Chapter 68: Dan Medicine

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  Leng Yao didn't hesitate, carefully taking out a small grass that was only half a foot tall from her backpack. At first glance, it looked like a small sapling. What made people marvel was that the fight had been going on for several hours, and this little grass had been in Leng Yao's backpack all along, yet there wasn't even a hint of withering. The leaves were still shining with a vibrant green light under the firelight!

  "This... is medicine?"

  Qin Li was well-versed in the way of martial arts, but when it came to alchemy, he could only be said to have a theoretical understanding, with no practical experience. The old Taoist priest was skilled in refining elixirs and had once carefully taught Qin Li, but Qin Li had no interest in this whatsoever, and in the end, the old Taoist priest had to give up.

  In Qin Li's view, refining Dan medicine is not as simple as one might think. The most basic thing is to control the temperature of the furnace fire. If you are slightly careless, the entire furnace of Dan medicine will be ruined. You know that what is being refined there is not ordinary wild grass, but extremely valuable medicinal materials, many of which can even be called priceless. They also have a unified name - Tian Cai Di Bao!

  Not to mention that many elixir formulas are extremely complex, and if the order is wrong by one step, everything will be lost. Therefore, Qin Li has always had a high reverence for those great alchemists, admiring them to death.

  "Of course it's medicinal materials!" Bu Yunyan sneered coldly, gritting her teeth as she said: "Do you think the strength of those two Qin brothers came from their own hard work? Earlier, the Qin family spent a huge amount of money buying up top-grade medicinal materials. The effort they put into these two brothers over the years is not to be underestimated. But now, it's all been ruined by your hands! How satisfying!"

  Ah Hu took over and said: "Qin brothers, don't underestimate this herb, do you know its value? This little grass is worth a thousand taels of gold!"

  "Ah?" Even Qin Li, who didn't have a great concept of money, was shocked by this number. One or two taels of gold and one hundred taels of silver thread, one thousand taels... Isn't that worth 100,000 taels of silver?! Is it even more valuable than the green furball's cub?!

  "Ha! Didn't expect that, did you? This thing is called a One-Leaf Hundred-Year Grass. It takes almost a hundred years for it to grow just one leaf! Actually, those within a hundred years are quite common, but take a look at this - how many leaves do you see?"

  Qin Li glanced roughly and saw that this "one leaf hundred years grass" had no less than ten leaves! Doesn't that mean, this small grass less than half a foot high, has gone through thousands of years?

  Seeing the surprise on Qin Li's face, Ah Hu sighed and said: "You see, this is a thousand-year-old spiritual grass. Look at its leaves, even if it doesn't absorb water or touch soil for over a dozen days, it will still maintain its original state. As long as you transplant it into the earth, it will immediately regain its vitality. It's said that this thing grows by absorbing the essence of heaven and earth, and the older it gets, the more heavenly essence it contains. This one, combined with some other medicinal materials, if refined by an experienced alchemist, can produce at least over a hundred pellets of elixir. Brother, do you know how many years of cultivation power one pellet of that elixir can increase?"

  Qin Li's eyes widened in shock as he shook his head, but suddenly became dazed and fell into deep thought.

  He only knew that the old Taoist had been practicing alchemy every day, saying that if he succeeded, he could refine the foundation-building pill and enter the immortal gate to cultivate the heavenly way. Unfortunately, until Qin Li crossed over, he hadn't seen the old Taoist succeed, but ordinary healing pills were a sure thing for the old Taoist. Who would have thought that in this world, there really existed a kind of medicine that only increased one's power after taking it.

  This was not because Qin Li was ignorant, but rather the original owner of this body had a very poor childhood and couldn't even afford to hire a decent doctor, let alone expensive medicinal pills. At that time, Qin Li was taciturn and rarely spoke with his mother, so he didn't know any of these things.

  It turns out that Qin Li has a lot of feelings, believing that if he could have crossed over ten years earlier, he would have learned some amazing skills by now. The reason is simple: his own mother is a super master, so why not learn from her? His cheap father's family rules don't allow teaching outsiders, but... isn't he an outsider himself?

  However, if Qin Li hadn't practiced the fundamental techniques diligently since childhood, it's unlikely that he could have built such a solid foundation for his body. Every move and every gesture seemed to be predetermined by fate!

  Qin Li has never suffered any substantial harm since childhood, his pressure mainly comes from spiritual aspects such as others' cold eyes and ridicule.

  Because Qin Li occasionally searches for memories of the past in his mind, most of them are about being excluded, ridiculed and satirized by the children of other servants in the Qin family. The real core children of the Qin family, Qin Li had hardly ever seen a few times, and they had always ignored him!

  The title of "Foundation Master" was first shouted out by the children of the servants in the Qin family, because even the children of the Qin family's servants were considered to be born into the family. The children born into a wealthy family are slaves within the family, but outside, countless people envy and resent them. Therefore, these servant children not only did not consider their slave status shameful, but instead took pride in it, mocking Qin Li, who was a private-born son whose status should have been far higher than theirs.

  If it wasn't for that day when Qin Hu ran over to mock Qin Li, striking a blow to his spirit and faith, causing him to completely collapse, then there wouldn't be this matter of Qin Li traveling through time.

