Chapter 577: Chapter 566: Relief
"Mu... Much appreciated, Hero, for sparing my life."
Lü Yi respectfully bowed deeply to Ding Ling.
His attitude now was completely different from before.
No longer calling him ’little brother’ or ’Brother Ding’.
Gone was the lofty demeanor of a senior.
Ding Ling understood why, but did not expose him, simply saying:
"Bring me all the Great Medicine from your Hero Prince’s Mansion."
Now he understood why this Hero Prince’s Mansion was so prosperous.
Not only did Lü Yi pick the softest persimmons to pinch, but he also used poison to seize wealth! The caution and vigilance of the man were evident.
No wonder he could develop such a vast empire.
"Yes, yes, yes."
Lü Yi responded several times, then immediately went to the door. With a roar, subordinates promptly came to report, and he issued orders.
The subordinates headed to the Medicine Warehouse to transport the herbs.
Lü Yi dared not run.
He could feel the Ice Shards Ding Ling had placed still lingering in his body. He was extremely remorseful and regretful! Had he known the Ice Shards were so terrifying, he would never have chosen to face Ding Ling’s move head-on.
He respectfully walked to Ding Ling’s side, his attitude a complete turnaround from his previously overbearing demeanor towards his subordinates.
From arrogance to humility.
A hypocritical scoundrel!
Ding Ling cast a glance at him, internally defining Lü Yi, and sat back down, taking a gulp of tea.
This tea was indeed of top quality, containing plenty of Spiritual Vitality. Once ingested, it was immediately refined, slightly alleviating Ding Ling’s hunger and emptiness.
"He... Hero, you, you, you..."
Lü Yi was dumbfounded, incredulous.
"Heh."
Ding Ling chuckled lightly, offering no further explanation.
He was immune to all poisons.
Except for paralyzing or intoxicating poisons like the Intoxicating Bee or drugs purely for activating hidden bodily desires.
Otherwise, no poison could do him harm. The mixed toxins deadly to other experts were innocuous to him.
Yet Lü Yi could not understand this, momentarily doubting that the tea was poisoned, thinking Ding Ling had bluffed him, growing more frustrated for losing his nerve.
However, as he subconsciously poured a cup of tea, the dog at the door merely licked it before howling and collapsing dead.
His heart tightened at that moment, and his gaze at Ding Ling changed again.
He guessed Ding Ling might be immune to this poison!
"Father."
Lü Yi’s son, Lü Lian, ears ringing, got up at this point, standing behind Lü Yi, softly calling him.
Lü Yi ignored him, merely glaring at him, signaling not to act rashly.
Lü Lian, intimidated by Ding Ling, was filled with hatred, as well as fear and trepidation. It was inconceivable how a young man could possess such superior Martial Power.
Even the World Association’s No-Crying Death God Bu Jingyun and Wind God Leg Nie Feng might be far inferior to this youth!
[Obtained Achievement Medal: Intimidated Lü Lian.]
[Annotation: Though young, you surpass Lü Lian by hundreds or thousands of times, making him tremble!]
Collected another one.
Better than nothing. It could help in purchasing a Tier Five Storage Pouch.
The exchange for reality also required Achievement Medals, and Ding Ling found as many of them as possible to be beneficial.
After some time.
As people entered the Main Hall one by one,
boxes of medicinal herbs were brought in.
Splash!
Splash!
The boxes were opened, and all the herbs presented themselves before Ding Ling.
Ding Ling stepped forward to carefully examine them.
There were probably five or six hundred plants!
The Hero Prince’s Mansion, far inferior to the World Association in the Wind and Cloud World, surprisingly had so many herbs hidden.
Indeed...
Their money-making capability was exceptional!
Ding Ling stepped forward and directly began consuming the hundred-year Great Medicine.
The hundred-year Great Medicine was the most plentiful.
More than four hundred plants.
Eight large boxes.
Around fifty plants per box.
Ding Ling ate swiftly.
As he ate.
The Great Medicine could hardly provide much enhancement anymore, having developed resistance.
But it was no hindrance.
Ding Ling only needed the Spiritual Mechanism and Primordial Qi within them. He devoured them frantically, the crunching echoing endlessly in the Main Hall.
The people of the Hero Prince’s Mansion looked at Ding Ling as if an Immortal.
It was simply unimaginable that a person could consume over four hundred medicinal plants in one go?!
