Chapter 5 Death

　　"Great!" 　　"Big brother you're so good!" 　　Seeing that her big brother wasn't joking, Lu Qingyu excitedly kissed Lu Qingfeng on the cheek and then bounced in place, obviously happy and broken. 　　Perhaps what she was thinking at the moment wasn't that complicated. 　　It was just the thought of being able to cultivate like big brother and second brother, all the other girls in the Blackwood Walled City couldn't cultivate, and that after cultivating, she could still go to Huangzhi Mountain and rescue second brother- 　　That alone was enough to make Lu Qingyu so excited that she couldn't sleep for a few days and nights! 　　"Big brother!" 　　"I'm going to learn to read and write tonight!" 　　Lu Qingyu looked at Lu Qingfeng, waiting for his big brother's affirmative answer. 　　"No problem, just don't scream in pain." Lu Qingfeng nodded and answered. 　　"Not at all, I'm not second brother!" 　　Lu Qingyu was beaming with joy. 　　Seeing this, Lu Qingfeng helplessly said, "Qingyu, first help big brother up." 　　"Huh?" 　　"Oh!" 　　Lu Qingyu saw that his big brother really didn't get up for half a day and hurriedly came over to assist him. 　　Lu Qingfeng struggled to get up and leaned on Lu Qingyu to move his numb legs eastward. 　　Gulp! 　　Then his stomach growled indisputably, a strong feeling of hunger hit him. 　　"Big brother, it's not time to eat yet." 　　Lu Qingyu looked up at the sky and saw that it was still dark, pointing at Lu Qingfeng's stomach, he called out. 　　"Big brother knows." 　　Lu Qingfeng was helpless. 　　Cultivation at the Houtian stage was a process of refining essence and transforming qi. Before reaching the Foundation Establishment Stage, one could not absorb the free Spiritual Qi in the heavens and earth, one could not draw Qi into the body, and the only way to replenish the consumption of cultivation was through eating. 　　After all, internal breath was not created out of thin air, but was practiced by the essence in the body. 　　Lu Qingfeng was already weak, and his daily food was only enough for his body to barely function. Now that he had started cultivating, even if he had not yet comprehended the sense of qi and given birth to the internal breath, the physical exertion was also great. 　　The so-called 'poor in literature and rich in martial arts' manifested itself. 　　"One coarse grain cake a day can't support my cultivation of the Yan Yang Sutra!" 　　Lu Qingfeng was dizzy with hunger. 　　As a last resort, he hurriedly took out half of a coarse grain cake from his bosom and swallowed it in three or two bites. This was his ration for the night, and at this point, he could only advance in advance. 　　"Do you want to eat now?" 　　Lu Qingfeng finished eating and asked Lu Qingyu with the remaining half of the coarse grain cake. 　　"I don't want it. If I eat now, I will be hungry at night." Lu Qingyu shook her head. 　　"That's fine, I'll keep it for you first." Lu Qingfeng stuffed half of the coarse grain cake into his arms. 　　Lu Qingyu gulped and suddenly thought, "Oops, we didn't hunt wild vegetables this afternoon!" 　　The family was always meatless, and wild vegetables were the only dishes. 　　Originally, it was to toss five acres of dry land every morning and hunt wild vegetables in the afternoon. And this afternoon had almost passed. Thinking of not having wild vegetables to eat in the evening, Lu Qingyu was a bit demoralized. 　　"Let's not eat wild vegetables today, let's eat something else." 　　Lu Qingfeng couldn't help but smile when he saw Qingyu's eyes light up all of a sudden. 　　"The food at home won't even last for the fall harvest when it's finely calculated, Qing Shan's food intake will definitely increase greatly when he worships the Returning Truth Sect." 　　The grain stored by Lu Qingfeng was hard enough to supply Lu Qingshan with a big appetite. Now that there was one more of him, I was afraid that he wouldn't even last a month. 　　At that time, let alone cultivating, it was a toss-up whether he could survive or not. 　　Therefore, he thought of herbs! 　　There were forty-six basic medicinal herbs recorded in the First Explanation of Alchemy, there were those that resisted hunger and those that cultivated energy and tonified qi. These country folk in Blackwood Walled City might know three or five herbs for treating colds and flu based on their life experience. 　　However, they were definitely not as detailed as those recorded in the First Explanation of Alchemy. 　　Lu Qingfeng had already mastered the "First Explanation of Alchemy", although he had not yet gotten his hands on it, but the information on the forty-six medicinal herbs was firmly in his mind. 　　