Chapter 48: A large amount of tonic
Xiao Qing sold him medicinal herbs and wild animals at the original price, and if Qin Ziling harvested particularly nutritious wild animals or medicinal herbs, he would basically keep them for his own consumption.
So if you really calculate it carefully, Qin Ziling's actual expenses this month were not just six hundred and fifty taels of silver, but seven or eight hundred taels of silver.
Such expenses were simply unaffordable for the Nangong Yue family, whose financial resources were considered rich in terms of martial arts. Even the wealthy families in Fangqiao County would not spend money on their children so recklessly, unless they were extremely talented and were the focus of training.
Of course, this only works if they can absorb and digest it.
No matter how powerful a martial artist is, his consumption is very limited, just like a child, no matter how much he eats, his appetite is always limited.
If other people consume such large amounts of meat and medicinal herbs for nourishment like Qin Ziling, it will inevitably be too much. Not only will they not be able to absorb the food, but it will also cause big problems.
But Qin Ziling was a freak. Taking advantage of his unique conditions, he used the bronze corpse to polish and temper his entire body, which consumed many times more energy than that of a cowhide at the same level. Moreover, the corpse power that was integrated into the bronze corpse during the tempering reacted with the blood in his body, causing a very mysterious change, which allowed him to better absorb various meat and medicinal ingredients, so that he had no problem at all consuming such a large amount of meat and medicinal ingredients for nourishment.
"Bang!" Qin Ziling slapped the rock wall of the cave casually. The rock wall was like tofu, and was deeply dented by his slap, leaving a two-inch deep palm print.
Seeing this, Qin Ziling swung his arm casually.
"Bang!" There was another loud noise. Qin Ziling's arm swept across the rock wall like an iron rod. A stone groove was immediately created on the rock wall. Broken stones fell all over the ground.
"At this rate, my arms and palms should break through to the iron level in a month or two at most. It seems that I should focus on my legs next. The progress of my four limbs should be consistent. It's not a big problem if the breakthrough time is slightly delayed."
"The problem now is money. The poor are good at literature and the rich are good at martial arts. Practicing martial arts really requires a lot of money. If I hadn't spent such a large amount of money this month, even if I changed my mindset and even with the help of the bronze corpse, I would not have made such rapid progress. But now, except for the 1,500 taels of silver that cannot be moved, my pocket is empty. It is impossible to take in a lot of supplements like last month!" Looking at the destructive power caused by the swing of his arm, Qin Ziling was both happy and worried.
I was happy that I was making rapid progress, but I was worried that my money was running out. It was impossible for me to nourish my body for free like before.
"A horse cannot grow fat without night grass. How about again..." Qin Ziling couldn't help but feel excited when he thought of the huge gains he had made from robbing the Yanluo Gang before.
But he quickly put this thought to rest.
Since breaking through to the membrane level, he became an inner courtyard disciple.
The knowledge of the inner courtyard disciples is not comparable to that of the outer courtyard apprentices, especially veteran iron-skinned martial artists like Zheng Xinghan who have followed Zuo Le for many years, and Lu Taiqiang who are the children of wealthy families in the inner city, who are even more knowledgeable.
From their mouths, Qin Ziling heard some information that ordinary people would hardly get to know.
For example, the imperial court had a department called Si Tian Jian. The people working in it were very mysterious. It was used by the imperial court to monitor the folk Taoism, demons, ghosts and other forces with mysterious powers to prevent them from using magic and sorcery to do evil or deceive the people.
There are two sects in Taoism. One sect is to collect the spiritual energy of heaven and earth into the body, practice the Yin-Yang and Five Elements and the derived magic. This is also the mainstream sect of Taoism today. Many disciples practice in the secular world and are not too mysterious. It is said that many wealthy and prominent families have Qigong masters in their homes.
The other faction is the sorcerers who cultivate the spirit and soul like Qin Ziling. This faction is very mysterious and has very few disciples. However, because the sorcerers of this faction can confuse people with the spirit and soul, and the spirit and soul technique is the most mysterious and unpredictable, it is difficult to guard against, so they have always been feared by the courts of all dynasties and are also the focus of supervision by the Sitianjian.
Once a spiritualist is discovered to be active in the world, if they cannot be recruited, they will try to encircle and kill him.
Qin Ziling also overheard by chance that Lu Taiqiang was bragging about his broad knowledge. He said that he had met an official from the Imperial Observatory at his home, and he also talked about how mysterious and awesome the Imperial Observatory was. Only then did Qin Ziling realize that he, a spiritual sorcerer, was a key target of supervision by the Imperial Observatory, and that there were people from the Imperial Observatory stationed in every county town to monitor it.
Because of this, Qin Ziling quickly put the idea to rest after he had it in mind.
If something like what the Yanluo Gang did happened once or twice, it would naturally not attract people's attention or suspicion, but if it happened more than once, it would inevitably arouse people's suspicion.
Besides, there are people from the Imperial Observatory stationed in the city to monitor the situation. If they install some kind of device on the city wall that can specifically capture the movement of souls, similar to a surveillance camera, then if he goes out too often, it is inevitable that his whereabouts will be inadvertently "photographed".
That's one point.
There is also a crucial point. If Qin Ziling uses the art of the soul to kill people just for money, he is worried that he will lose his true nature unknowingly.
You know, his soul is fused with the remnant soul of a demon, and this remnant soul has actually been quietly changing his character.
Qin Ziling had clearly realized this since the night he killed Xu Yuanbiao.
He had never killed anyone before, but when he killed Xu Yuanbiao that night, he was very calm. After killing him, he did not feel any discomfort at all, as if he had done something very ordinary.
Last month, he killed eight people in a row, and he also behaved very calmly. Afterwards, Qin Ziling recalled this incident and was a little scared, worrying that he would become a cold-blooded killer one day. From that day on, Qin Ziling became more vigilant and secretly warned himself to kill as little as possible.
" Well , I'm actually still in the initial stage of cultivation. Getting money too easily is a bad thing in terms of tempering my mind and perseverance. In the future, I'd better not think of using the magic of the soul to kill people and rob. But if there is a reason, there is no need to be pedantic and stubborn. Doing it once or twice occasionally will not be a problem." After extinguishing that thought, Qin Ziling felt that his thoughts seemed to become clear all of a sudden, as if he had suddenly gotten rid of some restraining shadow.
This discovery gave Qin Ziling an idea. He sat cross-legged, closed his eyes and entered a state of meditation. Then his soul suddenly jumped out of his body.
