76 Yantai Yuan! (1/2)
”Master Senior Ninth!” Zhao Xiao Hua ran to him in a hurry. As for the others, they're carrying Tang Yuan on their shoulder. Based on how he needed to be supported as they came to pay him respect, it must be related to his previous body condition.
”En... What's wrong with Tang Yuan?” Zhang Wu Ji who have some suspicion on his condition, to begin with, questioned the others to find out what actually happened. Since he was away for one and a half month in total, this issue must be plaguing his attendants for quite a long time.
”Master Senior Ninth, we don't know anything either. Big brother Tang Yuan suddenly collapse without us knowing what happened. After some diagnosis from a physician, he said Brother Tang Yuan is poisoned!” Zhao Xiao Hua explained the situation to their master.
As this matter is a serious issue at this moment, Zhang Wu Ji cupped his hands together to excuse himself from the square. With a grip on Tang Yuan's clothing, Zhang Wu Ji carried him into the top of the Iron Kong-Que seaters and directed the Flying Ark to went up into the sky!
While the others were jealous of Tang Yuan's first opportunity to ride on top of the Iron Kong-Que, the heart of the four remaining attendants is worried about their eldest brother's safety. With their position as Zhang Wu Ji's eight and only attendants, why do they need to worry about the opportunity?
Meanwhile, up above the sky.
By applying the Small Nourishment Art once on his body, Zhang Wu Ji are able to remove some suffering from his body. He did try using the Crystal Surgeon Knife after that to see if anything was collected, but it was to no avail when the knife remained clean after the cut.
As the application of a skill removed a part of his suffering, Tang Yuan is able to talk now. Instead of asking for the answer he wanted to know, Zhang Wu Ji glares at this attendant of his and waits for his explanation.
Knowing that it was pointless for him to hide it any longer, Tang Yuan unwillingly speaks.
”Master Senior... My family name is not Tang, but Yan. I am one of the remaining bloodlines of our Yan Family, and my real name is Yantai Yuan.” he revealed the truth related to his ancestral and also his real name, but Zhang Wu Ji did not give him the reaction he was expecting.
”Master Senior?” Tang Yuan asked.
”So? Do you think I don't know about that? Is the sign [Yan] on your forehead is not clear enough? Or why prepared so many seeds for the Yantai County's Mandrake? Or should I say it was already exposed when you bring the Malachite Shell Cicada's Carapaces?” Zhang Wu Ji mentioned all the proof that he already knows the truth of his identity of quite a period of time.
”The Yantai County's Mandrake supposed to be extinct! They're the Aphrodisiac for Wild Beast! Do you think I am a fool to not realized this simple fact?” Zhang Wu Ji brought up the first hint that exposed Tang Yuan's identity as a member of the Yan Family.
”The next thing is when you brought back the Malachite Shell Cicada's Carapace. Do you realize that the Southern Bamboo Forest that spans downwards until the end of Willow Timber County's Northern Bamboo Forest is not a good location for the Malachite Shell Cicada to spawn? This Wild Beast is a water-loving creature! Their closest nest we can try to look is either at the Crystalline River County or Jie's County!” Zhang Wu Ji revealed the next mistake Tang Yuan did.
For a Malachite Shell Cicada with its humongous body to travel from the Crystalline River County to the Seven Star County is likely impossible. The only answer to this fact is only two possibilities. One, the cicada is killed and stored for future uses. And two, heaven is making fun of them by bringing a dead Malachite Shell Cicada to the Southern Bamboo Forest.
”Do you think, I don't know that the core of the Southern and Northern Bamboo Forest used to be the land belonged to the Yantai County? If it's not the case, how can the medicinal plants and treasures grow easily here? It was all because of the leakage of treasures gathered by the Yantai County's Yan Family is harnessed by nature to return everything back to the world.” Zhang Wu Ji ends his words here.
Following from hearing everything spoken by his Master Senior, Tang Yuan or much better to be called as Yantai Yuan kneeled down and cried. What caused him to do so weren't due to his Master Senior continue to keep him by his side when his identity is exposed, but it was because Zhang Wu Ji took him to have a look at the ruins belonged to the Yantai County's Yan Family!
