"A warrior will become
stronger after eating herbs. This is because their bodies will absorb the
herbal essence, transforming it into energy."
Yi Yun felt enlightened. He had
been doing numerous experiments for the past few days. He had used fire, hot
water, static electricity from rubbing clothes, objects that Yi Yun felt
"contained energy". However, the Purple Crystal could not absorb
these "energies".
The known energies the Purple
Crystal could absorb were starlight, desolate bones, herbal essence, and the
Yuan Qi from Lian Chengyu's attack.
Thinking carefully, these
energies, besides the weak starlight, were all highly relevant to this world's
cultivation of martial artists.
Maybe even starlight was
related to cultivation. This world might even have a cultivation technique that
absorbed starlight.
As for the desolate bones and
herbs, it was needless saying that they were good items that enhanced a martial
artist's body.
It seems that the Purple
Crystal could only absorb energies that aided in martial practice.
However, after the Purple
Crystal absorbed the herbal essence in the Dan Guo, would the Dan Guo still be
useful?
It's probably useless!
The Dan Guo still looked
perfect, but it was in fact worse than herbal dreg.
Yi Yun knew that items like Dan
Guo could not be eaten directly. A special procedure had to be done to brew it.
And the brewing procedure was
only known by the upper echelons of the tribe.
Besides the Dan Guo, all the
other herbs in the Lian Clan Herb Mountain would be poisonous when directly
eaten. Not only did they lack any benefit, they would also be hard to digest,
causing a person to bleed to death!
If not for that, the Lian
tribal clan would not have so easily let the poor pick herbs from the mountain.
If they had eaten the herbs for themselves, how would anyone ever know?
However, after the Purple
Crystal absorbed the herbal essence of the Dan Guo, it nourished Yi Yun's body
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This was the magical property
of the Purple Crystal.
It converted chaotic energies
into energies ordinary people could absorb. It allowed Yi Yun to absorb all the
herbs on the mountain without anyone knowing!
It was totally undetectable!
Upon realizing this, Yi Yun
could not help but laugh.
"Yun’er what are you
laughing about?" Jiang Xiaorou shouted. She was anxious over Yi Yun,
worried that he would fall again. It would be a terrible outcome if he were to
fall onto the rocks from such a high height.
"Sis Xiaorou, see what
this is?"
Yi Yun plucked and threw the
Dan Guo, which had lost all its essence, down.
"Dan Guo? It's huge!"
Jiang Xiaorou was pleased, but
felt a sense of sadness. A twenty-year-old Dan Guo may be good, but her brother
had no opportunity to use it. It would only be brewed by the old men in the
tribe before letting Lian Chengyu soak in it.
With mixed emotions, Jiang
Xiaorou stored the Dan Guo in the herb basket.
Their mission was to pick 8 ozs
of herbs per person. The required weight was based on the lowest graded herbs.
This twenty-year-old Dan Guo would be considered more. With the good luck they
had today, they could keep their rations.
It was such a pathetic state.
Risking her and her brother's life just to pick herbs, even if they had fate
defying luck that allowed them to pick up all sorts of rare herbs, all of their
hard work would be handed over to others for nothing.
"Yun’er, just do it
adequately. Do not climb up any further."
Jiang Xiaorou shouted worriedly
when she saw Yi Yun climbing more than ten meters high. The herbs won't be for
themselves, so it was pointless to risk their lives.
Yi Yun pretended not to hear
her because he had seen a light float above a tall pine tree nearby. There were
herbs there!
Yi Yun easily climbed over,
with one hand on the branch, he plucked off an umbrella shaped herb from the
pine tree's roots.
"Black Fungus is more
valuable than Dan Guo."
Yi Yun was delighted as he
absorbed all the energy without reservation from the Black Fungus. That hearty
feeling was felt once again. Yi Yun knew that the energy from the Black Fungus
had entered his heart and traveled to every part of his body, nourishing his
muscles. This feeling was so comfortable for Yi Yun.
After all, Yi Yun had been in a
constant state of hunger for the past few days.
After his marrow cleansing, Yi
Yun felt hungrier than ever before. Yi Yun's body was in rapid growth and it
was desperate for energy, but he was not capable enough to hunt alone.
Eating large amounts of food
could provide the energy he needed, but how could normal food compare to herbs?
This Dan Guo and Black Fungus were timely assistance to Yi Yun!
Yi Yun noticed that, after
absorbing the Black Fungus and a few rounds of blood circulation, the herbal
properties of the Black Fungus had given him plenty of strength and improving
his eyesight. He could see the head and the six legs of an ant about ten meters
away.
Black Fungus could improve
one's eyesight. Yi Yun wasn't well versed in pharmacology but he understood
that low grade herbs such as these did not have such amazing results. The old
fogies in the tribe would have to use large quantities of herbs when brewing
medicine for it to have any effect.
