Chapter 177

"How old are you this year?" Shang Rui asked instead of answering.

"Twenty-four years old," Ji Wenyue answered honestly.

"How old is he?" Shang Rui glanced at Xia Daoming.

"Thirty-one years old," Xia Daoming answered voluntarily.

Shang Rui didn't pay attention to Xia Daoming when she heard this, but frowned slightly, then looked at Ji Wenyue and said: "Twenty-four years old and at the Qi Refinement sixth-layer, your cultivation talent can only be considered average. But this should also have a lot to do with you spending too much energy on alchemy and helping to earn resources. So, your actual cultivation talent should be quite good.

If you start receiving my full teaching and help now, with your cultivation talent, you have hope of Foundation Establishment before the age of forty. Foundation Establishment at forty, and then with brilliant alchemy to help you gather resources and help you cultivate, you have hope of Core Formation before your lifespan ends.

And he has your help, surely eating plenty of elixirs, and now cultivating in Hidden Dragon Residence, he is thirty-one, and actually only at the Qi Refinement sixth-layer, which shows that his cultivation aptitude is very mediocre.

If he disregards his life and tries hard, he can still accumulate some spirit stones.

"Senior Shang should not be short of spirit stones, it is not appropriate to bring other things, why don't you bring some Osmanthus cakes I made for her to taste," Liu Qiaolian stood up and said.

"Just don't believe it!" Ji Wenyue said.

But to say that she could punch a Foundation Establishment mid-stage cultivator down, Ji Wenyue still didn't dare to imagine.

And because Xia Daoming and Ji Wenyue didn't have the cultivation technique after the sixth layer of the "Bimu Changqing Gong", they could only concentrate on nourishing their extraordinary meridians and couldn't think about breaking through.

There is another reason why Shang Rui didn't doubt it, which is that this silly girl Ji Wenyue actually believed Xia Daoming's words, and at this time her eye sockets were red, regretting her wasteful behavior of spending money freely while shopping in the marketplace earlier.

Some people even wanted to entrust Xia Daoming to help get a Foundation Establishment Pill.

"It's really like Yue'er, it's a pity that she can't see through the future of life! I am only at the Foundation Establishment mid-stage, and she is carrying a drag, so how can she go far?

So, I have been fighting for my life everywhere these years, no matter how hard, tired, or dangerous, I gritted my teeth and persisted, just to create a good condition for her, and absolutely cannot bury or delay her talent.

"Got it, I will try to be as thoughtful as possible in the future," Ji Wenyue made a face at Xia Daoming.

Looking at her appearance, she is truly sincere about passing on her mantle to you; if so, your alchemy must improve very quickly," after it was over, Xia Daoming stroked Ji Wenyue's smooth skin and said with regret.

Although the three of them were only at the Qi Refinement sixth-layer, everyone guessed that they had a background, so even if they looked down on them in their hearts, they were quite polite on the surface.

Today's matter touched her long-dusty past that she didn't want to look back on.

Seeing that Xia Daoming and Ji Wenyue both liked the Osmanthus cakes of the Lu family, Liu Qiaolian specifically learned the unique craftsmanship of the Lu family.

This day, the three were enjoying leisure time in the purple bamboo pavilion facing the lake in Hidden Dragon Residence.

Xia Daoming and Ji Wenyue were stunned.

Today Liu Qiaolian happened to make some Osmanthus cakes for the three of them to satisfy their cravings, and seeing Ji Wenyue going to Bai Ze Residence, she had a thought and made this suggestion.

Xia Daoming didn't say anything, just looked at Shang Rui with the eyes of looking at a crazy woman.

Once this kind of experience is passed on, it can allow the latter to take fewer detours and save many medicinal materials; it can be said that alchemy experience is the secret of every alchemist, and even for direct disciples, one has to treat them differently according to the situation and will not teach them everything.

Care about what Foundation Establishment mid-stage or not, if she really goes crazy, I can still beat her until she finds teeth all over the floor!

"Little Xia, you just said your surname is Xia, right? I also know it's wrong to break up your couple, but cultivation is originally an act of defying heaven. If Wenyue is dragged down by you, she definitely won't go far."

"Haha, is your husband's heart so small? I'm just worried that this woman has a lonely and proud personality, and you will be wronged if you go there!" Xia Daoming said.

