Records of Great Zhou Oddities

Anyang Martial Arts School's rear courtyard.

"Four Levels Body Solidifying Stance, Jiazi Tianchen."

Shi Yi practiced the first six moves of the Lesser Heavenly Cycle Strength Training Fist in the rear courtyard—the moves of the Blood Essence Chapter.

As for the search for the Buddhist treasure, they followed the Divine Constable Bureau's people south of Anyuan Town for another day, yet still found no trace of it. Nothing unexpected happened throughout the process.

Their task of assisting in the search for the Buddhist treasure thus came to an end.

After the Divine Constable Bureau's people had searched the areas around Anyuan Town, they left.

During the mission, Shi Yi heard that on the afternoon of the day they encountered the Silver Wolf Spirit, the Divine Constable Bureau's people had gone to Mount Jiuhua again to investigate. They said they wanted to see whether there were other spirits or any other unusual circumstances, but in the end, it seemed they returned empty-handed.

When Shi Yi heard this, he was not surprised. He even guessed that it would not only be the Divine Constable Bureau. The authorities, and perhaps anyone around Anyuan Town with an idea in mind, would probably head to Mount Jiuhua to investigate as well.

Just as Zhao Cheng had told him before, wolf spirits had appeared on Mount Jiuhua many years ago. After the wolf spirits were killed, quite a few people had gone there to investigate.

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

Shi Yi did not plan to visit Mount Jiuhua these next few days. It would take at least several days for that small pool to fill up, so there was no need to rush over.

If someone discovered it in the meantime, that could only prove his luck was bad.

Before leaving, he had set up a simple detection method beside the small pool. If someone went there, they would leave traces behind.

It was just that he had not brought a disguised camera at the time. Otherwise, he could have placed one there and seen whether anything else happened while he was away.

"Phew!"

Only after completing three full consecutive sets of training did Shi Yi finally stop.

The number of times he could train continuously was increasing. The Blood Essence and energy within his body could now sustain this level of training.

Shi Yi knew this was a benefit brought about by consuming Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures.

More precisely, it was the Hundred-Year Stone Milk.

After returning, he had borrowed a copy of Records of Great Zhou Oddities from Lu Feng. It recorded many different kinds of Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures.

There were treasures born between heaven and earth, strange objects nurtured in the depths of the sea, treasures gathered within the land, and Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures that condensed in special environments such as volcanoes and great winds.

Reading it left Shi Yi's heart racing with longing, making him want to obtain those treasures.

Among them was a record of the stalactites he had seen. It said that what dripped from them was stone milk, the essence contained within mountains, rivers, and the earth.

The preciousness of stone milk was measured by its age. Its age could be assessed through the length of the stalactite, the color and concentration of the stone milk, its effects when used, and other factors.

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

As for its effects, it could nourish the soul and body, mend hidden injuries, improve one's aptitude, and purge impurities from the body. Among Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, it was an earthly treasure with relatively comprehensive supportive effects.

Of course, precisely because it was so well-rounded, none of its effects were particularly outstanding.

In truth, that was not really a disadvantage.

For early-stage cultivators, it was extremely friendly. Its effects were not overbearing, making it easier to absorb.

The fact that Shi Yi could extend his training time was the effect of it nourishing his body. The refreshed clarity he felt was the effect of it nourishing his soul.

Records of Great Zhou Oddities also specifically mentioned that stone milk was helpful for cultivating Daoist arts.

As for mending hidden injuries, improving aptitude, and purging bodily impurities, Shi Yi had not felt them clearly. He had never suffered serious injuries, his cultivation aptitude was already extremely high, and he did not sense any obvious impurities being expelled from his body. Thus, those effects were not apparent.

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

"It originally would have taken more than forty days to complete my accumulation in the Blood Essence Realm. Now, I can finish it in about a month!"

Shi Yi roughly calculated the time needed for his Blood Essence Realm accumulation.

This came after two improvements. The first was the two prescriptions Zhao Cheng and the others had given him, reducing the accumulation time from two months to over forty days. The second was the Hundred-Year Stone Milk, which sped it up by more than ten days.

Even if one's natural physique and comprehension were both exceptional, without sufficient cultivation resources, one would still cultivate more slowly than others.

Some people might even have worse natural physiques and comprehension than him, yet if they had enough cultivation resources, they could complete their Blood Essence Realm accumulation faster than he could.

After all, there was no such thing as a bottleneck during the accumulation process of the Blood Essence Realm.

Bottlenecks only appeared when one broke through to become a Martial Scholar of the Flesh and Blood Realm.

Shi Yi was not worried about that. For someone outstanding in both natural physique and comprehension, breaking through bottlenecks was relatively easy. In Zhao Cheng's words, it was hard to say whether there would even be a bottleneck at all.

Perhaps once Shi Yi's Blood Essence accumulation reached completion, he would break through directly!

"The danger I encountered on Mount Jiuhua this time also made me realize that the handgun on me does not have enough killing power. Against stronger opponents, a handgun is only so effective. I need a weapon with greater killing power."

"It is difficult to get firearms in Great Xia. It would be easier to settle it abroad."

"I have never left the country before, and I'm only sixteen now. To go abroad, I need to apply for a passport, and I'll need a guardian to accompany me. That is a problem that needs solving."

"Until I break through to become a Martial Scholar of the Flesh and Blood Realm, I will cultivate here at Anyang Martial Arts School and will not go out, so going abroad is not that urgent."

"But when I leave Anyuan Town and head to Ninghe County, I will need a weapon with greater killing power to protect myself."

As Shi Yi rested and recovered his strength after stopping his training, he made plans for the future.

According to his plan, he would come into contact with the forbidden knowledge of the Path of Immortality within half a year, then begin cultivating the Path of Immortality. Therefore, after staying in Anyuan Town for long enough, it would be time to head to Ninghe County.

He would not go directly to Ninghe County. Instead, he would use Anyang Martial Arts School's channels to get there. This was something he had arranged from the very beginning.

"Although going abroad is not so urgent, I should find an opportunity to mention applying for a passport to my family."

Applying for a passport took time.

At his age, applying would be even more troublesome, so he needed to prepare in advance.

"Besides that, I also need to spend some time systematically studying this world's basic knowledge of medicinal principles."

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

When they had been clearing the mountain path on Mount Jiuhua, Zhao Cheng had told him the names of some herbs they encountered along the way. Shi Yi had remembered them all, but that knowledge was far from complete.

Shi Yi wanted to fill in those gaps.

Especially with the two prescriptions Shi Yi was currently using—if he could clearly understand the properties of every herb within them, perhaps he could find similar medicines on Blue Star and formulate similar prescriptions, reducing the drain on his money.

Furthermore, the old practitioners of Traditional Chinese Medicine in the Azure Star World might also possess prescriptions that could aid his cultivation.

If he studied both and combined them with each other, perhaps he could obtain more prescriptions capable of assisting his cultivation.

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

The thought had entered Shi Yi's mind, but he had not made up his mind. Those who studied medicine were relatively busy, with little spare time, and university courses were complicated. He would not have time to run to the Central Great World every day, and that was even more important to Shi Yi.