A finely crafted solid-wood box lay hidden inside the secret compartment.
Meng Qingshan carefully took it out and lifted the lid, finding a neatly stacked pile of banknotes inside.
He took them out and leafed through them roughly. There were actually more than a hundred thousand taels.
Meng Qingshan put the banknotes away and continued examining the other items in the box.
Just then, a yellow-covered accordion-fold scripture caught his attention.
He took out the scripture and opened it, only for an aged, yellowing page to fall from within.
Meng Qingshan bent down, picked up the page, and examined it closely.
The first line on the page bore three words: Golden Origin Pill!
Rows of medicinal ingredient names followed. A thought stirred in Meng Qingshan's mind. Could this be the Nine Lotus Zen Monastery's pill recipe?
With a thought, the recipe's Attribute Panel immediately appeared before his eyes:
------ Item: Golden Origin Pill Recipe Affiliation: Nine Lotus Zen Monastery Requirement: must have learned alchemy Ingredients: ginseng, indigo naturalis, Sichuan lovage, wild ginger, seven star grass, seven leaf dew... Description: a pill used by disciples of the Nine Lotus Zen Monastery to improve their cultivation. Taken in the prescribed dosage, it can slightly increase a martial artist's cultivation. Excessive consumption brings a hundred harms and not a single benefit. (Note: this pill recipe was invented by the novel's author. Do not take it as real!) ------
Looking at the recipe in his hands, Meng Qingshan secretly rejoiced. This was an unexpected gain.
What this page recorded was actually a pill that could increase cultivation.
Pills that increased cultivation were particularly precious in Wulin Qixia Zhuan. If taken in the prescribed quantities, they could save players a great deal of cultivation time. Their value was far from trivial.
He gently