Chapter 141: Chapter 116: Jade Box and Leather Scroll; Expanding the Inventory
As the two Jade Boxes were opened, Cheng Zongyang had Ma San take a wooden basin to wash and then take stock of the gold, silver, and Jewelry.
He stayed alone in the cabin, looking at the contents of the two Jade Boxes.
He took them out, looking at them and feeling their texture. They were made from so kind of animal hide.
He slowly unrolled the leather scroll from the thinner Jade Box, revealing densely packed black characters the size of rice grains.
The entire scroll was about thirty centiters long and four centiters wide.
"Martial... Essence... Pill... Recipe."
Cheng Zongyang sounded out the words one by one, a strange expression on his face.
’A dicinal formula?’
He continued reading.
"Ingredients: one tael of Golden Thread Orchid; one tael of Centennial Purple Ganoderma, three taels of Jade Mushroom..."
As Cheng Zongyang read on, he grew more and more alard.
He counted sixteen different dicinal Materials in total. Many he had never heard of, but the list included both cheap and precious ingredients, like Centennial Ginseng, Centennial Purple Ganoderma, and Celestial Snow Lotus.
As for things like Red Fla Flower and Wind Charm Dew, not only had he never heard of them, he had no idea what they even looked like.
The scroll also detailed the refinent process and how to consu the pill. It was incredibly thorough.
However, while it covered those three topics, it never ntioned what the Elixir was actually for.
’The Martial Essence Pill... judging by the na, it must be related to Cultivation. Could it be an Elixir for advancing one’s Cultivation?’ Cheng Zongyang guessed.
He didn’t know much about the world of Martial Arts; most of his knowledge ca from Li Lu.
He had never thought about pursuing Martial Arts before, so he hadn’t bothered to learn about it. Now, his lack of knowledge was obvious.
He set the formula aside and turned to the other scroll.
The second scroll was much longer than the first, perhaps around forty centiters long.
Cheng Zongyang was a bit puzzled. ’Did they have to use such a long, narrow piece? Couldn’t they have used a more squarish piece of hide?’
After a mont of silent complaint, he began to read it carefully.
"Mar-tial... Es-sence... Bo-dy... Tem-per-ing... Tech-nique."
Cheng Zongyang was stunned again. ’Are these things nad after a person?’
’The last one was the Martial Essence Pill, and this is the Martial Essence Body Tempering Technique. Who on earth is this "Martial Essence"?’
But since it was a Body Tempering Technique, that ant it was a form of Martial Arts. His interest was imdiately piqued.
[Description: This Body Tempering Technique is an Inner and Outer Martial Arts Cultivation thod. If used in conjunction with the Martial Essence Pill, Cultivation will be doubly effective...]
Cheng Zongyang read through it again carefully, character by character, not wanting to miss a single detail.
When he finally finished, he understood the Body Tempering Technique, but his expression turned ugly as he stared at the cut mark on the left side of the scroll.
There was a simple reason: it was incomplete!
It was like reaching the most exciting part of a book only to find it was a cliffhanger... No wonder his face was grim. Just as he was getting excited, he discovered the last two layers were missing! He felt like killing soone.
But as the description at the beginning stated, this Body Tempering Technique cultivated both the inside and the outside.
By using a specific breathing thod to regulate one’s Inner Breath and consuming a Martial Essence Pill, one could coordinate Body Forging with the circulation of their qi and blood for highly efficient practice.
It could not only raise one’s Martial Arts Cultivation but also strengthen the physical body!
This Body Tempering Technique was divided into nine realms, which corresponded to the Martial Arts Levels, though with so differences. The nas were also quite simple, progressing from Ninth Grade to First Grade—
Body Shaping, Tendons and Bones, Skin and Flesh, Internal Organs, Essence Blood, Bone Marrow, Washing Marrow, Divine Storage, Celestial Being.
’Judging from the introduction, this Cultivation Technique can be practiced all the way to First Grade, which ans its Grade is a High Level Upper Three Grades Martial Arts Technique. That’s extrely rare even in the County Town. But it only goes up to the seventh layer, the Bone Marrow Cleansing Realm. The last two layers are gone; the hide was cut and the record is missing.’
’The Martial Arts Technique I’m practicing may be one of the Lower Three Grades, but it’s extrely detailed and cos with a matching dicinal bath. In the future, I can use Points to raise its Cultivation Level. It’s only a matter of ti before it becos a High Level Upper Three Grades Martial Arts Technique.’
’This Body Tempering Technique has the Martial Essence Pill to go with it, but the ingredients are hard to gather, and the last two layers are missing.’
After so thought, Cheng Zongyang copied down the nas of the dicinal Materials he didn’t recognize, then rolled the hide scrolls back up, placed them in their Jade Boxes, and put them in a wooden chest in the corner of the cabin.
He had bought the wooden chest in the County Town. It had several compartnts and stored many aged dicinal Materials and other special items.
’I should go back and show this to Second Uncle. If we can produce the Martial Essence Pill, it would be good to have soone try practicing this technique,’ Cheng Zongyang thought.
He then glanced at the wall clock. Half an hour had already passed.
He wasn’t sure if the Exotic Beast was still waiting for him, but he figured it was unlikely.
’But I wonder... does the cabin accept Exotic Beasts from outside?’
The cabin had offered a high price for both the Black-Horned Python and the Wolf King. The thought was tempting.
Exotic Beasts had special Abilities, but that didn’t an they couldn’t be killed.
’That spider...’
Cheng Zongyang rummaged through his collection.
It was almost all props and items he had purchased.
But there weren’t many, and even fewer were useful—an Ironwood Bow, a Tang Blade, Seven Herbs Powder, bandages, an exploration kit, and a pair of fangs from the Black-Horned Python.
Finally, his gaze fell upon four Ironwood Arrows that were still coated with poison from Snake Grass Root.
’In terms of poison, even the Black-Horned Python couldn’t withstand it back then. This spider shouldn’t be able to either.’
’And if I combine it with a fire attack...’
Cheng Zongyang muttered to himself.
"My lord." Just then, Ma San’s voice from outside pulled Cheng Zongyang back from his thoughts.
"What is it?" Cheng Zongyang asked as he walked out.
The wooden basin in Ma San’s hands was filled with gold and silver Jewelry. Now that they were clean, they shimred with a pearlescent luster.
"My lord, they’ve all been cleaned. But, if I may be so bold as to ask, where did all this gold and silver Jewelry co from?"
Cheng Zongyang froze for a mont, then frowned. "You recognize where these ca from?"
Seeing the change in Cheng Zongyang’s expression, Ma San quickly explained:
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