Herb Illustrated Handbook

On the way to the guest rooms, Lin Rong asked the young man leading the way:

"I heard that your clan is intimately familiar with all kinds of medicinal herbs in the world, and that the Herb Illustrated Handbook kept by your clan contains an exceptionally comprehensive record of herbs."

"I have been interested in medicinal herbs since childhood. Might I be fortunate enough to take a look at your clan's Herb Illustrated Handbook?"

Considering Lin Rong's status, the young man pondered briefly before answering:

"Ordinary herb handbooks are naturally not a problem. However, if it involves the rare copies treasured by the clan, permission from the clan head is required."

"Given your status, the handbook you wish to see is most likely one of the rare copies preserved by our clan."

"The clan head is currently in the alchemy room, and none of us clansmen are in a position to disturb him."

"Please wait until the clan head has finished refining the antidote, then discuss this request with him personally."

That made sense.

The legendary Immortal Grade Herbs naturally would not be recorded in ordinary herb handbooks, but in the rare copies treasured by the Breaking Clan.

The reason Lin Rong had specifically asked Bai He to write a Letter of Recommendation was so that, for Bai He's sake, Yang Wudi would allow him to view the Breaking Clan's handbook containing records of Immortal Grade Herbs.

Only by learning the harvesting and preservation methods of those Immortal Grade Medicinal Herbs would things become much easier.

If he could not obtain it, then he could only dig up those Immortal Grade Medicinal Herbs together with their roots and soil.

In any case, Lin Rong still remembered how to use those Immortal Grade Medicinal Herbs.

Meanwhile.

Because a seven-year-old child had questioned his alchemy skills, Yang Wudi had been holding back his anger.

For this antidote against the Poisonous Miasma, he brought out every bit of his skill, determined to refine the antidote's efficacy to its peak.

To that end, Yang Wudi even took out quite a few of his treasured medicinal herbs.

Snake Berry, Dragon Solanum, Cnidium, Paris polyphylla, Scutellaria barbata...

Beneath the medicinal cauldron, flames blazed fiercely.

Yang Wudi added the required herbs into the cauldron one by one according to their proper amounts, using Soul Power and spiritual power to control the refining process.

The raging flames cast Yang Wudi's face in a fiery red glow.

At this moment, having entered his alchemy state, the irritation in his sinister eyes had vanished, leaving behind only obsession and fervor for alchemy.

In this state, the antidote-refining process proceeded in an orderly manner.

The golden crow sank in the west, and the jade rabbit rose in the east.

The stars vanished from the sky, and the east had begun to pale.

The next day.

Early that morning, Lin Rong and the Old Butler were invited to the main hall, where they were told that the antidote for the Poisonous Miasma had been refined.

As soon as they entered the hall, they saw Yang Wudi's unkempt appearance. One look was enough to tell that he had stayed up all night to refine the antidote so quickly.

"There! The antidote you wanted."

When Yang Wudi saw Lin Rong enter, he pointed at the three porcelain bottles on the table and explained:

"After taking this antidote, its effects will last for one hour."

"During that time, this Poisonous Miasma will have no effect on whoever took the antidote."

"This old man refined three bottles of antidote. Ten pills per bottle, thirty pills in total."

"One price: thirty thousand Gold Soul Coins!"

Thirty thousand Gold Soul Coins?

Thirty pills in total meant one thousand Gold Soul Coins per pill. It was rather expensive, but it was indeed worth the price.

Thinking this, Lin Rong took out three Gold Soul Coin cards and placed them on the table, each worth ten thousand Gold Soul Coins.

"Of course. Payment and goods exchanged at the same time. Though I am young, I still understand that principle."

Then, Lin Rong poured out one antidote pill from a porcelain bottle and swallowed it. He then took out a bottle of Poisonous Miasma, held it before his nose and mouth, and took a deep breath.

The Poisonous Miasma entered his body, yet he remained completely unharmed, proving that the antidote's effects were genuine.

Lin Rong's Talent Domain could convert this Poisonous Miasma into pure life force.

The reason he had come to Yang Wudi to refine an antidote was merely because Lin Rong's Soul Power cultivation was currently too low, and converting the Poisonous Miasma took time.

He still could not make his way through the vast expanse of Poisonous Miasma outside the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye with his current Soul Power cultivation alone.

However, if he inhaled only a tiny amount of Poisonous Miasma gathered from the outermost edge, it would take merely a few seconds to convert it. There was no need to worry about whether the antidote worked.

Thus, he felt no psychological burden whatsoever when testing the antidote's efficacy.

But Yang Wudi did not know this, so Lin Rong's action left him both irritated and impressed.

He was irritated that Lin Rong did not trust him and still had to test the antidote's effects; yet he was also impressed that Lin Rong dared to risk himself and personally test the antidote.

After testing its effects, Lin Rong put away the three porcelain bottles containing the antidote and looked at Yang Wudi beside him.

"Chief Yang, to be honest, I came to the Breaking Clan this time for two reasons."

"First, I wish to ask you to refine an antidote for this Poisonous Miasma. Second, I would like to borrow a look at your clan's treasured lone copy of the Herb Illustrated Handbook."

"The Herb Illustrated Handbook? And a lone copy at that!" Upon hearing this, Yang Wudi's hawkish eyes immediately narrowed.

"What do you need it for? Did you perhaps find some rare medicinal herb and need to confirm its effects?"

"Or could it be that the place you mentioned, surrounded by that Poisonous Miasma, contains many precious medicinal herbs?"

Yang Wudi did not consider the possibility of Immortal Grade Medicinal Herbs.

After all, for countless years, those Immortal Grade Medicinal Herbs had existed only within the Breaking Clan's Herb Illustrated Handbook. No ancestor had ever encountered them.

"Chief Yang's guess is correct." Lin Rong gave the explanation he had prepared beforehand:

"That place was discovered by a Guard from my household, whose cultivation is at the Soul King level."

"He accidentally entered that Poisonous Miasma and discovered quite a few medicinal herbs growing within it. There were several herbs he could not identify."

"Due to his martial soul, the Guard from my household has a relatively high resistance to poison, which was how he managed to escape alive from that Poisonous Miasma."

"Although the poison was suppressed afterward, there is no skilled physician in Heaven Dou City capable of completely dispelling it."

"Thus, the antidote I seek on this trip is, first, to save that Guard of mine, and second, to allow us to enter that Poisonous Miasma and gather medicinal herbs."

"However, most rare medicinal herbs require specific harvesting techniques and preservation methods, which is why I thought of borrowing a look at your clan's treasured Herb Illustrated Handbook."

"May I ask whether Chief Yang would be willing to let me consult it?"

"This..." Yang Wudi hesitated.

By all rights, he should have refused outright. But this man had been introduced by Old White Bird, and it would not do to slight his good brother.

For a moment, he found himself caught in a dilemma.

After hesitating again and again, Yang Wudi ultimately agreed, saying:

"For Old White Bird's sake, this old man will make an exception."

"However, you may only read it here, and you will have only half an hour."

Lin Rong's face lit up at those words, and he replied:

"Many thanks, Chief Yang. I understand."

He accepted the ancient book Yang Wudi took from his Soul Tool with both hands, then opened it and read through it page by page.

If he had not feared Yang Wudi noticing something, Lin Rong would have directly flipped to the pages recording the Immortal Grade Medicinal Herbs.

But with Yang Wudi watching beside him, Lin Rong could only patiently turn the pages and read them one by one.

Rushing through it as quickly as he could, he finally went through the entire handbook within half an hour and successfully memorized the detailed information on those Immortal Grade Medicinal Herbs.