Master Mingzong looked at Zheng Qiu and found that his apprentice's face did not have the look of sudden enlightenment, but rather confusion.

So he let go of his hand and drank two glasses of wine to regain his mood. Master Ming Zong narrowed his eyes slightly and looked at the clouds passing by in the sky and said slowly: "That's right. You are young and have never been exposed to cultivation. It’s normal to not understand it after a complicated explanation for a while. In this case, let’s learn it step by step, starting from the most basic.”

"You come with me." Master Mingzong stood up and called Zheng Qiu back to the building.

Stepping on the dry cloud ladder, Zheng Qiu followed his master to the 40th floor this time. The master told him that Fangcao Building has a total of fifty-five floors. From the 40th floor up, they are all books and information accumulated by the master's research on planting medicine. .

Master Ming Zong rummaged on the bookshelf for a while and pulled out a book. He walked to the nearest desk, swept the things on it aside, put down the book and asked Zheng Qiu to come over.

"Apprentice, this booklet is about the twenty most common herbal medicines," Master Mingzong said, taking a pen and paper and giving it to Zheng Qiu. "You know most of these herbal medicines. For these familiar herbal medicines, You write down the planting methods on paper, and I will test these methods."

Zheng Qiu opened the book and read it carefully, holding the pen and writing quickly on the paper. Finding that his apprentice was writing very quickly, Master Mingzong put aside the idea of ​​doing other things and walked to the desk to watch Zheng Qiu write.

In less than half an hour, Zheng Qiu turned to the last page of the book. He stopped writing and handed the paper full of words to the master: "Master, I have finished writing. I know all these twenty types."

"Well, yes, your foundation is better than I thought." Master Ming Zong took the paper and repeatedly read the methods of planting medicine written by Zheng Qiu. The more he read, the tighter his brows furrowed: "Apprentice, these methods are different from It’s completely different from what I usually use.”

"Ah? Master, is it my method that is wrong? But everything I have tried to plant can grow."

Master Mingzong put down the paper and shook his head: "I didn't say these methods are wrong. Since you can grow them, they can definitely be used. But I still have to test the effect."

Master Ming Zong picked up the paper again and studied it carefully. After a while, he suddenly asked: "Apprentice, were the conditions where you used to learn to grow medicine not good?"

“What is a bad condition?”

"You see, these methods of growing medicine do not involve any precious soil or mountain springs, nor do they imitate the blessed environment where the essence of heaven and earth gathers. They are all circumvented by the cooperation of medicinal materials and planting techniques."

Master Mingzong pinched his long beard and thought thoughtfully: "Based on my many years of experience, this detour planting method should not be as good as the normal planting method. Hmm... But it's hard to say, it still needs to be done. You won’t know until you try it.”

Master Mingzong returned to the bookshelf, rummaged through the cabinets and found a box of dusty books. He blew the dust off and dumped them on the desk.

"These are the lists of basic medicinal materials. Apprentice, the only thing you have to do these two days is to read through these books. As long as you know them and know how to grow them, write them down on paper. I have to completely understand you. Foundation."

The books that Master Mingzong piled on the table were large and small, new and old, and there were a lot of them. Zheng Qiu only knew a few of the medicinal materials in the books. He originally planned to memorize them while reading them. , but the master stopped him when he found out.

The master emphasized that there is no need to memorize these books. There is a systematic list of medicinal materials in the building that can be studied. Memorizing them in a messy way will confuse people. Regarding the planting methods written down by Zheng Qiu, Master Mingzong did a test on each one. As for the test,

The results will not be known until ten days and a half.

After five days of this, Zheng Qiu finished reading all the books on the desk. That afternoon, Master Ming Zong began to give him his first lesson.

The place where classes are held is on the 45th floor of Fangcao Building. This floor is different from other floors where books and materials are stored. It is quite neat. Along the wall of Fangcao Building, there are two circles of bookshelves neatly arranged, and the bookshelves are as bright as new.

, the books above are also neatly stacked.

Master Mingzong and Zheng Qiu sat down face to face. The master took out a book and threw it on the table. The book was not thick. Zheng Qiu picked it up and found that it read "Yunxiu Medicine Record". The master poured a glass of water for himself to moisten his throat.

, gesturing to the apprentice to read and listen to his explanation.

Medicinal materials are divided into two types: dead things and living things. Dead things refer to medicinal materials that cannot move, while living things are the opposite.

Dead things can be divided into five categories: grass, wood, water, gas, and minerals, and living things can be divided into four categories: insects, beasts, birds, and monsters. Since grass and wood are the most commonly used medicinal materials, they are usually

The medicines mentioned are mainly grasses and trees.

Later, Master Mingzong explained these categories in detail one by one, giving examples to make Zheng Qiu understand. Zheng Qiu followed what the master said and flipped through the book, taking notes on paper from time to time.

He kept talking until the sun went down and the sky became dark. The master stretched out his hand and gently touched the lampstand on the table. The lamp stone held by the lampstand lit up with a warm yellow light.

One, two, three...seven, eight, the master explained in detail eight major categories in total, five dead animals and four living animals. It should be nine major categories. Why is there one missing? Zheng Qiu flipped through ""

"Yunxiu Medicine Record", counting the categories with his fingers, he found that there was no such big category in the whole book, strangely.

He quickly asked the master: "Master, you just said that living creatures are divided into four categories: insects, beasts, birds, and monsters. Why is there no such classification as monsters in the book? And you didn't mention it, master."

Master Mingzong pondered for a moment, and his tone of answer showed uncertainty.

"Strange, this classification, how do you say it? Master, I have never seen it before. However, the three thousand-year-old sects of Yunxiu have records in this regard, and the wandering history books also have relevant content, so I included it."

"Master, tell me, I want to hear it, I want to hear it!" Zheng Qiu's curiosity was aroused, and he looked at the master eagerly.

"Ahem," Master Mingzong cleared his throat, "Okay, let me talk about this classification."

According to the records of the three thousand-year-old Yunxiu sects, the monster is not like an animal, a bird, or an insect. It is a monster that people have never seen before. It rarely appears, but every time it appears, it is a disaster.

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The monster is huge, as big as a mountain peak, and as small as an ox or a horse, and its span is staggering. Wherever the monster goes, the mountains and fields are desolate, and all life is devastated. In addition to destruction, it is still destruction.

According to the records, monsters have no intelligence, they cannot understand human speech, and they do not know how to avoid people's attacks. However, all records mention that these monsters have a special power, which is not physical strength or tyrannical energy.

Jin, but an erosive force.

Wherever a monster stays for a long time, the environment and landscape will slowly transform into something similar to the monster's body surface. Those creatures killed by the monster will eventually turn into new monsters with powers similar to the monster.

However, for the major sects of Yunxiu, the monster is a good thing, because the corrosive power in it has the effect of assimilating elixirs and the essence of heaven and earth. As long as its body is refined using special techniques, the corrosive power can be reduced.

By injuring the practitioner's body, he can produce magical pills that can quickly elevate his level.
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