Chapter 152 Qingyu and Qinghui
During this time, strangers came to the Fifth City.
At that time, the four most powerful forces in the city were invited to a private room in a restaurant. After a short while, they came out with expressions of awe.
Some cultivators who had connections with the four major powers inquired and learned that two seniors had appeared in the private room.
These two seniors want to rent the auction house in the Fifth City and hold an auction.
These forces received a mission—to send people from four directions to spread the news.
A list was also sent out at the same time.
The list is a beautifully illustrated booklet, each volume containing extremely detailed illustrations of the lots, along with brief descriptions.
More importantly, it depends on the grade of each item in the auction.
On the last page of the booklet, only a few names and some vague nicknames were written—this was a semi-hidden method, somewhat mysterious, and also a half-threshold, reducing the number of competitors who knew how to cultivate.
Before long, the list had spread from the surrounding cities to even more distant places.
Because the lowest quality items listed above are at least level four, while several are level eight, and there are faint red lines above their brief names, suggesting that another item might be hidden there. So, what would its grade be?
Many people were momentarily speechless, unable to make a guess.
But in any case, anything that can surpass level eight must at least be a top-tier level eight item, right?
After all, among the level 8 items that have already been revealed, there is one that is a very outstanding piece!
When the news reached some major cities, even the level eight experts there couldn't help but become interested.
It wasn't anything else, but they did indeed sense some level eight aura on the list... In other words, this list had at least come into contact with level eight resources.
Therefore, the auction is very likely real.
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This list was actually created from the weapons pool in the inner city tower.
As long as enough refining materials are put into the weapon pool, any weapon that is not too complicated can be made according to the ideas of the ancient city's master—and in fact, the requirements for weapons are not that strict.
For example, Zhong Cai and Wu Shaogan previously used the weapon pool to make countless blind box cases...
For example, after they set up the template for the list, they could put in the refining materials again and make the weapon pool duplicate it countless times.
It's really convenient.
As for the level eight aura that clung to it, that was intentional.
The two puppets were directly imbued with their own aura.
Although this aura is different from that of a normal Nirvana cultivator, it is definitely recognizable as being at the eighth level.
This is strong evidence of the high standard of the auction.
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Half a month later, at Duobao Peak, inside the ancient city.
Zhong Cai opened her eyes and rolled out of Wu Shaogan's arms.
Wu Shaogan rolled over, propped himself up, looked at him, and asked with a smile, "A-Cai, what are you doing so early in the morning?"
Zhong Cai casually said, "Didn't we agree that we would send Master Jiang a birthday gift?"
As he spoke, he reached out to grab the person.
Wu Shaogan naturally remembered, and readily used the momentum to get up and went to meet his wife, A Cai.
The two held hands and moved swiftly, appearing in the Level 7 Resource Hall.
The two items that had already been chosen were piled on the ground.
The level seven gauntlets were alright, but the aura of the seventh-tier savage tiger was still incredibly terrifying.
Zhong Cai felt it was a bit too little and asked, "Old Wu, do you think we should add anything else?"
Wu Shao chuckled dryly, "If we send any more, our two masters will worry about us."
Zhong Cai thought it made sense. Anyway, there was still plenty of time, so she decided to send some over to see how the masters would react.
Then, following the plan, he took out two level-eight rare medicinal herbs.
Wu Shaogan, standing to the side, chuckled and reminded him, "Be careful not to send the same thing to everyone."
Zhong Cai had visited her master's herb garden.
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Sang Yunchu always doted on his youngest disciple, so when Zhong Cai expressed his desire to see it, he immediately led him there.
Zhong Cai could freely transport the first six levels of medicinal herbs, but when it came to the seventh level, the rare herbs might develop sentience, and some of them would pose a certain danger. Of course, he would personally escort them there.
However, Sang Yunchu only showed the seventh and eighth levels to them.
As for level nine...
Sang Yunchu smiled without saying a word, but Zhong Cai understood perfectly.
It must have already developed sentience!
So don't treat it as a joke when you have nothing to do, that's impolite—it's best to only do it when you need it or when you need to replenish your energy.
Zhong Cai didn't insist.
Although he hadn't drawn a level 9 rare herb when he visited the herb garden, he was guaranteed to see it after ten consecutive draws in the Golden Flame Pool, so he wasn't in a great hurry.
