Chapter 29 Strengthening

Zhongyuan didn't make any stops along the way and finally arrived at Shennongjia at noon. As he didn't know how long it would take for the Golden Eagle to adapt to its own power transformation, Zhongyuan flew directly to Xiaoshan Valley and let it adapt to its transformation here first.

The entire valley is now peaceful, with only a few occasional bird calls coming from the forest. Zhong Yuan has removed his invisibility mask and allowed the golden eagle to fly freely in the valley. Zhong Yuan still has a lot of things to do. During the period when the golden eagle adapts and transforms, it needs to eat a large amount of blood to replenish its energy consumption. Some prey is just a piece of cake for Zhong Yuan, but having blood alone is not enough. He also needs to prepare some medicine to supplement it. Fortunately, what he needs are ordinary medicinal herbs, otherwise Zhong Yuan would probably be speechless.

Although they were all ordinary medicinal herbs, Zhongyuan only had ginseng in his hands and nothing else. Although he could find a few in the valley, it was not complete. He had no choice but to go to the small town to purchase some medicinal herbs.

I just found a Chinese medicine shop and bought enough herbs for Zhongyuan. Although the owner of the shop was puzzled why Zhongyuan bought so many herbs at once, no one would be idle in this business, right?

After buying the medicinal herbs, Zhong Yuan wandered around and prepared all the necessary tools for boiling the herbs. After careful consideration, he had prepared almost everything that needed to be prepared before rushing to the valley. Although it didn't take much time to get from the valley to the small town, Zhong Yuan didn't want to waste time running around.

On the way back, Zhongyuan caught several wild rabbits and tied them to ropes, bringing them into the valley. He recruited the golden eagle that was still hovering in the sky, and Zhongyuan threw a wild rabbit to it. The rabbit was thrown to the ground by Zhongyuan and even wanted to run. The golden eagle flapped its wings and easily pressed the rabbit to the ground. Under Zhongyuan's instructions, the golden eagle picked up the rabbit and went to eat elsewhere. Zhongyuan didn't want to see that disgusting eating scene again. As for the remaining few, Zhongyuan untied the ropes and put them in the valley, so it wouldn't be too difficult to catch them in the future.

When they arrived at the place where Shang Min and the others were cooking outside the cave, Zhong Yuan took out the medicinal herbs and jars and placed them on the ground. There was also a pile of firewood and other things piled up, so Zhong Yuan didn't have to pick them up anymore. He went to the pond to fetch some water and start the fire. Zhong Yuan began to boil the herbs. Zhong Yuan had also survived before, but most of the herbs were thrown into the jars and filled with water at once, and they were almost cooked. However, the method of boiling herbs recorded in the bamboo rolls was a bit cumbersome. For more than 10 kinds of herbs, except for the first three, they were all added together during the process of boiling. Fortunately, the bamboo slips were more detailed, and the remaining herbs had to be added in the same way. It is clearly recorded when to add what medicinal herbs, whether to use high, low, or medium heat, otherwise Zhongyuan will be annoyed again.

When he finally started brewing the medicine, Zhongyuan realized that it was even more troublesome than he had imagined. It had been over an hour, and besides putting three medicinal herbs in the medicine jar, Zhongyuan had added four more in the past hour. However, there were a total of 13 medicinal herbs in this medicine! Thinking about having to endure it again every day in the future, Zhong Yuan felt depressed.

Looking up and seeing that the golden eagle was already full and flying in the sky, Zhong Yuan sighed. Fortunately, as long as the golden eagle adapted to the transformation process, there was no need for such trouble. Otherwise, Zhong Yuan had to give up.

More than an hour passed, and as he put the last medicinal herb in his hand into the medicine jar, Zhong Yuan lifted his hand to wipe his forehead, which was not sweating at all. He stared at the medicine jar for three hours without blinking, and his eyes were starting to feel a bit dry.

Looking at the originally reddish brown medicinal juice in the medicine jar, as the last medicinal herb was added, it slowly began to turn green. Zhong Yuan knew that his first jar of medicine had finally been made. As the green color of the medicinal juice in the jar grew stronger, a medicinal fragrance slowly emanated from the jar, making Zhong Yuan, who was already hungry, unable to help but swallow his saliva.

