darknovel Chapter 17 Medicinal Efficacy
Chapter 17 Medicinal Efficacy
A year?
Is this guy not planning to cultivate anymore?
Did we run into some kind of trouble?
Ordinary people only have a chance to change their fate by embarking on the path of body refinement. Zhou Qiuyuan selling a year's worth of Thunder Blade cultivation time is tantamount to cutting off his own future.
Who would be willing to do this unless faced with an insurmountable problem?
Lu Chengping's eyes were filled with complex emotions. Finally, he let out a long sigh. After all, they were fellow disciples, and he couldn't go too far.
The reason he was prejudiced against Zhou Qiuyuan was ultimately because he was jealous that Zhou Qiuyuan's talent was superior to his own and that Zhou Qiuyuan had stolen his thunder.
"Alright, I didn't mean to make things difficult for you. Let's just stick to the original price."
"What difficulties do you have? The Lu family is quite influential in the outer city. As long as it's not a major matter, your senior brother can lend you a hand."
Now it was Zhou Qiuyuan's turn to be confused.
He thought he had found a better way to make money in his future dream than through gang loan sharks, which would save him the trouble of dealing with gangs and allow him to earn much more money.
Unexpectedly, Lu Chengping changed his usual style and was willing to lend a helping hand in times of crisis. With such a benevolent attitude, how can he feel at ease taking advantage of you in the future?
Senior Brother Lu, what you're doing puts me in a difficult position.
"Junior Brother Zhou, is your family facing some difficulties?" Luo Tong overheard the conversation between his two junior brothers. He was quite shocked by Zhou Qiuyuan's sale of a year's worth of Thunder Blade cultivation time and guessed that Zhou Qiuyuan was in trouble.
As fellow disciples, he didn't mind doing a favor.
Zhou Qiuyuan felt a warmth in his heart as he faced the concerned gazes of his two senior brothers.
Regardless, the two were his senior brothers and were willing to help him, which changed Zhou Qiuyuan's impression of them.
Zhou Qiuyuan sighed and replied, "My body is too weak and needs tonics to nourish it. Otherwise, even if I cultivate the Yang Thunder Lung, I will not be able to temper my body."
"I'll use the time I would spend training with the Thunder Blade to improve my body with pills, and I can catch up on the progress next year."
Luo Tong angrily rebuked, "Junior Brother Zhou, you're confused! On the path of cultivation, one step behind means you'll be behind at every step."
"Once you reach the Body Tempering Realm, it won't be difficult for your master to help you find a lucrative job. Don't let a small gain lead to a big loss."
"It is indeed difficult to be without money. You can sell one hour of your cultivation time to Junior Brother Lu every day. With your cultivation progress, even if the time is halved, you can still master the Yang Thunder Lung in a year."
"In this way, neither nourishing the body nor cultivating the Yang Thunder Lungs will be neglected."
Out of consideration for their shared roots with Zhou Qiuyuan, the two senior brothers were willing to lend a helping hand within their capabilities.
Of course, they only provide emergency relief, not long-term support.
Lu Chengping nodded and replied, "Let's do it this way. I will prepay you for a year's expenses. If I don't come here to cultivate, I will have my servants notify you. You can use my Thunder Blade cultivation time for that day."
"Is a total of 73,000 coins per year correct?"
Lu Chengping took out a small gold ingot weighing five taels from his pocket and casually tossed it over, saying, "I didn't bring much money with me today, so I'll give you five taels of gold first, and you can pay the rest tomorrow."
He remained calm and showed no concern that Zhou Qiuyuan would renege on his debt.
Zhou Qiuyuan beamed with joy as he looked at the gold ingot he had just received: "Senior Brother Lu is so generous!"
At his peak, Zhou Qiuyuan possessed only a little over 30,000 copper coins, enough to exchange for just three gold beans. Lu Chengping, on the other hand, carried a staggering five taels of gold as pocket money. Zhou Qiuyuan couldn't help but marvel at the vast difference between people.
He chatted with his two senior brothers for a few more minutes before leaving satisfied with the five taels of gold.
Zhou Qiuyuan went to Baoyaotang again and bought the Dragon Tiger Rising Sun Pill that he couldn't afford last time.
Baozhi Secret Dew Pills, Man Niu Bone Strengthening Pills, and Longhu Shengyang Pills are finished pills, but the Ten-Ingredient Tonic Soup requires the prepared medicinal herbs to be boiled into a soup.
