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Chapter 124: Hot Harvest, Double Sided Medicine

Zeng Rou, who was picking vegetables, paused after hearing this, put the vegetables in the basket next to her, and wiped her hands with her apron.

He looked up at Geng Xuan and said:

"Your Uncle Chen and I both know everything. I heard him say that he ran into Uncle Chai yesterday and he asked about you.

However, your uncle Chen said you've been staying at Kangleji for the past two days, so he's made it up for you."

“……”Geng Xuan.

Zeng Rou looked at Geng Xuan and said seriously:

"Xuan'er, this shouldn't be the first time, right?
...Actually, your uncle Chen wanted to talk to you about this, but he didn't mention it because he was afraid that you would be suspicious.

Since you mentioned this today, I will say a few words as well. Don't blame me for being nosy."

"...Aunt, you say."

"Your Uncle Chen and I don't know what you are doing. Our abilities are limited, so all we can do is help you cover it up.

I just hope you'll be careful and stay safe... Hey, don't just drink the soup, I'll make you two more dishes."

"...Thank you, Auntie. Please don't bother me. I'm already very full!"

"No trouble, it will be quick, just sit for a while."

As she spoke, Zeng Rou had already started washing the picked vegetables in clean water.

Half an hour later, Geng Xuan went home holding his stomach.

After sitting for a while, Geng Xuan entered the underground space.

Da Huang and Xiao Baba, who were feeling bored, came over.

Geng Xuan rubbed their heads and let them go play.

He first added some oil to an oil lamp on the wall, and the underground space instantly became much brighter.

Geng Xuan took the two wooden boxes next to him.

The wooden box at the bottom was even bigger. It was the box of books he got from Zang Zigao. After returning home, Geng Xuan put the "Medicine and Stone" and the recipe for the pill called "Xuanyou Pill" back into the wooden box.

And on top of this wooden box, there is another even smaller and more exquisite wooden box.

This was presented by Luo Qing, Ding Yong, Wang Xi and Teng Yu during a break.

Seeing their serious attitude, Geng Xuan took a quick look and soon understood the reason for their attitude.

This is a box of account books that Wu Yue personally manages.

Through these account books, we can not only clearly know how much supplies and materials the convoy has carried since it set out from Anleji, but also the daily consumption, the amount of remaining materials and other information.

More importantly, this set of account books clearly records the total amount of silver and money that the caravan brought out from Anleji and used to purchase medicinal materials in Kangleji, as well as how much was actually spent and how much was left.

There are also specific transaction details with the Eight Jiafang including Changpingfang, including the types, quality, quantity, unit price and total price of the medicinal materials.

It can be said that as long as you have control over this box of account books, the situation of the fleet will be basically clear at a glance.

There is no need to count each truck, box or package.

Even though Geng Xuan had skipped over the specific items and only looked at the general outline, it still took him nearly an hour to get a general understanding of the convoy's situation, which was also the biggest gain of this trip.

For this purchase, Anleji prepared a total of 320,000 taels of silver for the fleet.

But in reality, only about three-quarters of the silver was used.

To be more precise, it was 245,000 taels, and another 75,000 taels of silver for purchases remained unopened.

The medicinal materials purchased with the 245,000 taels of silver and the 75,000 taels of silver in cash were the two largest and most valuable items in the caravan.

Geng Xuan also learned that during the autumn hunting season this year, Changpingfang sold a total of 34,500 taels of medicinal materials.

Besides this, there was a large surplus of provisions sufficient to sustain the convoy for ten days, which need not be elaborated.

In addition, Anleji also allocated some resources and two thousand taels of silver to the caravan for the round-trip expenses.

The two thousand taels of cash remained basically unchanged. According to the amount already allocated in one of the account books, it should be distributed to each person according to their level of cultivation and contribution after the convoy returns to Anleji.

The resources include various medicines worth about five hundred taels.

And fifteen bottles, totaling one hundred and fifty blood-replenishing pills.

Originally, these blood-replenishing pills were worth around 1,500 taels, but now they are worth at least 3,000 taels. As the cultivation resources around Chiwu Mountain become increasingly scarce, the price will be even higher.

