Chen Sanshi thought.
Since the residue dug out after feeding pills into someone's stomach still possessed extraordinary medicinal effects,
then burning it into plant ash at high temperatures ought to be useful too, at least somewhat?
With that thought,
he took a small bundle of spirit grain, piled it together with pine needles for kindling, and smeared an extremely small amount of lamp oil over it.
He did not dare get close.
Holding a lit Wooden Staff from afar, Chen Sanshi cautiously brought it toward the lamp oil.
"Boom—"
Crimson flames erupted with a roar.
In the blink of an eye, the spirit grain and pine needles were all Burned to ashes.
After the flames went out, Chen Sanshi carefully collected the plant ash.
"I need living test subjects."
He tidied the room, then quietly climbed over the wall and headed straight for Second Mountain.
So as not to injure his prey, he spent considerable effort before finally catching a rabbit.
"Come on, eat up!"
Chen Sanshi pried open the rabbit's mouth and poured A little bit of plant ash inside.
The next second,
the rabbit thrashed madly as though it had been injected with chicken blood, its strength increasing considerably.
But it did not last long. Like a deflated ball, it breathed its last.
Chen Sanshi carefully examined the corpse. On the surface, there were no signs of blackened blood vessels.
Yet the skin beneath its fur was scalding hot and crimson, as if blood were about to spill out from within. It looked as though the Medicinal Potency had been too fierce, injuring its internal organs and causing bleeding.
"It's too weak to withstand the medicinal effects?"
"I need to find something bigger to test!"
He searched through the mountain forest.
Before long, he found a stretch of