Chapter 3 Buying Medicine and Checking Relics (Please Collect)

Shi Xuan had enough to eat and drink, so he had time to observe this ancient city that was completely different from modern society. While recalling the road to the south of the city, he looked around. Maybe because it was market day today, there were a lot of people. There were small vendors on both sides, selling some daily necessities. They looked like they had been here for a long time. Vegetable sellers were generally concentrated in a few streets. Outside these streets, only a few street corners in the south of the city could be seen sporadically.

It was June now, and there were indeed many people wearing Taoist robes on the street. Some people even wore Taoist robes and waved folding fans, which looked out of place.

Shi Xuan came to Shuijing Street in the south of the city and found a drugstore that looked the largest and most crowded. When he walked to the door, he saw three large characters similar to Wei style on the door plaque - Tongrentang. Shi Xuan was shocked. Tongrentang was really amazing. Its branches were opened in the other world.

After entering the door, he went straight to the counter and saw that the shopkeeper was greeting customers. It was a good opportunity. He smiled at the apprentice at the counter, said hello, and then reported several medicinal materials in the prescription. The apprentice saw that although there were two precious medicinal materials, they were also in large quantities, so he didn't ask Shi Xuan anything more. He directly wrapped the oil paper and handed it to Shi Xuan: "Thank you for four taels and three qian of silver."

Shi Xuan was secretly surprised at the high cost of the prescription medicinal materials. These were just a few of them. According to this, his property might only be able to prepare medicinal materials for fifty times. Each time he bought medicinal materials, he could use them for three days and six times. If his soul had not entered the soul strengthening period after half a year, he would be bankrupt. It is true that the poor are good at literature and the rich are good at martial arts, and the Taoist priests are ruined. Of course, martial artists do not have such magical and precious prescriptions. The prescriptions used by ordinary martial artists to strengthen their bodies cost about dozens of taels of silver a year, and the more precious ones are about one or two hundred taels. This is also very scary. You have to know that Shi Xuan's small courtyard is only worth two or three hundred taels of silver.

Although he was surprised, he remained calm on his face. He took out some change and paid the money before leaving. Then he went to several herbal medicine stores to get the herbs on the prescription. Buying them separately from several stores can effectively prevent others from seeing the preciousness of the prescription through the herbs they bought. This would cause unnecessary trouble.

Then he went to the butcher shop and told the shopkeeper that he planned to treat his relatives and friends to a dog meat banquet, and asked the shopkeeper to send four live dogs to his courtyard in the west of the city.

Shi Xuan returned to the courtyard, meditated for a while, and after regaining his composure, he went to the left wing room to find three spare medicine jars, then pinched his fingers and chanted a spell to mobilize the five elements of his body to sense the heaven and earth, cast a dust removal spell, and cleaned the medicine jars. Then, according to the last medicine, it was divided into three parts, and each was put in according to the amount of the prescription and the amount of water required. At this time, the commonly used medicine jar cannot be used, because no matter how it is cleaned, there will always be some medicinal properties left in the commonly used medicine jar. Generally, there is no problem, but now it is a prescription similar to alchemy, and a little bit of excess medicinal properties may lead to failure.

Carry the medicine pot into the kitchen, where there is a row of small stoves that the old Taoist often uses to make medicine. After putting it in place, find some wood and ignite it with the ignition technique. Shi Xuan began to feel a little tired. Alas, his soul was too weak. Although he could mobilize the five elements of the physical body to cast spells during the Qi-nourishing period, it would eventually consume the power of the soul. Of course, the five elements of the physical body during the Qi-nourishing period were also the reason why Shi Xuan could cast spells with his soul during the body-building and soul-nourishing period.

Shi Xuan cheered up and did not dare to neglect it. He pinched the formula and chanted the spell, and performed the fire control technique, carefully controlling the heat until half an hour passed. The most difficult part in front was over. Now he only needed to keep the fire low and slowly simmer for another two hours.

Shi Xuan then let out a long sigh, feeling dizzy all over. He quickly sat down cross-legged, exhaled and circulated his qi, and it took a while before he had the strength to move. When Zheng Sunan, the owner of the butcher shop, sent four dogs, two black and two yellow, Shi Xuan's face returned to normal.

After tying up the four dogs, Shi Xuan fetched a bucket of water from the well and drank it happily, then went into the house to sort out the old Taoist's belongings.

This was the first time Shi Xuan had entered the old Taoist's room since his death. The room was very tidy. Shi Xuan searched around and found a gray package except for some clothes and common cooking utensils. These clothes were not very useful to Shi Xuan. They didn't fit his body, and he couldn't do needlework if he wanted to modify them. It seemed that the old Taoist had some premonition of his death, and all the things were received in the package.

After opening the package, there were three things inside. One was an ancient book "Return to the True Scripture", which was the true teaching obtained by the old Taoist and the method of cultivation in this body before. However, for Shi Xuan, he had the "Shangqing Yu Yu Zhenchuan Du'e Dedao Baolu" which was a fundamental method that directly pointed to the Great Dao, so the method of cultivation in this scripture was not very useful. However, the Taoist methods in "Baolu" were all derived from the fundamental methods. Except for a few magical powers that required external objects to practice, most of them were Taoist techniques that could only be practiced in the Jindan period and later. There are many Taoist methods that can be used in the Guizhen Sutra. Although they are all magic techniques, they are not very powerful due to the limitations of their realms, but they are magical and always useful in many ways.

