Only the blood sword in the middle might be of some use. It could be used before a battle to coat the surface of the blade with a layer of poison that could make the blood in the wound boil. But even if it is useful, it consumes too much flesh and blood. Instead of using this spell, it would be better to find a black marketeer to buy some poison and smear it on the sword. Xi Heng reluctantly skipped these spells and continued to search further. "Spirit Absorbing Technique..." Under the flickering candlelight, she looked at the description of this technique and thought she had found the technique that the mad emperor wanted to perform in her previous life. "You need to mix five heads of the five elements, the flesh and blood of relatives, and various rare materials ground into powder in a large gold and silver cauldron... drop them into the fat jade, step on them and pinch your fingers to perform the method..." The complicated and tedious ritual patterns written below made Xi Heng unable to understand for a moment. She skipped over the descriptions of the actions and various formulas and looked at the final result of the spell. "Blood Spirit Stone." Xi Heng read out these three words and continued to look down. All living things have spirits in them. The method to absorb spirits is to transform the spirits in the human body into spiritual energy, and condense them into spiritual stones for people to practice qigong. "Practicing Qi?"
She also saw a note written in fine handwriting next to it. The characters were written in iron-like and silver-like shapes, which did not look like the princess' handwriting in the preface. "Martial artists train their physical strength, while cultivators train their spiritual energy. The two are very different!" "When a cultivator breathes in spiritual energy, spiritual knowledge will respond naturally, and the body and mind will be stable. Light will be born in an empty room, and yang will be restored in silence. The spiritual orifices will be open, worldly feelings will be eliminated, noise will be transformed into truth, and people will become Tao!" “This is the path to becoming an immortal!” The strokes become more and more flamboyant as they go further back, as if the writer could no longer suppress his excitement and was having trouble keeping his handwriting steady. Xi Heng narrowed his eyes and continued to flip backwards. As time goes by, the power of the magic becomes stronger and more bizarre, and the amount of flesh and blood required for sacrifice becomes greater. On the last few pages, Xi Heng even saw a formation that required the sacrifice of 100,000 lives, and the text above clearly stated that human spirits were required, and the greater the resentment of the human spirits, the better the spell would be. The spell is called "Blood Sea", which can turn the blood of the sacrifice into a torrent that can be driven, powerful enough to turn the city wall into ruins in one stroke. "It is indeed a magic power..." Xi Heng closed the book. He stroked the smooth bright red cover with his five fingers, then opened the inventory and stuffed the evil book into it. On the way, Xi Heng glanced to one side and saw a pattern of a red medicine box in the first grid of the inventory. She remembered that she had already eaten the Pill for Removing Turbidity, so now it should just be an empty box. Xi Heng reached out and took the box out, but felt that the weight was a little off. And... there was a scent of medicine in the box. She opened it and blinked at the thing inside. A shiny black honey pill was still staying where it should be, and the pill was still there. "After loading the game, will the items in the inventory be restored?" Xi Heng guessed. This was probably a good thing. She paused for a moment and then put it back in her inventory without thinking too much about it.
