Chapter 258: Qilin Great Pill

"So few."

Ke Wenbin looked at the two cabinets in front of him, his face showing unspeakable discomfort.

Treasury!

Such a big treasury!

Precious plants and precious medicines, yet only a storage capacity of a mere two cabinets!

"I'm such a fool, really! I only knew the Ghost Mother Sect was struggling, I didn't know the struggle was this severe."

Liang Qu felt the same gap in his heart.

Thinking about it carefully, it made sense.

Not everyone was like him, for whom going underwater was like going home.

The bottom of the water was vast, treacherous, and not easy to mix in.

A small marsh island gathered two Grandmasters, two Great Martial Artists, dozens of Wolf Smoke Martial Artists, hundreds of Galloping Horse Martial Artists, and thousands below the Four Gates.

Even if precious plants and precious pills were like Chinese cabbage, planted in rows and harvested every three months, the island still didn't have enough land area to grow them to feed everyone cabbage leaves.

Without sufficient logistical support, relying on past legacies to eat away the foundation for sixty years, and still having two cabinets of stock...

I don't know whether to say they brought a lot of treasures back then, or that they were frugal enough.

"Having some is better than having none. Let's pick; it's best if there's no dispute. If there is, we'll talk."

Xiang Fang Su left a sentence, and everyone began to pick the good items they liked.

Each cabinet had about 120 compartments, basically full, and any single item was of much better quality than those in the rooms of the courtyard earlier.

Moreover, besides precious plants and precious pills, the compartments also had relevant descriptions, efficacy, storage life, etc., and some even marked their origins.

Even someone with a photographic memory couldn't recognize all the treasures in the world, so it was convenient for the few people present to take them.

Liang Qu noted down the cabinets he had flipped through one by one, focusing his memory on several precious pills and precious plants he wanted.

The treasures suitable for him were divided into three categories according to importance.

First, precious plants that could absorb the essence of water and marsh; second, treasures with similar but different characteristics that could benefit the Dragon Tiger Golden Body; third, those that could normally improve cultivation, or had other wonderful uses.

If the first two could be combined, that would be best.

He checked them one by one.

"Nine Yang True Pill."

"Great Return Pill."

"Heaven and Earth Spirit Mushroom Flower."

"Earth Crystal Clear Grass."

"Qilin Pill."

"Golden Pill Sublimation Medicine."

"Three Origin Great Pill, Heaven, Earth, Human..."

Liang Qu looked at the Three Origin Great Pill at hand, a famous pill.

It is rumored to consolidate essence, increase potential, and eliminate hidden bodily ailments. One low-grade human pill can equal the qi and blood breathing increment of sixty years of using medium-grade techniques for an ordinary person, full of strength.

It's just a pity that of the Three Origin Great Pills, only two human pills remain; the Heaven and Earth bottles are empty, clearly already used up.

"The Qilin Pill is not bad either."

Liang Qu opened the bottle stopper. A pill the size of a human eye was as red as blood, covered in cloud patterns, with many wrinkles, like a walnut with a lion's head that had been played with until it was oily and smooth. Faintly, one could see a ferocious beast.

According to the paper on the side, the Qilin Pill can help grow physical potential, help those with half-martial bones or natural martial bones go further, and generate Qilin Bright Spirit Strength during the friction of bone and flesh.

In terms of effect, it is similar to the resonance of tendons and bones, tiger and leopard thunder sound, belonging to the nature of exercise and growth.

Qilin Bright Spirit Strength is even better than tiger and leopard thunder sound; not only is the strength stronger, but it can also subtly wash the marrow and cut the bones, prolonging life!

Who would dislike living longer?

Among the several treasures he had noted earlier, the Qilin Pill leaped to the top, becoming the temporary number one.

Below the paper marking the efficacy of the pill and the specific way to take it, Liang Qu also saw three names.

Huang Jin Yuan, Huang Zejun, Huang Zeming.

Among them, Huang Zejun's name was crossed out, and Huang Zeming's name had a small checkmark behind it.

Huang Jin Yuan's was the most special; this name was circled with a cinnabar pen, and a small annotation was written on the side—can be given to him.

The Ghost Mother Sect also had quotas internally.

But the pill is good, and now it's mine.

Liang Qu picked up the medicine bottle and continued to flip through, finally finding the second treasure he liked in drawer number 36 of another cabinet.

"Withered and Prosperous Twin Lotus."

Two lotus flowers blooming on the same stem.

One stalk grew extremely lush, its color as charming as a young girl's skin, more intense than the lotus flowers in Master Yang's courtyard during the dog days of summer.

The other stalk presented the exact opposite trend, withered, yellow, and dark all over, shriveled, and the inside of the petals was even black. However, although it seemed to have no vitality, there was no sign of wilting at all.

Another aquatic precious plant with similar but different characteristics.

Even though the Ghost Mother Sect had long lived on the Great Marsh, among the more than two hundred treasures, aquatic ones accounted for less than one-fifth.

Among the one-fifth, this was the only one Liang Qu had seen so far with similar but different characteristics.

By now, he had already made his choice in his heart. He looked down again and sure enough, found nothing else.

Without precious medicine to assist, the Dragon Tiger Golden Body is truly difficult to practice.

Back then, without that two-life flower of water and fire, he guessed he wouldn't have even entered the door, let alone have the current encounter. For this reason, the priority of the Dragon Tiger Golden Body was very high in Liang Qu's mind.

"Qilin Pill, Withered and Prosperous Twin Lotus."

"Golden Phoenix Feather Grass, Divine Deer Sand."

"Phoenix Wing Heaven Pill, Enlightenment Paste."

Xiang Fang Su looked at the two treasures in Ke Wenbin's hands and said in surprise: "Eh? You don't want those clothes anymore?"

"There will be rewards from the imperial court after it's over. I'll think of a way then to see if I can get them. Not many people want the women's style, and the difficulty of precious medicine is a bit high."

Xiang Fang Su nodded. Two items, different competition difficulties.

A wise move.

After a comparison, there was no dispute over what each person took.

More than two hundred precious plants and precious medicines, all of very high quality, belonging to the good treasures that require great merit to exchange for in the River Po Office.

With so many choices, it wasn't that easy to have a dispute.

Having found the treasures they liked, the three carefully put them away, walked around again, and returned to the third hall to pick a piece of top-grade precious gold for Ran Zhongshi's sister, Ran Ying.

The entire underground space had other exits, which should be connected to the residences of other Great Martial Artists or Grandmasters on the island.

The three didn't go out through those exits; having gotten the things, there was no need to cause more trouble. Just honestly return the way they came. Who knew if there would be any ghosts outside those passages?

Extinguishing the oil lamps, the three returned according to the original formation.

Arriving under the stone slab, Xiang Fang Su extinguished the torch, quietly braced the stone slab with both hands, and lifted a gap.

Scattered moonlight penetrated through the gap, illuminating their eyes.

Xiang Fang Su's eyeballs turned, swept a circle through the gap, and secretly covered the stone slab again.

"What's the situation? Why not go out?"

Ke Wenbin pointed upward and asked in a low voice.

"The door is open."

Xiang Fang Su's expression was solemn.

Ke Wenbin was stunned, then reacted.

Liang Qu recalled; if he remembered correctly, after the three entered the room, Xiang Fang Su, who entered last, had closed the door. ===== CHAPTER 259 =====