Chapter 186: Opening the Shanmen

"No wonder the last 10% of meridian strengthening was delayed. It turns out this step is not only related to the final 10% of meridian and blood-Qi strength improvement, but this step also involves the comprehensive cleansing of the limbs, bones, and internal organs by blood-Qi strength, matching the artistic conception of washing the marrow and cutting the hair.

With the comprehensive cleansing of blood-Qi strength, spiritual sense reaches the limbs, bones, and internal organs, and is hidden within them. At this moment, spiritual intent, meridians, blood-Qi strength, limbs, bones, and internal organs are connected more closely and harmoniously, finally reaching the perfection of the first realm of martial arts." Xia Daoming felt the changes in his body in detail. As his thoughts turned, his hair actually stood up like sharp needles, emitting dots of cold light.

Cold light, transformed from strength.

Xia Daoming moved his thoughts again, and dozens of strands of hair broke from the middle, then shot out like sharp needles and sank into the wall.

Watching dozens of strands of hair sink into the wall like real steel needles, and even being able to feel their existence, Xia Daoming was stunned for a long while before slowly recovering.

"Blood-Qi strength can be transported to the hair along with simple spiritual intent. If one day in the future, my spiritual intent and will are integrated with every hair and every drop of blood in my body.

Does it mean that the legendary rebirth from a drop of blood can be realized, does it mean that it is immortal?" Xia Daoming, who had recovered, let his thoughts run wild.

Must join the Profound Heaven Sect and become a disciple of the Profound Heaven Sect!

When everyone heard this, they immediately scrambled to board the bridge, as if fearing that if they were late, there would be no chance.

He planned to refine half of it, and leave the rest for future use.

It is said that the Pavilion Master is a late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator who practices fire-type cultivation methods. His level of carving and arranging runes and formations in magic tools is not outstanding among the many refiners in Changqing City, but his fire power is pure, and he is particularly outstanding in quenching materials, which also makes the magic tools he refines durable and not easily destroyed by other magic tools.

The quality of spirit pills gradually improved, and the varieties were diverse, some of which were refined by Shang Rui when she was guiding Ji Wenyue, with higher quality, but the price was the same as the spirit pills refined by first-tier alchemists.

After Xia Daoming left Bai Ze Residence, he first went to his own Mingdan Pavilion and Qiaoqi Pavilion.

"I heard that the flesh and blood of the Nether You Shui Jiao can be used as medicine to refine into Flood Origin Pills," Xia Daoming said.

But martial arts reach their end when they reach Grandmaster; strength is limited, and financial resources are naturally limited. Who can afford these divine weapons made of high-priced meteorite iron?

And Ouyang Lao happened to be a stubborn person.

"Silly girl! Your husband is so good at calculating and planning; would he be so careless? He is doing this on purpose!" Shang Rui said.

This time, Xia Daoming's cultivation reached Grandmaster perfection, and he had many insights in his heart.

After the time it takes for a stick of incense to burn, Xia Daoming gave Liu Qiaolian a word, left Hidden Dragon Residence, and came to Bai Ze Residence.

Strips of old vines fell, one end on the square in front of the Dongcheng Gate, and one end in the depths of the Xianshan, forming bridges made of vines and wood spanning nearly a hundred miles.

Uh!

Shang Rui's expression was stunned, and she felt a trace of warmth in her heart.

But no matter how much wealth there is, there will be a time when it is squandered. Only a continuous stream of income will not lead to sitting and eating until the mountain is empty.

Gradually, the reputation of Mingdan Pavilion for having a complete variety of low-tier spirit pills and being high-quality and inexpensive spread throughout Changqing City.

Because Xia Daoming chose a piece of extraterrestrial meteorite iron in the Hundred Artifact Pavilion that had been ignored for many years.

Xia Daoming thought in his heart, raised his dragon claw, concentrated his mind, tightened his muscles and bones, and his blood-Qi strength surged out, instantly condensing into a dragon claw emitting metallic luster in front of him.

"With my current cultivation of Grandmaster perfection, plus a handy weapon, I wonder if I can rival a False Core cultivator?" On the way home, Xia Daoming was full of ambition.

"Sister Rui, then I'll leave it to you; I have something else to do and will leave first. By the way, Wenyue, help out a bit on the side, don't tire Sister Rui out." After Xia Daoming put down the Nether You Shui Jiao, he walked away while speaking.

"You want me to help you refine Flood Origin Pills?" Shang Rui asked coldly.

As a result, as soon as Xia Daoming came, he quickly took a fancy to this piece of extraterrestrial meteorite iron, and upon hearing that this extraterrestrial meteorite iron was a fixed price of 10,000 spirit stones, he immediately decided to buy it without a word. His only request was to ask the Pavilion Master to personally help refine it into a saber, a spear, and an elbow shield.

