Chapter 232: New Weapon 1

Early the next morning, He Chunhua sent people to transport grain to the northern front. Zhao Pan's army lacked clothing and food, and although the five thousand shi contributed by the Zhan family was not much, it was at least enough for them to hold on for another ten days.

Military supplies are morale; with this batch of grain, Zhao Pan could temporarily breathe a sigh of relief.

Then He Chunhua's immediate difficulties were probably three things: raising money and grain for the front line, recruiting troops for himself, the Xiazhou Superintendent, and assisting Zhao Pan in expelling the Xunzhou army within Xiazhou territory.

At this critical moment, He Lingchuan actually went into seclusion for four days.

He didn't know it himself beforehand, only knowing that his recent adjustments always had a sense of fulfillment that was about to be completed, just lacking that bit of heat. He finally forgot himself and the world during his practice today, his true energy circulating endlessly in his body, and finally broke through! Everyone was a bit worried at first, and even He Chunhua came to see him three times in his busy schedule. Fortunately, Lingguang diagnosed that He Lingchuan had no signs of qi deviation, so everyone had to let him be.

Only He Chunhua found it strange: "I have never heard of such signs in the cultivation of our family's ancestral 'Traction Art'."

Lingguang explained: "Cultivation depends on the individual. The Proprietor has great talent, so his performance is naturally different from others."

It only accepts He Lingchuan's employment contract and only works for He Lingchuan; it doesn't mention a word about the Proprietor privately buying sky-high medicinal herbs to assist cultivation. Taking pills for cultivation is too common, and the He family doesn't feel strange.

The Medicine Ape of the Thousand Heart Flow is just that professional.

Even He Lingchuan himself felt that this cultivation was exceptionally long. The most important achievement was that the Yin-Yang Twin Snakes he had been painstakingly cultivating finally met in the Dantian, and after four days of probing and entanglement, they sublimated from disliking each other and throwing mud at each other to being as close as honey and oil, which is deep fusion.

This process went unexpectedly smoothly. He Lingchuan had heard from Mr. Man of the Panlong City Promotion Office that the "Zi-Wu Art" is very picky about people; although the cultivation process is fast, powerful, and short, it has requirements for the practitioner's physique. If it is gradual, it is fine, but some people, like He Lingchuan, swallow sky-high medicinal herbs as if they were free, wanting to force acceleration, and as a result, the true energy twin snakes met at the sea of qi and actually burst the sea of qi! That fusion is the most critical; if you make it, it's honey and oil, if you don't, you become half a cripple, and it will take several years of grinding work to slowly repair the sea of qi.

Besides talent, He Lingchuan's biggest capital is his virgin body. In the words of the Octopus Monster, it is "abundant and vigorous qi and blood, full of essence," which can seal the sea and lock the pass, letting the Yin-Yang Twin Snakes toss about, so it has the effect of one gathering two.

This pair of true energy snakes met at the sea of qi, which means they have already opened up the twelve regular meridians, and after fusion, they will continuously circulate for several weeks, and then try to impact the eight extraordinary meridians.

The difficulty of opening up the regular meridians and the extraordinary meridians is not on the same level. If opening up the regular meridians is like driving a small boat on the river to fish for floating leaves and pick floating duckweed, then impacting the extraordinary meridians is like the river channel being seriously silted, and even the boat can't pass, only able to dig and scrape to dredge.

He Lingchuan only realized this; novels don't lie, opening the "Ren and Du meridians" is really not an easy thing. After digging for two or three days, he didn't even open the first node.

After trying to dredge several rounds, no, it was after trying to impact several rounds, this true energy would split back into Yin-Yang twin snakes, each taking the old path back to their own territory, waiting to gather Yin-Yang energy for the next impact.

Relying on them to exert force by themselves is a bit slow. Within the scope of financial ability, the master should also help, trying to find some extreme Yin or extreme Yang things to assist. The solar true fire that is available when looking up is of course not possible; He Lingchuan can't bear it yet. As long as a little bit is introduced into the pulse, it is not guaranteed that the meridians will explode, self-immolate, and die.

He can only proceed step by step. Later, as his own strength gradually increases, he will also need to absorb more powerful Yin-Yang external forces.

When can he be perfectly charged just by basking in the sun? He Lingchuan is very longing.

The breakthrough of the first stage of the Zi-Wu Art made the operation of true energy go up a level; it used to be like a trickling stream, now it is a small river flowing. As for the six senses, they are more open than four days ago.

He Lingchuan stood up, moved his hands and feet, and then called someone to prepare water for him to bathe.

However, just as he was halfway through washing, the window suddenly opened, and a cold wind blew in.

The Medicine Ape Lingguang stood on the windowsill and grinned at him: "You're out of seclusion!"

"Close the window, freezing to death!" He Lingchuan watched it with one hand behind its back. "What did you steal? Don't tell me it's what I asked you to get..."

Lingguang shook its head hurriedly and took out a hook and rope from behind and threw it over.

"Li Fubo came yesterday and told me to pass it to you." Lingguang closed the window with its backhand. "He went to prepare the storefront with the Marquis of Songyang and won't be coming over these two days."

"Storefront?" He Lingchuan was stunned. "She talked about it so quickly?" Truly worthy of being the Marquis of Songyang, a master of business negotiation.

Lingguang shrugged; it only passed the message.

