Zhu Yanyi closed her eyes. She thought about her own path. As a doctor, she helped patients. Seeing them get better made her heart feel light and happy. To keep that feeling, she kept improving her recipes to help people stay healthy.
She realized people were important. People made the world move forward. Countries were where people lived. With countries, there were families. With families, there were people. With people, life was bright and beautiful.
Thinking this way, Zhu Yanyi felt relaxed. Her cultivation advanced a step. Yan Aohan and the Silver Fox saw her red mark on her forehead change. It turned from a circle to a drop shape, then back to a circle. The red color looked brighter.
Zhu Yanyi opened her eyes. Yan Aohan looked speechless. "Please keep your power down," she said. "The spiritual energy here is not enough for you to grow much. A small step is okay today. But if you grow too fast, you might use up all the energy. That would hurt the environment."
Zhu Yanyi was surprised. She nodded. "I will try. I didn’t expect my mind to break through right now."
The Silver Fox said, "Cultivation is cold. If the Little Doctor becomes a god, it is okay if this world is destroyed."
Yan Aohan glanced at the Silver Fox. "Do you know? If the world is destroyed, Ani will bear the bad karma. She will never advance again. Also, this is Ani’s home. It is the main planet she protects. If she destroys it, she will feel regret. Her heart will have cracks, even if no demons appear."
The Silver Fox stayed silent. Zhu Yanyi agreed. "Aohan is right. I will only cultivate if it does not hurt others. If it hurts people, I will not do it."
Yan Aohan said to Zhu Yanyi, "This planet can recover its energy. If you become the God of Medicine, this planet belongs to you. You can plant your seeds here. Everything will be fixed. There will be no more danger."
Zhu Yanyi raised her eyebrows. She did not understand.
Yan Aohan did not hide the truth. "This planet is okay now. But the protective layer outside is getting weak. Without enough energy, the sky and earth will crack. The cracks will get bigger. Finally, a black hole will swallow everything. This world will disappear."
Zhu Yanyi heard this for the first time. She looked at Yan Aohan. She smiled bitterly. "I am not telling a story. It is true. The life of this world is on you."
Zhu Yanyi gasped. "You make my burden feel so heavy." She never thought she could be a savior.
"Didn’t you say pressure gives power?" Yan Aohan did not believe this would crush her.
Zhu Yanyi made a funny face at her. "How much time is left?"
Yan Aohan understood. "I checked. About thirty years."
"So, I must become the God of Medicine in thirty years." Zhu Yanyi looked very serious.
Yan Aohan nodded. "Yes."
Zhu Yanyi sighed. "I learned medicine to heal people. Now I have to heal the sky. That is a big job."
"Your path will get harder," Yan Aohan said.
"Will you stay with me?" Zhu Yanyi tilted her head and looked at Yan Aohan.
"Up to heaven, down to earth," Yan Aohan answered quickly.
Zhu Yanyi smiled. "If you are with me everywhere, I have nothing to worry about. Big responsibility is fine. I am not afraid of big jobs. I am only afraid of being alone. That is lonely. With you, I am not afraid."
"Good." Yan Aohan smiled. she worried she would feel burdened. But she only cared about being with her. Knowing she was there, she was calm. If there were problems in thirty years, she would face them with her.
Zhu Yanyi looked at Yan Aohan. Yan Aohan looked at Zhu Yanyi. Their eyes showed a warm love that others envied.
"Stop making me jealous," the Silver Fox said. "Are you listening to the story or not?" No one noticed he was also envious.
Zhu Yanyi raised her eyebrows. She smiled at Yan Aohan. She drank some tea. "If you want to talk, I will listen. If not, I won’t. Stories are stories. Reality is reality. People should focus on now."
The Silver Fox raised his eyebrows. "Focus on now. That is a good sentence." He sighed. "But someone did not understand this back then. It caused a big disaster."
The Silver Fox drank some coffee. He continued. "The sisters met again. But they were not normal anymore. One was a demon. One was a ghost immortal. But they were still sisters. Their love remained. Because they lived in different places, they could not practice medicine together. So, they wrote down their medical experiences and gave them to each other. They could learn on their own."
Zhu Yanyi nodded. "These sisters are good. They know good medicine should spread. This helps more people."
The Silver Fox looked at Zhu Yanyi. "Because the sisters reunited, the older sister forgave the young clan leader. She accepted her love. About two hundred years passed. Then, a great war of heaven and earth happened."