Chu Ge was startled, somewhat puzzled as he looked at Master Guangde, "Didn’t you say it would take three days and three nights?"
Master Guangde nodded, "Yes, you need to soak for three days and three nights, but I was worried that your bodies wouldn’t be able to bear the pain when the toxins were forced out. So, I arranged a buffering period for you first. This way, after your bodies slowly adjust, the pain will lessen a bit. Moreover, I’ve noticed that the medicinal bath has a good effect on you, so you can combine both approaches."
Chu Ge nodded, then thought of the herb whose name he did not know and asked with some confusion: "Master Guangde, is there a herb integrated into the water in the medicinal bath?"
Unless it was dissolved in the water, it would definitely float on the surface. But, looking at the few herbs in the bath, he did not see that particular one.
Master Guangde looked at him with surprise, admiration filling his eyes. He nodded and said, "My nephew has profound medical knowledge, and you even know about that herb."
Chu Ge scratched his head while smiling, "I was just guessing since the scent of the herb is quite distinctive. It feels like I’ve seen it somewhere before, but I can’t recall its name right now."
Master Guangde looked at him in astonishment, "Oh? The name of that herb is Earth Ganoderma. Earth Ganoderma is peculiar by nature. Only the ones that grow on Snow Mountain can exert their greatest medicinal effects. Have you seen it before?"
Chu Ge was taken aback, belatedly realizing that he had once smelled this fragrance at Shen Congwen’s villa on Snow Mountain. It was just that the scent had been mingled with other smells, so it wasn’t as obvious.
"Isn’t Earth Ganoderma supposed to be ingested? Can it also be used for baths?" Chu Ge was astonished. He had once thought of using the medicinal properties of Earth Ganoderma to attempt a breakthrough to become an Innate Grandmaster, but fate was not kind, and he ended up being poisoned, losing all his martial arts.
He wondered how the Earth Ganoderma was doing now and whether Jian Chunqiu had managed to successfully protect it.
Master Guangde laughed heartily, "Earth Ganoderma can be eaten, but the best way to leverage its medicinal properties is not by eating, but by soaking and drinking it."
Chu Ge was slightly startled. He had not read about this in books; it was just something his master had mentioned offhand, and he had remembered it.
Master Guangde pointed to the teacup from which Chu Ge had just drunk and said, "Since you arrived here, the tea you’ve been drinking is made with Earth Ganoderma soaked in it. These Earth Ganoderma, because of the dual influence of the cold from Snow Mountain and the hot sulfur spring, have grown in an ideal environment, which is why they have maximized their medicinal properties. Drinking it daily strengthens the body and consolidates the organs."
Chu Ge raised his hand to touch his stomach with some bewilderment. Had he really been drinking tea soaked with Earth Ganoderma?
But isn’t Earth Ganoderma very precious? Master Guangde actually used Earth Ganoderma to brew tea?
Chu Ge’s face showed his shock.
As if seeing through his thoughts, Master Guangde laughed openly and said, "Outside, Earth Ganoderma is indeed very precious, especially these which are First-level Earth Ganoderma. But here, they’re not considered valuable. Look over there at the hot spring, all those are Earth Ganoderma seedlings. The tea I served you is made from mature First-level Earth Ganoderma."
Chu Ge’s cheek twitched. He licked his lips, as if he could still taste the tea he had just drunk. He had really consumed Earth Ganoderma ?
But why didn’t he feel anything in his body?
Equally astonished was Huo Tianqian, who looked at Master Guangde, ears still ringing in disbelief, "Did you just say that the tea we’ve been drinking is actually brewed with Earth Ganoderma?"
Master Guangde nodded.
Huo Tianqian couldn’t express his current emotions, but he couldn’t help running over to pour himself another cup. This time, he savored it carefully, but after a long time, he couldn’t taste anything special.
He had once nearly lost his life for this Earth Ganoderma, later returning to Su City for a second time for it. Shen Congwen, in the hope that the First-level Earth Ganoderma would fully exert its effects, had been nurturing it carefully, even going so far as to lock himself in the laboratory every day.
But now they were actually drinking tea brewed with Earth Ganoderma...
Huo Tianqian suddenly felt that what he was drinking was not water, but RMB!
This First-level Earth Ganoderma could fetch a sky-high price on the market!
"Alright, let’s not talk about Earth Ganoderma. You two hurry up and get ready to take a Sulfur Bath in the sulfur spring. Soak for three two-hour periods. I will go up the mountain to catch some wild rabbits for you."
Master Guangde finished speaking and was about to turn and leave.
Chu Ge and Huo Tianqian exchanged glances. Chu Ge coughed awkwardly and said, "Um... Master, aren’t you a monk? About that wild rabbit..."
Master Guangde turned his head to look at him and chuckled, "I am a monk, but you two are not, are you? I only drink dew in the evening, but you need to take a Sulfur Bath. Don’t underestimate these three two-hour periods. If you can endure them without feeling drained, you will still feel as if your body has been hollowed out. I’m catching the wild rabbits to help replenish your health."
Master Guangde then left.
The child stood behind Chu Ge with a displeased face, pouting his lips at him and huffing, "It’s all your fault, those wild rabbits are about to suffer a cruel fate!"
"..." Chu Ge looked innocent.
As the name implies, a Sulfur Bath is a hot spring formed from sulfur stone.
This water comes from springs left behind by Snow Mountain. Chu Ge and Huo Tianqian lay there, quietly looking up at the sky.
Aside from the continuous snow-capped mountains at the back, the other three directions are relatively flat.
But it’s as if this place was cut off from the world, with no one able to find it.
If it wasn’t because he knew about Array formations, he would not have stumbled upon this place.
Chu Ge had a suspicion in his heart, that is, this area was surrounded by Array formations set up by Master Guangde.
So people outside cannot see this place at all.
As soon as this thought came up, Chu Ge curiously asked the child, "Child, is this place surrounded by the Mysterious Formation on three sides?"
The child was busy drawing something in the dirt with a stick. Hearing Chu Ge’s question, he looked up at Chu Ge, then bowed his head and continued to draw, "No, just in that one spot."
The child pondered for a moment, seemingly hesitating about whether or not to tell Chu Ge why only that one spot, but after thinking about it, he ultimately gave up. He threw the stick away, huffed at Chu Ge, and then turned and ran off.
Huo Tianqian looked at the child’s departing figure with a puzzled gaze and curiously asked, "Mr. Chu, why do I feel that this child is very hostile toward us?"
Chu Ge nodded slightly, "Your feeling is not wrong. Perhaps he feels a lack of security because we suddenly intruded."
Huo Tianqian nodded as if thinking of something else, then asked in confusion, "Mr. Chu, why would you ask that question?"
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