Chapter 71: Conditions for Soul Binding Space
Lan Mo noticed that in the afternoon, when there weren’t many patients, Doctor Li and Doctor Wang were actually huddled together knitting sweaters.
She was a rather disciplined person; even during idle work hours, she would never engage in personal matters. If she wasn’t knitting sweaters, what else could she do? Of course, it was reading medical books. Today, she was studying a book on acupuncture.
Traditional Chinese medicine is vast and profound, and mastering acupuncture is truly no easy task.
The human body has approximately 52 single acupoints, 309 double acupoints, and 50 extraordinary points, totaling 720 acupoints.
Not only must one memorize the locations and functions of these acupoints, but also their compatibility and contraindications—all of which must be firmly remembered.
As Lan Mo buried herself in memorizing the acupoints, Li Jing suddenly called out to her. “Doctor Lan, haven’t you read enough of that book? You studied during school, and now you’re still studying at work. The weather has turned cold—why don’t you join us in learning to knit sweaters?”
Was she trying to drag her into this? They were knitting sweaters, and she wasn’t going to report them, so she didn’t know what Li Jing was so worried about.
Lan Mo kept her eyes on the book without looking up and said, “Thank you, Doctor Li, but I already know how to knit sweaters.”
Li Jing continued to persuade her. “Doctor Lan, knitting is more fun with more people. We can discuss patterns together. By the way, what patterns do you know how to knit?”
“If there’s a knitting book to refer to, I can basically learn any pattern from the diagrams. Without one, I only know a few basic patterns.”
“Can you take a look at this sweater I’m knitting for my daughter? What do you think?”
Lan Mo glanced at it and smiled, offering a compliment. “Doctor Li, you’re very skilled. This sweater looks lovely.”
Li Jing chuckled happily. She knew her knitting skills were just as good as her midwifery techniques; otherwise, she wouldn’t have gone to such lengths to buy so much yarn.
“Doctor Lan, I still have a few pounds of yarn at home. If you need some, I can spare a pound for you.”
“Thank you, but that won’t be necessary. My mother is already knitting a new sweater for me.”
Yarn was hard to come by these days, and she didn’t want to owe anyone a favor for no reason. If she wanted yarn, she could simply ask her modern friends to buy some for her.
With the weather turning cold, how could she have forgotten about getting more yarn? She decided she must find a way to trade for some yarn in the space tonight.
She finished work at six, and after dinner and a bath, it wasn’t even seven yet. Lan Mo returned to her room early and entered the space.
She had changed the mulberry leaves for the silkworm babies at noon, and now she replaced them with fresh leaves again in the evening.
After tending to the silkworms, Lan Mo’s first task was to find the “Immortal Realm Flower Fairy.”
【Flower Fairy, are you there?】
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Lan Mo waited for a long time, thinking she might be offline, and was about to chat with the “Yarn King” instead when the “Flower Fairy of the Immortal Realm” finally replied.
【Little one, what do you need from me?】
【Flower Fairy, did you forget to tell me about the side effects of dream entry yesterday? Ever since entering the dream, I’ve been listless all day, and my complexion looks terrible.】
【My apologies, I forgot you’re a mortal. Ghosts and cultivators are completely unaffected by dream entry. For mortals, soul departure can leave the body weak, but you’ll recover after a few days of rest.】
Lan Mo asked again, 【May I enter the same person’s dream again?】
【Sure, but it’s best not to exceed three times. You’ve already forcibly entered someone else’s dream, and doing it too often will affect the dreamer’s lifespan.】
Affecting lifespan? Forget it—she definitely doesn’t want her parents to die early.
In that case, entering the dream just twice will have to do, because she still wants to send some gold, silver, and jewels back to her parents.
Whether they adopt a child or have another one themselves, they’ll need money to support them. She wants to help them out.
【Flower Fairy, when I enter a dream with my soul, can I bring some things to the dreamer?】
【Cultivators have strong souls and can do that, but you mortals can’t. However, don’t you have a space? As long as your space is soul-bound to you, can’t you just send whatever is inside it?】
The problem is, she doesn’t even know what her current situation is. If her soul were bound to the space, why couldn’t she control it with her thoughts while outside?
Beep beep beep…
Friendly reminder: The host is physically bound to the space. If the host’s physical body dies, the space will be reclaimed. Soul binding allows the space to follow the host through all lifetimes.
To achieve soul binding, the host must collect the following three treasures: one Nine Revolutions Golden Lotus, three Millennium Bodhi Fruits, and one section of Ten-Thousand-Year Divine Wood.
This is absolutely ridiculous. Even cultivators in the Cultivation World would have a hard time finding these treasures, right? Where is she, a mere mortal, supposed to find them?
It seems the big shot behind this is looking for these things and wants her to find people to trade with, doesn’t it?
