Ancestor Above

Chapter 41

Chapter 41: Sanqing Flower

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

“The bones of the tiger can be used for medicine, but the clan doesn’t seem to have recipes for medicine like that. But it could still be sold for a good price...”

“The hide of the tiger can be broken down and used as a base for Level Two amulets. It can also be used to make magic robes. The blood of the tiger can be used to make ink. All of these are useful...”

“The fangs of the tiger could be made into magic equipment, I guess. I’ll get Chaoling to have a look when we return...”

“The flesh of a Level Two demonic beast has nourishing effects. Even though its value is not high, distributing it among the cultivators should have some effect on their training...”

It had been a hard battle for them to kill the Demon Tiger.

Lu Chaoxi was grateful that he had not been lazy. He had gotten the cultivators of the clan to rehearse the Five Punishment Yang Formation and waited until his Fourth Brother had created the Thousand-Ton Jade Suppression Plate. At the same time, he mobilized all three Foundation Building cultivators of the clan.

If not for that, they might have had to pay a heavy price even if they succeeded in exterminating the high-grade Level Two Demon Tiger.

Lu Mingchao’s injuries were not light. Furthermore, her soul had been injured, and it wasn’t to treat such injury.

“Mingchao, how do you feel?”

Lu Mingchao sat cross-legged on a branch. She was a little pale. “I’m feeling much better than I was just now. I think I can recover in two months fully.”

“The clan will help you search for a medicine that can aid in nourishing the soul. We must not be careless when it comes to injuries to the soul. We must not leave any hidden dangers behind.”

“I’m all right. Don’t waste the money.”

Lu Chaoxi had a frustrated expression, while Chaohe, who was by the side, became unhappy. “Back then, you disagreed when Elder Brother said to turn the essence left behind by the Stonemother into a piece of magic equipment and sell it. Now you’re saying that it’s a waste of money to buy medicine that can nourish the soul for you?”

Lu Mingchao did not know what to say.

“It’s settled then.” Lu Chaoxi decided as the most senior of the three of them. “I’ll bring along a few men and rest here with Mingchao. Chaohe, can I trouble you to bring the rest of the men to scout the surroundings? Father said that there should be a few Sanqing Flowers in the Demon Tiger’s territory. We specially brought Mingpu along this time to transplant the Sanqing Flowers back to Yuyan Mountain. Search around for it. Father should not be wrong.”

Lu Mingpu was the clan’s best Spirit Botanist. This occupation focused on tending to medicine gardens and spirit fields. People who undertook this side occupation also had to transplant herbs and plants.

He was a Level Two low-grade Spirit Botanist who had decent abilities.

Sanqing Flowers were Level Two low-grade herbs and could be grown by Spirit Botanists. The Sanqing Pill was an elixir that provided an immediate boost to a person’s cultivation level and used these flowers as its main ingredient.

Of course, the pill could not be consumed directly. This was especially important for pills that were similar to the Sanqing Pill. These elixirs had a strict requirement when it came to consuming them. If they consumed too much of these elixirs, not only would their cultivation level not improve, but also there would also be side effects. It would leave behind hidden dangers and might cause the user to slip into insanity.

The Sanqing Pill could only be consumed once every five years. However, the effects of the pill were gentle. A Foundation Building cultivator would gain a year’s worth of progress when they consumed it, which helped them break any bottlenecks they faced. Qi Refining cultivators would gain three years’ worth of progress after they had consumed the Sanqing Pill.

The clan had the recipe for the Sanqing Pill.

Additionally, even if they did not use the Sanqing Flower as the main ingredient, several high-level recipes also required the Sanqing Flower as a supporting ingredient.

It would not take too long for the flowers to mature. It usually only took around three years.

If they could find a batch of Sanqing Flowers that they could transplant, then the income of the clan’s medicine garden and elixir room would dramatically increase.

Lu Chaohe brought along a group of men and searched the mountainous area for three days. However, they did not find the Sanqing Flowers that his father spoke of.

