Chapter Twenty-Five: Planting Willows and Becoming Immortal

  After another night, Han Li got up early and headed towards the medicine garden, wanting to observe if there were any changes in those few medicinal herbs.

  He had not yet entered the medicine field when he suddenly smelled several strong medicinal fragrances.

  Han Li was taken aback for a moment, but then his heart skipped a beat: "Could it be..."

  He couldn't help but quicken his pace and finally arrived in front of those few stalks of medicinal herbs emitting a strong fragrance.

  Is that the few herbs from yesterday? Han Li couldn't believe his eyes, and he slapped his own face, which still had a bit of sleepiness on it, several times until it hurt before stopping his self-abuse.

  "This yellow dragon grass leaf is slightly purple, the bitter lotus flower actually has nine petals, and the skin of the Worry-Free Fruit has turned black! Haha! Haha!" Han Li couldn't hold back anymore, even if he was usually calm as still water, this time he couldn't help but throw his head back and laugh loudly.

  "This is my good fortune, overnight these herbs that were only one or two years old in medicinal properties have all transformed into the appearance of ten plus years. Just look at the color of the leaves, the shape of the fruit, and the fragrance of the flower petals - they are completely identical to rare medicinal herbs that have been mature for many years." Han Li carefully examined the herbs again, confirming that they were entirely consistent with what was described in the medical texts, truly precious medicinal materials that had aged for many years.

  "If I can ripen the herbs in this way, won't I have as many precious medicinal materials as I want?! And even if I don't need them myself, I can sell the extra to others. This way, I'll be able to earn back all my silver!" Han Li couldn't contain his excitement and began to indulge in wild fancies.

  Han Liyue got more and more excited, the more he thought about it, the farther his thoughts went, feeling that this time he really had picked up a treasure. He suddenly flipped over several times on the ground, at this moment he no longer had his usual calm demeanor, expressing his excitement in exactly the same way as a fourteen or fifteen year old boy.

  It wasn't until half a day had passed that Han Li finally came to, his mind recovering its usual sharpness as he began to consider the difficulties of devouring this pie that had fallen from the sky.

  At first glance, these herbs seem to be fine on the surface, but their actual medicinal properties still need to be tested. After all, they have absorbed those strange things and transformed into this state. Who knows if there are any variant components inside? Yesterday's tragic outcome of those rabbits was witnessed with my own eyes, so it's better to be cautious.

  Secondly, the green liquid in that mysterious small bottle has been used up. I don't know if there will be any more strange phenomena occurring to continue producing this liquid drop by drop. It might just be a one-time thing. I'll have to go check again tonight.

  If there are no problems with the above two aspects, you must also grasp the details and steps of this inducing labor medicinal material, completely controlling this incredible method.

  After deep thought, Han Li came up with the above several unsolved problems. If these difficulties are not solved, this big cake is just a flower in the fog and a moon in the water for oneself.

  After considering everything, Han Li began to take action.

  He first went to the large kitchen outside the valley, asked the person in charge and bought two more grey rabbits back. Han Li's actions made the person in charge of the kitchen both happy and somewhat puzzled. Why did this young man always buy live rabbits back? Was he going to slaughter them himself to practice his culinary skills?

  Han Likuo didn't care what others thought, this time he didn't tie the rabbit in the medicine garden, but tied it to his own door, so that he could observe its changes at any time.

  Then went to the medicine field, carefully picked back those few strains of grass that had been induced to grow, made into several good medicines for treating fractures and sprains, mixed the prepared medicine with the rabbits' favorite food, and fed it to the rabbits three times a day to test whether these herbs were toxic.

  After doing all this, Han Li anxiously waited for the arrival of night. After what felt like an eternity, the night finally arrived as he had hoped.

  As soon as the sky turned dark, Han Li ran outside and took out the small bottle from his bag and placed it on the ground, waiting with bated breath for a change in the small bottle.

  A moment passed and the bottle remained still.

  Two minutes have passed and the bottle is still motionless.

  Three o'clock...

  As time passed, Han Li's heart sank lower and lower, until it was almost dawn, but the bottle still didn't show any unusual movement.

  He was thoroughly disappointed, is this bottle really a one-time consumable? Or did he do something wrong?

  Han Liqiang pulled himself together and looked around at his surroundings.

  "There's nothing suspicious, except for the dark sky." Han Li muttered to himself.

  He suddenly froze, he abruptly lifted his head to look up at the sky, the sky was dark and oppressive, nothing could be seen. The words "the sky is a bit dark" suddenly awakened Han Li.

  "Was it because it was a cloudy day, without stars and moon?" Han Li thought back, previously the bottle's strange changes all occurred on sunny days, when the sky was clear and you could see the stars and moon. But today was an overcast day, with dark clouds covering the sky.

  Han Li's mind had a plan, his spirit slightly shook, and he saw that the sky was somewhat white, knowing that nothing would happen tonight, so he put the bottle away and prepared to try again after the weather cleared up.

  But unexpectedly, for the next half month, the sky not only didn't clear up but instead started drizzling with fine rain, and this kind of weather has continued until now.

  Han Li looked out at the soft, cotton-like rain and felt anxious and impatient. The more he waited for the weather to clear up, the more it seemed to go on and on without stopping, showing no signs of letting up.

  He turned around to look at the two rabbits taking shelter from the rain in the house, their lively and energetic appearance made Han Li even more depressed. Since these two rabbits ate food mixed with medicinal ingredients, not only did they have no problems, but they were also more spirited than before. Over the past ten or so days, Han Li had to carefully observe them every day, confirming that the rabbits had no symptoms of poisoning, and instead became even more robust due to eating the excellent medicine that strengthened their muscles and bones.

  This good result not only failed to delight Han Li, but also made him feel anxious and uneasy, with no way to calm himself down. For him, whether the bottle could produce green liquid again had become the key to all these problems, and this lingering puzzle that had been bothering him for a long time was still unable to be solved, how could it not make Han Li extremely depressed!