Chapter 656

"Learn medicine from Doctor Zhang?"

Mother Yin said in a dilemma: "Qi'er, let alone whether Doctor Zhang will accept you as an apprentice, even if he is willing to accept you, our family cannot afford the tuition. Learning medicine from him costs ten gold coins a year."

The Shenmu world also uses gold, silver, and copper as currency, but they are all cast in the form of coins.

One hundred copper coins are equivalent to one silver coin.

Ten silver coins are equivalent to one gold coin.

One copper coin can buy a meat bun, which is roughly equivalent to the purchasing power of one yuan.

One gold coin is equivalent to one thousand yuan.

Ten gold coins is not a small number for their family; they couldn't take it out even if they emptied their family fortune.

Yin Qi said: "I naturally know our family cannot take it out, but I'm not going to learn immediately. In a few days, I will go into the mountains to hunt, and when I have saved enough money, I will go learn medicine. Doctor Zhang is very shrewd; as long as there is money, he will definitely teach."

"That's fine."

Mother Yin struggled for a long while before finally nodding.

Her son is not young anymore; she originally wanted Yin Qi to save money to marry a wife.

But thinking of her father-in-law and husband who both died in the mountains, she did not want Yin Qi to follow in their footsteps. If he could learn some medical skills, he could support the family and wouldn't have to go into the mountains to hunt anymore.

……

Another three days.

Yin Qi had completely recovered and, as expected, entered the first layer of Qi Refining.

As for the "Eight-Nine Profound Art," he had not yet started practicing, because practicing body-refining martial dao requires sufficient blood food or medicinal soups, otherwise, it is very easy to deplete the body.

Xuefeng Town is surrounded by mountains, and the nearby hills can only provide small animals like wild chickens and rabbits.

If you want big game, you must go deeper.

If you go deeper for another dozen miles, you might even encounter demonic beasts.

Demonic beasts were originally creatures of the Magic Continent, born with the ability to cast magic, equivalent to Western mages. Once an ordinary hunter encounters one, there is only one dead end.

But demonic beasts all have magic crystal cores in their bodies, which are very precious.

Even the lowest-level first-order magic crystal core starts at at least one hundred gold coins.

With Yin Qi's current cultivation, hunting demonic beasts is naturally beyond his strength, but he has at least stepped onto the path of cultivation, so he crossed over a dozen hills and entered the depths of the forest.

"Such rich heaven and earth spiritual qi, at least twenty percent higher than in Xuefeng Town."

Yin Qi scanned the surroundings alertly.

He didn't find any prey, but he did find a large amount of medicinal materials, and even spirit herbs.

It's a pity he hasn't learned medicine yet, so he couldn't bring these medicinal materials back.

……

One day later.

Yin Qi returned to town carrying a huge brown bear, immediately causing a stir.

"Heavens, what a huge brown bear, at least a thousand catties, right? Whose son is this, actually so powerful?"

"This is the Yin family's young lad, such brilliant archery, actually shooting into the brown bear's left eye with one arrow."

"Their family is going to get rich; this brown bear can sell for at least fifty gold coins."

……

Selling the brown bear, Yin Qi received fifty-three gold coins. He didn't even go home and went straight to Doctor Zhang's house, finally obtaining the qualification to follow and learn from him at the cost of five gold coins per month.

Since then, Yin Qi's life became regular.

In the morning, he followed Doctor Zhang to learn, starting with literacy and identifying medicinal materials; in the afternoon, he practiced martial arts at home, and at night, he practiced immortal cultivation.

Because he could hunt big game every time he went into the mountains, he only needed to go into the mountains once a month.

……

Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, half a year has passed.

Yin Mansion.

The former thatched hut had been leveled, replaced by a large courtyard with blue bricks and green tiles, which was the second most luxurious mansion in the town after the mayor's, making countless people envious. In the courtyard, the wind of fists was surging, roaring like thunder.

Mother Yin, sitting in the main room, could not see her son's figure at all, only seeing afterimages.

Whoosh! Whoosh!

