After deciding to make wound medicine, Wang Sheng went to find Li Yongfeng, hoping he could help get some more medicinal plant seeds.
“More medicinal plant seeds?” Li Yongfeng was somewhat puzzled, but he nodded in agreement, “It’s possible to acquire them, but this might be my last trip out. Yun Sheng, if there’s anything else you need, just say it all now.”
“The last time?”
Wang Sheng quickly realized that it was mostly due to the war. The war had made the outside increasingly dangerous, raising the risks of venturing out.
“Yes, King Yong Nian’s army has already breached Jiang Yuan City, and it won’t be long before they push towards our area. I’ve heard that as long as the army wins, King Yong Nian doesn’t care about military discipline at all. I’m too scared to go out, and after this, there probably won’t be a chance to buy anything!”
An army without discipline is more terrifying than any bandits or pirates; their destruction is devastating.
With Jiang Yuan City breached, places like Lijiang Town and Qingshan Village, which were “sheltered” behind Jiang Yuan City, were vulnerable to attacks, which was the main reason the village head initially wanted to evacuate.
After the fall of Jiang Yuan City, the gateway deep into Shuzhou was opened. After some rest, King Yong Nian’s army under Zhou Wutong was likely to attack again.
This could be as soon as a month or as long as several months, depending on the army’s condition and the amount of supplies.
But regardless of when the army arrived, Qingshan Village’s time to retreat into the mountains was likely getting close.
Lijiang Town, even further ahead, would be hit first, and many people were probably planning to flee. Once the merchants fled, buying anything would be impossible, not to mention the increasing dangers on the road.
It was his own undertaking after all, and Wang Sheng felt somewhat guilty for letting Li Yongfeng take the risk, so he said, “I’ll go with Brother Yongfeng, it’ll be safer.
I want to survive longer, but that doesn’t mean I’m really cowardly.
“That’s fine, having you with me makes me feel more at ease as there are many robbers on the road nowadays.”
“Mm, Brother Yongfeng, just call me when it’s time!”
After deciding to go with Li Yongfeng to buy the medicinal plant seeds, Wang Sheng returned to his house to check his belongings.
Knowing it might be the last opportunity to make such purchases, he planned to buy all the available seeds this time.
However, this meant that he might not have enough money left.
Eventually, he took out some old ginseng that hadn’t grown beyond three breakthroughs during his previous cultivation efforts.
In such chaotic times, old ginseng was an enticing target but was also something that could save lives, making it easy to sell.
He took out three well-preserved samples, planning to act according to the situation.
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Li Yongfeng was expected to take a few days to prepare, but he came to find him the next day.
He was accompanied by several people from the village; basically, everyone in the village knew about the war by now and wanted to make their final preparations.
The situation within Qingshan Village was not great, and there was much to prepare.
Since his venture into the mountains, Wang Sheng’s identity as a martial artist was basically public knowledge. Knowing that Wang Sheng was also going, others were clearly relieved.
With Wang Sheng accompanying them, the trip would undoubtedly be much safer.
Wang Sheng was already planning to go and didn’t mind protecting a few more people.
Soon, they set off for Lijiang Town.
Lijiang Town was already developing into Lijiang City, so it was much more prosperous than the average town. Wang Sheng had been there a few times before, and many people from nearby villages and towns would come here, keeping it lively.
However, due to the war, the liveliness was visibly diminished, and many shops were closed.
The group had different items to purchase, so they split up to go about their tasks.
Wang Sheng followed Li Yongfeng to buy the seeds for medicinal plants.
The purchasing went smoothly; Li Yongfeng’s contact was also planning to flee and wanted to sell some items.
Wang Sheng said that he wanted all the seeds, which nearly made the person in charge’s mouth split up to his eyes, unable to close it properly, but eventually he gave Wang Sheng a discount.
However, since there were quite a number of seeds, Wang Sheng’s silver was somewhat insufficient, so he eventually took out a piece of wild ginseng.
The quality of the wild ginseng was very good, and it was immediately appreciated by the person in charge, who gave it a not-low price.
In the end, Wang Sheng not only obtained a large number of seeds but also acquired quite a bit of silver.
However, a portion of this silver was exchanged by Wang Sheng for essential items like salt, which would be hard to obtain once they entered the mountains.
Ultimately, the transaction between both parties was very pleasant, and each got what they wanted.
When it was time to gather, the group reconvened, and everyone was present without any trouble stirring up.
This let Wang Sheng breathe a sigh of relief.
He wasn’t afraid of highway robbery, but he feared that these people might cause trouble. Indeed, ordinary people wouldn’t dare to easily offend others.
After procuring everything, the group smoothly returned to Qingshan Village.
After Wang Sheng returned to his home, he began selecting seeds for the golden sore medicine. Not knowing the exact formula, he needed a large amount of medicinal herbs to repeatedly try and determine the most suitable concoction.
Thus, planting these herbs was one of the most important tasks following the cultivation of materials for the Ten-Complete Great Replenishing Pill. It was essential to choose carefully.
“Rhubarb, Daqing Leaf, Myrrh, dandelion, Frankincense…”
Wang Sheng picked out several types of seeds from a large pile.
“This is going to take a while again!”
The ingredients for the Ten-Complete Great Replenishing Pill couldn’t be interrupted, and the golden sore medicine’s materials could only be squeezed in for planting. Managing so many herbs would be a long-term project.
Fortunately, what he had most was patience; someday, the golden sore medicine would be successfully created.
Then there were some herbs for treating internal injuries, like Panax notoginseng, Saffron… these also needed time to be planted.
Calculating this way, Wang Sheng’s time was once more compressed.
But watching the progress bar slowly increase and the medicinal plants steadily being cultivated brought him a sense of satisfaction.
“Pain with pleasure!”
Only this phrase could describe his current state.
Equally painful and pleasurable was the progress of Qi Rushing to the Disease.
“Qi Rushing to the Disease: Finding Disease (89.6%)”
The enhancement of the Inner Core Skill and the Eight Section Brocade accelerated the process of Finding Disease.
Some disease focuses, which might have needed several days to breach, now could be overcome in a day or even less.
Plus, the Qi-Blood Power operated automatically, having improved the progress by over ten percent in just a few days.
After breaching a disease focus, his body felt very comfortable, but Qi-Blood Power could cause plenty of trouble during the impact.
It was uncertain if these few days were when the disease focuses were most accumulated.
In just a few days, he experienced a series of “diseases” like colds, fever, coughing blood, and severe pain.
This was because breaching disease focuses caused them to reappear. If Wang Sheng weren’t a Martial Artist with strong physique and determination, it was unclear how embarrassing his condition would be.
One could only say it was fortunate that the process of Qi Rushing to the Disease halted when he mobilized Qi-Blood Power; otherwise, he might have ended up spitting blood on Mountain Lord.
Of course, with such experiences, the rewards were also significant.
According to the current pace, he would enter the second phase of Qi Rushing to the Disease, Flipping Illness, in the next few days.
It was also time to resolve the Martial Artist’s plague!