He memorized all the rare level seven or eight medicines that his master possessed.
Moreover, Sang Yunchu has been honing his skills in making a certain level eight pill recently, and has only been using a few kinds of level eight rare herbs. He hasn't had time to look for any new level eight rare herbs—even if he needs to replenish his rare herbs, he will definitely be replenishing the ones that are being consumed.
Therefore, Zhong Cai was naturally able to select the suitable ones.
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Without further ado, Zhong Cai and Wu Shaogan used the weapon pool to forge several more attractive boxes to store the gauntlets and precious medicines. Because the seventh-tier savage tiger's aura was too overwhelming, they had the puppet put it into a mustard seed bag, and then put the mustard seed bag into a box as well.
And so, each of the two masters had two boxes, which looked quite nice.
Zhong Cai said excitedly, "Then let's go to Master Jiang's place first, and then have some tea with him!"
Wu Shaogan naturally had no objection and agreed with a smile, "Okay."
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As they stepped out of their small home, a shadow suddenly pounced on them, moving with incredible speed, almost too fast for the human eye to catch, and instantly blurred into their face... nearly blurring Zhong Cai's face.
Zhong Cai reached out and took the thing off, holding it in her hands.
However, before he could speak, another shadow pounced out from the side, darting forward with incredible speed, but Wu Shaogan reached out in time and lifted it up.
—Unsurprisingly, these are their contracted rare beasts.
Qingyu and Qinghui.
What Zhong Cai held in her hand was a fluffy, round ball of green fur, which looked quite cute. But upon closer inspection, one would discover that it had a pair of bright golden pupils that flashed with a sharp light, indicating that it was not to be trifled with.
The little wolf that Wu Shaogan was holding by the scruff of its neck was a fluffy silver ball with golden-green pupils. It drooped its head as if it were a little timid, but in reality, it was quite imposing.
These two rare beasts not only consumed a large amount of rare and precious herbs and various suitable resources, but also received a large quantity of Beast Spirit Pills refined by Zhong Cai when they reached the fourth rank—which greatly promoted the advancement of beasts' ranks.
In addition, there are Crimson Blood Pills that can nourish the bloodlines of rare beasts, and they take dozens or even hundreds of them at a time...
In particular, when Zhong Cai sacrificed himself, he also obtained some resources that were also very beneficial to improving bloodlines. All of these resources were used to nurture Qingyu and Qinghui, making their bloodlines more and more refined, and they also showed some signs of evolution.
It is conceivable that as long as they continue to progress in this way, when they encounter the sixth-order bottleneck, they should be able to find an opportunity to evolve. At the same time, if they are given enough resources, it is very likely that they will be able to evolve successfully.
Even now, both rare beasts have gained considerable benefits from their bloodline as their strength has increased.
The first of these was the change in body shape.
Whether it's the Azure Roc or the Silver Wolf, as long as they change their bloodline power, they can transform their appearance into any stage of growth.
In short, they can revert to their original form.
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Qinghui and Qingyu love to transform into their juvenile form, which is how they looked when they first met their two masters.
Because there were only two clumps, everything seemed to have returned to the beginning, and the two of them could always get closer to their two owners.
Zhong Cai also misses what the two of them used to look like. Now, with the ever-changing rare beasts, he can pet the Azure Roc and Silver Wolf whenever he wants, which is so much fun!
Just like now, Zhong Cai rubbed Qingyu back and forth several times before casually raising her hand and placing it on her shoulder.
Qingyu snuggled against Zhong Cai's neck, rubbing against him affectionately.
Qinghui's four little wolf legs also began to flap and paw at the air.
Wu Shaogan raised an eyebrow and placed the little gadget on his shoulder as well.
Having achieved his goal, Qinghui stopped causing trouble and quietly lay still.
A clear, childlike voice echoed in their minds, one obedient, the other mischievous.
[Uncle, Uncle, are we leaving the city?]
Are Uncle and Uncle going to see their master?
[I'll carry my big dad and little dad on my back and fly!]
[Brother, brother, I'll carry you on my back!]
[Ask your eldest and youngest fathers!]
[Big Daddy, Little Daddy, pick me!]
