Chapter 585: A Pillar of State!

Meditation room.

Fragrance drifted faintly.

Liang Qu sat in meditation to adjust his breath, waiting for his spirit and energy to reach their peak, and slid open the treasure box.

A section of oval green wood lay horizontally inside, five inches long and the thickness of a thumb.

The most precious reward for first place in the Great Hunting Meet—Tourmaline Wood!

Liang Qu took it in his hand and ate it raw.

Tourmaline Wood sounds like a piece of wood, but it actually leans toward bamboo shoots or even lettuce. It is emerald green all over, and one can leave an impression with just a fingernail, seeping out juice.

Biting into it, the texture is crisp, and the residue that can't be chewed at the end is like sugarcane.

Don't waste it, swallow it all.

The effect of Tourmaline Wood is the same as Soul-Gold Lotus, both for enhancing the strength of a martial artist's spirit.

There are many benefits to a strong spirit. Besides making it easier to condense meridians and build bridges, the most intuitive is that after the spirit grows to a certain degree, every move can hurt people with "intent."

Therefore, a Hunting Tiger martial artist can stare at someone, and it will be like a weak rabbit meeting a fierce tiger, scaring the person to death.

This action is similar to observing the strange phenomena of heaven and earth, comprehending "form," and the essence of bringing "momentum," "might," and "pressure" with every move is similar, indirectly increasing martial power.

The effect is the same, and the feedback is the same.

Not long after taking it, his whole body felt like it was soaked in a hot spring, and a drowsy feeling surged continuously.

Liang Qu lay back on the Arhat bed and squinted.

Sleep first.

……

Dawn.

*Whew~*

The gale was like a tiger's roar, and the fist sound was like a thunderclap.

Liang Qu slowly changed his fist stance, waving his long arms, his tendons and bones ringing together. With every move, the entire small courtyard trembled.

The airflow within the courtyard walls was stirred up, sand and dust swirled low, rising but not dispersing, and the ethereal wind became visible to the naked eye at this moment.

*Swish, swish! *

Cold light flickered.

Tatakai waved his sharp claws, standing behind and following closely, imitating him, but looking closely, there was a difference.

Smash, change, flick, wave, change, chop...

Ape Claws!

Martial arts tailored for the River Otter family!

Tatakai was fully devoted. In the slightly cold morning, sweat beads seeped from the tip of his nose, and he was extremely diligent.

One big and one small, both practicing martial arts early in the morning, truly diligent.

*Crack, crack! *

Tendons and bones rang again.

Liang Qu opened his eyes, spread his five fingers, swung his arm and smashed, the palm wind whistling, and the low-rising dust in the courtyard was pressed into the ground just right, without stirring up half a bit.

With his strength gradually increasing, Liang Qu was already able to use his abundant strength to do many incredible things.

Like the old monk plucking lotus leaves with bare hands, Su Guishan's palm slapping watermelon seeds.

"Comfortable!"

Opening his pores, hot sweat flowed.

Warm-up complete.

Liang Qu perceived the meridians in his body, his eyes incomparably bright.

Last night he took the Tourmaline Wood, and this morning he struck while the iron was hot, pouring two bottles of pulse-marrow jade liquid, opening one large meridian and three small meridians in one breath!

He was only one large and one small meridian away from building the Heavenly Bridge, just a line apart!

Even counting the needs for the completion of the two techniques, it was only one large and four small, and he still had two bottles of pulse-marrow jade liquid left. He would definitely succeed within half a month!

Awesome!

Before taking Soul-Gold Lotus and Tourmaline Wood, one bottle of pulse-marrow liquid could only open one small meridian. Now, the effect was obviously much stronger!

As for the problem of filling blood and Qi after opening meridians, with Water Ze Essence increasing the fusion degree of Ze Ling, it was very simple.

There was nothing to do in Pingyang Prefecture; coming to Huangzhou was truly the right choice.

"Heavenly Bridge completion, time to enter Hunting Tiger."

Liang Qu clenched his fist, his heart surging.

The difficulty of cultivation increased sharply up to this point.

Galloping Horse Nine Apertures is the point, Wolf Smoke Bridge is the line, Hunting Tiger Treasure Clothes is the surface!

Many people who complete the Heavenly Bridge might stop here for their whole lives, but Liang Qu never took the difficulty of the barrier to heart.

Just walk step by step.

