Medicinal Plant Cultivation had just made its third breakthrough.
Today, the latest batch of special medicinal herbs would mature, and the production of the Ten-Complete Great Replenishing Pill was officially on the agenda.
And "Herb Recognition" had broken through for the second time, not only deepening Wang Sheng's understanding of medicinal herbs but also teaching him new methods of herb processing.
This gave him even more confidence in creating the Ten-Complete Great Replenishing Pill.
Now it was a case of "all systems go, just waiting for the east wind."
By the afternoon, the "east wind" had arrived as well.
With Wang Sheng's diligent efforts, the latest batch of medicinal herbs had matured, shining with spirit light at the moment of maturation, just like chrysanthemums.
He dug up all the herbs, cleaned them, and set them aside for later use.
"Shouldn't these herbs be enough to make quite a few Ten-Complete Great Replenishing Pills?"
His intended method of production was the one ensuring the highest medicinal efficacy, grinding all the herbs into powder and then using Refined Honey to bind them into large honey pills.
Such Ten-Complete Great Replenishing Pills, including the portion of Refined Honey, would weigh about 200–220 grams each, perfect for holding in the mouth during Martial Arts practice.
Of course, grinding all the herbs into powder was not simple, as different herbs required various drying methods.
Codonopsis and Poria could be baked dry, while fried herbs needed to be stir-fried with alcohol, and Atractylodes were to be dry-fried...
In short, each type of herb had a different processing method, in which none could be confused or missed, as any mistake could affect the final efficacy of the medicine.
Even with the help of "Herb Recognition," it wasn't until the sky had gradually darkened that Wang Sheng finished processing all the herbs into fine powder.
He took out the small scale that Li Yongfeng had brought back for him and started to mix the powdered herbs required for the Ten-Complete Great Replenishing Pill.
He still remembered the proportions.
"Codonopsis 80 grams, Atractylodes, Poria, Fried Herbs—all the same, Licorice 40 grams, Szechuan Lovage—all the same..."
Minutes later, he had about one kilogram of mixed herb powder.
At this point, the Ten-Complete Great Replenishing Pill was essentially completed. The next step was the simplest part of the whole process, rolling the pills by hand.
Perhaps in the future, he could also do as Immortals do, tossing herbs and celestial fire into the Alchemy Furnace to produce immensely powerful Immortal Pills.
But for now, he had to roll them by hand.
100–120 grams of honey boiled into Refined Honey mixed with 100 grams of herb powder to be rolled into a pill; once rolled, it became a complete Ten-Complete Great Replenishing Pill.
The rolling process only required a little attention to the dosage, so it was fast.
Wang Sheng spent just over ten minutes using up all the powder.
In the end, he had rolled a total of 11 Ten-Complete Great Replenishing Pills, although one of them, which used the remaining powder, was less than 100 grams and so might be slightly less effective.
Looking at the shiny black Ten-Complete Great Replenishing Pills, Wang Sheng finally allowed himself a smile.
For these 11 pills, from the very beginning of preparations to now, he had spent more than two months.
During this time, he was digging and planting every day, not daring to stop for a moment!
Now it was time to reap the rewards.
Just as Wang Sheng was about to put the slightly less effective Ten-Complete Great Replenishing Pill into his mouth, he noticed the markings on the hourglass he had made and realized something.
"It seems it's time to read, isn't it?"
He resolutely put the Ten-Complete Great Replenishing Pill back.
"Self-discipline cannot be relaxed for even a single day."
Wang Sheng had extremely strict plans for what needed to be done during each time slot, and he would not easily break them.
To give a simple example, if the time now reserved for reading was spent on Martial Arts training, then the time for reading would be extended later, compressing the time for sleep thereafter.
Sleep deprivation is the archenemy of cultivating health.
More seriously, it could even lead to the collapse of all plans.
One false step, and every step thereafter is false, disrupting one's self-discipline plan—for Wang Sheng, this was tantamount to the sky falling.
He would not allow such a thing to happen.
The efficacy of the Ten-Complete Great Replenishing Pill?
What is that?
Is it as important as self-discipline?
So, Wang Sheng picked up a book to read, which wasn't any profound literature. It was a very simple medical book about herbs that he had Li Yongfeng obtain for him.
"Herb Recognition" broke through the second time, allowing him to gain more herbal knowledge and even learn the method of processing herbs, all of which were of great help to him.
Wang Sheng was very interested in what effect the third breakthrough would have and would not easily give up on making progress.
He spent one hour reading, and after that, he didn't hesitate at all—he just washed up briefly and went straight to bed.
It wasn't until the next morning that he picked up the well-prepared Ten-Complete Great Replenishing Pill again.
This was because a long period after waking up in the morning was dedicated to the practice of Ba Duan Jin.
Ba Duan Jin had already broken through twice, and each practice required a great demand on resources, so Wang Sheng first put half of the somewhat less effective Ten-Complete Great Replenishing Pill in his mouth before starting his day's cultivation.
After being held in the mouth, the Ten-Complete Great Replenishing Pill quickly dissolved, mingled with saliva, and was unconsciously swallowed.
Once inside the body, these fluids turned into warm currents, quickly merging into every inch of Wang Sheng's flesh and veins, activating every part.
Then, Wang Sheng's whole body became hot, his skin turned red, and his veins bulged as if something was surging in his meridians.
Wang Sheng felt this way only when he first took the water formed from the Tiger Bone Ointment.
And now, just a little dissolution of an insufficiently effective Ten-Complete Great Replenishing Pill had achieved this effect.
The herbs cultivated from the third breakthrough did not disappoint.
With so many herbs combined, the effect of the Ten-Complete Great Replenishing Pill had surpassed that of the Tiger Bone Ointment.
Feeling Qi-Blood so abundant that it seemed like his body would burst, Wang Sheng did not dare hesitate and began to perform Ba Duan Jin.
The frantic consumption of Ba Duan Jin was terrifying, but it was still only just matching the replenishment of the Ten-Complete Great Replenishing Pill.
Had it been a fully potent Ten-Complete Great Replenishing Pill, it's very likely that Ba Duan Jin, even at the second breakthrough, wouldn't have been able to outstrip its effects.
Feeling such an effect, Wang Sheng performed Ba Duan Jin, unable to hide the joy in his heart no matter how hard he tried.
Time passed like this for more than an hour, until Wang Sheng finished the fifth set of Ba Duan Jin and finally consumed the two halves of the Ten-Complete Great Replenishing Pill.
He quickly did the math—based on the current rate of consumption, the Ten-Complete Great Replenishing Pill he'd just taken was roughly equivalent to the dosage of 15 bowls of tiger bone ointment.
And with such significant consumption, this energy naturally wouldn't vanish into thin air.
It all transformed into Wang Sheng's strength.
Over the past two months, the power of his Qi-Blood, which had not increased much, visibly grew.
If it was previously as fine as a spider thread, it was now the thickness of two spider threads—an improvement of more than double.
Simultaneously, the rise in Qi-Blood Power meant an increase in strength.
Since Wang Sheng became a Martial Artist, his initial strength was roughly around 500 pounds with one arm, improving a bit over the two months to 600 pounds.
This time, with unrestrained cultivation of Ba Duan Jin, his strength increased by at least 50 pounds within just one hour.
It didn't seem like much, but when combined with the duration of training, it was extremely terrifying.
Wang Sheng couldn't help but exclaim, "Is this what cultivation with sufficient resources looks like? Two months, huh? I'm finally experiencing this feeling again!"
Farming, forever the god!