Chapter Twenty: Eight Hundred Years of Silver Ginseng

  Xiao Yi took over Shi Ling, a Wuzhang with a low voice said: "Shi Jian Qianfu Zhang let me hand it over to you, the adults he said, from now on, as long as you don't betray my Blood Stone tribe, my Blood Stone tribe will also not betray you."

  As long as you don't betray the Bloodstone Tribe, the Bloodstone Tribe will never betray you!

  She slightly paused, Xiao Yi grasped the Stone Order, feeling the mark that belonged to the ancient ancestors, and solemnly nodded.

  The Wu Zhang's face showed a satisfied expression, and he nodded: "From today on, you are a member of the Blood Stone Clan. Before becoming a warrior, you have the qualification to enter the second floor of the Military Department, the Soldier's Code Hall, where you can choose one of the three lower-level soldier codes. Additionally, you can also freely select a lower-grade military sword."

  Without hesitation, Chao nodded towards Shi Lei, and Xiao Yi took the Stone Order to enter the Ministry of War. In the Bloodstone Tribe, young men who aspired to become warriors could enter the Ministry of War to choose two third-rate martial arts techniques. However, Xiao Yi was a member of the younger generation, yet he didn't fall into this category. Moreover, he possessed the Barbarian Elephant's Great Strength technique, making ordinary third-rate martial arts techniques insignificant. Only by obtaining the Wind and Thunder Gun Technique could he complete his studies.

  Living in the era of technological advancements, Xiao Yi deeply understood the principle of not being too greedy, despite having Shi Jing by his side, Xiao Yi remained true to himself and did not rely on him excessively.

  The second floor of the Ministry of War is the Martial Arts Hall, where many martial arts techniques are stored. The hall is not large, and inside there are ancient stone pedestals shrouded in a faint blue war aura, which belongs to the power of Shi Zhenxuan, the tribal leader. Without the Stone Token of the Bloodstone Tribe, no one can obtain anything from the pedestals unless they can overpower Shi Zhenxuan.

  "Qingyun Finger, a three-flowing soldier's trick, is divided into ten forms. The last form is the ultimate skill, which was created by Shi Qingyun, the thousand-year-old ancestor of the clan, 500 years ago. It emphasizes intent over force."

  On the side of the stone platform, there is a brief introduction to the military strategy. On the stone platform, there are pieces of ancient animal skin that have undergone special processing and will not rot even after hundreds or thousands of years. There are dozens of such stone platforms in the Military Strategy Hall.

  "Bihuo Leg, Sanliu Bing Jue, divided into eleven forms, the last two forms are the ultimate skills, taking the meaning of Bihuo Chuantian, refining blood to great success, understanding the light and heavy can grasp its essence, reaching the realm of spiritual harmony."

  "The Frost and Fire Technique, the Second Flowing Soldier Technique, mainly conveys the meaning of frost and ice, can give birth to the Cold Water Heavenly Soldier, contains seven styles of Cold Water Knife Techniques."

  The hundred-meter-long martial arts hall, at a glance, has eighty-five stone platforms. Among them, seventy-five are third-class martial arts and ten are second-class martial arts. If the third-class martial arts still have distinctions between mental methods and combat methods, when it comes to the realm of second-class martial arts, mental methods and combat methods merge into one, complementing each other, which is another realm.

  Among many stone pedestals, Xiao Yi easily found the Wind and Thunder Gun Technique. On one side of the pedestal, he saw a line of words that read:

  "Feng Lei Gun Fa, San Liu Bing Jue, divided into twelve forms, the last three forms are the ultimate skills, taking the meaning of wind and thunder stirring up, destroying all things. It was created by the ancestors of the clan 800 years ago, and it is impossible to achieve great success without refining blood and small circles."

  Xiao Yi was somewhat surprised, and it's no wonder that Shi Lei would choose this gun method. The Blood Refining Small Circle is only possible with a great achievement, which requires a light and heavy self-sufficient war situation. Similarly, the powerful momentum it possesses can also be considered top-notch among third-rate military tactics.