When Shi Xuan thought that it was not powerful, he thought of a magical skill in the "Baolu" that needed to be cultivated with external objects, the Taiyin Lung Yang Gengjin Sword Qi. This magical skill needed to find a piece of Gengjin, and then use the secret method to absorb the Gengjin Qi and store it in the lungs. It was tempered with secret methods day and night before it could take shape. It was described as extremely powerful, and it did not require time to pinch the formula and chant the spell like casting a spell. It was extremely fast to use. I am afraid that the cultivators of the Soul Stage could not resist it. Of course, whether he could hit it or not was another matter, because this magical skill had a distance limit and a number limit. Of course, as the sword Qi was slowly nurtured in the future, the power and distance would become greater.

But it was just a thought. This magical skill required at least the Out-of-Body Stage to practice, because without the subtle control of his own soul, what could he use to control the Gengjin Qi, and without the strong internal Qi force, what could the lungs use to resist the sharpness of the Gengjin Qi. In addition, Gengjin was not so easy to find! ! Of course, it doesn't matter if you don't use Gengjin. Taiyi True Gold, Western Golden Essence, Taibai Essence, these legendary artifacts for practicing immortal swords can all be used. It's just that the supernatural power has a different name. Of course, these are also hard to come by.

Strangely, Qingyunzi said in "Baolu" that you must practice this supernatural power and the other four supernatural powers before the Jindan stage (Shaoyin Heart Yang False and Real True Fire, Jueyin Liver Yang Qingmu Transformation Jue, Taiyin Spleen Yang Mountain Zhenxing Gong, Shaoyin Kidney Yin Bingpo Shenguang). At that time, there will be great benefits when entering the Jindan stage. What are the specific benefits, Qingyunzi kept it a secret.

Let's get back to the point. "Return to the True Sutra" is also the fundamental part of a Taoist true transmission. It does not have the foundation of refining tools and alchemy. It's really a pity.

Shi Xuan put the "Return to the True Scripture" aside, and suddenly thought that he would major in the "Bao Lu" in the future, so wouldn't the Taoist tradition of Xu Laodao be lost? Although he and Xu Laodao did not have an actual master-disciple relationship, he also saw Xu Laodao's care for Du Bai through memory fragments. Since it is his own body now, he must be grateful and repay his kindness. It seems that he can only wait until he travels around the world in the future to find another good material and jade to pass on the Taoist tradition.

Shi Xuan looked at another thing, which was a stack of talismans tied together, about ten pieces, which were the self-defense items prepared by Xu Laodao for his disciples in the last year. You must know that although you can use magic after entering the stage of nourishing qi and strengthening soul, the magic at this time requires many steps and a long time, so the talismans are often drawn in advance, and then you only need a spell or even a little soul power to activate the talisman. As a master in the out-of-body stage, the talismans left by Xu Laodao must be much better than Shi Xuan, a disciple.

Shi Xuan carefully checked the talismans. There were seventeen chapters in total, of which four were four in each category, including the invisibility talisman, the earth absorption talisman, the air induction talisman, and the golden light soul-breaking talisman. Another one was a talisman written in ancient cloud seal (the "Bao Lu" contains the content of ancient thunder patterns and ancient cloud seals) - Taiyi Thunderbolt, with lightning flashing on it. The handwriting was simple and did not look like it could be drawn by Taoist Xu. It was either inherited when he received the true teachings, or obtained by chance when traveling.

The last thing was a mirror and a piece of paper that the Taoist had pasted on it. It said that the Taoist had obtained it from an abandoned temple in the old mountain in the west of the lake. This mirror had been holding a hundred-year-old ghost in the temple for decades. The Taoist passed by without knowing the reason and moved the mirror, allowing the ghost to escape. After a fierce battle, the Taoist almost died. In the end, he used one of the two Taiyi Thunderbolt talismans he got when he met the true teachings to kill the hundred-year-old ghost. The mirror was also affected and shattered. Although Master Xu couldn't recognize the mirror's material, he finally picked up the largest piece of the mirror and made a new mirror. However, it no longer had the power of the past, and it could no longer be used as a magic weapon. It could only be used to identify weak ghosts because of its natural supernatural powers.

However, it was precisely because the material was very good that Master Xu planned to leave it to his disciples, so that he could have the opportunity to make it into a magic weapon again in the future. As mentioned earlier, before the Jindan stage, there were various steps in casting spells. Although a lot of casting time would be saved as the realm was improved, there were always people who thought that casting spells was slow, so they came up with various alternative methods, such as talismans and magic weapons. In the Baolu, using external objects to practice supernatural powers is also a kind of alternative method.

Magic tools are magic tools made of suitable materials, suitable restrictions, and time-consuming to refine. They are powerful and easy to use. They are the most favored things by cultivators. Of course, they are also extremely precious. Magic tools are divided into four levels: magic tools, spiritual tools, magic treasures, and spiritual treasures. The corresponding earthly evil restrictions are used to refine magic tools. When the magic tools and earthly evil are perfectly integrated into the heavenly evil restrictions, they are upgraded to spiritual tools. Only then can the heavenly evil restrictions be refined. The restrictions of magic tools and spiritual tools are called treasure restrictions and spiritual restrictions respectively. In general, magic tools and spiritual tools are considered to be things in the Qi training period, while magic tools and spiritual tools are things in the Yuanshen period.

After Shi Xuan checked the relics left by the old Taoist, he kept the scriptures close to his body, put the talismans in the secret pockets of his belt and sleeves for easy access, and only put the mirror in his own package. Now there are no other suitable materials or refining techniques, and it is useless to drool over the idea of ​​making magic tools.

Shi Xuan took a short rest, and the time for the herbs to be boiled was up.