Chapter 122: Vengeful Leaf Compendium
Vengeful Leaf Compendium. That was the name of the manual Li Lang had copied down to his computer.
It was exactly what Li Lang had asked for. He had been given a choice between one that went into more detail about how Qi poisons were created as opposed to a singular, powerful technique. The latter would likely only include the production method for a single specific type of poison. It would have been the choice if short-term gain in strength was his goal.
As expected of a zealous researcher like Li Lang, he went with the choice that would feed him the most information. From there, he could unravel the mechanics himself, and hopefully create his own poisons.
The compendium went in-depth on the topic, and took Li Lang days to read over it once, and weeks to really comprehend the contents.
Having received multiple manuals from the pocket realm, Li Lang knew they all came from different authors. Their quality varied, as well as their way of explaining. There were no academic guidelines for how they organized the contents. In fact, the theories each author used were wildly inconsistent. That meant there was a lot of junk mixed in with the tidbits of information, which was why Li Lang took so long.
In a way, Li Lang had felt like he was deciphering ancient herbal remedies.
Phew. Hopefully, I got everything right. Time for the exciting part of testing my findings.
From the compendium, Li Lang had gained new insight into the nature of Qi poisons. The texts went into detail about the properties of various plants one could use in brewing poison. It also went into detail how they interacted with other material in order to produce the desired effect. It was this mumble jumble of the author that tried to explain how poisons worked in their own made-up framework.
The reason why Li Lang knew it was garbled was because he learned that Qi poisons weren’t so different from the mundane poisons he knew, after all. They simply had an extra component that Li Lang didn’t know how to handle.
Previously, the toxins he formulated were simply infused with Qi. In the context of the Vengeful Leaf Compendium, he simply employed the simplest form of empowering. It gave Qi energy to the poison, but didn’t include any methods of utilizing it. It was as if a boxer with amnesia was sent into the ring. He had a well-trained body, but no idea how to even throw a punch.
This allowed the defensive mechanism in living creatures to walk all over the poison, weakening its effects.
“So Qi poisons, true to their name, simply combine Qi techniques with poison,” Li Lang muttered. “That means I can create the poisons I know about…as long as I have the materials on hand. No, most of the active ingredients from the samples I have on hand are entirely different from what I’m familiar with. I’ll need to formulate entirely new poisons with the native Qi plants. If what the book says is true, powerful Qi plants produce deadlier toxic substances than anything I knew. Plus, it synergized with the imbuement of Qi.”