Gula De Qianghua Jishu
chapter 20: the level of medicinal herbs
After watching Situ Nan Tian and his friends leave, Qing Luo brought Qing Zi, Qing Shui, and a few other 3rd generation disciples back to the Qing Mansion. Qing Shui wanted to know the purpose of the people of the Hundred Miles: why they were here, and what they were doing here in Qing Village, he said, but he refrained from asking even though his curiosity was great.
As they stepped into the Qing Mansion, Qing Shui froze. He saw a very familiar face smiling at him from afar, Qing Yi has returned!
“Mother! You have returned!” Qing Shui happily ran to Qing Yi, hugging her. It was uncertain exactly when it happened, but Qing Shui had already stood tall with Qing Yi.
Looking at her beautiful mother, Qing Shui felt an indescribable wave of emotions stir his heart. Age did not leave a trace of a horrible touch on his face, Qing Yi still looked the same as 5 years ago. Thinking of this beautiful woman, changing her diaper, feeding her, bathing her, doing all this for her, yet not expecting anything in return moved Qing Shui. This woman is her mother! His closest relatives in the world!
In the past, when she was young, she had lived most of her life in Qing Yi's embrace, under her protection and care. Now that Qing Shui had grown up, he was determined to be the one to protect Qing Yi instead, he wanted to make her feel proud of him!
“Qing Shui, I just got back. Wow, you've grown so much taller. You're almost taller than me, you're finally growing up. ” Qing Yi pinched Qing Shui's cheeks and brought her face closer to Qing Shui, studying her features with .s.e.k.s.ama as if comparing their features. Qing Yi's lips curled upwards as she smiled sweetly at him with a hint of laughter in her eyes, “Let's go home.”
“Mother, you are the most beautiful person in the world!” As if they had never parted in the past 5 years, Qing Shui happily held her hand as he had done in the past, and walked towards the courtyard where they used to live.
Qing Yi was slightly surprised by Qing Shui's random comments. After recovering, he smiled as he looked at Qing Shui amusedly. Qing Shui was his only responsibility, and he was his supporter. Inadvertently, Qing Yi was worried about her son's future. “Hmm she is still in 3rd grade even after 5 years. Shui er's talent in martial arts is not so good. I shouldn't expect too much, compared to when he couldn't cultivate, the fact that he had managed to reach Martial Warrior, Class 3 could already be considered a gift from Heaven. ”
“After all, satisfaction is happiness!” Qing Yi was no longer worried. As he straightened his mind, a smile comparable to the brightness of the sun appeared on his face.
Qing Shui had always emphasized the fact that he could not break through. Although he had managed to increase the number of cycles, he was able to circulate the Ancient Strengthening Technique from 36 cycles to 48 cycles over the past 5 years, he knew that his current strength was still far from enough. With this little power, not thinking of the vast world outside, even dreaming of standing at the top of the Hundred Miles City could at most be treated as a joke to laugh at while drinking wine.
No matter what, he had to become stronger. Only with enough strength could he protect the people he wanted to protect. As Qing Shui glanced at Qing Yi, he secretly swore to himself, “Even if the whole world became my enemy, I would never let him suffer!”
“Shui er, it doesn't matter whether you have broken through class 4 or not. When you grow up, I'll teach you how to run a business, okay..? With your intelligence, becoming a rich merchant in the future won't be too bad. At least you should be able to live comfortably. ” Qing Yi was careful to moderate her tone, she was worried if Qing Shui managed to deduce from her tone that she actually cared more than him with regards to her cultivation issues, Qing Shui would blame himself even more and suffer in silence.
If Qing Shui was constantly in pain, as a mother, how would he be happy? Although the desire in his heart would most likely never be fulfilled, but living like this, living a peaceful and contented life could also be considered a blessing, right?
Qing Shui smiled, he knew that the 4th class that Qing Yi was talking about was referring to the level 4 Ancient Strengthening Technique!
