"The Demon Clan is divided into five clans: Demon Birds, Demon Plants, Demon Beasts, Demon Insects, and Fairies. Although the Plant Clan is not easy to move around, they are extremely terrifying. We must be careful when we encounter them."
Gloom looked at the towering ancient trees and his eyes were filled with fear.
Ding Ning smiled. The Plant Clan had a strong vitality and unpredictable tricks. They were indeed terrifying. However, he had the Divine Talisman of Annihilation, the nemesis of the Plant Clan, so he was not afraid.
He even looked at the ancient trees with a green light in his eyes, as if he was looking at a large number of Fruits of Life falling into his pocket.
The nearby ancient trees felt a chill all over their bodies and had a strong sense of uneasiness. The leaves rustled and communicated quietly. It seemed that something terrible had targeted them. When they tried to find the source of the danger with their senses, Ding Ning had already withdrawn his gaze, which made them feel very confused. Did they sense it wrong?
"What's the Fairy Clan?"
Ding Ning asked curiously.
"The Fairy Clan is a general term for mountain spirits, stone monsters, demons and monsters that have awakened their intelligence."
Mystery explained casually. Ding Ning frowned slightly and was deeply surprised. Could mountain rocks become spirits?
"Big Brother, we've arrived at the Ninth Army. Let's go in."
Mystery suddenly interrupted Ding Ning's thoughts. He looked up and saw that there were no vines between the two ancient trees. There was a huge path that was at least a hundred feet wide for the demons to pass through.
Two humanoid Demon Clan guards of an unknown race stood expressionlessly on both sides. They did not pay any attention to the demons coming and going, as if they were statues.
Ding Ning and Mystery entered the Ninth Army without any hindrance. In front of them was a magnificent city built with mountain rocks and plants. The city gate was at least a hundred feet high. Standing at the foot of the city gate, they felt small. The city walls on both sides were covered with rusty moss. The moss should belong to the Plant Clan. Occasionally, the moss would wiggle and fill the gaps in the city walls, acting as a glue.
The city wall was circular and extended to both sides like a long snake. Ding Ning could not see the end of it, which made him feel as if he was looking at the Great Wall of China.
"This is the outer gate of the Ninth Army. All Monsters are allowed to enter and trade in the city. If you want to enter the inner area of the Ninth Army to cultivate or hunt for treasures, you have to obtain the right of residence in the Ninth Army. If you want to enter the Eighth Army, you have to go to the Lord's Mansion and apply to pass the test. After you pass the test, you can go to the Eighth Army with a certificate from the lord."
While leading Ding Ning into the Ninth Army, Mystery gave a detailed introduction.
Ding Ning said in bewilderment, "Why is no one checking and registering? How do the people of the Ninth Territory know whether we have residency rights? "
He was originally worried that he would be regarded as an alien by the Demon Clan in his human form, but he did not expect that there were so many humanoid Demon Clan members coming and going on the streets that he was not conspicuous at all. He could not help but secretly heave a sigh of relief.
"There is no need to check and register. Do you see the green moss on the city gate?"
Mystery pursed her lips and gestured for him to look at the green moss between the cracks of the city wall. She said, "This kind of moss is called Shadow Remembrance Moss, which belongs to the Demonic Plant Clan. Although it has no combat ability, it has the talent of automatically remembering and forming images. Every Demon Clan member who enters or leaves the city will be recorded by them and sent to the Castellan Mansion for record. If an outsider without residency rights stays in the city for more than three days, he will be marked as a warning target by the Shadow Remembrance Moss. The guards will then come to drive him out and list him as an unwelcome target. The next time the outsider comes, the Shadow Remembrance Moss will send a warning to the Lord's Mansion and the guards will come to kill him."
Ding Ning was stunned. "Damn, this thing is even more advanced than the electronic surveillance system." He asked curiously, "What if the outsider changes his appearance?"
"What if the outsider changes his appearance?"