Various medicines consumed about 10%, while blood-replenishing pills consumed about 30%.

In addition, Luo Qing and others also found a lot of gains from Cao Duo, Wu Yue and other dead people.

In addition to various weapons, there are also some blood-replenishing pills, broken silver, gold beans, silver bars, gold bars and other rewards.

Although the average number per person is not high, there are so many people.

All in all, there were more than two hundred blood-replenishing pills, and the total value of the gold, silver and other items he carried with him exceeded four thousand taels of silver.

There are also other medicines such as detoxification and hemostasis, which were worth about 1,500 taels before the price increase.

There are also fourteen Essence Pills, worth four hundred and twenty taels.

——The property seized from the Lu family guards has been included in the calculation.

In addition, there are forty "Xuanyou Pills" specially used for those Xuanyou horses.

These are basically the revenues of the team.

In addition to these, there is another item that is not reflected in the account book statistics of Anleji.

That is, before Zang Zigao fled from Kangleji, he loaded a whole carriage with gold, silver, and other precious resources.

Luo Qing and others had already carefully counted this part, and reported to Geng Xuan one after another during several breaks.

Four hundred taels of gold bars, three thousand taels of silver bars, plus other pearls, jade and treasures that are very easy to cash in and can even be used as collateral for cash.

If all of these were calculated in silver, the total value would be around ten thousand taels.

In addition, there are various high-quality medicines worth about three thousand taels.

Three hundred kilograms of high-quality medicinal wine worth about six thousand taels.

There was also a whole box of blood-replenishing pills, one hundred bottles, ten pills in each bottle, totaling one thousand pills, worth ten thousand taels.

There are twenty bottles of Essence Pills, each containing ten pills, for a total of two hundred pills, with a value of six thousand taels.

After hearing Luo Qing and others' detailed report for the first time about the value of the supplies carried by Zang Zigao alone, Geng Xuan almost suspected that Zang Zigao had taken advantage of the last opportunity to directly rob the drug store's warehouse.

Of course, even if all these resources were Zang Zigao’s personal property, Geng Xuan would not find it strange.

It would be strange if a person who is at the Marrow Refining Realm and is the president of a pharmacy in a market with the Chiwu Mountain behind him were still poor.

What's more, the value of resources such as medicines, medicinal wines, blood-replenishing pills, and essence pills is completely different in the hands of Master Zangzi and in the hands of other practitioners.

When Luo Qing and the others calculated the value of these resources, they used the market price before the price increase. But at Zang Zigao's place, if they only calculated the cost price, it would naturally not be that high. However, based on the current market conditions around Chiwu Mountain, the actual price these resources could fetch would be even higher.

After sorting out the various harvests into different categories, Geng Xuan made a comprehensive summary.

For example, when it comes to silver, he doesn't care whether it's purchased silver or personal gold and silver, whether it's from the Anleji caravan or Zang Zigao's private property.

Medicinal materials, total value: 245,000 taels;

Gold and silver, totaling ninety-one thousand ounces;

Various medicines, with a total value of 5,000 taels;

Blood-replenishing pills, 1,300;

Essence Pills, 214 pieces;
High-quality medicinal wine, 300 kilograms;
Xuanyou Pills, forty pills.

If all the money were calculated in silver, the total value would exceed 360,000 taels.

And if we consider the impact of the joint action between Wuyou Palace and Anleji in the vicinity of Chiwu Mountain, the prices of medicinal materials and various cultivation resources will soar, and their value will be even higher.

And if all the medicinal materials were turned into various types of medicines, such as blood-replenishing pills, essence pills, and medicinal wine, the value of those medicinal materials alone would increase several times from the existing level!
Just standing on tiptoe could possibly exceed one million taels.

Although he had expected this, when Geng Xuan sorted out the profits this time in detail, he still felt his scalp tingling and goose bumps all over his body.

Previously, due to the gains from previous operations, Geng Xuan had nearly 4,600 taels of silver in his hands, as well as nearly 300 kilograms of high-quality medicinal wine, hundreds of blood-replenishing pills, and more than a dozen essence pills.