"The mad emperor wanted to use the spirit-absorbing method to cultivate immortality and practice Qi, and I died together with him in the end. Therefore, I struck the sword of sacrificing my life, and before I died, I felt the Qi and blood entering my strength..." She recalled the things that happened in her previous life. And now, the physical body of the warrior who has entered the realm of strength has also been brought back to this life after the save file was loaded. Xi Heng closed his eyes and felt the strange energy in his body, allowing it to flow slowly along with his thoughts. At the beginning, this process was quite difficult, just like trying to pinch an extremely sticky object with two weak fingers. You can only hold it for a while, and after a few seconds it will slip away and return to the Dantian. After trying dozens of times, Xi Heng was able to carefully and slowly send the blood and energy along the meridians to the palm of his hand. As the five fingers clenched into fists, the muscles tensed and the Qi and blood seemed to seep into the muscles and be slightly consumed. The next moment, Xi Heng felt a strange force falling on his hand. She suddenly pressed her fist down on the table. There was a loud bang of a drum, followed by a loud crackling sound. The moldy and rotten wooden table was completely unable to withstand the blow and a hole was smashed into it. "This is strength..." "It's so simple. No wonder Senior Sister never told me how to transform Qi and blood into strength." As long as you control the flow of Qi and blood to certain parts of the body, a force will naturally arise as your muscles exert force. Now her circulation of Qi and blood is still quite slow. Once she becomes proficient, she will be able to easily circulate Qi and blood to the desired position and stimulate strength at will. This will be considered a small success in Ming Jin. "My body has indeed become much stronger..." Xi Heng clenched and unclenched her fists. She no longer felt weak and was in better shape than ever before. "In the last life, I accomplished my goal of becoming a warrior. In this life, I am trying to find a magic method to cultivate my Qi?" "No, no." Xi Heng immediately shook her head. As a martial artist who had just entered the martial arts world, she had no access to the various rare materials required for the Soul Absorbing Technique. However, her blood relatives were all members of the royal family of Great Zhao, so it was quite troublesome to even contact them, let alone use them to refine spirit stones. "I'm just an entry-level warrior, so I'd better continue practicing." She thought back to the days and people she met in the Red Line Courtyard. Although she worked hard every day, she still felt a sense of preciousness. Moreover, after becoming a martial arts master, it should be much easier to do anything you want. After making up his mind, Xi Heng grabbed his purse from the table, which was quite empty. She tilted her head and opened the purse, only to find a few stinky copper coins inside, about seventy coins... To go to the Red Line Sword Academy, it would cost twenty taels of silver for three months. The annual expenses of an ordinary civilian family of three or four in the capital city are less than twenty taels of silver. "Money..." Xi Heng took out the jade pendant that symbolized her identity as a princess. "Don't sell this jade pendant in this life. It may not be safe even if you sell it on the black market." "I wanted to keep the jewels the emperor sent me in this life to exchange for money, but in the end I exchanged them for an evil book... I have to make money first in this life, but how can I do it?" She tilted her head left and right, looking at the odd-shaped jade pendant in her hand, wondering if she could polish off the patterns on its surface before selling it.
But in that case, the jade pendant would become much cheaper, and it would not be possible to get a large sum of money directly like in the previous life. The girl put the jade pendant aside, held her chin with both hands and began to think about money. How about robbing the rich to help the poor? Xi Heng glanced to the west. Just a few hundred meters through the wall was Kangcao Pavilion, where she worked in her second life. In the entire remote mountain village, only that medicine hall is the richest. Moreover, because he had worked there, Xi Heng was clearly aware of the personnel flow and various specifications and arrangements in Kangcao Pavilion. She knew exactly where small change was placed, where big change was placed, and where the finest medicinal materials were stored. They even knew that they could easily exchange a single fine medicinal herb for more than a dozen taels of silver. With his ability as a martial artist and his understanding of Kangcao Pavilion, it should be relatively easy for him to take some money from it. Xi Heng thought about it and finally gave up the idea. "No." She still had some morals in her heart. Although it has become increasingly indifferent due to the ability to load save files, it still exists. "Think of something more serious..." The girl raised her head and looked into the distance through the gap in the leaky paper window. Under the moonlight, a high mountain pressed heavily there. The mountains are lush and green, with peaks and ridges rising one after another, and there are ancient pines and huge rocks, covered with clouds, mist and light. There is a magic in the tranquility and brightness in the grandeur. That is Yaowang Mountain. This small village is based on this mountain and relies on it for its food. This mountain was once named Lingxiu Mountain. Several decades ago, a face-sized Ganoderma lucidum appeared there. It was said to be a 5,000-year-old fragrant blood Ganoderma lucidum, which caused quite a stir. Ganoderma lucidum was presented to the Emperor of Great Zhao by a senior official from the prefecture. His Majesty was delighted and renamed Lingxiu Mountain as Yaowang Mountain. He also gave titles and official positions to those who collected Ganoderma lucidum, and made them responsible for the care and cultivation of the flowers and plants in the palace gardens. Over the next ten years, countless people hoped to replicate this achievement and gain promotion and status. But over the past ten years, the influx of people has almost mined all the trees in Yaowang Mountain, and no large Ganoderma lucidum over a hundred years old has been found. As a result, the medicinal herbs and treasures on the mountain, as well as the wild animals in it, became increasingly scarce. Naturally, no one came here anymore, and even many of the villagers moved away. Nowadays, there are only some common miscellaneous medicinal herbs left in this mountain, most of which can't be exchanged for much money. The herbalists have to dig more wild vegetables every day to barely make a living. Xi Heng lived a poor life in her first life until she saw a purple Ganoderma lucidum on the edge of a cliff. At that time, she thought her luck had finally turned and she could escape from this poor life. Then he mustered up his courage and walked slowly along the cliff, sticking to the steep wall, getting closer. When he stepped on the middle part, the stone under his feet suddenly couldn't support him and broke into pieces. She fell down as well.
