Chapter Sixteen: The Miraculous Effect of Snake Gallbladder

  Rustic people are simple, and with the saying "eating from others' mouths is short, taking from others' hands is short". Song Qing gave them several times the wages in silver, they of course worked overtime for three days to finish building the house on a small hill next to the mountain village, with one living room, one bedroom, one kitchen and one toilet.

  After the house was repaired, Song Qing Shu moved from Er Gouzi's home to Xiaoshan. It wasn't that Er Gouzi's family was not enthusiastic, but rather too enthusiastic, so every day Song Qing Shu practiced her skills became a problem.

  After moving into the new house, Song Qingchu went to Xiangyang City again and purchased some daily necessities.

  Looking at the new house in front of her, Song Qing Shu nodded in satisfaction. She had been waiting for a long time and would soon be spending a lot of time here. Of course, Song Qing Shu also didn't forget to send a message to Wudang Sect, telling them not to worry.

  Just as Song Qing returned to Xiaoshan, Er Gouzi's grandfather also mobilized all the hunters in the village and told them about the venomous snake that Song Qing needed, which was shining with golden light all over its body. He also said that Song Qing would buy it at a high price, and implicitly revealed Song Qing's identity as a Jianghu person, then everything became easy to say.

  It's said that 'the world is full of people seeking profit, and all are rushing to get it.' Even if it's not a profitable venture, just to avoid offending Song Qing Shu, the hunters wouldn't oppose it. Moreover, Song Qing Shu didn't force them to go hunting, he just hoped they would bring back this kind of venomous snake when they encountered it while hunting. Of course, some necessary threats were unavoidable - the way to control people is with a big stick and a carrot. Although Song Qing Shu had no experience, hadn't he ever heard of the saying 'you don't have to eat pork to know what it tastes like'? So, things developed beyond Song Qing Shu's imagination.

  It's said that after Yang Guo followed the Divine Eagle, he left the Sword Devil Valley. This time, it made the golden snakes around the valley extremely happy and excited. Without their natural enemy, they had been multiplying non-stop all these years. So even though the hunters didn't intentionally search for them, they could still catch a few poisonous snakes every day.

  Although this made Song Qing's wealth flow away faster, Song Qing didn't care at all. As the saying goes, "Wealth is an external thing, it can't be brought with you when you're born, and it can't be taken with you when you die." Besides, have you ever seen anyone in the world who was trapped by money?

  Everything is ready, only waiting for the east wind. The snake gallbladder has been obtained, and now it's time to diligently practice martial arts.

  The current Song Qingchu can be said to be an unremarkable existence in the Jianghu, compared to Yang Guo in his heyday, and even inferior to him. As for Guo Fu, they are about the same as the two Wu's. However, it is also a good opportunity to lay the foundation.

  Song Qingxue secretly set a schedule for herself, and every day, apart from eating, sleeping, and moving around, she would start practicing Wudang Mian Zhang as soon as the sky brightened, then begin to practice Ruyun Jianfa.

  Rouyun Swordsmanship is also a basic martial art of Wudang Sect, but it's more advanced than Wudang Cotton Palm.

  In the afternoon, it's time to put what you've learned into practice. The saying "practical experience is the best teacher" is a universal truth that applies everywhere. No matter how high your martial arts skills are, if you don't know how to apply them, it's all just empty talk, and it's the same as just talking about theory on paper.

  There are many fierce beasts in the mountains, and it is assumed that Song Qingchu has many real-life opponents. Although this can't compare to fighting with humans, Song Qingchu wouldn't possibly encounter a person and then go challenge them, as that would not be real combat training but rather purely seeking death.

  Moreover, Song Qing's entry into the mountains is not just for actual combat. This trip to Xiangyang has two purposes: one is to find snake gall to assist in increasing his cultivation and save time; another purpose is to find Sword Demon Valley. Going to Sword Demon Valley also has two purposes, the most important of which is to obtain the three-chi Qingfeng sword from Dugu Qiubai's sword tomb. How could it be an ordinary object as a weapon for Dugu Qiubai? There is another purpose, and this purpose is dispensable - that is, to find Dugu Jiu Jian, but if he can't find it, it doesn't matter, after all, Song Qing came with the attitude of "gain or lose".

  The reason I didn't look for it as soon as I arrived is that although the three-foot green sword is good, compared to my own strength, it has to be ranked second. After all, the three-foot green sword is an external object, and one's own strength is the most important thing.

  As for the evening, it was a matter of taking snake gall on one side and cultivating internal strength on the other.

  The effect of snake gall is not as exaggerated as that of so-called "thousand-year ginseng" or "ten-thousand-year red fruit", which can suddenly increase one's cultivation by a hundred years, but its effect is also extraordinary.

  But there is no free lunch in the world. Don't even think about having a pie fall from the sky. Although snake gall is incredibly effective, it tastes extremely bitter and hard to swallow.

  But being able to save ten years of effort with the snake gallbladder, is a bitter pill, Song Qing also had no choice but to grit his teeth and persevere, as the saying goes 'to eat bitterness in the midst of bitterness, is to be a superior person'.

  The gallbladder is a deep purple ball, and the stench is much thicker than that of ordinary snake gall.

  But for the future, Song Qingyu gritted her teeth and lightly bit the outer skin of the round ball. The snake gall burst instantly, filling her mouth with bitter juice.

  This liquid is extremely bitter and difficult to swallow. Song Qing Shu only wanted to spit it out, but his strong willpower allowed him to endure the thought.

  It is said that 'if a man dies in the morning, he will not die for ten thousand years'. Song Qingchu gritted his teeth and with all his might swallowed the snake's gall into his belly.

  After a while, I felt slightly better and my breathing became smoother. When I stood up and stretched my arms and legs, not only did I not feel tired, but my spirit was even more vigorous than usual.

  Song Qing's heart was overjoyed, knowing that the effect of the snake gall had taken hold, and he hastily began to circulate the techniques of the final chapter of the Wudang Internal Elixir, the Washing Marrow Chapter.

  In an instant, I only felt a surge of hot air rushing up from my lower abdomen, and with the circulation of internal energy, it spread throughout my body. First, it was the skin, then the muscles, followed by the tendons, bones, five organs, acupoints, blood, and finally, with one breath, it tempered my bone marrow.

  Song Qingxue was taken aback at first, he didn't expect the effect of snake gall to be so good, then he was overjoyed, hurriedly calming his mind and controlling his inner strength to complete the marrow washing.

  Previously, Song Qing thought his internal energy was sufficient, but it wasn't. This time he succeeded in washing his marrow because the effect of the snake gall increased his internal energy to an extreme limit, which still couldn't be digested, so he had no choice but to use it to break through the bottleneck.

  Time passed bit by bit, and Song Qingchu completely forgot about time. When he came to again, it was already high noon.

  Song Qingxue couldn't help but look inward, and then he was overjoyed. It turned out that during the night's time, he had already completed one-tenth of the marrow washing process. How could this not make him extremely happy? Although it was the first time, the effect was the most obvious, but thinking about it, even if the effect weakened later on, he would still be able to complete the marrow washing in less than a month's time, and then he could start cultivating the "Pure Yang Child Skill".