The True Martial Wolrd
chapter 14
This Purple Crystal could even absorb herbal energy? Yep! The herbs must contain some ‘ herbal’ essence and that in itself must be a form of energy?
A warrior would become stronger after eating herbs. This was because their bodies absorbed the herbal essence, turning it into energy.
Yi Yun felt enlightened. He has done many experiments over the past few days. He had used fire, hot water, static electricity from rubbing clothes, objects that Yi Yun felt “containing energy”. However, Purple Crystal cannot absorb this “energi”.
The energies known to be absorbed by the Purple Crystal were starlight, desolate bones, herbal essence, and Yuan Qi from Lian Chengyu's attack.
Thinking carefully, this energy, other than the weak starlight, was all very relevant to the cultivation of this world martial artist.
Perhaps even starlight was related to cultivation. This world might even have cultivation techniques that absorb starlight.
As for the desolate bones and herbs, it went without saying that it was a good item that enhanced the body of a martial artist.
It seemed that the Purple Crystal could only absorb the energy that helped in martial practice.
However, after the Purple Crystal absorbed the herbal essence in Dan Guo, was Dan Guo still useful?
This might be useless!
And Guo still looks perfect, but in reality, it's worse than herbal dregs.
Yi Yun knew that items like Dan Guo could not be eaten directly. Special procedures must be performed to brew it.
And the brewing procedure is known only to the upper echelons of the tribe.
Other than Dan Guo, all the other herbs in the Lian Clan Potion Mountain would be poisonous if eaten. Not only was it lacking in benefits, it would be difficult to digest, causing one to bleed to death!
If not for that, the Lian tribal clan would not have easily let the poor pluck medicinal herbs from the mountain. If they were to eat herbs for themselves, how would one know?
However, after the Purple Crystal absorbed the herbal essence from Dan Guo, it nourished Yi Yun's body without inflicting any toxic effects.
This was the magical property of the Purple Crystal.
It turned chaotic energy into energy that could be absorbed by simple people. It could allow Yi Yun to absorb all the herbs on the mountain without anyone knowing!
It was completely undetectable!
Upon realizing this, Yi Yun could not help but laugh.
Yun-er what are you laughing at, shouted Jiang Xiaorou. He was anxious over Yi Yun, worried that he would fall. It would be a terrible result if he fell onto the rocks from such a high height.
“Sister Xiaorou, see what this is?”
Yi Yun plucked and threw Dan Guo who had lost all of his essence.
And Guo? That's huge!”
Jiang Xiaorou was happy, but felt sadness. And twenty-year-old Guo might be good, but his older brother didn't have the chance to use it. It would only be brewed by the old man in the tribe before letting Lian Chengyu soak in it.
With mixed emotions, Jiang Xiaorou kept Dan Guo in the potion basket.
Their mission is to choose 8 ounces of herbs per person. The required weight is based on the lowest graded herb. And this twenty-year-old Guo would be considered more. With the luck they had today, they could keep their rations.
That's a sad state of affairs. Risking his life and that of his brother to pluck herbs, even if they had a fate that defied luck by picking all kinds of rare herbs, they would all be handed over to others without pay.
Yun-er, just do enough. Don't go any further.
Jiang Xiaorou shouted anxiously seeing Yi Yun climb over ten meters high. The potion was not for themselves, so there was no point in risking their lives.
Yi Yun pretended not to hear it because he saw a light hovering above a tall pine tree nearby. There's jamu in there!
Yi Yun climbed up easily, with one hand on the branch, he plucked an umbrella-shaped herb from the roots of a pine tree.
Black Mushrooms are more valuable than Dan Guo.
Yi Yun was very happy, he had without a doubt absorbed all the energy from the Black Mushroom. The warm feeling was felt once again. Yi Yun knew that the energy from the Black Mushroom had entered his heart and spread to every part of his body, nourishing his muscles. This feeling was so comfortable for Yi Yun.
After all, Yi Yun had been continuously starving these past few days.
After his Blood Cleansing, Yi Yun felt even hungrier than before. Yi Yun's body was in rapid growth and desperately needed energy, but he was not capable enough to hunt alone.
Eating large amounts of food can provide energy, but how can ordinary food compare to herbs? And this Guo and Black Mushroom was a timely help to Yi Yun!
Yi Yun noticed that after absorbing the Black Mushroom and several rounds of blood circulation, the herbal properties of the Black Mushroom had given him a lot of strength and improved his eyesight. He could see the head and six feet of ants about ten meters away.
