Chapter 109: A Truly Miraculous Skill

Only after returning home that night did Lin Le finally settle back into the rhythm of ordinary life.

The month of secluded cultivation had carried him so far from the habits of a normal person’s world that even now he still felt a trace of unease. After all, though he possessed five hundred years of memories from the Great Emperor of the Firmament, he was, at heart, still an ordinary man, and in his bones he still cherished the simple life of ordinary people.

Once home, Lin Le discovered that both the kitchen and the refrigerator had been stocked with fresh food. It was clearly Gu Ya’s doing again, and he could not help but admire how meticulous that young lady truly was.

After a simple meal, he resumed his meditation and cultivation.

Now that his Foundation Establishment had just reached completion, he still needed diligent practice to consolidate it.

Soon, however, he realized that in the month he had spent in seclusion, the spiritual radiance atop Dragon Breath Mountain had been completely exhausted. The spiritual energy throughout the entire mountain had grown exceedingly ordinary, sufficient only for daily cultivation. As for relying on such thin spiritual energy to push his cultivation higher, that would no longer be enough.

“It looks like I need to find a way to solve the problem of insufficient spiritual energy as soon as possible, or future cultivation will be difficult to sustain,” Lin Le thought.

Before this, he had intended to use the Seven-Star Grand Array formed by the seven mountains around Dragon Abyss Lake to draw in astral spiritual energy.

Although this month of secluded cultivation had not only raised his Daoist cultivation to the complete Foundation Establishment stage, but had also pushed his Firmament Formula from the second level to the third, he was still far from truly activating that Seven-Star Grand Array to absorb the power of the stars.

If he wanted the miraculous power of the Firmament Formula to truly reach the level of a stellar-grade technique, he would need to raise his cultivation as soon as possible. Only then would it be of real help in the cultivation to come.

In the end, the issue he faced now was still one of spiritual energy resources.

At that thought, Lin Le suddenly remembered something. A month ago, he had made an agreement with Jia Shimiao that he would go to the capital this month in the hope of finding the spiritual herbs he needed there, so that he could refine pills and use them to replenish the spiritual energy required for cultivation.

Back when he went into seclusion, Lin Le had apparently forgotten to notify Jia Shimiao. He wondered whether Jia Shimiao had already gone to the capital.

After checking the time, Lin Le felt it was too late for today. He would wait until tomorrow to call Jia Shimiao and ask.

There was also the matter of the Qihuang Acupuncture Manual. Before entering seclusion, Lin Le had only drafted a rough outline and had not yet had the chance to refine it. So after finishing his cultivation, he took out the unfinished manuscript and revised it carefully. By the time midnight was nearing, he had finally brought it to completion.

Before entering seclusion, Lin Le had asked Lu Hongzhe to arrange a month’s leave for him, and today was the deadline.

Early the next morning, Lin Le dialed Jia Shimiao’s number.

“Mr. Lin, you finally contacted me!” Jia Shimiao was so excited after answering the call that his voice trembled.

“And what about the acupuncture manual?” During this past month, what Jia Shimiao cared about most was naturally the Qihuang Acupuncture Manual. It would not be an exaggeration to say that he had been thinking of nothing else day and night, unable to eat or sleep in peace, utterly obsessed.

Over the course of that month, unable to restrain himself, Jia Shimiao had even called Lin Le several times, but each time the call had failed to connect. That only made him more anxious. Now that he had finally received Lin Le’s call, he was so excited that his blood pressure nearly shot through the roof.

“I’m sorry to have kept you waiting, Dean Jia. The Qihuang Acupuncture Manual has already been written on my side. Whenever it’s convenient for you, you can come and pick it up anytime.” Having kept this medical giant waiting for so long, Lin Le felt a little guilty as well.

“Really?” Jia Shimiao was so excited that he nearly dropped his phone.

“I’m free anytime! Mr. Lin, where are you now? I’ll drive over at once!” Jia Shimiao wished he could fly to Lin Le’s side immediately.

He was already dying to see the true splendor of the Qihuang Acupuncture Manual.

“I still need to go to school later. If you’re in a hurry, why not wait for me at the school entrance? I’m about to head out.” Lin Le thought for a moment and said.

