Urban Divine Doctor Descends the Mountain

Chapter 356: Chapter 356: The Strength of the Internal Qi Conversion Pill

”My sister left, now we can do anything.”

Hearing Qiao Bing’s words, Lin Dong was about to say something, however, as soon as he opened his mouth, it was sealed by Qiao Bing’s.

”Mmm... if you have something to say, pour it into my mouth, and from there, let it flow into my heart...”

While kissing Lin Dong, Qiao Bing murmured these words.

Lin Dong certainly hadn’t expected Qiao Bing to have such a gift for sweet nothings; her words made his entire body tingle.

Lin Dong didn’t respond with words but with actions instead.

Doing beats talking any day.

If you can act, don’t talk.

This was Lin Dong’s usual style.

The kiss lasted a full five minutes.

Reluctantly pulling apart, Qiao Bing wiped her mouth and said with a blush, ”You’re naughty. I wanted sweet words and you gave me a mouthful of saliva, yuck...”

”Hahaha...” Lin Dong laughed hysterically, ”I just thought your mouth looked too dry.”

”I want to take a bath first,” Qiao Bing said with her cheeks still flushed.

Lin Dong nodded, ”Go ahead, I was thinking about taking a bath after you’re done.”

”Let’s do it together,” Qiao Bing said, pulling Lin Dong’s hand, ”It’s more water-efficient that way.”

Lin Dong: ”...”

He thought that made sense, saving water is everyone’s responsibility.

But just as Lin Dong was down to his last layer of clothing, Qiao Bing’s phone suddenly lit up with a video call.

It was her sister, Qiao Xue.

She hurriedly answered, and the image of Qiao Xue appeared on the screen, sitting on the CEO’s chair at the company.

Seeing Qiao Bing’s state, she quickly said:

”Little Bing, why are you undressing?”

”You wouldn’t happen to be with Lin Dong...”

Qiao Bing was speechless. Why did her sister always call or video call at such times?

All she could say was, ”I’m getting ready to take a bath.”

”Oh, a bath,” Qiao Xue nodded, ”Lin Dong isn’t there with you, is he? Turn on the camera and show me your room – I want to see if Lin Dong is there.”

She wanted to make sure.

Qiao Bing frowned. ”Sis, you’re so annoying.”

”Hurry up, although I’ve agreed to you being with Lin Dong, I don’t approve of you two taking that last step.”

”Plus, you haven’t gotten our mother’s approval yet. If you want me on your side, talking for you two, then listen to me. I’m doing this for your own good...”

Qiao Bing sighed and could only give Lin Dong a secretive hint.

Lin Dong was also speechless and quickly redressed before stealthily sneaking away.

After leaving Qiao Bing’s dormitory, he couldn’t help but complain, ”I had already taken off my pants, and here comes Qiao Xue to mess things up again.”

But there was nothing he could do – he really hadn’t expected Qiao Xue to pull such a move.

After leaving Qiao Bing, Lin Dong headed straight for the sanatorium.

In his hands, he had a piece of Dragon’s saliva he had obtained from Elder Wang Taisui, which he had not yet processed these past two days.

Now that he had some free time, he planned to refine it.

The reason he was going to the sanatorium was that the environment there was slightly better, and its location naturally gathered more Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi than other places.

Even though it wasn’t much, it was still better than anywhere else.

Now, the sanatorium had been completely vacated.

Long Ying was no longer there, and Bai Zhonglou had simply gifted the sanatorium to Lin Dong.

He gave me the keys and everything.

Lin Dong put on his hat and face mask, then hailed a taxi and headed for the sanatorium.

There was no helping it; recently, Lin Dong had become too famous. Only after this period of high-profile attention passed and the discussions about the Medical Competition in Southern Capital cooled down could Lin Dong take off his hat and mask.

Otherwise, it was very easy for people to recognize him, leading to many seeking him out for photos and selfies.

Lin Dong found these situations troublesome and avoided them whenever possible.

Soon, Lin Dong arrived at the sanatorium by taxi.

After entering, he went straight to his room.

Then he took out the piece of Dragon’s saliva.

Dragon’s saliva, also called sperm whale ambergris, is a solid, waxy substance that is ashy or black in color and has a distinctive sweet, earthy aroma.

The essence of Dragon’s saliva is the dried secretion from the intestines of sperm whales, a species belonging to the sperm whale family. Some sperm whales expel it, while others discharge it through their intestines, and only a small number keep it inside their bodies.

It comes from the mysterious sea, carrying the sediment of hundreds of years. Heavenly and earthly treasures like this are hard to come by.

”The sea is not like the land, which has been extensively explored by our predecessors. Therefore, the heavenly and earthly treasures it holds are far beyond those of the land.”

Lin Dong secretly thought about focusing his search for heavenly and earthly treasures more on the sea in the future.

Naturally, Dragon’s saliva couldn’t be consumed like other herbs.

It was like amber, as unappetizing as wood.

He had to boil it into Chinese medicine water.

Lin Dong then hurriedly began to boil the medicine.

He combined the Dragon’s saliva with some auxiliary medicines and brewed a large bowl of Chinese medicine water.

Immediately, Lin Dong drank it down.

After drinking, he circulated the Nine Shift Longevity secret and began to refine it.

”Hoo hoo hoo—” The medicinal effect was refined by Lin Dong into energy, flowing along the meridians of his body, gathering in the center of his dantian.

More and more water-like inner Qi condensed in his Dantian, like a spring, continuous and unending.

At this stage of Lin Dong’s cultivation, he needed to condense this water-like inner Qi into an ’inner elixir.’

After condensing into an inner elixir, he would break through to the minor realm of ’Internal Qi Conversion Pill.’

From then on, this ’inner elixir’ would function like a spring’s eye, generating endless inner Qi.

And the generated inner Qi would undergo a substantial change.

This kind of inner Qi could be used for alchemy.

Lin Dong could use it to refine the ’Supplementary Yuan Pill.’

However, relying solely on this one heavenly and earthly treasure was far from enough to break through to the Stage of the Internal Qi Conversion Pill.

Lin Dong estimated that to break through from the stage of Internal Qi Transformation to the stage of Internal Qi Conversion Pill, he would need a total of around ten heavenly and earthly treasures.

Before, Lin Dong had absorbed the spiritual energy contained in the ’Heavenly Bead,’ which was roughly equivalent to half of a heavenly and earthly treasure.

Adding the Dragon’s saliva he was currently refining and absorbing, the total came to one and a half heavenly and earthly treasures.

To break through to the stage of Internal Qi Conversion Pill, he still needed eight and a half more heavenly and earthly treasures.

”Still a long way to go,” Lin Dong sighed but did not become too disheartened.

This was an inevitable part of the process. As one advanced in cultivating the Nine Shift Longevity secret, the more heavenly and earthly treasures were needed.

But correspondingly, if one managed to break through, the increase in strength would be even greater.

If he managed to break through to the Internal Qi Conversion Pill, it would be equivalent to reaching the fifth level of the Nine Shift Longevity secret!

At the fifth level, his strength would be equivalent to that of Earth Realm Powerhouses, and by then he would have the capital to challenge King Kunlun, the number one in Dragon Country’s martial art.

At that time, he could step foot in Capital City.

Lin Dong continued to cultivate, absorbing the medicine’s effects completely, when he received a phone call from Bai Zhonglou.

”Dragon Lord, we’ve found Qiao Renyi’s whereabouts!”