Chapter 6: What kind of medicine is this

"That is Dark Force!" Ji Wenyue replied, looking at Xia Daoming with surprise.

"Dark Force?" Xia Daoming looked puzzled.

"Could it be that Brother Xia doesn't know that once a martial artist cultivates to the fifth-rank realm, the force can be transformed from bright to dark, which is called Dark Force?" Ji Wenyue looked at Xia Daoming with even more surprise.

How could Ji Wenyue know that this guy in front of her was only a second-rank Wu Shi more than a month ago, and his master was only a fourth-rank Wu Shi, so how would he know so much.

"I'm not very clear, tell me about it." Xia Daoming very humbly admitted and asked for advice.

"The force we unleash now is bright, which is actually the same as the brute force unleashed by ordinary people, all acting on the surface of the object, it's just that the force is more concentrated and powerful, called Bright Force.

And the force unleashed by a fifth-rank Wu Shi can not only act on the surface of the object but also penetrate the body silently, attacking inside and out, doubling the lethality, called Dark Force.

Therefore, the degree of force increase between the fifth and fourth ranks doesn't look different from before, but in reality, the change in combat power between the two cannot be mentioned in the same breath.

Between the fourth and third ranks, it's about one against three, but between the fifth and fourth ranks, it suddenly becomes one against seven, so martial artists are also known as Great Martial Masters starting from the fifth rank."

Speaking of this, Ji Wenyue remembered that Xia Daoming had actually beaten a fifth-rank Wu Shi to death with brute force just now, and couldn't help but turn her head to look at him.

Even if Liao Min was old, he was still a fifth-rank Wu Shi, yet he was beaten to death by a fourth-rank Wu Shi.

This was truly too unbelievable!

"By the way, are there many Great Martial Masters in Li Cheng?" Xia Daoming asked.

"Very few. Force is inherently formless, and it is even harder to cultivate when transformed from bright to dark. It requires the use of Divine Intent Secret Diagrams to comprehend. Divine Intent Secret Diagrams are not like ordinary techniques that can be taught publicly; they generally have relatively harsh conditions.

Dark Force is hard to practice, and techniques are hard to find, so the vast majority of martial artists spend their whole lives stuck before the threshold of the fifth rank." Ji Wenyue replied.

"What about Martial Dao Grandmasters?"

"There is only one person in the entire Li Cheng who has reached the Grandmaster realm. It is said that his force can be externalized into form." Ji Wenyue replied, with awe and yearning in her eyes again.

"Force externalized into form!" Xia Daoming's heart shook upon hearing this.

"That's right, force externalized into form is called Transformation Force, which can kill from a distance. There are even rumors that a Grandmaster's force externalized into form can resist immortal spells!" Ji Wenyue said.

"What? Force externalized into form can resist immortal spells!" Xia Daoming was greatly encouraged upon hearing this.

What he worried about most was the difference between immortals and mortals.

Martial artists have no chance of resisting cultivators.

Now it seems that things are not that bad.

As long as martial artists cultivate martial arts to the realm of force externalized into form, they also have a chance to rival cultivators.

As for what level of cultivators a Martial Dao Grandmaster can rival, that is not something Xia Daoming can know now.

Anyway, having a chance to rival cultivators is much better than not having one.

"You are not very old, but you really know a lot." Xia Daoming sighed.

"That's right!" Ji Wenyue puffed out her chest, making Xia Daoming couldn't help but take a few more looks.

Ji Wenyue met Xia Daoming's seasoned gaze, shivered in her heart, and immediately lowered her head, no longer speaking.

The sunset finally fell completely to the end of the earth.

The haze shrouded the desert, and the world became dim.

Within the line of sight of the two, there was still no trace of people.

"Tonight, let's stay here!"

Xia Daoming dismounted in front of an earthen mound.

Seeing this, Ji Wenyue hesitated and dismounted, sitting cross-legged with her arms around her knees two or three zhang away from Xia Daoming, looking at Xia Daoming with vigilant and slightly timid bright eyes.

It was because Xia Daoming had often used his seasoned gaze to size her up along the way.

Now, a man and a woman spending the night in the wilderness, Ji Wenyue really couldn't imagine that Xia Daoming would be a gentleman and not move his hands and feet on her.

"I knew that bringing a young lady from a wealthy family, apart from looking at her and relieving boredom on the road, is purely a burden!" Seeing Ji Wenyue sitting far away with her arms around her knees after dismounting, Xia Daoming shook his head repeatedly.

Shaking his head in his heart, Xia Daoming took out firewood and a tent from the horse's back.

There is no vegetation in the desert, and it is very difficult to collect firewood temporarily.

These firewoods were specially noted and collected by Xia Daoming along the way for backup.

The tent is a simple single-person tent, which Xia Daoming prepared for his long journey and sleeping in the wilderness.

He set up the tent against the earthen mound, lit the firewood pile in front of the tent, and first took out medicine to drive away snakes and insects from the horse bag, sprinkled a circle around the camp, threw some caltrops, and pulled some silkworm threads.

After all this was done, Xia Daoming sat down in front of the bonfire with peace of mind.

First, he poured full water into a small pot, put it on the fire, and then used an iron fork to fork some smoked Red Flame Rabbit meat and roast it on it.

The Red Flame Rabbit is a very rare wild rabbit in the northern region of Mangzhou, as big as a fox, agile and fierce as a leopard, and extremely difficult to hunt.

However, its meat is very nourishing for blood and Qi, and is very popular with martial artists.

Of course, the price is also very expensive, about fifty taels for one Red Flame Rabbit, which Xia Daoming would definitely not dare to dream of before.