The two voices, one obedient, belonged to Qingyu, and the other mischievous, to Qinghui.
Once they reach this rank, they are born with the ability to transmit sound, but the recipient of that sound can only be their contracted master.
However, both Qingyu and Qinghui can send voice messages to Zhong Cai and Wu Shaogan together, as if they have opened a private chat channel in their minds, allowing the two people and two beasts to talk together.
Zhong Cai was also surprised when he discovered this. After listening to the two little ones' explanation, he realized that this kind of play could only be done by two owners who were cultivation partners with a deep degree of fusion...
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The little silver wolf was making a ruckus, but the little green roc always acted like an older brother and didn't fight with his younger brother.
So in the end, it was decided that the little silver wolf would carry the two "fathers" on his back.
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The group arrived outside Duobaofeng's residence. The little silver wolf jumped off Wu Shaogan's shoulder with a "whoosh," turning into a streak of silver light, and then in a flash, it transformed into a huge silver wolf.
Majestic and imposing, dazzling and colorful!
The wolf is both magnificent and imposing, making it very eye-catching.
Every time Zhong Cai saw Qing Hui, she thought she was very beautiful.
Of course, if it is a roc soaring in the sky with its wings drooping, it is another kind of beauty that is hard to look away from.
His two contracted rare beasts are not only highly promising but also incredibly good-looking; they're truly one in a million!
Zhong Cai walked closer and reached out to stroke Qinghui's long silver hair.
These long, silvery hairs had a silky smooth feel in his hands—no, they were even smoother than silk, making them absolutely delightful.
He couldn't resist touching it a few more times.
Then, Wu Shaogan smiled slightly and put his hand on Zhong Cai's waist from behind.
Zhong Cai instantly felt her waist go weak, so she turned around and met her husband Lao Wu's gentle eyes.
I was momentarily stunned.
Honestly, he might be a bit of a looks-obsessed person. Otherwise, after all these years, he should have gotten used to seeing Lao Wu, yet he still stares at him blankly from time to time, unable to take his eyes off him!
But upon closer reflection, Zhong Cai realized it wasn't her fault.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but even Lao Wu is more beautiful than Xi Shi!
You can't blame him for this; you can only say that Lao Wu shouldn't have been so long... Well, you can't say he shouldn't have been, anyway, he's willing to suffer the pain of being stared at in a daze all the time.
A jumble of random thoughts flashed through my mind, so fast it was as if they had never even crossed my mind.
Zhong Cai cleared her throat, forgetting that she was still stroking the fur.
Seeing that his Ah Cai's eyes were a little glazed over, Wu Shaogan smiled even more gently. At the same time, without stopping his actions, he simply lifted Zhong Cai onto Qing Hui's back.
When Zhong Cai came to her senses, she was already leaning against Wu Shaogan's chest.
Wu Shao chuckled dryly and said, "Let's go."
Qinghui obeyed the order, and with a stride of its four wolves, it ran off like a madman!
The mountain wind blew rapidly, making the long silver fur and the long hair of the two people on the wolf's back dance.
Qingyu stood proudly on Zhong Cai's right shoulder, its downy feathers fluttering gently in the wind. The little eagle seemed to stand tall against the wind, radiant with vitality.
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As a peak fifth-tier Bone-Eating Silver Wolf, Qinghui is faster than ordinary fifth-tier beasts.
As it galloped at full speed, it swiftly bypassed countless obstacles, running from the mountain to the plains, and then across several mountain ranges, thus arriving smoothly at the mountain range where Jiang Chongguang was located.
Before long, Qinghui ascended Chongguang Peak, where Jiang Chongguang lived, with remarkable ease and headed straight for his cave.
—Jiang Chongguang is often unconcerned with details. For example, many cultivators usually give their residences a name, such as a mountain or peak, but he didn't.
But it's always easier for outsiders to mention this mountain, so many people simply gave it a homophone, "Chongguang Peak".
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The two people and two beasts had barely arrived at the cave entrance when they felt the cave shaking.
Zhong Cai and Wu Shaogan exchanged a glance.
—Oh wow, I just happened to run into Master Jiang practicing his boxing!
Master Jiang truly prefers to let his fists do the talking. Over the years, many of the secret techniques he has learned have been acquired through his fists.
