Chapter 9: Zhang Biao Seeks Medicine

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  Seeing Qin Er finally leave, Du Feiyun knew that the Qin family was only suspicious for the time being and had no evidence to prove that Qin Shouyi was killed by him, so he secretly let out a sigh of relief.

  That cliff is about a hundred feet high, and Qin Shouyi will definitely be crushed to pieces if he falls down. Maybe he has already been devoured by ants and beasts, leaving no bones behind, and perhaps the Qin family will never find Qin Shouyi's body again.

  Although he had such an idea in his mind, Du Fei Yun did not dare to be careless and put his hopes on those illusory things. It was still more reassuring for him to improve his strength as soon as possible.

  Moreover, if the Qin family still has nothing to show for it after half a month, who knows if that tyrannical and overbearing Qin Wannian will really vent his anger on Du Xiangqing.

  Thinking of this, Du Fei Yun secretly made up his mind to refine the newly discovered Shao Yang Dan as soon as possible. Only by advancing his strength could he cope with any unexpected dangers!

  Since obtaining the Jade Scroll, Du Fei Yun would set aside time every day to carefully study and comprehend its contents, whether it was the Lietou Mountain Pharmacopoeia, the Lietou Mountain Secret Methods, or the Lietou Mountain Travelogue, he would examine them meticulously.

  In this way, not only can one comprehend the meaning of the secret method, but also understand the research on Dan Fang and experience, and even more so, to increase knowledge with travel notes. Although those travel notes and experiences seem too unbelievable and exaggerated to him, he has always regarded them as myths.

  Fortunately, he finally found a barely suitable Dan Fang for the current stage of refining and taking in Li Shan Yao Dian, which is that Shaoyang Dan.

  It is said to be barely suitable because this Shao Yang Dan is for practitioners in the Refining Qi stage and the Pre-Heavenly stage. Among them, practitioners in the Pre-Heavenly stage benefit the most from taking this elixir, while those in the Refining Qi stage who take it will waste some of its medicinal properties and also face slight danger.

  As for whether a cultivator in the Refining Body stage can take it, there is only one word: danger!

  It's clear that if a Foundation Establishment cultivator forcibly takes this Lesser Yang Pill, there will definitely be unpredictable dangers.

  However, after searching high and low, apart from the Rebirth Bone Dan, he could only find that this kind of dan medicine was the lowest grade. Other dan medicines were at least suitable for consumption by Xiantian cultivators.

  Now, he urgently needs to improve his strength, whether it's for improving his family situation, treating his mother's illness, or preventing the Qin family from taking revenge. In short, he must quickly improve his cultivation as soon as possible. The fastest way to improve one's cultivation is by taking elixirs, and currently, the only elixir that can be refined is the Shaoyang Elixir.

  The Dantian Dan can still be refined and taken orally. However, the Lie Shan Yao Dian clearly states that within three years, only one pill can be taken, and taking more is useless.

  The outcome of a Refining Body cultivator taking the Minor Yang Pill is that they will die, according to the annotations in the Lethal Mountain Medicine Classic. If it were annotated with a "dead" character, perhaps he would have given up on the idea. However, it was annotated with a "dangerous" character, and after weighing his options carefully, he decided to try it anyway.

  Wealth and honor are in danger, opportunities always coexist with danger! If you don't try, if you don't experience danger, how can you get a huge return?

  He had made up his mind to refine the Shaoyang Dan, and Du Feiyun began to collect and gather the medicinal herbs needed for it. During this period, he had collected as many as sixteen kinds of herbs, many of which were rare and difficult to find, but he still managed to find them after much hardship.

  However, the last two main ingredients, he was unable to find, and was at a loss. Because those two main ingredients were actually one hundred-year-old ginseng and over one hundred-year-old lingzhi!

  These two herbs are already enough to be classified as heavenly treasures, and are the precious treasures that the cultivators are competing for. In Baishi Town, there is a medicine shop in Xinglin Pavilion that sells these two herbs, but the price of over 100 taels of silver is really staggering. Even if it's a rich family like Sanjia, they will only spend a lot of money to buy such treasures for their elite disciples or important figures.

  With Du Feiyun's financial resources...

  Forget it, even if he didn't eat or drink or spend money, he would still have to endure three years of wind and rain to collect enough silver to buy a hundred-year-old ginseng. To gather these two materials, at least six years of hard work are needed.