Such potent medicines, consumed in such quantities, and not causing harm?! Not afraid of excessive supplementation, causing blood to flow from all orifices and resulting in death?
But watching Ding Ling, full of vitality, looking increasingly spirited.
Lyu Yi and Lyu Lian felt chills in their hearts, growing more fearful of Ding Ling.
Consumed the hundred-year-old herbs.
Consumed the two or three hundred-year-old herbs.
The oldest herbs were four hundred years old, only three of them.
Consumed them all in one go.
The feeling of constant hunger and impending starvation for Ding Ling finally disappeared.
He took a deep breath.
Feeling greatly satisfied.
The backlash this time was too terrifying, luckily the Hero Prince’s Mansion came through in the nick of time, proving to be rare ’good people.’
Ding Ling glanced at them, saying:
"That’s all?"
"Isn’t that enough?"
Lyu Yi instinctively replied:
"Basically all the herbs from the surrounding villages are here with me."
But seeing Ding Ling’s cold gaze, he quickly shivered, wryly smiled, and said:
"Lord Xiong of the World Association also requires a large number of herbs, but the ordinary great medicines are useless to him, so whenever we harvest five or six hundred-year-old great medicines, we immediately send them to the World Association."
Upon hearing Lyu Yi say this.
Ding Ling knew that Lyu Yi seemed to have been secretly subdued by Xiong Ba long ago.
Recently, they openly raise their flags.
This might be due to the significant appearance of aliens.
Ding Ling did not think much about the rationale; he merely asked Lyu Yi to lead the way to the library.
Lyu Yi was puzzled.
But still led the way.
The library was located on the east side, majestic and imposing, with an ancient charm.
Books filled all four walls, containing no less than ten thousand volumes.
Ding Ling looked at the decoration and marveled at the wealth and luxury of the Hero Prince’s Mansion, but upon truly looking at the books, he felt a sense of mediocrity.
Though the library had many books.
Most were not as good as the top-tier collections from the Lower Realm.
Only a small portion could compare.
Nevertheless, it was better than nothing.
Ding Ling began reading in detail.
Reading the books like flipping through them.
Occasionally drinking some fine tea or medicinal wine.
These fine teas and medicinal wines contained Spiritual Mechanism and Primordial Qi, which Ding Ling wouldn’t miss; he had Lyu Yi constantly supply them.
Lyu Yi watched Ding Ling drink wine and tea like water, shocked and simultaneously pained.
In his life, he had never seen a freak like Ding Ling!
Eating so much.
Drinking so much.
Yet his stomach didn’t seem to expand?
Little did he know that Ding Ling’s ability to refine Essence Qi had long reached an unimaginable level. Once the food and herbs entered the stomach, they were almost instantly refined clean.
Moreover, drinking too much alcohol and tea, he could directly expel water and alcohol through the acupoints and meridians opened by the Six Meridian Divine Sword.
Thus, half a day passed.
Ten thousand books were read.
[Wisdom +0.1]
[Martial Arts Melting Furnace Body progress: 51%]
The progress increased by 1 point.
Wisdom increased by 0.1.
It was because that later, Ding Ling unexpectedly saw many excellent Confucian, Daoist, and Buddhist scripts!
These Confucian, Daoist, and Buddhist scriptures excelled in growing wisdom.
Unfortunately.
There were too few.
Failed to increase Buddha Qi and Vast Righteous Qi.
"Just these books?"
Ding Ling looked at Lyu Yi and his son.
This library contained quite a few second-rate and third-rate martial arts secret manuals, reading them all to full level.
Ding Ling’s foundation improved somewhat.
But in his view, such a luxurious place as the Hero Prince’s Mansion was rarely seen even across the Fengyun World, places surpassing it should probably only be World Association, Unrivaled City, Godless Palace, and other superior sects.
Among middle-tier sects and factions.
The Hero Prince’s Mansion should be doing quite well; otherwise, how could it be so grand and luxurious?
Therefore, Ding Ling did not believe Lyu Yi had only these martial arts secret manuals.
"This is all there is."
Lyu Yi was secretly amazed at Ding Ling’s speed of reading.
Initially thinking Ding Ling was pretending, acting, as he read through. But as Ding Ling continued viewing, an inexplicable change occurred in Ding Ling’s aura.
He guessed that Ding Ling might genuinely have completely comprehended and even understood these books — astonishingly celestial — growing more fearful and regretful, realizing he had overlooked such capable talent!
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