The Legend of Zhu San
211: Thousand Year Blood Ginseng
“Are you two aware that your Spirit Root is Rare and Special Spirit Root?” Zhu San and Bian Chi nodded their heads in response to Long Niu's question.
“But we only found out about it not long ago, maybe a month ago. So far we can only form a hundred qi crystals inside our body.” Zhu San explained the situation.
Long Niu smiled faintly with a slightly disappointed face. He paused for a moment before finally asking the two.
“Just have a hundred qi crystals? With that amount, it seems like you can't take me home. Do you feel any pain when it will form over a hundred qi crystals?”
The faces of Zhu San and Bian looked surprised when they found out that Grandfather had a problem. “Not to be surprised, because I used to experience the same thing.”
Long Niu asked Zhu San and Bian Chi to extend both their hands. Then Long Niu re-examined the condition of the bodies of the two married men.
“Just make sure you feel pain. The quality of your bones and muscles is still low. That is why you cannot gather more qi energy.”
Long Niu said after finishing inspecting Zhu San and Bian Chi's bodies. Only a slight smile was visible on his lips while he was considering something.
“If I improve the quality of their bones with this ginseng then within three more months the quality of their bones might be higher than mine. That way, they could be even stronger perhaps even surpassing me. I can't accept it if someone else is stronger than me. Except ...”
“Kakek .. Is there no other way that we can increase the number of qi Crystals in our body? Kindly hint Kek.” Zhu San asked after a while later.
“Actually there. But ... “ Again Long Niu's sentence stopped. There was a hint of hesitation in his heart to say something that might just be the wrong move in the future.
“Kakek .. Accept that we both became Grandpa's students and beg Grandpa's instructions so that we are stronger and can save many people.” Zhu San immediately knelt down followed by Bian Chi.
“Aih .. what you do. Stand up!” Long Niu looked confused. During his life of almost two hundred years, he had never raised a disciple even though hundreds of people had asked for it.
“No Kek .. We will stand if Grandpa will accept us to be disciples.”
Zhu San who knew how high Long Niu's strength was, did not give up so easily. Likewise with Bian Chi, even though she only heard from her husband, about the greatness of the grandfather in front of her.
Long Niu fell silent and looked at the two of them with minds filled with various thoughts.
“It looks like the two of them, the good guys. Is it already my destiny to have a disciple from another world of different dimensions?” In his mind Long Niu was weighing the most important decision of his life.
“Alright if ..” No time has Long Niu finished his sentence, Zhu San and Bian Chi immediately kowtowed three times. “Thanks Master.” Say both at the same time.
“Why did you prostrate three times in front of me? Is that the ritual of the appointment of disciples in your world.” Now Zhu San and Bian Chi who were stunned before nodding allowed.
“Alright because this is your world, where the earth is stepped there the sky is held up. We use your ways only.” Long Niu said with a faint smile. Remembering different rituals in the world for the same thing.
Long Niu then took out two small blood-red ginsengs. “This thousand year old Blood Ginseng. Many Swordsmen in our world are killed to get this resource?”
He held out the two ginsengs that exuded a powerful aura to Zhu San and Bian Chi.
“I suggest you guys eat a quarter of a part first, then meditate to absorb it. Direct the energy that goes into all your bones and muscles.” Long Niu gave his direction.
Zhu San and Bian Chi looked at each other. They stared at the five-centimeter-long ginseng. “Ginseng as small as this should we eat as much as four times? That's right.” In his mind Zhu San said.
But he stepped onto a large rock and sat meditating on it. Then it began to eat a quarter of that thousand year old piece of Blood Ginseng.
“San Gege ... What happened?” Bian Chi panicked when she saw her husband in pain.
“Let me help him.” Long Niu who saw that immediately flashed and sat in meditation behind Zhu San.
While Zhu San who felt an enormous energy overflow within his body, felt a tremendous pain in his internal organs.
Although there was already qi energy to treat the organ wound, Zhu San was barely able to endure the pain.
Luckily Long Niu immediately helped him control that huge energy overflow. He arranged for the energy to enter Zhu San's bones and meridian network slowly.
Long Niu was a little relieved after seeing her husband's face that had been seen enduring the pain, returning to being as usual.
“Take a good look at how to control the energy of that ginseng and fuse it with your bones and muscles. “
Long Niu gave his direction while showing Zhu San how to absorb such a huge amount of energy. The intelligent Zhu San easily understood the directive it displayed.
The longer the more energy is absorbed and the pain begins to come back. Zhu San's jaw started to look bulging, enduring the pain.
“Hold this process will take place in a day overnight only.” Long Niu replied casually. But not with Zhu San and Bian Chi. Bian Chi's face immediately paled upon hearing that.
“I'd better not eat this ginseng. San Gege looks very sick. I don't seem to be strong enough to endure that pain.” In his mind Bian Chi said as he sat on another rock not far from where Zhu San and their Master were.
Bian Chi's decision grew stronger as the hours followed following the process of blood Ginseng energy absorption by her husband.
For the past ten hours Zhu San no longer just whimpered, but started to cry out small from time to time.
Bian Chi grew even more worried when she saw her husband's face start to look pale. Part of Zhu San's cloak was visibly drenched in sweat that continued to flow.
It had been more than twenty hours that the process had taken place, that night Bian Chi did not close his eyes. He did not even leave his place because he was so worried about his husband.
Until it was dusk, the process was finally completed. Long Niu stood up from his seat and let Zhu San lay exhausted.
Just this time he felt a great pain in his body for almost twenty-four hours. He also immediately fell asleep.
“Guru ... How is my husband?” Bian Chi asked after being near Zhu San's body.
“Let him rest first. Looks like you guys should eat less of that Thousand Year Old Blood Ginseng.”
Long Niu did not say that he was too high in assessing the strength of their bodies. He could only thank the heavens for helping him save the life of his first disciple.
“Slow a little, Maybe San’er's life will not be helped again.” It was his murmur that made Bian Chi shudder in horror upon hearing that.
As he gazed towards the direction where the Dimensional Artifacts were located Long Niu's face looked paled.
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