[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-i-subdue-the-immortals-with-strength":3,"chapter-i-subdue-the-immortals-with-strength-i-subdue-the-immortals-with-strength-chapter-104":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","I Subdue the Immortals with Strength",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2295406,4490,"Chapter 104: Do You Have a Cultivation Scripture","i-subdue-the-immortals-with-strength-chapter-104",104,"\u003Cp>“Damn, it’s not even a Spirit-Linking Fruit—why are you so excited? You got me all hyped up for nothing.” Xia Daoming grumbled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ding Chushan rolled his eyes, so frustrated he nearly spat out a mouthful of blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Xuanwu Qingli Fruit isn’t just one of the ingredients for Foundation Establishment Pills—it also has a high chance of letting a Qi Refining Layer Two cultivator leap directly to Qi Refining Layer Four, becoming a mid-stage Qi Refining cultivator, or even reaching Layer Five.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he had this fruit, how could he possibly have ended up in this state!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now, this mere martial artist casually pulled out a fruit that even cultivators would envy—and treated it like trash. This shattered Ding Chushan’s sense of superiority as a cultivator.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“By the way, check this one out too,” Xia Daoming said, pulling out another box as Ding Chushan reeled from the blow; inside lay a string of red fruits wreathed in mist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“P, Pwu Fruit!” Ding Chushan blurted out in shock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So it’s called Pwu Fruit—no other name!” Xia Daoming sighed in disappointment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Xia Daoming’s disappointed expression, Ding Chushan finally spat out a mouthful of blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Pwu Fruit is also one of the ingredients for Foundation Establishment Pills. Though less valuable than the Xuanwu Qingli Fruit, he pulled out a whole string—over a dozen!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That Jiao Senior Brother—I told him over and over, low-level cultivators aren’t scary; with the right strategy, a Grand Martial Artist can handle them!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why didn’t he listen? Why did he beat you so badly? Did you break all four limbs? What trouble could you possibly cause now?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“By the way, Xiao Ding, are you okay? Can you still hold on?” Xia Daoming asked, genuinely concerned as Ding Chushan spat blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this, Ding Chushan felt a surge of blood rise to his throat—he nearly spat again, but swallowed it back with sheer willpower.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’m fine, I’m fine,” Ding Chushan forced a smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Good, good. Let’s keep going,” Xia Daoming sighed in relief. “By the way, I have some Spirit Rice—if an adult like us eats one or two bowls of Spirit Rice porridge daily for three to five months, could it possibly reopen the Eight Extraordinary Meridians and let us enter the path of cultivation?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Puh!” The blood Ding Chushan had swallowed erupted violently from his mouth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Who the hell is the cultivator here?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I spend every day in the Spirit Blade Sect digging dirt, grinding my ass off practicing the “Little Cloud Rain Art,” watering the Spirit Fields—and I still get barely a few meals of Spirit Rice a year. And you’re telling me you, a mortal martial artist, eat Spirit Rice porridge every day for three to five months? Is this even fair?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That Jiao Senior Brother, that Jiao Senior Brother—Xiao Ding, are you okay?” Xia Daoming began fussing again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’m fine!” Ding Chushan gritted his teeth, face twisted in fury.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He’d always had a strong will to live—but after being hit by Xia Daoming’s relentless blows, he now felt like giving up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Good, then tell me—does eating Spirit Rice porridge every day actually work?” Xia Daoming pressed again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ding Chushan took several deep breaths before speaking: “If a child starts eating Spirit Rice from infancy, their chances of becoming a cultivator might increase significantly—but for adults, it’s impossible.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Spirit Rice mainly helps cultivators replenish and gently increase their true qi and magic power without needing to sit in meditation. The gains are tiny, but over time, they accumulate. It also subtly improves one’s postnatal physique—even one’s innate cultivation potential.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Besides rare Spirit Herbs and Elixirs, are there any other ways?” Xia Daoming asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s said that if a martial artist reaches the Grand Master realm, there’s a slim chance their overwhelming force can shatter the Eight Extraordinary Meridians and enter the path of cultivation,” Ding Chushan replied after thinking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What? A martial artist reaching Grand Master level can shatter the Eight Extraordinary Meridians and enter cultivation?! Why didn’t you tell me sooner?!” Xia Daoming leapt to his feet in excitement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Breaking barriers? He was good at that!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ding Chushan stared at him, dumbfounded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Is this guy brain-damaged?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s a Grand Master of Martial Arts!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How many are there in the entire Great Liang Kingdom?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Isn’t every one of them a towering figure who commands a region?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rumor has it even Foundation Establishment elders dare not underestimate a Grand Master of Martial Arts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And even if you become a Grand Master, shattering the barriers and entering cultivation is still only a slim chance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet now this guy acts like he’s absolutely certain he’ll become a Grand Master—and equally certain he’ll break through into cultivation!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“By the way, do you have a cultivation scripture?” Xia Daoming asked eagerly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If there’s a chance to enter cultivation, he must get a scripture and prepare in advance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No,” Ding Chushan replied without hesitation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Aren’t you a cultivator? How can you not have a cultivation scripture?” Xia Daoming asked, confused.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I have one—but I can’t pass it on to you. In the cultivation world, there are two ways to transmit scriptures: one is by observing the Divine Aura Secret Diagrams; the other is for a powerful cultivator to use spiritual sense to perform the ‘Top-Of-The-Head Enlightenment’ technique, directly implanting the mystery into your mind.