Spirit of Grass and Wood

Chen Hao paid without hesitation. After all, he still had more than forty million, and three million was merely pocket change, not worth mentioning.

There were not many ginseng roots over ten years old; most were three-year-old ones. There was a large quantity of ginseng and He Shou Wu, enough to fill an entire truck and clear out all the medicinal herbs in the shop.

Chen Hao followed the delivery truck home. After all the herbs had been unloaded, he saw the deliverymen out of the residential complex before returning home.

Looking at the medicinal herbs piled throughout the house and smelling their scent in the air, he gathered them all away with a thought.

He had synthesized plenty of weapons and equipment today, and more than half his mental power had already been consumed. He probably would not be in any condition to cultivate, so he might as well figure out the synthesis rules for medicinal herbs.

He had already synthesized three-year-old ginseng and He Shou Wu, so there was no need to start with them.

He took out nine plants each of ten-year, twenty-year, and thirty-year ginseng, then took out ten-year, twenty-year, thirty-year, and forty-year He Shou Wu, synthesizing them all through Nine-Grid Synthesis.

He then Identified the seven newly synthesized medicinal herbs.

Three-Hundred-Year Ginseng

Can double the physical fitness of an Apprentice Level 4.

Can repair minor bodily damage and shore up one's foundation.

Six-Hundred-Year Ginseng

Can double the physical fitness of an Apprentice Level 5.

Can repair a certain degree of bodily damage and shore up one's foundation.

Nine-Hundred-Year Ginseng

Can double the physical fitness of an Apprentice Level 6.

Can repair bodily damage and shore up one's foundation.

Three-Hundred-Year He Shou Wu

Can greatly improve the physical fitness of an Apprentice Level 4.

Six-Hundred-Year He Shou Wu

Can greatly improve the physical fitness of an Apprentice Level 5.

Nine-Hundred-Year He Shou Wu

Can greatly improve the physical fitness of an Apprentice Level 6.

Thousand-Year He Shou Wu

Can greatly improve the physical fitness of Apprentice Levels 7 through 9.

Looking at the identification results, Chen Hao was somewhat disappointed. Only the forty-year He Shou Wu was decent; it could synthesize into a Spirit of Grass and Wood worth hundreds of billions.

It seemed the enhancement of medicinal herbs was nowhere near as exaggerated as that of equipment. Judging by their age, the gap was roughly an increase of thirty times.

Still, the effects truly represented a qualitative change. The Century-Old Ginseng and He Shou Wu from before could only improve Warrior Rank physical fitness, and their help to War General Rank martial artists was limited to minor improvements.

The Three-Hundred-Year Ginseng and He Shou Wu could now greatly improve War General Rank physical fitness. If Warrior Rank martial artists consumed them, the enhancement would probably be even more astonishing.

He then shook his head. This was not particularly cost-effective; synthesizing weapons and equipment brought greater profits.

Finally, Chen Hao began using Nine-Grid Synthesis on three-year-old ginseng and He Shou Wu. Once the synthesis was complete, he immediately Identified them.

Three-Thousand-Year Ginseng

Can greatly improve physical fitness at the Apprentice Level.

Can repair severe bodily damage and shore up one's foundation.

Three-Thousand-Year He Shou Wu

Can greatly improve physical fitness between Apprentice Level 7 and Apprentice Level 9.

Seeing the results, Chen Hao's eyes lit up. Was this not a Spirit of Grass and Wood? Its effect was exactly the same as the Thousand-Year Willow Heart—it could repair one's martial foundation and increase bodily potential.

It seemed this was the optimal synthesis method. Eighty-one three-year-old ginseng roots could produce one Spirit of Grass and Wood. Calculating the cost, that meant a Spirit of Grass and Wood could be made for around eight thousand yuan? Yet a single Spirit of Grass and Wood was definitely worth more than a hundred billion.

It seemed synthesizing medicinal herbs was not low-profit at all. He had been too narrow-minded before. He then synthesized another Thousand-Year He Shou Wu.

