Chapter 185: Millennium Ginseng, Two Years of Change
"My spiritual sensing ability has been greatly enhanced."
There was a magic circle covering the Yuhua Cave Chamber, so Lu Qing didn't feel it much.
After coming out, he clearly felt that with the blessing of the soul talisman, his soul sensing ability had been greatly enhanced.
It has expanded from the original range of 100 meters to two miles, which is also a tenfold increase, and the sensing accuracy has also been greatly enhanced.
As long as they are within range, the vast majority of living creatures cannot escape his sensing.
"After refining the Soul Talisman, my soul perception has already had some of Xiao Li's strange sensing ability."
Lu Qing understood.
Xiao Li's strange sensing ability is extremely magical.
So far, he has not found anything that can escape its perception.
Even if a powerful innate realm expert like the master has comprehended a bit of the realm's artistic conception, if he restrains his aura and gets too close to Xiaoli, he will still be discovered by it.
The only time something went wrong was when the young man in plain clothes from Tianji Tower came to visit.
But that was because the other party had a rare treasure on him that completely concealed his aura, which was why he was able to hide from Xiao Li's perception.
"The movement of the heaven and earth's vital energy is becoming more and more intense."
After his spiritual power was greatly enhanced, Lu Qing's perception of the vital energy of heaven and earth became clearer.
In fact, in the past two years, he had already noticed that the fluctuations of the vital energy between heaven and earth had become more active.
It was as if something extremely important was about to emerge from a deeper level of space.
Because the timing was not right, it never succeeded.
But Lu Qing had a hunch that once that thing was truly conceived, the entire world would undergo tremendous changes.
"Is it spiritual energy?"
Lu Qing carefully sensed the changes in the surrounding vital energy and thought to himself.
"Well, what is this?"
Suddenly, his expression changed, as if he had discovered something, and the next moment, his figure disappeared from the spot.
After a few leaps, they arrived at a small slope above the valley.
When his figure fell, a plant on the ground seemed to sense something, and its branches and leaves shrank, trying to escape underground.
However, it was too late. Before it could completely escape, Lu Qing grabbed the branch and used his skillful strength to pull it out of the ground.
“It’s indeed ginseng.”
Looking at the thing in his hand, Lu Qing showed surprise on his face.
What he was holding in his hand at this moment was a huge ginseng.
The roots are complete, the limbs are healthy, and it has completely taken on the shape of a human.
He immediately activated his special ability and looked over there.
I saw an extremely rich red light, mixed with a hint of golden light, emerging from the ginseng.
[Ginseng: A precious medicinal herb, non-toxic and edible. 】
[This ginseng has been growing for a long time, more than 1,800 years, and has developed a trace of instinctive intelligence. 】
[According to rumors, ginseng that has been born with intelligence will awaken a trace of its own magical power. When encountering danger, it can quickly escape underground to save itself. 】
“Thousand-year-old ginseng!”
After reading the messages clearly, Lu Qing was even more surprised.
This is actually a ginseng that is over 1,800 years old and has already shown a hint of intelligence.
You know, once ginseng is over a thousand years old and develops intelligence, its medicinal effect will undergo a qualitative change and truly reach the level of a spiritual medicine.
It can be said to be a truly rare treasure.
"Sure enough, this forest has been nourished by the earth energy gathered from the Jade Cave for so many years, and there are ginsengs that are more than a thousand years old."
It’s just that the thousand-year-old ginseng has already developed a bit of intelligence and possesses some magical powers, and can escape on its own, so it has not been discovered before.
“Buzz!”
An invisible wave emanated from the ginseng in his hand, and the roots trembled as if extremely frightened.
Lu Qing remained unmoved.
Although this thousand-year-old ginseng has shown a hint of intelligence, it is extremely ignorant and can only act on instinct.
Their true intelligence is probably even inferior to that of ordinary chickens and ducks.
So he simply ignored the trembling of the ginseng, took out the red rope and other things from the Qiankun Yiqi bag, and wrapped them around the ginseng.
Suddenly, the ginseng stopped struggling.
However, because this ginseng has already developed a trace of intelligence and has entered the level of a living being, Lu Qing is unable to put it into the Qiankun Yiqi bag. He can only temporarily wrap it in wet moss, put it in a medicine box and put it in his arms.
After putting away the medicine box, Lu Qing searched the area nearby but did not find any other thousand-year-old ginseng.
I don’t know if there is only this thousand-year-old ginseng here, or if the others have sensed danger and fled underground.