“Good! I’ll go there right now and wait for you at the front gate of Haizhou First High School!” Jia Shimiao said as he was already gathering his things to leave.

More than half an hour later, when Lin Le drove up to the school gate, he spotted Jia Shimiao’s car parked there from a distance.

Jia Shimiao was standing by the car door speaking with someone, and only when Lin Le drew near did he see that the person was none other than the principal, Gao Youde.

“Mr. Lin!” Jia Shimiao called out to him from afar.

“Lin Le? Dean Jia, the miracle doctor you said you were waiting for couldn’t possibly be him, could it?” Gao Youde said in disbelief.

“That’s right, it’s Mr. Lin!” Jia Shimiao said excitedly.

Gao Youde was startled.

With his superb medical skills and status as a towering figure in the medical world, Jia Shimiao was an honored guest in front of many of Haizhou’s top leaders. Gao Youde had only been fortunate enough to meet him when visiting one of those leaders.

Just now, while speaking with Jia Shimiao, Gao Youde had clearly sensed the latter’s awe toward the miracle doctor he was waiting for, as though he were a student looking up at an untouchable mentor.

He had never imagined that the person Jia Shimiao was waiting for would turn out to be Lin Le.

Ever since the last expulsion incident, Gao Youde had harbored intense dislike for Lin Le. He regarded him as a thorn in his side, a splinter in his flesh.

Originally, he had planned to use Ji Guihua and the Zhao family to get rid of Lin Le, the one who had made him lose face. But to his surprise, even Ji Guihua had been no match for him in the end, and the whole family had fled Haizhou in utter defeat. They had not even bothered to give him a word before leaving, and Gao Youde still did not know what methods Lin Le had used to drive off a ruthless woman like Ji Guihua so completely.

First the Gu family, and now Jia Shimiao—Lin Le’s influence in Haizhou seemed to be growing bit by bit, and that only deepened Gao Youde’s resentment.

He had to find a way to get this brat out of here. Otherwise, with him around, I, a dignified principal, will never be able to hold my head up at Haizhou First High School!

“So it’s Principal Gao. Good morning,” Lin Le said indifferently.

When Zhao Mingyi left Haizhou, he had sent Lin Le a message in which he once mentioned that their attack on Lin Le, together with his wife Ji Guihua, had been influenced to a great extent by Gao Youde’s instigation.

At the time, Lin Le could not confirm whether it was true, so he had not taken it too seriously. Still, he had never had the slightest fondness for Gao Youde.

“Oh, so it’s Young Master Lin. Ha, then you two go ahead and talk. I’ll head inside first.”

With that, Gao Youde turned and went into the school.

“Mr. Lin, where is the manual?” The moment Gao Youde was gone, Jia Shimiao eagerly asked.

Lin Le then handed over the revised Qihuang Acupuncture Manual he had compiled.

Jia Shimiao took it with trembling hands and immediately began reading it at once.

The more he read, the more excited he became.

“Divine technique! This is divine technique! The Qihuang Acupuncture Manual summarized by Mr. Lin is truly divine technique!” Jia Shimiao could not help exclaiming, his eyes shining with excitement.

“Once I bring this manual to the symposium and make it public, it will certainly cause an enormous sensation! The revival of ancient Chinese medicine is within sight!” Jia Shimiao was so excited he looked like a child on the verge of jumping in place.

For someone like Jia Shimiao, who had devoted his heart and soul to medical research, nothing in the world could be more thrilling than this.

“That’s good, then.” Seeing Jia Shimiao satisfied, Lin Le finally relaxed.

“Oh, right. Dean Jia said before that he would be going to the capital. When are you setting out?” Lin Le asked.

“At the end of this month, in about ten days.”

“Oh, and that student of mine with the surname Qi—I’ve already helped you get in touch with him. I’ve asked him to help gather some rare medicinal herbs recently, and I hope they’ll be of use to you,” Jia Shimiao said.

“That would be perfect. Thank you for going to such trouble, Dean Jia!”

Lin Le was already beginning to look forward to it. He hoped the Qi family, one of China’s four great medicinal merchants, would truly have herbs suited to his needs. If so, they would be of tremendous benefit to his cultivation.