Chapter 14

"Can this purple crystal even absorb the energy in medicinal herbs? Yes! The 'medicinal power' contained in herbs is essentially a form of energy, isn't it?"

"When warriors consume medicinal herbs, their physical strength increases because their bodies absorb the medicinal power and refine the energy in the herbs."

Yi Yun suddenly understood. Over these days, he had conducted many experiments, preparing things he believed were "full of energy," such as flames, hot water, and rough cloth that had been electrified by friction. However, the so-called "energy" in these things was not absorbed by the purple crystal.

The energy that the purple crystal could absorb, in summary, was starlight, desolate bones, medicinal power, and the primordial energy cultivated by Lian Chengyu.

Upon careful consideration, apart from the ethereal starlight, the rest of these energies were all related to the cultivation of warriors in this world!

Even starlight might be related to cultivation; there might be cultivation techniques in this world that absorb starlight.

As for desolate bones and medicinal herbs, these were even more obvious, as they were all good things that could improve a warrior's body, purify the essence, and refine the marrow.

It seemed that only the energy of martial cultivation could be absorbed by the purple crystal.

However, if the purple crystal absorbed the medicinal power from the elixir fruit, would the fruit still be useful?

Probably not! Although the elixir fruit still looked intact, it was now just a well-appearing medicinal residue, possibly even worse than ordinary medicinal residue.

Yi Yun knew that elixir fruits could not be eaten directly; they needed to be refined using special methods. Only the high-ranking members of the tribe knew these methods.

Not only elixir fruits, but also other herbs from the Lian family's medicinal mountain were similar. For ordinary people, consuming them would be like taking poison, causing severe abdominal pain and even death from bleeding from the seven orifices!

If not for this, the Lian family tribe would not have let the poor people go to the mountain to collect herbs. If they ate the herbs while collecting them, who would know?

However, now that the purple crystal had absorbed the medicinal power from the elixir fruit and then nourished Yi Yun's body, Yi Yun did not feel any toxic side effects.

This was the magic of the purple crystal.

It transformed the originally violent energy into gentle energy suitable for ordinary people to absorb, allowing Yi Yun to eat and absorb the herbs on the mountain at will, and no one would know!

It was truly a secret operation!

Realizing this, Yi Yun couldn't help but smile.

"Yun'er, what are you smiling about?" Jiang Xiaorou shouted from below, always worried about Yi Yun, fearing he might fall from such a high place and land on the stone ground, with predictable consequences.

"Xiaorou, look at this!"

Yi Yun picked the elixir fruit, which had completely lost its medicinal power, and threw it down.

"Elixir fruit? What a big one!"

Jiang Xiaorou was delighted, but then felt a bit sad. A twenty-year-old elixir fruit was a good herb, but her brother had no right to use it. The herb still needed to be sent to the tribe, where the elders would carefully refine it to cleanse Lian Chengyu's body.

With a depressed heart, Jiang Xiaorou placed the elixir fruit in the herb basket.

Their task was to collect eight ounces of herbs each, calculated based on the lowest-grade herbs. A twenty-year-old elixir fruit would add more weight. If they had such good luck today, at least their food would be secured.

It was also tragic to think that they and their brother were risking their lives to collect herbs, and even if they had incredible luck and collected many precious herbs, it would all be for others.

"Yun'er, that's enough, don't climb any higher."

Jiang Xiaorou saw Yi Yun climb to a height of over ten meters and shouted in pain. No matter how hard they tried, the herbs they collected would still belong to others. What was the point?

But Yi Yun pretended not to hear, as he saw a spiritual light rising near a crooked pine tree growing on a cliff not far away. There were herbs there!

Yi Yun climbed over quickly, hanging from the pine tree with one hand and carefully picking a small umbrella-shaped herb from the roots with the other.

"Black Lingzhi, a herb of higher value than the elixir fruit."

Yi Yun was delighted and absorbed the energy from the Black Lingzhi without hesitation. Instantly, the refreshing feeling returned. Yi Yun clearly felt the energy from the Black Lingzhi enter his heart and then flow through his body, nourishing his flesh and blood. This feeling made Yi Yun so comfortable that he wanted to cry out in joy.

Yi Yun had been in a state of hunger for several days.

Especially after the purification of his essence and marrow, Yi Yun was so hungry that his eyes were almost glowing green. Now, Yi Yun didn't have the ability to hunt alone, but his body was growing rapidly and needed energy.