Geng Xuan felt that he was quite wealthy.

But compared with this time's harvest, this amount of wealth is really not even a fraction of it.

It was not until the end of the statistics that Geng Xuan realized that there were some equally valuable profits that had not been included.

The total number exceeds one hundred pieces, the worst of which is worth dozens of taels, while high-quality weapons are even worth hundreds of taels.

There are also thirty-six Xuanyou horses.

From Wu Yue's account book, Geng Xuan finally knew that this was the Xuanyou horse that was famous throughout the nine provinces.

When covered in armor, it becomes a biological tank that charges into battle;

Put it on a horse-drawn carriage, and it will be a biological steam engine that can carry tens of thousands of pounds of load and travel five to six hundred miles a day.

If you travel light and cover a thousand miles a day, that is not an exaggeration but an objective description.

Geng Xuan didn't know how much a Xuanyou horse like this cost, but he was sure that it must be worth a lot.

It is even possible that these are strategic-level resources that cannot be purchased even with money.

In addition, there are more than a dozen books on cultivation techniques.

Although not all practitioners will carry their cultivation techniques with them, those who have just started practicing and have not yet mastered the skills will still carry them with them.

Among them, the most valuable one is undoubtedly the marrow-refining exercise called "Qiansi Jin" that Wu Yue carries with him.

But what Geng Xuan values most is a palm technique called "Yin Feng Hua Gu Palm".

All of these became Geng Xuan's spoils of war.

In addition, there was the full box of books that Zang Zigao brought with him, whose value was also difficult to estimate in monetary terms.

There are also some cultivation techniques, including a marrow-refining technique.

What Geng Xuan valued most was naturally the Nine-Rank Secret Art entitled "Medicine and Stone".

After roughly sorting out his gains this time, Geng Xuan focused all his energy on studying this Nine-Level Secret Art.

The content of it surprised him quite a bit.

After obtaining this secret method, Geng Xuan thought about its contents in his mind.

Combining its name and Zang Zigao's own occupation, Geng Xuan believed that this should be a secret book on how to make and identify medicines.

But when he actually finished reading the "Medicine Stone Chapter", he was surprised to find that it was very different from what he had expected.

Because this book, "Medicine Stone Chapter", does not involve the identification of any kind of medicinal materials, the preparation of medicines, or the formula of pills.

The entire content of this article has only one core, which is the vital energy.

Life energy is extremely important for both practitioners and ordinary people.

The vital energy itself is illusory and difficult to understand, but the strength of the vital energy can be manifested in external forms such as the length of life, health or illness, vitality or dullness, strength or weakness...

The five realms of body tempering. When the cultivation level breaks through from the flesh refining realm to the blood refining realm, one of the significant changes is that the cultivator can increase the vital energy accumulated in the blood through cultivation.

This can significantly and comprehensively improve the practitioner's physical fitness, including strength, reaction speed, endurance, recovery ability, etc.

A significant difference when one's cultivation level is raised from the Blood Refining Stage to the Bone Refining Stage, and from the Bone Refining Stage to the Marrow Refining Stage, is that the life force that a practitioner gains through cultivation becomes more and more "from the outside to the inside."

The life force that increases in the Blood Refining Realm and accumulates in the blood brings about immediate and intuitive changes in the body.

Such as strength, reaction speed, endurance, recovery ability and so on.

The life force that increases and accumulates in the bones in the Bone Refining Realm, in addition to the changes included in the Blood Refining Realm, also involves deeper levels, such as root bones and endowment.

Even if a person's aptitude for cultivation is very poor, if he piles up resources or has other opportunities to improve his body tempering to the bone refining level, then his root bone aptitude and cultivation talent will be improved.

If one's cultivation is elevated to the marrow refining realm, not only will one's physique and aptitude be greatly improved, but one's lifespan will also be significantly increased, and the quality of life will also be significantly improved.

Quality of life is Geng Xuan’s own summary.

It actually reflects in many aspects.

Two people who also lived to be eighty years old.

