Chapter 185: Grandmaster Perfection

"You saved my life again!" Shang Rui looked at Xia Daoming, her mood complex.

"I also once again, thanks to Sister Rui's blessing, made a windfall. It seems Sister Rui is my lucky star!" Xia Daoming said.

Uh!

Shang Rui was stunned for a long while after hearing this, not knowing how to respond for a long time.

Xia Daoming, however, had already happily begun to clean up the battlefield while Shang Rui was stunned.

These were three late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivators; the harvest must be huge.

Taking off the storage rings one by one and picking up the magic tools on the ground, without exception, they were all top-tier magic tools; any one of them could be sold for tens of thousands of low-grade spirit stones.

"Husband!"

Suddenly, a sound like huge waves crashing against a shore rang out within Xia Daoming's body.

She now couldn't understand at all how she could have thought this guy was an upright, loyal, and righteous man.

The meridian strengthening that had been stagnant began to change on the first day he started eating the Nether You Shui Jiao meat.

But he didn't expect the harvest to be so huge.

Now in front of Shang Rui, he was already high-profile enough; Xia Daoming was happy to have aspects that would let her look down on him!

Besides these two things, there were various valuable spirit pills and spirit medicines.

During these days, Xia Daoming had not returned for a long time, and she had blamed herself many times.

"Master!"

Just like his battle with the three late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivators, if those three had valued him extremely highly from the beginning and not given him a chance to approach and kill one quickly, then in that battle, he and Shang Rui joining forces could only have defeated them; wanting to annihilate them all was almost wishful thinking.

Watching this scene, Shang Rui's view of Xia Daoming changed somewhat.

Every failure is estimated to cost dozens of spirit stones.

Last night, he felt the blood-Qi strength surging and erupting at the moment of Grandmaster perfection, constantly nourishing, washing, and cleansing his limbs, bones, and internal organs, but he didn't really take it to heart, instead immersing more of his spirit into that world he could never "see" clearly.

With his strength, he actually still needed to think about enjoying the shade under a big tree!

Besides, would a guy as low-key as him go and offend False Core and Jin Dan cultivators?

Shang Rui wouldn't believe it even if she were beaten to death!

"What's this, the exciting part is still to come." Xia Daoming smiled proudly, then continued to speak.

These five spirit pills are relatively difficult to measure by the number of spirit stones, because general market shops will not sell them directly; they are mostly traded privately by barter or at sky-high prices, and more often they are auctioned through auction houses.

Shang Rui looked toward the direction of Qingfeng Residence from afar, and then turned back to Bai Ze Residence with a complex mood.

There were also many spells and cultivation secret scrolls; if they were really taken out to be sold, the selling price would also be difficult to estimate.

"Sorry, husband, I will accompany you well when I come back later," Ji Wenyue said, her red lips close to Xia Daoming's ear, blowing hot air.

Moreover, many of them were children who had not yet introduced Qi into their bodies, or young cultivators who had practiced the "Azure Wood Evergreen Art."

Before, Shang Rui, this sister-in-law, was a rich woman in his eyes, but now, she was nothing more than that.

Hidden Dragon Residence, Ji Wenyue and Liu Qiaolian were overjoyed to see Xia Daoming return and threw themselves into his arms.

"That's fine, three or five years is actually not short; perhaps other opportunities will emerge," Xia Daoming also knew that there was no point in continuing to search, so he didn't insist upon hearing this.

Rivers flow into the sea, and the sea accepts all rivers, so one can continuously improve cultivation and advance triumphantly.

Most of those children were accompanied by elders who had cultivation.

"These things are a long story; let's wait until the serious business is done, and then I will tell you slowly," Xia Daoming said with a smile, holding the two and entering the bedroom.

For an entire night, the surging blood-Qi strength only then receded like the tide.

But Xia Daoming could feel the terrifying power hidden beneath this calm flow.

Meridians are rivers, and the dantian is the sea.

Xia Daoming and Shang Rui both had identity tags, and they were tenants by Changqing Lake, considered high-quality customers of Changqing City, enjoying the privilege of flying over the city and flying in the outer city.

Foundation Establishment stage? Who are you looking down on!

Shang Rui looked at Xia Daoming, stunned for a long while.

"Go!" Xia Daoming knew that Ji Wenyue and Shang Rui were now like teacher and student and also like sisters, so he nodded upon hearing this.

But at this moment, she discovered that compared to Xia Daoming, who had ransacked three late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivators, two mid-stage Foundation Establishment cultivators, and two early-stage Foundation Establishment cultivators, she could only sigh at her own inferiority!

