Inside the black wooden box was Zhao Xuanqi’s greatest haul from his trip to the Jingmao Warehouse.
Ten bamboo tubes held a full five pounds of Rare Beast Blood Powder.
Inside oil-paper packets were pieces of dark red jerky, about two pounds in total.
Finally, dicine bottles contained a white powder—what appeared to be so kind of Rare Beast Bone Powder, also weighing around two pounds.
One had to admit, with the Jingmao Trading Company being a power backed by the Jili Empire, and the Jingmao Warehouse serving as its headquarters, its resource reserves were practically overflowing.
Zhao Xuanqi had only seized thirty percent of the Rare Beast Materials, yet the quantity was imnse. It could truly be called a major haul.
The Rare Beast Blood Powder alone was enough to concoct nearly a hundred portions of Six-Flavor Blood lting Powder.
Not to ntion, he had also obtained the even more precious Rare Beast Jerky and Bone Powder.
He could clearly feel that the Rare Beast Jerky and Bone Powder contained far greater nutrients than the Blood Powder.
The craving that naturally arose from his digestive system was the best proof.
Most importantly, with this Rare Beast Jerky and Bone Powder, he could now attempt to concoct even more potent Secret dicines.
Flesh and bone were crucial catalysts for higher-level Cross-Training Secret dicines.
’For at least the next two to three months, I won’t have to worry about Secret dicines.’
Zhao Xuanqi let out a breath. If all these materials were made into Hundred Beasts Sect Secret dicines and combined with the Secret dicines from the Xiaolin Martial Arts Hall, it would be enough to last him for a considerable amount of ti.
In a few months, his strength would undergo another transformation.
In the afternoon, after a simple al cooked by Zhao Qin, Zhao Xuanqi left the Western-style mansion, taking the Rare Beast Materials and other dicinal ingredients procured through Cai Mingliang’s channels. Once he was sure no one was tailing him, he headed to the secluded rental house where he had concocted Secret dicines before.
The mansion was within the Xiaolin Martial Arts Hall’s surveillance range. Concocting Hundred Beasts Sect Secret dicines there would not have been a wise choice.
Laying out the dicinal ingredients on the table in the rental house, Zhao Xuanqi took a deep breath. The ordeal of testing the formula last ti he concocted Secret dicines was still vivid in his mory.
’I hope this goes a little more smoothly this ti...’
An entire night passed before Zhao Xuanqi finally finished using all the materials he had brought.
He concocted ten portions of Six-Flavor Blood lting Powder. He had already figured out the formula for this Secret dicine, so the actual process didn’t take him much ti.
The bulk of his ti was spent concocting two new Secret dicines.
Dragon Fire Tendon Strengthening Ointnt.
Black Jade Bone Strengthening Powder.
These were the nas of the two Secret dicines.
Whether it was the Secret dicine currently provided by the Xiaolin Martial Arts Hall or the Hundred Beasts Sect’s Six-Flavor Blood lting Powder, both were rely the most basic, entry-level formulas. Their use was limited to the peak of the Forged Skin stage of Cross-Training. Progressing further, whether to the Yijin or Bone Strengthening stages, required nourishnt from higher-grade Secret dicines.
These Secret dicines often had a much more violent nature. Without a solid foundation of Qi and Blood, consuming one could even cause injury or ruptured blood vessels.
However, with Zhao Xuanqi’s abilities, handling higher-level Secret dicines should not be a problem.
But even though he had tried his best to choose relatively stable Secret dicine formulas, the concoction process was still not what he had hoped.
It took him the entire night to successfully concoct the Secret dicines, and in the process, he lost nearly seventy percent of the Rare Beast Jerky and Bone Powder he had brought.
The dicinal properties of these advanced Secret dicines were too strong and unpredictable. He didn’t dare swallow the failed batches like he had when making Six-Flavor Blood lting Powder. Who knew what might happen if he did? Before long, the famous Wind Shadow Hall Master of Celestial Sea Prefecture might be found dead in a rental house, his corpse already starting to stink by the ti he was discovered.
’Fortunately, I’ve determined the general formulas now. In the future, when I get more Rare Beast Jerky and Bone Powder, even if they’re from different species, I’ll just need to eat a little. My digestive system can then roughly estimate the nutrient content, allowing to adjust the recipe. There won’t be such a huge loss again...’
Zhao Xuanqi took a deep breath. Looking at the ruined dicinal sludge to his side, he couldn’t help but feel a pang of regret.
’Ti to test the results.’
Zhao Xuanqi shook his head, picked up the fiery red Dragon Fire Tendon Strengthening Ointnt that looked like a fla, and swallowed it in one gulp.
In an instant, his skin turned fiery red, his eyes beca crimson, blood vessels bulged on the surface of his body, his muscles twitched uncontrollably, and his whole body swelled up a size.
Trickles of fresh blood flowed from his nostrils. He looked rather frightening, the very picture of soone whose weak body couldn’t handle the potent tonic he had just consud.
At this very mont, he felt as if he were inside a furnace. The blood surging through his vessels seed to have transford into scalding fire dragons, relentlessly scouring his body from the inside out.
It was just as if flas were forging his body.
He didn’t dare to delay and imdiately began performing the Hundred Beasts Mystic Gate, striking the acupoints on his body to digest the nutrients as quickly as possible, lest they harm him.
THUD! THUD! THUD!
The dull thuds of his body being tempered echoed in the rental house. At this mont, all the pores on Zhao Xuanqi’s body opened wide. Although it was the height of sumr, his intense body heat caused the sweat flowing from his pores to vaporize, forming a hazy mist around him.
Traces of sothing that looked like bloodstains or gri were expelled from his pores, congealing on the surface of his skin.
The tempering self-flagellation continued for nearly half an hour before Zhao Xuanqi slowly stopped. He exhaled deeply. His whole body ached, but within the soreness, there was also a feeling of lightness.
’I can maintain the Hundred Beasts Mystic Gate for half an hour now instead of a Quarter Hour, and the nourishnt from the Secret dicine has practically doubled. It’s just... this body still has so trouble handling it all.’
Zhao Xuanqi shook his head and looked at the other, higher-grade Black Jade Bone Strengthening Powder, not planning to use it for the ti being.
However, with the support of nearly a hundred portions of Six-Flavor Blood lting Powder and the tempering from the Dragon Fire Tendon Strengthening Ointnt, once all these resources were used up, his body should be able to withstand the use of Black Jade Bone Strengthening Powder.
He was very much looking forward to seeing what level his strength would recover to after all these resources were consud.
’For now, I need to lie low. I won’t make a move unless absolutely necessary. I’ll just focus on peacefully improving my strength.’
Zhao Xuanqi thought to himself.
He wasn’t a bloodthirsty madman, nor did he have any interest in being a ruthless butcher. Everything he did was simply to seize enough resources for his own use.
When he had enough resources, he much preferred to stay in the deep mountains and remote forests to cultivate arduously.
He felt that there was nothing in the world more enjoyable than feeling himself grow stronger step by step.
In a sense, he was a harmless person, provided he had sufficient resources.
Just like a well-fed beast, he wouldn’t be very willing to move even if prey was delivered right to him.
’I hope nothing cos to bother anyti soon.’
Zhao Xuanqi shook his head slightly.
He hoped his opponents would be sensible and give themselves a chance to live.
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