Chapter 340

"Lu Ren has actually forged a semi-spirit weapon..." Xiong Kun was shocked, forgetting that Xu Yang had exposed his shortcomings.

He had started cultivating the art of weapon forging earlier than Lu Ren, but his Thousand-Forging Technique hadn't even reached Great Perfection, yet Lu Ren had already forged a semi-spirit weapon.

The entire canteen was shocked by Lu Ren’s talent. At this rate, in a year or two, there would be another spirit-weapon master.

Xu Yang was also a bit surprised by Lu Ren’s talent!

The basic methods of weapon forging included the Iron-Refining Hand, Thousand-Forging Technique, Gold-Melting Technique, Shaping Method, and Weapon-Nurturing Technique.

Now he only had the Iron-Refining Hand, Thousand-Forging Technique, and Shaping Method at Great Perfection, and he hadn't started cultivating the Gold-Melting Technique and Weapon-Nurturing Technique.

The Gold-Melting Technique was because he lacked materials in a place like Moon Lake and had been unable to cultivate it.

The Weapon-Nurturing Technique hadn't been inherited, and he hadn't gone to Elder Huoyun to ask for it.

Just at this time, Lu Ren walked in from outside, his whole person glowing and spirited.

Xu Yang seemed to see the spirited young genius from back at the Weiyuan Hall again, the difference being that he had more wind and frost and was not as arrogant and looking down on everything as before.

"Junior Brother Lu, congratulations!"

"Junior Brother Lu is truly a genius!"

Many people stood up to congratulate Lu Ren, and some had even started to offer gifts.

No matter how good Xu Yang’s talent was, they might not necessarily seek Xu Yang in the future, so when he was at Small Success of Marrow Cleansing, except for those with good relationships, most people didn't give him gifts.

But Lu Ren was different. With such a talented weapon-forging master, no one could guarantee that they wouldn't seek his help to forge weapons in the future.

Lu Ren responded with a smile, and he accepted the gifts without hesitation.

After dealing with the circle, he sat down next to Xu Yang.

"When did you return?" he smiled.

Xu Yang also showed a smile and said: "Today."

The tone of their conversation was like that of friends.

"I really envy you being able to run around everywhere," Lu Ren said.

He didn't want to become a weapon-forging master; he aimed for the martial dao. Unfortunately, at the Marrow Cleansing realm, his talent started to struggle, and his resource supply was insufficient. If he didn't find another way, he didn't know how many years it would take to reach Heaven Origin.

Xu Yang shook his head: "No need to envy me. Your cultivation is still low now. When you reach Small Success of Marrow Cleansing, you will have plenty of opportunities to go out and roam."

Lu Ren: ...

Alright, he hadn't reached Small Success of Marrow Cleansing yet, and his cultivation was indeed a bit low.

"Second Dragon Ascent, I will go and roam with you!" Lu Ren said confidently.

Previously, he wasn't sure he could participate in the second Dragon Ascent, but forging a semi-spirit weapon was different. Resources were no longer too difficult for him to obtain, and he had already received definite news that the sect would tilt resources toward him. Two and a half years later, for the second Dragon Ascent, he might not have no chance to participate.

Xu Yang smiled and didn't speak, standing up and leaving directly, going to the outer sect Task Hall to settle his contribution points from Moon Lake.

"Junior Brother Xu, give me the task settlement slip." Sun Ke invited him into a side hall.

Xu Yang handed over the task settlement slip.

"Four months, the base is one hundred contribution points per month. Junior Brother Xu, you killed that alligator dragon, the reward previously set by the sect is two hundred contribution points. You killed Guan Du, this dark seed of the Blood Lotus Sect, the contribution points are two hundred.

You discovered Chen Yong and Guo Yun secretly stealing sect property, according to the regulations, you can get one hundred contribution points. The spirit iron recovered from Guan Du’s hands, the sect’s high-level officials instructed, gives you four hundred contribution points..."

