I can return to the age of mysterious

Chapter 39: 039 Orchid Heart Grass Origin Place_1 Chapter 39: 039 Orchid Heart Grass Origin Place_1 A week fleeted by quickly, June 28th.

Jessica’s apartment, on the fourth floor, in a spacious room.

The pungent smell of the potion was constantly steaming, mingling with the surrounding air. In a corner of the room, there was a pale-yellow wooden barrel containing hot water and a pack of medicinal herbs.

As time passed, the herbal pack gradually released black substances into the hot water, making the whole water darker and murkier.

Creak, Casio entered naked.

Although the curtain was tightly drawn in this room, the light seemed a little dim, but one could still see the robust body of bronze.

Having lightly breathed in the stinging smell of the potion, Casio picked up the ointment from the nearby cabinet and smeared his whole face with a layer of black.

Then, he stepped into the barrel. Gradually sitting cross-legged, all his parts below his neck were soaked in the potion.

Only his head that was smeared with ointment breathed the air.

The skin felt burning hot. Casio first emptied his mind before posing a special move created in the Elephant Soul Secret Technique to cooperate with the medicinal bath. The cross-legged sitting style, the radian of the waist, and the placement of the arms all had stringent demands.

And he must maintain such a position for at least half an hour.

On top of that, there was also corresponding breathing exercise.

“Huff huff huff… sigh… huff huff… sigh… huff… sigh…”
Having complied with all the three demands—special activity, breathing method, and training potion—Casio sitting cross-legged was still for no longer than five minutes.

He could vaguely feel a liquid-like substance seeping into the muscles from the skin with an impending burning sensation accompanied by a gradually intensifying pricking feeling.

It felt as though someone was lightly pricking every corner of your skin with a steel needle, initially just a dot, then a light jab. This level of pricking gave Casio some sense of stimulation, but couldn’t be described as pain. It was possibly equivalent to a needle piercing the skin surface but not going deeper.

This illustrated that his training in the Elephant Soul Secret Technique was still far from adequate and immature. The real sense of nearing the completion of the first layer of needle training of the Elephant Soul Secret Technique should feel like thousands of needles pierce the body.

Casio speculated that such a touch sensation was induced due to a large amount of medicinal strength permeating the skin and being absorbed by the muscles.

That is, the greater the skin stimulation, the stronger the prickly sensation would be. The higher the level of the Elephant Soul Secret Technique, the better the training effect.

On thinking it over, the Elephant Soul Secret Technique is actually a standard ascetic exercise. Perseverance and willpower predominate in this aspect. While talent and core bone are important, they are not exaggeratedly significant. A hint of utter comprehension sprung up in Casio’s heart.

Half an hour passed, and the medicinal liquid in the barrel cooled down. That pricking sensation too, disappeared gradually. Casio terminated the cultivation of secret techniques, rushed into the bathroom, and took a quick shower.

He then poured down the potion, cleaned the barrel, and wore clothes.

Next to the living room window, he pulled the curtain aside to allow the morning sunlight to pour in, and fresh air surged in waves.

Casio glanced at the text label in the upper right corner.

‘Elephant Soul Secret Technique: Spike 32.7% (Total three layers)’
‘Wind Elephant Fist: Wild Wind 14.8% (Total three layers)’

It’s not surprising that the Wind Elephant Fist falls slightly short. After all, the best way to train fist technique is actual combat, and there aren’t that many combat experts in Baichuan City. If you want to make rapid progress, you have to be in the Era of Retrospection.

“Hmm?”

Casio glanced at the street below his apartment.

A black varnished silver-bottom sedan car had just stopped in an open space. A blonde woman stepped out of the car. She was carrying something as she walked towards Jessica’s apartment.

“That’s Matthew’s car… Is there any news?”

Casio raised his brows slightly, slightly surprised. That day, he had asked for two favors with a try-and-see attitude.

It now appeared there was a response?

Over ten days ago, Casio asked Matthew on the dining table for two favors. One of them was the Crown Cross Star Coin. Although the Obsession antique of this kind only provided very little Obsession, only about 0.2 per piece, it was traceable for the Crown Cross Star Coin.

And it had already been basically confirmed by Casio that any genuine artifacts that had been stained with the blood of the unfortunate beheaded emperor contained Obsession Energy. This was a reliable and traceable source.

As for the second favor Casio asked Matthew for.

Two words: medicinal herb. Specifically: Orchid Heart Grass.

Since he was now in a state seven decades after the era of Li Wei, Casio of course wanted to take full advantage of this condition. If the plan went well, the benefits would be enormous.

So, he naturally set his sights on the precious Orchid Heart Grass.

Seventy years ago, due to climatic temperature and production environment, the entire North Flow Country had only two places that could produce Orchid Heart Grass. Moreover, the supply was scarce and only available during the corresponding seasons.

This also made the Wind Elephant Gate’s training potion very valuable.

Ordinary disciples barely had the privilege to soak it even once. Even the core and elder members within the door could only use it sparingly.

Who could do it like Casio?

Soak it once a day, a barrel each time…
“Knock knock knock…”
The sound of knocking interrupted Casio’s reminiscences.

“May I know if Mr. Li Wei is there?”

“Here I am.”

Ten minutes later, on the soft couch near the balcony, Casio, with his back to the sunlight, was turning over the papers in his hand.

One piece of bad news and one piece of good news.

The bad news was that the Crown Cross Star Coin had been too unpopular in recent years. Major antique shops and antique companies seemed to have very few of them, and they were not easy to find. It would take a long time.

Once a definite amount was found, Matthew would send someone to deliver them.

On the other hand, the good news.

Matthew asked a friend of his, who did a business in medicinal herbs, with Casio’s description and managed to fetch the data about the variation of the places that produced Orchid Heart Grass in North Flow Country and the nearby two counties in the past seventy years.

Luckily, Casio found the third production site for the Orchid Heart Grass in North Flow Country among this pile of papers! It had a thriving period about sixty-five years ago, and even before artificial cultivation, there was already a group of wild Orchid Heart Grass, only it hadn’t been discovered by people.

This production site was concealed in a remote mountain forest and was accidentally found. Starting from sixty years ago, the Orchid Heart Grass from this place occupied the main market due to its large quantity and good quality. Up to this day, it is still producing and selling low-cost Orchid Heart Grass.

“Huff… I wonder if the Era of Retrospection retraces the whole world of that time. If it really does, then my operation is absolutely feasible.” Casio put the papers in his hand on the coffee table, clearly aware that once he disclosed the information about this Orchid Grass production site, the entire senior level of the Wind Elephant Gate would probably be astounded.

More Orchid Heart Grass would mean more training potion, more training potion would mean quicker progress in martial arts, and advancement in martial arts would imply the prosperity of the sect!