But at that time, her sister hopelessly liked a man with average aptitude, and finally stayed in the family, which cost her own cultivation path.

Shang Rui was already over forty when she left that cultivation family.

But as time passed, she gradually lost her direction again, indulging in the joy and greed of earning spirit stones, and in the continuous improvement of alchemy, she kept refining elixirs for sale, and when others asked her to refine elixirs, she didn't refuse anyone, putting the cart before the horse, and spent a lot of time and energy on alchemy.

But Xia Daoming also knew clearly that with Shang Rui's status as a second-tier high-grade elixir alchemist, I don't know how many people want to worship under her door and want to ask for her guidance but can't, and today she took the initiative to open this mouth, especially with her lonely personality, it is actually an unprecedented rare move.

If a Foundation Establishment mid-stage cultivator dares to get close to him, his strength will explode, let alone beating the other party down with one punch, blowing them up is also possible.

Ji Wenyue was speechless by Shang Rui and didn't know how to explain.

The man in front of her sacrificed so much for Ji Wenyue, he is obviously a good man, asking her to separate them is really a bit unbearable.

Those were all earned by her husband with his life!

Most of those who rent by Changqing Lake are Foundation Establishment cultivators.

A few Qi Refinement cultivators are generally people who have mines at home and have good talent themselves.

"He helps you? How is that possible? You don't need to say anything good for him! If he had a powerful elder behind him, he would only be at the Qi Refinement sixth-layer at thirty-one, then his cultivation aptitude is simply terrible.

They refine elixirs every day and have almost no time to cultivate.

She couldn't explain that her husband is very powerful, and it is said that he has counter-killed and ransacked several Foundation Establishment cultivators, so he is very rich!

If I were his elder, no matter how much I pampered him, I would have given up on him long ago, sent him to the secular world, guaranteed his safety for a lifetime, and enjoyed wealth and glory, and would never let him mix in the cultivation world again, not only wasting a lot of spirit stones in vain, but also letting him be laughed at and looked down upon by others."

Shang Rui said to the end, with a look of hating that iron doesn't become steel.

Seeing that Shang Rui truly cherished Ji Wenyue, for Ji Wenyue's sake, Xia Daoming had to grit his teeth, reveal the aura of a Grandmaster, and also interpret a deep-feeling man.

"That's true!" Shang Rui nodded in agreement.

Especially the husband's true martial arts strength, that is the trump card that can turn the situation around at the critical moment of life and death, and it must not be revealed unless it is a critical moment of life and death, otherwise I will directly beat her down with one punch, and she won't have any prejudice against me!" Xia Daoming said.

Heaven does not disappoint those who have a heart; after fighting for these years, I finally accumulated some spirit stones, so I brought her to Changqing City, just to give her a chance to take off.

"Actually dare not to believe, husband will let you see how powerful I am!"

She started refining elixirs to earn spirit stones for herself and accumulate resources for cultivation.

She and her sister managed to escape, fled to the Great Liang Kingdom, and the two depended on each other for survival.

He likes the personalities of his two beloved wives, one is gentle and virtuous, doing things carefully and thoughtfully; one is lively and cheerful, with a simple mind.

"It can't be said that she has prejudice, but we have no background, and some foundations and trump cards still have to be covered for now, and cannot be known by others."

"Last time she misunderstood and looked down on you like that, if I go, will you feel uncomfortable?" Ji Wenyue asked cautiously.

Because the strength of a martial arts Grandmaster is originally between the Qi Refinement perfection and the Foundation Establishment cultivator, Xia Daoming cultivated to the Grandmaster realm at thirty-one, which itself shows that he is very talented in martial arts.

However, even so, Xia Daoming is confident that it should still be very easy for him to defeat a Foundation Establishment mid-stage cultivator now.

This makes Xia Daoming, who knows his own background, very dumbfounded.

Even some Qi Refinement perfection cultivators who want to seek a breakthrough here have to turn around and curry favor with Xia Daoming.

"You don't need to worry about me, the path of alchemy is very precious, especially alchemy experience, which is accumulated by every alchemist spending a lot of time and energy, and wasting a lot of medicinal materials, which is very precious.

Lu Jinglong also has a heart, and every year he orders people to send a box of selected dried Osmanthus flowers.

