Chapter 236: Hundred Treasure Pouch

"Is this Spirit Medicine?"

"Can this blackish lump also be called Spirit Medicine?"

Yun Li was full of doubt, and she exchanged glances with the few Beast Husbands beside her; each saw incomprehension and suspicion in the other's eyes.

Jicheng and the Priest furrowed their brows, but the Priest had spent a long time outside, and although he had never seen such Spirit Medicine, the item lay before them; if they were doubtful, they could obtain Moluo's and the others' consent on the spot to try it and determine its authenticity.

"If you don't believe, you can take a bit and try it yourselves."

Seeing their doubtful, unwilling‑to‑believe expressions, Moluo showed no change on his face; he spoke while giving Luosai behind him a glance.

After receiving the chieftain's glance, Luosai rose from his seat, cut a small piece from the lump of Spirit Medicine with the dagger at his waist, and then walked up to Leng Xiao.

Leng Xiao stared at the black fragment, his brows involuntarily furrowing; what did handing it to him mean? Did he look like the kind of beastfolk who would self‑harm to let them test a medicine?

"Give it to me, I'll take it."

Seeing that Leng Xiao had no intention of taking it, Ji Xuan suddenly stood and walked over to Luosai.

"You say this Spirit Medicine can instantly stop bleeding and generate flesh, right? So if I pierce my entire palm with a dagger and use it, will it heal immediately?"

But as soon as he finished speaking, Leng Xiao's expression darkened slightly, "What are you joking about? Don't forget you're an eagle beastfolk; even a palm injury would be a serious wound to your beast body."

For eagle beastfolk, the two hands are most vital; if a hand is too badly injured, he can revert to beast form later but will have little combat power.

Leng Xiu also stood, "Let me do it then."

"What are you coming for!"

Leng Xiao lowered his voice, "The item belongs to them, so the public testing should naturally be done by them."

Hearing that, Luosai instinctively tried to look at Moluo, but as he turned his head he stopped, furrowing his brows, "I can demonstrate it publicly for you, but if you don't personally experience the Spirit Medicine's effect, you won't perceive its true benefit."

Leng Xiao frowned, thinking that their Spirit Medicine already stops bleeding instantly and generates flesh, what more could there be?

But before he could finish speaking, Ji Xuan was already inserting his own Bone Knife into his palm.

He had inflicted the wound on himself and knew it wasn't severe; without the Spirit Medicine, the bleeding would stop and the wound would heal on its own in seven or eight days.

However, his sudden move caused Leng Xiu, Yun Li, and the others to involuntarily frown upon seeing it.

Seeing that Ji Xuan had made the wound, Luosai immediately shoved the small piece of Spirit Medicine into Ji Xuan's mouth.

Ji Xuan, who had intended to eat it himself, frowned, but soon he had no time to mind Luosai's reckless act and instead began to carefully sense the strange feeling spreading through his body.

Once the Spirit Medicine entered his stomach, it felt as if an inexplicable hot current surged within his body, similar to the sensation when wielding a Crystal Core for cultivation, but clearer than before.

Ji Xuan couldn't explain what was happening to his body, so he looked at Luosai, who simply smiled at him, "I told you, the Spirit Medicine the chieftain gave you can only be felt by trying it yourself."

"How is it?"

Yun Li watched Ji Xuan swallow the Spirit Medicine; he didn't look at the puncture wound on his hand, but kept his head down, seemingly feeling something unknown, now staring at Luosai, who had just said such a strange remark.

She suddenly felt she couldn't stay seated, rose, and headed toward Ji Xuan.

But Ji Xuan's face showed a faint smile, "I'm fine, the Spirit Medicine is great."

The first sentence was addressed to Yun Li, while the latter was to Jicheng and the Priest.

Upon hearing that, Jicheng and the Priest both displayed slightly surprised yet extremely satisfied expressions.

"Since the Spirit Medicine is fine, let's begin discussing the items to be traded next."

Because Yun Li had already probed ahead, and Moluo's first trade with the Tribe presented the Spirit Medicine they coveted, the Priest was now mentally prepared to hand over several important techniques of the Tribe.

If Jicheng hesitated later, he might still give him a couple of words of advice.

Hearing the Priest's words, Moluo also realized that the moment he most desired had arrived.

But contrary to the Priest's and Yun Li's expectations, the technique he coveted was neither clothing‑making nor sugar‑making, and not even any workshop craft blueprints had been mentioned.

Moluo truly wanted the salt‑making technique that Yun Li and the others had severely overlooked.

Besides that, they sought pottery‑making techniques, followed by some clothing and jewelry blueprints.

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And whether these items were many or few, to test if Moluo could produce other valuable things, Jicheng and the Priest each put on a sour face and a pleasant face at the negotiation table.

What disappointed them was that Moluo had evidently come fully prepared for this.

With Ji Xuan having personally experienced the Spirit Medicine's benefits and consistently intending to aid Moluo, the final trade result was simply that Moluo received a Hundred Treasure Pouch—a device made from a ferocious beast's stomach, capable of maximally storing hard items.

It was only upon seeing this so‑called Hundred Treasure Pouch that Yun Li and the others realized the stones Moluo had brought were all because of this item; otherwise they'd have been burdened with extra packs, whereas a water‑bag‑like thing let them travel light.

Its only drawback is that it can store only hard objects and offers no magical preservation; fresh herbs or food placed inside without treatment would rot faster than if left outside.

"Are you really giving this to me?"

Yun Li never expected that the Hundred Treasure Pouch, which seemed an absolute rarity in the Tribe, would so easily fall into her hands; even after leaving, she could hardly believe it.

"The techniques the Tribe trades out are precisely those you contributed, and given what you've done for the Tribe these years, who else could we give them to but you?"

Leng Xiu thought the Priest and Jicheng had indeed done the right thing.

After all, A Li had done so much for the Tribe these years, yet the Tribe had little good to give A Li, and occasionally some beastfolk would mutter sour remarks about A Li behind his back.

To keep A Li steadfastly staying in the Tribe, this Hundred Treasure Pouch could only be given to A Li.

Otherwise, unless the chieftain and the Priest kept the Hundred Treasure Pouch in their hands forever, giving it to anyone else would leave Leng Xiu and Leng Xiao uneasy.

"Exactly, A Li, you'll make the best use of it."

Leng Xiao also, holding his own female companion, whispered low, "And you still don't know about that Priest; he's probably hoping that once you have this, you'll come up with even better ideas."

For example, having the workshop artisans also craft such Hundred Treasure Pouches.