Heirs of the Seven Swords of the Qin Dynasty

Chapter 823 Divine Tree Branches and Leaves
  Nian Duan's eyes swept over these medicinal materials steadily and quickly, and he couldn't help feeling slightly warm.

Eight-leaf blood jade leaf flower, ten thousand-leaf snow lotus, sycamore fire sesame, flame grass, snow jade ginseng, colorful moon orchid... one by one, they are all rare herbs that are hard to find in the outside world.

The combined value of these elixirs alone is no less than tens of thousands of gold, enough to drive any doctor in the world crazy.

After briefly browsing these rare herbs, Nianduan's eyes continued to glance back.

There were very few things placed in the innermost part of the ice room, only three items in total.

A brass-colored square box with simple and complicated patterns.

A dark-toned five-corner flat mahogany box.

And another ice cube.

This is a special-shaped ice cube with a length, width and height of about four feet, but with an extremely irregular shape.

Unlike the ice cubes that sealed the medicine, its whole body exuded the same dense cold air as the outer circle of this ice cream, so Nian Duan could not see clearly what was sealed inside.

After a brief glance around and satisfying his curiosity, Nianduan asked Gu Xun:
  "Why are these medicinal materials frozen and refrigerated here?"

Low-temperature freezing is the most direct and effective way to slow down the loss of medicinal properties of medicinal materials.

However, this approach only slows down the loss, and it will still be lost anyway.

Unless it is a special elixir that can restore itself, like the Jade Leaf Flower, the best way to store such precious medicinal materials is to take good care of them.

To put it simply, it is a living thing.

Regarding Nianduan's doubts, Gu Xun shrugged helplessly, "Most of these medicinal materials were collected from the treasury of Han Zhaoyan and other countries."

"Some are well taken care of, and some are stored casually, but regardless of whether they are good or bad, they were basically damaged to a considerable extent on the way to Xianyang. The best way to stop the damage is to refrigerate them."

"Actually, here is only the most precious small part. Most of the rest are stored in the Qin State Treasury. There is also a small part that can no longer be stored, and I have directly made it into medicine."

After hearing this, Nianduan couldn't help but shake his head and sigh, "What a pity!"

Gu Xun smiled and replied, "There's nothing to be sorry for. It's good to be able to save as many people as possible."

That is to say, Gu Xun has a special status, and the things he likes must be disposed of quickly. If he waits for people from Taiyuan Hospital to process these medicinal materials, the damage is estimated to be more than 30%.

"Okay, that's not the focus of today. Come closer." Gu Xun waved his hand, motioning for Nian Duan to follow him, then took a few steps forward and got close to the big ice cube.

When Nian Duan heard the words, he also hurriedly leaned over.

When people got closer, she was finally able to see a little bit of the inside of the ice.

Through the curling cold smoke, Nian Duan could vaguely see a striking golden-red color.

Nianduan knew that this was probably the medicinal material that Gu Xun had mentioned before, which could replace the Immortal Grass that was almost as effective as a fairy medicine.

"This is?"

Gu Xun didn't answer, but smiled at her, then pointed his finger like a knife and lightly drew it along the edge of the ice.

The seemingly unbreakable ice was suddenly neatly cut off by him into a palm-sized piece.

Gu Xun handed it to her.

Probably because it was separated from the big ice block, the cold air emanating from this small piece of ice was much thinner. Nian Duan finally saw the objects in the ice clearly.

It seems like a branch of a tree? Judging from the shape, Nian Duan came to this conclusion.

But what is interesting is that this branch has flaming red branches and dazzling golden leaves.

"What kind of tree branch is this?" After seeing everything clearly, Nian Duan couldn't wait to ask Gu Xun.

There were trees with red branches and golden leaves, but she had never heard of such bright and vivid colors, which were still shining and lifelike even if they were wrapped in ice.

Gu Xun calmly melted the small piece of ice, took out the half of a branch that was only one finger long, and handed it to Nian Duan.

"Come and take a look."

Nian Duan didn't hesitate, and even more anxiously than Gu Xun, he took it over and looked at it carefully.

First I looked back and forth and rubbed it for a while, then I smelled it, and finally I pulled off half of a leaf and stuffed it into my mouth.

Of course, it is impossible to test the properties of unfamiliar medicinal materials. Is it so reckless and direct? The era of Shen Nong tasting hundreds of herbs has passed, and such dangerous methods are not popular now.

But after all, this is Gu Xun's collection, and he must have a lot of understanding about it. Since he dares to try it directly, it will definitely not be highly toxic.

Nianduan did not consider other methods and directly used the most primitive and convenient method of testing the medicine on one's own body.

The effect of this leaf was obviously amazing. After Nianduan chewed it and swallowed it, he couldn't help but close his eyes. Soon, he looked a little pale due to the cold environment and poor physical condition. His face suddenly turned rosy, almost flushing, and his eyelids were trembling slightly.

It was as if he had been injected with a wave of true energy by Gu Xun.

After a while, Nianduan returned to normal, his face returned from bright red to normal red, he opened his eyes, looked at the branches and leaves in his hands, and sighed, "What a powerful medicine!"

"No wonder, you would say that this thing can replace the Immortal Grass."

Gu Xun smiled and did not rush to respond to Nian Duan. Instead, he cut another piece of ice and motioned for Nian Duan to follow him and leave.

The two left the ice room. Gu Xun sealed the ice wall again, holding the ice cube in one hand, and said to Nianduan as he walked:
  "This is a strange thing I found from Shu. Its origin, or the essence of this branch, is the sacred tree Fuso."

"Fuso... sacred tree?" Nianduan repeated the words a little confused, and after thinking for a while, he said uncertainly, "This seems to be... a sacred tree in myths and legends, right?"

Due to the tradition that doctors and witches do not separate families, many doctors are actually aware of these myths and legends. However, as a fundamentalist seeker of natural medicine, Nianduan is obviously not one of them.

So I only have a vague impression.

"Hmm..." Gu Xun nodded, "The legendary portal connects the three realms of heaven, earth and man, and is the habitat of the three-legged golden crow, the sun bird."

"Is this...could such a thing really exist?" Nianduan was not shocked by this, only full of doubt.

Gu Xun shrugged, "I don't know about that."

"But the tree is indeed very tall, dozens of feet tall, and its canopy is so overwhelming that a single tree can form a forest."

"..." After hearing this, Nianduan finally showed a shocked expression, but he did not agree with the so-called sacred tree theory.

Gu Xun didn't care. This question was not important. He continued:

"Furthermore, that tree has an incomparably huge and vigorous vitality. Just one leaf has almost the same medicinal power as a Nine-Quan Jade Leaf Flower."

When Nian Duan heard this, he not only looked down at the branches and leaves he was holding, but sighed, "What a pity!"

(End of this chapter)