Using the Purple Crystal
however, the results were immediate and very notable.
This Purple Crystal might have
increased the effectiveness of the herbs!
Yi Yun threw the "high
grade herbal dreg" Black Fungus down to Jiang Xiaorou.
"Black Fungus! Yun’er, how
could you have such good luck?!"
Jiang Xiaorou felt incredulous.
Such a high grade herb might be picked once in the entire day, but Yi Yun
actually managed to pick two. He was too lucky!
Yi Yun laughed without
responding. With the Purple Crystal, as long as he neared the herbs, he would
see light dots rise up, like a lighthouse, leading him to them. How could he
not pick valuable herbs?
At this point, Yi Yun had
already climbed more than ten meters high, After perfectly absorbing the herbal
essence of the two herbs, he felt more energetic than usual, climbing more than
ten meters was an easy task.
However, Yi Yun didn't want his
actions to be too alarming, so he climbed back down again.
He changed locations and
carried on picking herbs!
Yi Yun strategy of absorbing,
picking and finishing the herbs was like a hurricane sweeping through. He
discovered that this Lian Clan Herb Mountain was like his own treasure ground.
He had been starving for days,
and had been worried that he wouldn’t have the strength to cultivate himself.
However, this Lian Clan Herb Mountain had solved this big problem of his.
Yi Yun climbed up a cliff which
was extremely high. Few could get up there and from Jiang Xiaorou's angle, she
couldn't see what Yi Yun was doing.
"Yun’er, be careful!"
Jiang Xiaorou's voice came from
the bottom of the cliff but it was distorted by the mountain winds.
"Sis Xiaorou, don't worry,
I know myself."
Yi Yun was jumping up the rocks
easily, even a four meter wall was overcome by Yi Yun with a single kick.
In his field of view, he
noticed that a baby-fist sized light emitted from a boulder's cracks.
This light was ten times
brighter than any of the light dots Yi Yun had previously seen!
"Oh? This is?!"
Yi Yun was shocked. To be able
to emit such a bright light, the herb within the boulder must be extremely
valuable.
Yi Yun pushed the boulder away
and found a crooked Purple Jade Ginseng. It was well hidden at the top of a
cliff few could climb. So it had grown for years without being discovered.
This was too good for Yi Yun.
Yi Yun made no reservations in
sucking out the Purple Jade Ginseng's energy with the Purple Crystal.
The Purple Crystal was filled
with purple light which gathered within Yi Yun's body. Yi Yun felt a surge of
warmness spreading through his meridians, heating up his limbs before rising to
his head. It made Yi Yun's five senses more keen and made his limbs feel like
they were floating.
This feeling was the same as
being drunk. Yet, his body was extremely warm. Yi Yun felt like he had infinite
energy that now needed venting!
Yi Yun's body was itchy and
uncomfortable. He looked up and saw a boulder that seemed to weigh 300 catties.
Yi Yun felt as if there were millions of ants crawling on him, so he had to
vent the overflowing strength.
He came to the boulder and
lifted it up.
Once! Twice! Thrice!
After lifting the boulder more
than ten times, his body broke out into warm sweat, but it now felt extremely
content.
He didn't feel like it was
thrilling enough and started carrying the rock to do deep squat jumps. After
jumping for twenty times, his feet grew numb. The sweat on him had all
evaporated.
It felt great!
Yi Yun moved his body and all
his joints cracked!
When a martial artist
practiced, he would consume desolate bones, soak his body in herbs to
strengthen his mind and body!
After strengthening, by
supplementing it with daily training, without the resources or willpower, it
would be impossible to amount to anything.
Yi Yun didn't touch the Purple
Jade Ginseng. Such a high grade herb would cause a commotion. Furthermore, he
had already absorbed all of its medicinal properties and didn't want to cause
trouble for himself by picking it.
A normal person, without rest,
might not be able to pick 8 ozs of herbs, but with the Purple Crystal leading
him, and his keen senses, he could see the herbs from afar. So in two hours, he
had picked the required 16 ozs of herbs for both Jiang Xiaorou and himself.
Of course, all the herbs had
been sucked dry by the Purple Crystal. Although they looked fine on the
surface, they had already become herbal dregs.
Yi Yun passed the herb basket
to Jiang Xiaorou, ordering her not to hand over the herbs too early to prevent
suspicion.
"Yun’er...how did you do
it so fast…?" Jiang Xiaorou felt that, regardless of anything, her brother
had finished picking the herbs at an astonishing speed. “
"My luck was great. Sis
Xiaorou, I will go down for something now. You just need to be here to act busy.
I am leaving!"
With that said, Yi Yun tore
down the mountain.
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