boyutpedia Chapter 580: Gifts
Chapter 580: Gifts
He walked over before asking, "How are you feeling now?"Lana immediately pouted.
"Uncle... this time I honestly thought I was going to die."
She dramatically held her chest. "I almost died from starvation."
The moment she finished speaking... Smack!
Mr. Crow immediately slapped the back of her head with one wing. At the same time, Lucian frowned disapprovingly.
Lana instantly became furious. She pointed toward Mr. Crow.
"You’ve become more and more rebellious!"
She narrowed her eyes dangerously. "It looks like I really need to castrate you."
Mr. Crow immediately exploded. "What nonsense are you saying? It was clearly you who kept joking about dying!"
Lana folded her arms. "I was only speaking metaphorically."
She pouted. "It was just a joke."
Axel’s expression remained unusually serious. "Lana. You didn’t see yourself during those six days."
He looked directly into her eyes. "That’s why you’re treating it like a joke."
His voice became softer. "But we watched everything. We genuinely thought we might lose you."
Hearing those words... Lana’s playful expression slowly disappeared.
She lowered her head. "Alright... I understand. It was my mistake."
Axel gently nodded. Just then... his eyes carefully studied Lana’s face.
For a brief moment... he completely froze.
After her breakthrough... Lana looked astonishingly similar to his father.
Even the faint expression on her face... everything reminded him of the man he respected most.
Unable to resist, Axel quietly took out his phone. Click.
He secretly took a photograph of Lana before immediately sharing it in the family group chat Conard had added him to.
Meanwhile... Conrad had also arrived.
The moment Lana noticed him standing in the corner, she immediately pouted dramatically.
"Big Brother... If I didn’t know any better... I would have thought you wouldn’t even consider me your little sister anymore."
Seeing her throwing a childish tantrum, Conrad couldn’t help smiling. The coldness in his eyes gradually softened.
He walked over before gently patting her head. "What could I do? I was busy preparing a breakthrough gift for my little sister."
The moment Lana heard the word "gift," her blue eyes immediately sparkled brighter than gemstones. "Really?"
She excitedly leaned forward. "What is it?"
Conrad deliberately teased her for several seconds before finally taking out an elegant envelope and a beautifully wrapped box.
He handed both items to her. Unable to contain her excitement, Lana immediately reached for the envelope and eagerly opened it.
Inside the envelope was a neatly folded document.
The moment Lana unfolded it, her eyes slowly widened.
The paper stated that Conrad would personally sponsor every child in Lana’s charity association, along with the orphanage she had once taken him to visit.
For a brief moment, Lana simply stared at the document. A warm feeling quietly spread through her heart.
Although Conrad had previously promised to help those children, a small part of her had remained uncertain.
’Words can always change... But a written agreement is a promise.’
Now, seeing everything written down in black and white, she finally felt completely at ease.
A bright smile unconsciously bloomed across her face. Without wasting any more time, she eagerly opened the beautifully wrapped gift box.
Inside rested a strange silver-colored herb. Its slender leaves shimmered faintly under the light, almost as though tiny streams of silver were flowing through them.
The rich spiritual aura surrounding it could be felt even from several meters away. The moment Lana saw it... her smile immediately disappeared.
Instead, she looked as though she were about to cry. "Don’t tell me..."
She looked pitifully toward Conrad. "...that I have to eat this to nourish my body or something."
Conrad couldn’t help laughing. "Well..."
He smiled teasingly. "This herb is extremely important for every Mystic Cultivator."
Lana was just about to complain again when Axel suddenly interrupted.
His eyes widened in disbelief. "Wait..."
He immediately stepped closer. "Is that the legendary Silver Vein Herb?"
Conrad calmly nodded. "That’s right."
Axel immediately burst into laughter. "Unbelievable! I searched for this herb for years, yet I never managed to obtain even a single leaf."
He looked at Conrad with admiration. "And yet you somehow managed to find the entire herb."
Lana looked back and forth between the two of them before curiously asking, "Uncle... What exactly does this herb do?"
Axel smiled warmly. "Lana... you should consider yourself incredibly fortunate."
He glanced toward Conrad. "You truly have an amazing big brother."
Then he pointed toward the Silver Vein Herb.
"As long as you consume approximately one centimeter of this herb every day..."
He smiled confidently. "...there’s a very high chance you’ll reach the Spirit Monarch Rank within the next six months."
Lana’s sapphire-blue eyes instantly widened. "What?"
She almost jumped from her seat. "Is this some miraculous herb that directly increases cultivation?"
Axel slowly shook his head. "No. The herb itself doesn’t increase cultivation."
He calmly continued,
"It improves something far more fundamental. Our bodies constantly absorb aether from the surrounding world."
He gently traced the path of a meridian in the air with his finger.
"However, the amount of aether we can absorb is limited by the width of our meridians. The narrower the meridians... the slower the cultivation."
He paused briefly before continuing, "So if you truly wish to cultivate faster, your meridians must first become wider."
He pointed toward the herb again.
"The Silver Vein Herb specializes in exactly that. It gradually expands your meridians. As your meridians widen, you’ll naturally absorb significantly more ether. Your cultivation speed will increase accordingly."
He smiled.
"If you consume it correctly, there’s an excellent chance you’ll reach the Spirit Monarch Rank before the International Mystic Cultivation Competition begins."
Hearing those words, Lana couldn’t suppress her excitement any longer.
She immediately looked toward Conrad with sparkling eyes.
"Thank you so much, Big Brother!"
Seeing her genuinely grateful smile, Conrad couldn’t help chuckling. "If you’re truly that grateful..."
He teasingly crossed his arms. "...then tell your big brother how you’re planning to repay me."
Lana lowered her head in thought.
After several seconds... she suddenly smiled brightly.