A sound transmission talisman flew in.

Even if you are lucky enough to establish your foundation, it is already the limit to reach the realm I am at now in this life, and he cannot establish his foundation. You are a smart woman, you should know how to choose!" Shang Rui stopped here and looked at Ji Wenyue calmly.

Half a year ago, relying on the massive resources and system help of these years, Xia Daoming, not fast or slow, pushed the meridian strengthening to ninety percent of the ninth level, only ten percent away from cultivating the martial arts Grandmaster to perfection.

You should know that this kind of elixir with breakthrough efficacy is very precious, like this one that can break through to the Qi Refinement late-stage, it costs at least two hundred spirit stones in the marketplace.

In recent years, she moved to Changqing Lake, just making a final effort.

"This..." The three of Xia Daoming looked at each other and shook their heads, but they were too lazy to say anything more.

Xia Daoming and the three of them had been at Changqing Lake for a month and a half.

She fought hard to catch up, relying on many years of savings, and successfully established her foundation, but one step late, every step late.

Her expression soon returned to the coldness that kept people at a distance, and she said lightly: "No, I have something to go back first!"

"Then you go, just don't wrong yourself too much." Xia Daoming also knew that Ji Wenyue's words were not false, and if this opportunity was really pushed away, I don't know how many more detours to take in the future, so he nodded quickly when he heard this.

Shang Rui left Hidden Dragon Residence, didn't take a walk again, but turned back to Bai Ze Residence.

So, today I will be a villain once. But don't worry, I won't treat you badly either. Here are five 'Ningyun Pills', which can help you break through the Qi Refinement sixth-layer realm and step into the Qi Refinement late-stage realm.

"It's a pity, listening to Senior Hu's meaning, that woman is very powerful, and can even refine Foundation Establishment Pills! Foundation Establishment Pill is a second-tier high-grade elixir, except for the three major sects and some other golden core forces, very few people in the Great Liang Kingdom understand and can refine it.

Shang Rui decided to leave, unwilling to be a tool person anymore.

The Lu family also has a unique craftsmanship for making Osmanthus cakes passed down from their ancestors because of the Osmanthus flowers of Jin Guifeng.

Without safety concerns, those who can live in Changqing Lake are cultivators with strength, wealth, or background, and cultivators will often visit each other, and even hold small gatherings every once in a while to exchange cultivation insights, or exchange cultivation resources and information resources.

Of course, Ji Wenyue naturally didn't know these things.

Should I pick up this storage bag and throw it back, and come to a 'don't bully the young and poor'? Or let this old woman get out immediately!

Xia Daoming couldn't help but scratch his head, a look of embarrassment on his face.

I have to say, Shang Rui's shot is still very generous, and she also values Ji Wenyue very much, actually taking out resources equivalent to three or four thousand spirit stones to dismiss Xia Daoming at once.

Seeing Ji Wenyue speechless, Shang Rui was even more convinced that her judgment was correct.

Speaking of this, Shang Rui couldn't help but look at Xia Daoming with contempt and disgust again.

It's better to have less contact with this kind of old woman with weird personality.

She only knows that her husband is very powerful now, and it is said that he has killed Foundation Establishment early-stage cultivators.

She is not from the Great Liang Kingdom.

She was born in an alchemy family in the Yue Kingdom next to the Great Liang Kingdom.

So, unhappiness is unhappiness, Xia Daoming still looked at Ji Wenyue and said: "You decide for yourself, if you want to go, go, if you don't want to go, don't go."

The three of them were surprised when they heard this voice, and then looked at each other.

And Ji Wenyue had already opened her mouth wide in surprise, and couldn't recover for a long time.

When she was still a young girl, her family was destroyed.

By the time she finally realized it, her cultivation had been delayed too much.

"Take it, such a good opportunity, it won't happen again," Shang Rui said coldly when she saw this, looking at Xia Daoming with even more contempt.

Xia Daoming looked at the storage bag slowly floating toward him, and couldn't help but imagine the bloody scene of a wealthy lady in a TV series from his previous life taking money and throwing it at a poor boy's face, asking him to leave her white-rich-beautiful daughter.

Liu Qiaolian and Ji Wenyue went to Jin Guifeng with Xia Daoming last year.