The range of his spiritual perception can reach two miles above the ground, but it is much weaker underground.
At most, I can only sense movements twenty to thirty meters underground, and they are quite vague. If I go any lower, it will just be a haze.
If the remaining thousand-year-old ginseng were hiding underground, it would be almost impossible for him to find them.
The earth is thick and is protected by the earth's energy. It is very difficult for the power of the soul to penetrate and break through.
However, Lu Qing did not find the thousand-year-old ginseng, but he did find several hundred-year-old ginseng.
He dug out the oldest one, which was four hundred years old, and left the rest untouched.
With his current strength, the hundred-year-old ginseng is no longer of much use to him.
The reason I dug up a plant was that I wanted to take it back to my master to replenish the medicine store in case of emergency.
After finishing all this, Lu Qing took Xiao Li and rushed out of the mountain.
With Lu Qing's current strength, entering and exiting the forest is extremely easy.
It didn't take much time before Jiuli Village came into sight.
As soon as he entered the village, Lu Qing couldn't help but smile when he heard the sound of reading coming from not far away.
Jiuli Village has changed a lot in the past two years.
Not only was the road smoothed, the villagers' houses were also renovated, and there was even a school built.
And it was the Wei family that brought about this change.
Two years ago, in order to avoid the nagging of his family, Ma Gu left the county town and returned to the market to live a leisurely life.
At that time, Lu Qing asked him curiously what to do with Wei Zian. Unexpectedly, the next day, Wei Zian also came to Jiuli Village, accompanied by Wei the chief steward and many Wei family servants.
In the days that followed, the Wei family bought a piece of land next to Jiuli Village at a high price and built a villa as Wei Zian's residence.
Sometimes Mrs. Wei and Wei Xinghe and his wife would come over and stay for a while.
Even the old ancestor of the Wei family would occasionally show up and have tea with the master.
Because there are many people in the Wei family's villa, there are quite a lot of vegetables, meat, eggs and other things that need to be consumed on a daily basis.
The villa purchased these things directly from the villagers of Jiuli Village, which gave the villagers an extra income invisibly.
Gradually, the Wei family helped the village repair roads, and even built a school on the pretext that the young master needed to study, and invited two teachers to give lectures.
He also said frankly that if the villagers have children of school age, they can send them to school without charging tuition fees, and they only need to provide their own meals.
After hearing this, the villagers were skeptical at first.
After getting repeated assurances from the Wei family and asking Lu Qing, he was extremely surprised.
They sent their children to school.
Even those whose families are in financial difficulty still grit their teeth and do the same.
I would rather work harder myself than let my children fall behind.
Lu Qing and the old doctor did not object to the Wei family's actions, but instead acquiesced.
After all, what the Wei family did was beneficial rather than harmful to Jiuli Village.
Naturally, they also hope that the village will get better and better.
Lu Qing even secretly subsidized some of the poorer families in the village.
As a result, after two years, Jiuli Village has undergone the changes it has today.
Taking Xiao Li with him, Lu Qing went to the small courtyard halfway up the mountain.
As soon as I entered the yard, I saw the old ancestor of the Wei family sitting under the plum tree with my master, drinking tea leisurely.
Xiaoyan was writing quietly on the side.
"Brother, Xiaoli, you are back!"
Because she was facing the gate of the yard, Xiaoyan noticed Lu Qing coming back at the first moment. She immediately put down her pen in surprise and went to greet him.
Instead, the old doctor and Wei Shanhai turned around in surprise.
Because they didn't notice Lu Qing's return just now.
"Yeah, I just got back."
Lu Qing rubbed his sister's head. In two years, the little girl has grown up a little, but she is still a little kid.
Xiao Li jumped onto Xiao Yan's shoulder, stretched out his claws to pull her hair, and then pointed towards the house.
"Okay, I'll go get the chess pieces now!"
Xiaoyan, who had been with it day and night, immediately understood what it meant and ran into the house excitedly.
Lu Qing shook his head and let the two little guys play.
Then he came under the plum tree and bowed: "Greetings, Senior Wei."
Then he said to the old doctor: "Master, I'm back."
At this time, the old doctor's face had returned to calm: "Is the retreat over?"
"It just ended this morning. Xiaoli missed Xiaoyan, so he rushed back."
"I think it's addicted to chess and wants to rush back to play chess with Xiaoyan." The old doctor laughed.
He also knew that Lu Qing had recently come up with a new kind of animal chess, which had made the two little guys quite obsessed with it.
"It seems that Mr. Lu has gained a lot from this retreat!"
