Chapter 4: Refining Medicine (New book seeking collection and recommendation!)

  Zhou Xin's return did not cause much confusion for Lin Feng, and Lin Feng continued to do good deeds every day. Zhou Xin also occasionally helped Lin Feng with good deeds, and the two became inseparable friends who could talk about anything.

  In just a few days, the two people became good friends who could chat with each other. Lin Feng also learned from Zhou Xin about the level division of Qinglan Continent. Generally speaking, there are nine levels: 9th rank Martial Artist, 8th rank Martial Soldier, 7th rank Martial Master, 6th rank Great Martial Master, 5th rank Golden Warrior Master, 4th rank Dragon and Tiger Warrior Master, 3rd rank Grandmaster, 2nd rank Saint, and 1st rank Martial Saint.

  Each boundary is further divided into three stages: upper, middle and lower. Zhou Xin's current strength is that of an upper martial artist, while Lin Feng's strength, not counting other things, his inner energy is only equivalent to a mid-level martial practitioner.

  Lin Feng was able to defeat Zhou Xin by relying on his basic fist method, although it was only a basic fist method, but it was all-encompassing, and every famous fist method on earth had it, plus three times the physical quality of an ordinary person, Lin Feng defeating Zhou Xin wasn't too difficult.

  The strength of a rank does not represent how strong a person is. The actual strength of both sides cannot be judged solely by the strength or weakness of their aura.

  Zhou Xin didn't come back this time for a holiday, but rather it was an exercise organized by the college.

  This Zhoujia Village is close to the Tianying Mountains, and every year, the Imperial Academy of Wei State sends some students to the Tianying Mountains for training. Zhou Xīn joined the Imperial Academy not only to learn martial skills and Dou Qi but also to deliberately make connections with some powerful people.

  Zhou Xin was also a clever and resourceful person, who easily made friends with some powerful nobles. With just a few words from these nobles, Zhoujia Village became the resting place for the imperial academy's training exercises. As a result, Zhoujia Village's taxes were completely exempted, and they even received some subsidies. It was said that "one must reap what one sows", Zhoujia Village helped Zhou Xin enter the imperial academy, and in return, Zhou Xin actively planned for the village, bringing them considerable economic benefits.

  Lin Feng didn't pay much attention to this, just a group of students who were being fooled by the school, their daily life almost unchanged, doing good deeds, practicing boxing, cultivating basic internal skills, and living a very regular life.

  The big and small ones have accumulated more than 300 merit points.

  The Tian Shan mountain range is really huge!

  Looking at the layer upon layer of undulating mountains in front of him, Lin Feng couldn't help but secretly sigh in admiration. It was indeed the largest mountain range on the entire Qing Lian continent. The number of magical beasts living here was countless, and every year, it would attract a large number of adventurers to come to the Tian Xuan Mountain Range. However, this Tian Xuan Mountain Range was like a ferocious beast, and only about three or four out of ten adventurers who entered could walk out alive.

  Lin Feng came to the Tianying Mountains this time for medicinal materials. The environment of Zhoujia Village was too small, and the merit points obtained from doing good deeds were really too few. Lin Feng had no choice but to focus on medicinal materials.

  This mountain range is also a place where spiritual energy gathers, the closer you get to the inside, the more precious medicinal materials there are, and the medicinal materials on the periphery are not very good in terms of quality or age.

  However, Lin Feng didn't care about these things. He also didn't expect to be able to refine some incredibly powerful elixirs in one breath. What he needed was just some ordinary medicinal materials, which could be matched with each other to help him strengthen his physical quality.

  Although the mountain road was rugged, Lin Feng's physical fitness was excellent after strengthening, and he walked steadily on the rugged mountain road as if he were walking on flat ground.

  Milettia, Iron Wire Flower, Red Flower...

  Lin Feng muttered to himself, his eyes quickly scanning the forest for what he was looking for. It wasn't so much that he was searching as it was that he knew exactly where to go and pick up the medicinal herbs, thanks to the guidance of the Sealing God List.

  Generally speaking, searching for something through the Divine Seal List requires very few merit points. Several things would consume only one merit point, and Lin Feng wouldn't care about his own merit points at all.

  The morning passed quickly, and the medicinal herbs that enhanced internal energy were indeed precious. As for those ginseng, deer antlers and other highly nourishing substances, they were rare. Even with the Encyclopedic List of Divine Herbs, Lin Feng only managed to collect seven or eight stalks in one morning, and their age was extremely low. However, it was better than nothing. The refined elixirs could at least slightly enhance his abilities.

  Then, Lin Feng searched for some special medicinal herbs to help him build his body and almost filled up his storage ring. It wasn't until nearly noon that Lin Feng returned to Zhou Family Village.

  Wow!

  Looking at the courtyard full of medicinal herbs, Lin Feng couldn't help but take a deep breath. Then, he prepared a large pot and a scale, carefully starting to distribute the medicinal materials. Through the Sealing God's List, Lin Feng had indeed read many prescriptions for strengthening the body and improving health. These were all the most basic things, but even the most basic things couldn't be taken lightly.

  Medicine is three parts poison, but the mutual restraint between medicinal materials can greatly offset the toxins. Timing, dosage, and even a slight deviation are not allowed to be sloppy. It must be understood that these things are absorbed by the body, and a slight mistake will cause harm to the body.

  The Sealing God List originally had a function, specifically for refining medicine. As long as enough medicinal materials were collected and a certain amount of merit points were consumed, any elixir could be successfully refined. However, the medicinal materials Lin Feng was currently refining were incredibly simple, only requiring allocation, decoction, and removal of impurities to complete. Despite its simplicity, Lin Feng couldn't bear to waste his merit points, so he had no choice but to do it himself.

