Chapter 77: Improvement

  Through Xiaodie's eyes, Huo Hai watched as these people gradually recovered and then left. Next, he withdrew his spiritual power back. This brief expenditure of energy caused Huo Hai's spiritual power to be depleted once again by a large margin.

  Huo Hai knew that it wasn't because his spiritual power was insufficient, but rather because he was currently in a weakened state. Even wanting to look for a little while longer was impossible, and he could only maintain it for a very short period of time. The moment he withdrew his spirit, Huo Hai even felt a wave of dizziness. He shook his head vigorously to throw off this uncomfortable feeling. After resting for a while, the color in his face gradually improved.

  Huo Hai furrowed his brow, carefully thinking about the previous events. "The spiritual power can actually resist my itching powder, which means that the spiritual power also has a strong resistance to other toxins." Huo Hai muttered to himself.

  If it's a toxin, Huo Hai wouldn't worry. Spiritual energy has resistance to toxins, as long as the toxin is strengthened, that's all. In this regard, Gu insects do better than themselves. But other acting drugs are not that simple.

  They are generally like itching powder, with special effects and low toxicity. They just have special effects, but if they can't solve this problem, these drugs will lose their effect when facing a spiritual master in the future.

  This way, many methods that were supposed to be used in the future will become useless. Itching powder is just a very simple one, and increasing the dosage or amount can enhance the effect of the drug. But what about some very complex drugs in the future? These things, with a slight difference, will not work at all. And if they remain unchanged, they will be directly consumed away.

  His own itching powder, although it was something that Huo Hai had experimented with himself. However, it was still based on the old medicinal formula, and Huo Hai had simply used some herbs with similar properties. He had overlooked the fact that people in this world possessed spiritual energy.

  For the whole day, Huo Hai was thinking about how to improve his medicine. Even when eating, he was a bit distracted. In this situation, not to mention Ji Mu, even Yun'er could see it.

  Seeing Yun'er's worried face, Ji Mu furrowed his brow and made a gesture. The butler nodded in understanding and hastily retreated, calling for the other servants to follow him. The master said that during serious matters, these servants were not qualified to listen. Even if the master had a good temper, he would not allow some servants to overstep their bounds like this.

  "After everyone left, Ji Mu asked in a low voice: "Huo Hai, what's wrong with you today? You seem distracted. Was it too tiring during training today? If not, then don't go next time."

  It was just an afternoon, and Ji Mu knew that Huo Hai's condition wasn't good. Because he had just used some method to break through the Spiritual Bone boundary. It was normal for his condition to be poor after training for just one afternoon.

  Huo Hai shook his head: "Hehe, let you worry." First apologetically looked at Yun'er, then Huo Hai whispered: "You said that spiritual power affects the efficacy of the medicine, what to do about it. Can't just make the spiritual power on others disappear." Huo Hai spent the entire afternoon thinking about how to improve the medicine.

  His idea was to suppress others' spiritual power. However, on this continent, nothing that could suppress spiritual power had ever appeared. Maybe there was, but Ho Hai didn't know. How could such a thing be easily obtained?

  The medicine is likely to be used in large quantities, and using precious materials would be too wasteful. But there's no prescription, and letting Huo Hai try it out on his own without knowing when he'll succeed is uncertain. Huo Hai's spiritual power is generally not as good as the spiritual medicine of his level, so eating it won't have any bad effects. However, this isn't good for his body.

  Besides, Huo Hai doesn't have the ability to taste a hundred herbs like Shen Nong. Shen Nong can taste a hundred herbs and figure out their medicinal properties, making suitable medicines. But Huo Hai can't do that, at most he just knows if these things are edible or not, and what they taste like.

  Even if it was a common practice to concoct herbal medicine in the past, one would still have to find some herbs similar to those on Earth and experiment with them before getting any results. Let alone such a special and professional medicine, Huo Hai really had no way.

  Upon hearing Huo Hai's muttering, Ji Mu was taken aback and couldn't help but burst out laughing: "Haha, Huo Hai, you're really too interesting. How can spiritual energy possibly have a resistant effect on medicine? Usually, spiritual energy is used to assist medicine. Oh, I see, are you talking about poison? This thing is harmful to the human body, and indeed, it would be rejected by spiritual energy."

  Ji Mu's eyes sparkled, as if he had thought of something. Huo Hai was considering the problem of poison. The poison wasn't strong enough, and it would indeed be expelled by the spiritual energy, rendering it ineffective. But Huo Hai's insect poison was extremely potent, so why was he having such troubles?

  Even the Dog King of the past, a spiritual beast in the Spiritual Realm, was still bitten to death. What on earth is he thinking about? However, Ho Hai's eyes suddenly lit up: "Wait a minute, you said that spiritual energy won't reject medicine, but instead will assist it. That's great, I understand now." Ho Hai shouted loudly, his head lowered and his face flushed with excitement.