The cultivators could not stay out of Yuyan Mountain for too long.

Even though Lu Mingchao’s injuries have stabilized slightly in these three days, they still had to return to Yuyan Mountain and put her in much better surroundings if she were to recover well from the injuries to her soul.

Moreover, the clan had mobilized nearly half of their cultivators and all three Foundation Building cultivators for this mission. Currently, the nest of the Lu Clan was empty. It was not ideal for this situation to persist for a long time. Even though they had been very careful when they came out of Yuyan Mountain, it still paid to be cautious.

The three siblings discussed the situation and decided that Lu Chaohe would bring along Lu Mingpu and a few other cultivators to continue their search for the Sanqing Flower. The rest of the group would bring along the spoils of war left behind by the Demon Tiger and return to Yuyan Mountain.

Lu Chaohe only managed to find the Sanqing Flowers after circling the recesses of the mountain for a full month.

The transplanting process did not go smoothly. Out of the hundred or so Sanqing Flower they found, only two-thirds of them managed to survive when they were transported back to Yuyan Mountain and grown in the medicine garden.

However, they managed to achieve what they set out to do in their conquest against the horde of monkeys and their active siege on the Tiger King. Even though there were some obstacles along the way, the final result had been good. None of the clan’s cultivators lost their lives. Even though Lu Mingchao had injured her soul, it did not affect her core, and she would be able to recover from her injuries.

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After they returned to the clan, they continued to engage in the follow-up actions after killing the Tiger King.

Three months later, two rows of the tiger’s sharp teeth had been made into a pair of magic equipment called the “Demon Tiger Twin Fangs.” It was shaped like two daggers. When activated, the magic equipment had powerful penetrative capabilities and could dispel defenses made out of spiritual strength.

However, since they did not have any other premium materials to pair with the fangs, the “Demon Tiger Twin Fangs” were only Level Two low-grade.

Lu Chaoling had been a little embarrassed after he completed the equipment. In his eyes, the final product was a little bit of a failure.

However, he could not be blamed for that. No Forger could guarantee that they could achieve success 100% of the time. Even more so, they could not guarantee that they would be able to fully bring out the effects of every piece of material they worked with.

The tiger’s hide was made into a magic robe. In the eyes of a cultivator, draping on a tiger-print coat was too ugly. It did not fit the demeanor of a cultivator. Thus, in the process of creating the magic robe, the hide was dyed in another color to keep it low-profile.

The quality of the tiger’s hide was not as high as the tiger’s fangs. In the end, Lu Chaoling did not manage to create a Level Two magic robe. It only reached Level One high-grade. Lu Chaoling kept the robe for himself as a reward for continuously forging equipment for the clan. He would probably sell the robe to the other members of the clan. Whether or not he would use the Spirit Stones for himself or to further nurture Lu Mingjie in terms of equipment forging was up to him.

Items like the tiger’s bones were sold. They earned a little over a hundred Spirit Stones. The clan kept the soft skin of the tiger’s belly and the amulet ink that was made out of the tiger’s blood. Lu Chaoxi would use those to create Yang-element Lightning Amulets. The clan did not have many hides from Level Two demonic beasts left, which meant that they had to head out to purchase materials if they wanted to create amulets. However, they did not need to do that now. Even if they accounted for the failure rate, there was enough tender skin of the tiger’s belly and the tiger’s blood to create seven to eight Level Two amulets.

The bug queen that the clan captured had also been saved. It was also attempting to spawn eggs again under the care of Lu Xueting. They should have a small horde in a year and a half. The clan would be able to obtain fire-element steel ores if they fed the insects with flesh and normal steel.

Furthermore, because of the upturn in the family’s economic situation, they also started to work on the blueprints of the two special buildings Lu Qing had given them.

The Amulet Room had already been built, while the Level Two Cavern Abode was in the process of being built. Even though they could only build one Cavern Abode at the moment, Lu Mingchao should be able to move in next year.