Preparing to Refine Pills

"This Mountain Treasure was discovered two days ago when the villagers went into the mountains to hunt. We originally planned to sell it in the city, but we feared the Black Tiger Gang there would seize it, so it was delayed."

"Young hero, you saved our lives. This Thousand-Year Ginseng shall serve as Wang Family Village's token of gratitude for Young Master's life-saving favor."

Inside Wang Family Village's Ancestral Hall, the old village chief had someone carry out a heavy Wooden Chest filled with damp sand.

The old village chief's wrinkled, aged hands brushed aside the sand, revealing a ginseng root as thick as a carrot, gleaming dark brown and covered in countless long roots!

Preserved in clean, cool, damp sand, the Thousand-Year Ginseng remained fresh, its leaves and stems still fresh and tender!

Yang Qingyun's eyes lit up as well.

Because

he sensed the spiritual qi contained within that Thousand-Year Ginseng!

"This will be of great use to me, so I shall not stand on ceremony!"

Yang Qingyun stared at the Thousand-Year Ginseng in the chest, a sharp glint flickering in his eyes.

This was not yet the era of Spiritual Qi Resurgence twenty years later. Spiritual qi between heaven and earth was scarce, and every wisp was exceedingly precious!

And spiritual qi brought immense benefits to martial artists!

As someone who had once been a Viscera Refining Realm martial artist,

and who had learned many secrets from the great age of the future,

he understood even more clearly what an immense stroke of fortune it was to use a spiritual herb containing spiritual qi as a Foundation Material when stepping onto the Martial Path!

"This sort of Thousand-Year-Old Mountain Ginseng is greatly beneficial even to Viscera Refining Realm martial artists in their Cultivation!"

"If used as a Foundation Material for a martial artist who has yet to enter a realm, it can Wash Marrow and Cut Sinews, raising one's Talent!"

"Only the Direct Descendants of great powers and major families possess the Financial Resources to so extravagantly use Thousand-Year Ginseng to lay the foundation for their legitimate sons."

Even with his Three Lifetimes of Experience, a surge of joy still rose within him.

Before this, he had planned to head to a nearby city and buy medicinal herbs old enough to prepare the Blood Qi Paste he could make at this stage.

He had intended to use it as the Foundation Material for Martial Arts Entry Realm.

But now,

with this Thousand-Year Ginseng containing a trace of spiritual qi, he could directly refine Blood Qi Pill!

Blood Qi Pill

was a New Thing that emerged after the Spiritual Qi Resurgence twenty years later.

When spiritual qi revived, the Cultivation World of Xuantian Realm from Another Plane invaded. What it brought was not merely killing and death, but also all manner of Cultivation Methods.

Among them was Alchemy, one of the Hundred Arts of Cultivation!

Blood Qi Pill itself had been created by using the Alchemy of the Hundred Arts of Cultivation to Improve the Blood Qi Paste of this world.

Compared with Blood Qi Paste,

the materials for Blood Qi Pill were more precious,

and the alchemical methods originating from Xuantian Realm could make more reasonable use of the medicinal power within the herbs themselves.

Thus, the medicinal essence of Blood Qi Pill was tens of times greater than that of the former!

The pills contained spiritual qi. For Mortals who had yet to enter a realm, they were excellent things for Washing Marrow and Cutting Sinews and raising Talent!

"In my Previous Life, I went all out merely to obtain a Cultivation Technique. I had no spare time or energy to seek out Classic Texts on medicinal prescriptions, resulting in an extremely low Starting Point when I stepped onto the Martial Path. On top of that, my body's Potential had been squeezed dry. Among martial artists of the Same Realm, my Qi and Blood was almost always at the very bottom. Even after reaching the Viscera Refining Realm, it was difficult to Make Up For."

"Before, I had no choice!"

"But now, with this Thousand-Year Ginseng, if I am going to do it, I will Do the Best!"

A faint smile appeared on Yang Qingyun's face, his Joyful Expression Overflowing.

"Indeed, this will be of great use to me!"

"If there is anything you need help with, just say it."

From the corner of his eye, he saw the old village chief beside him Hesitate to Speak, and so he spoke.

This Thousand-Year Ginseng was of great use to him.

The other party had not needed to offer it up. After he left, they could have taken it to the city and, if they found someone who needed it, selling it for Several Thousand to Ten Thousand Taels of silver would not have been a Difficult Thing.

Of course, that was on the Prerequisite that they had the ability to protect such Wealth.

But no matter what,

they had given this Thousand-Year Ginseng to him.

Compared with the Favor of Taking Action to Deal With the Enemy from his Previous Life and incidentally rescuing them, this Thousand-Year Ginseng was of vastly greater use to him!

This Bond,

he acknowledged.

A Clear Distinction Between Favor and Grudge was his Personal Principle.

What was more,

he could roughly guess the trouble they faced.

"Young Master has saved our lives. This is a gift of thanks, and we should not ask for more. But the lives and deaths of over two hundred people in Wang Family Village are at stake. This old man has no choice but to shamelessly ask."

Seeing this, the old village chief could no longer spare any thought for his heartache and hurriedly asked:

"Now that we have formed a mortal enmity with the Black Wind Bandits, once Black Wind Mountain learns that their Third Boss died here, Wang Family Village will surely suffer their thunderous retaliation. We common folk are at our wits' end. We do not know what to do next. Could Young Master point us toward a clear road?"

The old village chief's aged face was filled with panic and anxiety.

This matter concerned the survival of Wang Family Village. How could he not be anxious?

In his view, Yang Qingyun possessed formidable strength and appeared to have lived in luxury. He did not know which great power this important Young Master came from, but he surely had broad knowledge and experience.

He could at least offer them some guidance,

perhaps on whether they should leave this area and relocate elsewhere,

or temporarily hide in the deep mountains and old forests, then return to live here after the storm had passed.

Yang Qingyun gave the old village chief a deep look.

"Do not worry. I have accepted your gift of thanks, so leave this matter to me."

Before this,

Yang Qingyun had still harbored doubts about whether to go to Black Wind Mountain and slaughter every last culprit who had caused his misery for thirty years in his Previous Life and cut off his future path. He worried that his strength might not be enough.

But now, with this Thousand-Year Ginseng,

he no longer had any concerns!

Black Wind Bandits,

you are dead!

A cold gleam flashed through Yang Qingyun's eyes and vanished in an instant!

Time passed in a flash, and two days went by in the blink of an eye.

During those two days, Yang Qingyun did not leave.

First, he gave the old village chief the several dozen taels of silver he had obtained from the Black Wind Bandits, asking him to go into the city and purchase a cauldron, as well as the various supplementary medicinal herbs needed to refine Blood Qi Pill.

That was right,

he was Preparing to Refine Pills.

He intended to refine Blood Qi Pill before the spiritual qi contained within the Thousand-Year-Old Mountain Ginseng dissipated.

Then, he would use Blood Qi Pill as his Foundation Material and step onto the Martial Path!

Fortunately, Blood Qi Pill had been improved from certain prescriptions of this world. Aside from the Old Mountain Ginseng that needed to be over a thousand years old, the other supplementary medicinal herbs were not particularly demanding and could more or less be bought in the city.

After two days of effort, Wang Family Village had everything prepared.

Meanwhile,

Yang Qingyun had spent two days meditating in seclusion in a room at the quietest corner of the village, while reviewing the memories of Alchemy from his Previous Life.