In the "Beginning Explanation of Alchemy", there were not only the methods of handling these medicinal herbs, there were also detailed information about the various medicinal herbs. In order to handle herbs, one had to know the basic information about them. 　　Based on this information, it was not difficult for Lu Qingfeng to find these herbs in the wild in reality. 　　"Of the forty-six herbs, Atractylodes, Licorice, Lycium Chinense, and Yellow Essence are all extremely common herbs that cultivate and replenish qi, and they are the necessary ingredients for refining the Yellow Dragon Dan. The effect of taking them individually is definitely not as good as the Yellow Dragon Dan, but at this stage, it can solve the pressing problem!" 　　Among them, licorice had a sweet taste and could be taken directly after processing. Consumed in small amounts, not only was it beneficial to the body, it was also a good sweet, which Lu Qingyu would definitely like. 　　"Go!" 　　"Big brother will take you to pick medicine!" 　　Lu Qingfeng got up, grasping the firewood knife in his left hand and the black wood hoe in his right hand, and headed towards the back of the terraces. 　　"Picking medicine?" 　　Lu Qingyu was unsure and followed behind Lu Qingfeng with a puzzled face. 　　To the west of the terraces, there was still a large area of uncultivated hills. 　　Atractylodes and licorice were common, and those in Blackwood Walled City who knew about herbs could be described as few and far between, so they thought it wouldn't be too hard to find. 　　Sure enough. 　　Before even entering the depths of the mountain forest, only in the periphery, Lu Qingfeng found three pieces of white atractylodes, and two licorice plants in no time. 　　"Enough." 　　Seeing that it was getting late, Lu Qingfeng was ready to go back. 　　According to the method of the "First Explanation of Alchemy", just pick the licorice to remove the impurities, wash it, soak it in water until it was 80% through, fish it out, moisten it and slice it, and dry it. 　　Slice the white atractylodes and fry it with the fine powder of ambrosia liver until the surface hangs with an earthy color, and sift off the excess earth. 　　The two herbs are then processed. 　　So. 　　Tomorrow, the processed licorice and white atractylodes could be used to replenish the consumption of cultivation. 　　"Can these be eaten?" 　　Lu Qingyu couldn't help but ask as she watched Lu Qingfeng work for half a day. 　　"Of course it can be eaten, this one is sweet." Lu Qingfeng raised the two licorice plants in his hand and said. 　　"Sweet!" 　　Lu Qingyu's eyes lit up again. 　　"You can make more licorice and white atractylodes in these few days, and bring them to Qing Shan when we go to Huang Zhi Mountain the day after tomorrow." 　　Lu Qingfeng returned to the black wooden house with Lu Qingyu, who was eager to taste the licorice, and secretly pondered. 　　For the time being, he didn't have the ability to fight against the Returning Truth Sect or escape from the Blackwood Cottage with Lu Qingshan and Lu Qingyu, so he could only use this way to keep Lu Qingshan from having intolerable things happen to him because of his body deficit before he had accomplished his cultivation. 　　After disposing of the white atractylodes and licorice. 　　Lu Qingfeng and Lu Qingyu each ate a licorice plant. 　　"It's really sweet." 　　Lu Qingyu broke off half of his dinner's half of coarse grain cake and handed it to Lu Qingfeng, "Big brother, eat some more, otherwise you'll be too hungry to sleep at night." 　　"No need, you eat by yourself." 　　Lu Qingfeng didn't finish his words, Lu Qingyu repeated his trick and directly stuffed the coarse grain cake into Lu Qingfeng's mouth. 　　"I'm still small, it's okay to eat less." 　　Lu Qingyu pursed, cleaned up the table and sat upright, "Big brother, quickly teach me to read and write!" 　　"Little talent should eat more." 　　Lu Qingfeng shook his head, fetched charcoal pencils and tree bark, and taught Qingyu to recognize words. 　　Nightfall. 　　Lu Qingfeng lay on his bed and logged into The Flood. 　　...... 　　[Because the player has not eaten for a long time, he is now dead, please choose resurrection/reincarnation] 　　Lu Qingfeng floated in a daze in the sky-less chaotic space, in front of him was the system prompt that flashed with scarlet letters. 　　That's right. 　　He died. 　　Starved to death. 　　"From the time I logged out of the game last night to the time I logged back into the game now, it's been at most eight hours. In The Flood, it's actually been three months and one day?!" 　　