Taiyi Dao Fruit

"Purple Mountain Root, this herb benefits the spleen."

Damn!

It's a bit bitter.

"Golden Spear Grass, it can assist the lungs and strengthen the golden energy."

Damn!

It's incredibly potent, feels like sharp knives clashing inside my lungs.

"Bauhinia flowers, they can fortify qi and blood."

Damn!

So hot, I really feel like having a round.

As everyone knows, aphrodisiacs aren't poison because their essence is to strengthen certain qi within the body, causing one to entertain certain thoughts without triggering an immune response like poisons do, nor are they easily expelled by True Qi. Because their effects are actually positive.

So Jiang Li could only bear with it.

...

Jiang Li turned into a pill man, consuming bowl after bowl of refined Liquid Potion, tasting all kinds of flavors, experiencing various efficacies intertwining within him—sometimes feeling cold, other times hot, occasionally feeling as though his liver and intestines were being cut apart, tormented to the extreme, and then in the blink of an eye, the bitterness turned sweet and both body and mind felt satisfied.

Under Elder Tianxuan's guidance, the pharmacological knowledge transmitted by Ochre Whip was quickly digested, and the power of the Hundred Herbs was also absorbed by Jiang Li's body.

Jiang Li was like a sponge, eagerly absorbing the external nutrients, whether it was knowledge-wise or in terms of power, he was growing rapidly.

Elder Tianxuan, who was refining potions by the pool, observed Jiang Li's progress, and noticing that his Innate Qi was growing swiftly, she whispered, "Ochre Whip is continuously transmitting pharmacological knowledge; he is sorting through the Divine Farmer's Hundred Herbs Scripture much faster than anticipated. Once he masters the transformation of the Hundred Herbs' power, his two Qi Seas will also be filled; by that time, if your Drought God Palm has not achieved small success, you won't be able to defeat him."

Emperor Yan Shennong's tasting of the Hundred Herbs was a prolonged process, but Jiang Li's tasting of the Hundred Herbs stood on the shoulders of predecessors, aided by Ochre Whip, thus significantly shortening the required time. According to Elder Tianxuan's estimation, two days would be sufficient for him to compile the Divine Farmer's Hundred Herbs.

But now it seemed that Elder Tianxuan's estimation was inadequate; Jiang Li's speed exceeded her expectations.

"If it were not so, Master, why would you take him as a disciple?" Gongsun Qingyue's voice was faint.

"Are you resenting your Master's previous act of enticement, or do you think I underestimate you, thinking you cannot defeat him?" Elder Tianxuan responded indifferently.

By now, if Gongsun Qingyue still didn't realize that Elder Tianxuan wanted something to happen between her and Jiang Li, she might as well forget about competing with senior brother Yun Jiuye and just marry someone honestly.

Gongsun Qingyue was no naive girl, and Elder Tianxuan hadn't tried too hard to conceal it, so it was easy to see.

"Both," Gongsun Qingyue frankly stated, "I am dissatisfied with Master's enticement, and I have not admitted defeat. If it is to recruit followers, I am not stingy with employing strategies to win their hearts, but if it's about choosing a life partner, I would rather seek a heartfelt connection than resort to seduction."

"I never asked you to resort to seduction," Elder Tianxuan scoffed, "It's just that you were not striving hard enough, suffering a setback at your first attempt and even fainting during the second. With you in such a state, if not seeking him, whom else would you look for?"

"Moreover, do you think I intended to take him as a disciple from the start? If I wanted to scheme against him, letting him suffer some losses under the Kaiyang or Tianji Sect would've been the most appropriate strategy, then extend a helping hand. Taking him as a disciple was not about using enticement, but to truly make him one of our own. Foolish disciple, what you should be thinking right now is not to blame me but to not let the duck that's already in your mouth fly away."

"You really knew!" Gongsun Qingyue hurriedly exclaimed.

She had long suspected that Elder Tianxuan might be aware of her two defeats; still, she clung to a sliver of hope before it was openly acknowledged. Now that it was laid bare, Gongsun Qingyue thought of her embarrassing ordeal, and even with her composure, her face turned red with anger, her pectoral muscles heaving wildly.

"As your master, there's nothing I wish to know that I cannot learn," Elder Tianxuan stated calmly, standing tall, her magnificent chest not yielding an inch.

In front of her disciple, she had always maintained the high ground, making Gongsun Qingyue acutely aware of the majesty of a master.

Gongsun Qingyue was both angry and anxious, but under her master's overwhelming pressure, all she could do was to suppress and bear it.

However, merely tolerating it would only lead to more frustration. Gongsun Qingyue's gaze swept around and finally settled on Jiang Li, whose body and mind were immersed in the transformation of the medicinal power.

"My affairs do not require your meddling, Master. From now on, please refrain from interfering," Gongsun Qingyue declared firmly.

Even if she had to eat this "duck," Gongsun Qingyue was unwilling to rely too much on others. Moreover, if she could not defeat the "duck," how could she stand her ground in the future?

"Suit yourself," Elder Tianxuan responded indifferently.

But what she truly thought remained unknown.

While the master and disciple conversed, Jiang Li gradually grasped the intricacies of pharmacology. Initially, he required Elder Tianxuan's guidance, but now he was fully capable of sorting out the properties of medicines on his own, based on the knowledge transmitted by the Ochre Whip.

In the process of sorting out the medicinal properties, Jiang Li also deepened his understanding of the transformation of Innate Qi, gaining an increasingly profound comprehension of True Qi.

He possessed the constitution of the Divine Farmer and had tasted all herbs with the assistance of Elder Tianxuan and the Ochre Whip, essentially retracing the path once taken by Emperor Yan. Such a close alignment evoked a faint sensation in him.

'The "Qi Tomb" must have its foundation in the process of tasting the herbs.'

Understanding the changes in medicinal properties, transforming the potency, and gradually advancing to recognize the nature of Qi, understand the myriad Qi, transform the myriad Qi, and control the myriad Qi.

The "Qi Tomb" must have developed step by step in this way.

When Jiang Li realized this, the red energy on the Ochre Whip surged dramatically, streams of Qi Mechanism flowed into his body, sculpting his meridians, and visible paths of red light emerged on his crystal-like body.

Like patterns or imprints, streaks of Red Pattern appeared on the surface of Jiang Li's body, while inside, the meridians were enveloped by the red energy, as if forged by Red Crystal, shimmering brightly.

Jiang Li's body suddenly rose three feet off the ground, all herbal powers within him were thoroughly refined, and bright light radiated simultaneously from all the pores in his body.

[You feel that the fusion of your Dao Fruit has deepened further.]

Karma Collection timely reminded Jiang Li.

Compiling the classics of predecessors could deepen the fusion of Li Chunfeng's Dao Fruit, and compiling the classics of figures like Emperor Yan Shennong would greatly enhance the fusion of the Dao Fruit.

Everything under Jiang Li's gaze was crystal clear, the movements of the climate could be deduced at a glance.

At the same time, large swathes of text entered Jiang Li's view.

Although he had been sorting out the medicinal properties, the Karma Collection kept a truthful record of everything around, including the conversation between Elder Tianxuan and Gongsun Qingyue.

'So, it's not just me considering becoming an affiliated son-in-law—does Elder Tianxuan also intend to take one in?'

'Is this a mutual rush towards each other?'

Jiang Li was unsure if this counted as a good thing, but the fact that Elder Tianxuan had this intention was indeed fortuitous. Because of this, Jiang Li no longer had to worry about when Elder Tianxuan might decide to sell him off.