Chapter 93: Tiger Po
The treasure vault was vast, covering several thousand square meters. Yun Che walked directly to the area where medicinal herbs were stored and stood beside a large row of blackwood drawers. With a single sniff, he pointed and said, "The fourth drawer from the top down, on the right edge, there are two thirty-six-year Blood Sun Essences. Take one out."
Xiao Baicao was instantly dumbfounded. The labels on these blackwood herb drawers were hidden on the topmost plaques—you couldn't see what was written on them without pulling the plaque down. There were over a thousand types of herbs stored here. Even Xiao Baicao, who entered the vault more often than anyone else, only knew the approximate location of most herbs and would struggle to find them accurately without checking the labels. Yet this divine doctor, standing at least two steps away from a row of tightly closed blackwood drawers, called out the name of the herb inside without hesitation.
Xiao Baicao stepped forward and pulled open the drawer. Inside were indeed the Blood Sun Essences. Although he knew that this 'Evil Heart Saint Hand' possessed peerless medical skills, he was still deeply shocked. His respect grew absolute, and he silently marveled that a divine doctor was indeed a divine doctor—he himself could never reach such a level in his entire life.
Yun Che walked a short circuit through the herb storage area, gathering most of the herbs he needed. Not once did he open a drawer, yet he named the exact location and age of each required herb without the slightest error. With every herb Xiao Baicao retrieved, his shock and admiration deepened. As the chief elder of the pill hall of the largest sect in Shen Yue City, he now found himself stooping and scurrying behind Yun Che, carefully following his instructions to fetch herbs. Yet he felt nothing improper about it; on the contrary, he increasingly regarded it as an honor.
"The herbs are about done. Where are the spirit jades stored?" Yun Che asked after finishing his list.
Xiao Baicao carried the blackwood box filled with herbs and walked in front of Yun Che, saying respectfully, "Spirit jades are usually stored together with treasures and artifacts, at the very back of the vault."
With that, Xiao Baicao led Yun Che deep into the vault. The deeper they went, the denser the concentration of spiritual energy became. The storage containers were no longer blackwood but cold jade, dozens of times rarer and more valuable than blackwood. Over a hundred cold jade cabinets were arrayed before Yun Che—these alone were worth a fortune.
"There's the scent of Purple Vein Heavenly Crystal. The purity is the same as the piece in the hall earlier; it should be the same one."
"Yes, it's the same piece. Our sect is just a small one; having even a small fragment of Purple Vein Heavenly Crystal is already extremely rare." Xiao Baicao nodded, his admiration growing beyond measure. Herbs at least had an identifiable scent, but the spiritual energy of precious crystals and spirit jades was far less distinct. This divine doctor, with just a single sniff, not only recognized it as Purple Vein Heavenly Crystal but could even identify its purity... The more he interacted with this divine doctor, the more Xiao Baicao felt a sense of inferiority. He deeply felt that this divine doctor before him was like an insurmountable mountain—
If Xiao Baicao said it, Xiao father and son would definitely take him for a madman! But who was this person? He was the Evil Heart Saint Hand! A miracle worker hailed as the number one divine doctor of the Tian Xuan Continent! The strength he had displayed these past days left them all speechless. Could his words be false?
Xiao Luocheng felt as if he was about to faint from sheer happiness. His lips trembling, he said, "Grandfather, is there... is there really such a method?"
"Heh heh, does your grandfather seem like someone who would speak idly?" Yun Che said with a "kindly" smile. "This method can only be completed by me alone under heaven. It requires two conditions. First, the Profound Vein must be ruptured. Second..."
"What... what is it?" Xiao Tiannan stepped forward, unable to contain his eagerness. Reaching the Earth Xuan Realm at sixteen—this was unheard of in the Cang Feng Empire. If it were truly achieved, then his son Xiao Luocheng would undoubtedly be the number one among the younger generation of the entire Cang Feng Empire, unprecedented and never to be surpassed... Just thinking about it made him tremble with excitement all over.
"A... Dragon Pill." Yun Che said slowly.