"The time difference is about a hundred times more!" 　　"Not true." 　　"If there is a time difference between the game and reality, I stayed in the game for several hours last night, and not too much time has actually passed in reality. Then the time I logged out of the game was about eleven hours." 　　"That's a hundred times the time difference." 　　Lu Qingfeng pulled up his death record and realized that three months had already passed in The Flood. 　　His physical body, on the other hand, had been starved to death more than two months ago due to the fact that he stayed in the lapis lazuli talisman and hadn't eaten for a long time. The first level of the Fetal Breath Realm was still a fleshly mortal body. Without having eaten or taken the Grain Resisting Pill, he would not have been able to survive for three long months. 　　What Lu Qingfeng was facing right now was the choice of resurrection or reincarnation. 　　"No wonder I felt that time passed extraordinarily slowly last night." 　　Lu Qingfeng finally knew where that strange feeling came from and why he was so refreshed when he got up this morning. 　　With enough sleep, one naturally had enough essence! 　　"According to the various information of The Flood, other players enter the game and the real time is synchronized with the game time. This is an exception for me, it should be caused by a different world or traveling through it." 　　This was also the reason why Lu Qingfeng went straight offline last night and failed to think about the flow of time. 　　For ordinary players, the ratio of reality to game time was one to one. 　　Lu Qingfeng, on the other hand, had a ratio of one to one hundred. 　　This should be caused by the difference in the worlds he was in, just as he was unable to choose his real body to log into the game. 　　"A hundred times time difference!" 　　"If only I could log in with my real body ......" 　　Thinking of this, Lu Qingfeng shook his head, one could not be insatiable. 　　A time difference of one to a hundred, even if it was only at the level of soul consciousness, the benefits to Lu Qingfeng were already innumerable. 　　Though for now, some small accidents had happened. 　　"The resurrection takes effect immediately, I'm currently only at level 1, the loss to me from the level drop is minimal. But the foundation will be damaged and the cultivation qualifications will drop, affecting the subsequent development." 　　"If I reincarnate, sixteen years in the game is just two months in reality for me." 　　Lu Qingfeng thought about it and chose to resurrect. 　　Too many things could happen in two months, he couldn't afford to gamble. 　　As for the roots in the game, the big deal was that after solving the crisis in reality, when he was free, he would spend two months to reincarnate and make up for it. 　　[Player's current level is 0, resurrection must consume 1 lower grade spirit stone, do you choose to resurrect?] 　　"......" 　　"I choose to reincarnate and be reborn!" 　　[Please choose: reincarnate to current map/random map] 　　"Current map." 　　Lu Qingfeng was a bit more familiar with Black Sand Town, so he naturally wanted to remain in Black Sand Town. 　　[Player chooses to reincarnate to the current map, please wait a moment-] 　　[Reincarnation successful, growth progress: 1/16]. 　　Like the first time you logged in, you have to live until you are sixteen years old to continue the game. An ordinary player, would have to wait sixteen years in reality. Lu Qingfeng had a hundred times the time difference, but only two short months. 　　Name: Lu Qingfeng 　　Title: None 　　Cultivation: None 　　Level: 0 (0/1) 　　Longevity: 1/68 　　Root and Bone: 1 　　Merit: Unknown 　　Karma: Unknown 　　Technique: Huangting Jing, 1st level (uninitiated) [Characteristics: Diffraction (1st level); Unification of the Laws (1st level); Karma Elimination (1st level)]; Yan Yang Jing, 1st level (introductory) [in derivation]; 　　Technique: None 　　Avatar: None 　　Equipment: None 　　Alchemy: "The First Explanation of Alchemy" (uninitiated) [In progress]. 　　Now, this could be considered a return to the pre-liberation era. However, it was fortunate that the Huangting Sutra was still there, and the proficiency of the Yan Yang Sutra and the First Explanation of Alchemy of Dan had not been lost. 　　The level and cultivation were not high in the first place, so there was nothing to be sorry about. 　　The only thing Lu Qingfeng had to pay for was two months in reality. 　　"During these two months, make sure to be careful."