Immortality: Raising an Ant Queen to Cultivate by increasing stat points Chapter 120 - 115 Medicine Qii

Chapter 120: Chapter 115 dicine Qi_i

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The once solitary man, Qin Niu, now not only had Xiao Nui for company but also Xiao Qing, who grew attached to him. This gave Qin Niu an unprecedented sense of happiness.

He returned ho.

Since the new house was still under construction, he and Xiao Qing could only live in a temporary shack.

Fortunately, now that he had beco the most esteed person in Shuangfeng Village, the villagers treated him with great reverence. No one dared to spy on them.

When he got ho, she had already prepared the al.

The fragrant pork and cornal rice were kept warm in the pot.

As the master hadn’t returned, she kept waiting.

The corn was a gift from Wang Furen.

The two richest n in the village were both crafty, Wang Furen brought him a large bag of corn, and Xu Zhenchang brought a large bag of wheat.

Both n were humble when offering their gifts, speaking in pleasing tones that made it difficult to refuse.

Of course, Qin Niu didn’t turn down their overtures.

He had so initial prestige in the village, but to truly beco a leading figure, he would need the support of Xu Zhenchang and Wang Furen.

Wang Furen had a good reputation within the village, while Xu Zhenchang served as the village head and was also a role model for diligent prosperity. They were both on the sa side as the villagers, belonging to the class of farrs.

They were both affable and held a certain degree of public trust.

With both n drawing closer to him, it only served to solidify his position in the village.

Every hero needs helpers, just as every fence needs supporting stakes.

To establish a firm foothold in the countryside, personal might could only intimidate others, making them fear you. Only by winning over the people’s hearts, as the Yan Family did, could you command both prestige and authority. This was also the basic standard for rising to power.

In Shuangfeng Village, Qin Niu had already begun to emulate the early days of the Yan Family. Given so ti to settle, he would beco one with the entire village and the undisputed village leader.

After the master and servant ate, Qin Niu watched as Xiao Qing busied herself with cleaning up the dishes.

“Xiao Qing, today 1 tried to practice the dicine King Sutra, but 1 was unsuccessful. Could you teach ?” he asked.

“Of course! But my cultivation is quite shallow, and my understanding is limited. I can only teach you so simple things,” she replied without hesitation.

From the mont she acknowledged Qin Niu as her master, everything she had belonged to Qin Niu. Such were the rules of this world.

“When cultivating, it is very helpful to have herbs. The ones planted in the backyard should be suitable.”

She led Qin Niu to where the backyard of his old house used to be.

Now, apart from a well and a small plot of dicinal herbs that Qin Niu had planted, the area was almost entirely cleared and levelled, with building materials like green bricks, door fras, and windows stacked around.

Even after the new house was built, this place would still serve as the backyard. “You need to first attune your heart to the dicinal aura released by the herbs. The Dogtail Grass here, and the Black Leaf Sunflower over there, both contain ample dicinal aura. You could try sitting next to them and follow the breathing thods of the dicine King Sutra to sense them,” Xiao Qing guided Qin Niu in his cultivation.

He sat cross-legged next to the Dogtail Grass, and tried to practice according to the techniques outlined in the dicine King Sutra once again.

He still made no progress.

Then, a small hand rested on his back, roughly between the points for the lung and heart ridians.

A stream of warm energy flowed into his body.

She was using her own spiritual power to help Qin Niu expedite the process of perceiving the dicinal aura emitted by the herbs.

With her help, Qin Niu soon felt a glimr of sensation.

The Dogtail Grass in front of him was like boiling water, emitting strands of ‘warm air.’ When he circulated the technique from the dicine King Sutra again, so of this ‘warm air’ was drawn to him, and a small portion entered his body.

It had the sa quality as the warm energy Xiao Qing was transferring into him.

Both were warm.

So, cultivating the dicine King Sutra involved absorbing dicinal auras to advance one’s cultivation.

Xiao Qing’s grandfather must have made so mistakes in his practice.

Instead of buying expensive Tempering Elixirs for cultivation, it would be better to cultivate so advanced herbs himself.

Clearly, Qin Niu’s speculation was too simplistic.

What he could think of, how could Xiao Qing’s grandfather not have considered?

Although Xiao Qing’s grandfather knew how to recognize many herbs, he wasn’t capable of cultivating them.

Because cultivating herbs is far more difficult than growing crops.

They have extrely demanding requirents for their growing environnt. Once harvested, even high-level farrs might not be able to keep them alive, let alone Xiao Qing’s grandfather.

Taking Tempering Elixirs directly provided a dense concentration of dicinal aura that had been refined by an Elixir Master.

The composition of the Elixirs was also ticulously balanced by a Pharmacist.

They could be directly absorbed by the human body, causing no harm but instead benefiting the improvent of one’s cultivation.

What Xiao Qing’s grandfather sought in consuming the Tempering Elixir was the dense cluster of dicinal aura within it.

The beneficial effects of body tempering and strengthening that ca with the Elixir itself were rely a bonus.

As Qin Niu persisted in his practice, he nearly depleted the Dogtail Grass of its dicinal aura.

Its emission of dicinal aura markedly weakened.

Only a little was still being released.

He shifted his focus.

There were more than twenty dicinal herbs planted, each releasing dicinal aura of varying strengths.

Qin Niu didn’t hesitate; he started with the one that had the strongest aura.

After about six hours of cultivation, he felt a sharp pain in his head, having almost completely absorbed the dicinal auras from these herbs.

