Mu Liang City, Huangliang Bookstore, fourth floor
Qiye carefully pulled out a dusty, damaged ancient book from the bottom of the bookshelf: "The Book of Ten Thousand Poisonous Ghosts".
Holding it lightly in the palm of your hand and reading it carefully, the faint light and shadow fall on the yellowed pages, showing the vicissitudes of time and mystery...
Qiye discovered that the entire book had no preface and no author's signature.
The yellowed and soft pages feel like they will break when touched, and they are gently turned over. Each page contains detailed information about thirty or forty kinds of plants, with both text descriptions and vivid patterns outlined by simple lines.
However, after rummaging through the book, I could not find any records on the use or detoxification of poisons. The whole book seemed more like an encyclopedia introducing plants.
Gently closing the page of the book, there is something intriguing about Qiye:
This book clearly records the basic characteristics of plants in detail, so why is the theory that all poisons are the origin of ghosts? The title of the book seems a bit inaccurate. Is there something hidden in the book?
He always liked to delve into the details. He picked up the book again and read it carefully this time:
Golden cicada, Cloverleaf family, mostly grows in dark environment, with green leaves, oblate leaves; small yellow flowers, astringent and bitter taste, pungent fragrance...
Baizhang flower, a five-petaled flower, mostly grows in desert environments. It has white flowers and red stamens, and is fragranceless; its stems are watery and slightly sweet. Flower juice has a numbing effect...
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Qiye read several articles in one breath. Apart from knowing the biological information of dozens of plants in detail, he could not find even a hint of "poison".
Closing the page again, his doubts became more intense. Although I didn’t find anything strange about this book, I had an intuition:
This book must have records about "poison", but I don't see it from the surface now. If you come down and study it carefully, maybe you can crack it.
Recalling that Han Qi, who was in the early third level of the fighting spirit level, was fatally attacked by Langbei who was in the first level of the early fighting spirit level with poison, Nanaya felt that 'poison' was a sure-fire weapon that could reverse the disadvantage of strength and make it impossible to guard against. .
If you can control it well, wouldn't it be more secure when walking outside?
In his cognitive thoughts: there is no 'poison', despicable and shameful thoughts. On the contrary, everything that can be used to protect yourself is a legitimate means!
After having this idea, Qiye put the book away decisively. Then move forward and check out the other bookshelves.
With the unexpected discovery of "The Book of Ten Thousand Poisonous Ghosts", he calmed down and browsed it carefully this time.
Select a book from the "Civil Engineering" bookshelf: "The Mysterious Book of Mechanisms".
This is an anatomy diagram on how to arrange mechanisms, and "organs" are a lower-level "formation" compared to "spiritual arrays". However, if you can master the knowledge and skills of arranging mechanisms, you can lay a solid foundation of knowledge for learning "Spiritual Array".
But at this moment, Qiye didn't know that learning "organs" would be beneficial to learning the mastery of "Spiritual Formation", but was just purely interested.
Perhaps, it was because he came into contact with the machine spirit formations arranged in the treasure cave by Han Qi that he became keenly interested in this kind of fighting method that can cause huge damage to the enemy without any effort.
After all, his own personal experience told him that this thing works!
After being satisfied with the selection of two books, Qiye came to the second group of "Animal Husbandry and Medicine" bookshelves that he had ignored before. Before, he simply looked at the categories of the bookshelves, but did not look at the books placed there at all.
After having the experience of selecting the previous two sets of bookshelves, he also held back his temper this time and looked through the many books one by one...
But I read a lot, and all of them were messy medical books that I completely despised: diagnosis and treatment of poultry and livestock diseases, breeding of cats and dogs, etc...
Qiye looked at it with a frown on his face and couldn't help but wonder: Are there no 'special' books in this set of bookshelves?
After a boring search, Qiye's gradually disappointed eyes suddenly lit up: "The Wonderful Doctor of All Animals".
I couldn't wait to take out the book carefully and read it carefully. It turns out that this is a medical book that introduces how to treat injuries and illnesses of animals. Regardless of whether they are monsters or monsters, no matter how strong their bodies are, they will inevitably be injured. And if the wound is not treated correctly and in time, it will be difficult to heal, and it will even directly reduce its combat ability and lead to death.
Medical books that can cure "animals" are rare among the three people he has devoured. Almost all human monks think about how to hunt monsters, not about healing.
Therefore, this book is even more valuable!
Qiye put the book away carefully as if he had found a treasure, and then walked to the first group of "Nongquanquanmiscellaneous Books" bookshelves with great anticipation.
This time, he concentrated on selecting the miscellaneous books on the bookshelf one by one. After finding the book that interested him, he took it out and read it carefully. However, when he actually finished reading the contents, the slightest interest disappeared immediately. In this way, Qiye read dozens of miscellaneous books, but never found the one he really wanted.
Seeing that an hour has passed, Qiye almost read through the miscellaneous books on the bookshelf. Just when he was about to give up in despair, Qiye found a thick and dim ancient book among the dusty books in the corner of the corner: "The Art of Cultivation of Spiritual Medicine".
This made him very happy, and he took a lot of effort to pull out the book completely. Open it and read it carefully. This is a book that teaches how to cultivate and transplant elixirs. It mainly covers general cultivation techniques that are widely applicable to ordinary elixirs. Although it is not an advanced implantation technique, it is also widely used.
If there was an opportunity to grow a large area of elixir, wouldn't it be better than collecting it in the wild? I thought about how I had seen many porters in slave camps who had lost their footing and fallen down cliffs and deep valleys while collecting medicines in exchange for copper coins. A small medicinal herb, many people are willing to die for it...
Alas, Qiye sighed deeply: Looking back on the past, life is like a piece of grass!
