White Kui Medicine King, Long Time No See

White Kui Medicine King, Long Time No See

Congratulations, Host, on obtaining "White Kui Medicine King"!

As the system's announcement rang out, Su Mu examined this thing hailed as the "Medicine King."

A large, snowy-white White Radish! Translucent as jade, crystal-clear in appearance, glimmering with faint light—it made Su Mu want to take a bite.

During this time, whenever Su Mu was bored, he would draw the lottery a few times. Though he had not drawn any particularly valuable treasures, ancient books and miscellanies had piled up against an entire wall.

After all, trapped here as he was, he could only read when bored. This was Su Mu's only way of learning about the outside world.

Su Mu had seen records of this "White Kui Medicine King" in an ancient text.

The White Kui Medicine King had existed for a hundred thousand years. It had once ranked among the hundred greatest medicinal treasures of all ages and had been bestowed the title "Medicine King."

Medicine King, Medicine King—as the name implied, it was the king among medicines. A medicinal treasure of this level had already transcended the category of medicine. It could absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth and cultivate.

But why did this legendary Medicine King look so adorable? It looked no different from a White Radish.

Could it be not ripe yet? One bite would tell him. Su Mu opened his mouth and took a huge bite out of the White Radish.

That bite nearly shattered Su Mu's front teeth.

What radish was this? This was fucking Ten Thousand Year Profound Iron!

The numbness in his teeth made Su Mu immediately pull out his old companion, the Silver Dagger!

Holding the radish in his left hand and the Silver Dagger in his right, he made a light slice. Like cutting tofu, he effortlessly carved a small opening into it.

Having learned his lessons from the past, Su Mu did not dare try too much at once. He used the Silver Dagger to cut off a tiny piece of radish flesh the size of his thumb.

He swallowed that piece of Medicine King flesh in one bite. He had to admit, it was incredibly crisp!

The next second, a vast force of the Medicine King erupted without warning. Fortunately, Su Mu had prepared himself mentally. He circulated his cultivation technique and forcibly suppressed it.

He sat cross-legged and began absorbing this Medicine King energy.

Fortunately, he had only tried such a tiny piece. If he had truly taken a huge bite, he might really have exploded and died.

Even with this thumb-sized piece, Su Mu was already absorbing it with all his strength. Yet the medicinal power was simply too immense. The wisps that leaked out continuously ravaged his internal organs.

Fortunately, Su Mu's body was strong enough. One second the medicinal power ravaged it; the next, it immediately recovered.

Had it been any cultivator with a weaker body, even a great cultivator in the Tribulation Transcendence Realm would have exploded in an instant without a body on Su Mu's level.

Thus, Su Mu absorbed the medicinal power with all his strength. His body was continuously ravaged and continuously restored, and this went on for an entire day.

Suddenly.

Su Mu's aura abruptly surged. Powerful spiritual energy overflowed, transforming into streams of astral spirit that coiled around him and clustered about him. At this moment, he officially stepped into the Tribulation Transcendence Realm!

Yet the remaining medicinal power continued to exert its effects, and Su Mu's aura kept rising, finally stopping only when he reached the Second Tribulation Realm.

The Tribulation Transcendence Realm was an entirely new realm.

This realm was divided into one through nine tribulations.

Legend had it that if mortals wished to ascend to the Upper Realm and shed their mortal bodies, they had to endure nine tribulations.

Only by successfully passing all nine tribulations and becoming a Nine Tribulations Cultivator would one be qualified to ascend.

The legendary Nine Tribulations were, in fact, the nine tribulations of the Tribulation Transcendence Realm.

Absorbing the Medicine King's power had not only allowed Su Mu to break through into the Tribulation Transcendence Realm, but had also carried him onward in one triumphant surge straight to the Second Tribulation Realm.

Having broken through to an entirely new realm, Su Mu felt refreshed and invigorated. Looking at the White Kui Medicine King before him, he was in an excellent mood.

"Hm?"

Su Mu noticed that the small notch on the White Kui Medicine King seemed to have recovered a tiny bit.

Others might not have noticed such a minute, negligible change, but it could not escape Su Mu's eyes.

In other words, this Medicine King possessed the ability to heal itself?

But upon thinking about it carefully, that was normal. This was, after all, the king of medicines. If it did not have some self-healing ability, that would be harder to explain.

If he ate a second bite too soon, the effect definitely would not be as good as the first, so he would have to wait a while before eating again.

Since this White Kui Medicine King could heal itself, could he raise it? Would that not make it reusable?

Once it had grown back, he could take another bite.

With that thought, Su Mu carried the White Radish behind the willow tree beside his Stone House.

He picked up the silver hoe next to the Stone House and began digging.

This soil was truly hard. Even Su Mu, a great cultivator of the Second Tribulation Realm, spent a full half hour digging out only half a mu of land! Fake immortal, fake immortal—what the fuck I cultivate must be fake immortality! Who had ever seen a Second Tribulation Cultivator panting heavily just from digging dirt??? Once he was done, Su Mu leaned on the hoe, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and panted heavily.

After resting for a while, Su Mu picked up the White Radish, found a pit, and planted it.

A Medicine King truly was a Medicine King. The instant it was planted, its roots immediately plunged into the soil, and it stood up by itself.

Right, did radishes need watering?

They probably did, right?

With that, Su Mu waved his hand and transferred a small amount of river water over, watering it.

After watering it, the utterly exhausted Su Mu prepared to sleep.

He went beneath the willow tree and lay down in the wooden reclining chair.

Perhaps he truly was tired. Only seconds after lying down, he fell asleep.

After Su Mu fell asleep, a willow branch drooped down. Then, a willow leaf on that branch gradually expanded into a fan and gently fanned him.

While Su Mu entered dreamland.

In another stretch of spacetime, the Four Emperors had lost their bearings in the void and wasted a great deal of time. At last, they found the River of Time and successfully set foot upon it.

After tens of thousands of years, the Four Emperors had finally set foot on the River of Time once more. Looking upon this river, memories of the past flooded into their minds all at once. Yet although tens of thousands of years had passed, the River of Time had not changed in the slightest. No matter how time flowed on, the River of Time continued to flow in silence, maintaining the laws of time throughout the Myriad Realms.

This time, the Four Emperors were far more cautious.

Because they knew that the River of Time was no longer the unguarded River of Time it had once been.

"Bone Emperor, do you think that senior is still here?"

Standing on the deck, the Dark Emperor murmured.

At those words, Bone Emperor recalled that figure. Though tens of thousands of years had passed since then, he did not dare forget that figure's appearance in the slightest.

"I don't know. He is probably still here, though perhaps he has already left."

After speaking, Bone Emperor paused before adding, "Actually, I still hope to see that senior once more."

"Anyway, we have already prepared our River Crossing Fee. I still hope to meet him again."

After waking up, Su Mu sat up, stretched lazily, and yawned.

When he looked up toward the river channel, he saw a Big Ship slowly approaching from the end of it.

The sight of that Big Ship instantly woke Su Mu up.

Work had come! A big job had come!