Chapter 46: The Trump Card

  Been thinking about collecting poisonous substances, but because I wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to pick some Moonlight Grass, it wasn't until the night of the full moon that Yang Yun sneaked up Mount Small Moon and activated the Moonlit Spirit Eye.

  As cultivation increases, the accuracy and range of Moonlight Spirit Eye also improve, and the speed of finding Moonlight Grass is much faster.

  In just two moments, Yang Yun had picked several dozen moonlight grasses and tossed them into the bamboo basket in his hand. He patted his hands and said, "It's almost enough, let's hurry up and cultivate."

  The night of the full moon has the highest concentration of spiritual energy, and Yang Yun would not let it go.

  The Moon Flower True Qi had circulated for twelve weeks, and Yang Yun woke up from his meditation. Perhaps it was the effect of the Moon Flower True Classic on his spirit that allowed him to sense external events even while in meditation, which made his cultivation much more convenient.

  Some demanding qigong practices can cause practitioners to enter a state of deep unconsciousness, similar to being in a coma. Practicing such methods requires either a quiet room or someone to watch over the practitioner.

  Look at the moon already moved to the middle of the sky, Yang Yun thought: "Must hurry up and find the green python now."

  With a tree stick with an open end, I beat the grass and stone crevices, and really startled some small snakes, but none of them were green pythons.

  This ordinary snake is non-venomous, and Yang Yun doesn't go to catch it, but instead searches for himself, heading towards the more desolate mountain slope in the shade.

  Startled by Yang Yun's actions, a snake suddenly darted out from the stone crevice tens of meters away.

  The moonlight illuminated it clearly, and it was indeed a green snake with a rather large head.

  Yang Yun slightly urged the essence of his feet and chased after him with a swift arrow step.

  It seemed to have sensed that Yang Yun was not up to any good, the green snake darted through the grass at incredible speed, but unfortunately its trajectory was captured by Yue Hua's sharp eyes.

  Yang Yun was about to catch up, when the green snake's body arched like a bow and shot out like an arrow, landing on a steep slope and rolling down with the momentum.

  At this time, if the amount of essence and yuan mobilized by Ji Yuan's secret technique is increased, Yang Yun can also catch up with the light body techniques such as Cao Shang Fei or Yan Sao Shui. However, for a snake, it seems a bit wasteful, so Yang Yun gave up.

  Watching the green python roll away and disappear into the shadows at the foot of the slope, Yang Yun felt a little unwilling, so he went around to take a look.

  When they reached the foot of the slope, Yang Yun was overjoyed.

  A bright red toad tightly bit the seven inches of a green snake, the green snake was dying but still managed to wrap itself around the toad's hind legs.

  "Haha, in the past there was a crane and a clam fighting, and the fisherman benefited. Today I've got a snake and a shellfish fighting, and Yang Yun benefits. Not bad, not bad."

  A stick was used to knock on the head of a large toad that couldn't move, and then the green snake was also given an extra blow. Both poisonous creatures were killed and thrown into a carrying basket to be taken away.

  When he returned home, others were still asleep. Yang Yun practiced the Moon Flower True Classic and was in high spirits, so he directly started preparing medicine.

  The snake gall is taken out and put aside, this is a good thing, planning to use it to soak wine later.

  Carefully remove the venom sac, with this, after weathering, purification, and adding a few auxiliary medicinal materials, a poisonous medicine called "Guo Shan Feng" can be synthesized. This poison is highly toxic when it sees blood. Moreover, after treatment, the toxicity of the snake venom has changed, and ordinary snake medicines cannot detoxify.

  That red toad also has its uses, after processing the bufotoxin is not very toxic, but can be used as a raw material for several medicines, one of which can make people feel numb and itchy, and is quite good for playing pranks on others.

  After a busy night, all kinds of materials were preliminarily processed properly. A ray of morning light came in through the window, and Yang Yun had some sleepiness. He picked up the remaining things, lay down on the bed and fell asleep quickly.

  In less than an hour, Yang Yun woke up. After cultivating the Moon Flower True Classic, his sleep time became shorter and shorter. With just a little rest, he could recover his energy. This was also one of Yang Yun's advantages at this stage.

  Over the next dozen or so days, Yang Yun successfully formulated Guo Shan Feng and anti-itch medicine, adding to the anesthetic he had previously extracted from Mandrake, finally having several kinds of self-defense medicines.

  Among them, the anesthetic must be swallowed into the belly, Guo Shan Feng takes effect when it sees blood, and the itching medicine is effective as soon as it touches the skin. The characteristics of the three medicines are all different.