  After strolling around the Apricot Forest Pavilion, Du Feiyun couldn't help but let out a bitter smile as he walked out of the shop, secretly calculating in his mind how to scrape together two hundred taels of silver.

  Du Feiyun walked home along the bluestone street, lost in thought, oblivious to the gazes of passersby and the hustle and bustle around him.

  Since childhood, he has been living under the cold eyes and contempt of others, with voices calling him a mixed breed, sentences labeling him as cheap goods, whispers and pointing fingers, all of which have long made him learn to be indifferent.

  From initial anger, to confusion, to bitterness, to resentment, and finally to indifference and disregard. He has learned to ignore those he doesn't care about, only caring for those he does.

  However, after walking for a short while, he found that today seemed to be somewhat different. The people around him all seemed to be rushing in one direction and whispering to each other. At the corner of the street, beside the wall made of green bricks, about a hundred people were gathered there discussing something.

  Du Feiyun didn't like to join in the commotion and was too lazy to care about those trivial matters that had nothing to do with him. However, today he was somewhat disheartened because of the two materials, and unexpectedly found himself at the end of the street, staring up at the bluestone wall.

  The people around seemed to have not noticed Du Feiyun's arrival, without any abnormality, still fiercely discussing. Du Feiyun's gaze passed through the crowd of heads, falling on the tea-colored paper posted on the wall.

  "A reward for medicine!"

  The four bold and dense characters on the rice paper caught Du Feiyun's eye, his eyebrows slightly furrowed, instantly generating a thread of interest, then he looked down.

  The entire sheet of Xuan paper has only a few lines of words, clear and distinct. However, the ink of each character is extremely dense, with a sharp and heavy edge, giving off an urgent and solemn atmosphere.

  The content is simple. One of the three major families, the Liu family's matriarch, Mrs. Liu, has fallen ill with a strange disease and her life hangs in the balance. Many famous doctors have been sought out but to no avail, even the renowned Dr. Xue from Qianjiang City was unable to help. Therefore, as a filial son, the head of the Liu family, Liu Xiangtian, has issued this notice seeking medicine, declaring that whoever can cure Mrs. Liu will be rewarded with 100 taels of gold!

  A hundred taels of gold is equivalent to a thousand taels of silver!!

  Even with the Liu family's considerable wealth, taking out a thousand taels of silver at once must be quite painful. This also shows that Old Lady Liu's strange illness is indeed severe and cannot be solved by an ordinary doctor; even the great Dr. Xue, known for his divine medical skills, has no solution. It seems that Old Lady Liu's illness has reached a critical point, beyond cure.

  As soon as he saw it was about the Liu family, Du Feiyun's eyes involuntarily turned cold and he intended to turn around and leave. However, catching snippets of conversation from others nearby, he couldn't help but stop in his tracks.

  "Yesterday, I heard Xiaocui say that when she was serving the old lady in the Liu mansion, she saw that the old lady's whole body was covered with pus-filled boils, her entire body was red and swollen like steamed shrimp, and she had become completely unrecognizable!"

  "Oh dear, how pitiful! What great suffering Old Lady Liu must have endured!"

  "Yes, think about it, Old Lady Liu is such a kind-hearted woman. How many poor families in Baishi Town have not received her kindness and help? Such a good old lady has now contracted this strange illness, it's really heaven being blind!"

  "Yes, yes......" A chorus of assent rose up around him.

  At this time, a thin and pale young man wearing a green hat shook his folding fan in his hand, looked around with a sly gaze, made a silencing gesture to the crowd, and then said in a low voice: "Shh, quiet!"

  This young man, with a pair of bushy eyebrows and beady eyes, had a wide mouth that was comically shaped like a duck's bill. He stretched out his hand to signal for silence, and immediately drew snickers from the crowd. They were all neighbors from Baishi Town, and everyone knew that "Li Big Mouth" was about to share some juicy gossip with them again.

  As expected, Li Dazui looked around and then lowered his voice to say: "You don't know, do you? I heard from someone in the Liu household that Old Lady Liu also suddenly fell ill with this strange disease two days ago. It's said that on that night, Madame Liu personally cooked a cow stomach soup for Old Lady Liu, and after drinking it, she suddenly fell ill at midnight, and by the next day, she had become like that... truly pitiful..."