And the other party, speaking of which, was actually still just a sixth-layer Qi Refinement cultivator.

Such is fate, what can one do? Let's go back, Wenyue is probably waiting anxiously too. While I still have three or five years of time, it is just right to properly guide Wenyue."

"Of course, if I hadn't been on guard beforehand and seen that Heavenly Fragrance Mouse, and had preparation in advance, I wouldn't have been able to kill them so cleanly and neatly, and finally keep all four of them," Xia Daoming explained.

"It's because my spiritual sense is powerful and my strength can transform into shape instantly. Even if I hadn't been on guard against them, they couldn't have hurt me with their cultivation. If it were a late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator, if I hadn't been on guard, the problem would have been serious.

Vaguely, Xia Daoming seemed to see the world behind the huge waves of blood-Qi strength, but there was always a layer of things blocking his "line of sight." He wanted to "see" clearly, but it was always chaotic, like a piece of un-opened heaven and earth, unable to "see" clearly.

On the flying boat, Shang Rui stood against the wind with a calm expression, her gaze still indifferent, and no emotional fluctuations could be seen.

"In the ancient times, since there were people who cultivated the middle dantian and could exert powerful divine abilities, there must be a method to break through the barrier, open the middle dantian, and build the Cinnabar Palace.

"Mm, Sister Rui is still very good at knowing how to repay kindness," Xia Daoming said upon hearing this, while holding Ji Wenyue and Liu Qiaolian by the waist, with a serious expression.

"Cough, cough, you check it yourself," Shang Rui said while releasing her spiritual sense to check.

"Is Sister Rui back?" Soon, Ji Wenyue asked.

The two soon returned to Changqing Lake.

"The Nether You Shui Jiao has already been killed by them; there is no reason they wouldn't search for the Nether Origin Grass. Could it be that there is no Nether Origin Grass growing here?" Xia Daoming frowned and said.

"Damn, sure enough, a horse doesn't get fat without night grass; killing and looting is still the fastest way. Before, no matter what I did, I was only a ten-thousand-yuan household. I just went into the Black Abyss Mountain once, and in the blink of an eye, I became a millionaire." Xia Daoming roughly calculated his assets, and soon his whole person almost floated up, and his gaze toward Shang Rui became different.

Xia Daoming counted them, and converted into low-grade spirit stones, there were surprisingly as many as 300,000.

It's nothing more than human nature; one is always unwilling to give up, always feeling that one can still fight. But this time, if it weren't for you, I would have already died twice on this trip; what else is there to be unable to let go of.

The change was still very slow, only about 1% progress every day, but it made Xia Daoming overjoyed.

"Click, click, click!"

It's just a pity that Xia Daoming did not find the Jin Dan cultivation secret manual for the "Earth Mountain Suppressing Origin Art" that Liu Qiaolian practiced, nor did he find the cultivation method for the "Azure Wood Evergreen Art" after the sixth layer of Qi Refinement.

"That's fine." Xia Daoming waved his hand at Shang Rui and headed straight for Hidden Dragon Residence.

"No." Shang Rui shook her head and handed the three storage rings back to Xia Daoming.

Xia Daoming listened to Shang Rui's previous words and found them very useful, but the last sentence didn't taste right.

As an alchemist, in the eyes of many people, she was the embodiment of wealth.

After a refreshing and satisfying exchange of card skills, Xia Daoming, who had entered the sage time, began to tell Ji Wenyue and Liu Qiaolian about the Black Abyss Mountain.

Ji Wenyue left soon, but returned immediately.

Ji Wenyue would go to Bai Ze Residence every few days to ask for advice on alchemy, or follow Shang Rui to open a furnace to refine pills.

He had long known that the harvest this time was huge.

"It's also possible they missed it; let's look again," Xia Daoming comforted.

Shang Rui looked at Xia Daoming, not understanding what he meant for a long time.

What kind of flamboyant operation is this!

You are still so particular at this time; didn't you not deal with those four corpses earlier?

"Alright, besides wanting them to be buried in the earth for peace, I was also worried that the corpses here would attract demonic beasts. Don't you still have to look around here?" Xia Daoming shrugged helplessly when he saw Shang Rui didn't react for a long time.

One day later.

"Click! Click! Click!"

Soon, Xia Daoming searched all three of them, then thought for a moment and grabbed at the earth from the air. A huge dragon claw appeared in the void, and soon dug two pits in the ground.

And even if I really found the Nether Origin Grass, with my current cultivation realm, age, and cultivation talent, the hope of forming a core in a mere thirty or fifty years is also very ethereal.