  He finally realized that he had walked into a misunderstanding. Since he couldn't suppress his spiritual power, why not let it become an aid instead? All the elixirs and pills accelerated the absorption of spiritual power when circulated.

  The itching powder before, it was because there were certain toxic substances inside, so it would be dispelled by spiritual energy. Even if the substance is very stubborn, spiritual energy will not ignore it. However, special medicine doesn't necessarily have to be poisonous.

  Huo Hai suddenly thought that the human body has many protective mechanisms, such as allergies. The starting point of an allergic reaction is good, but the human body's system itself does not have thoughts, and according to its instincts, it becomes a disease. Spiritual power, isn't it just like the human body itself? Huo Hai's thoughts became more and more scattered.

  It seems that in the past, some people also refined some waste elixirs and useless medicinal pills. Taking these medicinal pills not only won't bring any benefits but will instead cause adverse reactions, which is exactly what they sought after.

  As long as this essence that assists spiritual power can be found, then after adding these special medicines to oneself, others' circulation of spiritual power will not only fail to disperse it, but will instead strengthen the effect. If you want the effect to dissipate, you can only wait for time to pass. Or, one's physical constitution is exceptionally strong, and can directly immunize against the medicinal effects.

  Huo Hai's mouth slightly hooked, and he indeed fell into a misunderstanding. All along, he had been using herbs, and the ones he used were even the poisonous kind among the herbs. Huo Hai completely neglected the more precious spiritual medicine in his daily life.

  The biggest difference between elixirs and herbs is that elixirs contain spiritual energy, which has a greater effect on spirit masters. It seems that in the future, when experimenting with new medicines, we will have to use these powerful spiritual elixirs for testing. However, my own points seem to be even more insufficient now.

  Lifting her head, Huo Hai said sincerely: "Ji Mu, thank you so much this time. This time I owe you one, in the future if you have any requests, as long as it's not excessive, I can grant you one thing." Huo Hai suddenly speaking to herself so seriously made Ji Mu feel a bit uncomfortable for a moment. Then, she finally understood what Huo Hai was saying.

  Her face turned red, and she said discontentedly: "Hmph, what did I ask for in the past? Won't you be satisfied with that? Tell me, Cloudy sister." Ji Mu felt embarrassed, so he pulled Ho Yun'er over as well.

  Huoyun'er was looking at the two of them with a strange expression, not understanding what they were saying. When Jimum suddenly spoke up, she immediately nodded and said: "Yes yes, if brother doesn't help you, I'll help sister beat him up." As she spoke, she waved her cute little fist, as if threatening Huo Hai. This action looked adorable in Huo Hai's eyes.

  "Alright, alright, I've said it and I'll do it. If there's any trouble in the future, just come find me." Although Ho Hai only spoke one sentence, the meaning heard by the two people was not the same.

  How stubborn Hao Hai is, Ji Mu is very clear. She gave Hao Hai a cold glance and ignored him again.

  At this moment, Huo Yun'er had already finished eating and looked at Huo Hai with a pitiful expression: "Hai brother, can...can you let Xiao Die come out to play with me?" It's been a long time since he heard the title of "Hai brother", Huo Hai's heart skipped a beat.

  He immediately reacted and realized that he was looking for Xiaodie to play with, no wonder it was so corny. He shook his head and said helplessly, "Okay, okay, you can take it away to play with. By the way, Xiaodie has its own thoughts, don't make it angry." Xiaodie is different from other Gu insects, as a naturally spiritually powerful insect, its intelligence is not much worse than that of a child.

  "Great!" Huo Yun'er didn't know if she had heard or not, but she cheered and jumped up. She chased after the small butterfly that had just appeared from hiding and ran over to it. One person and one butterfly were chasing and playing in the courtyard, having a great time.

  "Ho Hai, I noticed it from the beginning, your Illusory Butterfly is so strange. I remember, the Illusory Butterfly shouldn't be like this." Ji Mu suddenly recalled that Ho Hai's Illusory Butterfly was indeed too strange. Not only was its body slightly larger than recorded, but its pattern was also special. Moreover, in terms of intelligence, it had reached such a high level.

  Huo Hai shook his head and said indifferently, "Of course it's different now. Ordinary illusory butterflies only have a spiritual realm. Xiao Die has already reached the spiritual blood realm." With the improvement of her realm, Xiao Die naturally evolved, and her appearance changed accordingly.

  "Insect-type spiritual beasts are different from ordinary spiritual beasts. Their auras are extremely obscure, and the price is that their spiritual power is very rare." Huo Hai seemed to know what Ji Mu was wondering about, so he said it out loud. Originally, insect-type spiritual beasts were not easy to discover one's own strength. Unless it's another type of insect, one that evolves in the direction of gigantification.