64: Medicinal food recipes

“Big Brother Fellow cultivator Zhang, try this soup.”

Liang Qiaoer pointed to a bowl of soup on the table and said.

“Hmm, it can actually increase the spiritual power in the body. The effect is similar to the Yellow Dragon Pill, but it's a little different.”

“What is this recipe?”

Zhang Qingxiao looked at Liang Qiaoer with some surprise.

He was already a Qi Refining Stage Seventh Level Cultivator. Not to mention the Yellow Dragon Pill, even the Golden Marrow Pill had no effect on him.

However, this bowl of soup made him clearly feel the increase in spiritual power in his body.

“This is a recipe I accidentally found in a medicinal diet cookbook a few days ago when I went to the market with Big Sister Zhou Yun.”

“Yesterday, I finally figured it out completely.”

“Besides this medicinal diet recipe that can increase spiritual power, there is also a recipe that can reduce a Cultivator's drug resistance to Medicinal Pills.”

“It’s just that the medicinal ingredients in that recipe are too expensive, and I haven't purchased the corresponding medicinal ingredients.”

“I plan to see the effects of other recipes first before deciding.”

Liang Qiaoer took out the medicinal diet cookbook she had obtained and handed it to Zhang Qingxiao.

“You really found a treasure.”

Zhang Qingxiao roughly flipped through a few pages and discovered its unusual aspects.

The medicinal diets recorded in this medicinal diet cookbook were not particularly extraordinary.

However, when he saw the recipe revealed on the last page of the cover, he felt something different.

This cover originally had a hidden compartment, which Liang Qiaoer accidentally discovered.

The densely packed recipe on a piece of paper in the hidden compartment was clearly much more profound than the previous recipes.

“Big Brother Fellow cultivator Zhang, the two dishes you just ate were made according to the recipe in the hidden compartment at the back.”

“I tried them first and confirmed that the effects were good, which is why I made them for Big Brother Fellow cultivator Zhang and Big Sister Zhou Yun today.”

Liang Qiaoer explained.

“This is good stuff, be sure to keep it safe.”

“As for the last recipe that can reduce a Cultivator's drug resistance to Medicinal Pills, we'll buy two portions of the medicinal ingredients listed on it tomorrow and test the effects.”

After reading these three recipes, Zhang Qingxiao knew why Liang Qiaoer hadn't purchased the medicinal ingredients for this recipe.

Each of these medicinal ingredients was expensive, and all of them combined would cost at least twenty Mid-Grade Spirit Stones.

An ordinary Qi Refinement Cultivator truly couldn't afford them.

Before confirming the effects of the other two recipes, he wouldn't spend so many Spirit Stones to purchase them either.

“Okay, then I’ll go with Big Sister Zhou Yun to purchase them tomorrow.”

Liang Qiaoer nodded happily.

“I’ll go instead.”

“Alright, let’s eat first. Such good food won’t taste good if it gets cold.”

“After eating, don’t rush to clean up. Go to the cultivation room to Cultivate first. It’s not too late to come back and clean up after you’ve fully refined the medicinal effects.”

Zhang Qingxiao greeted the two of them and began to eat.

After dinner, the three immediately went to the cultivation room and began to Cultivate.

After all, Zhang Qingxiao was a Qi Refining Stage Seventh Level Cultivator, and his refining speed was much faster than Zhou Yun and Liang Qiaoer.

After he had completely refined the medicinal power in his body, he went to the study and began to plan the specific details.

The next morning, he handed the organized rules and regulations to Luo Fei.

Then, he went to the Li Family Pill Shop in the Outer Sect Disciple market.

“Daoist Zhang, it’s been a long time since you came here to purchase medicinal ingredients.”

“Are you planning to purchase medicinal ingredients for refining Qi Condensation Pills today, or for refining Golden Marrow Pills?”

The Shopkeeper greeted him warmly.