  Yang Yun bought some tin foil and divided the prepared medicine into small packets for easy carrying.

  The mountain wind first uses wine and water to dissolve the back of the tin foil, then dries it. The poison naturally adheres to the tin foil, and then the tin foil is used to wrap the inferior coins that are used as hidden weapons, thus forming a poisonous coin.

  This poisonous coin hits the body, and at the same time it shatters, the mountain wind encounters blood fusion, then seeps into the whole body along the blood flow, and can make people faint in a few minutes. If there is no antidote specially prepared by Yang Yun, he will die within half an hour. Yang Yun made thirty such poisonous coins.

  This way, Yang Yun's killer move has added a poisonous trick like Du Qian.

  Although the power can't be compared with that of the ancient records, this thing has its own advantages as it was made by Yang Yun himself. The materials used in the Over Mountain Wind are ordinary and can be bought at a pharmacy, except for the green snake venom sac which is a bit hard to get. As for the inferior money, there's plenty of it, just polish it a little and it can be used.

  The Fu Lu was obtained by deceiving and robbing Zhao Jia, it is a consumable item that cannot be replenished after use, specifically used to deal with powerful enemies.

  The homemade poison has run out, but it can still be made, and later even more potent poisons can be concocted. Moreover, using hidden weapons consumes less spiritual energy, making them extremely effective when dealing with a group of enemies.

  The wound-healing medicine made from moonlight grass is also ready. Since making this medicine doesn't require avoiding others at home, I might as well call my little sister Yang Lin to help out.

  Yang Lin was very interested in the result, and after Yang Yun pointed it out a few times, she could independently prepare the medicine.

  Then Yang Yun taught her how to make a few other commonly used medicines, and Yang Lin seemed to have some talent for pharmacy. As long as she saw Yang Yun handle it once, she could imitate it roughly, and after practicing several times, she could operate on her own.

  Yang Yun couldn't help but sigh in regret. If her family had discovered this talent of hers earlier, they might have even sent her to Huichuntang as an apprentice.

  Now that the family's living conditions have improved, Yang Lin naturally doesn't need to apprentice. However, since she has this talent, it would be a waste not to use it, and Yang Lin herself is very interested in pharmacy, so Yang Yun quietly copied out "Pharmaceutical Outline" and "Good Hearing Record - Grass and Wood Chapter", two books by hand.

  Yang Lin had never been to school, but after Yang Yun started school and learned the basics, she taught Yang Lin to recognize characters in her spare time. Most of the words in these two books were recognizable to her.

  In the whole family, parents and eldest brother Yang Shandai are illiterate. The second brother, Yang Yue, attended the village school, but because he felt that he was not a reading material, he did not study hard and dropped out after a few years to go to sea.

  Yang Yun indeed showed extraordinary talent as soon as he entered school, and it was only then that the Yang family gritted their teeth and persevered, supporting him all the way through.

  Before he knew it, it was already late July, and Yang Yun had been back home for a whole month.

  It was almost noon when Yang Yun waited in a small bamboo forest.

  In the study of the vast ocean, a book floated in mid-air, its pages turning, and the characters inside emitted golden light.

  As a strong light flashed by, the book slammed shut and fell back onto the bookshelf.

  In an instant, all the books on the bookshelf shook, and rays of light slid along the spine of the books, finally gathering into a bright pillar of light that illuminated every detail in the Jinglun Hall.

  "Haha, I've finally finished organizing the 7,000 books in Jingyun Hall, it wasn't easy!"

  Looking at the crowded bookshelf, Yang Yun walked over slowly, touching this book and that one.

  When his hand touched the book, a ripple of light appeared at the point of contact, and the words and meanings in the book instantly communicated with his mind, as if he had studied it all his life.

  On the desk of Qingmu, several stacks of manuscripts over a foot high were neatly arranged. These were all done by Yang Yun himself as his homework. Without the Sea of Recognition, it would have taken at least several years of hard work to write these articles. Now, however, they had been completed in just a few short months.

  Withdraw your mind from the sea of knowledge, and in a bamboo forest swaying gently in the breeze, let a few rays of brilliant sunlight filter through, just like Yang Yun's mood at this moment.

  "The matter of Jingluntang has finally been settled, and from now on, the expenses for true energy can also be reduced a bit." Yang Yun thought to himself, looking up at the sky.

  "Oh, it's almost noon, let's go back and have lunch."