After some calculation, Xu Yang could obtain a full 1,800 contribution points for these four months.

Sun Ke showed a look of shock. Many people with cultivation at Great Perfection of Marrow Cleansing doing tasks for a year might not be able to obtain so many contribution points.

Xu Yang was killing exotic beasts and killing dark seeds of the Blood Lotus Sect, and in just a few months, he had obtained such a terrifying sum of contribution points.

One had to know that a Dragon-Tiger Great Golden Pill only required three hundred contribution points.

These 1,800 contribution points were enough to exchange for six Dragon-Tiger Great Golden Pills.

"If Junior Brother Xu has no objections, I will go and get the contribution points for you now," Sun Ke said.

Xu Yang nodded with a smile: "Sorry to trouble you, Senior Brother Sun."

He didn't expect to have so many contribution points either. He had previously worried about not having enough contribution points to exchange for the main medicine for the Dragon-Tiger Great Golden Pill, but now it seemed it was enough.

After saying goodbye to Sun Ke, he left the Task Hall to find Xu Qing.

He hadn't seen the little girl for four months, and he missed her a bit. However, it was still early, so he had to wait outside the courtyard.

In the evening, a beautiful figure walked from afar, and in the evening breeze, their eyes met.

"Brother!"

Upon seeing Xu Yang, the reserve of a woman on Xu Qing could no longer be maintained. She ran over in surprise, wanting to hang directly on him, but noticing that there were many people around, she stopped her action at the last moment.

Xu Yang curled the corners of his mouth into a smile and said: "Did you miss brother?"

"Yes!" Xu Qing nodded forcefully.

"Brother missed you too. Let’s go, let’s go eat."

A smile appeared on Xu Qing’s face, following behind Xu Yang: "I learned to refine Blood-Qi Powder and Body-Forging Soup. Senior Brother Sun Jian said that after settling down a bit more, he can teach me to refine Qi-Gathering Pills."

She excitedly reported to Xu Yang the achievements she had made during this period, having learned to refine two low-level elixirs.

Don't look at these things as the lowest level; if she couldn't mix in the Profound Sun Sect in the future and returned to a place like Qingyuan County, she would immediately be an alchemy master, respected by all martial artists.

"Amazing!"

Xu Yang gave a thumbs up and said: "How is your cultivation? Alchemy is just a means of making a living; cultivation is the foundation. You must not let your cultivation fall behind."

He had passed the breath-restraining technique to Xu Qing, so he couldn't sense Xu Qing’s cultivation.

Mentioning cultivation, Xu Qing’s face immediately fell, and she said depressedly: "I’m stuck at the True Qi Great Perfection bottleneck."

With so many elixirs from Xu Yang, she had started to attempt the True Qi Great Perfection realm a month ago, but now the bottleneck hadn't loosened at all.

"It’s okay, brother will help you in a while," Xu Yang smiled.

Xu Qing hadn't been in the Profound Sun Sect for two years yet, and now she had started to attempt the True Qi Great Perfection bottleneck. This speed wasn't slow, although it was because he had been giving her elixirs, it also showed that Xu Qing hadn't been lazy in her cultivation.

"How will you help?" Xu Qing asked curiously.

"You’ll know in a while!" Xu Yang didn't talk about the Eight-Treasure Lotus Seeds here.

Things that could improve one’s bone structure were too precious. If outsiders heard about it, it would inevitably lead to trouble.

The siblings ate at a restaurant, and Xu Yang took Xu Qing to Li Huo Peak.

He wanted to use the Eight-Treasure Lotus Seeds to wash and refine Xu Qing’s bone structure and improve her talent. The outer sect wasn't suitable, so he had to bring her to Li Huo Peak and guard her personally.

"Is this where inner sect disciples live? It’s too good." Xu Qing saw the inner sect disciples’ residence for the first time and couldn't help but be curious.

Seeing that Xu Yang’s courtyard had piled up a lot of dust and fallen leaves, she soon started to clean it up.

