Who Let Him Cultivate?!

38  Chapter 37 Medicine King Spirit Liquid_1 n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

Under the dazzling night sky, the majestic form of the Enlightenment Tree King was obstructing the moonlight. The Little Medicinal Kings were playing joyfully in the water, even Lu Yang joined in, everyone was getting along very well, as if the time had come to a standstill.

After the Little Medicinal Kings finished their refreshing bath, they were sprawled all over the ground, on top of the wooden hut; fast asleep.

The Enlightenment Tree King was not idle, during the time the Little Medicinal Kings were sleeping, he collected the wooden tub and water which puzzled Lu Yang.

"What are you doing?"

"Oh, this is something that Little Ba wanted. He said the bathwater was valuable, and the disciples of the Seek Dao Sect like to use it," the Enlightenment Tree King casually explained.

The Enlightenment Tree King moved its branches, like shrugging its shoulders, indicating a slight helplessness towards the behaviors of the human race.

As a plant, it found it hard to understand several strange behaviors of the human race. For instance, it knew that humans very much liked to use its hair, which was actually leaves, for tea infusion, or use its skin, the bark, for cooking, stating that it enhances the flavor, something resembling the bark of the Cinnamomum cassia.

"Oh, that's right; Little Ba even gave the bathwater a nice name, calling it Medicine King Spirit Liquid. It seems like you humans are so cultured; your naming abilities are way superior to ours."

"Medicine King Spirit Liquid?"

Lu Yang subconsciously repeated the name under his breath; he felt like he had heard this name somewhere before. Then he swiftly remembered where he had come across this term.

Wasn't this the highly sought-after Medicine King Spirit Liquid listed on the reward points exchange board!

The Medicine King Spirit Liquid listed in the board was introduced as a precious liquid specifically refined by the high ranking leaders of the Seek Dao Sect, so this was how it was specifically refined!

Lu Yang began to question all the weird and bizarre items listed on the board. They seemed alright based on their descriptions, but that didn't mean there were no issues!

...

In the following days, Lu Yang was laboriously drilling into the earth and listening to the Little Medicinal Kings chatter non-stop about herb knowledge. Life was fulfilling.

"I remember there is an Eight Treasure Lotus field ahead. They are tender and pink, very beautiful. Do you want to drill and have a look?" The Ginseng Baby said from behind Lu Yang.

"... Shouldn't lotuses grow in a pond?"

"Yes." The Ginseng Baby nodded matter-of-factly.

"So if I drilled over there, wouldn't I just land right in the pool?"

The Ginseng Baby seemed to understand immediately, "Aha. You make a good point."

"..."

Following the directions given by the Ginseng Baby, Lu Yang emerged from the earth and not far from there was the magnificent Eight Treasure Lotus. The morning dews cling to the tips of its petals, falling and hitting the water surface, creating ripples.

The Eight Treasure Lotus has beneficial properties of cooling the body, removing dampness, detoxifying, and nourishing the heart, often used in pill refining.

"I just really want to know why it's called the 'Eight Treasure' Lotus." Lu Yang said, recalling the information he read from a book.

Among the Pill Masters, this was an undecipherable mystery. Numerous Pill Masters had written books, cited scriptures and doctrines, suggesting various theories.

For example, one theory suggests that, because the Eight Treasure Lotus has eight effects, it is thus named Eight Treasure. Another says that the name came from the Supreme Eight Diagrams, others said that Eight Treasure refers to the eight meridians of the human body, consuming more Eight Treasure Lotus can unblock all eight meridians... There are many different theories.

Lu Yang was more inclined to believe the first conjecture, that there are eight effects, regardless of other claims, the first one seemed more reasonable at least.

"Ah, you're talking about this? I know." The Ginseng Baby spoke.

"You know?"

The Ginseng Baby held its waist with a tendril, and spoke confidently: "Yes, the Eight Treasure Lotus was discovered by Master Old Moon. At that time, both of us happened to have stumbled upon a secret and undiscovered realm. Fortunately, our cultivation levels were profound, and the secret realm posed no danger to us."

"We enjoyed ourselves in the secret realm, when we got tired, we would rest on the spot, eating and sleeping, just for fun."

"During a meal, Master Old Moon noticed a patch of pink lotuses that he had never seen before. I asked what he would like to name these lotuses. He looked at the Eight Treasure Porridge in his hand and casually suggested naming it the "Eight Treasure Lotus."

"Later on, he took a few of the lotus plants, propagated them in the outside world, creating the scale that we see today."

Lu Yang: "...."

This was not the first time he'd heard a story about Master Old Moon; each time the stories concluded with unexpected outcomes.

The other Little Medicinal Kings had traveled to many mountains and rivers and experienced many things, but none of them were as exciting as the adventures the Ginseng Baby had.

Through interacting with the Little Medicinal Kings, they slowly accepted Lu Yang. Even when Lu Yang returned to his original form, the Little Medicinal Kings did not reject him. Instead, they found his larger form to be interesting.

A month went by unnoticed, during which Uncle Ba took away the empty Spirit Stones and the bathing water of the Little Medicinal Kings, and brought a large number of top-grade Spirit Stones for the Little Medicinal Kings to bury in the original place.

Uncle Ba would occasionally pick a large number of herbs to supply Elixir Cauldron Peak.

...

"Originally, Master Old Moon wasn't known as Master Old Moon, his surname was Hu, which means scribble, so he calls himself the Scribbler. His handwriting wasn't that great, and there was one time when he wrote his own name in a sloppy way, and people read it as Old Moon, rather than Hu. He was quite indifferent about it, so he just went along with Old Moon." The Ginseng Baby, as usual, was babbling about Master Old Moon's shameful past in Lu Yang's ear.

At that moment, Uncle Ba sent a message to Lu Yang.

"Lu Yang, come out for a bit."

When he arrived at the entrance of the medicinal field, he saw a loving couple. The husband was confident and radiant, while the wife was dependent and sweet. However, their clothing was unconventional, in Lu Yang's view.

They were wearing clothes that looked like swimming rings, incredibly bulky, like they could float even if they fell into the sea.

This was the dressing habit of their race.

"Who are these two?"

"Let me introduce them, these few are your seniors, the Silver Ring King Worms." Uncle Ba explained.

Lu Yang finally understood. It seemed that the couple had resolved their differences and were reunited, so he didn't need to continue his digging.

They managed to resolve their emotional dispute within just a month, quite quickly. He thought it would take at least forty to fifty episodes of a drama, where in the end the female lead would lose her memory, and the male lead would help her regain her memory, leading to a happily ever after.

"His name is Lu Yang, you must have heard about him, the Sect Leader's fourth disciple, personally nurtured by Yun Zhi."

"Nice to meet you, seniors." Lu Yang gave a formal salute, which startled the Silver Ring King Worms. They quickly helped Lu Yang up, refusing to accept his salute.

"You're junior brother under Yun Zhi's guidance. You can call me Li Yin or Little Li, this is my wife, Little Li."

The younger brother of the female demon, who would dare to regard him as junior? Lu Yang didn't know what kind of image his eldest senior sister had in the minds of others.

"How did you manage to resolve the conflict?"

"What difficulty could there be?" A voice came from below the ground.

A couple emerged from the ground; they looked identical to the Silver Ring King Worms.

"Since my wife can split herself into two and become twins, naturally, I can do the same and create a brother." Little Li stated proudly.

The second Little Li couple was very affectionate as well.

Uncle Ba nodded in satisfaction; this idea was his.

He was a man of responsibility. If there was a problem, he would solve it.