Leaving his own shop, Xia Daoming wandered around the inner city market for more than half a circle and came to a Hundred Artifact Pavilion.

After the shock, Xia Daoming's eyes were also full of anticipation and longing.

Therefore, the Profound Heaven Sect's opening of the mountain gate to recruit disciples every five years is a grand event for the entire Great Liang Kingdom.

"Sister, don't be angry, I'll talk to him later..."

This is a well-known refining shop in the inner city, which not only refines various immortal magic tools but also refines various divine weapons suitable for Grandmasters to use.

"Now if I kill someone, it will definitely be more rapid and unpredictable, making it difficult for people to guard against. However, my spiritual sense, intent, and blood-Qi strength are only more powerful than before, but to erupt with true power, I still need to devote myself wholeheartedly."

It can even endow hair with strength and spiritual intent, killing with broken hair.

This led to the scene just now.

"How can I be embarrassed? Asking you to help refine, and also asking you to help purchase medicinal materials. In that case, how many spirit stones are needed, tell me later." Xia Daoming said he was embarrassed, but there was no trace of embarrassment on his face.

The volume of this iron was very large, and it was bought by Ouyang Lao at a high price at an auction in his early years, intending to refine it into a set of town-shop magic tools.

Leaving the Hundred Artifact Pavilion, Xia Daoming went home in a great mood.

"Can't I come to see you, Sister Rui, if there's nothing wrong?" Xia Daoming smiled.

The business of Qiaoqi Pavilion also improved, but it was far less obvious than Mingdan Pavilion.

Therefore, it doesn't matter how many spirit stones the two small shops earn now; the key is to keep them running.

Mingdan Pavilion and Qiaoqi Pavilion are just small businesses now, but they are the first step he has taken in the cultivation business world.

Seeing Xia Daoming coming, Shang Rui's expression was still indifferent, but her gaze had a trace of softness compared to the past.

Especially in the realization of the unity of spiritual intent, blood-Qi strength, and physical body, it was the most profound, and the growth was the most obvious.

"Work hard, at your age and current cultivation, Foundation Establishment should be promising," Xia Daoming said.

When Ouyang Lao saw the Nether You Shui Jiao materials, he was shocked on the spot, hurriedly invited Xia Daoming to the elegant room, and after a careful discussion and setting the plan, he personally sent Xia Daoming out.

As a result, after buying it back, Ouyang Lao found that he had been pitted.

"Those who want to worship the mountain gate, all board the Green Vine Bridge! Young children without cultivation board the bridge on the left, and those who bring skills to worship the mountain gate board the bridge on the right. Reaching the other shore counts as passing the first level." A majestic voice came from the Xianshan, like rolling thunder.

Ji Wenyue saw Shang Rui suddenly laugh and was at a loss, thinking Shang Rui was angered to laughter by Xia Daoming's actions.

He only ate less than half of that Nether You Shui Jiao, and more than half remained.

"Fine, whatever is left after I leave will be yours, husband and wife. Leave the Nether You Shui Jiao," Shang Rui's expression finally changed upon hearing this, and she looked at Xia Daoming unhappily, and incidentally looked at Ji Wenyue, who had already come out of the room and was standing beside her.

Xia Daoming thought in his heart, and blood-Qi strength actually burst out from his skin pores, turning into a small flood dragon covered in black scales, as if it were a real entity.

An hour later, Xia Daoming left the Hundred Artifact Pavilion.

"Good!" Jiao Yongbao grabbed Xia Daoming's hand and patted it heavily.

Some customers tasted the sweetness and would come to pick up leaks every few days.

Everyone in the square was deeply shocked by the scene before them.

Ouyang Lao heard the news and came to receive Xia Daoming personally.

"The Profound Heaven Sect is indeed extraordinary. Just this one hand can crush many Foundation Establishment cultivators. Such a sect has a deep foundation and must have some records of ancient martial arts!"

"That's for sure. A Nether You Shui Jiao with a forked horn has combat power equivalent to a late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator. This is because the Nether You Shui Jiao has no intelligence. If it were like our human race, it is estimated that it could rival a Foundation Establishment perfection cultivator.

The melodious bell sound echoed for a long time.

"Angry? Why should I be angry? In so many years, I have never been so happy," Shang Rui looked at Ji Wenyue and smiled.

Tens of thousands of people all looked toward the Profound Heaven Xianshan, their eyes full of anticipation and longing.

"He is like this, and you are not angry? Instead, you are happy?" Ji Wenyue pointed to the Nether You Shui Jiao in the yard.

