Dragon's Origin

After instructing Steward Wang to invite the person into the estate, Wang Sheng hurried to the reception hall. He saw an old Daoist with white hair and a white beard, and upon closer inspection, he realized it was someone he knew.

Calling him an acquaintance was because Wang Sheng had seen him before, and they had exchanged a couple of brief greetings. Once was after the Grand Master of the Old Lord Temple advanced, when the Daoists bowed to Wang Sheng to express their gratitude. The other time was when Wang Sheng successfully advanced, and the same group of Daoists bowed to him again.

Wang Sheng had thought that Daoist Ling Xu would assign a younger Daoist to guide him, but he didn't expect someone so old to be sent.

"The Old Ancestor said that Marquis, you want to learn how to identify medicinal herbs, and it so happens that I am good at it, so I volunteered to come," the old Daoist said with a cheerful smile, appearing venerable and giving off a very comfortable feeling. "This humble Daoist is Qing Ling, greetings, Marquis."

"You flatter me, you flatter me!" Wang Sheng couldn't remain seated when such an old Daoist was bowing to him, so he quickly stood up to return the greeting.

Qing Ling, of the Qing generation, seemed to be two generations older than the Grand Master of the Old Lord Temple, making him the Grand Master's grand-uncle. Such a senior Daoist actually called Ling Xu 'Old Ancestor,' making one wonder just how old and what generation Daoist Ling Xu really was.

After the old Daoist introduced himself, Wang Sheng understood that Daoist Qing Ling was one of those whose physical condition had drastically improved and who had gained hope of advancing after being enlightened by Wang Sheng's Nine Words of Truth. When it came to medical skills, Qing Ling didn't dare to claim he was much better than those who practiced medicine year-round. But when it came to identifying herbs, he was undoubtedly the number one in the Old Lord Temple. If he dared to call himself second, no one would dare to claim first.

From a young age, Qing Ling had spent his time gathering and processing medicinal herbs in addition to his cultivation. Over the course of a hundred years, his experience was unmatched. He was definitely more than qualified to be Wang Sheng's teacher in identifying medicinal herbs.

Of course, the old Daoist also had his own agenda. Although Old Ancestor Ling Xu had already begun teaching the Nine Words of Truth and Tai Chi Chuan within the Old Lord Temple, these two unique skills were created by Wang Sheng. What better way to learn than to stay close to Wang Sheng and ask for guidance? Qing Ling had been enlightened by Wang Sheng in the first place, so learning from Wang Sheng was only natural.

On the afternoon of Daoist Qing Ling's arrival at the Marquis's residence, Steward Wang personally went to all the major pharmacies in the capital and bought half a catty of each medicinal material. Steward Wang also made sure to tell the shopkeepers that if they had any new medicines that weren't bought this time, they should send half a catty to the Chang Sheng Marquis's residence as soon as they were available, and there would be sufficient rewards.

What was the Chang Sheng Marquis's residence planning to do? Buying so many medicinal materials, were they planning to open a pharmacy? But who opens a pharmacy buying only half a catty of each item? Could it be that someone in the Marquis's residence was sick? In short, many of those who were watching the Chang Sheng Marquis's residence recently were puzzled.

In fact, it wasn't easy to keep an eye on the Chang Sheng Marquis's residence in the capital. There were only two households on that street, each with guards on both sides. Unless one forced their way in, ordinary people couldn't enter the street at all. If they couldn't even see the door, there was no way to tail anyone.

Those who were interested could only watch the people coming out of that street and pay attention to where they went and what they did. However, Steward Wang's attire was too distinctive, so he was immediately recognized. There were at least eighteen or twenty people watching him outside.

"Marquis, this is star anise… this is Sichuan peppercorn… this is cinnamon…" Old Daoist Qing Ling was also a wonderful person. He began teaching Wang Sheng about identifying herbs with the simplest parts that Wang Sheng was most familiar with, those that had already been widely accepted as spices. This part was the easiest for Wang Sheng to learn.

Going from the shallow to the deep, from the low to the high, that was the correct learning process. Although Wang Sheng could be said to be very familiar with these seasonings, this time Wang Sheng started from scratch, relearning them from a medicinal perspective. Of course, the most important thing was that Wang Sheng had to carefully smell each medicinal material and completely memorize their scents.

At first, there was no reaction at all, perhaps because the scents of these spices were too strong and Wang Sheng was too familiar with them, so he could easily identify these medicinal materials by their scent.

Until the first medicinal material that Wang Sheng was unfamiliar with appeared, when Wang Sheng carefully smelled the unfamiliar scent and tried to put a little powder into his mouth to taste it, changes suddenly began to occur in the Yuan Soul space.

The Pu Lao giant bell was covered by white mist, and then a huge illusory three-legged medicine cauldron appeared. The three legs of the cauldron were clearly three Suanni with their mouths wide open. Only the Suanni on the cauldron were solid, while the rest of the cauldron was illusory, as if formed by white mist.

When Wang Sheng accurately tasted and could smell a simple medicinal material, Wang Sheng discovered that some of the white mist outside the giant cauldron was being sucked into the cauldron by the three Suanni. Then, a certain part of the cauldron began to solidify a little.

Seeing this scene, Wang Sheng immediately understood. This was the condition for the Suanni transformation. When Wang Sheng tasted and smelled enough medicinal materials that he could recognize, this huge illusory medicine cauldron would become solid, and that would be when the Suanni transformation was complete.

The giant medicine cauldron was really huge. Wang Sheng roughly estimated that if calculated according to the changes brought about by just one medicinal material, completing the entire cauldron would require at least one or two thousand kinds of medicinal materials or more. Fortunately, there were really enough different kinds of medicinal materials in this world. According to Old Daoist Qing Ling's calculations, there were about four or five thousand kinds, enough for Wang Sheng to use to upgrade the Suanni transformation.

Such conditions seemed simple, but in reality, they were not. Ordinary medicinal materials might not be a big problem, but the problem was that many medicinal materials were poisonous. If he really had to taste them one by one, probably a hundred Wang Sheng wouldn't be enough to die.

Fortunately, Wang Sheng had completely mastered the Nine Words of Truth before this, completing the Pu Lao transformation, and the effect of the Nine Words of Truth had almost been raised to the extreme. The secrets of the Soldier Word and the Person Word, which could detoxify, heal, and restore, were even more skillfully controlled by Wang Sheng.

Medicine is three parts poison. Every time Wang Sheng tasted a medicinal material, he had to use the Soldier Word and the Person Word to cleanse his whole body, detoxify, heal injuries, and restore himself. As long as he controlled the dosage properly, he might be able to complete such a difficult task.

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The medicinal materials that Steward Wang had brought back in succession in the past few days numbered as many as a thousand kinds. Just recognizing all these things and mastering their scents would probably take several months.

Wang Sheng was not very impatient. He studied step by step, occasionally turning around to give Old Daoist Qing Ling some pointers on the Nine Words of Truth and Tai Chi Chuan. He lived almost a reclusive life in the Marquis's residence, disappointing many people who wanted to know Wang Sheng's movements.

However, this life of staying at home didn't last for even half a month before it was interrupted by Mei'er.