Chapter 56 : Vegetation Spirit Body
Chapter 56: Vegetation Spirit Body
Looking around at the surrounding soldiers and residence guards,
including her own guards, all of them had been provided with meals.
Li Yunqing seemed as if she had not noticed the atmosphere between the two at all, and softly responded, “Alright!”
Upon hearing this, Qin Yu and Jiang Yu glared angrily at each other before rushing toward the main hall of the courtyard, each trying to outdo the other.
They took out dish after dish from the food boxes and filled the table completely, afraid of being even a moment slower.
As for the deep hostility between the two, Li Yunqing turned a blind eye and calmly ate her meal.
“Ten thousand infected… the medicinal soup prepared and refined this morning, even after dilution, is probably only enough for about two thousand people.”
“This afternoon, the pace must be increased.”
Thinking of how she had already completed one refinement of her tendons and bones in just a morning, Li Yunqing felt stirred.
The Medicine King Scripture could absorb plague qi and convert it into Medicine King Force.
With sufficient Medicine King Force, the tempering of her tendons and bones would become even faster.
“Set up a few more medicine furnaces!”
“Today, we’ll cure all these plague patients. Tomorrow, I still have to return to the Medical Hall to treat Jiang Jing.”
“The cultivation of Sword Intent concerns the Qi Realm—there can be no delay.”
“Bang!”
Just as Li Yunqing was eating while thinking, a plate on the table suddenly exploded.
A perfectly cooked braised fish, red and glossy, instantly shattered into pieces, its sauce splattering everywhere.
Above the shattered plate, four chopsticks were gripped in two hands, clashing like blades—you came and went, back and forth.
Li Yunqing raised her head, looking at the scene before her, momentarily speechless.
She was almost full, yet the two in front of her had not taken a single bite.
Instead, they were fiercely battling over the plate with chopsticks, faces flushed and necks strained.
“Ahem! This plate isn’t sturdy!”
“Right, this plate’s quality is terrible!”
Sensing Li Yunqing’s gaze, Jiang Yu and Qin Yu glared at each other before speaking in unison, their expressions perfectly synchronized.
As if the ones fighting just now were not them at all.
Li Yunqing: “……”
Did they even hear what they were saying?
Even if it were a piece of iron placed here, it wouldn’t withstand the tossing of one Upper Tier of the Initial Realm and one Initial Realm Perfection.
Only because the plate couldn’t speak—otherwise, it would surely be cursing loudly.
“If you want to fight, go outside!”
“Whoever wins is the stronger one!”
Li Yunqing really wanted to say what was on her mind, but in the end, she held back, perfunctorily nodding and ignoring them.
These two men together were already over forty years old, yet still unbelievably childish.
As long as they didn’t disturb her, she could completely ignore them.
After the meal,
Li Yunqing called over several guards and set up three more medicine furnaces. She immediately became busy again.
Selecting herbs, weighing them, combining them, and according to their medicinal properties, placing them into the furnaces at different timings in an orderly manner to be boiled.
With four furnaces operating at once, there was almost not a moment of rest.
Yet her eyes shone brightly, lines of text flashing before her, one after another without pause.
“Medicine King Scripture experience +20.”
“Medicine King Scripture experience +20.”
In less than half an hour, Li Yunqing’s body trembled slightly, as a tingling, itching, and numbing sensation spread from deep within her tendons and bones.
She bit her lip slightly, her body tensing faintly, fine beads of sweat glistening on her forehead.
“As expected, fast enough—second refinement of tendons and bones!”
Feeling her body grow lighter, as if she could leap into the air with just a light tap of her toes, the smile on Li Yunqing’s face deepened.
The tempering of tendons and bones enhanced strength.
At just the second refinement, she already felt her strength had increased by more than half.
If the tempering reached perfection, her strength might reach ten thousand jin.
Placed in her previous life, she could probably lift a small car.
“It’s just that the clothes feel a bit tight!”
She lowered her head slightly, feeling tightness around her chest and hips, while her waist became looser.
Her legs and arms had also become noticeably looser within her clothes.