Like a green rainbow running through the sky, it came toward the Dongcheng Gate of Changqing City.

Because Ji Wenyue practiced alchemy with Shang Rui during this period, not only did her alchemy level improve significantly, but there were also many extra spirit pills produced by practice that she didn't need, so she put them in Mingdan Pavilion for sale.

"Yes, it is said that the Flood Origin Pill can strengthen the physical body of Foundation Establishment cultivators. If the physical body is strengthened, perhaps life can be extended by a year or two. Of course, I also have some relatives and friends who follow the path of martial arts, and they also need Flood Origin Pills," Xia Daoming said.

"How many Flood Origin Pills can half a Nether You Shui Jiao's flesh and blood refine?" Xia Daoming asked.

Besides, so many auxiliary materials, and I have taken on such a big job, would I covet your storage magic tool?

Ji Wenyue looked at the Nether You Shui Jiao in the yard, her face flushed, wishing she could find a crack in the ground to crawl into.

"Foundation Establishment!" Lou Shiyuan's hand holding the pill bottle shook upon hearing this, almost dropping the pill bottle to the ground.

Soon, the shock in their eyes turned into fanaticism.

They all wanted to bump into immortal fate, all wanted to join the Profound Heaven Sect, cultivate powerful Dao methods, and from then on rise to the top and ride above all living beings.

Xia Daoming was also shocked by the scene before him.

"Half?" Shang Rui opened her mouth wide, and it took a long while before she said: "That needs to be refined in more than ten furnaces, and it is estimated that it can refine a hundred or so Flood Origin Pills. Fortunately, with Wenyue's help, a month or so should be enough. But before that, I still need to purchase various auxiliary medicinal materials."

The smell of blood immediately permeated.

Pavilion Master Ouyang Lao personally sent Xia Daoming out the door.

As soon as he touched that piece of extraterrestrial meteorite iron just now, as soon as his spiritual sense was input along with his blood-Qi strength, he had a feeling of flesh and blood connection.

"This husband! Sister, don't mind him; he has always been careless and doesn't know how to..." Seeing Xia Daoming disappear in a puff of smoke, Ji Wenyue looked at the Nether You Shui Jiao, whose bloody smell was permeating the courtyard, and said with an embarrassed and apologetic expression.

Before, he only dared to think about Qi Refinement perfection, but now Xia Daoming told him that Foundation Establishment was promising!

After refining, the senior brother can take it. After the cultivation breaks through, he can take the Golden Feather Eagle back to Li Cheng and bring some to the master and the others."

"So many?" Xia Daoming was greatly surprised upon hearing this.

Tens of thousands of people boarded the Green Vine Bridge one after another.

The green light got closer and closer, and people discovered that they were huge old vines covered with the aura of the vicissitudes of time.

A red sun slowly rose from behind the Xianshan.

"On purpose?" Ji Wenyue was confused.

The second day.

For a long time, Xia Daoming put away his infinitely divergent thoughts. He knew that if his speculation was true, that was also an infinitely distant future.

Strength follows the heart.

"Blood-Qi strength hasn't improved much, but the quality, and my control over it, have undergone great changes."

Melodious bell sounds came from the Profound Heaven Xianshan, where peaks were stacked and one could not see the end, lingering over Changqing City.

Having robbed so many Foundation Establishment cultivators, is there a shortage of a storage bag or storage ring?

Xia Daoming asked about the business situation casually, and seeing that Lou Shiyuan's cultivation seemed to have stagnated recently, he thought about the hundreds of Qi Gathering Pills lying in his storage ring, so he casually put a dozen Qi Gathering Pills into a pill bottle and handed it to Lou Shiyuan.

Qi Gathering Pills have a small effect of increasing true Qi and magic power, and more of the effect of gathering and condensing true Qi and magic power, which can be taken multiple times.

Those who came included not only loose cultivators in the cultivation world, young descendants of cultivation families, cultivators who brought their own skills to apprentice like Xia Daoming, but also young descendants of secular wealthy families, royalty, and martial arts Grandmasters.

The desire and enthusiasm for cultivation in their hearts were completely ignited by this scene.

That feeling was almost no different from him refining magic tools.

Today, both Jiao Yongbao and Lou Shiyuan were watching the shop, and both were very happy to see Xia Daoming coming.

"How many do you want to refine?" Shang Rui asked, a trace of warmth and emotion rising in her heart again.

But if he let his own weapon clash directly with a top-tier magic tool, it is estimated that it wouldn't be able to hold up for a few times before breaking.

Shang Rui's expression was stunned again upon hearing this, and the trace of warmth and emotion in her heart quietly dissipated.