But the deadline was approaching, and she was only at the Foundation Establishment mid-stage, and she hadn't even touched the threshold of the Foundation Establishment late-stage.

After nodding, Shang Rui was in a dilemma.

Sigh, speaking of which, if Yue'er had left with me back then, her cultivation and alchemy talent were both higher than mine, so how could she have stopped at the Qi Refinement stage and passed away early!

Forget it, forget it, why think so much? She insisted on taking that dead end, what does it have to do with me? Why should I spend that much thought!" After a long time, Shang Rui shook her head self-deprecatingly, trying hard not to let herself think about the things between herself and Ji Wenyue.

What does this mean?

Is she preparing to give pointers to Ji Wenyue?

But this tone of accepting orders really made Xia Daoming feel uncomfortable, as if his Wenyue couldn't become an outstanding alchemist without her guidance.

How could she break up with her husband!

It's impossible even if she died!

Besides, how could her husband's aptitude be mediocre? How could he drag her down?

It's almost the other way around!

And the massive resources required from Foundation Establishment to Core Formation, and the difficulty of the span, are far from what Qi Refinement to Foundation Establishment can compare to.

Xia Daoming and the three of them lived in Hidden Dragon Residence for a month or so, and gradually made some cultivators in the Changqing Lake area, and occasionally participated in their gatherings.

If it weren't for the fact that this old woman still looked at Ji Wenyue very differently, and even said the words of passing on her mantle, which can be considered "true love", otherwise Xia Daoming would have let her get out long ago!

The sound transmission talisman turned into a cold voice that did not allow people to object.

As for Foundation Establishment, don't think too much about it. Even if you cultivate to the Qi Refinement perfection, if you want to establish your foundation, the resources consumed are estimated to be enough to drag down a Foundation Establishment family of considerable scale," Shang Rui determined her judgment, and soon took out a storage bag and looked at Xia Daoming and said.

"You actually dare not to believe your husband's strength?" Xia Daoming stared.

When Shang Rui was in a dilemma, Liu Qiaolian walked in with tea and snacks.

Because as their alchemy level improved, the family arranged many alchemy tasks for them.

Here, even Qi Refinement cultivators don't need to worry at all when facing Foundation Establishment late-stage cultivators.

This is also an opportunity for Ji Wenyue.

Liu Qiaolian's appearance woke Shang Rui up from her dilemma.

"Hehe, Lian'er has been making a living alone outside for a long time, so she naturally thinks more thoughtfully," Xia Daoming smiled.

Since there is no elder support behind, can his cultivation afford to live in this Hidden Dragon Residence? It must be that you worked hard to refine elixirs and accumulate spirit stones to be able to rent it. You, don't be silly, it's not worth it for this kind of man."

"Wenyue, why are you so silly! If this man really cares about you, he wouldn't treat you as a tool for earning money by refining elixirs, and wouldn't rent Hidden Dragon Residence, but would do everything..." Seeing this, Shang Rui was not angry, but felt even more sorry, hating that iron doesn't become steel.

"Then husband, Sister Qiaolian, I'm going," Ji Wenyue said.

When she established her foundation, she was already one hundred and twenty years old, and the time left for her to reach Core Formation was only a mere eighty years.

"She has prejudice against you, I don't care! Anyway, after worshiping under the Profound Origin Sect, I should be able to learn it," Ji Wenyue said.

Xia Daoming couldn't refuse the warm invitation, so he had to accompany her to the end.

Returning to Bai Ze Residence, Shang Rui was restless and hard to calm down.

Liu Qiaolian already had signs of breaking through to become a Qi Refinement seventh-layer cultivator.

However, the rent of this Hidden Dragon Residence is really expensive, but for Wenyue, I gritted my teeth and rented it, so, Senior Shang, please don't blame Wenyue for being rude and offending you, you misunderstood me again and again, she was a bit anxious."

And what Xia Daoming was surprised about was that this old woman actually really thought he was eating Ji Wenyue's soft rice, and listening to her words, the bloody plot of forcing him and Ji Wenyue to break up later was about to come out!

At first, the sisters were very happy, not only having a place to stay but also having someone to provide medicinal materials for them to practice.

