Medicine Master Disciple’s Cultivation Notes

Chapter 18: The Medicine Master's Blessing Displays Divine Powers

The closer Li Qiuchen got to those dying bandits, the stronger the restless thoughts in his heart became.

It wasn't until the tree branch staff in his hand pierced into the other party's chest, and vigorous life energy poured into his body through the staff, that this restless emotion was truly relieved.

A life about to dissipate obtained rebirth in another way.

Human life energy, even the residual life of the dying, far surpassed the fish in the river.

Merely by absorbing the life energy of several dying bandits, Li Qiuchen felt like he was soaking in a hot spring. From head to toe, he was warm, and his whole body was filled with strength.

Even the tree branch in his hand had sprouted emerald green shoots at the tip.

The dying were already like this. What if it were changed to normal people?

Li Qiuchen walked before the last bandit who had fallen unconscious but wasn't injured, and turned to glance at the white crane.

The stupid bird was still immersed in the fear of killing for the first time, lying in the lake gulping water into its stomach, completely not noticing the movements on his side.

Li Qiuchen crouched down, raised his hand and pressed on the bandit's face. The image of the white crane shooting out feathers floated through his mind.That move was so cool...

Puchi—

A slender, sharp wooden spike grew from his palm, inserting into the eye socket and directly piercing into the bandit's brain.

The Li family's ocular arts inherently had the divine ability to observe and imitate others' techniques, and life energy was extremely easy to manipulate. He'd just simulated it in his mind, and surprisingly easily created a technique somewhat similar to it.

Scalding life energy transmitted directly into his body through the wooden spike. Like a bowl of fragrant chicken soup wontons, it made all the pores on his body involuntarily expand. In an instant, his forehead was covered with a layer of fine sweat.

Li Qiuchen abruptly stood up, shook off the blood staining his hands, and retreated several steps.

Too delicious... no, too terrifying.

What difference was there between this and directly eating people?

No, you're just continuing his life.

A voice in his mind whispered softly like a demon.

Bullshit continuation!

Li Qiuchen instantly sobered up, realizing this fundamentally wasn't his real thought but was influenced by the Medicine Master's blessing.

The Medicine Master's blessing itself had no good or evil, but this power came too easily. If one wasn't careful, one would be addicted to the illusion brought by power expansion, losing rationality, even losing humanity.

Having lost humanity, was that still oneself?

Li Qiuchen was frightened in his heart. He slowly retracted the wooden spike in his palm and began recalling in his mind the explanations and discussions about the Medicine Master's blessing in "Jingyunzi."

Then he realized a very serious problem.

The book "Jingyunzi" wasn't written completely.

This was just a general outline.

The Li family's collection of three hundred scrolls, he'd only obtained two. The rest had all been burned by his eldest cousin in a fire.

Eldest cousin, please be human!

People needed education. Having power alone while lacking theoretical knowledge support, wouldn't one accidentally walk onto an evil path?

At this moment, Li Qiuchen's desire to learn in his heart was infinitely strong.

Seeing the white crane that had drunk its fill of water gradually recover, Li Qiuchen walked over and said quietly, "Let's split up. You chase that bandit leader. It would be best if you could find the location of their stronghold's lair. I'll go to the village to check on the old man's family situation, tell him about things here, and also give him some psychological preparation."

The white crane nodded and spread its wings to fly into the sky.

Although it was already night, with this stupid bird's abilities, tracking one person's movements in the air was no problem.

Night roads were difficult. If that bandit leader could fall and kill himself, that would be even better but he could break free from that kind of hallucination, showing he had some abilities.

In case this person ran back, stabilized his mind, and gathered another group of men to kill their way back, Li Qiuchen would need to make other preparations. However, he now wasn't the same as an hour ago.

After absorbing the life energy of several dying people plus one living person, Li Qiuchen felt all his bodily functions, whether strength or perception, had been significantly enhanced.

Although he hadn't cultivated martial arts, he felt that right now, just relying on strength, he could easily knock down two adult men.

Moreover, he'd imitated the white crane's flying feathers and created an extremely sinister technique on his own. It was equivalent to suddenly having a sharp dagger in his hand, with an additional blood-sucking function. He decided to name it "Palm Spike."

In a situation of being prepared against the unprepared, ordinary people fundamentally couldn't dodge this sneak attack.

Going down the mountain in the past required half an hour. Now his pace had almost doubled. Striding swiftly through the mountain forest, he didn't use much time to arrive in the village.

The old man's home was desolate and miserable. The courtyard gate had been kicked to pieces. Inside was a mess.

The coffin originally prepared for the old man now had his youngest son lying inside. White-haired person sending off black-haired person, that scene was simply too tragic to look at.

The old man and his family guarded the courtyard. Hearing footsteps, he quickly stood up. Seeing Li Qiuchen walk in, tears couldn't help flowing down.

"Little Immortal Master, it's good you're alright. Those bandits didn't find you, did they?"

"I'm fine. As for those bandits, that's hard to say."