In the path of Qi Refinement, there is the Yellow Court of the dantian.

Among them, for Xia Daoming, the biggest harvest was naturally the dismembered Nether You Shui Jiao stored in the storage rings of the three late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivators.

"Sister Rui, which one is Sui Yudan's man? I'll bury them together so they can be buried in the earth for peace," Xia Daoming asked after digging the pits.

Xia Daoming suggested looking again. Shang Rui, who had held hope and was unwilling to give up at first, seemed to have seen through it and said with a broad-minded expression: "Forget it, let's go back. Actually, I didn't have much hope this time, and I was even prepared to be buried here.

Slow is not scary; anyway, the flesh and blood of the Nether You Shui Jiao are piled up like a small mountain, enough for him to eat for a month or two. No matter how slow, as long as he can move, he should be able to complete 100% meridian strengthening and finally reach the Grandmaster perfection realm.

Patches of dirty solidified matter cracked and peeled off his body.

Ji Wenyue couldn't help but cry with joy.

After counting, Xia Daoming's heart surged, unable to calm down for a long time.

"Why are you back so soon?" Xia Daoming asked, a bit surprised.

Xia Daoming sat cross-legged in the practice room, operating the Dragon Transformation Art, refining the Nether You Shui Jiao meat.

What do you mean my cultivation talent is very poor?

What do you mean there is no problem cultivating to the Foundation Establishment stage?

Am I such a person without ambition?

Strands of dirty matter with blood stains seeped out from his skin, and a blood-colored phantom up to several zhang high appeared behind him, full of majesty and power.

"What? Hu Qiuyi is actually a robbery cultivator! Gongyang Du is actually her son-in-law!" Hearing about Hu Qiuyi and Gongyang Du suddenly launching an ambush in the Black Abyss Mountain, Ji Wenyue and Liu Qiaolian, even though they were holding their man now and knew that the one who finally won was definitely him, were still scared into a cold sweat and lingering fear.

It didn't matter if he didn't look, but once he looked, Xia Daoming was full of surprise and said: "I was wondering why I didn't see the Nether You Shui Jiao; it turns out they had already kindly helped us kill it."

This Nether You Shui Jiao ultimately didn't grow a second fork, otherwise, the three late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivators wouldn't have been able to hunt it.

Shang Rui looked at Xia Daoming gratefully, nodded, and began to search around.

The sound of huge waves crashing against the shore continued to ring out in Xia Daoming's body.

"I forgot just now that that guy was a bit bewitching; they were a pair, which almost made me wrong this woman! This way they should really be buried in the earth for peace," Xia Daoming explained to Shang Rui while covering the pit with soil.

After all, what he said was not entirely unreasonable.

Seeing that Shang Rui didn't intend to persuade him anymore, Xia Daoming hesitated. He wanted to ask her about the cultivation method after the sixth layer of the "Azure Wood Evergreen Art," but thinking that in half a month it would be the time for the Profound Heaven Sect to open its mountain gate to recruit disciples, he was too lazy to ask again.

His strength, fighting style, and well-utilized tactical strategies, as well as the Profound Hazy Mirror and Ten Thousand Snake Yin Soul Banner that relied on spiritual sense manipulation, could achieve unexpected results when used against cultivators, and could even make his battle results far exceed his actual combat power.

"Forget it, we haven't seen each other for many days; you husband and wife must have a lot to talk about, another day," Shang Rui said.

Shang Rui naturally didn't know that Xia Daoming was feeling very smug at this time. She saw Xia Daoming suddenly look up at her, her heart moved slightly, and she said: "I heard from Wenyue that you want to join the Profound Heaven Sect?"

It can be said that it is equivalent to dual cultivation of Dao and Martial Arts, and it won't be like those three Foundation Establishment cultivators who would be fooled and look down on Xia Daoming.

He had a feeling of being trapped, with nowhere to vent.

But the Nether You Shui Jiao is not a Foundation Establishment cultivator.

It not only has a powerful physical body, but also knows water-type demonic magic.

"What? They have already killed the Nether You Shui Jiao?" Shang Rui shook all over, looking surprised.

This day was the twelfth day Xia Daoming ate the Nether You Shui Jiao meat.

Shang Rui helped him calculate a little and told him it was worth at least 500,000 to 600,000 spirit stones.

"It's also possible they ate the Nether Origin Grass right away," Shang Rui said with a bitter smile.

If I join the Profound Heaven Sect, I can enjoy the shade under a big tree. If I really offend False Core and Jin Dan cultivators one day, I won't need to be afraid," Xia Daoming said seriously.