One who lived without any disaster, disease or pain, died of natural causes at the age of eighty.

A man who had been suffering from various illnesses since he was in his fifties and had to take medicine for a long time. Pain and insomnia became important issues he had to face every day of his life. Finally, at the age of eighty, he fell into a deep sleep and was completely relieved.

The former has a significantly higher quality of life than the latter.

Aging is an unstoppable trend of life, but those who are strong in the Marrow Refining Realm can push this time limit back as much as possible.

A strong man in the Bone Refining Realm can even fight against a man in the Marrow Refining Realm head-on at his peak, but once he is over sixty years old, his combat power will decline rapidly.

Even the weakest marrow refining realm expert can hold on longer, and the higher the level of marrow refining, the longer he can hold on.

In extreme cases, one can even possess the deterrent power to deliver a fatal blow to other Marrow Refining Realm experts at the moment before death.

There are such huge differences between refining blood, refining bones, and refining marrow. The thing that silently controls all of this is collectively referred to as "life energy."

Therefore, the vital energy is not really a kind of air, and there is no air flowing in the blood and bones of practitioners.

The practitioner himself cannot intuitively feel its existence, and can only indirectly judge the existence of such a decisive force from the differences in his physical body, bone constitution, qualifications, and even quality of life and lifespan.

This decisive force is called "life energy".

The special thing about the secret art "Medicine Stone" is that it is like a ruler with more precise scales.

Ordinary practitioners judge the growth or weakening of their own vital energy by observing the fluctuations in their physical condition, or more specifically, by observing changes in strength, reaction speed, endurance, and recovery ability.

However, the strength limit increases from 500 kg to 501 kg in snatching, and the maximum exertion time decreases from two minutes to two minutes and one second. Such subtle differences are simply impossible for practitioners to distinguish through feeling.

However, "Medicine and Stone" has almost reached the extreme in one area.

That is, whether the external object is "beneficial to the body" or "harmful to the body", even if the difference is extremely subtle, people who master this technique can judge it.

Of course, the original words in "Medicine Stone" do not say "beneficial to the body" or "harmful to the body", but "beneficial to the vital energy" or "harmful to the vital energy".

Based on this point alone, although "Medicine Stone Chapter" does not mention any method of identifying medicinal materials or making medicines throughout the book, it is enough to become the Bible for all those who make and refine medicines.

"That's not all!"

Geng Xuan quickly realized that "any external object that is beneficial to the vital energy of life" can be called "medicine."

Then conversely, "any external object that is harmful to the vital energy" can also be classified into one category.

Without much thought, a word immediately popped into Geng Xuan's mind.

"poison!"

Geng Xuan thought of Lu Miaoshou, the owner of Miaoyi Pavilion in the underground black market who was forced to move away by him.

Geng Xuan was deeply impressed by the poison he made.

Before seeing his method of making poison with his own eyes, Geng Xuan thought that poison was similar to blood-replenishing pills and hemostatic powder, which were all ready-made products in advance.

But Lu Miaoshou simply placed a pile of raw materials next to him, and while asking customers what they needed, he decided which raw materials to use for the configuration. He made the poison as he was asked, and there was no fixed poison formula at all.

In the past, Geng Xuan was confused and only felt that Lu Miaoshou's ability to make poison was unfathomable and had reached a superb level.

Now, after reading "Medicine and Stone", Geng Xuan suddenly understood.

"This Lu Miaoshou may have also learned this secret technique!"

"Moreover, his mastery of this secret technique should be very high!"

Of course, it doesn't mean that mastering the "Medicine Stone Chapter" will make you proficient in making medicine or poison.

This still requires a lot of inheritance related to pharmaceuticals or drug making.

For example, the large box of books and notes related to "medicine" in his hand was obtained from Zang Zigao.

However, if one only has the relevant inheritance but does not have the secret technique of "Medicine Stone", it would be difficult to become a master in making medicine or poison.

You can only be a special craftsman who follows the recipes and steps.

The "Medicine Stone Chapter" is like the internal energy method, while other kinds of complicated books and notes involving all aspects of medicine or poison making are just routine moves.

