Immortal Journey

Chapter 58 Heart Erosion Ant Powder

Danyu Peak.
Ren Ling got up early in the morning and went to the deacon's hall to take the task of taking care of the medicine field at Granny Cao's place. It was still daylight, so he took a leaf in his heart and rushed to Danyu Peak.
He took out the jade card to break the restriction, and soon reached the edge of the medicine field.The medicine field managed by Granny Cao mainly grows the herbs needed for the disciples in the Qi training period to use the elixir, and the medicine field is about ten feet square.Divide blocks according to the attributes of gold, wood, water, fire, and earth. Ren Ling's task is very simple, that is, to irrigate the medicinal fields with spiritual springs, and help Granny Grass harvest and process medicinal herbs. This task is very rare in exchange for spiritual stones, so few disciples are willing to do so. come over.
"Grandma Grass."

Seeing Granny Cao casting the Spring Breeze and Jade Dew Jue on the medicine field as usual, Ren Ling flew over and greeted politely, "Ling'er is here, are you all right these days?"

"What's wrong with the old lady?" Granny Cao turned her head to look at Ren Ling, and said with a smile, "It's you, who used to come here every three days or five, why did it take you so long to come this time?"

"Something happened recently," Ren Ling stuck out her tongue, "I'm here to help you."

Taking over the task from Granny Cao, Ren Ling concentrated on watering the herbs.After spending nearly an hour to drench all the herbs in the medicine field, I followed Granny Cao to the drying field.Because different medicinal herbs are stored in different ways, although most medicinal herbs need to be stored in jade boxes to keep them fresh, there are also many medicinal herbs that need to be dried in order to fully exert their medicinal properties.In addition, some need to be ground into powder, and some need to be brewed into liquid.
"Granny Grass," Ren Ling spread the medicinal herbs carefully, and said in a low voice, "Ling'er plans to participate in the trial of Wanhua Cave."

"Trial in Wanhua Cave?" Granny Cao paused, raised her head and looked at Ren Ling seriously, a pair of cloudy eyes showed a gleam of clarity, and she looked away after a while.
"Grandma Grass..."

Seeing that Grandma Cao stopped talking, Ren Ling felt a little confused, so she asked again, "What do you think of the Ten Thousand Flower Cave..."

"Grandma has been there." As if the stern look in her eyes had never happened before, Granny Cao calmly said, "50 years ago, Granny also participated in the trial in the Ten Thousand Flowers Cave."

Then Granny Cao seemed to be casually talking about the past, telling Ren Ling about all the things she encountered in the Wanhua Cave trial while doing things.Including the description of the terrain, the monsters encountered and their characteristics, the specific battle process and so on.She spoke very slowly, and sometimes she would stop talking, as if it took a long time to recall, and she continued after a long time.
The two just talked one by one and listened to the other. It took two hours for Granny Cao to finish talking about her trial trip.
In the process of listening, Ren Ling, in addition to carefully writing down all the details, combined the terrain mentioned by Granny Cao intermittently with the map drawn by the owner of the jade slip, and found that the place Granny Cao went to was just the map [-]/[-] of the edges are less than .
"The reason why the Wanhua Grotto is tried every 50 years is because there is a very powerful ancient restriction there," Granny Cao said, "there will be a weak period after about 50 years of restriction. Forbidden, you can let a group of Qi training stage disciples enter the Ten Thousand Flowers Cave. The time to stay in it cannot exceed one month. Usually, after one month, the monks at the golden core stage will join hands to open the restriction again. If you don’t catch up If you come out, your life will be in danger.”

"I see," Ren Ling nodded, thought for a while, and asked,
"Grandma Cao, have you heard of the Sunshine Bird?"

"Sunri bird?" Granny Cao narrowed her eyes and thought for a while, "There is such a second-level monster in Wanhua Cave, I have heard it mentioned before. However, this Sunniao bird will not take the initiative to attack humans. There's no danger as long as you don't attack them."

"Is that so?" Ren Ling frowned, "Grandma Cao, do the Sunbirds have any other characteristics? For example, where do they like to inhabit?"

"Characteristics?" Granny Cao glanced at Ren Ling, "I haven't heard of it. Ah, by the way, Granny once read a little bit from the classics. The sunbirds live in dense forests, and there is a kind of spirit next to their nests." It is said that it can be used as medicine, but Granny Cao doesn’t remember the specific medicinal effects. Just remember that if you want to pick that kind of spiritual fruit, you can use the seven-flavored fragrance to lure away the Haori bird.”

