4 Wuzhou Fairy

Ding Hao only had two taels of silver in his pocket. He dared not walk into shops that were too big. He went into a smaller-sized shop in front. 

A shop assistant saw him, immediately went to him, and said in a welcoming tone of voice, "Gentleman, what kind of medicinal pill are you looking for?"

This was Ding Hao's first visit to a medicinal pill shop. He was looking around. He noticed there were many different sized bottles. Some had "recovery" written on it, some had "training" written on it, some had "calming the heart" written on it, some had "foundation stabilization" written on it and many more.

The enthusiastic shop assistant smiled, "Gentleman, you look like you are 14 or 15 years old. You must have been awakened. Why don't you tell me which level of the celestial gene you have? I'll help you to pick some medicine."

Ding Hao was embarrassed. He hesitated and said, "I have not been awakened. I'm looking for medicine that helps with being awakened."

After he said that, the shop assistant showed a flash of contempt. He had not been awakened at this age, this must be a piece of shit!

His enthusiasm level decreased, but he was still a customer. He would still serve him. "Sir, I suggest that you buy this foundation stabilization pill. This pill is for children who have not been awakened. It helps to stabilize the meridian which is helpful for breaking through the celestial channel, and I suggest that you take this heart calming pill. It helps enhance your meditation experience, and this energy pill is good too. It enhances your energy. You know the level of energy greatly affects your ability to visualize and awaken your celestial gene..."

Ding Hao noted the great importance the people of this world placed on celestial genes. His title had changed from 'gentleman' to 'sir' once the shopkeeper had found out that he had not awakened. 

Ding Hao thought that what the shop assistant said made sense, so he said, "I don't need the heart calming pill. Let me have a look at the foundation stabilization pill and energy pill."

The shop assistant took a small bottle from the cupboard. He opened the bottle. He could smell a faint medicinal scent. He poured it into his palm. The pills were about the size of a peppercorn.

Ding Hao asked, "How much for a bottle?"

Shop assistant replied, "There are 50 pills in one bottle. Two taels of silver for a bottle."

Ding Hao thought that it was a reasonable price, and he had two taels of silver, so he could buy a bottle.

But then the salesman said, "Children below eight need to take two pills twice a day. Nine will need to take three pills every time and so on and so forth."

Ding Hao calculated in his heart. He was now 15 years old which meant that he needed to take nine pills twice a day. The bottle of pills will be finished in less than three days!

He smiled bitterly at the end of his calculations and said, "Who can afford that?"

Seeing that he had not been awakened and had no money, the shop assistant's face changed. He rolled his eyes and said, "What do you want? Something cheap and of good value? Do you want me to give it to you for free? Kid, don't come in here and ask questions if you don't have money."

He changed from 'sir' to 'kid' all of a sudden. Ding Hao stared and said, "How do you know I don't have the money to buy them?" He took two taels from his pocket.

"Buy it then!" the shop assistant said rudely.

As he said that, another customer entered the shop. The shop assistant grew even more impatient. "Let me have a look," said Ding Hao. 

"Here you go." The salesman stuffed the bottle into Ding Hao's hand. Then he turned and served the rich-looking gentleman. 

The salesman was serving other people. Ding Hao poured the pills onto his palm.

When the assistant had uncapped the bottle, the black stone beneath Ding Hao's tongue moved! He sensed a yearning from the stone. 

"What is that?" He had been living with the stone for a long time. They were connected spiritually.

The shop assistant was distracted, so Ding Hao emptied the bottle onto his palm. He sensed the stone's yearning. He could even describe the yearning as going crazy for pills. 

"The black stone wants these pills? What is happening?" Ding Hao was stunned, as though he realized something.

When he was on earth, he practiced the power absorption skill, but there was no power to be absorbed. The black stone must have sensed the spirit energy in the pills. 'It wants me to absorb the pure energy of the pills?'

Ding Hao turned to look at the salesman and sneered. 'Based on your treatment, I'm sorry to have to do this.' In a second, he unleashed his power absorption skill. His palm made a sucking sound. 

Ding Hao shook his palm, allowing the pills to roll about. He absorbed every last drop from the pills and returned them to the bottle. Ding Hao still felt unsatisfied. "Hey! Your foundation stabilization pills are defective. It is not powerful enough. Let me look at the energy pills."

"Kid are you kidding me?! The medicinal pills that we have are of excellent quality!"

Ding Hao left the shop not long after, he changed three bottles of pills and absorbed all the energy. He was scared that people would find out, he did not take the fourth bottle, he gave an excuse and left the shop.

"Haha, I never thought that the power absorption skill that was useless on earth could be used to absorb spiritual energy from medicinal pills!"

After he absorbed all that energy into his body, he could sense that the energy was unsteady in his meridian. There was power, but there was no outlet for it. He saw a piece of cobblestone by the side of the road. Focusing his energy to his palm, he gave the stone a pinch. It crumbled. 

