"Using Evil Spirits as cattle and sheep, treating Tianqing as grazing lands, and the commoners as grass people, stringent laws and harsh punishnts were established."
Li Tianqing said softly, "When the grass people violate the law, the Evil Spirits devour humans, refining Evil Spirits as fertilizer for dicine, which then nurtures Spiritual dicine, and reaching maturity, the dicine extends one’s lifespan. The leading philanthropist of Tianqing, indeed, is the foremost good person, isn’t he."
His heart was filled with indescribable grief and indignation.
The land of the West Bull New Continent was flawed, causing Cultivators who practiced cultivation to only increase their cultivation level, and not their lifespan.
The effect of spiritual elixirs on extending lifespan was also very limited.
That’s why such a trade had arisen, where ordinary people were used to feed Evil Spirits, the Evil Spirits consud the essence and souls of ordinary people, gathering it up, and transforming it into a fertilizer that could be absorbed by Spiritual dicine.
Refining this kind of fertilizer from the body of an Evil Spirit was used as top-dressing for Spiritual dicine.
Chen Shi, thoughtful, said, "To beco a person above others, one must consu humans. But consuming humans is too slow, and it also harms one’s moral virtue. Isn’t it much faster to let the Evil Spirits consu humans, the Spiritual dicine consu the Evil Spirits, and the person above others consu the Spiritual dicine?"
Li Tianqing looked towards the mature Spiritual dicine in the spiritual garden and asked, "How is the dicinal fertilizer obtained?"
Luan Disheng said, "For corporeal Evil Spirits, use this kind of needle to extract the blood from their hearts; for incorporeal ones, use this kind of treasure gourd to draw out their inner essence."
He took out a silver needle and a treasure gourd.
Once the silver needle was activated, it quickly grew larger, about two feet long, and both the tip and the body of the needle were engraved with complex talismans, all for refining Innate True Qi into dicine. Once the Innate True Qi was refined, it would be collected into the hollow of the needle.
To make a silver needle, one needed to take a two-foot length of a silver rod, shape it into the form of a needle, engrave the talismans, and then continuously worship it with incense day and night, nourishing it with Qi-Blood, gradually awakening it to sentience, capable of changing in size.
The other treasure gourd was a copper gourd, half the height of a person when activated, the exterior and inner walls of the gourd were painted with talismans for capturing spirits and Innate True Qi.
This refined Innate True Qi was exactly the fertilizer needed for the growth of the Spiritual dicine.
Directly using humans as fertilizer was also possible, but each plant of Spiritual dicine needed to be buried with dozens of people, and every few days a few more people had to be buried again. First, it was troubleso; second, it would easily damage the roots and stems of the Spiritual dicine; and third, it damaged one’s moral virtue. That’s why Master Wan did not choose to do this.
"Luan Disheng, to whom do you sell the harvested Spiritual dicine?" Chen Shi asked.
Luan Disheng replied, "I do not know. I am only responsible for growing the dicine."
He hesitated for a mont, then said, "As the end of each year approaches, Master Wan will send people to extract the essence of the Spiritual dicine; I suppose that’s when buyers would co for the dicine."
"How many acres of spiritual fields? How many Spiritual dicines?"
"Twenty-one acres. Five hundred and forty-two plants."
Chen Shi nodded slightly. The number of Spiritual dicines was less than he had expected, but this number exceeded what Tianqing should possess!
Spiritual dicine was not rare. In many mountainous regions with abundant Spiritual Energy, Spiritual dicine would grow. But with too many Cultivators harvesting them, the quantity of older Spiritual dicines beca scarcer, and those that beca sentient were even rarer!
For instance, in Xin Xiang Province, most of the sentient Spiritual dicines were concentrated in Qianyang Mountain, with at most a hundred plants, perhaps even only a few dozen!
Tianqing had no places as rich in Spiritual Energy as Qianyang Mountain, so the number of sentient Spiritual dicines would only be fewer.
Yet, there were five hundred and forty-two plants here alone!
These sentient Spiritual dicines were clearly collected from various places across the West Bull New Continent, not solely from Tianqing!
Such Spiritual dicines that could extend the lifespan of a Cultivator were invaluable and could grant longevity to the strong among the noble families, who would treasure them as precious heirlooms, certainly not sothing that could be bought with re money.
The Wan Family did not have the capability to find so many Spiritual dicines from all over the West Bull New Continent.
Li Tianqing reached out to grasp a ginseng grass doll and asked, "How long can one such Spiritual dicine extend one’s life?"
Luan Disheng replied, "Spiritual dicines are rare, not to be consud directly, but extracted for their essence. Each year, soone will co specifically to extract the essence from the Spiritual dicines. I’ve heard from the people of the Wan Family mansion that top-quality Spiritual dicines can extend one’s lifespan by two to three years. But the sa Spiritual dicine cannot be used repeatedly; after its frequency wears off, one must use different Spiritual dicines’ extracted essences to prolong life."
Li Tianqing frowned slightly. "Only two to three years?"
All this effort, treating humans as grass, Evil Spirits as sheep, refining human essence and souls, only to extend life by two to three years?
He recalled the yellow essence plants he found in the God of Wealth Temple’s herb garden, where a casual bite could increase one’s lifespan by dozens of years!
But for other Cultivators, extending life by two to three years was a significant enhancent!
The ginseng grass babies from Qianyang Mountain were top-tier Spiritual dicines, and their fruits could only extend one’s lifespan by a few months, whereas the essence extracted from the Spiritual dicines using the Wan Family’s Secret Technique could extend life by two to three years, which for many prominent figures, was an unparalleled Divine dicine!
The Spiritual dicines of the West Bull New Continent could not harvest the True Righteous Qi, limiting their ability to extend lifespan.
However, humans were the Earth Spirits of heaven and earth, born with spirituality, and carrying a breath of Innate True Qi in the womb. Using the human body to refine grand dicine could increase the efficacy of Spiritual dicines!
There’s a saying, ’You beco what you eat,’ and that is the rationale.
Chen Shi looked around and asked, "How many kinds of life-extending Spiritual dicines are there here?"
Luan Disheng replied, "Sixty-two kinds."
Chen Shi nodded slightly and said, "Sixty-two kinds, extending over a hundred years of lifespan, indeed makes for a profitable business."
Luan Disheng hesitated, mustered his courage, and said, "Sirs, I have told everything I know..."
Li Tianqing turned and walked away, not harming him.
Chen Shi said, "You plotted against Tianqing, Tianqing did not kill you, and neither will I. Were I in your position, I would take my family and leave Tianqing imdiately, to avoid being silenced by the Wan Family."
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