Chapter 64
Gu Fan was in seclusion. Although Lu Ya was in the cave, he entrusted the task of compiling a list of disabled people at the base to his aunt Lu Ying.
Lu Ying: "Only counting people with special abilities, or?"
Lu Ya: "Ordinary people should be included too."
During the beast tide, in addition to the first five million people who hid in the explosion-proof zone, there were more than 100,000 survivors outside. Among these 100,000 people, about 20,000 were psychic soldiers and mercenaries responsible for resisting the beast tide. More than half of them were left with varying degrees of disabilities due to being bitten by monsters.
The ordinary people who survived did not suffer any physical injuries because they did not fight the monsters, while those ordinary people who fought the monsters almost all died on the spot.
Lu Ya has confidence in Gu Fan, and he wants to build momentum for Gu Fan and use public opinion to make some people afraid, so he makes this matter known to the whole city.
As the list became more and more complete, everyone in the Jiangnan base knew that there was a strong man named Gu Fan in the base who could refine a bone-repairing pill that could regenerate severed limbs.
The elixir is time-consuming to refine and must be given to injured psychics first. Do ordinary people have to wait in line?
What did it matter? The more psychics that could go to the battlefield, the safer the base would be. As long as they could register, what did it matter if ordinary disabled people waited a little longer? They had already given up hope, but now there was hope. It didn't matter if they waited a few years.
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Gu Fan didn't know that the entire base was hoping that she would come out of seclusion to make medicine as soon as possible. This was her first real seclusion practice since coming to Earth.
Spiritual energy continuously washes through the veins of the body and eventually gathers in the dantian. The spiritual consciousness is also quietly nourished in this state of half-sleep.
However, in order to avoid accidentally going into seclusion for three to five years, Gu Fan reminded Lu Ya before entering into meditation to wake him up on time in a month.
Although it has been set for a month, Gu Fan may not really have to wait a month before leaving the quarantine.
She was in seclusion to stabilize her realm. When she first established her foundation, the spiritual fluid in her dantian would occasionally transform into a gaseous state, like a lake with mist rising from it. This was instability. What Gu Fan needed to do was to condense all of the spiritual fluid into a single, fixed form, so that it would no longer change freely and would only obey her commands.
When the spiritual fluid in the dantian can remain calm for a long time, this retreat will be over. Even if she continues to practice, it will not make much sense to rely solely on slow meditation.
Through this year's experience, Gu Fan deeply understood that constantly consuming and then gathering spiritual power was the fastest way to practice. If he was lucky enough to have an epiphany during the experience, that would be an unexpected surprise.
After admiring the calm surface of the spiritual liquid in his dantian, Gu Fan opened his eyes.
The communication bracelet showed that it was two o'clock in the afternoon, and twenty-five days had passed since she went into seclusion.
There was a layer of dust on the surface of his body, so Gu Fan used a dust removal technique and his spiritual sense was already curiously exploring outwards.
In the cave hall, there was still a set of sofas, coffee tables and a pot of flowers that she had arranged herself. The soil in the pot was slightly damp, and it was obvious that it had been watered not long ago.
On the sofa, Lu Ya was leaning on it wearing a thin black shirt, holding a thick notebook in his hand.
He read very seriously, his long eyelashes drooping, and his cold star-like eyes following the handwriting.
It was summer, and although the cave was cool, Lu Ya still unbuttoned the three buttons near his collar, revealing a chest as beautiful as jade.
Gu Fan's spiritual sense can actually see through objects. If she wants to see Lu Ya's body, it doesn't matter whether he is wearing clothes or not.
Of course, Gu Fan is not that lustful.
Just as she was about to withdraw her spiritual consciousness, Lu Ya suddenly looked towards the training room.
Gu Fan actually had the illusion that he was discovered while peeping, so he quickly withdrew his spiritual sense, stood up and walked out.
A long time had passed, but to Gu Fan, the kiss seemed to have just happened, so when he came out and met Lu Ya's deep eyes, Gu Fan still felt a little uncomfortable.
"I left quarantine early." She explained first, "Is there anything going on at the base recently?"
She looked like she was discussing something serious, so Lu Ya pulled out a list from his space and placed it beside the coffee table. He said, "This is the previously compiled list of the disabled personnel currently at the base. There are 12,000 people with special abilities and 1,700 ordinary people. They're all waiting for your bone-repairing pill."
Gu Fan: ...
She sat on the sofa, picked up the list, and saw that it listed each person's name, age, and disability part.
A total of about 14,000 people.
Assuming that she spends her daytime refining pills every day, three furnaces in the morning and three in the afternoon, with five pills in each furnace, she can make thirty pills a day. In order to meet the needs of the disabled people in the base, she has to refine pills for more than 460 days in a row, which is nearly one year and three months.
Lu Ya explained, "The last beast tide caused too many casualties all at once. Once this group of psychics recovers, there won't be such a high demand later. Besides, this is just a list. You can decide how to arrange your alchemy time. The base won't force you."
Gu Fan could hear his cautiousness, as if he was worried that she would be angry because of such a high workload.
Actually, it’s not a big deal. Alchemy consumes spiritual energy, and for Gu Fan, it is a more efficient way of practice than meditation.
"I can refine it slowly. How are you going to distribute the pills? Give them to them for free?" Gu Fan asked curiously.
Lu Ya: "For those with special abilities who originally belonged to the army, we will provide them with free pills and allow them to return to the army after recovery. If they are mercenaries, they will have to serve for ten years. Ordinary people will also be arranged to volunteer."
Gu Fan nodded. She refined the elixir to help Lu Ya and the Xinghe team realize their dream of restoring human freedom. How to use and distribute it was Lu Ya's business, but if Lu Ya really gave it to everyone for free, she was afraid that some people would not know how to cherish it.