I have now reached the Grandmaster perfection realm; as long as I find the path to the middle dantian, breaking through the barrier is definitely not a problem. As long as I break through the barrier, I will have a chance to open the middle dantian and build the Cinnabar Palace.

Xia Daoming's heart felt a burst of heat, and he gently patted Ji Wenyue's buttocks, smiling: "Go and come back quickly."

And Xia Daoming sat cross-legged in the flying boat, counting the harvest one by one from the storage rings.

Just kidding, her master's current net worth is estimated to be over two million, so what does it matter if he loses a few dozen spirit stones from time to time?

Failure is the mother of success. With a large amount of materials and spirit stones invested, Liu Qiaolian's understanding of formations and her level of making formation tools were both improving rapidly.

"Fortunately, Master didn't easily believe Hu Qiuyi and the others, otherwise this servant really wouldn't dare imagine the consequences!" Liu Qiaolian said with lingering fear.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

"No..." Ji Wenyue felt a bit depressed upon hearing this, hesitated, and said: "I'll go see Sister Rui."

Liu Qiaolian still, besides normal cultivation, sat and watched Changqing Lake every day, feeling the operating aura of the Changqing City protective formation, and from time to time she would also make first-tier high-grade formation tools.

Two days later, the two arrived safely in Changqing City.

A flying boat took off from outside the Black Abyss Mountain and flew toward the Qingzhou direction.

Shang Rui's old face petrified on the spot.

At this moment, he had a hunch that he could no longer add even a trace of blood-Qi strength to these meridians.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

After finishing speaking, Shang Rui's gaze toward Xia Daoming was very complex.

"Sister Rui, would you like to go to Hidden Dragon Residence to sit for a while?" Xia Daoming invited.

Every day, he had to find ways to eat the Nether You Shui Jiao meat, and when his temper was high, he would find his two beautiful wives to play cards.

When Ji Wenyue and Liu Qiaolian heard that Xia Daoming had actually killed three late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivators, they were both stunned and couldn't recover for a long time.

——

In the days that followed, the years were peaceful.

Looking at the solidified blood stains covering his body, even his face and eyelids were no exception, Xia Daoming couldn't help but be shocked.

"Great, did you find the Nether Origin Grass?" Ji Wenyue asked again.

"Sigh, this circle is really chaotic, this makes it very difficult for me!" Xia Daoming complained casually upon hearing this, looking troubled.

And in fact, having worked hard to refine pills all her life, she had indeed accumulated huge wealth.

"Thank you, Sister Rui. My current strength is no problem dealing with Foundation Establishment cultivators, but if I face False Core and Jin Dan cultivators, there is still great danger.

Of course, Xia Daoming would only complain about these words in his heart and wouldn't specifically correct Shang Rui.

"Yes," Xia Daoming nodded.

Among the many spells and cultivation secret scrolls, what made Xia Daoming most surprised and happy was that the handsome late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator actually collected the Jin Dan cultivation secret method of the Lu Clan's "Profound Rock Returning Origin Art."

Of course, besides these, there were those magic tools, which were either high-tier or top-tier. If they were really taken out to be sold, one could easily turn over 300,000 to 500,000.

Regarding various spirit pills and spirit medicines, Xia Daoming specifically asked Shang Rui.

Besides the Nether You Shui Jiao, whose value is difficult to measure, the spirit stones carried by the seven Foundation Establishment cultivators alone were already an astonishing number.

Two days later.

The terrifying blood-Qi strength at this moment seemed like a flood erupting, wanting to wash away the dam blocking its galloping path.

"Sister Rui said she is fine, saying this time was very hard on you, and if it weren't for you, her life would have been lost, and then asked me to come back quickly to accompany you," Ji Wenyue said.

Water is full and overflows.

And with the huge resources you possess now, even if your cultivation talent in the Qi Refinement path is very poor, there is definitely no problem cultivating to the Foundation Establishment stage," Shang Rui hesitated and persuaded.

However, seeing Xia Daoming's serious expression, Shang Rui didn't intend to persuade him anymore.

The two searched every corner of the Half-Moon Lake and the island in the center of the lake, but found nothing.

Before, every time she failed, Liu Qiaolian would feel distressed for a long time, because the price of materials for refining first-tier high-grade formation tools was not cheap.

The Nether You Shui Jiao meat was still very powerful.

"Yes!" Xia Daoming nodded, then threw the three storage rings to Shang Rui, saying: "You see if there is any Nether Origin Grass."

"Back," Xia Daoming replied.

