Time passed slowly, and in the blink of an eye, a month had gone by.
Over the past month, Li Yu had studied the Way of Grass and Trees in Pill Valley, familiarizing himself with the properties of all kinds of medicinal herbs.
At first, Li Yu had not paid much attention to it, focusing only on the Art of Years that accelerated the growth of medicinal herbs. But after studying it in depth, he suddenly realized that this Way of Grass and Trees actually contained the truths of the Great Dao.
"The Art of Years that accelerates grass and trees can reveal the principles of time's passage. Moreover, the Way of Grass and Trees itself not only contains the principle of all things evolving through changes in material properties, but also holds the powers of withering and flourishing, life and death, gathering and dispersing, impermanence, and Myriad Transformations."
Hundred Thousand Herbs, a million changes, ten million derivations, countless evolutions. Different medicinal herbs combined together could produce endless variations, as though they would never run out.
"Alchemy has actually given me new insights into the origin of matter. Although alchemy concerns only grass and trees, when pursued to the utmost extreme, it can elevate into the Dao of material evolution. Truly remarkable."
The deeper he researched, the more he understood. He consulted all manner of texts, accelerated the growth of all kinds of medicinal herbs, compared them one by one, and comprehended them one by one. Before he knew it, Li Yu had become engrossed in the endless transformations of the properties of herbs and plants.
Li Yu devoted himself wholeheartedly to studying the Way of Grass and Trees, to the point that he seemed to hear nothing of the outside world.
During that time, Xu Qing had come looking