If it weren't for the fact that this medicinal juice was meant for Jin Diao to drink, Zhong Yuan would have wanted to take a few sips. Accustomed to the dark, bitter, and astringent nature of traditional Chinese medicine, looking at the green and fragrant jar in front of him, Zhong Yuan felt a surge of pride in his heart. Being able to boil traditional Chinese medicine to this level is also a kind of realm, isn't it? Hehe, Zhongyuan has completely forgotten. If it weren't for the detailed record in the bamboo scroll, it would still be a question whether he could boil this medicine.

Picking up a bowl from the side and pouring all the medicine from the jar into it, a large bowl was filled to the brim. Fortunately, the medicine was boiled by Zhong Yuan himself, and anyone else would not recognize that the bowl was filled with medicine. After the temperature of the medicine cooled down, Zhong Yuan took out a syringe from the Buddhist bead and also pulled down the golden eagle flying in the sky. With a gust of wind, the golden eagle landed next to Zhong Yuan. Zhong Yuan drew a full tube of medicine from the syringe and then controlled the golden eagle to lift its head and open its mouth. He picked up the syringe and slowly poured the medicine inside into its mouth.

A large bowl of medicine was poured in by Zhongyuan in less than two minutes. The first step was finally completed. After the Golden Eagle swallowed all the medicinal juice, Zhongyuan began to strengthen the Golden Eagle for the first time, probing his psychic power into his mind. Zhongyuan controlled the seed of spiritual power in the Golden Eagle's mind and slowly released the Buddha's power. As the golden Buddha's power slowly flowed throughout his body, the Golden Eagle, who was originally standing quietly on the ground, began to struggle. The longer it took, the more fiercely the Golden Eagle struggled. After a few minutes, the Golden Eagle had fallen to the ground and flapped its wings. If Zhongyuan hadn't carefully looked at the bamboo slips Knowing this process, looking at the appearance of this golden eagle, one might think it's a dying one.

After struggling on the ground for half an hour, the Golden Eagle no longer had the strength to struggle and lay quietly on the ground. Only from its slightly undulating chest could it be seen that it was still a living Golden Eagle. Throughout the whole process, Zhong Yuan sat on the ground and paid attention to its condition. In order to ensure that the Golden Eagle's body would not rupture due to excessive power, Zhong Yuan's psychic power never left the Golden Eagle's body for a moment. When the Golden Eagle reached the limit of the power it could absorb, it was already an hour later. He replenished the consumed Buddhist power in the spiritual power seeds and adjusted the output of Buddhist power to the minimum, so that it could slowly nourish the Golden Eagle's body. Don't rely on Zhong Yuan to replenish his power to evolve the Golden Eagle now. When the Golden Eagle adapts to this transformation and slowly opens up its spiritual intelligence under the influence of the spiritual power seed, The spiritual power generated independently by the Golden Eagle is used for its own reinforcement, and there may even be some surplus. If Zhong Yuan cultivates it again, it may become a Golden Eagle that can use spiritual power. However, when he sees the introduction in the bamboo slips that the speed can vary from 3 to 5 months, and the speed can vary from 3 to 5 years, Zhong Yuan is a bit relieved. With his half tone animal breeding level, it may take the Monkey Year and Horse Month to truly activate the Golden Eagle's spiritual intelligence.

Standing up and stretching lazily, Zhong Yuan looked at the golden eagle lying on the ground. The eagle's feathers had become messy after the struggle just now, and feathers had fallen all over the ground. The entire eagle now looked like it was shedding hair.

Zhong Yuan waited for a few more minutes, and Jin Diao finally regained his breath. He struggled a few times and slowly stood up from the ground. When Jin Diao stood up, Zhong Yuan finally breathed a sigh of relief. As long as this first step was successful, there would be no major problems in the future.

After a few hours, the several wild rabbits released by Zhongyuan had not yet run far. Zhongyuan used his psychic power to grab one and threw it in front of the Golden Eagle. When he saw the rabbit, the Golden Eagle pounced on it and pressed it up. To Zhongyuan's surprise, the Golden Eagle did not immediately eat, but instead straightened its feathers with its mouth. Zhongyuan glanced at it but didn't pay attention to it. He turned around and walked towards the mountain cave. He didn't have the mood to watch the Golden Eagle eat here. With the spiritual seed in its mind, Zhongyuan could feel the existence of the Golden Eagle no matter how far apart he was. This perception that crossed distance, Zhongyuan couldn't explain why. However, As long as it's easy to use, Zhong Yuan is not in academia, so there's no need to make it so clear.

Entering the cave, Zhong Yuan took out the tent from the Buddha bead and placed it on the ground. He is afraid to stay in this cave for some more time.