  So, looking back, I really have a good affinity with Qin Hu and Qin Feng, the two brothers.

  "Qin brothers, what's wrong with you? What are you thinking about?"

  Qin Li suddenly heard Ah Hu calling him, and he quickly came back to his senses. With an apologetic smile, he said: "Sorry, I was a bit distracted. It's just that what you said is really too astonishing."

  Leng Yao couldn't help but chuckle, probably thinking Qin Li was quite humorous. Which martial artist on the Tianyuan Continent didn't know about the power of elixirs? But this kid pretended to be clueless. Suddenly remembering Qin Li's background, Leng Yao composed herself and felt a bit guilty in her heart. She had forgotten that this young man had suffered greatly since childhood, and probably couldn't even afford an ordinary doctor, let alone see any elixirs.

  "Ah Hu smiled foolishly and said: 'A Dan medicine refined from a hundred-year-old grass, one pill can add ten years of cultivation power! One pill is equivalent to ten years of bitter practice!'"

  "This is incredible!" Qin Li exclaimed, then said: "If you eat all these hundred pellets of medicine, won't you immediately become an old demon with a thousand years of power?"

  Although everyone's mood wasn't great, they were also amused by Qin Li's naivety and couldn't help but laugh. Bu Yunyan scolded him, "My good brother, do you think this elixir is candy? Do you think you can just eat as much as you want? Let's not talk about the price of one elixir being over 20,000 silver coins, which not everyone can afford. Let's talk about its medicinal properties... Do you think your dantian has infinite capacity? Without undergoing bitter cultivation and constantly expanding your dantian's capacity, even three elixirs would be enough to make your dantian collapse after thirty years of cultivation. If you were to eat four or five, I'm afraid your dantian would directly explode... Consuming one elixir requires at least a month of closed-door meditation to digest its medicinal effects, and you have 100 of them? You really dare to think about it!"

  Qin Li scratched his head, also feeling a bit ashamed of his own ignorance. However, this little embarrassment was nothing for the dignified leader of the Qin family. He smiled and changed the subject, saying: "I was too poor when I was young, so I don't know anything about Dan medicine. You guys tell me about it."

  Bai Yun's words made Qin Li's face turn white for a moment, and for the first time, he discovered that Qin Li's skin was quite thick. He said: "Speaking of this, Leng Yao is actually an expert, let her tell you about it. Your sister Leng Yao is a master alchemist! Otherwise... do you really think she can only cultivate to the Xuan level? Brother Qin, there are many secrets on your sister Leng Yao's body!"

  "Loose lips!" Leng Yāo gave a cold glance at Bù Yún Yān, but didn't really get angry. She calmly said: "These are all past events, what's the point of bringing them up? As for alchemy, I have some insights. On the Tianyuan Continent, there are many types of elixirs and many families and sects that specialize in elixir-making. The most common ones are those mass-produced healing elixirs, antidote elixirs, and disguise elixirs that can change one's appearance when applied to the face. There are also beauty elixirs specifically for women. These are all just basic elixirs."

  Her voice was as cold and clear as a yellow oriole, accompanied by the burning bonfire, the flickering light danced on her cold and elegant face, making her whole body full of mysterious temptation.

  "Even better elixirs are those that greatly supplement one's energy, such as the Tongyuan Elixir, which can quickly restore one's internal energy and is a must-have for high-level warriors. Those that can be called top-grade elixirs are precisely the ones that can increase one's cultivation power, known as Yuanli Elixirs. However, the effects of Yuanli Elixirs also depend on the individual. For example, some warriors with average talent may only be able to cultivate up to the 7th or 8th level of the Yellow Rank after ten years, so taking a Yuanli Elixir would only allow them to advance from the 1st level of the Yellow Rank to the 7th or 8th level. On the other hand, a warrior with exceptional talent may be able to cultivate up to the 4th or 5th level of the Mystic Rank in ten years, and if they absorb the elixir well, they can at least advance to the 2nd or 3rd level of the Mystic Rank! In short, the effects of Yuanli Elixirs probably only go up to the high levels of the Mystic Rank. At least, I've never heard of any Earth-level expert who became one by relying on Yuanli Elixirs."

  Qin realized at this time that the various elixirs on the Tianyuan continent were not as formidable as he had imagined, but neither were they weak. Think about it, why did those super-rich families have such strong power? Just like this Yuanli Dan, although it was sold at a very high price on the market, its cost was only about one-tenth of that. For ordinary people, it was a sky-high price, but for those super-families, it was nothing. Building an army of heavenly-level warriors wasn't a difficult task either.

  This is a... world where strength is revered! Qin Li suddenly had a deeper understanding of this sentence.

  Mentioning Dan medicine, Leng Yao seemed very interested and continued to say: "Actually, apart from these, there are some called divine products of Dan medicine! Those... are what every alchemist truly yearns for, if one can obtain a Dan formula, then this life will be without regret!"

  "What's a divine product?" Qin Li was somewhat perplexed.

  Bù Yún Yān said: "According to legend, among the nine heavens and ten earths, only I possess the unique martial skill, Tiān Xuán Dān, which is a divine elixir!"

  Ling Yao nodded: "That's right, so I'm really looking forward to having the chance to take a look at that Dan Fang in this life and see if it's as magical as they say!"