Chapter 125: Jane and Treasure

Although he just walked around and looked around in this Youshui town, Li Yi could already feel the hardships of living in this world.

To put it bluntly, these desperate warriors are dozens of times happier than the ordinary people who are poorly clothed and hungry. Moreover, they are even more miserable than the ancient people on Earth. In the ancient times, people could rebel when they couldn't survive, but the people here can't do that. They can't even rebel.

Because there are warriors in this world.

A person who practices martial arts can defeat ten or even a hundred enemies at once, and even more powerful masters can defeat a thousand at once.

However, practicing martial arts is a profession that consumes a lot of resources. Only wealthy or powerful families can afford to support warriors, so warriors are born to stand on the side of the rulers. This makes it difficult for heroes to emerge from the grassroots, so the system of this world is distorted and deformed.

It is extremely unreasonable.

This is why the world is so cruel.

Li Yi thought about it for a moment, then shook his head helplessly. He didn't even know how to live now, so why bother about this?
At this time, Zhao Qian had already arrived at the dental clinic. She spent some money to rent a secluded yard from the people in the dental clinic, and then paid a sum of hush money, and the place to stay was settled.

The people from the dental clinic took them to their residence very respectfully.

Soon.

An exquisite courtyard facing the river appeared before our eyes.

"This is the best courtyard we have. It's a little expensive, but it's definitely worth it. It has all kinds of furniture and utensils, even the bedding is brand new. I just wonder if you need a maid to do the laundry and cooking? The wages are very cheap, only one tael of silver is enough for a year. There are also pretty maids who warm the bed, ranging from three to ten taels. Those who are good at writing are more expensive."

The dental practitioner continued to introduce his business with a smile.

Zhao Qian glanced at Li Yi secretly, her face slightly reddened, and she immediately said, "I don't want any maids. Bring me two honest people who can slaughter sheep, cattle, and stew meat. When they arrive, take them to the kitchen to wait. Then bring me twenty yellow sheep. They must be free-range in the mountains. Don't fool me with domesticated ones. I know them. The price will be based on the market price, and you won't be shortchanged."

"Yes, yes, yes, your Excellency has asked me to write it down and I will do it right away." The man from the dental shop nodded and bowed, then asked, "Does your Excellency need to buy any wild delicacies? Someone here recently caught a deer. It looks like it has been kept for several days, but no one can find a seller. I'm afraid it's waiting for your Excellency today."

"A rare deer? What a good thing! Can you catch such a rare delicacy in this small town? Are you trying to trick me?" Zhao Qian looked at him coldly, displaying some of the majesty of a warrior.

"Don't dare, don't dare."

The dental dealer explained hastily, "The eight-treasure deer was caught by a mountain dweller who had the bad luck to dig a pit and set a trap. He originally wanted to send it to the city to sell it for a good price, but he was afraid that the long journey would cause trouble, so he sold it to our dental dealer. He originally looked for several sellers, but the town was reluctant to eat such a mountain delicacy, so he delayed it for a few days. Today, he happened to meet the two nobles, so he mentioned it to us."

"How much is that eight-treasure deer?" Zhao Qian asked.

Several of them were injured and had lost their energy and blood, so it would be a good thing to have a wild delicacy to replenish their energy.

The man from the dental shop gritted his teeth and said, "That eight-treasure deer weighs about fifty pounds, and the shopkeeper said the minimum price is two hundred taels."

"It's a normal price. Bring it here. If I check it and it's OK, I'll give it to you." Zhao Qian thought about it for a while, nodded, and then threw a silver ingot over: "This is the deposit."

When the man from the dental clinic received the money, he immediately laughed, then swiftly wrote a receipt and handed it over respectfully.

"Hurry up and do it. If anything goes wrong, I won't forgive you." Zhao Qian took the receipt and then said sternly, like a domineering rich lady, completely different from her usual appearance.

However, Li Yi also understood that you need to be strong and tough when you are outside, otherwise others will think that you are easy to bully and a sucker, and they will be cunning and treacherous when doing things for you.

"I will do it right away, please wait for a moment."

The man from the dental shop bowed and said this, then he ran away as fast as he could and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

After he left, Zhao Qian returned to her previous innocent and lovely appearance. She said with a smile: "Brother Yi, it seems that we are lucky this time. We can actually find wild delicacies in Youshui Town. The Eight Treasure Deer is not common. It is an excellent thing to replenish qi and blood. It's a pity that it is only about 50 kilograms, a little small. If it weighed about 100 kilograms, it would be precious." "Is there any difference between the Eight Treasure Deer and ordinary deer?" Li Yi asked.

"Ordinary deer eat wild grass in the mountains and drink ordinary streams, but the Eight Treasure Deer is different. It is an ordinary wild deer that has been blessed with good fortune and has become an intelligent spirit. It knows how to practice cultivation. It wanders in the mountains and only eats mountain herbs, such as gastrodia elata, earth spirits, and turmeric. If it is lucky, it can even eat ginseng and ganoderma. When it is thirsty, it only licks the morning frost and night dew. After eating these things, the medicinal essence will remain in the deer's body. After a long time, the deer is no longer a deer, but a medicine."

Zhao Qian patiently explained: "So the fatter the eight-treasure deer is, the more good things it has eaten, and the more valuable it is. The dental dealer said that the deer only weighed about 50 kilograms, so it should be a fawn, so its value is greatly discounted. If the eight-treasure deer weighed more than 100 kilograms, it would be worth at least 1,000 taels of silver. If it is a male deer with antlers, the price can be doubled."