"Okay, I'll go cultivate the red ginseng first. Cultivating spiritual herbs takes time. I'll give you a batch of pills every month." Gu Fan returned the roster to Lu Ya, looked outside and asked, "Is Professor Ma ready?"
Lu Ya: "It will be ready for use at the beginning of the month."
Gu Fan's eyes lit up and he wanted to go out.
Lu Ya stood up and reminded him, "It's midsummer outside, do you want to change your clothes?"
Gu Fan: ...
She stopped and looked at Lu Ya.
Lu Ya looked calm, as if he was just worried that she would be too hot outside.
Gu Fan's spiritual sense could not detect his inner thoughts, but seeing how neatly he was dressed, his own thick armor did seem a bit out of place.
Gu Fan returned to the practice room, closed the door, and picked out a green casual skirt from the storage jade bracelet. At that time, she went to the mall to buy clothes, and the enthusiastic and smiling saleswoman helped her match it with a white wide-brimmed hat.
Looking at the white hat and recalling the peace and prosperity of the Jiangnan base, Gu Fan finally felt a trace of sympathy.
Most people in the base are cute and worth her help.
After smoothing out the ripples in his heart, Gu Fan walked out again.
Lu Ya stood at the entrance of the cave. He turned around when he heard footsteps. Before he could see her face clearly, he was startled by her exposed snow-white arms.
Wearing a green dress, she is pure and lively, just like the legendary forest elf.
"The ultraviolet rays are very high. Will I get sunburned?"
Looking outside, the fair and tender skin was still in his mind, and Lu Ya inexplicably thought of the issue of skin care.
Gu Fan had been taught by her friends what ultraviolet rays were. She smiled, flew out on her sword, and without looking back, flew straight towards the designated red ginseng medicinal field.
Since she didn't take him with her, Lu Ya had no choice but to activate his flying boots.
Professor Ma was away, leaving behind an assistant, Xiaotian, to oversee the maintenance of the red ginseng fields. Xiaotian was a young, C-rank Wood-type psychic wearing glasses. Seeing Gu Fan approaching on a flying sword, she was startled and amused, covering her mouth with her hands, as excited as a fan who had just stumbled upon a famous star in a movie or TV series.
Gu Fan and Xiao Tian got to know each other, and Lu Ya landed beside them.
If Gu Fan's temperament made Xiaotian feel like a spring breeze, Lu Ya was a frost. When he saw Lu Ya, Xiaotian immediately restrained his smile and saluted straight.
Lu Ya: "Come in and introduce yourself."
Oda took the two of them in.
Other medicinal fields are open-air fields, but Professor Ma built the red ginseng medicinal field into a large freezer. During the day, the temperature in the freezer will fluctuate between minus 25 degrees and minus 10 degrees, simulating the temperature of a snow mountain cave, and at night it will remain at minus 25 degrees.
The ground is cooled, and the soil layer under the freezer has special floor heating facilities to prevent the soil layer from freezing.
In order to ensure the growth of red ginseng, Professor Ma specially installed a set of power generation equipment in Fairy Peak. Even if the main switch of the entire base is cut off, this cold storage can still operate normally for a month.
"Gu, Teacher Gu, aren't you cold like this?"
After walking around with Gu Fan, Xiaotian, who was wearing winter clothes, looked at Gu Fan's enviable good skin and finally couldn't help asking.
Gu Fan smiled and said, "Not bad. You guys go out first. I'll transplant the red ginseng."
Oda: "Can I help you?"
Gu Fan: "You can't help."
Oda smiled awkwardly and turned to leave.
Seeing that Lu Ya didn't move and didn't wear any winter clothes, Gu Fan asked in surprise, "Aren't you afraid of the cold?"
Lu Ya: “Afraid.”
After saying that, he reached out and pulled Gu Fan into his arms, tightly wrapped his arms around her waist, and kissed her eagerly.
At first, his lips were cold, but slowly, his whole body became hot, and his hands unscrupulously set her on fire.
Gu Fan was very afraid that Xiaotian would come in, so before he had all his sanity burned out by him, he sent out a bit of his spiritual consciousness.
Oda had been staying in the office outside, but Xinghe and the other four were probably startled by the sound of Lu Ya's flying boots engine and rushed over together.
As soon as the four of them arrived, Gu Fan quickly pushed Lu Ya away.
Lu Ya refused to let go, like a hungry wolf that finally caught its prey.
"Xinghe and the others are here." Gu Fan said weakly.
Lu Ya still didn't let go, his dark eyes surging with passion and persistence.
Gu Fan understood what he meant and had no choice but to give him a sweet treat: "Let's talk about it tonight."
Lu Ya immediately let her go.
Gu Fan instantly took out the densely packed red ginseng roots from the space and planted them one by one in the small pits reserved by Professor Ma.
Lu Ya took away some of the roots and squatted on the ridge of the next field to help with the transplanting.
Fenghuo was the first to stick his head in, but was shocked by the cold air and immediately shrank back.
After a minute or two, four people came in wearing thick winter clothes.
"Fanfan, how is your retreat going?" Fenghuo approached Gu Fan and asked.
Gu Fan smiled and said, "Your realm has stabilized. You don't need to go into seclusion any longer in the short term."
Qingteng and Xinghe automatically came to help.
Meng Lianying scooped up some of the roots, as if finally noticing Lu Ya. He asked curiously, "Cousin, aren't you afraid of the cold? Or can an S-rank expert even withstand such low temperatures?"
Lu Ya planted red ginseng silently, not knowing whether he was disdainful to answer or didn't want to answer.
Gu Fan lowered his head and hid the smile on his lips.
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