After a long while, Yin Qi withdrew his fists and stood still, exhaling a long breath of turbid air.

His whole body was bright red, like a steamed crab shell, but not a drop of sweat flowed out. However, Mother Yin still brought a towel in time for Yin Qi to wipe his sweat.

Compared to half a year ago, Mother Yin had become much younger, with a graceful figure and fair skin; where was the old age from before?

Since learning medicine from Doctor Zhang, Yin Qi had shown amazing talent, finishing his apprenticeship in less than two months, and then, besides refining pills and cultivating, he spent his time conditioning Mother Yin's body.

Mother Yin now looked to be only in her thirties.

As for Yin Qi, his progress over the past half year was naturally huge; he was almost finished with organ refining, and his immortal cultivation had also entered the late stage of Qi Refining.

"Thank you, Mother!"

Yin Qi took the towel and wiped his forehead, where there was no sweat.

Please... collect 6... 9... books...!

Mother Yin said lovingly: "Silly child, why be so polite with Mother? By the way, Qi'er, you're not young anymore, and now you can be considered successful in your career; shouldn't you consider marriage? There are many beautiful girls in our town who are interested in you."

Now in town, Yin Qi is also a prominent figure.

Every time he goes hunting in the mountains, what he brings back is either a tiger, a brown bear, or a giant python.

His medical skills are also extraordinary, recognized as surpassing Doctor Zhang's.

In town, he is a "young talent"; which girl wouldn't like him?

Furthermore, his appearance is not bad either.

Not to mention exceptionally handsome, but he is also dignified in appearance.

Yin Qi shook his head and said: "Mother, my master said that my technique is very special and must not be broken before reaching great completion, otherwise the cultivation will dissipate and the person will die. Let's talk about this in a few years."

In order to provide a background for his pill refining techniques and martial arts, he fabricated a master, someone he met while hunting.

Mother Yin was unhappy and complained naggingly: "How can there be such a broken technique in the world, not allowing one to break their virginity before reaching great completion? If you never reach great completion in your life, wouldn't my Yin family have no descendants?"

Yin Qi could only comfort her: "Mother, Master said my talent is extremely good. In three to five years, at most ten years, my martial arts will definitely reach great completion; don't be impatient. By the way, Mother, you are almost at the second layer of Qi Refining, right?"

He transmigrated into the Shenmu world, not by possessing or seizing a body, but by awakening memories of his past life.

For the mother of this life, he naturally would not let her age and die.

So he passed on an immortal cultivation method to Mother Yin, but Mother Yin had little interest in cultivation, fishing for three days and drying nets for two. If it weren't for the support of pills, she probably wouldn't even be able to get started.

Mother Yin said indifferently: "Almost."

Seeing this, Yin Qi could only shake his head helplessly.

Since Mother Yin doesn't like cultivation, then forget it; at worst, he will refine an immortal pill for her later.

"Young Master, Mistress, it's time to eat."

An old woman walked out of the kitchen on the east side. This was a cook Yin Qi had hired. Besides cooking and cleaning on weekdays, she could also keep Mother Yin company and relieve her boredom.

"Okay!"

Yin Qi responded, walked toward the main room with Mother Yin, and said: "Mother, I plan to go into the mountains tomorrow and might stay for ten days or so. The medicinal materials at home are used up, and I need to go pick some to replenish them."

Mother Yin nodded and said: "Mm, you must be careful; don't be careless just because you are cultivating now."

"Mm, I know."

………

The next day.

After breakfast, Yin Qi carried his arrow quiver, took his precious bow and saber, and went out, heading straight for the depths of the forest.

This time entering the mountains, he prepared to hunt demonic beasts.

Firstly, it was to make money, and secondly, he wanted to test his own strength to see what level of the Shenmu world his current strength was equivalent to.

In order to hunt demonic beasts, this bow, arrow, and saber were all specially refined by him.

It's just that with his late-stage Qi Refining cultivation, he could currently only refine low-grade magical artifacts, but even those were divine weapons in the outside world. (End of chapter)