Cracked!

"God! The cobblestone broke into a few pieces. This power is too great!" Ding Hao was absolutely surprised. He looked at his palm in surprise. 

With this power, Ding Hao walked further and entered a few other medicinal shops and absorbed the spiritual energy of the medicinal pills.

After the spiritual energy was absorbed, the pills turned to flour and lost its medicinal fragrance. Ding Hao was not dumb. He did not absorb every last bit of the energy. He left some so that others would not suspect anything.

But he got bored after doing it a few times.

This was because the energy that he absorbed with much hard work, was then absorbed by the black stone! Only a small amount was left in his body.

"Darn vampire!" Ding Hao scolded the black stone.

But Ding Hao knew that even if the black stone did not absorb the energy, he had no use for it! This was because he had not been awakened. He had no place to store the energy he had absorbed. The energy would seep through his pores and evaporate, and he would be left with a small amount of energy in his meridian.

He spat the black stone out to have a look. He discovered there was a white pattern on the stone. It looked like a nebula.

"The stone has changed! What does the nebula mean?" Ding Hao was surprised. He had been playing with the stone for a long time when he was on earth, nothing ever changed. However, the energy of this world created patterns on the stone!

The appearance of a pattern meant that the stone had a shape-shifting ability.

"Interesting, this stone was useless on earth, but it becomes a treasure in this world! Don't know how my ancestor, the old demon, Ding Chunqiu got this stone. What could it become in the end?"

He was thinking and walking. He arrived at the center of Wuzhou city. There was a large-sized field. There was a humongous jade statue in the middle of the field. This was no ordinary jade. This was the best quality crisp green jade in the world of Jiuzhou.

The statue was of a beautiful woman who appeared to be in mid-flight. It was looking into the sky with a dignified expression.

The name Jiuzhou came from the nine great teachers of the Celestial Cultivation Realm! They came from the world of Jiuzhou. They founded the Jiuzhou sect in the Celestial Cultivation Realm. This woman represented Wuzhou in the world of Jiuzhou.

The people in Wuzhou believed and worshiped her. Their belief and wishes were all gathered in this jaded body. In the Jiuzhou world, there were nine gigantic jade-statues. They gathered all the thoughts, beliefs, wishes of the people in Jiuzhou, and these formed the most basic energy to protect and maintain the world. It was fate!

No one dared harbor evil thoughts with the beautiful woman standing there. Ding Hao thought he had read the Investiture of Gods 1 in his previous life. One of the stories was about King Zhou 2(2) who desecrated the statue of Nuwa3. Nuwa apparated and retaliated. Things like this would definitely happen in the Jiuzhou world!

Ding Hao dared not think any nonsensical thoughts in the face of the guardian of Wuzhou. He burned some incense for her.

After that, he wandered around the shops. As he got more familiar with the streets, he picked up the courage to go into high-end and luxury shops. 

"There's a bookshop. Let's go in and have a look."

Ding Hao went into the bookshop, and he saw the 'Ten ways to awaken your celestial gene' book.

"Damn, this book only costs five maces of silver. He had the audacity to tell me that it costs ten taels of silver! The damn servant! I will make him pay!" Ding Hao thought angrily.

A friendly looking middle-aged man walked towards him and said, "Gentleman, I'm the boss of this shop. I'm getting ready to close for the day, so if you need anything, you need to be quick."

Ding Hao asked curiously, "But it's still very early…"

The middle-aged man smiled bitterly, "Please don't laugh, but my son who is 13 years old has not been awakened. I've hired a master to help my son enter the middle-stage meditative state. The teacher will be here soon."

"Is that so." Ding Hao thought, they shared the same fate. "To be honest, I'm 15 years old and have not been awakened. I'm looking for books about awakening, hoping that it would help."

The middle-aged man sympathized with him because he was having the same problem as his son. He said, "Here are a few books if you are interested. I'll sell them to you at a cheaper price. If you do not want to buy anything, the master is almost here. Just stay here and watch. Maybe you can learn something."

This was the first kind person that Ding Hao came across in this world. He thanked him, "Thank you so much, boss. I'll stay here and watch. I will repay you in the future when the opportunity presents itself!"

As he was speaking, someone else shouted, "Is boss Shang here? Master Min is here!" As the man was speaking, a green-clothed, slim lady brought a few other men into the bookshop.

Ding Hao paid no attention to the lady. He was focused on the book. He tried to read as much as he could about the awakened state.

Boss Shang rushed to the woman and wanted to kneel, "Master Min."

"Please, don't need to kneel. Where is your son?"

"Upstairs."

"Please take me to him." The beautiful lady who was called Master Min walked very lightly. She took a glance at Ding Hao and thought that he was very focused on the book. 'He must be hungry for knowledge.'