Eating a large amount of food could provide energy, but ordinary meals couldn't compare to herbs. This elixir fruit and this Black Lingzhi were like a timely rain for Yi Yun!

Yi Yun felt that after the purple crystal absorbed the Black Lingzhi, with each circulation of blood, the medicinal power entered his body, making him feel full of strength and even improving his vision. Originally, he could only vaguely see ants ten meters away, but now he could clearly see the head, thorax, abdomen, and six thin legs of the ants.

Black Lingzhi could improve vision. Although Yi Yun wasn't very knowledgeable about pharmacology, he roughly knew that the effects of such low-grade herbs were not usually so obvious. The elders of the tribe had to use a large amount of herbs to refine medicine to barely achieve some effect.

But using the purple crystal to absorb herbs had immediate and significant effects.

This purple crystal might double the effectiveness of herbs!

Yi Yun threw the Black Lingzhi, which had become "high-grade medicinal residue," to Jiang Xiaorou.

"Black Lingzhi! Yun'er, how can you have such good luck!"

Jiang Xiaorou felt it was incredible. Normally, one would be lucky to find one such herb in a day, but Yi Yun had found two such high-grade herbs today, which was truly amazing!

Yi Yun smiled but didn't answer. With the purple crystal, as long as he was near the herbs, light points would rise, guiding him like a lighthouse. How could he not find good herbs!

By now, Yi Yun had climbed over ten meters high, but after absorbing the energy from two herbs, he felt full of energy and could easily climb another ten meters.

However, Yi Yun didn't want to be too shocking, so he climbed down.

Change the place and continue collecting herbs!

Yi Yun followed the basic strategy of absorbing, collecting, and consuming all the herbs he saw, sweeping them away like a storm.

He found that the Lian family's medicinal mountain was like his feng shui treasure land.

He had been hungry for several days, worrying about the lack of energy for cultivation, but the Lian family's medicinal mountain solved this big problem in one go.

Yi Yun climbed to a cliff, which was very high and rarely visited by anyone. From Jiang Xiaorou's perspective, she couldn't see what Yi Yun was doing up there.

"Yun'er, be careful!"

Jiang Xiaorou's voice came from the bottom of the cliff, but it was somewhat blurred by the strong mountain wind.

"Xiaorou, don't worry, I know what I'm doing."

Yi Yun leaped nimbly over the rugged rocks like a mountain antelope. For cliffs three to four meters high, Yi Yun could jump up with two steps on the rock wall.

At this moment, in his field of vision, a light ball the size of a baby's fist flew out from a crack in a large rock.

This light ball was ten times brighter than any light point Yi Yun had seen before!

"Hmm? This is!"

Yi Yun was startled. The herb under the rock, which emitted such bright light, must be extremely precious.

Yi Yun moved the rock and found a curved purple jade ginseng underneath. This purple jade ginseng was in a hidden location and on a cliff that was difficult for ordinary people to climb, so it had grown for many years without being discovered.

This was a great find for Yi Yun.

Yi Yun didn't hesitate and used the purple crystal to absorb the purple jade ginseng.

Instantly, the purple crystal was filled with a hazy purple light. This purple light gathered in Yi Yun's body, making him feel a surge of heat. This heat flowed through his meridians, filling his limbs and organs, nourishing his internal organs, and even slowly rising to his brain, making his senses more acute and his head feel hot, with a light and floating sensation in his body.

This feeling was like being drunk, with his whole body floating in the clouds, yet burning with heat, making Yi Yun feel as if he had boundless strength to unleash!

Yi Yun's body itched unbearably. He looked around and saw a large rock on the ground that weighed two to three hundred pounds. Yi Yun felt as if thousands of ants were crawling on his body, making him want to vent his frustration.

He went to the large rock and lifted it in one breath.

Once! Twice! Three times!

Yi Yun lifted the rock over ten times, breaking out in a hot sweat, but feeling refreshed.

He still felt unsatisfied and did deep squats and frog jumps with the rock, jumping twenty times in one breath. His legs were numb, and the sweat on his body was evaporated by the heat.

What a refreshing feeling!

Yi Yun casually moved his body, and his joints cracked with a satisfying sound!

Warriors, during the foundational period, would consume desolate bones and purify their bodies with spiritual herbs, strengthening their physical bodies and spirits!

After this, they would practice day after day. Without resources or perseverance, they couldn't become warriors.

Yi Yun