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The Divine Aura Secret Diagrams are sect treasures—I barely get to observe them, let alone carry one around,” Ding Chushan explained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Cultivation really is extraordinary—right from the start, you begin with Divine Aura Secret Diagrams. But martial arts only require them at Grand Martial Artist level,” Xia Daoming frowned, then asked: “Is there any way to get a Divine Aura Secret Diagram?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Low-level Divine Aura Secret Diagrams might be sold at the Immortal Market near Wanluo Mountain—but they’re not cheap,” Ding Chushan replied after thinking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Not cheap? How many taels of silver?” Xia Daoming asked casually.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was, after all, the unseen boss of Licheng, and prided himself on his wealth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Not something you can buy with mortal silver,” Ding Chushan said, glancing at Xia Daoming with quiet disdain—he was just a country bumpkin—but kept his tone respectful. “In the cultivation world, everything is traded with Spirit Stones, or equivalent Spirit Elixirs, Spirit Herbs, Spirit Rice, etc.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then how much Spirit Rice or Pwu Fruit would it take?” Xia Daoming asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ding Chushan felt another wave of blood rising in his throat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He’d forgotten—this guy was a nouveau riche in both the mortal and cultivation worlds, far beyond his reach.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I don’t know,” Ding Chushan replied, feeling deeply humiliated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What status did he even have in the cultivation world? He had no right to covet cultivation scripture diagrams.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oh, I almost forgot—you’re just a low-level Qi Refining cultivator!” Xia Daoming slapped his forehead, delivering the final blow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ding Chushan’s tears flowed silently inward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Xia Daoming was right—Ding Chushan was truly bottom-tier in the cultivation world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though Ding Chushan was cooperative and answered everything, the information he provided was still limited, much of it hearsay, its truth uncertain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still, he was at least a cultivator, and knew far more than Ji Yuanzhen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After his “heart-to-heart” talk with Ding Chushan, Xia Daoming finally caught his first glimpse of the mysterious cultivation world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for Ding Chushan, Xia Daoming didn’t make things hard on him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He gave him a quick end.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, he was a cultivator—many of his methods were still unknown to Xia Daoming.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Holding him for a few days was fine, but longer detention risked complications. Better to just “send him on his way.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides, Xu Zhiyuan was ready to take the blame—it had nothing to do with him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After “sending off” Ding Chushan, Xia Daoming stood in the back courtyard, gazing as the sunset sank behind Yuncui Mountain, his heart churning, unable to calm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After living so many years, this was his first encounter with a cultivator—even old-timers like Ji Yuanzhen and Liang Jingtang, who’d lived decades, had never met one. So Xia Daoming naturally assumed cultivators in Great Liang were as rare as giant pandas in his old world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But after talking with Ding Chushan, he realized how naive he’d been.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All under heaven bustle for profit; all under heaven rush for gain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cultivators are no different.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They hadn’t encountered any for so long because Mangzhou had been devastated by a great war, draining its spiritual energy and leaving almost no spiritual veins. Few cultivators ever came to this “poor land.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially Licheng, near monster-infested lands, thick toxic mists, and the rumored stronghold of powerful demonic cultivators in Cangmang Mountain—no cultivator would ever bother coming here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In truth, in other states of Great Liang rich in spiritual energy and abundant with spiritual veins, cultivators were not rare at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>According to Ding Chushan, Muzhou—where Wanluo Mountain lay—was one such state with relatively abundant spiritual energy and many veins.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In Muzhou, there were not only cultivation sects, but also cultivation clans.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Spirit Blade Sect was merely a mid-sized cultivation sect in Great Liang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And he was just one of its many outer disciples, spending his days cultivating and tending the sect’s Spirit Fields, summoning clouds and rain for the Spirit Rice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Thank goodness cultivators look down on Licheng and rarely come here—otherwise, how could I ever have owned a Spirit Well and a Spirit Fruit Tree?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He imagined how one Spirit Well could irrigate dozens of acres of Spirit Fields without needing a cultivator to summon rain—and because of the Spirit Water, Spirit Rice, which normally yielded only once every two or three years, could now be harvested twice or even three times annually.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Daoming’s mind filled with shimmering fields of radiant Spirit Rice—he burned with desire to roll up his sleeves, turn over the entire cave’s field, and sow seeds right now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“An innocent man is doomed by possessing a treasure! If Ding Chushan’s right, my strength is still too weak. I must go to Cangmang Mountain soon and find the Dragon Transformation Fruit—become a Grand Master.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Xia Daoming pondered this, Ji Wenli approached and whispered: “Master Xia, Grandpa Ji and Master Liang say they need to see you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The back courtyard where Xu Zhiyuan had lived was now Xia Daoming’s private stronghold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ji Wenli was a Ji family member assigned by Ji Yuanzhen to serve Xia Daoming.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was calm, steady, loyal, and possessed a dignified appearance with long, elegant legs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Originally, Xia Daoming wanted a man—but Ji Yuanzhen insisted that later, women like Wen Yue and Lian’er would live in the back courtyard, so a man wouldn’t be appropriate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Daoming thought that made sense, and agreed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>PS: Still seeking base monthly votes and subscriptions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1782,"2026-06-20T05:15:29.288Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","a48939346585a1adb8aa672a069783064b86621ebe8c6dd9cc77cc93d3903e57","i-subdue-the-immortals-with-strength-chapter-105","i-subdue-the-immortals-with-strength-chapter-103",484,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fi-subdue-the-immortals-with-strength-cover.jpg"]