Li Mu stood at Shizhong Temple, holding half a jar of stone bamboo shoot water, somewhat dazed.
He had just wreaked havoc here and should have become Shi Jian's enemy, but Shi Jian not only didn't hold a grudge, he even gave him a rare and precious gift.
This doesn't make sense logically or emotionally, but once something good is in your hands, there's no reason to return it.
"Thank you for your gift, senior. I am very grateful. I have a healing pill here. I wonder if it will be of any use to you?"
Seeing that Shi Jian's legs had atrophied, Li Mu took out a Rejuvenation Pill from his ring and tossed it to Shi Jian.
Reciprocity is key; give and take.
Shi Jian was about to refuse, but upon hearing that it was a pill, he accepted it without hesitation.
"I thank you for your kindness, young friend."
For nearly thirty years, he sought medical treatment for his injuries, but ultimately could not find a cure.
He also knew that his illness was caused by calcification of the meridians in his body, which could not be cured by ordinary medicine.
"Alas! My old age is caused by cultivation, and it cannot be cured by ordinary medicine."
About thirty years ago, I discovered the hidden danger, all because of this stalagmite water.
"It's true that the stalagmite water made me healthy, and it's also the cause of my illness."
When Shi Jian talked about the cause of his illness, his eyes became somewhat dim. Perhaps it was because he hadn't spoken to anyone for a long time, but he had become very talkative.
Having received a favor from the other party, Li Mugang had no choice but to listen patiently.
He also wanted to know why "his success was due to the stalagmite water, but his illness was also caused by the stalagmite water."
As Shi Jian recounted the story, Li Mu roughly understood the reason.
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About a hundred years ago, Shi Jian accidentally entered this secluded place and found dozens of jars of stalagmite water in a hidden spot.
When I first opened the jar of stalagmite water, I had no idea what it was or whether it was drinkable.
I felt that the smell of the stalagmite water had a purifying effect on my body, so I boldly diluted it a thousand times and drank it.
I didn't experience any physical discomfort after drinking it, and it even had a great effect on repairing internal injuries. That's when I realized I had encountered a rare and precious treasure.
After he reached the pinnacle of martial arts and made no further progress, he began drinking stalagmite water with a higher concentration.
Thirty years ago, although his cultivation had increased considerably, he was still unable to break through the shackles of martial arts, and his body began to develop problems.
His long-term consumption of highly concentrated stalagmite water for cultivation caused calcification of his meridians.
After seeking medical help from various sources without success, he returned here and began a period of seclusion to try to resolve the problem of calcification of his body's meridians.
Over the decades, he gradually discovered that this problem had entered a vicious cycle, like drinking poison to quench thirst.
In other words, he had to consume stalagmite water to cultivate, and then use his cultivation to solve the calcification problem caused by the stalagmite water.
As the problem of meridian calcification became more and more serious, the concentration of the stalagmite water he drank became higher and higher.
Finally, I started drinking undiluted stalagmite water directly, and now I need to drink three drops a day.
This method of treatment is paradoxical; having found no better solution, he had no choice but to do it this way.
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After hearing this, Li Mu felt a deep sense of sorrow.
If someone like Li Mu were a cultivator, the stalagmite water could indeed be drunk directly, but it would be too wasteful.
The best way to use it is in alchemy. Adding the water from the thousand-year-old stalagmite to various elixir formulas will produce unexpected medicinal effects.
As a martial artist, without the means to refine fossilized bamboo shoot water, diluting it a thousand times or more for long-term consumption is not a problem, but too high a concentration would be counterproductive.
Not only is it useless for cultivation, but it can also lead to conditions like Shi Jian, where the meridians and even the entire body become calcified.
Thinking about this, Li Mu couldn't help but admire Shi Jian.
It's remarkable that someone can survive after drinking highly concentrated stalagmite water for decades.
This indicates that his technique should have a suppressive effect on meridian calcification, thus slowing down the calcification process of jade.
