Chapter 3 The Seal (1/2)

”Granny Lian, is there any hundred-year-old blood ginseng in the guild's rare material storehouse?” Zhou Donghuang asked.

He had not seen any blood ginseng greater than twenty years of age when he was in the medicine storehouse earlier. Therefore, he guessed that any blood ginseng older than twenty years must have been stored in the treasure vault of the Magnolia Guild.

It was the Magnolia Guild's practice to store items of value in a special treasure vault. Lin Lan and Granny Lian were the only two people in the entire Magnolia Guild who knew the location of the treasure vault. Anyone else would have difficulty even locating the treasure vault, let alone gaining entry.

”Hundred-year-old blood ginseng? Young Master, what do you want it for? It is a rare and extremely valuable herb, not just an ordinary herb!”

Granny Lian was shocked at Zhou Donghuang's request.

”I need it urgently… Is there any?” Zhou Donghuang asked sincerely.

”There was a stick of it several years ago, but we have already sold it.”

Granny Lian shook her head. ”But there are two sticks of fifty-year-old blood ginseng… Young Master, do you want them?”

Ordinarily, Granny Lian would not have so readily offered even fifty-year-old blood ginseng to Zhou Donghuang for fear that he would waste or squander it. But now, seeing how Zhou Donghuang had produced an even better formula than the one produced by the intermediate-level medicine master of the Lin family, she was inclined to trust his ability in this area.

”There is only fifty-year-old blood ginseng?”

Zhou Donghuang was somewhat disappointed.

Fifty-year-old blood ginseng was substantially inferior compared with hundred-year-old blood ginseng.

However, under the current circumstances, he had no choice but to make do.

”That's fine… Granny Lian, please have the two sticks of fifty-year-old blood ginseng sent to my room.”

After instructing Granny Lian, Zhou Donghuang returned to the medicine storehouse to gather some other ingredients before returning to his room.

The most urgent matter is to remove the seal in my body!

Previously, the mad cultist was drawn to me by his curiosity about the seal within my body. That was why he brought me to Earth.

Although Zhou Donghuang had remained on Earth for a hundred years and considered it his home with a lot of acquaintances there.

The Spirit on Earth was too weak and thin, nothing like on the planet of Ziyun. He had no intention of returning to Earth before he could successfully manifest his qi.

If only I could remove the seal, then that mad cultist will not be drawn to me.

The blood ginseng that Zhou Donghuang had requested from Granny Lian was the main ingredient among the many medicinal herbs that he needed to loosen the seal within his body.

The heap of herbs that he had gathered earlier in the medicine storehouse were only common herbs. If he used a single stick of hundred-year-old blood ginseng as the main ingredient, it would take only a single night for the seal within his body to be loosened completely. But with two sticks of fifty-year-old blood ginseng as the main ingredients, it would take three or even four days to loosen the seal.

In any case, even though it might take three to four days, there is enough time… After all, the mad cultist will only show up ten days later.

Several years ago, when Zhou Donghuang had wanted to learn to manifest his qi, Lin Lan had told him that there was a seal in his body. This seal had been put in place by his biological father, sealing up the meridians in his body, denying him the ability to manifest his qi and become an adept of the Martial Way.

Even though he had questioned Lin Lan about the identity of his father, she knew only that he was a benefactor who had saved her life and subsequently entrusted Zhou Donghuang to her care.

”I do not know what kind of man your father was, but he said that he was not from Ziyun… He hoped that you would not practice, but instead be an ordinary person and live out your life in peace.”

Those had been Lin Lan's exact words.

Previously, he had not known what kind of person his father was.

However, many years after he left to go to Earth, he came into possession of a jade tablet that his father had left him. He learned from that tablet what kind of man his father was as well as the events that occurred at that time which led his father to entrust him to someone on the planet of Ziyun.Find authorized novels in Webnovel，faster updates, better experience，Please click for visiting.

By then, his parents had been long gone for many years.

He could completely understand how those difficulties led to his father's decisions.

At this moment, from nowhere, a jade tablet appeared in Zhou Donghuang's hands.

On the front of the jade tablet were lifelike carvings of three people. One was a handsome young man. Another was a beautiful young woman. And the last was a baby lying in the young woman's arms.

On the back of the tablet were carved three names. The name 'Zhou Donghuang' was the largest, taking up almost half of the space on the back of the jade tablet.

On the other half were carved two other names: Zhou Haotian, Zhuge Jing.

Father, Mother, your son was too late last time, but this time, I will surely save you, and I won't let anything bad happen to you again!

Looking at the jade tablet in his hands and thinking of the terrible fate of his parents, Zhou Donghuang felt his heart ache.

This was also one of his greatest regrets from his last life.

Previously, not long after he had left Earth, his father's Primordial Soul had spontaneously combusted, killing him instantly. His mother had passed away soon after.

Venerable Master, Third Sister, Senior Brother Qinghong… Since I'm back, this tragic series of events and the regrets of my previous life… I will not allow them to happen again!

There was a look of unshakable resolve in Zhou Donghuang's gaze.

Previously, my mother Lin Lan's death was the greatest regret in my heart… The mad cultist brought me away less than seven days after she had passed away, while I was keeping vigil at her wake.

This time, I have traveled back a thousand years. Since I resolved the trouble caused by the formula being leaked, her fate should be different.

Zhou Donghuang let out a sigh of relief at the thought of having one less regret to burden him.