It is not good enough to have only the inner strength and the skills but not the moves and routines.
But if you only know the routine moves but don't understand the internal skills, that will be absolutely impossible.

At this moment, a piece of information emerged in Geng Xuan's mind.

[The host has understood the essence of the "Medicine Stone Chapter" and his body has met all the prerequisites for mastering this skill. He can quickly get started by consuming four points of luck.]

【whether?】

"Yes." Geng Xuan made his choice immediately.

In an instant, Geng Xuan felt a subtle and inexplicable rhythm in his body, from his skin to his flesh, internal organs, and even his blood vessels and bones.

This rhythm comes quickly and goes away quickly.

It can't be said to be good, nor can it be said to be bad.

Just like when the wind blows across the water, shallow ripples naturally appear, and after the wind passes, the ripples quickly disappear without a trace.

At the same time, many experiences and insights, like running water, continuously flowed into Geng Xuan's mind.

【Lucky: 2227
Medicine Stone Technique (Introduction)+】

Unable to suppress his eagerness to try, Geng Xuan stood up and entered the passage. Da Huang and Ba Xiao, who were playing nearby, quickly followed him.

Geng Xuan thought about it and didn't stop it.

During this trip of Baiyuanji, they have fully demonstrated their abilities and values. Except for the eighth one who still lacks endurance, they all have advantages.

There is no need to worry about holding yourself back by carrying them.

In that case, if they want to follow, let them follow.

After entering the underground tunnel under Changpingfang, Geng Xuan did not head towards Kangleji as usual.

Instead, he came to the blocked entrance at the other end of the tunnel.

Geng Xuan didn't waste any time and quickly grabbed it with both hands.

A passage, advancing forward at a speed visible to the naked eye.

About twenty minutes later, when Geng Xuan reached out his hand into the rock wall again, his fingertips had completely pierced through the rock wall and reached into another void.

This hole, which was suspected to have been sealed by his predecessor's father, was dug open again by Geng Xuan.

When he walked out of the passage, he was already standing in a tunnel leading deep into Chiwu Mountain.

Afterwards, Geng Xuan spent some time to conceal the exit and walked towards Kangleji.

Da Huang and Ba Xiao followed him happily.

Soon, in the dim tunnel, the faint outline of a huge convoy parked along the tunnel appeared.

As Geng Xuan approached, the Xuanyou horses that were placed together seemed to sense his arrival and began to snort, seeming a little irritated and aggrieved.

Geng Xuan immediately came to his senses. Although he had specifically instructed Luo Qing and others to give them more food before leaving, fourteen or fifteen hours had passed since they left this place, and they were already hungry.

What's more, they need water more than food.

Geng Xuan came to his senses and immediately took some water bags used by the caravan, then quickly returned to the underground space under his own yard.

They filled up all the leather bags, each of which could hold one or two hundred kilograms of water, and carried them into the tunnel using a cart, so that the thirty-six Xuanyou horses could drink their fill.

While they were drinking water, Geng Xuan also took out enough carefully prepared bean feed.

After they have finished drinking water, the food will be served to them.

When taking care of these Xuanyou horses' meals, Geng Xuan's biggest feeling was that the taste was too strong.

The smell of feces and urine mixed with body odor, sweat, etc. forms an extremely unpleasant smell.

It had been less than a day since these Xuanyou horses were placed here. If three or five days had passed, Geng Xuan couldn't even imagine the scene.

Moreover, such an environment is very harmful to Xuanyou Horse itself.

To keep them in good condition, a spacious enough stable, sufficient rest, appropriate exercise, proper care... these are all essential.

This is much more troublesome than real tanks and steam engines.

Any mistake in any link may cause their condition to drop rapidly, or even turn them into sick or dead horses.

"We have to find a more suitable place to house them as soon as possible." Geng Xuan thought helplessly.

He found that this action certainly made him a fortune.

But except for a small part of them, most of the windfalls have one characteristic.

That's hot.

There are a large number of medicinal materials with a wide variety of types, and many of them have time limits.

