Chapter 25

Honestly, Xiao Yu's current status and situation are still too awkward.

She hasn't even figured out why General Guan Huchen Huchen recognized her as his foster daughter.

The safest approach at the moment is to be as low-key and quiet as possible.

Wherever the Guan family places her, she will honestly stay in that position.

She shouldn't be too jumpy, and she shouldn't reveal any "ambition" to practice martial arts.

Hmm, practicing martial arts can improve strength, and improving strength is an ambition!

But her "Great Father-Destroyer" has encountered a bottleneck, and the Purple Mansion deduction is completely stuck, unable to go any further.

Yesterday she ate roasted chicken, gnawed on pork knuckles, and drank three vats of Bone-Strengthening Soup, all for one purpose: to digest food and provide energy for the Purple Mansion's deduction of the "Method to Kill the Clairvoyant."

She has recognized Huchen as her foster father for several days; she should have deduced the "Method to Kill the Father" long ago. But during the march in the wilderness, food was scarce, and she needed the nutrition of the "Immortal Filling Pill" to save her life, so she had no energy to invest in the "Great Father-Destroyer."

Now that she has come to the Guan mansion, not only is the food abundant and available for her to take, but there is also the "Bone-Strengthening Soup" and other high-end goods (actually not high-end), so of course she must make up for it.

As a result, the Purple Mansion deduction is still stuck.

The Clairvoyant is a great miraculous power; to kill the Clairvoyant, relying only on the physique exercised by "broadcast gymnastics" is far from enough.

In fact, when facing the "Internal Energy Big Shot" Ge Qing, the physical strength exercised by ordinary methods was a bit insufficient.

She needs martial arts manuals, preferably immortal cultivation methods, to practice martial arts and Daoist arts. This would both improve her own strength and provide data related to miraculous power for the Purple Mansion.

Suppose the method to kill the Clairvoyant is to release Internal Energy for three feet and operate the True Origin in a certain way.

Xiao Yu doesn't know martial arts at all, and she has no Internal Energy or True Origin; what should she do?

However, the "Great Father-Destroyer" will not provide her with a "Father-Destroying Plan" that she cannot execute.

All the "Father-Destroying Methods" that can be deduced by the Purple Mansion, she can execute immediately, and they are especially tailored to her own conditions—or rather, the Purple Mansion customizes the "Father-Destroying Method" for her based on her existing conditions.

After all, there are countless ways to kill a person, but there is only one that is most suitable for a certain person.

The "Father-Destroying Method" deduced by the Purple Mansion is the one most suitable for Xiao Yu to execute.

Now that the Purple Mansion deduction cannot continue, it shows that a pure mortal cannot kill the Clairvoyant General Guan Huchen Huchen.

She must find a way to make her own strength undergo a qualitative change.

Strength transformation does not necessarily mean immortal cultivation and martial arts practice.

If a god were to show mercy at this moment and send her an immortal pill, and after eating it, she possessed the powerful physique to subdue dragons and tigers, even if she still didn't know martial arts or Daoist arts, she would have the capital to beat General Guan Huchen Huchen to death, and the Purple Mansion deduction could continue.

It can only be said that martial arts and Daoist arts are the easiest ways to improve strength.

"Li Zhongshu, you don't have to be embarrassed; Xiao Yu is not an ungrateful person and is not asking for any divine skill manual.

Hmm, Xiao Yu once saw Brother Lai from Shopkeeper Zhang's family use a method of breathing and exhaling to temper his muscles and bones.

Being able to be like him is enough."

Seeing the embarrassment on Guan Zhong's face, Xiao Yu explained very sensibly.

Brother Lai is Zhang Lai, the son of the Guan family pharmacy's shopkeeper.

It was also because of him that Xiao Yu learned about the Bone-Strengthening Soup.

"Miss Yu, that kind of cat-and-dog kung fu is not suitable for you," Guan Zhong explained: "That kid Zhang Lai is likely practicing the Iron Armor Fist, tempering his fists to be harder than stone, tempering the skin and flesh of his upper body into a suit of iron armor, both thick and wide; tempering the two legs of his lower body into two iron pillars, capable of bearing a thousand jin of force.

Let alone that you are a young lady of the Guan mansion with a bright future.

Even a daughter of an ordinary family would not temper herself into a monster who is eight feet tall and eight feet around the waist, with shoulders alone four feet wide and two and a half feet thick."

Eight feet tall and eight feet around the waist is not a square, but it is also very terrifying.

Especially a back width of four feet and a body thickness of two and a half feet; that is a proper big muscle bully!