After awakening the save file system, it took two lifetimes to finally change his fate and become a warrior. "Come to think of it this way, everything is because of that Ganoderma lucidum." Xi Heng said to himself. "I have the physique of a warrior in this life. With some preparation, I should be able to harvest it easily." "That Ganoderma lucidum should be worth a lot of silver... I can use this silver to go to Jinshi City to practice martial arts." She had been keeping accounts for the pharmacy for two years and was quite confident in her own estimates. Xi Heng looked up at the sky outside. It was not convenient to move at night, so she planned to go out early tomorrow morning. …… During the day, Xi Heng held a basket bag, which contained a sharp knife and some tools for collecting herbs, and a water bottle and other items hung around his waist. After making some preparations, he headed directly towards the familiar Yaowang Mountain. The mountain road is long but not dangerous at all. Countless people have climbed the mountain over the decades and have already paved many paths. Just follow the yellow soil on the ground and keep walking upwards. Before, it took Xi Heng two or three hours to climb this mountain and reach the area on the mountainside that was rich in various medicinal herbs. Now that he has improved his martial arts and strengthened his physique, he can reach the destination in just an hour, and he can even do it calmly. "Remember that Ganoderma lucidum is on the cliff..." The herbalist girl identified the road and slowly walked towards a steep cliff. The higher you go, the narrower and steeper the road becomes. When you get close to a cliff on the side, you will need to climb over a rock from time to time. "You can't reach the Lingzhi cliff by ordinary roads. I think I slipped somewhere, and then I had to go around most of the mountainside to go down." Xi Heng stepped onto a high point and looked around, but he couldn't find the specific location of the cliff for a while. Looking at the beautiful scenery on the mountain, I felt a lot more relaxed. She squatted down and sat on a big rock. The fresh morning breeze blew across her cheeks, moving her hair. She felt refreshed at the sight of her healthy body, which had no pain at all and did not look weak even after so much activity. After resting for a while, Xi Heng continued to look around, and soon found the hillside where the landslide had occurred. Just as she stood up and climbed down the boulder and was about to move forward, a long wolf howl was heard in the distance in the mountains. The humming sound is long and lingering. …… Chapter 15: Ganoderma lucidum on the cliff "Woo——" Xi Heng turned her head and looked towards the source of the wolf howling. It was deep in the dense forest, hundreds of meters away from her. She glanced at the sky. It was early morning, not a time when wolves would hunt.
When she was collecting herbs in her first life, she had heard the howling of wolves, but had never encountered one. Perhaps it was because Xi Heng was very careful, he would go down the mountain immediately when it got dark, and return to the village before the wolves were active. "Even if there are wolves, there shouldn't be many." Xi Heng turned his gaze away and continued to do his own thing. This mountain has been swept once, and now creatures such as rabbits, pheasants and wolves are quite rare. Moreover, she was already a warrior, had learned sword techniques for three months, had a dagger hanging on her waist, and had strong power in her body. Xi Heng was confident that even if she was surrounded by several wolves, she could kill them easily.