39: Accidentally refined the true essence?

He wanted to see if, from fifty meters away, his mental power could still wield the embroidery needle with such destructive force!

So this time, Su Can also gave his all, fiercely pouring his mental power into the embroidery needle.

If someone were nearby at this moment, they might even see a white light burst forth from the embroidery needle due to the infusion of mental power.

Then, with a whoosh, it transformed into a silver streak, heading straight for a tree fifty meters away!

Thump!

A faint, sharp sound echoed.

The embroidery needle pierced into the tree fifty meters away.

Su Can quickly ran over to check the depth of the embroidery needle's penetration.

He saw that on the hard tree, the embroidery needle had penetrated through the thick bark, embedding itself halfway into the wood.

“Wow, that’s powerful!”

Su Can’s face lit up with joy at the sight.

From fifty meters away, the embroidery needle could still embed itself halfway into a tree; this destructive power was absolutely incredible!

“This is, simply put, a real-life version of Dongfang Bubai!”

Su Can was excited. With a pull, he removed the embroidery needle and found that it hadn't bent or worn out at all; it was still as bright as new.

“Dahuang, let’s keep going.”

Su Can called out to Dahuang, full of vigor.

He continued to control the embroidery needle with his mental power, making it dance and weave around his finger, while also trying to use his God’s Eye to survey the surroundings.

This was also a form of indirect training and practice.

After about half an hour, Su Can finally felt mentally exhausted.

He retracted his God’s Eye and put away the embroidery needle.

In this short half-hour, he had gained a lot along the way.

Firstly, his control over his mental power had become more subtle and precise. Secondly, he had discovered many good things hidden underground.

Not to mention anything else, just wild gastrodia elata, he had found no less than a hundred spots in this half-hour.

It’s important to know that the market price for wild gastrodia elata is generally between 400 and 600 yuan per jin, making it a valuable traditional Chinese medicine, even more expensive than houtou mushroom!

Most importantly, this wild gastrodia elata is heavy; it adds a lot to the scale!

“No, I need to find a way to get some helpers. Otherwise, with so many things in this mountain, relying on just me to do it all will be too time-consuming!”

“But who should I look for? And who can I trust?”

Su Can suddenly felt a headache coming on.

Because he thought of his special ability; once he found helpers, no matter how reliable they were, his ability would be exposed to others.

This was not the outcome he wanted! He wanted to keep a low profile and quietly make a fortune!

“How can I solve this?”

Su Can frowned slightly, his gaze sweeping around.

Suddenly, his eyes landed on Dahuang, and he paused, as if he had thought of something, and a look of pleasant surprise burst forth in his eyes.

“Slap!”

He slapped himself on the head, exclaiming excitedly, “That’s right! I was so foolish! If people can’t be trusted, why don’t I use animals? I can enlighten them anyway!”

“And with Dahuang as a precedent, what do I have to worry about?”

The more Su Can thought about it, the more reliable it seemed, and his first targets were primates like gorillas and monkeys.

Or marmots!

They are different from tigers, leopards, wolves, and dogs; their two forelimbs can be used as arms.

After enlightening them and improving their intelligence and physique, with just a little training, they could help him work in the mountains.

The thought of a group of animals working for him in the mountains while he just waited for his wallet to fill up was simply too good.

“Good, good, it’s settled then.”

The more excited Su Can became, the more he immediately decided to take action.

Just then, he had also recovered his energy, stood up, and kicked Dahuang’s backside, saying, “Don’t just lie there, let’s go deep into the mountains and find you a companion!”

“No, I need to store some Solar Essence first, otherwise, even if I catch a target later, I won’t have the energy to enlighten it.”

“Let’s go to the stream we visited yesterday! Let’s go!”

Su Can’s thoughts turned, and he led Dahuang to the location where they had stayed last night.

Because he needed to use the water in the stream to analyze sunlight so he could store it.

Su Can didn’t quite understand the principle behind it, only knowing that after being refracted by water, the scorching properties of sunlight were altered, allowing it to be analyzed like salt.

Perhaps this also had a subtle and complex relationship with his physique after his rebirth.

Dahuang was also very excited, because he understood Su Can’s words; Su Can was going to find him a companion.

He was looking forward to it, after all, he had been single for a long time.

He was already tired of the old female dogs in the village; he actually thought one of the female wolves in the pack last time was quite good.

And so, one man and one dog, each harboring their own aspirations, walked deeper into the mountains.

About ten minutes later, Su Can brought Dahuang to the edge of the stream where they had stayed last time.

The traces of the campfire and barbecue left from yesterday were still there.

Su Can told Dahuang to guard by the side, while he himself walked into the stream.

The water in the stream was very cold, even bone-chilling.

But fortunately, Su Can’s current physical condition was impervious to cold and heat, so he didn’t feel much.

He followed the stream, found a slightly deeper spot, and slowly sat down.

The sunlight in the mountains was not abundant; the sunlight on the surface of the stream was sparse and dappled, but for Su Can, it was already enough.

He let the stream water submerge him up to his chest, closed his eyes, and gathered all his thoughts onto his body.

As his thoughts converged and his mind turned, Su Can felt his body once again transform into a black hole-like existence.

The sunlight, refracted by the stream water, entered his body as if it had been purified and sublimated, breaking down into wisps of tangible energy.

And this energy was what Su Can considered Solar Essence!

As the Solar Essence continuously gathered and was analyzed, strands of golden energy, like parasites, attached themselves to Su Can’s skin and membranes.

This phenomenon was very strange, and Su Can himself couldn't understand it.

Moreover, after gaining mental power, Su Can felt that this energy seemed even easier to control.

With just a thought, those wisps of golden energy began to stir within his body.

“Huh? What’s going on?!”

But very quickly, Su Can made an even more astonishing discovery.

Su Can found that the originally loose Solar Essence, just now, after being manipulated a few times with mental power, had strangely merged together.

“This… it grew stronger?”

Su Can was dumbfounded and quickly manipulated it a few more times with his mental power.

After a few rounds, Su Can stared in disbelief.

The loose Solar Essence had indeed merged together, transforming from wisps into a single mass.

It was as if mental power was a pair of large hands, and the loose Solar Essence was flour, kneaded into a single entity!

“Interesting, could this be what novels call True Qi or True Essence, and this is how it’s refined?”

Su Can said with a wry smile, “But True Qi and True Essence are all supposed to circulate in the meridians, aren’t they? How can they be in the skin and membranes?”

“Or, should I try guiding it into the meridians?”