If not handled in time, the value will drop rapidly and even become waste.

Unless he was willing to discard these medicinal materials that were worth hundreds of thousands of taels, or even more than a million taels, he had to find a way to solve the problem.

These Xuanyou horses are also very delicate.

If we don’t want to watch them become useless and die, we must provide them with a more comfortable and favorable living environment as soon as possible.

No matter which problem it is, it is not easy to solve.

It is even more difficult to solve these problems perfectly without alarming anyone.

In fact, this kind of thinking and dreaming at the same time is itself a dream.

There is no such good thing in the world!
How the matter is resolved is a matter for the future.

The only thing Geng Xuan could do now was to move these Xuanyou horses to another place and clean them a little with the remaining clean water.

At the same time, a pit was dug and the horse manure and the ground that was stained with too much horse urine were buried in the pit.

As Geng Xuan filled the last handful of soil, he was still thinking, "No, I need to assign someone to do this."

After spending a lot of time and finishing all this, Geng Xuan finally remembered the real purpose of his visit.

He took all the necessary herbs according to the recipe of the blood-replenishing pills. The amount of each herb was not too much, just enough for a few experiments.

After doing all this, Geng Xuan returned to the underground space.

Geng Xuan placed all the herbs on the table. He reached out and took one of the herbs called "clover" and gently held it in his hand.

Then, it seemed to stay there.

This is what the bystander sees.

In Geng Xuan's own perception, there was a faint, ripple-like force rippling and spreading within his seemingly motionless body. It penetrated into the leaves of the "clover" through the contact of his fingertips, and then spread to the entire herb.

Then, a fainter ripple returned into his body from inside the herb.

Geng Xuan immediately felt comfortable.

This feeling was not his own subjective feeling, but his body's. More precisely, it was the faint ripples that returned from the "Clover" into his body that "told" him through his body.

It sounds mysterious, but it's just like when people eat candy they feel happy.

Now, the faint ripples returning from the "clover" into the body have turned into such a "candy".

Geng Xuan was stunned for a long time before he put down the "clover" and picked up another herb.

Soon, as faint ripples returned from the herb into his body, Geng Xuan felt a similar feeling in his heart.

But both of these feelings are similar to the feeling of eating sugar, but they are not exactly the same.

It's like the difference between eating honey and sucrose. Although they are both sugars and both are sweet, their tastes are obviously different, and the difference is huge.

Geng Xuan could now vaguely feel the difference, but he couldn't describe it in words.

“…It’s truly amazing!”

This is also one of the advantages of using this "medicine and stone technique" after one's cultivation reaches the marrow refining realm.

If his cultivation had not advanced to the marrow refining realm, he could only get a similar feeling by following Shennong's method of tasting hundreds of herbs - taking them orally, taking a small amount and placing it on the tip of his tongue.

Moreover, the feelings would not be as pure as they are now.

Because the taste of the herb itself will cause interference, and the stronger the taste, the stronger the interference.

Those that are toxic in themselves should be treated with extreme caution.

However, Geng Xuan, who has reached the marrow refining stage, can bring the effectiveness of the "medicine stone technique" into play just through the touch of his fingers.

After that, Geng Xuan spent more than ten minutes to learn all the medicinal materials used to make the blood-replenishing pills.

——It is worth mentioning that blood-replenishing pills, like medicinal wine, do not have only one fixed formula, but there are many different formulas, and even the medicinal materials in many formulas are completely different.

The one Geng Xuan used was just one of the more mainstream ones around Kangleji mentioned in Zang Zigao's notes, and it was also highly compatible with the medicinal materials produced in the nearby Chiwu Mountain.

Just after Geng Xuan used the "Medicine Stone Technique" to understand all these medicinal herbs, a piece of information appeared directly in Geng Xuan's mind.

[The host already has a full understanding of the medicinal materials needed to make "Blood-Replenishing Pills." Consuming two points of Red Luck will quickly get you started.]

【whether?】

This time, faced with this message, Geng Xuan chose to ignore it and not pay any attention to it.

