Inside the bright, warm kitchen of Willow-Breeze Courtyard, Gu Changsheng gently lowered himself from three feet in the air back onto the scrubbed flagstones. Slipping his glowing [Iron Wok Spatula] into his apron loop as smoothly as if stepping off a footstool.
Even though he had restrained 99% of his newly awakened Rank 4 Early (Qi Gathering / Early Immortal) aura inside his lower dantian, his skin glowed with a warm, jade-like luster. Every breath he took carried the comforting scent of sunlit grain fields and hearth fire.
“Dad!! You just floated on your spatula like a real Immortal!!”
Nine-year-old Gu Nian rushed forward with his eyes sparkling like twin gold coins. Hugging Gu Changsheng’s waist while seven-year-old Su Nuannuan clapped her small hands in delight and ten-year-old Gu Ye Xiao stared through his [Clear-Sky Scholarly Glasses] in breathless admiration.
Through Ye Xiao’s [Scholar’s Geometry Grid], he could see that the spiritual energy inside his Dad’s body was no longer mortal internal Qi—it was a boundless. Flawless golden sphere of Rank 4 Immortal Qi without a single structural flaw or impurity!
“Don’t just stand there staring—grab the tray and bring six clean bowls to the dining table,” Gu Changsheng said warmly. Picking up the big wooden soup ladle and giving the bubbling cauldron of [Five-Grain Golden Hearth Porridge] another stir. “Porridge loses its crunch if you let it sit too long.