Wei Shanhai on the side sighed.
In his heart, he was still very surprised.
When Lu Qing came back just now, he, who was in the innate realm, was completely unaware of anything.
Even now, with Lu Qing standing in front of him, he still couldn't tell the truth.
If you close your eyes, your soul will sense that there is only nothingness there, and no one exists at all.
Such a strange scene, how could Wei Shanhai not be surprised.
Could it be that Lu Qing has broken through to the Innate Realm?
However, when he sensed carefully, he did not find any unique aura of the Innate Realm on Lu Qing.
"It's just a small breakthrough. I don't deserve Senior Wei's praise."
Facing Wei Shanhai's praise, Lu Qing did not feel complacent, but spoke humbly.
When Wei Shanhai heard this, he knew that Lu Qing didn't want to reveal any breakthrough he had made, so he could only pick up the teacup and take a sip with some embarrassment.
"Xiao Li, hurry up!"
Fortunately, at this moment, Xiaoyan rushed out of the house holding the chessboard, resolving the embarrassment.
“Ah~”
Xiao Li jumped onto the stone table and waited.
Xiaoyan packed up her calligraphy supplies and started setting up the chessboard.
Soon, the two little guys started playing chess.
This scene made Wei Shanhai stunned.
He knew that Xiao Li was very spiritual, comparable to a child.
But it still feels a little incredible to see it playing chess there in a very serious manner.
Out of curiosity, he couldn't help but step forward to see how the two little guys played.
As a result, after taking a few glances, he was surprised again.
"What kind of chess is this? I have never seen it before."
"Grandpa Wei, my brother said this is called Beast Fighting Chess, and it's very fun." Xiaoyan answered obediently.
"Beast Fighting Chess?" Wei Shanhai looked at Lu Qing.
Lu Qing smiled and said, "I'm sorry to make you laugh, old senior. I just came up with this chess game when I was bored. It's not worthy of being displayed in a formal hall."
"Oh, you figured it out yourself, young master. How do you play this?"
Unexpectedly, after hearing this, Wei Shanhai became even more interested.
"Grandpa Wei, let me teach you. Beast chess is very simple. First of all, these beasts are divided into levels. The ancient elephant is the largest and most powerful, and the little mouse is the smallest. But the little mouse can get into the ancient elephant's nose and defeat it..."
Xiaoyan immediately began to explain the rules of Beast Fighting Chess to Wei Shanhai.
The beast fighting chess set made by Lu Qing was somewhat different from that in his previous life. Some of the beasts in his previous life were deleted and modified, and replaced with ferocious beasts that were more familiar to people in this world.
However, the core rules remain unchanged, that is, the big eats the small, and the smallest can restrain the largest.
After hearing this, Wei Shanhai was even more surprised.
Although the rules of this beast chess are simple, they are logical and flawless, and are quite playable, making them very suitable for children's enlightenment.
And there is also a hint of the principle of mutual promotion and mutual restraint in it.
The fact that Lu Qing was able to figure out such a chess move shows how intelligent he is.
He is indeed a peerless genius with great luck.
If Lu Qing knew what Wei Shanhai was thinking at this moment, he would be speechless.
It's just a simple game of chess, but you can associate it with so many things.
Seeing Wei Shanhai watching Xiaoyan and the others playing chess with great interest, Lu Qing suddenly remembered the medicine box in his arms.
He took it out and said, "Master, this time when I went into the mountains, I found a thousand-year-old ginseng. It seems to have developed spirituality. I don't know how to deal with it. Please make the decision, Master."
"A thousand-year-old ginseng that has given birth to spirituality?!"
This time, not only the old doctor was surprised, but even Wei Shanhai turned his head in shock.
"Yes, this ginseng can escape on its own. If it weren't for my quick reaction, it would have almost escaped."
Lu Qing opened the medicine box, peeled off the wet moss, and revealed the ginseng tied with red thread inside.
"The eyebrows and eyes are visible, and the limbs are intact. It must be a ginseng that is more than a thousand years old!"
The old doctor was familiar with many medical classics. Even though he had never seen it with his own eyes before, he could still tell at a glance that the ginseng in the medicine box was at least a thousand years old.
"Master, look, this ginseng contains spirituality and has some characteristics of living beings."
Lu Qing untied the red string and gently pinched the trunk of the ginseng.
Once the restraints were removed, the ginseng roots began to move again and trembled.
"It really is spiritually awakened." The old doctor was delighted. "Ah Qing, you need to take good care of this ginseng. It will be of great use in the future!"
(End of this chapter)
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