Records of Great Zhou Oddities

The backyard of Anyang Martial Arts School.

"Four Levels Body Solidifying Stance, Jiazi Tianchen."

Shi Yi practiced the first six moves of the Lesser Heavenly Cycle Strength Training Fist, which were the moves from the Blood Essence Chapter, in the backyard.

Regarding the search for the Buddhist Treasure, they followed the Divine Constable Bureau personnel and searched for another day outside Anyuan Town to the south, but still found no trace of the Buddhist Treasure. The entire process encountered no unexpected events.

Their cooperative mission to find the Buddhist Treasure thus concluded.

After the Divine Constable Bureau personnel searched the vicinity of Anyuan Town, they departed!

Shi Yi heard from the Divine Constable Bureau personnel that on the afternoon of the day they encountered the Silver Wolf Spirit, they had investigated Mount Jiuhua again to see if there were any other Oddities or unusual situations. It seemed they returned empty-handed.

When he heard this, he was not surprised. He even guessed that not only the Divine Constable Bureau personnel but also the yamen, and even those with ideas in the vicinity of Anyuan Town, might have gone to investigate Mount Jiuhua.

Just as Zhao Cheng had told him before, many years ago, a wolf spirit had appeared on Mount Jiuhua, and after the wolf spirit was killed, many people went to investigate.

Now, it was merely a repeat of what happened back then.

Shi Yi did not plan to go to Mount Jiuhua these days. It would take many days for that small water pool to fill up, so there was no need to rush.

If he were discovered midway, it would only prove his bad luck.

Before leaving, he had set up a simple detection method near the small water pool. If anyone had been there, they would have left traces.

It was also that he hadn't brought a disguised camera at the time, otherwise, he could have placed one and seen if there were any other movements there when he was away.

"Hoo!"

After completing three full sets of cultivation, Shi Yi finally stopped.

His ability to continuously cultivate was increasing, and his internal Blood Essence and energy consumption could sustain this level of cultivation.

Shi Yi knew that this was the benefit he gained from consuming Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures.

To be precise, it was the Hundred-Year Stone Milk.

After returning, he borrowed a book titled "Records of Great Zhou Oddities" from Lu Feng. It recorded various Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures.

There were treasures born between heaven and earth, strange objects nurtured in the sea, treasures condensed from the earth, and Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures that condensed in special environments such as volcanoes and strong winds.

Shi Yi was filled with longing upon reading it, wanting to obtain those treasures.

It also recorded the stalactites he had seen, stating that what dripped from them was Stone Milk, which was the essence contained within mountains and the earth.

The preciousness of Stone Milk was measured by its age, and the method for determining its age was by evaluating the length of the stalactites, the color of the Stone Milk, its concentration, and its effects.

Based on the records in "Records of Great Zhou Oddities," Shi Yi determined that the Stone Milk he obtained was Hundred-Year Stone Milk.

As for its effects, it could nourish the soul and body, repair hidden injuries, improve aptitude, and clear impurities from the body. It was an Earth Treasure with relatively comprehensive auxiliary functions among Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures.

Of course, because it was comprehensive, none of its effects were particularly outstanding.

This was not actually a drawback.

For initial practitioners, it was very friendly. Its effects were not overbearing and were easy to absorb.

The fact that Shi Yi's cultivation time could be extended was a result of its nourishing effect on his body. The feeling of refreshment he experienced was the effect of nourishing his soul.

"Records of Great Zhou Oddities" also specifically mentioned that Stone Milk was helpful for Daoist Magic cultivation.

As for repairing hidden injuries, improving aptitude, and clearing impurities, Shi Yi did not feel them significantly, as he had not suffered any serious injuries, his innate cultivation aptitude was very high, and he did not feel any obvious impurities being expelled from his body, so they were not prominent.

"By continuously taking Hundred-Year Stone Milk, my daily cultivation efficiency can increase by about one-third."

"What originally took over forty days to accumulate Blood Essence Realm can now be completed in about a month!"

Shi Yi roughly estimated the time it would take to accumulate his Blood Essence Realm.

This was after two improvements. The first was the two medicinal formulas given to him by Zhao Cheng and others, which reduced the accumulation time from two months to over forty days. The second was the Hundred-Year Stone Milk, which further accelerated it by more than ten days.

Even with outstanding Bone Structure and comprehension, if cultivation resources were insufficient, one would still cultivate slower than others.

Some people with worse Bone Structure and comprehension could even complete the accumulation of the Blood Essence Realm faster than him if they had enough cultivation resources.

After all, the process of accumulating the Blood Essence Realm had no bottlenecks.

Bottlenecks would only be encountered when breaking through to the Flesh and Blood Realm Martial Student.

Shi Yi was not worried about this, because for those with outstanding Bone Structure and comprehension, breaking through bottlenecks was relatively simple. In Zhao Cheng's words, it was hard to say whether there were bottlenecks or not.

Perhaps Shi Yi could break through directly once his Blood Essence accumulation was complete!

"The danger encountered on Mount Jiuhua this time also made me feel that the lethality of my pistol was insufficient. When encountering strong opponents, the pistol's effect was average. I need weapons with more accurate and stronger lethality."

"It's difficult to get firearms in Great Xia; it's better to go abroad."

"I've never been abroad before, and I'm still 16. To go abroad, I need to apply for a passport, which requires a guardian to accompany me. So, this is a problem that needs to be solved."

"Before I break through to the Flesh and Blood Realm Martial Student, I will be cultivating at Anyang Martial Arts School and will not go out. Therefore, going abroad is not that urgent."

"However, when I leave Anyuan Town and head to Ninghe County, I will need to carry more lethal weapons for protection."

Shi Yi made plans for the future while resting and recovering his strength after stopping his cultivation.

In his plan, he would come into contact with the forbidden knowledge of the Path of Immortality within half a year and then begin cultivating the Path of Immortality. Therefore, once he had stayed in Anyuan Town long enough, he should head to Ninghe County.

Going to Ninghe County was not a direct trip, but rather through the channels of Anyang Martial Arts School, which was what he had arranged from the beginning.

"Although I'm not in a rush to go abroad, I should find an opportunity to tell my family about getting a passport."

Getting a passport takes time.

It would be more troublesome for him at his age, so he needed to prepare in advance.

"Besides, I also need to spend some time systematically learning the basic pharmacology of this world."

Now that Shi Yi could read, there were even more things he wanted to learn.

When Zhao Cheng had told him the names of some medicinal herbs he encountered while clearing the mountain path on Mount Jiuhua, Shi Yi had remembered them, but this knowledge was not complete.

Shi Yi wanted to fill in these gaps.

Especially since he was currently using two medicinal prescriptions, if he could clearly understand the properties of the herbs in them, he might be able to find similar drugs on Earth and concoct similar prescriptions, thereby reducing his expenses.

Furthermore, there might be prescriptions among the old Chinese medicine practitioners in the Earth world that could help him cultivate.

If he studied both and combined them, he might discover more prescriptions that could aid his cultivation.

Shi Yi was also considering whether to study medicine in university.

This thought had crossed Shi Yi's mind, but he hadn't made up his mind yet. It was because medical students were usually very busy and had little free time. University courses were complex, and he wouldn't have time to constantly travel to the Central Great World, which was more important to Shi Yi.