Besides this, I will give you two thousand spirit stones and some 'Qi Gathering Pills'. If you work hard, it should be no problem to cultivate to the Qi Refinement ninth-layer, but if you want to go further and cultivate to the Qi Refinement perfection, it depends on your fate.

She fought hard to cultivate.

"Ah, Senior Shang, you misunderstood, misunderstood. I can have today's cultivation, it's all because my husband is helping me!" After a long while, Ji Wenyue recovered and hurriedly explained.

And the safety around Changqing Lake is guaranteed.

Xia Daoming smiled when he saw this.

In the blink of an eye.

"Sister Qiaolian is still the most thoughtful," Ji Wenyue smiled brightly at Liu Qiaolian.

"You are actually a Grandmaster, this Hidden Dragon Residence is actually rented by you at a great price for Wenyue!" Shang Rui didn't expect such a big reversal, and was stunned, but didn't doubt Xia Daoming's words.

When Shang Rui was restless and thinking wildly on the side of Bai Ze Residence, on the side of Hidden Dragon Residence, Ji Wenyue was deeply moved by Xia Daoming's words, took the initiative to throw herself into his arms, and insisted on pulling him and Liu Qiaolian to play landlord.

"Hey, that's not what I meant... ah!"

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Changqing Lake is full of spiritual energy and the environment is beautiful.

"Otherwise? Martial arts cannot breathe spiritual energy from heaven and earth, with my cultivation talent, and only the Qi Refinement sixth-layer cultivation, what am I doing renting Hidden Dragon Residence?" Xia Daoming asked instead of answering.

The Osmanthus flowers of the Lu family's Jin Guifeng are abundant.

"Wenyue, come to Bai Ze Residence now."

"Senior Shang, you really misunderstood, my husband will not accept this storage bag, please take it back, and leave my house now!" Before Shang Rui's voice fell, a slender hand grabbed the storage bag, then lifted it slightly, and the storage bag floated toward Shang Rui again.

But not separating, with his cultivation talent, I'm afraid he will drag Ji Wenyue down in the future.

"If you move in with me, I can pass on my mantle to you. You will have hope of Core Formation, with a lifespan of five hundred years. And if you continue to be with him, with your cultivation talent and being dragged down by him, you will likely only be able to waste away in the Qi Refinement realm for a lifetime, with a lifespan of a hundred years."

"Senior Shang, please have tea and snacks," Liu Qiaolian said softly.

"Senior Shang, to tell you the truth, I am a dual cultivator of Dao and Martial Arts, more proficient in martial arts, and my martial arts is at the Grandmaster level. I know Wenyue has high cultivation talent and is an alchemy genius.

But after a few years, the sisters could no longer be happy.

Very few elders are willing to throw a lot of spirit stones on a junior with mediocre aptitude.

If Senior Shang is really willing to pass on alchemy to me, then it is the relationship between master and apprentice, and it is right for me to suffer a little grievance," Ji Wenyue said.

No matter how hard you try to support him, he is still mud that cannot support the wall, and instead, you will waste a lot of your own time and energy, and cost your own cultivation path."

In this month and a half, the extraordinary meridians of the three have received no small nourishment and strengthening.

"Husband, you are at it again, Senior Shang is a Foundation Establishment mid-stage cultivator, let alone one punch, it would be very good to be able to defeat her!" Seeing Xia Daoming start to speak nonsense again, Ji Wenyue couldn't help but laugh and pinch him.

After saying that, Shang Rui put away the storage bag and got up to leave.

But it was this last ten percent, no matter how hard Xia Daoming tried, the system seemed to be dead, and there was no movement at all.

As for alchemy, after half a year, when worshiping under the Profound Origin Sect, there will naturally be opportunities to ask for advice and learn, so there is no need to be in a hurry for this moment.

What Ji Wenyue was surprised about was that Shang Rui not only determined that her husband's aptitude was very mediocre, but also thought that she had been supporting him by relying on alchemy.

Later, the sisters were recruited by a cultivation family because they knew a little alchemy.

So he was truly enjoying the blessing of having both wives, everything was very harmonious, and when playing landlord, they also cooperated very tacitly.

Soon, Ji Wenyue took a box of Osmanthus cakes prepared for her by Liu Qiaolian and got up to walk toward Bai Ze Residence.

(End of chapter)