Heavenly Pearl

  "Yes! Although the Brocade Guard is said to be under imperial orders, personally appointed by Your Majesty and led by the Prince. The officials are of high rank, three grades higher than usual, and when they go out on the 'Mystic Yellow Continent', they are all very prestigious. Any one of them was carefully selected from among tens of millions of people."

  But some super aristocratic families, the imperial relatives are not very convincing. Thinking of brothers shedding blood in the front line, suppressing bandits, investigating shocking cases, and maintaining the prosperity of our dynasty。 However, some "innate" masters of these aristocratic families, for the sake of tiny profits, actually make trouble behind backs, even resort to assassination…… How hurtful!

  A middle-aged man with a long mustache stroked his whiskers and sighed regretfully.

  "Alas! A storm is brewing and the winds are filling the tower!"

  The king slowly stood up, facing the wall behind the chair, and sighed for a long time in front of the portrait of Taizu Helian Khan.

  A-Dan and Xiang Man, Xiang Tie made a bet on the 'Xiucai' examination, by the next day, almost all the citizens of Haicheng County knew about it.

  Everywhere was full of discussions, "fool, fool, stupid, idiot..." and other comments were endless, annoying Xiang Qiushui who wanted to go out for a walk didn't dare to leave the house.

  All day, except for practicing "Washing Bone Classics", I was reading various examination books borrowed by my mother Zhang from all over. It is said that Mother called Tanzi and Guanzi to hurry to the provincial capital 'Fuzhou' on horseback, asking her maternal relatives for books like "Four Books" and "Five Classics".

  The Zhang family was too big, so there was a special uncle in the clan who managed the 'Xiang Xuan'.

  Uncle Zhang Tinggui, who was over sixty years old, wrinkled his face and asked, "Why borrow books?"

  Tanzhong Gong bowed his head and waist, stiffly replied: "Young master Ah-Dai wants to take the imperial examination for Xiucai, and also bet 500 taels with Xiang Man and Xiang Tie..."

  "Haha! Haha! A fool taking the imperial examination, a wonder of the world, haha..."

  After a burst of hoarse laughter, Zhang Tinggui, who had been leaning forward and backward, suddenly went limp in both legs, rolled his eyes back, foamed at the mouth, and fell to the floor with a thud.

  Li Langzhong diagnosed that it was due to excessive laughter and excitement caused by stimulation, leading to thick sputum blockage...... However, later Uncle Bo woke up on his own and lay in bed at home for two whole months.

  So, Dāi Zi's borrowing books almost made Uncle and Grandfather laugh to death, and it became a joke in the Zhang family. In the end, of course, Tán Zi returned empty-handed, not being beaten by the angry Zhang family was already a blessing, let alone daring to hope for borrowing books...

  Xiang Qiushui almost laughed so hard she fell over when she found out.

  Practicing Xi Gu Jing also requires some special Chinese medicine that is beneficial for practice, called Xī Mó Wán (Bone Marrow Washing Pill), which helps to nourish the marrow, regulate and calm the Qi.

  Practicing qigong is also a high-tech activity and it's not just about blindly practicing.

  Xiang Qiushui wrote down the traditional Chinese medicine needed to make 'Washu Wan' such as Ganoderma lucidum, ginseng, Cynanchum auriculatum... on a piece of paper, and lied that it was found in his father's book, saying it was a secret recipe for tonifying Qi, calming the mind, and nourishing the body.

  Who knows!

  Lotus fragrance went for a whole day, and didn't return to the Xiang family's large courtyard until evening, dragging her tired body. Her eyes were dull as she said that she had only bought half of what was needed, and nearly half of it wasn't available.

  Xiang Qiushui picked up the list and compared it with the medicine, finding that the ones they didn't buy were some ordinary Chinese medicines, such as Huanglian, Xigua Cuiyi, Daodou, Dingxiang...

  After some thought, I realized that the names of the medicines in this place are different from those in Huaxia. For example, 'Huanglian' is called 'Kugen' here in the 'Sun Dynasty'. Xiang Qiushui prescribed according to Huaxian medicine names, so it's no wonder they couldn't find them and didn't match up at all. If they could even get half of what they needed, it was probably just a guess on the part of others.