Zhou Qiuyuan's family didn't have any special utensils for boiling medicine, and he was too lazy to borrow any.
Of course, it's about paying money to buy other people's time.
Zhou Qiuyuan spent 100 coins to find an inn in the western city to stay in. He casually gave the innkeeper 20 coins, and the innkeeper happily went to prepare the medicine.
He reminded the other person to place the decocted medicine outside the door and mark his height on the doorpost before taking out the three types of pills one by one.
The first pill I took was the Baozhi Secret Dew Pill. The pill had a unique medicinal fragrance, but I didn't feel any significant changes after taking it.
This kind of elixir is only suitable for body tempering.
He waited quietly for half an hour, measured his height, and found that there was no change whatsoever.
The second pill he took was the Bull Strengthening Bone Pill. After the pill entered his stomach, Zhou Qiuyuan felt a warm current flowing through his body, eventually converging at his bones.
Before long, a tingling and itchy sensation spread through the bones all over the body, as if thousands of tiny insects were crawling and biting, making one want to reach out and scratch.
An hour later, the medicine's effects were completely exhausted.
Zhou Qiuyuan clearly felt his body becoming stronger and his strength significantly increased. He got off the bed and was surprised to find that his trousers and sleeves were shorter than usual, exposing his wrists and ankles.
The family couldn't afford new clothes, so most of their clothes were secondhand brown coats bought from the Xicheng neighborhood. To prevent Zhou Qiuyuan from growing too fast and wasting a coat, they would always buy a size too big for the brown coats.
After being nourished with meat and eggs for some time, the brown clothes have become quite a good fit.
Now that his clothes are a size too small, it means he has grown significantly taller.
Zhou Qiuyuan came to the wooden pillar and made a long horizontal cut above his head, which was about half the size of a little finger compared to the previous cut.
The tonic soup had already been cooked, and even though it was placed outside the door, you could still smell the pungent medicinal odor.
Zhou Qiuyuan took the prepared tonic soup, pinched his nose, and drank it all down. Before long, his body began to heat up, he sweated, and steam rose from his body.
Half an hour later, Zhou Qiuyuan compared the height again and found that it had hardly changed.
Only the most expensive Dragon Tiger Ascending Yang Pill remained, and Zhou Qiuyuan swallowed it without hesitation.
The pills transformed into a medicinal liquid that entered the body, making the body feel like a burning furnace, unbearably hot, and a hot liquid seemed to slide down the nose.
He reached up and wiped his fingers, which were covered in blood.
It's been overdone!
The pills Zhou Qiuyuan consumed were all highly nourishing. Previously, his body was deficient, and the pills only served to strengthen his foundation and replenish his vital energy. However, the Dragon Tiger Rising Sun Pill he swallowed at the end caused a complete qualitative change through quantitative change.
A burning sensation ran through her lower abdomen, and the image of the aloof courtesan from the Drunken Red Chamber, the pure-looking Liu Mei, and the beautiful female celebrities she had seen in her previous life involuntarily surfaced in her mind.
Zhou Qiuyuan took a deep breath, trying to suppress the erotic thoughts in his heart, but desire could not ultimately overcome the effects of the drug.
He could only repeatedly recall the monsters he had seen in the darkness, using ugliness to counteract his desires.
After an unknown amount of time, the effects of the medicine finally wore off.
Looking at the clothes that were stretched extremely tight and slightly uncomfortable, Zhou Qiuyuan's smile brightened considerably.
His height has increased significantly again, with the increase only slightly less than that brought about by the Bull Bone Strengthening Pill.
Of the four tonics, the Man Niu Zhuang Gu Dan has the most immediate effect on increasing height, while the Bao Zhi Mi Lu Wan is not effective when taken alone and needs to be combined with body tempering to achieve its true effect.
The effects of Longhu Shengyang Dan are more comprehensive, and if taken in advance, its growth effect may not be inferior to that of Manniu Zhuanggu Dan.
The Ten-Ingredient Tonic Soup is the least effective, equivalent to a basic version of the Dragon-Tiger Yang-Boosting Pill, and it lacks the aphrodisiac effect.
The drug trial has finally yielded results, and the most cost-effective tonic is Man Niu Zhuang Gu Dan.