Chapter 970: Chapter 120 Qi Cultivation Stage

“Stepping on herbs is a method of refining herbs by channeling spiritual energy through the soles of the feet into the medicinal materials…”

“I must declare in advance that the task of stepping on herbs is time-consuming and offers little reward. It doesn’t benefit the improvement of one’s realm, but it is effective in refining spiritual energy…”

After Zhao Yu took on the task of stepping on herbs, a specialized person was responsible for explaining the relevant content to him.

“Hello, I would like to ask, what does refining spiritual energy mean?!” Zhao Yu had never heard of stepping on herbs before and was quite interested.

“Refining spiritual energy focuses on precisely controlling the output and input of spiritual energy…”

“It doesn’t have much to do with the enhancement of one’s realm, but it can improve combat strength and offers some benefits for the path after advancing to the Foundation Establishment Stage…”

“For many cultivators, practicing stepping on herbs is just icing on the cake, or even pointless. Only those scions from wealthy, big clans who are sure to advance to the Foundation Establishment Stage will practice it…”

The person in charge of the stepping on herbs task was quite conscientious. Noticing Zhao Yu’s ordinary attire, he tried to hint several times, hoping Zhao Yu would know it’s difficult and give up.

However, after hearing the introduction, Zhao Yu nodded in satisfaction and accepted the task.

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Seeing this, the person in charge didn’t persuade him further. Shaking his head in pity, he said, “Everyone has their own fate. The path you choose is your own, I just hope that in many years, you won’t regret it!”

After saying that, the person in charge handed Zhao Yu a spirit token and said, “The very south of Mount Wangxian is the Medicine Valley. You go there…”

“Thank you!”

Zhao Yu took the spirit token and left happily.

Watching his retreating figure, the person in charge shook his head and sighed, “Another one who’s gone astray…”

Upon arriving at Medicine Valley, Zhao Yu discovered that there were more people here than he had imagined.

The valley was divided into several areas, each with various medicinal fields filled with herbs, and a group of young men and women were energetically stepping on them.

At the entrance to the valley, a female assistant, dressed in manager’s attire, took Zhao Yu’s token and casually asked, “Junior brother, what is your level of cultivation?”

“Qi Cultivation first layer!”

“First layer?!”

The assistant manager was taken aback and sized up Zhao Yu. Seeing that he was only wearing the ordinary clothes of an outer sect disciple, a flash of doubt crossed her eyes.

Nevertheless, having seen all sorts of people, she didn’t ask further. She pointed to a field not far away and said, “The herbs here are of a lower grade and are suitable for cultivators like you…”

“Stepping on herbs is simple. Use the spiritual energy from the soles of your feet to refine the herbs. Each herb needs to be refined more than nine times, and you should refine at least one herb per day…”

Hearing this, Zhao Yu went over. The field was not small and was full of medicinal herbs, with about a dozen people already stepping on herbs there.

What puzzled him was that in the other medicinal fields, the ratio of women to men was high, nearly seven to one.

However, in his area, the ratio was mostly men with the exception of two girls who looked about fifteen or sixteen years old. The rest were men, and they were not young, looking to be around twenty.

“Another one…”

Zhao Yu had just arrived when he heard someone muttering under their breath. The gazes aimed at him were full of hostility.

Zhao Yu looked around and found that all the men there were hostile towards him, only the two girls showed a hint of teasing and amusement in their eyes.

Without understanding what was going on, Zhao Yu didn’t say much and started trying to step on the herbs.

After a few attempts, he found that stepping on herbs was not difficult, but with his Qi Cultivation first layer progress, he could only refine one herb to about one-fifth before his spiritual energy was entirely depleted.

Considering the time needed to recover his spiritual energy, it would take him a whole day to refine one herb nine times.

For others, spending an entire day not cultivating but instead using spiritual energy for such a task was obviously not appropriate.

But for Zhao Yu, he didn’t need to cultivate like ordinary people, so he had plenty of time to waste.

“Cai’er, sister, if you’re tired, take a break. We are willing to wait for you…”

“That’s right, Cai’er, sister, you’ve already refined that herb five times, you have enough time left…”

After observing for a while, Zhao Yu noticed that all the male cultivators in this medicinal field were revolving around one of the two female cultivators.

The two young female cultivators were adorned with gold and silver, clearly of exceptional status.

The gold and silver jewelry did not look tacky on them; instead, it added a degree of nobility.

Every time a male cultivator said something, the girl called Cai’er would respond cheerfully, saying she wasn’t tired and thanking the “brother”.

As for the other female cultivator, she appeared speechless and did not respond to others, only occasionally talking to Cai’er.

While Zhao Yu was still confused, the conversation between two people in the nearby medicinal field reached his ears.

“A bunch of deluded fools thinking they can attain the unattainable…”

“The granddaughter of an inner sect elder, what hasn’t she seen? How could they possibly deceive her?!”

“Heh, they don’t even understand the true essence of stepping on herbs and are just wasting their time here, truly foolish to the extreme!”

Without a doubt, these comments were directed at Zhao Yu’s section of the medicinal field.

If Zhao Yu could hear it, naturally others nearby could too. Upon hearing it, they became furious.

Yet, no one dared to retaliate; they just bowed their heads and continued with their stepping on herbs, though the flattering voices towards Cai’er dwindled.

Zhao Yu didn’t rush to understand the situation but instead observed the state of affairs within the medicinal field.

He noticed that the cultivators stepping on herbs in various medicinal fields of the entire valley, although also wearing outer sect uniforms, adorned themselves with various gold and silver trims and jewelry, which made them look much higher in status.

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