Chapter 46: Earth Core Yuan Milk and Earth Core Blueberry Dew

When school let out in the afternoon, Su Jin had just left the school gate not long before she was bumped into by a certain older brother from a higher grade.

Then she discovered an extra little porcelain bottle in her small basket.

Without a word, Su Jin tossed the little porcelain bottle straight into Little Wu Tian.

When Su Jin was one or two years old, she was the only child in the family.

Mother still had work to do and couldn't stay with her all the time.

So Mother taught her a new game—trying to toss various small objects into Little Wu Tian, then take them back out.

At first the small objects she used were tiny, and she had to grab them with her own hand before sending them into Little Wu Tian. Later she grew up and got stronger; as long as the volume wasn't too big and the weight was under three jin, she could toss any small object into Little Wu Tian with just a thought.

When she reached the gate of the clan school, she suddenly saw a number of uncles from the patrol squad standing at the gate, one by one inspecting the little schoolchildren's book bags and baskets, and even having some older sisters handle the body searches.

Schoolchildren from several grades lined up in turn to be inspected.

Su Jin also found a line and queued up. Just as she was about to reach the front, a schoolchild from second or third grade, five or six places ahead of her, suddenly held up a little porcelain bottle and said to one of the older sisters in charge of the body search.

"This was just tossed into my basket by a little older brother. I don't even know what it is?"

The moment the older sister heard that, she immediately had that little schoolchild taken away.

The line kept moving, and soon it was Su Jin's turn.

After the inspection, with nothing unusual found, she was let out of the clan school.

Su Jin walked out of the clan school and looked back.

She discovered that the defensive barrier inside the clan school had already been activated.

Anyway, the schoolchildren inside couldn't escape in any direction except through the main gate, so if anyone got trapped inside, they'd be hard-pressed to fly out even on wings.

Su Jin returned home and went straight into Little Wu Tian.

Her Spirit Refining Cultivation Technique had already broken through one layer, so she now knew that the body with which she entered Little Wu Tian was not her real body, but a spiritual one.

Because of her family's Jin Tong Mu, her humanoid body had been a physical body from the very start.

The moment Su Jin came in, she picked up the little bottle she had tossed in, then opened the cap. Inside was some kind of liquid.

She sniffed it lightly.

It turned out to be extremely precious Earth Core Yuan Milk.

This kind of spiritual item was a fine thing indeed.

It had miraculous effects on raising the Body Refining realm.

Su Jin gave the little porcelain bottle a little shake—there were actually over thirty drops inside.

That amount wasn't bad either; this time she had picked up a bargain.

But the Earth Core Yuan Milk in this porcelain bottle didn't seem quite right—the impurities seemed too many.

Could it be that it wasn't taken from a proper earth vein?

Su Jin carefully recalled the face of that panicked little older brother who had tossed the little porcelain bottle to her.

Although he had deliberately covered his face with his sleeve, for Su Jin, whose spiritual power was far beyond the norm, recognizing his face was no problem at all.

This little porcelain bottle had been deliberately tossed into her basket by him.

In other words, the Earth Core Yuan Milk in the little porcelain bottle was almost certainly not from legitimate channels—it had come from the black market.

Legitimate Earth Core Yuan Milk was priced beyond the market.

Spiritual-item shops in various places might not put a single portion up for sale even in a year or two.

Because the amount of Earth Core Yuan Milk that emerged was extremely small.

But this Earth Core Yuan Milk was probably from those already-polluted earth veins.

Earth Core Yuan Milk containing large amounts of hard-to-remove impurities wouldn't be accepted by legitimate shops.

So taking it to the black market to sell, looking for willing suckers, was still doable.

Su Jin looked at the little porcelain bottle with a hint of regret. "Sigh, what a pity—so much Earth Core Yuan Milk, and not a single drop I can use."

Then she saw the little porcelain bottle lift straight up from her hand and fly toward Jin Tong Mu.

Jin Tong Mu extended two extremely slender roots from underground.

One thin root plunged straight into the little porcelain bottle, and with a slurping sound, quickly sucked all the liquid inside the little porcelain bottle dry.

Then the little porcelain bottle drifted over to the tip of the other thin root.

One drop, then another—crystal-clear, carrying a strange fragrance, with not a trace of impurity—Earth Core Yuan Milk dripped back into the little porcelain bottle.

Su Jin watched, dumbfounded.

In total, only seven drops dripped back in.

Well, seven drops were still better than none.

Su Jin happily took the porcelain bottle away.

She remembered that her mother's room had an ancient book devoted to preparing various drinks. It seemed to record a drink called Earth Core Blueberry Dew.

Golden Silk Blueberries plus Earth Core Yuan Milk could be used to prepare a special drink; compared to simply taking Earth Core Yuan Milk directly, its auxiliary effect on Body Refining doubled.

But there were no Golden Silk Blueberries at home, so she still had to find them herself.

Su Jin thought it might be best to take the little porcelain bottle out and find a place to hide it first.

But then she frowned.

This thing's origins weren't simple; it was best not to take it out.

"Jin Tong, such a precious spiritual medicine—I'm not too comfortable leaving it outside. Can you find me a place to put it?" Su Jin turned and asked the big tree beside her.

The big tree opened a small hollow right in its own trunk. Then the little porcelain bottle in Su Jin's hand automatically flew up and was tucked inside by an invisible force.

Then the hollow sealed up, and it could no longer be seen.

"Good work." Su Jin said happily. Having solved the problem of the little porcelain bottle, Su Jin left Little Wu Tian.

Then she sat at the little desk in her room and began reading her spell books and notes.

Spell books really are much easier than cultivation technique books.

Su Jin had only read it for a day or two before she felt she could almost cast the Binding Vine Art.

But she didn't have any vine seeds on hand that could be used to cast the Binding Vine Art. She might go to the Jinlan Spirit Item Pavilion near her home tomorrow to buy some, and pick up a few Golden Silk Blueberry spirit fruits while she was at it!

Teaching Su Wuji the cultivation technique had earned her a hundred spirit stones, just right to spend.

Early the next morning, when passing the Jinlan Spirit Item Pavilion on her way to school, Su Jin noticed it was actually open. How had she never noticed this spirit item pavilion opened this early before?

Su Jin walked in on her own initiative.

She saw a young female cultivator currently wiping down the counter.

"Oh?" She smiled when she spotted Su Jin. "What spirit items is the little honored guest planning to buy?"

Seeing Su Jin dressed in a brand-new little robe of blue-green, she knew the other party was a student of the Su Clan School.

Any student who could afford clan school wasn't poor. Children from impoverished households, unless they were extraordinarily gifted, couldn't afford to attend clan school.

"Do you have vine seeds here?" Su Jin asked. "I plan to practice the Binding Vine Art."

"Yes, we do. What price range of vine seeds would the little honored guest like?"

"Cheap ones will do."

"I have Iron Branch Vine, Green Skin Vine, Glyph Vine, Yellow Skin Gourd Vine, and so on—over twenty kinds. For one spirit stone I can sell you two hundred of them." The female cultivator introduced with a smile.