Chapter 10: Planning (Please follow and vote for Yue tickets!)

The Sun Family had left, and Wang Sheng breathed a sigh of relief. If nothing unexpected occurred, this crisis should be temporarily resolved.

If there were unexpected problems, he really would have no choice but to flee.

The Sun Family was not something he could handle right now, facing them directly might just leave his grave grass towering high next year.

The most effective solution was still to enhance his martial power.

There are many negatives in this world, but the good thing is that many problems can be solved through personal martial power, and what's better is that he had ways to improve his own martial power.

But speaking of martial arts—

His tiger bone ointment was almost gone.

This was a severe issue; without tiger bone ointment, Wang Sheng could only use silver to buy meat as a substitute.

But now that he had become a formal Martial Artist, his consumption was many times higher than when he first started practicing Ba Duan Jin.

50 taels of silver really couldn't sustain such use.

Therefore, tiger bone ointment was the best choice; with his current status as a Martial Artist, a small scoop was enough for one session of Ba Duan Jin, and when he wasn't a Martial Artist, it was enough for 2 to 3 sessions.

It is easy to go from frugality to luxury, but difficult to return.

Having used tiger bone ointment, which could quickly replenish his needs, Wang Sheng no longer valued ordinary meat supplies.

"I should go ask Uncle Li!"

The tiger bone ointment was given to him by Li Wenguang; if he could learn about the raw materials, maybe he could make it himself.

If all else failed, he might research Medical Skill and develop a skill for creating cultivation resources.

However, just as Wang Sheng was about to find Li Wenguang, Li Wenguang had already reached his doorstep.

"Yun Sheng, about your issue..."

"Uncle Li, don't worry, the problem has been resolved!"

"That's good. Now I can rest easy. Also, your Brother Li is coming back tomorrow. Come over for a meal!"

Wang Sheng nodded. Li Wenguang's son, Li Yongfeng, was Brother Li.

In his memory, Brother Li had been very good to him, having looked after him a lot when he was younger.

It was only later when Wang Sheng started working as a medicine farmer specializing in chrysanthemum cultivation in the village and Li Yongfeng, with his strong physique, became an escorter, that they saw less of each other.

But every time Li Yongfeng returned from an escort mission, he would bring him gifts, treating him like a younger brother.

Li Wenguang's offering of tiger bone ointment also reflected Li Yongfeng's idea.

Previously, when Wang Sheng was fervently practicing Ba Duan Jin, Li Yongfeng had been on an escort mission, not expected to return so soon, which by logic should not have been so prompt.

"I will be there, Uncle Li!"

"Good."

Once Li Wenguang had conveyed the message, he intended to leave, but Wang Sheng remembered about the tiger bone ointment and hastened to call Li Wenguang back.

"Uncle Li, wait a moment, I want to ask about the tiger bone ointment."

"Tiger bone ointment? Sorry, Yun Sheng, the batch I gave you was the last of it."

Wang Sheng quickly shook his head and said, "Uncle Li, I'm not asking for more ointment, I want to know how it's made. Now that I'm a Martial Artist, ordinary items can't support my consumption. If possible, I want to try making it myself."

Li Wenguang appeared momentarily dazed.

Wang Sheng had become a Martial Artist so quickly, Li had yet to adjust fully to this fact.

Indeed, their physical condition had strengthened, leading to a much larger appetite than ordinary people, and now that Wang Sheng had become a Martial Artist, his consumption was frightfully vast.

But—

"Yun Sheng, you might be disappointed with this, the method to make tiger bone ointment is actually simple—just mix all the ingredients together and simmer for about ten days.

But the ingredients are hard to come by; you need the Mountain Lord's associated tiger bone herb and the Mountain Lord's tiger bone, essence blood, tiger oil, along with some precious medicinal herbs like mountain ginseng to simmer such a batch."

"My father was just lucky to have found an incapacitated Mountain Lord who couldn't move, otherwise, it would also have been impossible to produce tiger bone ointment."

Mountain Lord, which is the title given to a tiger.

But according to his original memories, ordinary tigers were referred to as big cats, but once one possessed the strength of a Martial Artist, it was referred to as the Mountain Lord.

The King of the Mountains!

The weakest was also a Third Grade Martial Artist.

There was no way Wang Sheng could handle him right now, and he wouldn't go to his death either.

As for why Li Wenguang said Wang Sheng would be disappointed.

It was because there had been no news of the Mountain Lord near Qingshan Village for over twenty years; at most, there were rumors of a big tiger on some mountain.

In other words, even if Wang Sheng had enough strength, he wouldn't be able to find the raw materials.

Thinking about it, a Third Grade Martial Artist was strong for Wang Sheng but was nothing for those major families; how could they let such a resource slip by?

The stronger the individual martial power in the world, the more concentrated the resources.

Understanding this, he knew he didn't need to think about Tiger Bone Ointment for now, at least not for the short term.

Wang Sheng sighed inwardly and said, "Understood, Uncle Li, thanks for clearing that up."

"You should think of another way, you are a Martial Artist after all, there should be a way."

"Yes!"

Wang Sheng could only agree.

He indeed had to figure it out himself.

After repeatedly reminding him about eating, Li Wenguang left.

Wang Sheng then returned to his room and plunged into worry.

He had a premonition that once the Tiger Bone Ointment was used up, his progress in cultivating Ba Duan Jin would definitely slow down.

Not only that, but if he made another breakthrough in Ba Duan Jin, the consumption would increase even more.

"Thinking about it this way, Tiger Bone Ointment isn't the best solution either!"

Tiger Bone Ointment required Mountain Lord's bones, blood, and oil, but it wasn't easy for the Mountain Lord to appear; even if he got another jar of Tiger Bone Ointment, it would eventually run out one day.

What about after this time, and the next?

Wang Sheng felt he had realized something.

This was not a long-term plan; he must think of a sustainable method.

What could regenerate and be obtained in a short time?

Wang Sheng looked at the remaining piles of chrysanthemums in the room used as medicine and suddenly had an idea.

If he remembered correctly, there should be medicinal herbs made entirely from plants that supplement Qi-Blood, right?

He even had some prescriptions in his mind.

Since chrysanthemums could be cultivated, medicinal plants could surely be cultivated too!

Even if it took longer, it was much more reliable than searching for the Mountain Lord.

"That really is a good idea!"

Wang Sheng decided to take immediate action.

In that case, he would need to spend time developing other skills for 14 hours each day.

Firstly, it would be Medical Skill; although he had a few prescriptions for strengthening the body in his mind, he was unclear about what those medicinal herbs were called in this world, so he had to first level up his Medical Skill to learn to identify them.

The most crucial thing was to see what level he could reach after breaking through with his Medical Skill.

Another skill had to be developed as well, that was Planting or Medicinal Plant Cultivation.

He now had a skill, which was Chrysanthemum Planting, and it was even about to breakthrough again.

But each crop required different cultivation techniques, so to cultivate medicinal plants, he had to develop the corresponding skill.

However, this needed to follow after Medical Skill, because without confirming the required medicinal plants, it wouldn't be good to start planting straight away.

And this was indeed most important; otherwise, the Qi-Blood replenishing medications from his previous life wouldn't be enough no matter how many he consumed.

Wang Sheng planned to first test his method using Chrysanthemum Planting.

But in that case——

"Indeed, no matter where you go, Planting Skill is invincible!"

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