Li Qiuchen lowered his voice, "They spoke crudely and offended the Mountain Lord. They all received retribution."

"Ah? Received retribution?"

Hearing this, the old man immediately knelt on the ground and heavily knocked his head toward the mountain, "Heaven has eyes! The Mountain Lord is mighty! These evil people deserved retribution!"

Li Qiuchen glanced at the young man lying in the coffin, coughed, and said, "This person can still be saved. Aren't you looking for a doctor to examine him?"

"What? Can still be saved?"

The old man scrambled up, eyes wide, "This person is already cold..."

Halfway through speaking, he suddenly reacted. He hurriedly grabbed Li Qiuchen's hand and pleaded, "Little Immortal Master, our village doesn't have any doctor. If you can save my son's life, my whole family will be grateful for your great kindness!"

After speaking, he was about to kneel again but was stopped by Li Qiuchen with one hand, unable to move.

"First carry the person out for me to look at."

Li Qiuchen didn't speak with full certainty.

Normally speaking, this person was indeed beyond saving. A knife stabbed in the chest, injuring the lungs, massive blood loss, and so much time had passed. Saying the person was cold was an objective description without exaggeration but in Li Qiuchen's eyes, the last bit of life energy on this person's body hadn't completely dissipated.

Using more professional terminology, this was in a state of "suspended animation."

Only a tiny bit away from true death.

The old man's character was solid. Even tormented like this, he still hadn't betrayed him. Li Qiuchen naturally wanted to return peach for plum.

He'd come to the village besides reporting, he also wanted to help the old man treat his whip wounds. He didn't expect there would be a pleasant surprise.

Here, the old man was overjoyed. He quickly shouted loudly, having his sons and grandsons carry the person out of the coffin.

Inadvertently, he subconsciously touched his chest, only then discovering all the pain on his body had disappeared. Even his old cold legs of many years seemed much more flexible and lighter.

Ah, this...

Li Qiuchen waved his hand, signaling him not to make a fuss. He took the tree branch staff and placed it on the "deceased's" chest.

Life energy could be absorbed, so naturally it could also be transmitted.

In the past, he could only absorb the life of small animals. He'd never experimented on people. Through this incident, he discovered it could be used on people as well.

The premise was that the other party couldn't resist.

For example, dying, unconscious, or like the current severe injury state.

If it were a lively normal person, that would be hard to say.

Perhaps in the future if there was an opportunity, he could do experiments.

As life energy from within his body transmitted over, the "deceased's" complexion visibly became rosy. Even the wound on his chest began healing but on Li Qiuchen's side, he felt the emptiness and exhaustion within his body.

Life energy, for him, was like money. Picking it up on one side, spending it on the other. But he himself didn't have a stable income source. All the money was cash. Only a small portion could be deposited in the bank.

The cultivation method recorded in "Jingyunzi" was mainly body tempering and ocular arts. There was no content corresponding to the Medicine Master's blessing.

Seeing the "deceased" lying on the ground already showing slight rises and falls in his chest, Li Qiuchen quickly removed the staff.

The old man's eyes brimmed with tears. Grabbing Li Qiuchen, trembling, he didn't know what to say.

"Thank you, Immortal Master. Thank you, Immortal Master..."

"Alright, I'm not a doctor either. At most I can only do this much."

"No, no, no. Doctors aren't this formidable as you!"

"Come with me. I want to ask you a few questions."

Li Qiuchen pulled the old man aside and asked in a lowered voice, "You didn't hand that pearl over to them?"

The old man smiled bitterly, "How would I dare not hand it over? Who knew these people completely don't follow jianghu rules, especially that big boss..."

"What's that big boss's origin?"

Li Qiuchen, considering his image, didn't feel comfortable asking how there could be such a tiger-brained idiot.

People who farmed all knew the principle of pulling seedlings to help them grow. After crops were planted, you had to wait until they matured before harvesting.

Since the village had dark pearls, you take them and that's it. Come again after some time. At least this would give the village some time to rest and recuperate.

What about these people?

Having one, they wanted two. If you couldn't produce them, they'd kill. After killing, they'd run to the lake to fish for pearls themselves...

Purely brain-diseased.

The old man hesitated, then said quietly, "We country folk have blocked information. How would we know what origin this big boss has... However, when they came today, I did hear from those bandits' mouths that he used to be a jailer in the county town. Don't know what crime he committed to end up here. The purpose of demanding dark pearls was to bribe his superiors to exonerate himself."

I see. This could be explained.

As they say, leave a thread when acting, so you can meet again in the future. But there was one exception: prison guards in jails.

These people never considered consequences when doing things, because most people locked in prison couldn't possibly come out alive.

So no wonder this big boss was ruthless and merciless, draining the pond to catch fish.

The value of one dark pearl was indeed extremely precious to villagers, but for those high officials and nobles, it probably wasn't that precious. Without preparing more, he probably couldn't even present them.

Having clarified the big boss's origin and background—not some family disciple, not some wastrel second generation coming to the mountain valley to experience life—Li Qiuchen's heart immediately felt much more stable.