultivate diligently."

"Damnable—he was out drinking while I was cultivating, and he still cultivated to the Hardness-Softness Realm!"

The gazes of the Fang family younger members toward Fang Yu held all manner of emotions—mostly envy, with a few quite resentful.