After all, no one understood where the problem was clearer than him. Qing Shui did not want to live peacefully as a wealthy merchant. After observing how Qing Yi carefully refrained from hurting her pride, she wanted to tell Qing Yi her secret .. But how would a sane person believe her? No, he could not tell anyone, it was best if his secret was buried in his heart.
“But, I still have to gradually tell mom about my true strength.” Qing Shui was pondering on the best way to tell Qing Yi.
“Mother, what does the Situ Clan from Hundred Miles City want from our Qing Clan this time?” Qing Shui decided to ask Qing Yi. Qing Shui knew that given the choice, Qing Yi would never choose to deliberately hide the secret from him.. Of course, Qing Shui also knew a few secrets when he found out about it when he was a baby, but he understood that Qing Shui Yi had her own reasons for not telling him.
“They crave some 1000 year old Lingzhi rods [1] that we have.” Qing Yi sighed helplessly.
Qing Shui's heart trembled slightly when he heard the words “Lingzhi is 1000 years old.” In his past world, it was already very difficult to find a 100-year-old Lingzhi. Who would have thought he would meet a 1000 year old Lingzhi rod here.
Even in Kyushu World, spiritual herbs were extremely rare. In the Qing Village apothecary, one could at most only purchase medicinal herbs that were 100 years old. In the wild, only when one was so lucky could one find a potion that was 200 years old or higher.
“Mother, is a 1000-year-old herb in very little supply?” Qing Shui asked when he saw that Qing Yi now had a heart-wrenching expression on her face.
“Precious Grade Materials? General Grade Material? Are the ingredients classified based on their age? If so, what about ingredients that are 10,000 years old? ” Qing Shui decided to consult Qing Yi about his knowledge of medicinal plants. After all, Qing Yi was the one in charge of the medicinal herbs business of the Qing Clan. He should be the most qualified person to consult regarding the information regarding medicine and herbs.
“Pelet medicines and herbal ingredients can be classified into General Class, Precious Class, Jade Class, King Class, Kingdom Class, Emperor Class, Saint Class and Divine Grade.” Qing Yi explained.
Without giving Qing Shui a chance to ask, Qing Yi continued, “In addition to classifying them into valuable or common classes, the cost of potions also greatly depends on their age. For example, a 100-year-old common grade herb and a 900-year-old common grade herb, the price difference can still be quite excessive. With age as a criterion, herbs can be roughly classified in this way. ”
→ 0-999 year \= General Class
→ 1000-2999 year \= Valuable Value
→ 3000-4999 year \= Jade Class
→ 5000-6999 year \= King Class
→ 7000-7999 year \= Royal Grade
→ 8000-8999 year \= Emperor Class
→ 9000-9999 year \= Saint Grade
→ 10,000 years and more \= Heavenly level
“Shui`er, why suddenly interested in herbs?” Qing Yi laughed questioningly, she felt very proud of her son. Big and kind and with intelligence far beyond the norm. (TL: nice and kind? \=.\=)
“Who doesn't like such good stuff, Qing Shui heehee” grinned.
Qing Yi looked rather sad as she sighed, “For medicinal herbs, even if we can get precious herbs or herbs with better value, it will still be worth it … We can't use herbs as we please. Normally we would sell herbs for a high price, or exchange them for some cultivation pellets from alchemists. Of course, the exchange rate will not be fair and we will still suffer losses from such sales.”
A bright light began to shine in Qing Shui's eyes as the topic turned to alchemists.
Qing Shui knew that Qing Yi had always been oppressed by her business partners. Since he was afraid of making Qing Yi feel sad, he decided not to ask anymore.
“Could herbs of precious class and above not be consumed directly?” Qing Shui pondered. He knew that people in the previous world actually consumed things like 100-year-old ginseng with no ill effects!
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*Lingzhi can also be translated into spiritual mushrooms: a 1000-year-old herb that should give your cultivation a boost when this term is used in the context of wuxia/xianxia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lingzhi\_mushroom
