Chapter Eleven: The Millennium Ginseng

  This is a waterfall about 100 meters high, with water flowing down smoothly, sounding like thunder, rumbling non-stop. The rushing waves crash against the rocks, splashing out in all directions, stirring up waves of water flowers, nourishing the surrounding flowers and grasses around the pool.

  What a wonderful view!

  This river is called Yang River, because more than 100 kilometers downstream of the river there is a prosperous Yangzhou City. On this riverbank, quiet and peaceful, the stones on the shore have been washed by the river water like round pearls, and a little further away are dense forests.

  On the riverbank lay a young man, his clothes stained with blood, his motionless body resembling that of a dead person.

  After a long time, the dazzling sunlight shone on the corpse, and the young man's eyes moved slightly. A moment later, he finally got up with difficulty and walked towards the trees by the shore.

  This young man was Wang Chen, who had drifted along the river for dozens of miles before finally waking up. Fortunately, Wang Chen's physique had been strengthened, far surpassing that of a martial artist, and with the spiritual energy in his body quietly repairing itself, he was able to wake up; otherwise, the situation would have become even more dire, and he would have undoubtedly died.

  Sitting cross-legged, operating the Great Power Technique, examining the injuries on his body. This examination was not urgent, but the blood in his body had almost dissipated, and most of the wounds on his skin were festering. If he delayed for a period of time, his body would rot.

  After resting for a while and regaining some strength, Wang Chen headed towards the forest.

  Wang Chen lived on the mountain near the mine for two years, so he knew how to hunt wild game. However, now that all his strength was gone, he was almost like a child, let alone hunting wolves and such, even a wild rabbit he couldn't catch. Having no other choice, Wang Chen could only settle for second best, finding some roots to eat.

  Wild fruits can't be eaten casually, many are poisonous, and only tree roots can be eaten.

  In fact, when Wang Chen was wandering, he also ate tree roots. In general, the roots of grass and trees are non-toxic, even if the branches, leaves, flowers, and fruits of the grass are toxic, but its roots are also non-toxic.

  This was a plant as tall as a person, with tender green leaves that shone like jade, and King Chen bent down to observe it seriously. A refreshing fragrance wafted from the plant, making one feel carefree and exhilarated. What surprised King Chen even more was that when he inhaled this fragrance into his body, his Variation Great Strength Technique actually started circulating. A familiar feeling suddenly appeared, and King Chen's face revealed an expression of wild joy.

  "This is spiritual energy! It's actually spiritual energy! Then this plant must be a spiritual medicine!"

  Spirit medicine is an extremely rare herb that forms in places rich in spiritual energy over hundreds or even thousands of years. After refinement, spirit medicine can become the elixir that cultivators dream of.

  Of course, secular herbs can also absorb weak spiritual energy over a long period of time to form spiritual medicine, but this kind of spiritual medicine is not always grown in places with rich spiritual energy and its value will not be too high.

  For example, this spiritual herb in front of us has only gathered some spiritual energy because of its relatively long time. The nearby medicinal herbs are equivalent to the 70 or 80-year-old spiritual herbs that grow on the spiritual veins in the cultivation world!

  Wang Chen took a deep breath and carefully observed the spiritual herb. The branches and leaves didn't have any initial signs, nor did it have any fruit. That left only the roots. Wang Chen made up his mind and immediately started digging. Although he didn't have any tools, Wang Chen's hands had been strengthened to be comparable to fine iron. After a short while, a two-foot-long plump root was exposed.

  Ginseng, Wang Zhen recognized it instantly, he had also seen ginseng in Cangzhou City before.

  Ginseng is the king of all herbs, it can greatly supplement a warrior's energy and blood, especially after a serious injury. Wang Chen had also thought of using ginseng to practice his inner strength technique, but a single piece of ginseng that has been cultivated for over ten years would cost several hundred taels, and after fifty years the price would skyrocket to nearly ten thousand taels. Upon learning this, Wang Chen could only give up on the idea.

  At this moment, the ginseng in front of Wang Chen was terrifyingly large, with a root over two feet long, exceptionally stout and shaped like a spindle, plus the branching at the base, it looked just like a person's head, hands, feet and four limbs.

  "This ginseng is probably over a thousand years old!"

  He immediately made up his mind and ate it. He came to the river, gently washed the mud off the ginseng, and Wang Chen sat cross-legged under a quiet tree, calming his emotions. Wang Chen gently broke off a piece of ginseng and put it in his mouth, and the sound of crunching came from his mouth.

  The fragrance of the earth and the bitter taste of plants arrived, Wang Chen had not yet felt it, when the ginseng that entered his stomach suddenly emitted a refreshing spiritual energy. The spiritual energy entered Wang Chen's body, and in an instant, the spiritual energy balls within his meridians began to churn vigorously!