"Seven Flavors Mixed Fragrance?"

Granny Cao nodded and counted them one by one, "Changing incense, saliva incense, velvet incense,  incense, Yi incense, 渱潮 incense, and Ling incense. After mixing these seven kinds of incense, you can make a seven-flavored incense. As long as Haori When birds smell this fragrance, they will chase after it and never stop dying."

Winding incense, saliva incense, velvet incense,  incense, Yi incense, 渱潮 incense, Ling incense...

Ren Ling raised her lips shallowly. Over the years, she has learned a lot of knowledge about growing medicinal herbs from Granny Cao, and also dabbled in the characteristics of various medicinal herbs, how to preserve them, and how to refine them.Among them, the identification and production of various fragrances has long been familiar.
So when Huang Hetian gave her the bottle of elixir mixed with Lingxiang, she could easily smell it.
"Seven kinds of incense, one smell does not fall off, what is Junior Brother Huang trying to do?" Ren Ling lowered his eyes and thought coldly in his heart, Huang Hetian would bring her back with a elixir every time he went out.Sometimes it is a pure elixir, and sometimes it is mixed with strange medicinal properties.She clearly remembered that there were seven bottles of pills mixed with strange properties.And it just so happens that it is the seven fragrances in the mixture of seven fragrances.
"Grandma Cao," Ren Ling bottled the pounded medicinal powder, put it on a fixed wooden shelf, went to Granny Cao and squatted down, looked up at her, and asked,
"Last time my mother-in-law said she wanted to teach Ling'er how to make that heart-corroding ant powder, can you teach Ling'er now?"

Granny Cao paused, looked at Ren Ling with judgmental eyes, and laughed after a while, "Finally figured it out?"

"En." Ren Ling nodded, looking back at Granny Cao calmly.
"You baby, you are too soft-hearted." Grandma Cao sighed, "That's right. You haven't been through strong winds and waves since you were a child, so naturally you won't be defensive towards others. Kindness is certainly a good virtue, but when you treat enemies, if you treat them ruthlessly If you don't do it neatly enough, it may bring you a fatal disaster at any time. Those who practice the Tao practice the way of ruthlessness."

"Mother-in-law," Ren Ling's voice was slightly astringent. In fact, since Huang Hetian betrayed her, her heart has been more than half cold.Although she is still gentle and courteous to others on weekdays, there is basically no one she really trusts from the bottom of her heart.She is not as soft-hearted as Granny Cao said, she just doesn't offend me and I don't offend others.Now that I have discovered the clues, I naturally have to take precautions for my own safety. "Ling'er, taught by her mother-in-law, always keep it in mind. Only by being ruthless and thoughtless can one cultivate the Supreme Dao. Ling'er understands."

Granny Cao sighed, stretched out her hand to stroke Ren Ling's temples, "Grandma knows you are smart. The heart-eating ant powder is originally made of ten kinds of herbs, as long as it touches the skin, it will penetrate into the skin imperceptibly. In the meridian. Although it is made of plant properties, after the medicine powder enters the meridian, it will hide in the aura like an ant. Once it is stimulated, it will secrete corrosive juice to gradually erode the spiritual power. The erosion time is slow and long. It can be said that without knowing it, the cultivator's cultivation level will not only fail to improve, but will also degenerate with the passing of time."

"Of course, if combined with the Heart-Eating Ant Curse," Granny Cao half-closed her eyes, "it can make the other party's spiritual energy explode, which is the greatest effect of the Heart-Eating Ant Powder. However, the premise of using this method is that your cultivation It must be higher than the opponent, otherwise it is very likely to be backlashed."

"Then what if it just prevents the other party from improving their cultivation?"

"As long as the medicine is brought into contact with the opponent's body within a foot, it is enough, but the person who releases the medicine cannot be lower than the opponent's cultivation level. If the spiritual power is insufficient, even with the medicine, it is difficult to stimulate the heart-eating ant powder in the opponent's body."

"Will the unstimulated heart-eater ant powder always exist in the body?"

"Of course," Granny Cao said with a smile, "the heart-eating ant powder will become a part of the opponent's meridian, resting on the meridian. Even after three to five hundred years, as long as the curse of heart-eating is cast, the opponent will explode and die. Then The heart-eating ant powder is nourished by the spiritual energy in the cultivator's body, so it will continue to grow naturally."

"That," Ren Ling said,
"If the heart-eater ant powder is not stimulated, will it be harmful to the body of the practitioner?"

Granny Cao shook her head, "That's fine."

(End of this chapter)