"Xu Yang, look at you. Without me, the place you live is as dirty as a dog kennel, dirty everywhere," the little girl lectured, earnestly.

Without her, Xu Yang’s life was a mess, and he couldn't even manage a courtyard well.

"I haven't been back for a few months. I went to see you as soon as I got back and didn't have time to clean. Naturally, it’s dirty here," Xu Yang said.

He also wanted to live with Xu Qing. With Xu Qing, he didn't need to worry about these small things, and Xu Qing would manage everything in an orderly fashion.

Unfortunately, Xu Qing wasn't an inner sect disciple, and it was very inconvenient to enter and exit without a waist token.

The two worked together, spending half an hour cleaning every place, and then entered the quiet room together.

"Do I need to take off my clothes?" the little girl said with a red face.

Xu Yang rolled his eyes. He didn't know what the girl was thinking in her head, and said: "Yes!"

Xu Qing: ...

Xu Yang couldn't be bothered to pay attention to her. He rummaged through the cabinet to find the jade box containing the Eight-Treasure Lotus Seeds, dug out one, and handed it to her: "This is an Eight-Treasure Lotus Seed, a spiritual herb I obtained outside this time. It can wash and refine bone structure and improve talent. After taking it, it should help you break through to the True Qi Great Perfection realm.

However, the medicinal power is a bit fierce, and it will be very painful. The process is like being reborn, and it will discharge impurities and dirty blood. You take off your clothes and take it, and I will guard you outside."

"Is this a spiritual herb?"

Seeing a spiritual herb for the first time, Xu Qing couldn't help but be curious, looking at it over and over, and couldn't see any difference between the spiritual herb and ordinary medicinal materials.

"Don't look with your eyes, use your five senses to perceive. Whether it’s spiritual herbs or spirit iron, they will emit spirituality. This kind of spirituality cannot be seen by the eyes," Xu Yang reminded.

"There really is a special aura." Hearing this, Xu Qing closed her eyes and indeed discovered the characteristics unique to spiritual objects.

"The Eight-Treasure Lotus Seed is precious. Don't tell anyone. I’ll go out first. If there’s a problem, stop."

After instructing Xu Qing, Xu Yang walked out of the quiet room and sat down outside, closing his eyes to meditate.

The quiet room not only isolated the aura but also isolated the sound. He couldn't hear the movement inside, but things like spiritual herbs basically wouldn't have problems, just suffering a bit when the medicinal power was fierce.

The moon rose to the high sky and slowly fell.

At the fourth watch, Xu Yang estimated it was about time and boiled a pot of hot water.

The water was almost boiled when Xu Qing pushed the door and walked out, spirited, her skin even more delicate and white.

Xu Yang glanced and found that Xu Qing’s appearance had even changed slightly, and it seemed that the proportions of all aspects had become more perfect.

"Brother, I broke through!"

She was a bit excited: "This spiritual herb is simply divine. The True Qi Great Perfection bottleneck was easily pierced through. I am now the fourth person in our batch to break through to True Qi Great Perfection."

By this calculation, she was the fourth genius of the Ten Talents.

Xu Yang was a bit speechless. The main function of the Eight-Treasure Lotus Seed was to wash and refine bone structure and improve talent. Breaking through the realm was just incidental.

"I boiled hot water, you go take a bath first," Xu Yang said.

Xu Qing suppressed the excitement in her heart and soon entered another room to wash off the remaining dirty blood on her body.

When she came out again, she was glowing, and Xu Yang felt his eyes light up.

"Can you feel that your talent has improved?" Xu Yang said.

Xu Qing nodded: "Yes, the true qi has become purer and more vigorous than before, and I feel that my spirit is also very sufficient, and the true qi operation is much smoother."

Xu Yang was very satisfied: "The Eight-Treasure Lotus Seed will have no effect after taking three. You continue to come tomorrow night, and I will wait for you at the foot of the mountain."

At dawn, he sent Xu Qing down Li Huo Peak.