Plenty of time.

Plenty of energy.

"Master!"

"Guan Congjian?"

Liang Qu looked up and saw Guan Guan Congjian standing outside the door waving.

He didn't even come in, shouting from afar: "The Great Hunting Meet is over, and my master and I are setting off for the Hanging Temple in Datong Prefecture to break through the barrier today. I came to tell you!"

"Not waiting for the birthday banquet?"

"Not waiting. Go early and return early, see you in November!"

"Alright, see you in November, wish you success in breaking through, and victory!"

Not half an hour after watching Guan Guan Congjian leave, a steward of the Xu family came in a hurry and handed over a stack of silver notes.

Count them, not more, not less, exactly forty thousand taels, another entry.

This was the proceeds from Liang Qu selling the spirit items.

He caught nearly six hundred spirit items at the Great Hunting Meet, all his own; he would have to eat them until the Year of the Monkey.

The spirit deer and spirit sparrows were all handed over to the Xu family to be sold and cashed out, exchanged for exactly forty thousand taels of silver.

How much the Xu family earned from reselling it had nothing to do with Liang Qu.

The remaining spirit fish were fed to the Fat Catfish and Round Head.

Over two hundred treasure fish, enough to pay back a small part of the Fat Catfish's debt to the Old Toad, and the rest could contribute at least twenty thousand essence, and likely over twenty-five thousand.

After eating it all, it could fill most of the needs for evolution.

Every single thing was handled.

Afternoon.

"What a big courtyard."

Long Yao and Long Li's eyes lit up, and they opened the doors of the east and west side rooms.

Bright and transparent, clean and tidy, without a speck of dust, it must have been specially cleaned by someone in advance.

"It is quite big."

Liang Qu held the land deed and followed across the threshold.

Nothing to do in the afternoon, he took the time to see the two-entry large courtyard and hundred acres of fertile land given by Department Magistrate Xu Xu Wanxing, as an explanation to the Old Toad.

If the Department Magistrate didn't give it, Liang Qu planned to cut the Gordian knot and buy it himself, but giving it saved him a trouble.

Take a stroll.

The entire courtyard only had two entries. It sounded smaller than the three entries in Pingyang Prefecture, but it wasn't.

The same courtyard, the front and back width was much more.

The style was no different.

Huangzhou is close to the Jianghuai River, with a tributary, Ba Water, flowing through the middle. Except for being close to the middle reaches and having fewer small rivers and streams, the landform is similar to Pingyang Prefecture, so the architectural types born naturally are similar.

Fire-proof walls, white walls and black tiles, staggered heights.

Perhaps because of the low population density, the streets and villages in Huangzhou are wider.

Of course.

Rich people want to build as big as they want.

Looking at several rooms, except for the hall, there were not many decorations in the bedroom, just some simple furniture.

Purple bamboo was planted in many places, surrounded by blue bricks.

"The environment is good."

Liang Qu was quite satisfied.

The courtyard was located in the southeast of Huangzhou City, a bit remote, not in the central area, but it was quiet and secluded.

He guessed Xu Xu Wanxing knew he wouldn't live in Huangzhou often, so putting it in the downtown area would be counterproductive.

The place was secluded, just right as a place to rest, and the hundred acres of fertile land were also near the residence.

The feeling of having real estate in the country is really good.

"What a small pond."

The Old Toad frowned, pacing inside and outside.

The two-entry courtyard given by Xu Xu Wanxing had a three-acre garden, with corridors, streams, and ponds, but the pond area was only half an acre.

Can't say it's bad, it's a normal garden look.

Liang Qu's home was like that, a big pond occupied everything, no winding streams, no rockery, which was strange.

"Dig!" Liang Qu waved his hand. "I'll find local craftsmen in Huangzhou later to help Frog Duke expand the pond."

The Old Toad moved his webbed feet, quite hesitant: "Finding someone to expand the pond... how much will it cost."

"The land is ours now, expanding the pond only costs some labor, and the first place in the Great Hunting Meet all depends on Frog Duke. The kid got some reward silver, so I should honor you!"

Perhaps because he had to spend money on everything before, for the first time without spending money, the Old Toad was actually moved.

"Good, good, good, Liang Qing is worthy of being a pillar of state for my Frog Clan!"

With such a loyal minister.

Why worry that the Frog Clan won't flourish? ===== CHAPTER 586 =====