“Young friend, if you had come a few years earlier, you might have had more stalagmite water left. Unfortunately, there is only half a jar left.”
After Shi Jian finished telling his story, he looked at Li Mu, who was standing very close to him, holding a half-full jar of stalagmite water, and said...
"Ah! Senior, what's wrong with you...?"
When Li Mu heard Shi Jian say that the stalagmite water was gone, he realized that Shi Jian had given him his life-saving treasure.
"Young friend, there's no need to worry. Just accept this stalagmite water. I've lingered on for decades, and now I'm nothing but bones in a grave."
Continuing to drink this stalagmite water will only prolong his life by a few more days; however, though it is good, it must be used with caution.
Hearing Shi Jian's words of repaying evil with kindness, Li Mu's mind began to race.
He really wanted the stalagmite water, but if it was someone's life-saving treasure, it wouldn't make sense to just take it away like that.
Sacrificing others' lives to satisfy one's own selfish desires contradicts one's principles of conduct.
"Senior, I also have a kind of pill here, which is specially used to clear away pill toxins. Please try it."
Li Mu racked his brains and thought of Qinglin Pill. Only this kind of pill, which could clear the poison from a cultivator's pills, might be of some use.
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"Oh! Young friend, you are very thoughtful. There are actually pills in the world that can clear away pilaris poison. I have no harm in giving it a try."
Shi Jian saw that Li Mu truly cared for him, and although he had no hope that any medicine could cure him, he felt that it wouldn't hurt to give it a try.
He poured the two Qinglin Pills from the jade bottle into his palm. A faint medicinal fragrance entered his nose, confirming that they were indeed pills.
The pill melts upon entering the mouth and slides down the esophagus, where its effects spread throughout the body.
Immediately afterward, Shi Jian felt an unprecedented sense of comfort.
This elixir seems to have a therapeutic effect on my meridian calcification.
Sensing that the pill was having an effect on his body, Shi Jian immediately circulated his cultivation technique to begin absorbing the medicinal power.
Fifteen minutes later, the medicine wore off, and he felt the calcified meridians soften. He then spoke directly to Li Mu:
"Young friend, do you still have this kind of elixir?"
Li Mu had already noticed that Qinglin Pill had taken effect on Shi Jian's body, and when he heard Shi Jian asking for medicine, he immediately threw over a whole bottle of pills.
Shi Jian accepted the pills without saying thank you, swallowed two directly, and began to circulate his internal energy to remove the calcified jade from the meridians in his body.
Taking advantage of the opportunity, Li Mu cast several restrictions to seal the stalagmite water and store it in his ring, finally obtaining the spiritual treasure of heaven and earth with a clear conscience.
While watching Shi Jian heal his injuries, Li Mu didn't sit idle either.
He kicked all the corpses on the ground to one side, piling them into a human pile, and then several fireballs burned them to ashes in an instant.
An hour later, Shi Jian had finished consuming all the pills in the jade bottle, and his jade-calcified meridians had been repaired by 80%.
At this time, his body also underwent significant changes.
Her previously obese upper body has shrunk by half, and her atrophied legs have become thicker.
He then stood up, took a few steps, and seemed perfectly normal.
Li Mu had some doubts that Shi Jian's atrophied legs were something he had caused himself.
The purpose is to reduce the difficulty of resisting the calcification of jade in the body's meridians.
Li Mu also stood up with Shi Jian, but to his surprise, Shi Jian's first sentence almost stunned him.
"Young friend, try taking one of my punches!"
Before Li Mu could fully react, he was blasted four or five zhang away by a thunderous strike.
The punch was incredibly powerful, shattering all three layers of protective shields that Li Mu instinctively raised, and causing his blood and qi to churn violently within his body.
Fortunately, no one was injured.
"Young friend, I apologize. My chronic illness has been cured, and I was so excited to hunt that I have offended you."
Shi Jian gave Li Mu a martial arts salute with an embarrassed look on his face.
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