Chapter 81 - The Ginseng Spirit-Replenishing Method

“Empress, the Immortal Realm ginseng you spoke of, what are its effects?”

After listening to Long Yue's speculation, Lin Fan already had an answer in his heart, but he asked indifferently.

“Hmm…”

Long Yue thought for a moment and explained seriously:

“That depends on the age of the immortal ginseng. A hundred-year-old one can nourish the spiritual sea and embryo. A thousand-year-old one can soothe the meridians, invigorate the channels, and help break through realms to condense the spirit. A ten-thousand-year-old ginseng can reconstruct blood and bone, allow severed limbs to regrow, and even has the effect of bringing the dead back to life.”

“Then it's quite unfortunate, Empress, but the ginseng of this world has none of the effects you mentioned.”

“Although the ginseng of this world is similar to that of your Immortal Realm, its effects are only for things like producing fluids, nourishing the blood, calming the mind, and boosting intelligence. It has absolutely no relationship with spiritual power.”

“Most ginseng is only a few years or perhaps ten to twenty years old. Ones over a hundred years are extremely rare, and ones over a thousand simply do not exist.”

“In this world, it is just a slightly more expensive traditional medicinal herb.”

“How could that be…”

Long Yue was in disbelief, repeatedly comparing the ginseng on the computer with the immortal ginseng in her memory.

Whether it was the shape or the color, it was incredibly similar to the immortal ginseng she was familiar with. The only slight difference was that it lacked a spiritual, glowing aura and wasn't as crystal clear.

The spiritual power of heaven and earth often settles deep within the ground or condenses high in the sky; that is the origin of the term 'heaven and earth spiritual power'.

Since ginseng grows deep underground, it should logically absorb some of the earth's spiritual energy. Unless... this world truly doesn't have a single shred of spiritual power...

“Does the ginseng of this world really not contain any spiritual power?”

Long Yue bit her lip, asking, unwilling to give up.

“I'll buy some for you to try, then you'll know.”

Seeing her unwillingness to believe, Lin Fan didn't waste any more words and decisively placed an order for several stalks of ginseng from a nearby market.

Soon, several stalks of different types of ginseng were delivered to their home.

Besides the more precious wild mountain ginseng, there were also the more common cultivated ginseng, American ginseng, and forest-grown ginseng. He bought a few of almost every type, and the various kinds of ginseng were laid out on the table.

“Well, Empress? Have you detected any aura of spiritual power?”

“Hmm…”

Long Yue stared at the ginseng before her, then leaned in close to sniff each one carefully, and shook her head in disappointment.

“This Empress doesn't detect any residual spiritual aura on them…”

After saying that, her tone suddenly changed.

“However, it could also be that because This Empress's cultivation is gone, it's difficult for me to perceive it. Perhaps the spiritual power is actually contained within the medicinal herb?”

Hearing this, Lin Fan still didn't say much. He silently picked up the ginseng from the table, walked into the kitchen, sliced it, turned on the stove, and began to brew it with supplementary ingredients like goji berries and red dates.

About an hour later, a steaming hot pot of red date, goji berry, and ginseng soup was placed in front of Long Yue.

“Here, have a taste.”

Lin Fan picked up a ladle and served her a bowl.

Long Yue took the ginseng soup, ladled a spoonful, blew on it, and put it in her mouth with a nervous yet expectant heart.

“How is it? Do you feel any spiritual power recovering?” Lin Fan asked.

“It seems… not…”

Long Yue closed her eyes and carefully tried to sense any fluctuations of spiritual power within her body, but felt nothing. Her expression fell in dejection.

Lin Fan had already expected this. He ladled a bowl of ginseng soup for himself and said as he drank:

“See? I told you. In this world, this ginseng is just a nourishing medicinal herb. There's no such thing as it containing spiritual power.”

“If this ginseng really contained spiritual power, could cure all illnesses, and regenerate flesh and bone, then it wouldn't just be a few hundred yuan per jin; it would be priceless.”