  The blood-colored spiritual energy cluster seemed to have been starving for a long time, and it slowly began to devour the spiritual energy cluster. The spiritual energy gradually decreased, but the blood-colored spiritual energy cluster slowly became fuller.

  Two feet long ginseng was very indigestible. Adding other wild game, Wang Chen rested for more than a month before fully digesting it!

  A green life energy mixed in the spiritual energy of ginseng, under this energy, the wound on Wang Chen's body actually healed rapidly.

  At the same time, the red spiritual energy cluster that absorbed the spiritual energy continued to grow larger, flowing everywhere to repair the wounds on his body while continuously nourishing his muscles and bones. His muscles became even more resilient under the nourishment of this energy cluster, and his bones seemed to gather together to become even denser.

  Wang Chen felt that his skeletal and muscular toughness had greatly improved, probably between refined iron and high-grade refined iron. This meant that ordinary swords could hardly hurt Wang Chen anymore!

  In the mortal world, only a handful of divine artifacts have the ability to inflict fatal damage on Wang Chen!

  A month later.

  Wang Fan stood quietly with his eyes closed, holding a branch in his right hand, the branch pointing steadily forward.

  Suddenly a small snake slowly moved and stared at Wang Chen, as if it felt the deliciousness on Wang Chen's body. The little snake that wouldn't attack stationary objects suddenly shot out with a whoosh!

  A faint smile at the corner of his mouth, just as the small snake was about to bite, the branch swayed gently and the snake's speed suddenly slowed down, colliding with the branch. Look, it seems that the clumsy little snake really did collide with the branch.

  With a pop, the small snake was pierced and fell to the ground. If you look closely, the snake's internal organs were actually crushed into powder.

  Stretching his body, Wang Chen opened his eyes, a satisfied expression spreading across his face.

  "It's indeed the case, the Sword Intent Realm is incredibly powerful, and its reputation as unbeatable in the mortal world is well-deserved. Heh heh, I'm afraid it won't be underestimated even in the Cultivation World! However, I've only just entered the Sword Intent Realm and haven't even reached minor completion, let alone the fact that cultivating realms is extremely difficult. The previous cultivation methods are useless now, and I can only slowly comprehend it through intuition - it's not something that can be cultivated through individual moves or techniques!"

  Wang Chen muttered to himself, apparently not very satisfied with his cultivation speed. This was indeed Wang Chen's insatiable greed, as the realm was the most difficult thing to cultivate, and in the immortal world, most people relied on breakthroughs in their cultivation to automatically obtain the corresponding realm!

  For example, when breaking through to the foundation period, there is a realm of the foundation period. The same spell in the control period will be more flexible and powerful!

  A month later, Wang Chen left the small valley, wearing tattered clothes, with some places even exposing his yellowish skin, plus the beard on his body, he looked like a mountain hunter!

  The realm of sword intent lies in comprehension. Comprehend the heavens and earth, then you can borrow the momentum of the heavens and earth, transform the momentum of the heavens and earth into your own use. What is the momentum of the heavens and earth?

  Peach blossoms float downstream, gone in an instant; another world beyond this one, not of human realm. Flowers, grasses, and trees are the very essence of heaven and earth!

  The tiger's roar shocks the mountain forest, the bird's song rejoices in a sunny day. The tiger, deer and flying birds are also part of nature!

  The endless sunset falls silently, and the Yangtze River flows endlessly. This is still the world!

  All things are from heaven and earth, but heaven and earth are not all things.

  From the unknown valley to Yangzhou City is only a dozen days' journey, but Wang Chen walked for a whole month.

  A month's reflection, every day with birds as companions, eating leaves of wood, learning from all things, taking the weather as a teacher, and taking heaven and earth as teachers. Occasionally stopping to break off a branch or simply using fingers instead of swords to practice a few moves.

  Wang Chen walked for a month and vaguely grasped a truth: with feet on the ground and looking up at the sun and moon, this is the universe!

  At this time, the sword moves are different from the random and free will of the sword body realm. The previous sword moves looked simple and unadorned, but gave people a strange rhythm, all martial artists can feel that the sword moves are not ordinary, and it can be said that they have returned to their true nature, no one in the world can surpass them.

  This month's experience of being close to nature finally made Wang Chenjian's swordsmanship enter a higher realm. His sword techniques transformed from ordinary worldly moves to a realm of momentum. The realm of sword momentum is a kind of state, although it is very vague and even faint, but this thread of momentum has brought about an earth-shaking change in his sword techniques!

  There is no sword move left, it's not that having no move beats having a move, but rather that any sword move has lost all its meaning!

  Sometimes like a toddler learning to walk, sometimes like an old man with white hair, the swordsmanship that Wang Chen is using now is something that no one can understand, at least in the mortal world!

  Wang Chen took another step closer on his swordsmanship path!

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