From the remains of the ruins, one can easily see how wealthy is the Yan Family and their Yantai County. Only counting on the collapsed Golden Doors alone reaches hundreds and the destroyed buildings made from Gold and Silver is more than fifty.
”If it wasn't because of the Yantai's County Mandrake Plant, won't the county remained wealthy until now?” Zhang Wu Ji thought. But for now, it was crucial for him to know how to solve Tang Yuan's problem.
”Speak. What is the problem with your body,” Zhang Wu Ji asked.
”Dear Master Senior, as a descendant of the Yan Family, I inherit the Blood Mandrake Martial Body. This Martial Body allows me to be resistant to all poison one tier higher than my strength, and the more Mandrake Plants I've consumed, the stronger is my body.” Tang Yuan explained.
”And the reason you're in this situation is due to what reason?” Zhang Wu Ji questioned him further.
”The day before we're forced to left the Ninth Courtyard, I consumed the Blood Mandrake plant that I feed using different kinds of blood as its food source. Although the mandrake allowed my body to be stronger, I am not strong enough to prevent the addiction component carried within the Blood Mandrake.”
”Now, I am forced to either hunt for any mandrakes that I can found, or purchase the blood from the slaughtered animals to reduce this addiction. Recently, I cleared the whole Wen Wu City and the entrance to the Southern Bamboo Forest of wild mandrakes, making my addiction grow worst.” Tang Yuan explained the reason for his problem.
”No wonder the physician said that he's poisoned. With a Martial Body resistant to poison, his body is poisonous. This is why they failed to diagnose his true condition and help mend this issue. Plus, his attitude is more reserved and collected, making him hesitates to let people know about his problem.” Zhang Wu Ji thought as he made his hypothesis regarding Tang Yuan's condition.
”Do you have any good suggestion to cure the addiction?” Zhang Wu Ji questioned Tang Yuan to get a better idea related to this.
”Yes. I can get rid of this addiction by feeding high-quality Mandrakes, such as the Yantai Mandrake or by curing the addiction with a huge amount of blood.” Tang Yuan gives the method to solve this issue, but none of them are viable at this moment.
The problem is because to obtain a large amount of blood, they will need to employ at least two to three team of cultivator to enter the Southern Bamboo Forest. As for the issue with feeding on High-Quality Mandrakes, the best so far would be the Yantai Mandrake, but for the mandrake to fully grown, he will need at least three months.
Added with the issue with space, it will be impossible for him to cultivates over a hundred mandrakes like how he did back in his own ninth courtyard. It gave him a slight headache when he considered the problem with space.
Wait...
”Space? Problem? Growing the Mandrake Plant faster? Didn't I possess the blueprint for Plateau Plantation Plate? Didn't I own the formation inscription to make the Nutrition Gathering Plate? By producing them, won't I able to increase the number of yields we can get from those precious plants?” his mind reminds him once again with the item he's yet to utilize.
Getting closer to Tang Yuan, he applied two more Small Nourishment Art on him to reduce as much blood addiction he could and assigned Tang Yuan to collect the materials he needed in making the Plateau Plantation Plate. At the same time, he ordered Tang Yuan to get Li Jing, Li Yin, and Li Tong to his room. They returned to the Apprentice Hall after Zhang Wu Ji finishes assigning Tang Yuan with his task.
An hour later after he returned to his own room, the three attendants he requested came over to pay their respect. Without too many words is needed, Zhang Wu Ji handed each of them with a Wooden Universal Plate. Their next assignment is to prepare the Ironwood in that specific guideline for him to engrave them into usable Wooden Universal Plate.
This also means the stack of stone slabs is now useless. After the three of them removed the item away, they're ordered to prepare as much of the materials to create a Formation Clay to be delivered to him. But at this moment, Li Tong smiled and came out to clarify a matter.
”Master, did you forget that one and a half month ago, you and miss Meng Ran teaches a group of students? I'm afraid that you have too much Formation Plate to inspect. Of course, you may use them if you wanted to do so,”
”What? We made many Formation Plate for usage? Bring them here! Quickly!” Zhang Wu Ji swipes his hand outwards to get them to start working, and not idling in the room for nothing.
”I should use this free time to transform my Tyrant Martial Body, it is almost time for me to take another bottle of the Inner Demon Slaughtering Wine as well.” Zhang Wu Ji sits in a meditation posture and begins his transformation process again.
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