The Physician Tycoon

With a soft creak, the large white marble door of the jade gourd slowly opened.

A dazzling golden light poured out from the crack in the door, dispelling the surrounding darkness without a trace.

Ye Kai and Sun Hongxia exchanged a glance, a hint of surprise flashing in their eyes.

They held each other's hands tightly and cautiously stepped into this mysterious and alluring realm.

A magnificent and beautiful palace came into view!

The hall was filled with a faint scent of sandalwood, which was refreshing and pleasant.

Looking up, there is a huge shrine in the very center, on which is enshrined a crystal-clear, flawless white jade plate.

Two bright red pills, like ripe dragon fruits, were placed on the plate, gleaming with an enticing sheen.

Ye Kai and Sun Hongxia stepped forward and each took a pill and put it in their mouths.

A surge of scorching air erupted from his lower abdomen like a volcanic eruption, quickly sweeping through every meridian and acupoint in his body.

This heat surged and raged within their bodies, bringing waves of comfort wherever it went.

The two quickly sat on the prayer mats in front of the hall, closed their eyes, adjusted their breathing, and began to cultivate, fully guiding and absorbing the spiritual energy from the pills.

After about the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, the spiritual energy in the elixir had completely merged into their bodies, transforming into powerful and surging true energy that flowed through their eight extraordinary meridians.

The two opened their eyes simultaneously, extended their palms, and continuously transferred their inner energy into each other's bodies.

Then, absorb the true energy transmitted from the other party into your own meridians, and refine and integrate it...

The two of them continued in this way, repeatedly practicing their exercises.

After an unknown amount of time, as the last wisp of true energy was completely integrated, both of them clearly felt:

Their true energy had already blended together seamlessly, becoming indistinguishable; you were in me, and I was in you!

They then stood up, embracing each other, and kissed passionately...

When the two regained consciousness, they found themselves lying in bed.

Sun Hongxia suddenly realized that Liu Yufen was still outside, so she quickly put on her clothes and left the bedroom.

The main room was empty, and the table was clean and tidy. There was no sign of Liu Yufen.

Looking outside, it was already dawn. It turned out they had been cultivating all night!

Ye Kai also came out, looking at Sun Hongxia with a puzzled expression, and asked a barrage of questions:

"What's going on?"

"Weren't we drinking with Liu Yufen last night?"

"How do you know martial arts?"

Seeing Ye Kai's anxious expression, Sun Hongxia smiled gently. She took Ye Kai's hand and pressed him down into the chair beside her.

Then, taking a deep breath, he recounted a long and winding story:

"A big thing happened when I was a child..."

Sun Hongxia's voice seemed to travel through a time tunnel, returning to that distant past.

One day, a mysterious fairy suddenly appeared at my door. She was wearing a colorful robe, as dazzling as the clouds in the sky.

She said she was looking for someone destined to be her disciple, and that she had taken a liking to me, wanting to take me on as her apprentice and teach me a unique breathing technique.

Ye Kai stared wide-eyed, listening intently to every word, his heart filled with curiosity and anticipation.

"This fairy is the legendary Rainbow Fairy! She has been cultivating here for many years and is now selecting a few suitable candidates to become her disciples."

Ye Kai couldn't help but interject, "Then where is your master? Where is she now? And where are the other disciples?"

Sun Hongxia shook her head helplessly, a hint of disappointment flashing in her eyes:

"After my master taught me the method of cultivating qi, he left quietly and has not been heard from since."

As for my fellow disciples, I don't know where they are.

Before I left, my master repeatedly told me to wait for a young man with a jade gourd to come and marry me.

She also said that the kung fu she taught me would only be activated after I met this young man, and that I must remember her words and not marry another man, otherwise I would bring suffering to myself and others!

But my family desperately needed money to arrange my younger brother's wedding, and my parents, disregarding my master's instructions, hastily sold me to the Li family..."

"I never imagined it would lead to Li Ming's death..."

Sun Hongxia choked up, her voice trembling violently.

Ye Kai hugged Sun Hongxia tightly. "Sister, don't be sad anymore. I will protect you from now on and never let you suffer any more injustice!"

"Young Master, tell us your story!"

Ye Kai then told Sun Hongxia the story of the Calabash Immortal, and Sun Hongxia listened with rapt attention.

After a long silence, she sighed, "So we were destined to be together. No wonder Li Ming died that very night. It seems this was all fate's arrangement!"

Ye Kai then understood why, after he and Sun Hongxia got together, he not only didn't feel tired, but his energy became even more vigorous.

It turns out that Sun Hongxia is one of the red, orange, yellow, green, cyan, blue, and purple colors he was looking for, but why doesn't her name contain the character "red"?

Ye Kai asked, "Sister Hongxia, how many names do you have?"

"I only have this one name, so what?"

"Why doesn't your name contain the character for 'crisis'?"

"Oh, you mean that! My master did name me Chixia, but my parents thought it didn't sound very nice for a girl, so they changed it to Hongxia."

That's it!

Ye Kai breathed a sigh of relief. That's good, he doesn't have to lose a year of his lifespan!

Ye Kai felt that the sunshine was particularly bright today, and he was in a particularly good mood.

He suddenly thought of a problem: if the other six girls also changed their names, where would he find them?

It seems we need to broaden the scope of our search and try more things out.

"Young Master, what's wrong?"

Sun Hongxia noticed that Ye Kai was distracted and called out to him.

Ye Kai remembered what the Calabash Immortal had said: the jade gourd contained many miraculous medicines and rare treasures.

I was so focused on my cultivation last night that I didn't have time to take a proper look.

"Sister, let's go inside the jade gourd and see what treasures are inside."

The two hugged each other tightly and chanted, "Open the gourd!"

The jade gourd's door slowly opened again.