  The next day, Xiang Qiushui went out for a walk on the street with Lianxiang accompanying him.

  It's been over twenty days since the day of the bet, and everyone has had a good laugh about 'Dummy becoming a Xiucai', and it has gradually subsided.

  Xiang Qiushui followed Lianxiang to a large pharmacy called "Huishun Hall". "Wow, there are really a lot of medicines. It's almost as good as Tongrentang." Xiang Qiushui muttered in the depressing medicinal scent.

  It took him a whole afternoon to carefully compare and buy the medicine, which made his companion who was helping him pick out the medicine very unhappy. He had a sullen face, as if someone owed him hundreds of dollars. Finally, Xiang Qiushui playfully threw 100 yuan at him, saying it was a reward for him. Suddenly, the weather changed, and the companion almost called out his ancestors.

  "Money can make a ghost grind, it's reasonable to say! Xiang Qiushui couldn't help but sigh, "I have to think of a way to use modern knowledge to earn some money. My family is not wealthy either. Just the preparation of this 'Washu Wan' has cost my mother 200 taels of silver, and all the 'pre-heavenly' masters are made with piles of silver."

  Because several main medicines in this 'Wash Marrow Pill', such as ginseng, Cistanche and Ganoderma lucidum, must be used for a hundred years, of course, the price is also surprisingly expensive.

  Fortunately, this 'Sun Dynasty' is still in ancient times, without industrial pollution such as wastewater, exhaust gas, and plastic bags. The spiritual energy is abundant, the mountains are steep and the forests are dense, and the hundred-year-old medicinal materials are not expensive.

  If it were in China, the root of this hundred-year-old ginseng wouldn't even exist. Even if it did, a single 'Hundred-Year-Old Mountain Ginseng King' would cost over a million, which is unaffordable. These 200 taels of silver can only buy a few strands of the 'whiskers' of a hundred-year-old 'Human Ginseng King', and that's about it.

  The fourth "Changbai Mountain Ginseng King" auction held in Jilin, China, a 100-year-old wild ginseng was sold for a high price of 3.26 million yuan.

  So, the 'Washu Wan' made by Xiang Qiushui in Huaxia before only used wild mountain ginseng and Cistanche for over a decade, the effect is definitely not as good as the one made here.

  Xiang Qiushui still had great hopes for the 'Wash Marrow Pill' concocted in the 'Sun Dynasty', and the increased efficacy would likely accelerate his cultivation progress.

  Can he be unhappy?

  Just as Xiang Qiushui was standing in front of the counter, secretly enjoying herself, a girl wearing a coarse blue and white flowered blouse floated over, about 14 years old. Her round face, lively eyes, and a beautiful mole between her eyebrows made her a little beauty.

  The woman carefully opened a coarse green bamboo basket, "Little brother, I don't know how to sell this thing."

  Xiang Qiushui also curiously glanced over.

  This object has no head, is roughly elliptical in shape, thicker in the middle, about 50 cm, and thinner at the edges, also 35 cm. The entire body is approximately 30 cm in diameter, an elliptical thing with a reddish-brown surface, and nine layers of pure white ring-like patterns on its abdomen.

  "Hmm! This thing seems to be the 'Tai Sui' from Chinese mythology, also known as Rou Zhi. The Ben Cao Gang Mu records that 'Rou Zhi is shaped like flesh, it's a living thing. White ones are like cuttlefish, yellow ones are like purple gold, all shining and transparent like solid ice'. This thing is so big, at least several decades old. For martial artists, this is a great tonic!"

  Xiang Qiushui's heart skipped a beat as she thought in surprise.

  "What is this! It's ugly to death. Soft and fluffy, hairy. Take it away! Take it away!" Today, the doctor in charge of 'Hui Chun Tang' may not have come, so Xiao Er took matters into his own hands, looked at her, touched her, and wanted to drive that lively girl away, thinking she was in the way in front of the counter.

  "Little brother, take another look! Maybe it's a lingzhi mushroom." The girl pleaded, "Give me some money, my father is waiting for silver to invite a doctor to see him."

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