"I'm serious,"
Jing Yuan knocked away Jing Hanshuang's hand from his forehead, unsurprised by his sister's reaction.
Being born with two bodies, even in this era, was still a bit too fantastical.
If you wanted to create an external avatar or a robot clone, that wouldn't be too difficult.
But being born with two bodies just didn't sound real.
Jing Hanshuang still wanted to say something, but seeing Jing Yuan's serious expression, she thought that with his intelligence, he wouldn't make such a joke.
Moreover, there was no point in such a joke, because if he said it, they would definitely verify it.
"No, I need to process this. You've had two bodies since birth, and they've always lived separate lives? But now you're about to enter the Professional Academy, and you'll definitely come into contact, so you decided to come clean."
Jing Hanshuang leaned back in her chair, covering her forehead with one hand.
"Yes."
Jing Yuan nodded, then tapped the table with his hand.
A section of the table opened up, and a tea set floated out.
Jing Yuan inverted a teacup, poured tea, and slowly savored it.
"Phew, give me a glass of water to calm my nerves."
Jing Hanshuang seemed to finally believe what Jing Yuan said, straightened up, snatched the teacup from Jing Yuan's hand, and drank it all in one gulp.
"But I just drank from that."
Watching Jing Hanshuang's carefree manner, Jing Yuan felt quite helpless.
"I don't mind your germs."
Jing Hanshuang said, holding the cup with one hand and waving the other.
Jing Yuan: ...There was once a topic online: why, no matter how beautiful an older sister is, does she look like a mess in her younger brother's eyes?
Because the younger brother has seen all of his sister's sloppy, silly, and unreliable sides.
Jing Yuan was speechless and could only pour himself another cup of tea.
"Well, if that's the case, why didn't you say so sooner?"
Jing Hanshuang put down the empty teacup and took the freshly poured, untouched teacup from Jing Yuan's hand.
He sighed helplessly, and could only take a new cup from the tray and pour some tea.
"Because there was no need."
Although the Gu family wasn't a wealthy family, their shop was located on the most bustling commercial street in the southeastern district of Tianyuan City.
Being able to open a shop in such a place itself proved that the Gu family had some assets.
The Gu family might not have a lot of money, but they certainly weren't short on small funds.
Although life with the Gu family couldn't be as luxurious as with the Jing family, it was still very comfortable, with no lack of food or drink.
So Jing Yuan hadn't revealed the matter earlier, enjoying the experience of living two lives simultaneously.
"Alright, let's go."
Jing Hanshuang drank all the tea in her cup, put it down, and stood up from her chair.
"Where are we going?"
Jing Yuan was momentarily stunned by Jing Hanshuang's suddenness.
"Nonsense, of course we're going to take a look over there."
Jing Hanshuang rolled her eyes at Jing Yuan in annoyance. Even if she believed such a big matter, she would definitely still need to confirm it.
"Not today."
Taking another sip of tea from his cup, Jing Yuan shook his head.
"Why? Are you really just joking with your sister?"
Jing Hanshuang leaned over, hands on the table, and said, moving closer to Jing Yuan.
"I'm about to open my first meridian."
Jing Yuan put his teacup back on the table and looked up, saying.
"Ah? Is that so? Alright then, your breakthrough is more important," Jing Hanshuang paused upon hearing Jing Yuan's words, then continued, "But this is such a big deal, I have to tell Mom and Dad. After your breakthrough, we'll leave tomorrow."
"Okay."
Jing Yuan nodded. It was bound to happen sooner or later; he hadn't intended to delay it.
"Good, you go cultivate first. I'll go tell Mom and Dad."
After telling Jing Yuan, Jing Hanshuang turned and walked towards the courtyard exit.
When Jing Hanshuang reached the courtyard gate, she stopped again, turned, and looked at Jing Yuan, who was about to get up from his stool.
"Xiao Yuanyuan, I'm asking one more time, is this really true, not you trying to fool me? I'm really going to tell them."
"When have I ever lied to you?"
"Well, quite a lot, actually."
"Alright, but this time it's real. I wouldn't go so far as to trick Mom and Dad with something like this."
"Okay."
Jing Hanshuang nodded and turned to leave the courtyard.
After his sister left, Jing Yuan tapped the table again, and the tea set retracted.
Jing Yuan got up and returned to his bedroom, entering an inner room to the right of the bedroom. This was Jing Yuan's cultivation room.
Below the cultivation room, a spirit-gathering array was inscribed, allowing the spiritual energy in the cultivation room to be ten times that of the outside.
Such a cultivation room, in external cultivation halls, would cost one million credit points for an hour of use.
Of course, in most cases, those with a little money would at most rent a single-multiplier cultivation room, costing ten thousand credit points per hour.
Coming to the center of the cultivation room, Jing Yuan sat down cross-legged.
Jing Yuan slowly closed his eyes and began to circulate the spiritual energy contained in his dantian.
The Captain rank, also known as the Meridian Unlocking Realm, involves the process of unblocking the twelve main meridians in the human body.
Unblocking the body's meridians allows for the formation of a spiritual energy circulation route within the body, in anticipation of breaking through to higher realms in the future.
At the same time, each meridian unblocked in the body increases the speed at which the body absorbs spiritual energy from heaven and earth.
Moreover, with each meridian opened, corresponding bodily functions will strengthen.
There is no fixed order for opening the twelve main meridians; the choice of order for opening the meridians in the body depends purely on the professional's preference.
The first meridian Jing Yuan intended to open was the Hand Shaoyin Heart Meridian, which would enhance his mental strength after being unblocked.
Inside the cultivation room, Jing Yuan activated a wisp of spiritual energy, which rose from his dantian to his heart, slowly flowing along the path of the Hand Shaoyin Heart Meridian.
Before being opened, the meridians in the human body are very fragile due to the lack of spiritual energy nourishment, and once an error occurs during the opening process, leading to meridian damage, it is very difficult to repair.
Therefore, each breakthrough in the Meridian Opening Realm is a meticulous, painstaking process.
As time passed minute by minute, a faint glow appeared on Jing Yuan's arm, indicating that the meridian was about to be fully opened.
With the final surge of spiritual energy, the Hand Shaoyin Heart Meridian was completely unblocked, and Jing Yuan could distinctly feel a stronger power being born within him.
He had taken the first step into the Captain rank.
Standing up from the ground, Jing Yuan could clearly feel his thoughts becoming more active and his perception of the outside world becoming sharper.
Meanwhile, on the second floor of the Gu family's fast-food restaurant.
Gu Xiao also successfully broke through at around the same time, opening his first meridian.
However, unlike the first meridian Jing Yuan opened, the first meridian Gu Xiao opened was the Foot Taiyang Bladder Meridian.
This could greatly improve a cultivator's physical fitness, endurance, and strength.