If she could have the body-tempering miraculous effects of the Nine-Turn Golden Body and the Eight-Nine Profound Art while being a big muscle bully, Xiao Yu might practice it with the idea of "improving strength to save her life and dignity first, and then reshaping her body to be beautiful after becoming an immortal," but the "Iron Armor Fist" is clearly a common commodity.

A big muscle bully body, a battle-six-scum strength, a huge loss.

Seeing Xiao Yu fall into deep thought, Guan Zhong said again: "This old slave has received the Master's order and must go out to handle errands now.

When I come back tonight, this old slave will go to the Master to inquire if there is a practice method suitable for you, how about that?"

"Thank you, Li Zhongshu!"

This result is not what Xiao Yu is looking forward to most.

If she wanted to find General Guan Huchen Huchen, she would have gone herself.

She looked for Guan Zhong just to ask for the most basic breathing method to satisfy the deduction of the "Great Father-Destroyer."

And a common breathing method can minimize General Guan Huchen Huchen's vigilance.

Once she deduces the "Method to Kill General Guan Huchen Huchen," she will have the confidence to face any of General Guan Huchen Huchen's schemes and tricks.

So all she needs is a "Novice Village Manual" like the "Evergreen Skill" or the "Five Elements Formula."

Once she explodes General Guan Huchen Huchen's gold coins, she will naturally have better choices.

Uh, Xiao Yu doesn't know about the "Little Concubine Li Plan," but she already has the consciousness to face the "Most Evil General Guan Huchen Huchen."

Facing the "Most Evil General Guan Huchen Huchen," of course, she must destroy the father for the sake of righteousness!

Guan Zhong was busy until the sun went down before he barely managed to collect the materials Huchen needed.

Returning to the Guan family pharmacy, he didn't even have time to drink a cup of hot tea before immediately moving the things to the East Garden study, and he also told Huchen about meeting Xiao Yu this morning.

"She has the idea of practicing martial arts to improve strength; I am not surprised at all," Huchen laughed: "She is very shrewd and knows that I have other purposes in recognizing her as my foster daughter.

She is worried about the unknown future and is anxious that her life is not her own.

This is very good; she is worthy of being the 'Little Concubine Li' I chose.

Without this kind of fighting spirit, how can she survive in a tiger-and-wolf den like the Xianyanggong?"

"She is very shrewd, and it is very difficult to win her heart. The Master had better be honest with her and teach her the Guan mansion's direct-line mental method," Guan Zhong analyzed very rationally.

Huchen shook his head: "My Guan mansion's 'Tiger Soul Seven Kills' is indeed a top-tier martial art; it is a secret technique that the Old Ancestor bought from the ghost messengers of the Underworld, almost having the shadow of an 'extraordinary art.'

Once practiced to Great Completion, it can sweep through thousands of troops, and ghosts and gods will avoid it.

I have only initially practiced five blades, and I am already dominant in Yingxiang Mansion, ranked 'ninth on the Shu East War God List,' and I am invincible on the battlefield of the thirty-six nations.

Such a divine skill is of immeasurable value, but I am not at all stingy about passing it on to her.

Although I have other purposes in recognizing her as my foster daughter, since she has entered my Guan family door and called me 'Foster Father,' why should I be stingy with a mere top-tier martial art?

But practicing this kind of killing method is of no use to 'Concubine Li,' purely a waste of time and energy; if she can't control the killing spirit on her body, it is easy to be disliked by the Human Emperor.

It is better to read a few more books to suppress the barbarian spirit on her body and cultivate some scholarly spirit."

"The Master is right."

Guan Zhong completely agreed with Huchen's words, "Your arrangement for Miss Yu is not to mix in the Jiang Hu, let alone fight on the battlefield; practicing this kind of fierce and evil technique is indeed harmful and has no benefit.

It is better to choose some 'female cultivation methods' that are for beauty and health to give her."

Huchen shook his head and laughed: "Do you know that the current Human Emperor has been in the world for two hundred and fifty-six years."

Guan Zhong said: "This old slave does not know the specific number of two hundred and fifty-six.

But this old slave knows that the Human Emperor is different from mortals.

Mortals only have a lifespan of a hundred years, and living to eighty is already a longevity star, but the Human Emperor is almost like an immortal.

It is said that in the superior Central Plains nations, there have even been emperors who held the power of the world for ten thousand years."

Huchen's eyes were blurred, and his tone was faint: "The Human Emperor can live so long, not because he is born like this, but because of the power of Daoist arts and divine medicine.