He had the confidence in his heart that even without cheating, he could still make it successfully based on his understanding and feeling of the medicinal properties of these herbs.

Geng Xuan did it as soon as he thought of it. He lit the stove that he usually used to make tea, washed a clay pot that he used to make soup and placed it on the stove.

Then Geng Xuan held a notebook in one hand, looking at the specific production process from time to time, and then processed the medicinal materials in order according to the methods in the notebook.

The first time, as expected, it failed.

The second time, I failed again, but compared to the first time, I had made obvious progress.

The third time, Geng Xuan failed again.

But after this failure, Geng Xuan threw the notebook aside.

The fourth time, Geng Xuan handled each medicinal ingredient carefully according to the quantity required to make a blood-replenishing pill, just like the previous three times.

About half an hour later, Geng Xuan removed the casserole from the stove. Looking at the thin layer of paste at the bottom of the casserole, he reached out and scooped it out regardless of the high temperature in the pot.

Soon, the paste was rolled into a thumb-sized dark brown pill in his hand, and a faint fragrance went straight into his nostrils.

If it is a normal blood-replenishing pill, in order to prevent the medicinal power from diffusing and losing and to increase the shelf life, it will be wrapped with a thin film on the surface, or replaced with honey, edible wax, or other edible substances with similar effects.

However, it is naturally not necessary at the moment.

Geng Xuan threw the dark brown pill directly into his mouth, and swallowed it into his stomach after it slid down his throat.

Soon, the medicinal power that Geng Xuan was extremely familiar with began to spread from his abdomen to his limbs and bones, becoming the driving force that pushed his marrow refining level to a higher level.

"Yeah, that's what it tastes like."

In his mind, the information that reminded him that he could consume two points of red luck to get the blood-replenishing pill had disappeared unknowingly.

Instead, among the many skills that can be improved, there is an additional "Blood Replenishing Pill (Entry Level) +".

In addition to the "Iron Skin Skill", "Iron Sand Palm" and "Dissection Skill" inherited from his predecessor, this is the first skill he actively mastered without relying on cheating.

Moreover, the complexity and subtlety involved is no easier than not mastering a profound martial art.

But he went from having no idea to success with only three failures.

Every failure makes him go further next time.

"Now, at least in the field of pharmaceutical manufacturing, I am a true genius!"

"My mastery of the 'Medicine Art' is still at the entry level. If I can master this art further, won't my talent for medicine become even stronger?

If I could master this technique to perfection, I would be a great figure in the pharmaceutical field.

Genius? Monster? "

Thinking in this way, after some practical attempts, Geng Xuan discovered that he had fully mastered all the experiences and insights he had gained after getting started with the "Medicine and Stone Technique".

He did not hesitate and immediately used up eight points of luck to upgrade his "Medicine Technique" to a higher level, advancing from the entry level to the minor success level.

【Lucky: 2219
Medicine Stone Technique (Minor Success) +】

More insights and experiences flooded into his mind, and Geng Xuan discovered that the already very subtle ripples of energy could become even more subtle and delicate.

Geng Xuan took out the medicinal materials for making blood-replenishing pills and continued to use the "medicine technique" to learn about them.

After reading it once, his biggest feeling was that his understanding became clearer and his feelings became more delicate.

Let’s say that before this improvement, he could only distinguish the difference between “honey” and “sucrose”, but he couldn’t clearly tell what the specific differences were.

But now, he can tell the differences between them one by one.

Well, for now I can only tell you a few things. If I want to tell you more, my "medicine skills" must continue to improve.

After some attempts, Geng Xuan finally stopped and stopped immersing himself in it after fully understanding the "medicine technique" and his own talent for making medicine.

He began to think seriously.

It’s still the same two problems: the processing and monetization of medicinal materials, and the placement of the Xuanyou Horse.

Even if he masters the "art of medicine" and is willing to invest in pharmaceutical manufacturing, his "art of medicine" and pharmaceutical manufacturing capabilities will advance by leaps and bounds in a short period of time, and he will become an expert master in pharmaceutical manufacturing.