"The Shadow Remembrance Moss not only records the appearance, but also the Spirit Mark and smell of the outsider. No matter how he disguises himself, it will be useless."
Mystery shook her head with a wry smile.
Ding Ning was speechless and rolled his eyes. "This is a good thing. I wonder if I can get some of it and bring it back. It would be good to keep it as a guard!"
"Brother, if we want to enter the inner area of the Ninth Army, we have to get the residency rights in the Ninth City first."
Mystery reminded him.
"Okay, how do we get the residency rights?"
Ding Ning planned to go to the antiquity ruins where the Yin-Yang Five Elements Reversal Formation was located. Three days were definitely not enough, so he had to get the residency rights first.
"You have to go to the Lord's Mansion to apply, pay some money, and pass the test to become a citizen of the Ninth Army."
Mystery scratched her head and said awkwardly, "But we don't have money."
"Money? What money? "
Ding Ning was confused. He had some RMB and gold with him, but the Demon Clan might not recognize them.
"Well …"
Mystery was confused. She had always been alone in the wild. Even if she came to the Ninth Army occasionally, she would only stay there for a short while. She had never spent any money. It was hard for her to describe money. She scratched her head and said awkwardly, "I've never seen money before!"
"Poor child, how poor is she? She has never seen money before."
Ding Ning was speechless, but this was not a problem for him. He waved his hand and said, "Come with me!"
She followed behind Ding Ning and came to a shop with a flag with a picture of a medicine pot hanging on the door. She swaggered in.
"Hello, sir. Are you here to buy elixirs or sell elixirs?"
A female shop assistant with a seductive appearance, a curvaceous figure, and a cat tail behind her butt welcomed him with a smile on her face as she said attentively.
"This is probably the cat demon," Ding Ning muttered in his heart. He raised his head and straightened his chest, put his hands behind his back, and put on airs. He ignored her and began to look around the Precious Medicine Pavilion.
The cat girl was obviously very professional. She did not show any dissatisfaction with Ding Ning's rudeness. She still had a professional smile on her face and followed them step by step.
The Precious Medicine Pavilion covered an area of more than 1,000 square meters. The floor was covered with polished bluestones. A wooden staircase led to the second floor. It was obvious that the Precious Medicine Pavilion had more than one floor.
The walls were inlaid with luminous pearls for lighting. There were ancient shelves under the walls, on which were all kinds of medicine bottles. Each bottle contained more than 100 elixirs, and some only contained one elixir. There were labels under the bottles, such as Vitality Elixir, Marrow Strengthening Elixir, Tiger Bone Elixir, Deer Blood Elixir, Vitality Elixir, and so on.
Although they were all low-level elixirs, Ding Ning was still shocked. The Demon Clan's resources were too deep. Although these elixirs were not of high quality, he had never seen most of them before.
However, he also found that most of these elixirs were used to replenish blood and Qi and strengthen bones. There were very few elixirs that could replenish mental power. There was only one type of Earth Low Grade Vitality Elixir.
Moreover, these elixirs were made from the blood, bones, hair, muscles, essence, organs, and even demon elixirs of various demon clans. It was obvious how powerful the force behind the Precious Medicine Pavilion was.
In ancient times, there were necromancers on Earth who made elixirs in pursuit of immortality. They used cinnabar, mercury, sulfur, lead, and tin as raw materials. Every time they made elixirs, the streets and alleys would be filled with an unpleasant smell. It was no less than the industrial pollution of today.
However, the necromancers bragged that they were making elixirs that could make people "immortal" and "ascend to immortality".
Li Shizhen had witnessed the tragic situation of people becoming disabled and dying because of taking cinnabar. He deeply hated this behavior that was harmful to the country and the people, wasting manpower and money, and the propaganda that bewitched people's minds. He once distinguished it in the Compendium of Materia Medica, saying, "Mercury and even the essence of yin are calm. If it is refined by ordinary fire, it will soar and change spiritually. If it is steamed by people, it will penetrate into the bones and drill into the tendons, destroy the yang and corrode the brain.
