pertwk Chapter 30 Knowledge of Alchemy
Chapter 30 Knowledge of Alchemy
Chapter 30 Knowledge of Alchemy
Since acquiring his first spirit ring, Yang Podi's daily studies have also changed.
Every morning, he continued practicing his marksmanship, and in the mornings, he attended classes at the primary school. In the afternoons, he added an hour of learning about medicine making, which was personally taught by his grandfather, Yang Wudi.
After finishing my studies, I went on a weighted mountain climb. After exhausting myself with the climb, I took a medicinal bath, and spent the evening meditating.
Today marks the first time I've learned about medicine making.
After lunch, Yang Wudi brought his grandson to the alchemy room.
The alchemy room was built in my grandfather's own small courtyard. It was a relatively large basement. The reason for building it in the basement was to keep it quiet and prevent any outsiders from disturbing it.
The alchemy room was quite large, with various shelves all around, containing all sorts of bottles and jars filled with different kinds of herbs.
Yang Podi carefully examined the shelves. The herbs on them were very complete, including common Blue Silver Grass, as well as many expensive thousand-year-old herbs, including some thousand-year-old ginseng, Poria cocos, and Angelica sinensis. There were even many soul beasts' blood, internal organs, and gallbladders, as well as many snake venoms, including even the venom of the Jade Phosphorous Snake. There were also a very few ten-thousand-year-old herbs, but in relatively small quantities.
In the center of the alchemy room was a large medicine furnace, or rather, a pill furnace.
When Yang Podi first entered the alchemy room, it was as if he had entered a world of medicinal herbs.
This time, Yang Wudi did not immediately begin refining the medicine, but instead first explained some knowledge about medicine refining.
"Po Di, our Po clan is a family of alchemists with a long history. It can be said that no other family in the entire Douluo Continent is more familiar with alchemy than us."
"Every morning at the primary school, you learn some basic knowledge, the kind of knowledge that you would find in large families outside."
"But what I'm going to teach you now are some inherited knowledge. Among the entire Po Clan, only your second grandfather Yang Wushuang, your father Yang Zhentian, and I are completely familiar with this knowledge. Of course, it also includes some of the Po Clan's secret medicines. The other elders have only learned a portion of it."
"However, some secret medicines are very dangerous, and you can't learn them for now. Your current task is to read books and familiarize yourself with all the medicinal materials and their properties."
"To keep the family's knowledge a secret, from now on, you will come here to read books every afternoon. If you encounter anything you don't understand, you can ask me. On the medicine shelf behind you, there are most of the medicinal herbs from Douluo Continent. You can compare and learn about them. However, it's best if you don't touch those poisonous herbs yet. I will teach you how to use and handle them after you have actually come into contact with alchemy."
After Yang Wudi finished speaking, he took out a number of books from his soul tool. Many of the books looked very ancient and must have been summarized and passed down by countless generations.
Yang Podi carefully examined these books, which included: "The Complete Book of Immortal Herbs in Douluo Continent," "The Complete Book of Poisonous Herbs in Douluo Continent," "The Complete Book of Snakes in Douluo Continent," "The Complete Book of Spiders in Douluo Continent," "The Complete Book of Rare Flowers and Herbs in Douluo Continent," "The Complete Book of Soul Beasts in Douluo Continent," "The Complete Book of Poisonous Attribute Martial Souls in Douluo Continent," "The Elixir of the Po Clan," "The Medicinal Bath of the Po Clan," and so on...
It can be said that all the medicines and poisons used in Douluo Continent are recorded.
Yang Podi first picked up the book he had always longed to see, "The Complete Book of Immortal Herbs in Douluo Continent." He opened the first page and saw a large, pale pink flower, which was the Fragrant Qiluo Immortal Herb. The book contained information on the Fragrant Qiluo Immortal Herb's effects, growing environment, harvesting methods, and preservation methods.
After carefully noting it down in my mind, I turned to the second page, where I saw a large white flower shaped like a peony, which was none other than the exquisite Acacia Heartbreak Red.
As you flip through the pages, more and more magical herbs are revealed. Besides the ones that Tang San gave to the Shrek Six in the original story, there are many other magical herbs with all sorts of strange and wonderful attributes.
Of all the immortal herbs, the one that Yang Podi coveted most was the Nine-Leaf Sword Grass. The Nine-Leaf Sword Grass could enhance a Soul Master's Geng Metal attribute, making it a divine item for Soul Masters with sword-type martial souls. If used by a Soul Master with the Soul-Breaking Spear martial soul, the spear's sharpness would be greatly enhanced, potentially even allowing the Soul Master to cultivate spear light or attacks similar to sword light. Furthermore, there was a certain chance it would evolve into Ultimate Metal.
"Grandpa, this Nine-Leaf Sword Grass seems to be very good for our Breaking Clan."
"Po Di, you have a good eye. Nine-Leaf Sword Grass is the most suitable of all immortal herbs for our Soul-Breaking Spear Martial Soul. It's a pity that no one has found it for countless years. Legend has it that the founder of the Seven Kill Sword Technique once consumed Nine-Leaf Sword Grass and his soul power eventually reached level 98. Unfortunately, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School has searched for almost half a lifetime but still hasn't found it."
Upon hearing this, Yang Podi pondered to himself: I wonder if the Nine-Leaf Sword Grass exists in the Yin-Yang Well of Ice and Fire? I hope so!
An hour later, Yang Podi reluctantly left the alchemy room. The knowledge of alchemy was indeed profound and extensive; no wonder the Po family had been so engrossed in it throughout the generations.
Thinking of this, Yang Podi suddenly realized a problem: he had a martial soul that was his body itself. If he learned to refine medicine, the toxins could stimulate the growth and awakening of his second martial soul. He wondered if he could refine it into a body that was immune to all poisons, like the one in the original novel, "Poison Undying".
However, everything is still unknown. I don't plan to refine medicine myself until I'm sure. No matter how wonderful the world of medicine refining is, this is the world of Douluo Continent after all. Soul power is the foundation. Otherwise, I won't even have the power to protect myself.
Otherwise, in the original story, the Po clan wouldn't have become the Tang Sect's medicine hall, suddenly having an extra father figure. If they were strong enough, why would they need to care about Tang San? Wouldn't it be more satisfying to establish their own sect?
Of course, besides alchemy, Yang Podi also secretly added another learning activity to his studies. Every morning when he practiced his spear, in addition to the Soul-Breaking Spear Technique, he would also try to learn some spear techniques from his previous life. He dared not tell anyone before he had mastered them.
After all, the Soul-Breaking Spear Technique of the Breaking Clan is the result of countless generations of experience and can be considered the culmination of countless people's hard work.
If you practice other shooting techniques, you might be seen as an oddball, and that would be troublesome.
Yang Podi also did something else: he had his father have a set of body armor custom-made for him. The entire set weighed about 30 kilograms, including 3 kilograms of wrist guards for each limb and 20 kilograms of breastplate. Although it wasn't heavy overall, he wouldn't take it off except during medicinal baths.
Furthermore, the plan is to gradually increase the weight after fully adapting to this set of weights. In short, every afternoon, I will push my body to its limits through excessive exercise, and after each weighted mountain climb, I will take a medicinal bath to make myself stronger.
(End of this chapter)