Now he is not short of money, just thinking about completing the ninth-level strengthening of the fourth-rank Wu Shi meridians as soon as possible, so he is very willing to spend money.

Three days ago, passing through an oasis market town and seeing a merchant selling two Red Flame Rabbits, he immediately bought them all and made them into smoked meat for consumption on the way.

Now that one has been eaten, there is still one left.

Soon, the aroma of roasted rabbit meat drifted away with the night wind.

Ji Wenyue smelled the aroma, her eyes looking at the roasted meat on the fire rack from time to time, swallowing her saliva hard, but still didn't dare to approach Xia Daoming.

Seeing that the rabbit meat was almost roasted, Xia Daoming took out a wheat cake and roasted it until hot.

At this time, the water boiled.

Xia Daoming took out a teapot as if by magic from the horse bag, put some Snow Silk Grass tea in it, and brewed a pot of tea with boiling water.

Snow Silk Grass is harvested from the high mountain cliffs in the north, as thin as hair and as white as snow. It not only tastes clear and sweet but also clears the heart and refreshes the spirit, and is quite effective for martial artists to enter meditation and practice.

Of course, the price is also not cheap.

After the wheat cake was roasted until hot, Xia Daoming used a knife to cut off some rabbit meat slices, put them in the wheat cake, wrapped them into meat rolls, and just as he was about to send them to his mouth, he saw Ji Wenyue curled up in the corner of the earthen mound with her arms around her knees out of the corner of his eye. He hesitated for a moment, but still stood up and walked towards her.

Seeing Xia Daoming walking towards her, Ji Wenyue subconsciously moved backward.

"Here!" Xia Daoming said with a calm face.

"Thank you!" Ji Wenyue hesitated, then took the meat roll.

Before Ji Wenyue's voice had even faded, Xia Daoming had already turned and left.

Ji Wenyue looked at Xia Daoming's back, with less vigilance and more curiosity and gratitude in her eyes.

Until now, she still didn't understand what kind of man this unkempt savior was.

If you say he is a good person, looking at his decisive ruthlessness in killing, and his seasoned gaze when looking at her, it really doesn't look like it.

If you say he is a bad person, along the way, apart from looking at her unscrupulously, he really hasn't done anything to move his hands and feet.

Now he even specially sent her food.

I don't know if it was because she was hungry, or if the meat roll was really delicious, Ji Wenyue paid attention to her image and chewed slowly at first, but soon she didn't care about the image of a young lady and devoured it, eating a meat roll in a few bites.

Licking the fine salty taste on her fingers, Ji Wenyue looked towards Xia Daoming with lingering desire.

Ji Wenyue looked over and met Xia Daoming's gaze.

"Come here!" Xia Daoming beckoned to her.

Thinking of lust after being full, sure enough...

Ji Wenyue's heart couldn't help but shiver fiercely.

But having received the grace of saving her life during the day, and now having eaten the delicious food handed over by the other party, of course, the other party's strength was also much stronger than hers. Even if she suspected that Xia Daoming had evil intentions, Ji Wenyue could only stand up and walk over at this time.

"Brother Xia, after I return to the Ji family, I will definitely repay your life-saving grace generously. I know that you have been drifting in the desert alone for many days, and you must want a woman to sleep with you.

But I am only seventeen and still unmarried, can you spare me? Don't worry, once I return to Li Cheng, I will let my family arrange the most beautiful girl in Li Cheng for you, and I will definitely serve you comfortably." Ji Wenyue stopped two steps away from Xia Daoming and said cautiously.

Xia Daoming stared straight at Ji Wenyue, and there were ten thousand grass mud horses galloping in his heart.

Does he really look like that kind of beast in human clothing?

Seeing Xia Daoming staring straight at her, Ji Wenyue's chest trembled non-stop, and under the reflection of the fire, matched with her beautiful face, it was really easy to induce people to commit crimes.

"I, I am the legitimate daughter of the Ji family head. Even if Brother Xia really wants me, it's not impossible, but it must be according to the orders of parents and the words of matchmakers, and cannot be casually combined in this wilderness." After a long time, Ji Wenyue gritted her teeth and said.

"Do I look like that kind of man who is worse than a beast?" Xia Daoming said unhappily.

"Of course not, of course not, Brother Xia is my savior, naturally a great good person." Ji Wenyue hurriedly said.

"Since that's the case, what do you mean by what you just said?" Xia Daoming asked.

"That, this, didn't Brother Xia keep looking at me along the way?"

"Nonsense, this desert is boundless. I've been drifting in the desert for several days, and I can't even see a green grass. There is no scenery at all, and people are almost sick from boredom.

At this time, even if a sow suddenly rushed out, I would appreciate it properly. And you are quite beautiful, and your figure is not bad. If I don't look at you more to relieve boredom, should I stupidly appreciate this boundless desert?" Xia Daoming said unhappily.

"Ah! Ah! Um!" Ji Wenyue was dumbfounded.

"Don't make this sound, in this wilderness, do you really think I am a saint who doesn't move when sitting in his lap!"

"Ah! Oh!" Ji Wenyue covered her mouth after realizing it, her pretty face blushing.

"This is really fatal!" Looking at this scene, Xia Daoming felt a burst of evil fire, but in the end, he had to suppress it helplessly, and threw a medicine box over.

Ji Wenyue hurriedly caught it.

"Isn't the Ji family a large medicinal herb merchant, and aren't you the medicine refining genius of the Ji family? You help me see, what kind of medicine is this?" Xia Daoming said.

This medicine box was touched from Liao Min's body. Seeing him keep it close to his body, it should be relatively precious.

However, medicine cannot be taken indiscriminately.

What if it's something that makes you last long?

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