Three-Thousand-Year He Shou Wu

Can enormously improve physical fitness at the Apprentice Level.

Sure enough, it was also a Spirit of Grass and Wood, though all its effects focused on enhancing physical fitness. Its special effects were inferior to ginseng's.

Next, Chen Hao synthesized all the medicinal herbs. In total, he obtained twelve Three-Thousand-Year Ginseng Spirits of Grass and Wood, twelve Three-Thousand-Year He Shou Wu Spirits of Grass and Wood, twelve Three-Hundred-Year Ginseng, twelve Three-Hundred-Year He Shou Wu, nine Six-Hundred-Year Ginseng, ten Six-Hundred-Year He Shou Wu, only the one Nine-Hundred-Year Ginseng synthesized at the start, six Nine-Hundred-Year He Shou Wu, one Thousand-Year He Shou Wu Spirit of Grass and Wood, one Century-Old Ginseng, and three Hundred-Year-Old He Shou Wu, one of which had been synthesized from three fifty-year-old plants.

After the synthesis was complete, his mental power had finally been depleted to less than ten percent. His face had begun to turn pale, and he had no desire to experience that hollow feeling of being completely drained again.

These synthesized medicinal herbs were enough to last him a long time, so there was no need to buy more herbs for synthesis anytime soon.

He took out a Three-Hundred-Year Ginseng root and bit into it. His mental exhaustion eased somewhat. He went into the bedroom, lay down on the bed, stopped overthinking, and quickly fell asleep.

Early the next morning, a little after five, Chen Hao woke up right on time. His mental power had fully recovered. After washing up, he headed to the Training Hall.

He took out the manual for the Nine Heavens Thunder Blade and opened to its first page. The single word "Fast" immediately met his eyes. Though it was a photocopy, it still carried an overwhelming presence.

"No wonder he's the Thunder God. His state of mind is truly profound. Even a single word can seize one's mind." He then steadied himself and continued reading. The general principle was: all martial arts under heaven are invincible; only speed is unbreakable.

Chen Hao inwardly mocked, Wasn't this plagiarized? It seemed the Thunder God also liked reading wuxia novels before the Great Nirvana.

At the end of the explanation, the Thunder God confidently described himself in the manual as possessing the world's fastest blade, the fastest speed, and the strongest body. Chen Hao was speechless. His Thunder Path had gone a little off course—speed was the specialty of wind attributes.

When he saw the Flowing Light Movement in the Nine Heavens Thunder Blade, as well as the outrageously named Guidance Technique—Ninefold Origin—he was truly stunned.

He wondered what Luo Feng, after becoming the Origin Lord, would think if he saw this Guidance Technique. His feelings would surely be strange then: Was I born destined to be connected to Hunyuan?

After reading the introduction, he began watching the instructional video on the disc. Then, following its guidance, he started practicing the Thunder Blade techniques.

As for the Guidance Technique, Chen Hao shook his head. Its efficiency was far too low, nowhere near as effective as consuming a Spirit of Grass and Wood. Spending money really did make one stronger.

Chen Hao then drew the A4 Level Blood Shadow War Blade from the weapon rack. The blade was 101 centimeters long and weighed 108 kilograms.

"Whoosh!" "Whoosh!"...

As Chen Hao practiced, the Training Hall filled with the sound of his swinging blade. He learned all the moves in no time, and thanks to his powerful mental strength, he quickly became proficient with them.

During this time, he also practiced the Flowing Light Movement. Chen Hao knew that if he relied solely on cultivation, it would be difficult to master the first level of the Nine Heavens Thunder Blade in a short time like Luo Feng had.

Moreover, even Luo Feng had spent a month training in the Nine Heavens Thunder Blade without mastering it. Only after heading into the wilderness and fighting through life-and-death battles did he finally comprehend the first level. Once he mastered the first level of the Nine Heavens Thunder Blade, he became unstoppable, advancing ever deeper along the path of the Nine Heavens Thunder Blade.