Little Ann's expression was both happy and confused.
Li Qingshan searched through the witch's room again. Little Ann followed behind him like a shadow. Suddenly, he extended his little hand and tugged at his trousers, pointing at a place.
Li Qingshan found a secret compartment in the wall. There was a stack of paper inside, all of which were silver notes. He had vaguely heard that this world also had banks, but this was the first time he had seen actual silver notes.
Presumably, the witch had buried the silver when she was in her prime. Later on, she grew old and frail, unable to dig anymore. That was why she had exchanged all her loot for light silver notes, storing them in this secret compartment. There were roughly a few hundred taels of silver. She was so rich, yet she had fallen out with him over a pig's head, resulting in her death in the end.
And at the very bottom of the secret compartment, Li Qingshan finally found what he was looking for. It was a page of book paper, covered in tiny characters. At a glance, it was a technique for refining souls and controlling ghosts. The edges of the paper were uneven, as if it had been torn out of a book.
Li Qingshan practised the Ox Demon's Fist of Great Strength and had gained a rudimentary understanding of the path of cultivation, so he was curious about other techniques as well. He never thought the witch's strange technique would only come from a single page of the book. If she had possessed the entire book, he probably would have died here today.
However, if the witch had an entire book, she probably would not have holed up in Crouching Ox Village for half her life. The witch was not originally from Crouching Ox Village. She had suddenly settled here several decades ago, and no one knew her origins. Even Li Qingshan had no idea where she had obtained this page of book paper.
However, there was a silver note under this page of book paper. It was actually a huge sum of a thousand taels of silver. This silver note was extremely yellowed, and it was obvious that it had been around for a long time. It was definitely not something she had earned after coming to Crouching Ox Village. The witch's origins became even more mysterious.
Li Qingshan asked Little Ann, "Do you recognise this?" He felt that perhaps it had something to do with Little Ann's origins.
Little Ann was speechless, neither nodding nor shaking his head.
Li Qingshan knew that this was beyond what he could answer. He obviously accepted everything in the secret compartment without hesitation. Just as he was about to walk out the door, he felt Little Ann tugging at his trousers.
Li Qingshan looked back and saw him staring at him in confusion, like a lost child. He was indescribably pitiful. His heart softened, and he crouched down. He asked gently, "Don't you have anywhere to go?"
Little Ann nodded. Li Qingshan said, "Then accompany me for now!" He opened the jar, knowing that Little Ann did not dare to walk under the sun.
Little Ann smiled shyly and flew into the jar.
Li Qingshan returned to the thatched hut with the jar and buried it behind the thatched hut, creating a small grave.
The green ox returned and asked, "Did you succeed?"
"She's just an old witch. How hard can it be to deal with?" Then, he showed him the spoils of this trip and showed the page of the book to the green ox. He asked, "Is this also a Divine Ability? Can I practice it? "
"This remnant piece of paper is naturally nothing, but this piece of paper came from a supernatural power called the 'Dark Yin Ghost Control Art'. I don't know how it fell into her hands, but cultivating this kind of incomplete thing probably won't bring her any benefits. Haven't you heard of biting off more than you can chew? You should practice the Strength of Nine Oxen and Two Tigers first! "Oxen glanced at him and revealed the origin of the page.
"Then, which is stronger, the Strength of Nine Oxen and Two Tigers or this Dark Yin Ghost Control Technique?"
"If it's the original Strength of Nine Oxen and Two Tigers, then it's hard to say. Although the Dark Yin Ghost Control Technique does not focus on self-cultivation, it can gather a large group of ghosts and bully the weak. It's a supernatural power that is good at fighting. If you can't defeat the user in one move, it's easy to get drowned in the sea of ghosts. "
"Then what about the Strength of Ox and Tiger that I practice?"
"Of course it's better."
Li Qingshan calmed his mind and no longer hesitated. He put the page away.
The other spoils of war were the money. Originally, Li Qingshan thought the black ox would not care about these mundane objects, but he never expected the black ox to say solemnly as soon as he heard that, "Alright. Compared to that piece of paper, this is what matters!"
Disdain for a supernatural power, but attach great importance to money. Even though Li Qingshan had experienced Oxen's education about eating meat and drinking wine, he couldn't help but be surprised. This Brother Ox was really worldly.
Oxen saw through his thoughts. "Haven't you heard of the words' wealth, companionship, law, and land '? These are all necessary conditions for cultivation. Wealth is still the first. "
Li Qingshan nodded. "No matter what I do, I need a financial foundation." If Oxen didn't provide him with food, he wouldn't be able to practice even if he had the secret manual. "But I don't think I need to spend too much money!" A thousand taels of silver was a huge sum. If he only used it to buy food and wine, it would be enough to support him for a long time.
Oxen said, "You keep asking me how long it will take me to master the Ox Demon's Fist of Great Strength."
"Yes, but you won't tell me."
"I can tell you now. With your current cultivation speed, if there are no accidents, it will probably take you ten years to master the first layer of the Ox Demon's Fist of Great Strength and achieve the strength of a bull!"
"Ten years!" Li Qingshan's mouth opened wide in shock.
"And this is the shortest calculation. If you meet a bottleneck, it'll be even harder to say. The stronger the supernatural power, the harder it is to practice. Do you really think Daoist supernatural power is a country bumpkin? Do you think you can master it easily and become invincible? Wake up! "
As if a bucket of cold water had been poured on Li Qingshan's head, the joy he felt from killing Witch was swept away. "Then, if I want to completely master the Strength of Nine Oxen and Two Tigers, I'll need at least a hundred and ten years?" He couldn't imagine what he would be like after a hundred and ten years.
"Wrong. The higher the level, the harder it is to practice. It's not surprising if you can't master it in three to five hundred years. But you don't have to worry too much. Every time you master a layer, your body will strengthen and your lifespan will naturally increase."
"Then what should I do!" Li Qingshan believed that he had extraordinary willpower and persevered in practicing every day. But if he had to persevere for a few hundred years, he would go crazy just thinking about it.
Oxen saw that the blow was almost over and made a "brat, now you know how powerful you are" expression. "If you want to shorten this time, the easiest way is to rely on the word 'wealth'."
Ignoring Li Qingshan's strange expression, a list flew into Li Qingshan's hands. There were dozens of medicinal herbs listed on the list. "This is?"
"It's used to make soup and wine. This is a trick that even mortals know. It doesn't matter if there are more or less medicinal herbs in it. The key is that one of them is indispensable."
"Ginseng!" Li Qingshan already saw the medicinal herb at the top of the list.
This was probably the most common and easily found spiritual medicine in the world. It was known as the 'King of Herbs' and could greatly replenish one's vitality. In Chinese medicine, there was a kind of Soul Return Soup. When a person was about to die, they could recover some of their spirit and make a will. In reality, it was ginseng soup.
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