Could it be that this damn space gave her five hundred friends from myriad realms from the start, with the ultimate goal of helping it search for treasures?
Working hard to level up and sell it supplies is one thing, but now it’s pulling this trick? The deity behind this is truly cunning.
Fine then, she’ll have to find a way to gather those treasures and achieve soul binding with the space.
Once that’s done, she can send some gold, silver, jewels, and ginseng to her parents from her previous life.
Lan Mo didn’t reply to Flower Fairy anymore and instead posted a status update. 【Trading items for items. Seeking one section of Ten-Thousand-Year Divine Wood, three Millennium Bodhi Seeds, and one Nine Revolutions Golden Lotus.】
Wow, as soon as this message went out, her friends from the Cultivation World immediately blew up.
“A mere mortal, with a farm only at level fifteen and not even a spirit field, actually wants treasures from our Cultivation World? She must be delusional.”
“What is this little weakling trying to do?”
“Is this little pitiful one really that pitiful? How could a mere mortal like her think of collecting treasures from our Cultivation World, dear?”
“………”
“Little Useless in the Cultivation World” had taken the Dream Return Millennium that Lan Mo gave her to an auction today and exchanged it for many supreme-grade spirit medicines.
She was feeling quite happy at the moment and was about to share the news with Lan Mo when she saw something unbelievable. This little pitiful one was actually seeking their Cultivation World’s great treasures.
【Little pitiful one, what are you up to? What do you need those things for? Are you trying to refine a Nine Revolutions Soul-Returning Pill?】
【Refine what Nine Revolutions Soul-Returning Pill? The space prompted me that if I have these three treasures, my soul can be bound to the space.】
“Little Useless in the Cultivation World” scoffed: 【That broken space of yours doesn’t even have spiritual energy. Why would you want to soul-bind with it? If you really want to soul-bind with that broken space, it’s not impossible. I can give you a drop of Phoenix True Blood, but you’ll have to give me three more Dream Return Millenniums in return.】
Dream Return Millennium was clearly no ordinary Spiritual Medicine. Wasn’t she just taking advantage of the situation? Ah… when under someone else’s roof, one has no choice but to lower their head!
But, does that Phoenix True Blood really allow soul binding with the space? Could she be trying to swindle her out of immortal medicine?
Beep beep beep…
Friendly reminder: Collect two drops of Phoenix True Blood and three Fire Phoenix Feathers, and the system can help the host re-establish soul binding with the space.
Was this damn space trying to trick her into getting Phoenix True Blood? “Little Useless in the Cultivation World” had clearly just said that one drop of Phoenix True Blood would be enough for soul binding.
[Miss, could you spare an extra drop of Phoenix True Blood? And I also want three Fire Phoenix Feathers.]
[You poor thing, do you know I’ve contracted a Fire Phoenix? Are you specifically here to bully me?]
Hearing her say this, Lan Mo felt that soul binding with the space was now within reach. Her luck was simply too good.
It didn’t matter that she hadn’t found those great treasures from the divine wood. Who would have thought that “Little Useless in the Cultivation World” would be so capable, even able to contract a Fire Phoenix? Could she be the great female lead who made a comeback in the Cultivation World?
[Miss, I have a bottle of Hundred Flowers Immortal Dew here. Would you like to try it? And I can give you another fifty Carefree Flowers, just to show our sincere friendship. What do you think? Besides, your spirit beast doesn’t have just one feather—plucking a few shouldn’t be a problem.]
[Do you think it’s a chicken, where you can pluck feathers whenever you want? My Fire Phoenix is still very young. Plucking its feathers will affect its growth.]
If such conditions still couldn’t reach an agreement, then she would add another bargaining chip.
[Miss, how about I process some spirit meat for you for free next time?]
“Little Useless in the Cultivation World” probably didn’t respond. After not replying for ten minutes, she finally sent a message. [Hmph, since you seem so sincere, I’ll help you out!]
In reality, “Little Useless in the Cultivation World” was grinning so widely her eyes were nearly shut.
Perfect, this mortal was just too easy to fool. All she had to do was coax Little Fire with some processed spirit meat, and that greedy little thing would definitely let her pluck a few spirit feathers.
As for the Phoenix True Blood, she didn’t have to worry either. She had saved up ten drops before, used one for alchemy, so giving away two wasn’t a big deal.
One Dream Return Millennium could sell for a hundred thousand supreme-grade Spirit Stones, and three would be three hundred thousand supreme-grade Spirit Stones! How much Spiritual Medicine could she buy with that?
She hadn’t tried the Hundred Flowers Immortal Dew yet either. She could take it to share with her master. If her master was happy, he might even give her two bottles of Seventh-Grade Great Recovery Pills, right?