After selecting four books from four different sets of bookshelves, Qiye walked downstairs slowly.
At the door, the old man was still lying leisurely and elegantly on the Taishi chair and ferrying...
"Hello, grandpa, I want to buy these four books." Qiye stepped forward respectfully and whispered beside him.
"Oh, four hundred spiritual stones..." The old man turned his head lazily, glanced at the books in Qiye's arms, and replied casually.
"What!? Four Hundred Spiritual Stones! Isn't the price too expensive? And the books upstairs don't have a price tag?" Qiye said very surprised.
To ask for four hundred spirit stones for such a worn-out book is simply outrageous. He really thinks he is a child and is so easy to deceive. But due to the other party's age, Qiye couldn't directly refute him.
"I said four hundred is four hundred, don't pull it down..." The old man in the bookstore ignored Qiye and closed his eyes to rest.
"Well, you see, can this be done like this? These books have been exposed for so many years and no one has bought them. If this continues, they will probably rot into a ball of waste paper. I just bought them back and read them for fun. . You see, after such a long time, new books have almost become useless books. Can the price be cheaper? Forty, ten, what?"
Qiye slowly compiled some pros and cons around the old man, and then determined the price.
"forty!?"
The old man turned his head with disgust and looked at Qiye, who was smiling all over his face. He didn't quite believe his ears. The young man in front of me looks young and respectable, and he is quite aggressive in bargaining.
"Yes, you see, this book has turned yellow and curled up after being stored for such a long time, and it may turn into fly ash after being stored for a few days. By then, no one wants not to mention forty, even four copper coins. Besides, no one wants it. I believe that very few people are willing to spend more than a dozen spiritual stones to go up to the fourth floor to select books, so the fourth floor is covered with dust."
After Qiye saw that he told the price, the old man did not immediately slap him to death and chase him out of the door. No matter what the reason was, I still analyzed the old man's path one by one.
"Little guy, I have been running a shop here for so long, and I have never seen you bargaining like this. Don't think that the old man is easy to fool because of his age. The four books in your hand are worth not to mention four hundred, but four thousand is not an exaggeration for you! "
It was rare for the old man to say such a long sentence. He seemed to have already seen through the twists and turns in Qiye's heart and went straight to the point.
"Um, how about...two hundred?" After being seen through by the old man, Qiye scratched his head in embarrassment, but still refused to compromise completely.
"Four hundred, not even a penny less!" The old man seemed to not want to give Qiye any chance to bargain.
"Okay!!! Four hundred is four hundred." Qiye gritted his teeth and agreed.
I had to sigh in my heart that it turns out that old age is still better: I really don't want to give up these four books. I'm afraid that my thoughts were eaten up by the old man from the beginning, which made me so passive in the bargaining process.
Think about it carefully: maybe it was a look in your eyes, maybe it was an action of yours... that betrayed the reason why you would not give up.
Qiye took out a talisman bag from his pocket with distress. This talisman bag was found from the soldier he killed before. It is also a kind of space magic weapon, but compared to space magic weapons such as spiritual rings, it is the lowest one, with only twenty or thirty square meters. It is mainly used to store some commonly used spiritual stones and elixirs.
Crash...a pile of spiritual stones was poured out at once. Four hundred spiritual stones were piled up, and they were as high as a small earth bag. After the old man glanced at the spiritual stones on the ground, he put them all away with one move.
When Qiye saw the old man accepting the spirit stones, he seemed to feel that the gain was not worth the loss. He spent four hundred spirit stones at once, which was a huge sum of money. He was walking out of the bookstore in a daze.
"Stop, young man, have you forgotten the fee for going upstairs?" the old man reminded lightly.
"Um, grandpa, look, is this upstairs fee... just..." Qiye slowly turned around and hesitated to speak, but the meaning behind his words was self-evident.
"That's all... for the sake of calling me grandpa, the upstairs fee will be waived." The old man didn't bother him anymore. Anyway, he had already earned hundreds of spiritual stones, so the upstairs fee was enough. I won't continue to pursue it.
"Thank you very much, grandpa. I wish you happiness like the East China Sea and longevity as long as the Southern Mountains!" Qiye said happily with relief. In the blink of an eye, he got on his horse and rode away in the wind, as if he was afraid that the old man would regret it.
"Haha... What an interesting little guy. After so many years, someone finally chose "The Book of Ten Thousand Poisons and Ghosts". I don't know how he will choose to use it in the end... The book collection has been sold, and it's time for me to leave."
"A dream of yellow rice, a dream of yellow rice..., three lives of pagoda, three lives of slaughter..."
The old man lying on the Taishi's chair hummed quietly to the beat, then slowly closed his eyes and fell asleep.
It was getting late, Qiye went straight back to the inn, and couldn't wait to return to his room.
A burst of spiritual power shot out from his fingertips, blocking out everything from the outside world. Then he gently took out four simple and yellowed books from his arms. Although it made him feel a little pained to spend four hundred spirit stones, if he could master the knowledge learned from these four books. So its value is not comparable to hundreds of spirit stones. Knowledge is priceless but it must be learned to achieve success.
Sitting at the table, Qiye carefully turned over the book "The Book of Ten Thousand Poison Ghosts". Although he did not read all of this book in detail, he roughly estimated that the entire book recorded at least as many as 100,000 plant information. If you want to memorize all the knowledge about these 100,000 kinds of plants, you can imagine how difficult it is to remember, not to mention that this is just a simple basic introduction.
To fully understand "The Book of Ten Thousand Poisons and Ghosts", I am afraid that we must also be able to fully understand the characteristics of these 100,000 plant organisms before we can make any discoveries. Qiye's head felt numb at the thought of having to memorize such a huge amount of information.
Good books are easy to buy, but the knowledge inside them is not easy to obtain.