  Lin Feng had been busy for half an afternoon before he finally finished distributing the medicinal materials, and then started a fire to decoct the medicine.

  "What are you doing?" Zhou Xin was curiously sizing up the busy Lin Feng.

  "Refine the medicine!" Lin Feng spat out two words and started busying himself again.

  Time slowly passed, and soon the water in the pot had all evaporated. Lin Feng added some more herbs, some water, and also put in some sticky, nauseating things. Zhou Xin watched for a while, feeling uninterested, then went to the village to do who-knows-what.

  Lin Feng also felt tired, not personally refining medicine was absolutely unknown, originally decocting medicine was such a hard thing to do, not only had to strictly follow the formula, but also need to pay attention to the fire, looking at other protagonists, when refining medicine, directly throwing the medicinal materials into the large cauldron, this medicine was refined, it was simply effortless, and then looking at himself, not even refining Dan yet, already so tired.

  Although he was complaining in his heart, Lin Feng still gritted his teeth and persisted.

  When night fell and Zhou Xin returned, he found Lin Feng still busy.

  "Don't you just eat?" Zhou Xin shouted at Lin Feng.

  "Not urgent, wait until I finish refining the medicine!" Lin Feng didn't have time to greet Zhou Xin either, as this medicine refinement required many steps and couldn't be rushed.

  Zhou Xin stomped her foot and didn't attend the meeting. Lin Feng returned home and started eating dinner.

  It wasn't until much later that the medicine finally started to settle, and then formed a kind of dark, gelatinous substance. Lin Feng carefully scooped out these gelatinous substances and poured them into a bowl.

  After these had cooled down a bit, Lin Feng rolled them into pill shapes. By the time he finished all this, the sky was already bright, and when Zhou Xin woke up, there were twenty-six more pills in front of her.

  "Is this what you've refined?" Zhou Xin asked in surprise, pointing at the twenty-six pills in front of him.

  "That's right, this is what I've been working on, it's exhausting! Lin Feng rubbed his eyes, which had turned into panda eyes from lack of sleep, and said: "This thing is called Yi Jin Wan, it's the simplest kind of medicinal pill that I've managed to come up with. When using it, just brew it in boiling water, apply it to the tendons and joints all over the body, and after a few days, the tendons will become stronger and more resilient, sweeping away weakness, and there's no toxicity whatsoever!"

  "You're kidding, right? There's no such thing!" Zhou Xin said disbelievingly: "I'm studying at the Imperial Academy of Wei State, and I've never heard of such a thing. You say you can improve my skills, I believe that, but to make my tendons even stronger and more resilient? Who are you kidding? That's definitely a divine medicine or spiritual medicine, how could you possibly concoct it with just some ordinary herbs?"

  "What kind of divine medicine is this, it's just the most basic thing, after refining it, it only strengthens the muscles and bones, never mind, I'm almost dead from exhaustion!!" Lin Feng was so tired that he didn't even bother to argue with Zhou Xin.

  "Alright, I'll give it a try!" As she said that, Zhou Xin was about to pick up a pill to test its effect and see if it's really that obvious.

  "Not yet!" Lin Feng hastily stopped Zhou Xin: "It's not time yet, at least wait until noon, let the medicine slowly settle and stabilize, only then can it be considered a success. If you use it rashly now, the effect won't be that good!"

  Zhou Xin pouted and said: "Fake it, keep faking it. I'd like to see how long you can keep up this act!"

  "You still don't believe me!" Lin Feng let out a soft sigh, stretched his waist and said: "Alright, if you don't believe me, I won't say anything else. I need to rest for a bit, yesterday night was exhausting!"

  While talking, Lin Feng walked straight into Zhou Xin's room and fell asleep without saying another word.

  "Hey, that's my room!" Seeing Lin Feng walk into her own bedroom, Zhou Xin was suddenly very embarrassed. However, Lin Feng had been tired for the whole night and didn't care what Zhou Xin said, he fell onto the bed with a thud, smelling a faint scent of fragrance, and entered a sweet dream.

  "You're really infuriating!" Zhou Xin stomped her foot fiercely, wanting to throw Lin Feng out, but thinking of how tired he was from working all night, her heart softened a bit.

  "I'll just see what kind of effect your medicine really has, you dare to deceive me! Hmph!" A menacing humming sound came from Zhou Xin's nose.

  When Lin Feng woke up again, it was almost dusk. He stretched his waist comfortably and walked out of the house slowly. Zhou Xin came to greet him excitedly, looking at Lin Feng and saying: "Hey, can this Easy Tendon Pill be used now?"

  Lin Feng pinched a pill of Easy Muscle Powder, held it in front of his nose and sniffed it lightly. There was no hint of medicinal smell emanating from it. He understood that this was the result of the medicine's essence being completely internalized. He nodded slightly and said, "It can be used now!"

  When Zhou Xin eagerly picked up a pill, she went to the house and carefully decocted the Easy Tendon Pill with boiling water. She then applied it to the tendons all over her body. Immediately, Zhou Xin felt a warm sensation spreading through her tendons, as if hot streams were flowing along her meridians.

  "This medicine is actually so amazing?" Zhou Xin's eyes instantly revealed an expression of incredulity, and almost as soon as she took it, Zhou Xin felt the changes in her body. This was also too fast!

  "Of course it's amazing, otherwise do you think I'd be bothering to work so hard for half the night!" Lin Feng stretched out a comfortable yawn and put away the ordinary Huajian pills: "I've been troubling your family for these days, take these pills as my rent payment!"