Ultimate Village Doctor

Chapter Two Hundred and Forty-Six

Bai Yizhan was just an ordinary person; he did not clearly understand the things he experienced, but Long Xiaoshan was a cultivator. Hence, from Bai Yizhan's words, he gathered a lot of useful information.

He could be certain that the corpse was that of a powerful cultivator.

An incorruptible body indicated that the deceased's physique had been cultivated to be far stronger than that of an ordinary person, perhaps far beyond his own abilities.

As for the Ghost Cave in Shennongjia, the name itself had an eerie aura.

Inside, there must be something special.

Perhaps ghosts, or perhaps something else.

Bai Yizhan fell into the Ghost Cave and was able to come out, likely because he took the talismans off the corpse.

Bai Yizhan said that when he came out, the talismans disappeared without reason.

It probably wasn't without reason, but rather he was attacked by some invisible force, and the talismans protected him, allowing his escape. Otherwise, he would have certainly died inside.

Interesting.

Long Xiaoshan, holding the Space Ring, said, "Grandpa Bai, this ring is very useful to me, and ordinary people can't use it anyway, so I won't stand on ceremony."

"Hey, I was intending to give it to you from the start. Just take it," Bai Yizhan said with a kindly smile.

He liked this young lad very much.

Frank, kind-hearted, and at the same time, not pretentious.

If it were a pretentious person, they might have hesitated, but Long Xiaoshan readily said he would take it and specified that it was very useful to him, which made Bai Yizhan feel more comfortable.

Otherwise, owing Long Xiaoshan such a big favor, he might not speak of it, but it would actually weigh on him internally.

Gratitude is also a form of invisible pressure.

"Grandpa Bai, I'll take it and study it first," Long Xiaoshan said.

"Fine, go ahead."

Long Xiaoshan excitedly took the Space Ring to another room. Using his spiritual power, he opened the ring. He had seen earlier that there were quite a few items inside the Space Ring, and now he could examine exactly what was inside.

The ring's previous owner must have had a much higher cultivation level than his; the things he carried with him would not be ordinary.

In one corner of the ring space, there was food and water, which after decades had long ceased to be edible. Long Xiaoshan tried using his spiritual power to move them, and the food and water were removed from the ring.

After clearing the useless items,

What was left were three books, a badge made of some unknown metal, a knife, three bottles of elixir pills, some small flags, and a pile of assorted items.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

Long Xiaoshan first took out the metal badge. It was hefty to hold and he had no idea what metal it was made from. On the front was engraved the word "Xuandu," and on the back, "Outer Gate."

Xuandu, Outer Gate.

Could it be an identity badge?

An Outer Sect Disciple of the Xuandu Sect?

Long Xiaoshan guessed.

Seeing no further clues, he threw the badge back in.

Long Xiaoshan then picked up the knife, and as soon as he did, it was as if flames surged within it, raising the room's temperature by several degrees. The blade was keen, and there seemed to be some faint patterns on the body of the knife.

With a gentle swing from Long Xiaoshan, a sweltering breath streaked through the air.

Long Xiaoshan tried channeling his True Qi into it, and the knife's patterns suddenly became clear. A thin layer of flames enveloped the blade, causing the temperature in the room to rise sharply, quickly reaching a point unbearable for ordinary people.

What a knife!

This was definitely a top-notch Magic Artifact.

Not an ordinary weapon.

Long Xiaoshan knew ordinary weapons could not have flames attached to them; it was a pity, though, if it had been a spear, that would have been fantastic. He had been learning the spear from Yue Ling recently and had some insights. Moreover, he had grown fond of the spear.

Having a knife wasn't too bad, after all.

Especially since this was no ordinary knife.

Long Xiaoshan toyed with it for a while before putting it back.

He took out the three bottles of elixir pills.

There weren't many elixir pills left in each bottle. Long Xiaoshan opened them and poured out a few. The quality of these pills was not bad and could compete with those he had concocted. However, they weren't elixirs for increasing cultivation levels, but rather for healing and detoxification.

After putting the elixir pills back,

Long Xiaoshan checked the remaining miscellaneous items.

Among them were three pieces of milky-white stones.

Upon picking one up, he immediately felt an abundant rush of Spiritual Energy flooding from the stone, invigorating the True Qi within his body.

"What kind of stone is this, with such abundant Spiritual Energy?" Long Xiaoshan felt that cultivating with such a stone would certainly double the results with half the effort.

"Could it be the legendary Spirit Stone?"

Long Xiaoshan thought of online novels.

Regardless, the stone was clearly meant for cultivation.

Long Xiaoshan continued to rummage through the pile of items. There were blue sands and red crystals containing thermal energy. These materials were odd and rare; Long Xiaoshan didn't recognize any of them.

Hey!

Long Xiaoshan's gaze flashed as he saw a piece of golden bamboo that seemed to have been chopped off.

Only twenty centimeters long, Long Xiaoshan reached out and zap! A fierce bolt of electricity flashed, leaving Long Xiaoshan's arm extremely numbed, which would have seriously injured an ordinary person.

Long Xiaoshan circulated his True Qi to resist the current coming from the bamboo.

He took it out and examined the segment.

It was covered with golden patterns, extremely tough, and even heavier than gold—definitely a fine item. It was a pity that it was too short; otherwise, if he could whittle a long spear from this bamboo, it would naturally carry an electric charge, without any refinement it would become a powerful Magic Artifact.

An idea sparked in Long Xiaoshan's mind.

Didn't he have the Jade Purifying Bottle?

Inside was the Spiritual Liquid.

He wondered if it could make the bamboo grow, but given it was only a section and not the root, Long Xiaoshan wasn't sure if it could be revitalized.

But even if he had an idea, he didn't have a place to cultivate it now; he would have to wait until he got back to the village.

Long Xiaoshan put the golden bamboo segment back into the ring.

Now that he had examined most of the items, only three Secret Tomes remained. Long Xiaoshan picked them up; the tomes were titled "Spell Art of Dark Incantation of Cloud and Water," "Thunder Art," and "Array Secrets."

He flipped open "Spell Art of Dark Incantation of Cloud and Water" and indeed, it was a Cultivation Technique, but of the Water Element. Since Long Xiaoshan had already been cultivating "The Art of Immortality," the "Cloud Water Art" wasn't very tempting to him.

However, the "Thunder Art" and "Array Secrets" caught his eye.

"Thunder Art" was a Secret Tome for cultivating spells of the Thunder Element.

"Array Secrets" was about the Formation Path, teaching how to set up formations.

Long Xiaoshan was very interested in both "Thunder Art" and "Array Secrets." "Thunder Art" was powerful in terms of offensive capability, and "Array Secrets" was extremely useful. The inheritance Long Xiaoshan had received from the Elder of the Black Scale Sect had only been some simple spells.

After all, those two elders weren't very powerful.

Geomancy Talismans were considered pretty insignificant.

They were only suitable against average people; against the truly powerful, those methods were too weak.

They weren't as practical as martial arts.

But now that he had "Thunder Art" and "Array Secrets," which were clearly extraordinary, just a cursory glance revealed their complexity and obscurity, far beyond what the Black Scale Sect's tomes could compare to.