“…It could also be that This Empress drank too little to feel it!”

“Once This Empress finishes drinking it, the result will be clear!”

Long Yue's delicate brows furrowed, and she directly lifted the clay pot and began to chug the soup down in large gulps.

As long as she could feel even the tiniest bit of spiritual power recovering, it would mean there was hope!!

In the blink of an eye, the large pot of ginseng soup was drunk completely clean by her. She had even eaten the ginseng slices along with the broth, leaving only an empty clay pot on the table.

Lin Fan watched, dumbstruck.

That whole pot, she just chugged it all in one go…?

“How do you feel?”

“It seems… I feel something…!”

Long Yue paused for a moment, a look of pleasant surprise on her face.

She could feel it! A power was surging inside her body!

“You feel something?!”

Lin Fan was shocked and looked incredulously at the remaining half-bowl of ginseng soup in his own hand.

He had drunk half a bowl, how come he hadn't felt any spiritual power fluctuations? Could it be, as she said, that you had to drink a lot to feel it?

Just as Lin Fan was feeling puzzled, a few drops of bright red suddenly dripped onto the tabletop.

“Hmm?”

Lin Fan looked up and saw two streams of bright red blood flowing from Long Yue's nose.

“Hey, hey, hey, Empress, you have a nosebleed…”

“Eh…?”

Long Yue looked puzzled and, in disbelief, reached up to touch her upper lip. A smear of bright red was clearly visible on her finger.

“How is This Empress bleeding…”

“Could it be because This Empress's current body is too frail to withstand the impact of the medicinal effects?”

“Then doesn't that mean this ginseng soup is effective?!”

Long Yue speculated to herself, her pretty face lighting up with joy.

“Effective my ass!”

“Stop being happy and stop the bleeding!”

Lin Fan rolled his eyes at her irritably and quickly grabbed some tissues to help wipe away the blood that was still dripping from her nose.

Her so-called 'feeling something' was just her qi and blood surging from the overly potent medicinal effects; it wasn't a recovery of spiritual power at all...

“How could this be? How can this ginseng not have a single bit of spiritual power…”

Long Yue's face was full of disappointment as she muttered to herself, unable to accept it.

She indignantly tried to sense any change in the spiritual power within her body, hoping to find even the slightest fluctuation. However, besides the unending nosebleed, there was no change in her spiritual power at all.

On the contrary, due to the excessive blood loss, her head was starting to feel groggy...

“Just give up, Empress. A world without spiritual power cannot grow spiritual medicine that contains spiritual power.”

Lin Fan, having finally managed to stop her nosebleed, advised her as he cleaned up the table full of blood-red tissues.

Long Yue was unwilling to accept it, nor was she willing to give up just like that.

“This Empress refuses to believe it!”

“If there really is no spiritual power in this world, then why are there beasts that can speak human words and possess spiritual intelligence?”

“Beasts that can speak human words and possess spiritual intelligence?”

Lin Fan had a puzzled expression.

“Empress, where did you hear this now?”

“This Empress saw it online.”

While pinching her nose to stop the bleeding, Long Yue opened her phone and found the video page she had looked up before.

In the video, a parrot, at the prompting of its owner, was greeting and talking to the video's audience.

Besides nurturing heavenly materials and earthly treasures, another important ability of spiritual power is to allow all living things to awaken their spiritual intelligence.

Generally speaking, no bird or beast in the world can speak, but if they are bathed in spiritual power for a long time, they will develop spiritual intelligence and learn to speak human words.

Therefore, she had a reasonable basis to believe that spiritual power must exist somewhere in this world, allowing this bird to learn how to speak!

“Oh, so it's a parrot. Then it's not strange at all.”

Seeing the parrot in the video, Lin Fan had a flash of realization.

I thought some new animal that could speak human words had been discovered in the world, and I just hadn't heard about it…

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