The Cowherd

Behind Medicine Peak.

Li Jun lay on the grass while the thirty spirit cows in the cowshed quietly grazed.

He had been at Medicine Peak for a week, and today happened to be the day the spirit cows were let out for some air.

"This week's been pretty quiet. I wonder what that Zhao Wenjie is plotting."

Although Li Jun had noticed the problem with the oak leaves, in the end, he decided not to say anything for now.

For one thing, he was a nobody whose words carried little weight. Even if he told the eldest senior sister, she might not believe him.

Even if she did believe him, Zhao Wenjie had probably prepared a countermeasure long ago.

Since the milk had not been affected, if he exposed this matter now, he might end up drawing fire onto himself instead. It was completely not worth the loss.

"The people behind Zhao Wenjie are probably from Artifact Peak. Otherwise, there's no way he could still be so calm even when facing Deacon Huang."

Over the past few days, while following Yin Caiwei to familiarize himself with the cowshed duties, he had also asked about some matters concerning the Azure Cloud Sect.

Among them, one piece of information had caught his attention.

The position of young sect master of the Azure Cloud Sect had always been vacant, and many core disciples, including Shen Xiyue, were qualified to compete for it.

Therefore, for the sake of the young sect master position, these core disciples had already begun building their own factions, and quite a few deacons had secretly chosen sides.

Within the Azure Cloud Sect, the places that used oak trees the most were Medicine Peak and Artifact Peak.

Looking at it this way, Li Jun inferred that behind Zhao Wenjie, there was most likely a core disciple from Artifact Peak.

But no matter who the other party's backer was, they would not allow the matter of Oak Garden to be exposed.

So Zhao Wenjie would definitely think of a way to get rid of him, to ensure that Oak Garden could continue bringing benefits to the person behind him.

"How passive. Sure enough, I'm still too weak!"

Li Jun spat out the wild grass in his mouth. This feeling of being watched by someone was very unpleasant, but the problem was, he could not do anything right now.

"Hey, hey! Stupid cows! You can't go there!"

Li Jun got up and hurriedly rushed to the edge of the cliff, stopping the spirit cows that were frolicking around.

"Hm? What's that?"

He looked down.

He saw that two meters below the cliff, right against it, there was a protruding rock. And in the gap between the stones, there seemed to be a flash of golden light that vanished in an instant.

Li Jun carefully climbed over and gently brushed away the dirt.

"It's actually a piece of gold foil. Is this a meridian diagram?"

He climbed back onto the grass and gently wiped away the dew on the gold foil.

A somewhat strange meridian diagram appeared before his eyes.

"This looks a bit like a circulation diagram. I just don't know what cultivation method it belongs to."

Li Jun looked at the meridian diagram. The points recorded on it were very strange, but with one glance, a sense of obsession actually rose within him.

Under the enhancement of this peculiar state, Li Jun actually began practicing according to the points on the gold foil.

[Chaotic Points]

"Pfft!"

The entry suddenly appeared. Li Jun abruptly woke from that state, opened his mouth, and spat out a mouthful of blood.

"How could this happen?"

He sensed the condition of his body. That unconscious cultivation just now had nearly destroyed his meridians!

If the entry had not suddenly appeared, he might have cultivated himself to death by now.

"What a bizarre meridian diagram. What exactly is this thing?"

Li Jun's expression was grave. In the future, he had to be even more cautious, or else he would not even know how he died.

"But since the entry appeared, it should have value."

Over the past few days, Li Jun had also done quite a few tests.

As for the circumstances under which entries appeared, he had more or less figured them out.

Only when he participated in cultivation, and that cultivation had a certain amount of value, would an entry appear.

Moreover, the effects brought by the entries were probably: [acquisition, optimization, and completion].

This was also why the Azure Origin Art he had cultivated before had been optimized into the Myriad Apertures Universe Art.

And when he had acted as the medicinal catalyst and participated in Shen Xiyue's pill refinement, he had thereby indirectly obtained progress in alchemy.

Of course, not all cultivation could trigger an entry.

For now, it seemed that only cultivating certain valuable cultivation methods had the possibility of triggering one.

For example, among the Basic Spell Collection he had obtained from Xia Qiugeng, only the basic spell "Shadow Step" had triggered an entry.

The other basic spells had not reacted at all.

"Since it can trigger an entry, then I'll train!"

Li Jun adjusted his breathing and ultimately chose to start with the meridians in his arms.

On the meridian diagram on the gold foil, there were comparatively few meridian points involving both hands, and they were simpler to operate on as well.

Over the next five days, Li Jun verified the meridian points at high intensity.

Although the entry gave him warnings, the meridian diagram recorded on this gold foil was downright heretical. Every attempt still made him unable to stop himself from sinking into it, and then came the blood-spitting, leaving him in an extremely wretched state.

Fortunately, he could now be considered a cultivator. Otherwise, after this ordeal, he would probably have long since ridden a crane west.

The moon was bright and the stars were sparse. Inside the thatched hut beside the cowshed, Li Jun sat cross-legged on the ground with a solemn expression.

There were quite a few bloodstains around him, many of which had already scabbed over.

"The final point. I hope this works."

Li Jun mobilized his spiritual power, sending it surging toward his arms along a unique circulation route.

He looked ahead, his expression intensely focused.

Under Li Jun's tense gaze, a new entry appeared.

[Fusang Hand: Progress 100%]

The next moment, a stream of information flooded into his mind.

"It worked!"

Li Jun's face filled with delight, and then he lay down in exhaustion.

Though his body was worn out and his spiritual energy was depleted, as long as he had succeeded, it had all been worth it!

He quickly digested that stream of information, and soon learned the use of Fusang Hand.

"This is actually a kind of healing secret art. Not just for people, but for spirit beasts too? It can even stimulate a spirit beast's potential?"

Li Jun was amazed. He did know about cultivation methods and spells, but this was his first time learning about secret arts.

Aside from that, many appearances and effects of spirit herbs and medicinal materials had appeared in his mind as well.

"This is practically a medical classic. And this is only from the meridian points in the arms. If I also open the other points..."

Li Jun's eyes shone. This time, he had truly picked up a treasure!

"Wait! Stimulate a spirit beast's potential? Then can it make the spirit cows produce more milk?"

The next day, as soon as Li Jun opened his eyes, he hurried straight to the cowshed.

"Moo! Moo!"

The spirit cows looked at Li Jun, who wore a foolish grin, and their intelligent instincts made them take several steps back.

"Brothers of the bovine persuasion, this humble Li is lacking in talent, and would like to borrow your bodies for a use."

With that said, Li Jun went straight up beside one cow, and his hands reached out to touch it.

"Moo! Moo! Moo!"

For the entire morning, cries rang out nonstop from the cowshed.

At first, the spirit cows struggled fiercely.

There were even several that directly gave Li Jun a few kicks with their hooves, sending him flying.

Li Jun's temper flared too. He was kindly and sincerely giving these spirit cows therapeutic massage, yet they actually failed to appreciate it?

After that, he climbed onto the spirit cow's back, clamped down hard with both legs, and no matter how the latter struggled, he simply would not let go.

As Li Jun treated them, the cries from the cowshed grew quieter and quieter.

After being treated, aside from the initial pangs of pain, the cows grew more and more comfortable the further it went.

And as more and more spirit cows were treated, these equally intelligent creatures also realized that this newcomer seemed to truly be doing it for their own good.

After he finished treating all the spirit cows, Li Jun's expression grew increasingly dark.

The good news was that these spirit cows' potential had not yet reached its limit.

But the bad news was that these spirit cows had actually been poisoned by someone!