Since it was his first ti practicing the technique, it was quite raw, and a lot of the dicinal aura had escaped.

All wasted.

Qin Niu opened his eyes and, after a great effort throughout most of the night, accrued a small clump of warm energy within his body.

This was the power gained from cultivating the dicine King Sutra.

Compared to the cool energy gained from cultivating the Everlasting Spring Technique, its nature was entirely different.

The powers cultivated from the two techniques were clearly delineated, stored separately within his body.

However, the Everlasting Spring Technique had already reached the Fivefold realm of mortals, its power much more profound. Its volu was at least a thousand tis that of the dicine King Sutra’s power.

The dicine King Sutra really isn’t easy to cultivate.

He also discovered another issue, cultivating the Everlasting Spring Technique could replace sleep, allowing both spiritual power and the body to recover. It had a very good effect on nurturing one’s life.

But the dicine King Sutra did not.

Cultivating the dicine King Sutra for six hours was already his limit.

This was because after cultivating the Everlasting Spring Technique, his spiritual power had increased sowhat, far exceeding that of an ordinary mortal at the Fivefold realm. Otherwise, he could only cultivate for four hours at most before needing to stop and rest to recover his spiritual power.

Perhaps because his dicine King Sutra power was still weak, now he could only sense the dicinal qi emitted by the herbs when he focused and closed his eyes.

He wasn’t able to sense the dicinal properties of the herbs, let alone the strength of the energy contained within them.

If more dicinal qi was emitted, it indicated that the herbs contained more energy, he could infer that much at least.

Whether this was indeed the case still needed to be verified.

His gaze shifted to the dicinal herbs in front of him.

They looked wilted, as if they had been tortured by frost.

This indicated that cultivating the dicine King Sutra and absorbing their dicinal qi caused them certain harm.

“Can the Everlasting Spring Technique quickly restore them to vitality then?”

He prepared to conduct another experint.

After taking a brief rest to adjust his state, he began to sit beside these herbs and cultivate the Everlasting Spring Technique.

True to its reputation as a top Life-Nurturing Technique.

As he continued to cultivate, his depleted spiritual power was recovering quickly.

The effect was even better than that of deep sleep.

He continued to cultivate until the moon set, and only then did he stop.

He had cultivated for roughly six hours.

So power from the Everlasting Spring Technique was gained, but compared to cultivating under the Ancient Banyan Tree, it was far less.

Fortunately, his main goal was not to improve his cultivation level.

It was to help these dicinal herbs regain their vitality.

Cultivating in his own backyard, the speed of his cultivation level’s increase was slower, but the experience value for the Everlasting Spring Technique grew quite significantly.

Currently, the Everlasting Spring Technique is still at the ‘Twofold realm.

If he could break through to the Threefold realm, the speed of cultivation would surely improve a lot.

He opened his eyes and checked the condition of the herbs around him.

The Dogtail Grass, which he had drained the most, was fully revitalized, bursting with life once again. The other herbs were even less of a concern. “Master! Did you sit here and cultivate all night yesterday?”

Xiao Qing was already up.

She didn’t have the habit of oversleeping; instead, she was particularly hard-working.

“Yes!”

Qin Niu looked towards her.

“Thank you for using your energy to help cultivate yesterday.”

“As your servant, isn’t it my duty to help you?”

She wasn’t concerned at all about this.

Her gaze swept over the dicinal herbs surrounding Qin Niu, and a faint trace of disappointnt appeared on her face, hardly noticeable.

“Master, was the effect of your cultivation yesterday very poor?”

“That, I’m not clear on. It’s true that a significant amount of the dicinal qi was lost. When you cultivate, do you experience this phenonon?”

Qin Niu retorted with a question.

“I’m now at the peak of the Twofold realm of mortals, and my dicine King Sutra is roughly at the second level. Half of the dicinal qi disperses when 1 cultivate. My grandfather’s dicine King Sutra is close to the third level, and it’s more potent. Fie once told that he can absorb roughly six-tenths of the full dicinal qi.”

Xiao Qing shared her cultivation experience.

These were core secrets, not to be casually revealed to outsiders.

As master and servant, there wasn’t this concern.

“I see! Then both of you are much stronger than . Out of the full dicinal qi, I can only absorb about two-tenths.”

Qin Niu nodded in understanding.

“Eh, how co the dicinal qi of these herbs is just as abundant as last night? It even seems to have increased. That shouldn’t be the case! Do you have dicine King level power within you now?”

Xiao Qing seriously doubted whether her master had just sat there doing nothing all night.

“Yes, there is, just not much. About a small clump the size of a soybean.”

Qin Niu replied.

“Ah… that’s quite a lot! Then you must have been very diligent in your cultivation last night. When I first started learning, it took over a month to accumulate a clump the size of a mung bean. And that was with the help of my grandfather using his power. He even praised back then for progressing quickly. Compared to you, I’m extrely weak.”

After hearing this, she was even more astonished.

“Cultivating the dicine King Sutra and absorbing the dicinal qi from these living herbs can lead to their withering or even death. They would need at least one or two months of careful cultivation to recover. But now, they seem completely fine? This is so strange.”

Xiao Qing was utterly perplexed.

“No wonder you knew that cultivating the dicine King Sutra required absorbing dicinal qi, yet you never cultivated near the dicinal herbs in the backyard, fearing that your absorption would cause them to wither!”

Qin Niu suddenly understood..