“Shopkeeper Li, I’d like to buy a few specific medicinal ingredients…”

Zhang Qingxiao mentioned two of the medicinal ingredients from the recipe and, incidentally, added two more medicinal ingredients that were not part of the recipe.

“Daoist Zhang, these two medicinal ingredients you want are not cheap, and only Foundation Establishment Cultivators can use them.”

The Shopkeeper said with some uncertainty, “Daoist Zhang, are you sure you want these medicinal ingredients?”

“That’s right, I do want to buy these four medicinal ingredients separately.”

Zhang Qingxiao was certain, without any hesitation.

“Since Daoist Zhang truly wants to buy them, then the other two medicinal ingredients will be given to Daoist Zhang as a gift.”

“These two precious medicinal ingredients require four Mid-Grade Spirit Stones.”

The Shopkeeper didn't say anything more and directly quoted a price.

“Thank you, Shopkeeper.”

Zhang Qingxiao was not surprised by this price. He then readily took out four Mid-Grade Spirit Stones and placed them on the counter.

After receiving the Spirit Stones, the Shopkeeper personally entered the inner room and brought out the four medicinal ingredients Zhang Qingxiao needed.

“Daoist Zhang, do you not need any other medicinal ingredients today?”

After counting the medicinal ingredients and putting them into a bag, handing it to Zhang Qingxiao, the Shopkeeper asked with a smile.

“Recently, most of my energy has been spent on cultivation, so I’ve refined fewer Medicinal Pills. I still have quite a few medicinal ingredients at home, so I don’t need any for now.”

“Shopkeeper Li, farewell.”

Zhang Qingxiao left the Li Family Pill Shop and strolled around the market a few times.

During this time, he changed his appearance several times and purchased the other medicinal ingredients from the recipe at several different Medicinal Pill shops.

He bought two portions of all the medicinal ingredients on the recipe, spending a total of forty-five Mid-Grade Spirit Stones.

It was slightly more expensive than he had anticipated, but still within his acceptable range.

Upon returning home, Zhang Qingxiao handed the medicinal ingredients to Liang Qiaoer and had her cook a delicious dish according to the recipe.

After the three of them ate the medicinal meal, they all went to the cultivation room to take Medicinal Pills and Cultivate.

In order to test the true effect of the recipe, he focused intently while refining the Qi Condensation Pill this time.

Perhaps because he hadn't been taking Qi Condensation Pills for very long, the effect he felt wasn't very obvious.

“Liang Qiaoer, do you feel this recipe has an effect?”

At this moment, Liang Qiaoer had also finished her cultivation, and Zhang Qingxiao quickly asked.

“It has some effect. This time, after I took the Golden Marrow Pill, my cultivation effect was slightly better than before.”

“Big Brother Fellow cultivator Zhang, I feel that this effect isn’t very obvious. Spending such a huge cost to purchase the medicinal ingredients for the recipe seems a bit uneconomical.”

Liang Qiaoer also felt a little disappointed in her heart.

“It’s good that it has an effect.”

“You haven’t taken many Golden Marrow Pills, so your drug resistance isn’t very strong yet, which is why the effect is a bit weaker.”

With an effect, Zhang Qingxiao felt relieved.

This recipe was still very useful to him.

After all, with his cultivation Aptitude, without taking Medicinal Pills, he didn't know how long it would take to Breakthrough to the Lianqi 9th Layer.

The only thing he regretted was that this recipe was only effective for Cultivators below the Foundation Establishment Stage.

After Zhou Yun finished her cultivation, Zhang Qingxiao inquired again.

Zhou Yun had started taking Yellow Dragon Pills a long time ago and had developed strong drug resistance to them, so the medicinal meal had a more obvious effect on her.

Seeing that the situation was almost as he had guessed, Zhang Qingxiao was completely relieved.

Although this medicinal meal made from expensive medicinal ingredients couldn't be taken daily, he could manage to eat it once every ten days.

It could also somewhat alleviate the body's drug resistance to Medicinal Pills and increase the speed of cultivation.

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