  At that moment, Xiao Yi pressed the Stone Order down, and on the stone platform, the light blue war energy rippled out with a faint wave, then disappeared without a trace. Although it was silent and invisible, at the moment the Stone Order came into contact with the war energy, Xiao Yi still felt a vast power, the war energy of the human race had reached the Bone Forging Realm, excavating more of the body's divine treasures, this was a kind of evolution of life.

  He took off the beast skin, sat down cross-legged and began to silently recite the Wind Thunder Gun Law, which had thousands of characters. Originally, according to Xiao Yi's memory, it would take two hours to barely memorize it, but his spirit and willpower broke through to the ordinary realm, and his memory also underwent a drastic change. In less than an hour, he had committed everything to heart, and after silently reciting it twice more, Xiao Yi put the beast skin back on the stone pedestal, and a pale blue war aura emanated, once again enveloping the pedestal.

  He didn't even try to flip through the second-rate soldier's manual, Xiao Yi knew that it wasn't something he could touch now, and would likely be injured by the war aura left behind by Patriarch Shi Zhi Xuan.

  Back at the Ministry of War's first floor, in the Zhan Gong Temple, Xiao Yi took off the Qing Yun bow on his back and picked up a Zi Xia bow. The Zi Xia bow was forged from the fusion of the Purple Clouded Beast's vertebrae with Qing Tie iron, requiring nineteen jin of force to draw it open, but able to withstand thirty-six jin of force.

  Zixia bow, including Qingyun bow and Heishi bow, are all lower-ranking war soldiers. Apart from these, there are middle-ranking war soldiers and upper-ranking war soldiers. Above the upper-ranking war soldiers are the heavenly soldiers. Only when one has reached the stage of refining blood and completing the small cycle can they give birth to 108 heavenly soldiers. The human heavenly soldier is a supreme war soldier forged using the human body as a furnace, possessing various mysterious and unpredictable powers.

  In the Bloodstone Tribe, only lower-ranking warriors can be used below the rank of Wuzhang. Only Wuzhang can be granted mid-ranking warriors, while Bai Fuzhang can possess high-ranking warriors. Once one reaches the rank of Qian Fuzhang, they can self-cultivate and forge their own heavenly warrior body.

  ……

  Behind the village, an old greyish-black stone house.

  The dried herbs that were exposed to the sun outside the stone house had disappeared, and the only remaining things were the empty green stone jars. The strong herbal fragrance that once filled the air had also faded away. Xiao Yi pushed open the stone door and saw Shi Gong Pan sitting on a stone bed. This year, Shi Gong, who was nearly a hundred years old, looked like he had aged terribly. His gray hair had turned completely white, his face was full of wrinkles, his eyes were dull, and his vital energy was almost gone, having declined to the extreme.

  Although he had experienced many partings and farewells in the era of technological advancements, Xiao Yi's mood was still very heavy here. The time left for him was limited, and if he couldn't find the Heart Spring of the Millennium Tree within a year, Shi Gong's vital energy would be completely depleted, leaving no room for survival.

  The next morning, the sun rises early.

  Xiao Yi's heart was moved by a sudden feeling, he opened his eyes and walked out of the stone house. Not far away, Shi Lei came walking towards him with big strides.

  "Xiao Ge." A hint of a smile appeared in Shi Lei's eyes.

  "Eight hundred years of silver ginseng."

  A moment later, Xiao Yi's expression changed slightly. Shi Lei had discovered an 800-year-old silver ginseng in the depths of the ancient forest, seventy miles west of the tribe. This time, he was here to invite him to join forces and seize the ginseng together.

  Ginseng under 500 years is called flesh ginseng, at 500 years it becomes silver ginseng and is considered a rare treasure. If it reaches the age of 1,000 years, with the right conditions, it can transform into spiritual ginseng, its body like gold casting, also known as golden ginseng.

  Shi Gong was a pharmacist within the clan, and this year he had also taught Xiao Yi about medicinal properties. The body's qi and blood didn't come out of thin air; daily food and drink helped maintain life and strengthen one's qi and blood. Apart from hunting wild beasts, some rare and precious herbs could also enhance one's qi and blood, assisting in cultivation.