"Eight Treasure Deer Antlers are also a rare precious medicine. In addition, the reason why the Eight Treasure Deer is named Eight Treasures is because its horns, bones, skin, tendons, blood, whip, meat, and fetus are all treasures, hence the name Eight Treasures. In fact, I think this name is inaccurate. It should be called Seven Treasure Deer, because male deer with horns do not have deer fetuses. Only female deer have deer fetuses, and female deer do not have antlers."

"You know a lot." Li Yi couldn't help but look at her with admiration when he saw Zhao Qian talking so eloquently.

This knowledge is not simple, it requires patient study and memorization to master it, unlike him, who just mindlessly took out his mobile phone to check it online.

Zhao Qian was praised and smiled with her eyes curved. She continued, "In fact, the Eight Treasure Deer has a great use. If it can be tamed, then you can lead the Eight Treasure Deer to the mountains to look for medicine. Every time you go back, you are guaranteed to return with a full load and make a lot of money. It is said that the Eight Treasure Deer can find a special kind of grass. That grass has no name. People here call it Deer Mouth Grass. That Deer Mouth Grass is a real precious medicine that can greatly replenish blood. If an ordinary man eats it, he can have an erection and revel every night. Pah, pah, the latter part is not what I said, it was told to me by Skinny Monkey."

After saying that, her face turned red instantly, and she quickly turned her head away, not daring to look at Li Yi anymore.

How can a girl say such explicit words, especially in front of Brother Yi?

If I had known I wouldn't have shown off. I accidentally said things that I shouldn't have said.

Afterwards, Zhao Qian secretly glanced at him again and felt uneasy, fearing that her rude words would displease Brother Yi and ruin his previous impression.

Li Yi just smiled and didn't think there was anything wrong. He continued to ask: "Besides the wild delicacies, what else is more precious?"

Hearing this question, Zhao Qian hurriedly calmed down, put aside the previous embarrassment, and said with a slightly red face: "The rare things in the mountains and forests are called mountain delicacies. In addition to the eight-treasure deer, there are also red-bearing snakes, fire frogs, golden cicadas, seven-star insects, etc. These are all mountain delicacies, but we hidden in the water are called treasures, also called water treasures, such as red-browed dragon beard fish, golden turtle, tiger-headed black fish, four-clawed snake lizard, blood coral, golden beads conceived by thousand-year-old clams, etc."

"Of course, there are also mountain treasures, also called earth treasures, which refer to the great medicine hidden under the soil, such as century-old ginseng, mountain spirits, and Tai Sui. Therefore, the treasures we mention refer to these rare things, and each treasure has different levels of preciousness according to its age. However, these are the essence of heaven, earth, mountains and waters, and eating them is very helpful for the practice of martial artists."

After listening to it, Li Yi felt that his horizons were broadened. He was a little enlightened. He did not expect that there were such precious things in this world. It seemed that he had just arrived in the world and knew too little about everything.

Zhao Qian entered the yard and led the horse into the stable. She then said, "It is becoming increasingly difficult to find mountain and water treasures nowadays. There are many warriors in the world, and everyone wants to rely on these treasures to nourish their qi and blood and break through their cultivation. The reason why Dad was able to successfully become a master of Qi training was because when I was a child, I went out with my father and passed by a village. We happened to see the wonder of an ancient tree being struck by lightning. The thunder killed the ancient tree and also struck out a powerful earth dragon from the tree."

"Dad got that mountain treasure, and took this opportunity to become a blood training acupoint. Of course, part of the reason was that Dad's blood was still at its peak at that time. If a warrior's blood declines after a few years, I'm afraid that even the earth dragon will be useless."

She also told an interesting story and narrated Zhao Ge's growth history.

"I didn't expect that Master would have such an opportunity. It seems that it is quite difficult for normal people to become masters of practicing acupuncture." Li Yi said.

"That's not right. For normal people who practice martial arts, aptitude is very important. And having good aptitude is not enough. One must reach the peak of blood refining before the age of 29 to have a chance to break through to orifice training. If one reaches 30 and the blood begins to decline, then there is no hope of breaking through in one's lifetime. But in fact, being able to reach blood refining at the age of 30 is already considered to be quite talented. Brother Yi killed Han Sui and Jin Bufeng before because they were stuck at the peak of blood refining. Without the opportunity, their lives would be like that."

“Only by refining blood into the orifices can one control the blood and qi. Therefore, masters who have practiced the orifices can maintain the peak of martial arts until the age of sixty. After that, they will slowly lose their blood and qi due to old age. But even so, masters who have practiced the orifices can keep a breath of blood in their hearts. Once it explodes, even if they are about to die of old age, they can immediately recover their peak strength and fight their enemies.”

Zhao Qian continued, "This is why a martial arts school needs to have a foothold and a master who has practiced the acupoints. Without a master who has practiced the acupoints, the school will not last long. Even if it is prosperous for a while, it will easily decline. If it weren't for the fact that Master fought with the Yin Spirit and injured his soul, and couldn't take out the blood from his heart, how could the Han and Jin families dare to be so presumptuous."

Speaking of this, she felt very guilty because she was largely responsible for her father's injury.

"Don't blame yourself. With me here, everything will be fine. After we rebuild the martial arts school, I will bring more nutrient solution next time to regulate Rong Niang and Shou Hou's bodies and strengthen their qi and blood. Maybe in the future they will be able to practice blood into the acupoints and become masters of acupoint training. By then, Zhao's martial arts school will be the top force in Sanyang City."

Li Yi walked over, and like Rong Niang, he touched her head and comforted her with a smile.

"Well, with Brother Yi here, these problems are nothing." Zhao Qian nodded obediently, without any doubt that Li Yi could do it all.

(End of this chapter)