Lin Caogen's intuition told him that he must have some kind of divine talent.
However, his immortal root is definitely blocked. He can only rely on himself to unblock it now.
"Let's go to town and find an old traditional Chinese medicine doctor to take a look. I don't have many immortal coins left by Brother Yang, so I must open up my immortal root and join the Wuwei Sect as soon as possible."
With that thought in mind, Lin Caogen packed up his money bag and headed straight for the traditional Chinese medicine clinic.
Wuwei Town was already deserted, but a wooden house had a plaque with the four characters "Hanging a gourd to save the world" written on it.
Lin Caogen saw that the wooden house door was open and stepped inside. Inside, he saw an old man with a white beard.
The old man saw Lin Caogen and said lazily, "What's the matter, young man?"
Lin Caogen asked directly, "Does the old gentleman have a prescription for opening up the immortal root?"
The old man became interested upon hearing this and asked, "What? Is your immortal root blocked?"
Lin Caogen shook his head and said, "No, I was just asking for someone else."
The old man chuckled and said, "Could it be that the person you speak of with blocked immortal roots is descended from the Central Plains?"
Lin Caogen asked curiously, "Why are you so certain, sir?"
The old man laughed and said, "Only the offspring of impoverished families have blocked immortal roots. Their ancestors were all in Zhongzhou, but after their families declined, they lived in this remote place on the Three Rings Continent for a long time. Their immortal energy was scarce, so their immortal roots naturally became blocked. This is the fundamental reason why experts are unwilling to come to our Three Rings Continent."
Lin Caogen suddenly realized and asked, "Old sir, how long would it take for someone with a clear immortal root to have their immortal root blocked in our Three Rings Continent?"
The old man chuckled, “To put it simply, staying on our Third Ring Continent for a hundred years will affect all aspects of your body, not just your immortal roots. Young man, take advantage of your youth and work hard to go to the Second Ring Continent. There, the immortal energy is abundant, which will be good for your health.”
Lin Caogen sighed and said, "My friend's family has fallen on hard times, and now his immortal roots are blocked. Does the old sir have any solutions?"
The old man laughed and said, "What's so difficult about that? There are two methods. The first method is to send your friend to Zhongzhou for recuperation. There, immortal energy abounds, and within a thousand years, the blocked immortal roots in his body will gradually be opened. The second method is to spend a lot of money to prepare a root-clearing and qi-regulating decoction for him to take. Each course of treatment lasts seven days until all immortal roots are opened."
Lin Caogen hurriedly said, "Sir, could you please sell me a course of the root-combing and qi-regulating decoction first? I'll let my friend try it out."
The old man laughed and said, "Young man, as long as you have money, it's fine. One course of treatment costs 80 fen yuan."
Lin Caogen was shocked, not expecting the decoction to be so expensive. Yang Guo only had 82 immortal coins left to give him.
The old man said slowly, "This is Wuwei Town on the Third Ring Continent. Prices here are already very low. If you go to other towns or the Second Ring Continent, prices will probably be twice as high."
Lin Caogen knew the old man was telling the truth, so he gritted his teeth and took out 80 immortal coins.
The old man smiled and took the money, saying, "Wait here, I'll go get your medicine." He then turned and walked towards the medicine cabinet.
Before long, the white-bearded old man placed seven packets of elixirs on Lin Caogen's table and said, "Young man, boil the medicine in a clay pot for an hour, and drink it along with the dregs so as not to waste any. One packet a day, seven packets in total, all for you."
Lin Caogen looked at the seven packets of herbs in front of him as if he had grasped a lifeline, and was overjoyed.
The old man continued, "I find you quite pleasing to the eye, lad. I'll give you a set of Yellow-Rank Qi-Inducing Techniques. Cultivating according to the instructions on it will accelerate the unblocking of your immortal roots. Here you go!"
After saying that, the old man tossed Lin Caogen a jade slip. Lin Caogen was overjoyed. This kind of low-level Yellow Rank cultivation technique would cost several dozen Immortal Yuan Coins to buy outside, so this time he really saved himself money.
Lin Caogen quickly thanked the old man and placed the jade slip on his forehead. A few seconds later, the jade slip transformed into a stream of light and disappeared into Lin Caogen's sea of consciousness.
After bidding farewell to the old man, Lin Caogen hurried back to the inn and bought another clay pot to brew the medicine in his room. An hour later, the aroma of the medicine filled the air.
Lin Caogen cooled the elixir by blowing on it, and following the old man's instructions, drank the liquid along with the dregs. Instantly, he felt a surge of immortal energy within his body, surging and struggling to find a way out.
The immortal power seemed to have found the easiest immortal root for Lin Caogen to open. It all swarmed towards that immortal root. Lin Caogen felt a tingling, itchy sensation as it was being drilled into his invisible immortal root.
"It works! That's great! Let's hurry up and practice the Qi-guiding technique the old man gave us to accelerate the opening of our immortal roots."
Lin Caogen sat cross-legged on the bed, attracting and gathering the immortal energy between heaven and earth according to the Qi-Gathering Technique. However, when the immortal energy was about to enter his body, it was blocked by his nine closed immortal roots.
The function of this Qi-guiding technique is to draw in external celestial energy to disrupt one's blocked celestial roots. This method works from the outside in, while the function of the root-combing and qi-clearing decoction is to take celestial medicine internally and use its medicinal power to clear blockages from the inside out.
An hour later, the medicinal effects within his body had dissipated, and Lin Caogen could clearly feel that a small section of his immortal root had been unblocked by the medicinal power. Although the speed at which he unblocked his immortal root through cultivating the Qi-Inducing Technique was not as fast as that of taking the medicinal liquid, fortunately, he could use time to accumulate the therapeutic effect.
Lin Caogen dared not delay, sitting cross-legged for dozens of hours straight, using the Qi-Inducing Technique to break through his blocked immortal root. At dawn the next day, Lin Caogen began brewing and consuming the immortal medicine again. He repeated this process of cultivation and medicine over and over. At noon on the seventh day, Lin Caogen successfully opened one of his immortal roots.
Lin Caogen swallowed the Immortal Jade Elixir and held the Root-Testing Stone in his hand. A thin beam of red light shot out from the stone. This was proof of his Heavenly Rank Immortal Root.
Lin Caogen loosened the root-measuring stone and breathed a long sigh of relief. He had finally opened up a celestial root—that was wonderful! The Wuwu Sect would be recruiting disciples in just one more day; he wondered if his celestial-grade celestial root would be enough to get him into the sect.
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