The Human Emperor has Daoist arts and divine medicine; how could the Human Emperor's concubines only have a lifespan of a hundred years?

According to what I know, the Human Emperor's mother, Empress Dowager Zhao, is still alive, and she looks like a beauty of twenty.

Once Yu'er enters the Xianyanggong, she will naturally have immortal methods to practice.

When that time really comes, I will still have to ask her for grace!

You must know that divine skill manuals, no matter how powerful, can only make people practice into human immortals.

Human immortals have the ability to overturn rivers and seas, but they are still mortals because their lifespan is limited and they are not recorded in the heavenly register.

Immortal methods are the real high-end goods!"

"Immortal methods..." Guan Zhong showed a yearning look.

But soon he sobered up, his eyes shrewd: "Master, you have thought wrong.

Since divine skill manuals and immortal methods are as different as clouds and mud, you should satisfy Miss Yu's wishes even more.

She has just come out of the barbaric land; perhaps she has innate wisdom, but she is ultimately ignorant.

For her at this very moment, divine skill manuals are dream objects; giving her divine skill manuals is a great kindness.

Practicing 'Tiger Soul Seven Kills' is not good for her, but teaching her 'Tiger Soul Seven Kills' first and then detailing the pros and cons will definitely be good for you."

General Guan Huchen Huchen was stunned, pointed at Guan Zhong, and laughed loudly: "Good for you, Old Zhong; in terms of human feelings and worldly wisdom, I am not as good as you!"

"That is the Master's great wisdom; this old slave only has small cleverness," Guan Zhong complimented with a smile.

After dinner, Xiao Yu returned to her "boudoir" and asked the maid Xia Zhi to teach her to read and write.

After Huchen came over, he stood on the side and watched without saying a word, with a satisfied expression on his face, nodding slightly from time to time.

—Worthy of being born with innate wisdom; this speed of learning characters is dozens of times faster than when he was enlightened.

As if she had learned it in her previous life.

"Yu'er, I heard from Old Zhong that you want to practice immortal martial divine skills?"

Xiao Yu put down her pen and said softly: "I don't dare to dream of immortal martial divine skills; as long as I can be like Zhang Lai and have a side-effect-free method for Foundation Establishment, that is enough."

"Hey, don't say anything about 'dreaming'," Huchen shook his head: "Zhang Lai is just the son of a servant, and his talent is also very ordinary. Since you are my daughter, if you want to practice martial arts, of course, you must practice the best."

Xiao Yu was shocked and suspicious in her heart.

Is this makeshift foster father lying to test her, or is his plan for her so significant that the benefits are so huge that he doesn't even care about divine skill manuals?

"Honestly, Xiao Yu knows nothing about the immortal martial path, her foundation is zero, and she can't even distinguish between good and bad methods," she said with a bitter smile.

"That is also true."

Huchen nodded, pulled a chair and sat opposite her, intending to have a detailed chat with her.

If he doesn't explain the value of the gift, how can he show the great kindness of the gift-giver?

Huchen first waved his hand, drove the two maids Xia Zhi and Yong Xue out of the courtyard gate, and also turned on his clairvoyant eye to scan the surroundings without any dead ends, before opening his mouth to say: "The orthodox cultivation methods of this world can basically be summarized into four types, namely Immortal Dao Methods, Extraordinary Arts, Martial Arts Manuals, and Miraculous Power Secret Techniques.

Immortal Dao Methods, as the name suggests, if practiced to completion, one directly becomes an immortal; it is the most promising and powerful cultivation path.

Everyone knows that gods and immortals are good, but the immortal path is elusive, and mortals find it very difficult to come into contact with it.

But if there is a chance to choose, I believe every Jiang Hu person would choose immortal cultivation," Huchen sighed deeply.

Xiao Yu didn't understand: "Is Daoist Qingsong not practicing Immortal Dao Methods? He said he came from a Dao Palace; there should be many Daoists in the Dao Palace, right?"

"Qingsong belongs to the Taiyi Orthodox Zhengyang Palace; the Daoist school is also divided into many sects, and Zhengyang Palace belongs to the Taiyi lineage..."

Huchen's expression was a bit tangled; this was almost everything he knew about Qingsong and the Daoist religion.

"Regarding the Daoist school of the superior Central Plains nations, I don't know much either."

Although admitting his ignorance was a bit shameful, he still chose to tell the truth.

Because he really couldn't make up lies.

Even if he made them up, it would be useless; now that he has bluffed the "Little Concubine Li," once she goes to Great Qin, she will naturally understand everything.