Time flew by and it was the weekend again. As soon as he got up in the morning, Sun Zhengguo took out the herbs he had prepared and began to carefully sort and select them.
I was supposed to break through my cultivation technique last weekend, but it was delayed because of my wife's pregnancy.
So, no matter what he says today, he needs to break through to the Transformation Realm, otherwise he really won't be able to control himself.
After he finished selecting the herbs and had breakfast with his family, he began to brew the medicine.
In the kitchen, Grandma was helping to stoke the fire, while Grandpa, having nothing else to do, watched from the side. Sun Zhengguo also stood by, ready to add herbs to the pot at any moment.
As for Ning Xiaowei? She was playing with her child in the yard.
Gradually, the water in the pot boiled, and Sun Zhengguo then added the herbs into the pot in an orderly manner.
In the end, only one main herb was missing, and he had already prepared for this.
He took out a ginseng root as thick as a baby's arm from a red cloth bag he had prepared beforehand, and threw it into the pot without even glancing at it, treating it like trash.
The ginseng was so thick that it made the grandfather standing to the side tremble with fear.
Grandpa, unable to hold back any longer, finally asked, "Jung-guk, what was that just now?"
"Hehe! Grandpa, that was a radish just now. Adding it in is just right to help with digestion."
Sun Zhengguo started rambling again, acting all nonchalant and irresponsible.
If outsiders saw this, he wouldn't look like a division-level cadre at all; he'd look like a street thug.
"Hey! You little rascal, you think I'm blind? That's clearly a ginseng root, but I've never seen a ginseng root this thick before."
Grandpa looked at Sun Zhengguo, as if to say, "I know what I'm talking about."
“Grandpa, that’s not ginseng, but a kind of American ginseng that came from Korea. It looks big, but it’s not very useful and it’s worthless.”
After listening to Sun Zhengguo's explanation, Grandpa nodded, indicating that he had learned something new today.
Otherwise, a ginseng root that thick must be at least a thousand years old, no exaggeration. Where do you get such a thing?
Seeing that he had finally managed to fool his grandfather, Sun Zhengguo stopped talking and instead found a wooden stick and stirred the pot.
Half an hour later, the medicinal liquid in the pot had turned emerald green and was bubbling up, filling the entire courtyard with a rich herbal aroma.
"Grandma, turn off the fire!" Sun Zhengguo called out towards the stove door.
Grandma didn't waste any words. She stood up, dusted off the debris, and then came over to take a look.
"Jung-guk, this smells so good, and the color is beautiful too. It looks so tempting, I want to take a sip!"
"Hehe! Grandma, you can't drink this. If you really drink it, you'll probably bleed from all seven orifices."
Sun Zhengguo wasn't talking nonsense. Putting aside everything else, that ginseng in the pot alone could kill a person.
It's said that ginseng that's over a hundred years old can prolong life, but have you ever seen anyone use a whole ginseng root to prolong life? One slice is enough.
"I was just joking, who would actually drink this stuff?"
When Grandma said this, she took two steps back, clearly indicating that her grandson's words had an effect.
Sun Zhengguo smiled and then started taking the bucket of medicine to the next room.
Seeing this, the grandfather also helped his grandson by bringing the medicine into the room.
After a flurry of activity by the grandfather and grandson, all the medicine was transferred to a wooden tub in the room.
The two then started adding cold water until the water temperature was just right, and then they stopped.
Just then, two people suddenly entered through the door. The one leading them was none other than Sun Zhenghong, the younger sister, and behind her was someone else who was quite unexpected.
"Zhou Weimin, what brings you here?" Sun Zhengguo asked, glancing at the newcomer with a puzzled look.
That's right, the person who came with his sister was Zhou Weimin.
Judging from what he was carrying, he probably wanted to express his gratitude.
But he was afraid that Sun Zhengguo wouldn't give him face, so he asked Sun Zhenghong to come along.
"Director, I'm here today not for any other reason than to express my gratitude," Zhou Weimin said somewhat awkwardly.
After all, my situation is a bit special. I don't know if I'm here to thank my boss or to meet my parents. Anyway, it's a bit confusing.
Sun Zhengguo was on the verge of a breakthrough and had no time to pay attention to anything else, so he could only look at his grandparents and say something.
"Grandpa and Grandma, this is Zhou Weimin. You two chat first, I'm going in to take a bath, and we'll talk when I come out."
After Sun Zhengguo finished speaking, he went directly into the room and closed the door.
Standing outside, Zhou Weimin was completely bewildered. What did the director mean by this?
Is it true that guests are required to take a bath first as a sign of respect? I don't think there's such a custom around here.
Just as Zhou Weimin was lost in thought, several pairs of eyes in the courtyard all turned to him...
Meanwhile, inside the house, Sun Zhengguo had already taken off his clothes and stepped into the wooden tub.
The water in the bucket is now a deep green color and has a strong herbal aroma.
Sun Zhengguo slowly sat down in the water, first feeling the water temperature, which was just right, before submerging his entire body.
The medicine was so potent that even before he began circulating his qi and blood, he could feel a violent energy drilling into his body.
This feeling made him a little nervous, but mostly excited.
"Haha, this time I'm sure I'll succeed!" Sun Zhengguo secretly vowed to himself.
Although the energy was extremely violent, Sun Zhengguo remained completely calm.
He began to use his years of experience and skills to slowly move his qi and blood, guiding this energy to where it should go.
As time went on, Sun Zhengguo gradually mastered the flow pattern of this energy and guided it to all parts of his body.
Once the energy enters the body, coupled with the fact that he was already on the verge of a breakthrough, the combination of these two factors is not as simple as one plus one equals two.
Sun Zhengguo could feel his blood boiling, his whole body burning red.
If someone were to bring a thermometer to measure it now, it would probably be off the charts.
Most frighteningly, due to severe blood stasis throughout his body, Sun Zhengguo's eyes had turned scarlet.
However, Sun Zhengguo couldn't care less about that now, because he had reached a critical moment for a breakthrough.
The violent energy within his body was constantly surging towards that unseen bottleneck, one surge after another...
Finally, after hundreds of energy surges, a crack was opened in the bottleneck.
Then the crack turned into a gap, and then, like a dam releasing floodwaters, it rushed out in a torrent.
At this point, Sun Zhengguo successfully entered the realm of Transformation, his energy found a new outlet, and the color of his entire body gradually returned to normal.
Although he had already broken through to a higher level, Sun Zhengguo still did not stop.
Because the body has just broken through to the Transformation Realm, it will still need a lot of energy to replenish itself.
Fortunately, the medicinal liquid in the wooden barrel was full of energy, so he didn't have to worry. He just needed to follow the steps and absorb the energy.
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