"I wonder how much strength has increased after reaching the Grandmaster perfection realm?" Xia Daoming put away his unrealistic fantasies and returned his thoughts to reality.

Xia Daoming liked Ouyang Lao's straightforward and bold personality, and on the spot, he handed over the two dragon claws, scales, and dragon tendons of the Nether You Shui Jiao to Ouyang Lao, asking him to help refine them into different magic tools according to the characteristics of the materials.

Xia Daoming smiled faintly, his gaze turned to Jiao Yongbao, and said: "I recently asked someone to help refine a spirit pill that can greatly enhance blood-Qi strength and is particularly suitable for martial artists like us who practice the Dragon Snake Art.

The Profound Heaven Sect opens its mountain gate once every five years to recruit disciples.

One can imagine how huge the energy hidden in its huge body is. Half of the Nether You Shui Jiao's body, plus many precious medicinal materials, refining a hundred or so Flood Origin Pills is considered small. If it were a third-tier alchemist, there would be more pills," Shang Rui said.

This gave Xia Daoming a sudden whim. Cultivators can use spiritual sense and magic power to refine magic tools, thereby achieving the unity of person and tool, and driving magic tools as they wish. Why can't he use spiritual sense and blood-Qi strength to refine weapons, making weapons and people one, as if they were a person's arms?

"That's right, on purpose! Think about it, who are you particularly polite and particular with, and who are you casual and indifferent with?" Shang Rui said, a smile appearing on the corner of her mouth.

"Is there anything?" Shang Rui asked actively.

This pill is the most commonly used spirit pill for Foundation Establishment cultivators to gather and condense true Qi and magic power and improve the quality of magic power. However, this pill costs fifty spirit stones each, which is a bit expensive for Qi Refinement cultivators, and is only taken occasionally at critical moments.

"How can I be embarrassed, how can I be embarrassed!" Xia Daoming continued to say he was embarrassed, but the Nether You Shui Jiao had already been taken out honestly and impolitely, and placed in the courtyard of Bai Ze Residence.

The square in front of the Dongcheng Gate of the outer city of Changqing City was crowded with people, with tens of thousands of people standing densely.

The morning glow filled the sky, gorgeous and incomparable.

"Then trouble Sister Rui to help me refine it. Tell me what auxiliary medicinal materials are needed, and I will go purchase them," Xia Daoming said.

Everyone was full of blood and excitement.

Suddenly, hundreds of green lights shot out from behind the morning glow.

Xia Daoming was naturally calm and composed.

"I'll go purchase them," Shang Rui said without hesitation.

The skin on Shang Rui's face couldn't help but twitch.

Regardless of anything else, Xia Daoming still cared about her lifespan.

"Master Xia, this is too precious!" Lou Shiyuan's hand trembled a bit when he saw the ten Qi Gathering Pills in the pill bottle.

Before Ji Wenyue finished speaking, Shang Rui seemed to have remembered something and suddenly laughed.

Xia Daoming didn't need to make any gestures or movements; the flood dragon actually soared and flew in the room, changing in many ways.

The texture of this iron was actually very special; it could not be carved with rune formations with magic power properties, could not be made into magic tools, and could only be made into divine weapons.

If one can be selected, it is like a fish leaping over the dragon gate, from then on leaving the mundane, rising to the top.

The business of Mingdan Pavilion was significantly better than the period when Xia Daoming first came to Changqing City.

After roughly understanding the changes in his own strength, Xia Daoming bathed and changed clothes.

In the battle of the Black Abyss Mountain a few days ago, Xia Daoming found that the quality of his weapons had fallen to a lower level. The reason he could still erupt with powerful power was mainly relying on the saber edge and spear light transformed from strength.

Although he is now a "millionaire" and doesn't care about the meager income of these two small shops.

Although the Green Vine Bridge is thick and large, it spans high in the sky. When the wind blows the green vines, the green vines shake. People standing on it, if they are a little timid, and look down slightly, their legs will go soft.

He didn't want to admit that he had been blinded in his early years, and was determined not to sell at a loss, which led to this piece of extraterrestrial meteorite iron being covered in dust and ignored for many years.

Through these two small shops, he slowly explored and familiarized himself with the operation mode of the cultivation business world, cultivated talents, and could even understand, inquire about, and collect intelligence information through the shops.

A low-grade spirit stone appeared out of thin air. The dragon claw just grabbed it lightly, and as the five fingers closed, the spirit stone turned into fine sand and slowly flowed down from the fingertips.

At this moment, she really felt warmth in her heart.

"With full concentration, the power erupted instantly is much more concentrated and powerful than before!" Xia Daoming showed a look of joy.

Update completed today.

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