"What is what!" Ji Wenyue didn't understand at first, but when she did, she couldn't help but pinch Xia Daoming, and then couldn't help but ask curiously: "Sister said if it weren't for you, her life would have been lost. What is this all about? Did something very dangerous happen in the Black Abyss Mountain?"

Blood-Qi strength began to spread to the limbs, bones, internal organs, and rose to the brain.

When she finally understood, she looked at Xia Daoming, speechless for a long time.

But the Grandmaster realm of martial arts is limited to the twelve regular meridians; there is no dantian that can contain meridian blood-Qi strength, so the path of cultivation reaches its end when it reaches Grandmaster.

Adding more inside is just water overflowing, wasted in vain.

Changqing City is as prosperous and lively as ever, but Xia Daoming found that there were significantly more people queuing to enter the city today than when he entered the city last time.

Once the Nether You Shui Jiao saw that Xia Daoming was very powerful and it couldn't beat him, it would very likely escape to the bottom of the lake and not come out, and Xia Daoming could only sigh helplessly.

"No Nether Origin Grass?" Xia Daoming's heart sank slightly when he saw this, and he asked.

However, even so, the powerful blood-Qi aura emitted by the Nether You Shui Jiao's flesh and blood still made Xia Daoming secretly shocked, and at the same time, it was a burst of relief.

It was precisely because of his unique combat style that he achieved unexpected and astonishing battle results.

But the three late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivators joined forces to hunt the Nether You Shui Jiao; the methods of immortals and their mutual cooperation were able to exert advantages that Xia Daoming did not possess, and ultimately killed the Nether You Shui Jiao.

The blood-Qi strength within the twelve regular meridians flowed slowly, without the surging power of last night.

"Therefore, the cultivation world is even more complex and dangerous than the secular world. You must never easily trust others in the future, and must always be vigilant at all times," Xia Daoming said seriously.

"No," Xia Daoming replied truthfully.

Xia Daoming felt that his whole person was experiencing the nourishment and cleansing of blood-Qi strength.

With this guy's mind full of dirty and dark thoughts, would he be an upright man?

While Shang Rui was speechless for a long time, Xia Daoming had already thrown Sui Yudan into a pit alone and threw the two men into another pit.

Now that Xia Daoming had finally returned, the heart that had been hanging finally landed.

However, they basically ended in failure.

Xia Daoming slowly opened his eyes, but heard the sound of cement cracking on his eyelids.

The Profound Heaven Sect is one of the three major cultivation sects in the Great Liang Kingdom. It is said that not only Jin Dan cultivators but even Nascent Soul cultivators sit in the sect.

Time passed quietly.

Among them, the most valuable spirit pills were the two Foundation Establishment Pills and the three "Six-Harmony Gathering Origin Pills."

Because it was already completely full and saturated.

After checking, Shang Rui looked disappointed.

Tomorrow is the day the Profound Heaven Sect opens its mountain gate to recruit disciples. The Profound Heaven Sect is a large cultivation sect with a long heritage and must have records in this regard," Xia Daoming thought, slowly getting up.

Xia Daoming didn't care about Shang Rui's reaction. After burying the three, he cleaned up the battlefield a little, and then began to check the storage rings.

"The Profound Heaven Sect is indeed very powerful, but as the saying goes, better to be the head of a chicken than the tail of a phoenix. With your strength, why do you need to join the Profound Heaven Sect and start from an outer disciple step by step?

Xia Daoming knew very clearly that that was the path of his martial arts future, that was his dantian Cinnabar Palace.

Uh!

Shang Rui looked at Xia Daoming, speechless.

"This!"

"Sui Yudan's Dao companion died a long time ago; I don't know which of these two is her man," Shang Rui finally recovered and replied.

Uh!

Shang Rui, who had just recovered, listened to Xia Daoming's muttering and was stunned again.

"Two mid-stage Foundation Establishment, two early-stage Foundation Establishment, you killed them all?" Ji Wenyue said in surprise.

"How can you be a late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator and not buy a pair of Wind Chasing Boots or a Rosy Cloud Immortal Robe? You are really a bit stingy," Xia Daoming complained while searching their bodies, finding that they were all ordinary clothes and shoes.

But now, Liu Qiaolian didn't feel distressed.

And Xia Daoming had the most comfortable life these days.

The final result was that if Xia Daoming wanted to hunt the Nether You Shui Jiao, there was only one way: close-quarters combat.

"Eh!" Xia Daoming showed a look of surprise.

Because just the moment he got up, his limbs and bones moved, and the blood-Qi power in his body fluctuated; he felt a feeling different from the past.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 186 =====