The issue of how to deal with the medicinal materials is still something he has to deal with.

It was impossible for him to process all the medicinal materials worth hundreds of thousands of taels by himself in such a short time.

Even if he could do it, this underground environment would not allow it.

Take the making of blood-replenishing pills for example. To make one or two, he can light a small stove and use a casserole for making soup.

But what if the number produced reaches hundreds, thousands, or even tens of thousands?
Laboratory production and large factory production are not the same thing.

Just the classification and processing of various medicinal materials before putting them into the pot requires several separate steps.

And brewing these pills also requires more fuel and larger and more professional equipment.

None of this can be accomplished in an underground environment.

If he had to do it underground, regardless of whether the underground tunnels could support such vigorous combustion, the strong smell alone would be able to spread through the tunnels to the entire underground network of Kangleji.

There is even a high possibility that it will spread to the ground through the pores.

Let all the people in Kangleji bathe in the unique aroma of the blood-replenishing pills.

Geng Xuan felt that the scene was too beautiful just by thinking about it, and he didn't dare to think about it any further.

And this is just one of the methods of making blood-replenishing pills.

The production of other pills and medicines also has its own characteristics and troubles.

For example, the production of medicinal wine requires a large amount of wine and grain crops for brewing.

This was also not a problem that could be solved by him continuing to hide in the underground tunnel.

"We have to get out."

Geng Xuan gradually came to this realization in his heart.

He realized a truth.

"Shallow waters cannot support dragons."

In a shallow pond, if you don't want to attract anyone's attention, the only one who can do it is the loach.

If the "Jiaolong" also thinks the same way, it can only pretend to be a loach and keep pretending like that.

Once its true form is revealed, the "Jiaolong" can no longer hide.

Kangleji is such a small area that any big movement will cause noticeable ripples in this "shallow pond".

Unless you don't make any noise, or keep your noise below a certain level, it will be very easy to reveal your identity.

This has nothing to do with how carefully or deeply you hide it.

If one uses dozens or even hundreds of unrelated identities, he can buy enough grain to brew 10,000 kilograms of medicinal wine from various rice shops in Kangle Village.

Even if you are so careful about the details that you cannot find any faults, once you really do it, who can you hide it from?
To make blood-tonifying pills in large quantities, a large amount of fuel is required, and a more specialized, specially-made furnace is required...

In actual practice, none of these problems can be solved by simply keeping calm.

After clearly realizing all this, Geng Xuan began to take a practical approach.

To consider and to weigh the pros and cons.

“How can I solve the problem while causing the least amount of trouble for myself?”

“…Is it possible to transform this trouble?

How about making it not a problem, or at least not a problem in the short term?"

Geng Xuan suddenly realized that he still had a huge advantage.

That is, compared to other practitioners, his cultivation and strength have been growing at a rapid pace.

Therefore, you don’t need to think too far ahead.

Even if it seems like a method of drinking poison to quench thirst, as long as it can temporarily quench your thirst, it is like a magical wine with no side effects for you!

As his thoughts opened up, Geng Xuan's eyes became brighter and brighter.

A dose of "poison" that can temporarily "quench his thirst" has gradually taken shape in his mind from nothing.

Geng Xuan returned to the ground, and soon he waited for Chen Rongshan who had just returned late at night.

"Uncle Chen."

Geng Xuan's sudden words startled Chen Rongshan who was about to enter his own courtyard.

He subconsciously said, "Ah Xuan, you are here."

"..."

Geng Xuan thought to himself, look at what you said, this is my home and it's night time, isn't it normal for me to be here?
After he said this, Chen Rongshan seemed to realize that there was something wrong with what he said. He paused for a moment and then asked, "What's the matter?"

Geng Xuan said:
"Since becoming a blue robe guard, haven't I ever reported in once?
I was thinking of going with you tomorrow to fulfill my duties."

"..."

Chen Rongshan looked at Geng Xuan seriously, as if he was surprised that he could say such words, but he finally nodded and said, "Okay, I'll come and wake you up tomorrow morning."

"Okay." Geng Xuan nodded.

(End of this chapter)