He Lingchuan slowly unfolded the hook and rope in his hand.

This was the new weapon he entrusted Li Fubo to forge before seclusion, and the latter agreed immediately, saying that he had a finished product in his hand, and it would be delivered as long as it was slightly modified.

The main body of this weapon is a rope made of three kinds of spider silk, and the tip is a five-clawed tiger-head gold gripper, which can open and grasp like a human hand.

Although it looks simple, this is also a magic treasure. He Lingchuan dripped his blood on the rope handle he held, and this object automatically recognized its master. After that, he could shoot the hook and rope like a spider, use external objects to climb and swing, and the tiger-head gold hook at the tip of the hook and rope could also open and close freely according to his will.

He could also experience the addiction of being a Spider-Man.

Lingguang watched him playing with it happily: "Easy to use?"

He Lingchuan shot out the hook and rope, and a claw pinched the crystal honey peach on the plate, sweet juice splashing everywhere.

"..."

Lingguang looked at him resentfully. Is it easy to buy fresh peaches in winter! "Mistake!" He laughed dryly, originally wanting to grab the peach for Lingguang. It seems that if he wants to master this skill, he has to brush a wave of proficiency, and there is no shortcut.

In the Panlong Dream, the two teammates including Willow Strip were equipped with hook and rope, and when performing missions, they were as agile as apes, and their mobility was much more flexible than others.

This skill is relatively cold on the battlefield, but it is actually very practical. If he had a hook and rope when he fell into the spider cave, he could have hooked and swung up easily, and he wouldn't have to use such dangerous moves as Li Dai Tao Jiang; after all, if the Ghost Shadow Cicada Shell wasn't thrown accurately, he would have turned into meat paste on the spot.

He Lingchuan played enough and climbed up to put on his clothes. Lingguang came over to press his pulse, checked his qi, and nodded repeatedly: "Sure enough, up another level, your qi and blood are becoming more and more vigorous, and ten ordinary response soldiers are no longer your opponents."

He Lingchuan couldn't help but think of the sand leopard he encountered the day he descended; the original body of He Young Master was killed by it; if it were himself now, killing that sand leopard should be easy, right? "By the way, did you buy the Ghost Shadow Cicada Shell?"

Lingguang didn't know where it took out a small cloth bag, untied it, and inside lay three cicada shells.

"This is a rare item, I ran to seven pharmacies to find it, what medicine do you want to refine?"

He Lingchuan picked up one and looked at it against the light. That's right, it's this thing. He finally got the Ghost Shadow Cicada Shell in reality: "For casting spells."

"Thirty taels each."

The cicada shell in his hand was instantly hot. He Lingchuan smiled bitterly and took out silver to reimburse it.

Anything related to supernatural powers cannot be measured by common sense. Just these three inconspicuous cicada shells cost him more than half a month's allowance.

He has to find a way to make money, make money!

Lingguang added: "Sun Hongye looked for you twice during your seclusion."

"What happened in the past four days?"

"A lot." Lingguang blinked. "But I can't say clearly." It only manages affairs within its scope of duty.

He Lingchuan touched its head, turned around to look at the broken blade.

The Blade Mountain formed by the gold mud looked like its color had turned brighter, gradually revealing the pure gold base color. It was mixed with Yu Gold and many other materials. He Lingchuan remembered that Yu Gold was pure black, which means that the metal materials in the gold mud were being slowly absorbed by the broken blade.

So far, the repair progress of the broken blade was relatively smooth.

He Lingchuan was very satisfied, called someone to find some fruit for Lingguang, rewarded it for its protection these days, went to Lady Ying to ask for peace, said a few words, and returned to the courtyard to practice the newly acquired toy—that plate of hook and rope.

This thing is typical of others playing it as if it were easy, but he sees it and learns it, and learns it and wastes it.

Fortunately, he has been practicing projection day and night for the past month. Since it has the word "throw," it has the same effect. By the time the sun set, he had practiced a little feeling.

Tonight, He Chunhua and He Yue didn't return to the mansion, and Lady Ying was tired from supervising the renovation all day, so she just ordered the back kitchen to deliver food to each courtyard, and after eating, she bathed and rested directly.

He Lingchuan had just finished his meal when a servant came to pass the message: Sun Hongye is here.

"Have you eaten?" Not seeing each other for many days, He Lingchuan personally welcomed him inside. "I'll have the back kitchen make you a dinner?"

"No need, I just ate lamb soup buns in the evening." Sun Hongye looked He Lingchuan up and down. "Proprietor, you are radiant, it seems your cultivation has gone up another level."

"Yes, I broke through by accident." He was stating a fact.

Sun Hongye immediately congratulated him.

He Lingchuan was too lazy to be polite and went straight to the topic: "You looked for me twice before, is there an emergency?"

"The time you chose for seclusion was not good, a lot of things happened in these four days." Sun Hongye restrained his smile and raised a finger. "The first thing is, Li Rong has entered the jail cell, and Superintendent He didn't even give him an extra day of accommodation."

"When I sent back the gift Li Shuang gave, they should have known." He Lingchuan was not surprised at all. "Father wants to use him to establish authority."

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 233 =====

"When I sent back the gift Li Shuang gave, they should have known what was coming." He Lingchuan felt no surprise at all. "Father is going to use him to establish his authority."

(End of chapter)