Li Shizhen was a loyal advocate of using plants as medicine. In the eyes of outsiders, he was refuting the evil of these necromancers. However, in Ding Ning's eyes, it was a battle of orthodoxy among the schools of traditional Chinese medicine. He did not deny that some necromancers were extremely evil, but it did not mean that the alchemy of necromancers was pure nonsense. In fact, Chi You once said that iron, wood, gold, and stone could all be used as medicine.
The method of alchemy of necromancers sounded incredible, but in fact, it belonged to another school of traditional Chinese medicine, which originated from the Ghost Valley School.
Everyone knew that Mr. Ghost Valley, Wang Ke, was a famous thinker during the Warring States Period, a representative of Taoism, a master of the art of war, and the originator of the School of Vertical and Horizontal. He was proficient in all kinds of knowledge. He was the representative of the Ghost Valley School.
He knew everything about the sky and the earth, and his wisdom was so outstanding that no one could compare with him. First, he knew mathematics, the sun, stars, and latitudes were all in his hands. Second, he knew the art of war. He knew the Six Strategies and Three Strategies, and had endless changes. He was able to set up a formation and move troops unpredictably. Third, he knew how to learn and understand the situation. He knew how to speak and argue, and no one could refute him. Fourth, he knew how to get out of the secular world, cultivate his nature, get rid of diseases, and prolong life.
He had countless disciples. The most outstanding disciples were Sun Bin, Pang Juan, Su Qin, and Zhang Yi. They all left a strong mark in the history of Shenzhou. However, there was no outstanding disciple who inherited his mantle in the field of medicine. That was why the medical school of the Ghost Valley School was not prominent.
Ding Ning once had a detailed understanding of his life and admired his medical skills very much. He took a different path. He did not follow the path of plants, but extracted the medicinal properties of ironwood, gold, and stone, and used them to make elixirs and medicines. He could be called an extraordinary person of a generation.
In his medical theory, he put forward the view that "all things have spirits, and the nature of gold, stone, bone, and blood can be used as medicine". Unfortunately, this school had its limitations after all. The decline of the Spiritual Power of Heaven and Earth caused many "ironwood, gold, and stone" that could be used as medicine to lose their spirituality, or in other words, they lacked the means to extract their spirituality. That was why the medical school of the Ghost Valley School declined day by day.
In addition, in order to achieve some political demands, the necromancers of the later generations pretended to be mysterious and made elixirs in the name of Taoism. They killed people and bewitched people, and finally provoked the wrath of the gods and the people. The plant school took the opportunity to attack fiercely, so that this promising school finally disappeared in the long river of history.
Ding Ning did not expect that the Ghost Valley School, which was like a drifting cloud on the earth, could be carried forward in the world of the Demon Tribe. With the tendons, bones, and blood of the monsters as the guide, they could really make elixirs that could strengthen the body and help cultivation.
This made Ding Ning extremely excited. It was not that it was not good to use plants as medicine, but as a medical madman, he had an extremely paranoid enthusiasm for medical skills. He once lamented the disappearance of the Ghost Valley School. Now he had a chance to learn, even if it was just to understand the method of making elixirs with the blood, bones, and flesh of the monsters, how could he be willing to let it go?
Turning around, he showed a spring breeze-like smile to the cat girl who had been following him all the time, and said gently, "Beauty, can I see your alchemist?"
The cat girl was caught unprepared by the 180-degree change of Ding Ning's attitude. Her heart was beating wildly, and she opened her small mouth and was stunned for a long time without saying a word.
Alchemists were a little eccentric. Ding Ning thought that the cat girl was worried about being scolded by the alchemist, so he slightly frowned and then relaxed. He took out a Vitality Replenishing Pill and handed it to her, saying pleasantly, "Please give this pill to him. I think he will be willing to see me."
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