Although her internal energy cultivation had not broken through, her mental state had advanced, changing her entire aura.
Xi Muzheng naturally sensed the change in Zhu Yanyi. She looked at her and asked, "You broke through?"
"Yes. If I hadn't still had the seal on, my cultivation might have broken through too. But this way has a benefit: my foundation is much more solid. When I break through in three months, I won't feel that vague, empty sensation." Zhu Yanyi did not hide anything.
"It seems mental cultivation is indeed good." Xi Muzheng felt a bit envious. However, this cultivation method was not successful for everyone, nor suitable for everyone. Zhu Yanyi was a very rare exception.
Zhu Yanyi smiled. "Then I’ll go to the Merit Hall to record it now."
Xi Muzheng said, "Of course. I’ll take you to the Merit Hall."
Having the dean escort her felt like making a big deal out of it. But refusing seemed rude, as she could see Xi Muzheng wanted to be the first to see the Nine Needles of Yanluo.
Well, only these few people knew about it anyway. Zhu Yanyi said nothing and straightforwardly went with them to the Merit Hall.
At the Merit Hall, she got a recording jade slip. Zhu Yanyi recorded the content of the Nine Needles of Yanluo and handed it to Xi Muzheng.
Xi Muzheng and Gongsu Wuyun, the head of the Merit Hall, looked at the Nine Needles of Yanluo one after another.
Gongsu Wuyun’s face showed surprise. "This Nine Needles of Yanluo is worth 100,000 karmic merit, which means 100,000 credit points. Zhu Yanyi, you really did well."
Zhu Yanyi shrugged slightly. "I didn’t think that much. I just hoped more people could use this medical skill to benefit all living beings."
"They will. At least the students of our Sage Academy understand this principle," Xi Muzheng nodded with a smile.
Gongsu Wuyun said to Zhu Yanyi, "Give me your identity jade token."
Zhu Yanyi did not hesitate and handed over her identity jade token. Gongsu Wuyun quickly input 100,000 credit points into it, then said to Zhu Yanyi, "Although the credit points are considerable, you should use them carefully."
Zhu Yanyi nodded with a smile. "I will."
She originally brought out the Nine Needles of Yanluo not for credit points. The 100,000 credit points were an unexpected bonus.
Since things here were mostly done, Zhu Yanyi had no need to stay. As for Qiu Qi’s reward, she could find Xu Xingtian herself tomorrow when Qiu Zheng arrived.
Watching Zhu Yanyi’s departing back, Xi Muzheng looked at the Nine Needles of Yanluo in her hand and said, "I fear this child’s path will go farther than ours. At least in mental state, I cannot compare to her."
Such a good acupuncture method, most people would treat as a family heirloom. Yet Zhu Yanyi brought it out.
"Dean, we have waited so many years, not just for her appearance? Now that she has appeared, we just need to guide this child well so she doesn’t go astray," Gongsu Wuyun said with a smile.
Xi Muzheng smiled lightly. "You are right. It seems I was overthinking. Our goal is to let this child become a true Medical God. Since we have found hope, what else is there to say?"
Gongsu Wuyun added, "In that case, shouldn’t we expand our student recruitment? For so many years, we’ve had only a few students. Are you not embarrassed?"
Xi Muzheng coughed. "Can I blame me? Back then, you were all too lazy to teach, so I raised the requirements. But now, it seems we should really recruit students."
Gongsu Wuyun grinned. "My Merit Hall is waiting for those children’s karmic merit. With too few students, the karmic merit income these years has not been much."
"Go away. Anyway, that karmic merit belongs to the children, not you. Besides, they use their own karmic merit, not yours," Xi Muzheng said calmly.
Gongsu Wuyun then said, "By the way, did you see around Zhu Yanyi? She has a thick layer of karmic merit and power of faith on her."
"I saw it without you telling me. That child did a lot of karmic merit in the mortal realm. It is understandable to have such karmic merit and power of faith," Xi Muzheng said seriously.
Zhu Yanyi did not know that the dean and Gongsu Wuyun could see the karmic merit and power of faith on her. But it didn’t matter. Whether they could see it or not, it was not a big deal for Zhu Yanyi.
Zhu Yanyi returned to organize her seeds, categorizing them so she could plant medicinal herbs in her field tomorrow.
The next day, Qiu Zheng arrived as promised. Xu Xingtian naturally returned the healthy Qiu Qi to Qiu Zheng as agreed. Seeing Qiu Qi’s depressed look, Qiu Zheng knew it was just bad mood from losing his golden core cultivation. As for physical issues, he could see at a glance that his younger brother was very healthy. He relaxed. As long as he was alive and healthy, that was good.
"Go back and don’t come out anymore," Qiu Zheng said to Qiu Qi as the first words.
Qiu Qi looked at his brother. "Brother, this place is too scary."
Qiu Zheng didn’t bother listening to Qiu Qi’s complaints. Whether it was scary or not, he wouldn’t investigate. Anyway, his younger brother was now lively and healthy. At most, they just scared him a bit.
With Qiu Zheng’s compensation, Zhu Yanyi’s identity jade token gained another 5,500 credit points.
"Your credit accumulation is faster than mine," Xu Xingtian said with an envious expression.
Zhu Yanyi looked at Xu Xingtian with a smile. "Hall Master Xu, this is due to personal opportunity. Who told you you don’t have luck like mine?"
Xu Xingtian really couldn’t answer this. There was no way. Truly, not everyone had her kind of fortune.
After playfully teasing Xu Xingtian, Zhu Yanyi said goodbye and went to her medicinal field.
The medicinal field where Zhu Yanyi had sprinkled special medicine had its weeds mostly withered after one night.
The medicinal herbs withered, but the roots remained. Zhu Yanyi still needed to turn the soil and remove the roots.
Zhu Yanyi was not in a hurry. She knew the importance of planting medicinal fields. Patience was most important. So she did not rush, but patiently turned the soil and cleaned the roots bit by bit. After one morning, she had only organized one-third.
When Gu Jun came to her medicinal field, she just saw Zhu Yanyi working there. She walked over smiling. "Fifteen, are you tired?"
"Tired, but I have to do it," Zhu Yanyi said with a smile. "Now it’s just the beginning, the land-clearing period, so it’s naturally tiring. But it must be done. Once it’s organized, it won’t be so tiring later."