  "This eight-hundred-year-old Silver Ginseng grows in a very hidden place, so there is only one lower-ranking Desolate Beast, the Cyan Scaled Horned Python, guarding it. However, this Cyan Scaled Horned Python has the peak aura and blood of the lower-ranking Desolate Beasts, and is almost about to transform into a mid-ranking Desolate Beast, its strength should not be underestimated." Shi Lei said, "If we can obtain this eight-hundred-year-old Silver Ginseng, its medicinal properties are enough to raise the cultivation of nearly twenty Heavenly Meridians."

  Twenty Heavenly Pulse Cultivation!

  Xiao Yi's heart moved slightly, if so, it would be enough for him to penetrate the four heavenly veins. This year, he also discovered a thousand-year-old purple bamboo, which was listed as a treasure, but there was a top-grade desolate beast guarding it, and its vast aura could be heard clearly even from a hundred feet away. Xiao Yi didn't get close and avoided it from afar, only silently memorizing the location.

  "I also invited Shi Yuan, Shi Qian, Yun Shan and Li Yue, plus you and I, the six of us will go to seize the participation." Seemingly afraid that Xiao Yi would worry, Shi Lei said, "Xiao big brother, don't worry, this time for you is just a practice, you don't need to take action."

  After a moment of hesitation, Xiao Yi nodded in agreement. It wasn't for the sake of the silver ginseng or the qinglin jiao man. He had seen it once before - a qinglin jiao man that had evolved into a mid-tier desolate beast, its power was immense, and a lucky-to-have-escaped Xian tribe wuchang was torn to shreds by it.

  Shi Lei naturally didn't know Xiao Yi's thoughts, in his opinion, this time Xiao Yi only needed to be responsible for exploring the road, and the silver ginseng was too precious, it couldn't be given to Xiao Yi. However, some ordinary hundred-year-old medicinal herbs along the way could be shared, and it was also because Xiao Yi had just become a member of the Blood Stone Tribe, otherwise Shi Lei wouldn't have come over, as the silver ginseng would belong to the Blood Stone Tribe no matter whose hands it fell into.

  When Xiao Yi and Shi Lei arrived at the outer wall of the tribal mountain, Shi Yuan's four people had already arrived.

  Shi Yuan, a young warrior, had reached the level of nearly Wuzhang. This year, he had killed many immortal soldiers and refined their blood essence. Recently, he even obtained an Earth-grade Blood Dan. Now, it seemed that he was wearing a bronze token at his waist, indicating that he had broken through the shackles and become a Wuzhang-level figure. In the Bloodstone Tribe, ordinary tribesmen held stone tokens, Wuzhang held bronze tokens, Baifu held cyan iron tokens, and Qianfu held red copper tokens.

  Two young men, Shi Qianxiao had already recognized that Yun Shan's appearance was ordinary, his expression somewhat dull, not tall, but very sturdy, with a large white bone stick on his back, unknown what kind of beast's bones it was. At this moment, standing there, he gave people a feeling of being as heavy as a mountain. It seemed that the other party's cultivation method should be a powerful technique, and after long-term cultivation, it had already merged into the person's spiritual energy.

  The last one was a woman, who seemed to be the one from the distant moon. This distant moon had a beautiful face, with eyebrows like a crescent moon, sparkling eyes, and a slender figure. She wore a pale blue leather armor, revealing a pair of smooth and long legs, as well as a pair of small arms outside, with high and proud breasts, and two delicate copper rings on her wrists. The whole person was full of an otherworldly charm. On her back, a purple mist bow reflected the sunlight, shimmering with a bewildering light.

  "Shi Lei, are you going to find him?" Seeing Xiao Yi, Shi Yuan frowned and said, "Although the silver ginseng was discovered by you, but bringing a non-military ordinary person like this into the desolate ancient forest is no joke. When we encounter the Qinglin Jiao Mang, who will take care of him?"

  Shi Qian's face was cold, but he didn't say a word. Although Shi Yuan had suggested bringing him along this time, Yin Can was discovered by Shi Lei, and he didn't want anything unpleasant to happen because of Xiao Yi again.

  "Shi Yu, don't worry, Xiao Ge has been hunting in the desolate ancient forest for a year, although his cultivation is not high, but his eyesight and experience are absolutely not bad." Shi Lei said, "This time it's just following us to gain some experience, he can give up on the silver lotus, as long as when the time comes to fight against Qing Lin Jiao Mang, he keeps a safe distance and that's all."