Black fungus can improve a person's vision. Yi Yun was not well versed in pharmacology, but he understood that such low grade herbs did not have outstanding results. The old fogies in the tribe had to use large amounts of herbs to conjure up medicine in order to have any effect.
But using Purple Crystals, the results were instantly visible and extremely striking.
These Purple Crystals may have increased the effectiveness of the herbs!
“Black mushroom! Yun-er, how can you have such luck!
Jiang Xiaorou felt disbelief. Such a high-grade herb might be picked once throughout the day, but Yi Yun managed to pluck two. He's too lucky!
Yi Yun laughed without responding. With the Purple Crystal, as long as he approached the plant, he would see dots of light appear, just like a lighthouse carrying him there. How could he not pick out any valuable herbs?
At this point, Yi Yun had already climbed over ten meters. But after absorbing the two herbs perfectly, he felt more energetic than usual, and climbing over ten meters was an easy task.
However, Yi Yun did not want to worry too much, and went down.
He changed locations and continued picking herbs!
Yi Yun's strategy to absorb, pluck, and exhaust the potion was like a sweeping storm.
He discovered that this Lian Clan Potion Mountain was like his own treasure land.
He had been starving for days, and was worried that he did not have the strength to cultivate himself. However, this Lian Clan Potion Mountain had solved this great problem.
Yi Yun climbed the cliff. This cliff was very high, and only a few could climb up there. From Jiang Xiaorou's corner, she couldn't see what Yi Yun was doing.
“Yun-er, be careful!”
Jiang Xiaorou's voice came from the bottom of the cliff and was distorted by the mountain wind.
“Sister Xiaorou, don't worry, I know myself.”
Yi Yun jumped over the rocks easily, even the four-meter-high wall was pierced by Yi Yun with a single kick.
In his field of view, he noticed that a light the size of a fist emanated from the crevices of the rock.
This light was ten times brighter than any point of light Yi Yun had seen before!
“Oh? This is!”
Yi Yun was surprised. To be able to emit such a bright light, the potion inside the stone must be extremely precious.
Yi Yun pushed the stone and found the twisted Purple Jade Ginseng. It was well hidden at the top of a cliff that only a few people could climb. So it has been growing for years without being discovered.
This was too good for Yi Yun.
Yi Yun did not mind sucking the Purple Jade Ginseng energy with the Purple Crystal.
The Purple Crystal was filled with purple light that gathered within Yi Yun's body. Yi Yun felt a wave of warmth spreading through his meridians, and heated up his limbs before rising to his head. It made Yi Yun's five senses sharper and made his limbs feel like they were hovering.
This feeling is the same as being drunk. However, his body was very warm. Yi Yun felt like he had boundless energy that required ventilation!
Yi Yun's body felt itchy and uncomfortable. He looked up and saw a stone that seemed to weigh 300 pounds. Yi Yun felt as if there were millions of ants crawling on it, so he had to vent them.
He came to the rock and lifted it.
One time! Twice! Three times!
After lifting the stone more than ten times, his body sweated warmly, but felt very satisfied.
He did not feel that it was thrilling enough and started carrying stones to perform deep squat jumps. After jumping for twenty times, his legs went numb. The sweat on his body had all evaporated.
It feels awesome!
Yi Yun moved his body and all his joints cracked!
When a martial artist practiced, he would eat the desolate bones, immersing his body in herbs to strengthen his mind and body!
After strengthening, by supplementing it with daily training, without resources or willpower, it was impossible to mean anything.
Yi Yun did not touch the Purple Jade Ginseng. Such a high-grade potion would cause a commotion. Furthermore, he had absorbed all of his medicinal properties and did not want to trouble himself by plucking them.
A normal person without rest might not be able to pluck 8 ounces of herbs, but with the Purple Crystal guiding him, and his sharp senses, he could see herbs from afar. So in two hours, he had chosen the 16 ounces of herbs needed for Jiang Xiaorou and himself.
Of course, all the herbs had been sucked up by the Purple Crystal. Although they looked fine on the surface, they were already herbal dregs.
Yi Yun gave the potion basket to Jiang Xiaorou, ordering her not to hand over the herbs too early to prevent suspicion.
Yun-how did you do it so quickly Jiang Xiaorou felt that regardless of anything, her brother had finished picking herbs at an astounding speed.
My luck is very good. Brother Xiaorou, I'm going down now for something. You just need to be here to act busy. I go!”
Saying that, Yi Yun had torn down the mountain.