She could even feel that her tendons and bones had become more flexible—movements she couldn’t achieve before could now likely be done with ease.
“The tempering of tendons and bones is changing my bone structure!”
Li Yunqing had long had this guess, and now this change only confirmed it.
The tempering of flesh had given her nearly perfect skin—soft, smooth, like jade.
And the tempering of tendons and bones was gradually shaping her figure into something increasingly alluring and captivating.
Once complete, it might reach the most supple and beautiful form of a woman’s physique.
“Ice-Like Skin and Jade-Like Bones, combined with a pure yin body—this kind of change is normal.”
Li Yunqing did not think much of it, her expression calm, without the slightest hesitation.
With the Longevity Panel, such things were almost inevitable—there would only be more in the future.
As long as she was strong enough, even if she became the most beautiful and alluring woman in the world, so what?
“It’s happening again!”
“Third refinement of tendons and bones—it only took one hour!”
The tingling, itching, and numbing sensation rose once more, lasting longer and longer.
Li Yunqing’s complexion became increasingly flushed, her fair skin glistening with fine sweat.
As her tendons and bones were tempered, her originally delicate face also began to subtly change.
Though the change was slight, overall she appeared increasingly refined, gentle, and natural.
As if she had gathered the essence of all things, sculpted by the heavens with divine craftsmanship.
By the time the sky darkened, as the familiar sensation rose again—
A line of text flashed before Li Yunqing’s eyes.
“Medicine King Scripture experience +20.”
“Medicine King Scripture (Mastery 0/5000)”
“Medicine King Scripture has reached Mastery. Trait derived: Vegetation Spirit Body.”
“Another physique?”
Li Yunqing paused slightly, not yet having time to fully sense it—
Before her eyes, a vast emerald-like forest suddenly appeared.
Countless flowers, grasses, and trees swayed, as faint green lights rose like mist, swirling and gathering.
In the end, they converged in the void, forming a crystal—clear, jade-green, shaped like a heart.
In the next moment, the jade-colored crystal gently fell into Li Yunqing’s chest, merging with her heart.
At that instant, boundless vitality surged from her body.
Waves of comprehension gathered in her mind.
“Vegetation Spirit Body: Can absorb and gather the essence of vegetation, control it at will, heal injuries, and enhance the power of wood-attribute spells.”
Sensing the understanding in her mind, Li Yunqing moved her thoughts.
In an instant, from the flowers, grass, and trees around the courtyard, strands of essence truly began to rise.
All of it surged into her body.
At this moment, she was like a spirit of nature, brimming with vitality.
She could even manipulate the gathered essence, injecting it into another plant, causing it to grow wildly.
Moreover, when her mind connected with vegetation, even the range of her spiritual perception expanded several times over.
Or rather, as long as there was vegetation within the range of her perception,
she could use it as a medium to vaguely sense movements across a much wider area.
“So this is the Vegetation Spirit Body?”
“Absorbing vegetation essence to heal injuries… if there’s enough of it, wouldn’t that make me practically immortal?”
“No, no—at this stage, if my head were shattered, I definitely couldn’t recover!”
“Regenerating severed limbs isn’t something vegetation essence alone can achieve.”
“But spells…”
Li Yunqing thought of the spells recorded in the cultivation section of the Medicine King Scripture. Although most were healing methods powered by magical power,
there were also quite a few meant for combat.
Among them, the strongest could manipulate vegetation to conceal and encircle an entire city.
If the vines were strong enough, their explosive power could pierce, strangle, and tear apart anything.
“Unfortunately, I haven’t cultivated magical power yet!”
“These spells can only be seen, not used!”
Sensing that the plague qi in the quarantine area had already mostly dissipated, Li Yunqing finally let out a slight sigh of relief.
There were too many people in the quarantine area for her to enter, so the natural dispersal of plague qi was expected.
And after a full day of boiling medicine for ten thousand patients, her efforts had not been in vain.
“Strength: Middle Tier of the Initial Realm (44%).”
“Four refinements in one day—the Qi Realm is no longer far away.”