Medicine Master Disciple’s Cultivation Notes

Chapter 34: Junior Brother Cleverly Uses Stratagems

The old Daoist thought he'd found an immortal fate and guarded the tree seedling daily, exposed to wind and dew.

Now with the three-month period approaching, his most worrying problem was no longer whether he could keep the tree root alive, but whether he still needed to take this seedling out to share.

He was already somewhat reluctant to part with it.

"Hand it over for what? Isn't this the fruit of your own efforts?"

Li Qiuchen advised from the side, "Do you think others have your luck and can plant tree roots alive? When the time comes, you just pretend you have no results and listen to that Mohe the Perfected Being share his insights. He has the most dharma remains and will surely have some gains. And have you forgotten..."

The old Daoist slapped his forehead. Right!

I'm supposed to rob his dharma remains as a certificate of allegiance to enter the mountain gate. How could I throw in my own treasure?

But thinking about how Mohe the Perfected Being's cultivation seemed far higher than his own, he chickened out a bit.

"Junior Brother, when the time comes, I'll still need to trouble you to help out..."

"I'm not going.""Ah?"

Li Qiuchen earnestly explained, "If I go, it will make that Mohe the Perfected Being vigilant. Moreover, even taking a step back, if I really act, will the benefits gained count as yours or mine?"

"Ah, this..."

The old Daoist was stunned but thinking it over, it did seem to make sense.

I'm the one presenting the certificate of allegiance. If I don't act and let him act instead, then what does it have to do with me?

Do you have sincerity in joining the immortal sect or not?

"However..."

"Senior needn't worry. I only said I won't actively act."

Li Qiuchen smiled calmly, saying, "I'll just receive you outside. When the time comes, after you obtain benefits, just run out. If that Mohe the Perfected Being doesn't dare chase out, so be it. But if he dares to pester you endlessly, I'll make sure he never returns!"

So that's how it is! The old Daoist suddenly understood. Putting it this way, he got it.

Isn't this just the process of crossing over in the bandit underworld? I can't interfere while you're at your original unit, but if you bring a certificate of allegiance to enter my mountain gate, then you're my person. At that time, I'll naturally come forward and negotiate with your original unit's boss.

"When the time comes, let's find a suitable ambush location outside Blue Stone Platform. I see these two servant boys beside you are skilled with bow and horse. Have them hide in the shadows with bows drawn and ready. Calculating with preparation against the unprepared, it can add several parts of assistance."

"Wonderful! Junior Brother's arrangement like this can be said to be flawless!"

There are also differences between people.

The old Daoist hadn't done many bad things in his lifetime, or rather, hadn't had the ability to do many bad things. At most, he'd used secret techniques from the "Locust Tree Chapter" to harm people with spells. Where had he seen such sinister scheming?

After hearing it, he was amazed and even more devoted to Li Qiuchen.

After discussing properly, the two immediately set out, heading to Blue Stone Platform.

This Blue Stone Platform was a township in the county, much larger in scale than ordinary small villages. According to the old Daoist, the population was over a thousand and quite prosperous.

For townships like this that could pay taxes, the authorities often sent people to patrol.

The old Daoist had only been there a few times in the past and didn't dare stay long in the town, afraid of being captured by the authorities or discovered by townspeople and handed over to the government.

Only a powerhouse like Mohe the Perfected Being would have the courage to set the gathering location here at Blue Stone Platform.

For Li Qiuchen, the biggest problem with this place was that it was a bit far from Crotch Mountain.

The straight-line distance exceeded three hundred li, already beyond Jiang Tingyue's jurisdiction.

Very unsafe.

Standing in the mountain forest outside Blue Stone Platform, looking from afar across two li of distance, Li Qiuchen almost thought he'd returned to modern society.

He saw a straight road at the village entrance.

A road was one thing, but why were there tractors beside the road?

Could it be I never transmigrated at all and I'm still in China?

Then what do all those hardships I suffered these past dozen years count as? Me being a glutton?

Alright, it definitely wasn't the kind of tractor from his memories but this thing with four wheels running on the road, chugging out black smoke, pulling a haystack behind it, if you don't call it a tractor, what else could you call it?

He should have thought of it earlier. The world he'd transmigrated to wasn't the kind of unchanging agricultural feudal society from web novels that stayed the same for hundreds of thousands of years.

Back then, Boss Guan, a noodle shop owner and blacksmith, could casually get several large barrels of gunpowder and even hand-craft homemade bombs.

This showed gunpowder wasn't rare at all.

It was just that the place he'd lived before was too remote. He was a frog in a well with shallow knowledge.

Even so, Li Qiuchen had no intention of approaching for a closer look.

Because that Mohe the Perfected Being was in the town right now, along with Medicine Master followers from the surrounding villages all gathered here.

Such a large-scale illegal gathering of evil demons, just thinking about it, one knew how much risk there would be.

Not only did they have to guard against county troops that could appear at any time, they also had to guard against these Medicine Master followers with ulterior motives beside them.

This gang of lunatics pursuing longevity had no moral bottom line.

As the saying goes, a gentleman doesn't stand under a dangerous wall. Unless there was no choice, Li Qiuchen would absolutely not approach Blue Stone Platform even half a step.

His attention was currently all focused on the Song brothers beside him.

Old Daoist Fang Hong had planted seeds in their bodies, driving them like cattle and horses.

Li Qiuchen had initially also thought these two had long been refined into puppets with no independent thought. Later, after looking up related secret techniques in the "Locust Tree Chapter," he realized it wasn't that exaggerated.

They'd just been fitted with collars and dog leashes, seeking benefits and avoiding harm, not daring to disobey.

The old Daoist was very confident about Li Qiuchen. Handing these two people to Li Qiuchen, he didn't consider at all that Li Qiuchen would tamper with them.

Little did he know Li Qiuchen had always been secretly scheming about these two people, just suppressing his ideas and never showing it.

As for these two people's combat ability, that didn't matter much to Li Qiuchen. At most, they could be considered physically strong, not even close to touching the edge of being martial artists. While Li Qiuchen was now a genuine Qi Refining realm cultivator.

Their main value lay in Li Qiuchen wanting to figure out the secrets of the "Soul Pulling Technique" and "Human Pill Formula" from them.

Theory was theory, practice was practice.

Yesterday, taking advantage of mealtime, Li Qiuchen had already secretly used the Soul Pulling Technique on the two. Now both had undergone very obvious changes.

Originally with vacant eyes and wooden expressions, the two seemed to have just awakened from a long nightmare, realizing their past circumstances and instinctively wanting to resist, but not knowing how to resist.

This was because old Daoist Fang Hong was at a distance, and the seeds he'd left in their bodies had been suppressed by Li Qiuchen, reducing their activity.

Li Qiuchen completely ignored the supposedly covert pleading gazes the two cast toward him, standing on the mountain silently waiting for the white crane to return.

The stupid bird's strength did exceed his own, but Li Qiuchen preferred to use it as a scout.

You have wings for flying high, right? Why do you always want to uphold justice and vanquish evil?