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Over the past ten years, Zhong Cai has focused primarily on alchemy, having learned a total of five secret techniques. Wu Shaogan, whose foundation lies in martial arts, has naturally also mastered a great deal in this area.
First, there's the prototype of the secret technique that Wu Shaogan himself comprehended back then. Now, as he gradually improves his understanding and refines it, the current framework has accumulated great potential, allowing him to use it for a long time—or rather, in the next one or two realms, this secret technique will also possess considerable power.
Then, when Jiang Chongguang wanted to take on a disciple, he offered Wu Shaogan the opportunity to teach him many secret techniques.
He generously taught Wu Shaogan everything he knew about archery, and everything that Wu Shaogan was capable of learning.
At the same time, Wu Shaogan also selected several secret techniques to practice.
One of them is a secret technique that Jiang Chongguang is very good at, which is to change his physical body. Don't think that Jiang Chongguang only uses it to make his body shape similar to that of an ordinary cultivator. In fact, when he learns it to a high level, the cultivator can become smaller or even more grotesque. At the same time, the cultivator can become larger. As long as the Xuan power is sufficient and the physical body is strong enough, the cultivator can eventually become as big as a mountain!
Yes, it mentions that the physical body must be strong enough.
Therefore, this secret technique is actually a body-refining technique. Whether the cultivator grows bigger or smaller, it is a forced change to the physical body, which requires a very strong physical body to support it.
Natural cultivators need to replenish themselves with a large amount of various body-refining resources to continuously improve their physical foundation.
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Wu Shaogan hasn't been learning this secret technique for very long; currently, he can only grow to twice his previous size.
The resources consumed during this process were not insignificant; for Zhong Cai and Wu Shaogan, this secret technique cost them quite a few Xuanzhu.
However, now that Zhong Cai has obtained the ninth-grade heavenly treasure that can be continuously sliced and consumed during the sacrifice, Wu Shaogan only needs to hold a small piece in his mouth when he cultivates again, and it will provide him with a continuous supply of body-refining energy.
This secret technique is very useful for martial arts practitioners. It can enrich their combat skills and provide them with stronger defense and combat power. Although it will take a lot of time to cultivate, it is still cost-effective.
However, it is not very necessary for alchemists.
First of all, they have very little time to fight.
However, Zhong Cai's talent was too high. He didn't need to put almost all his energy into honing his alchemy skills like countless other alchemists. Although his combat talent was far inferior to Wu Shaogan's, he could still be considered a minor genius—almost to the point that... even if he wasn't an alchemist, if he only honed his combat skills, he would still be able to get into the inner academy of Canglong Academy.
Zhong Cai had already put in a lot of effort to learn so many secret techniques, so he naturally cared a lot about his martial arts skills. He also wanted to learn body-refining secret techniques that could greatly enhance his strength when he had some free time.
Wu Shaogan asked his master if he could recommend a secret technique to A Cai.
Jiang Chongguang was very generous and directly instructed Wu Shaogan to teach this transformation-type technique to Zhong Cai as well.
Wu Shaogan was naturally grateful and thanked him.
Zhong Cai was also quite moved—Master Jiang was willing to teach him even such a secret technique; he truly treated him like one of his own.
Zhong Cai has only learned the basics so far, as he has filled his free time for martial arts training with activities.
But over time, with the help of the Tai Sui Treasure Glass, Zhong Cai's efficiency will surpass that of those young geniuses with similar martial arts talent...
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Wu Shaogan also learned two boxing techniques from Jiang Chongguang.
Fist techniques are Jiang Chongguang's forte, and they are also among the highest-level, most profound, and most powerful of his countless secret techniques...
Jiang Chongguang brought out twenty or thirty sets for Wu Shaogan to choose from.
Wu Shaogan hadn't expected there to be so many. He carefully reviewed them all before making his final choice.
Both styles of boxing require a strong physical body.
A particular fist technique perfectly matches the body-refining secrets he has learned. The larger his body is, the greater the power he will have when using this fist technique. If he were as big as a mountain, a single punch could shatter half of a mountain, even if his own cultivation level was not high enough to shatter a mountain range.
Another style of boxing is capable of creating a great many fist shadows.
It doesn't seem like much at first glance; many boxing styles can achieve this as long as the speed is fast.
But what makes this secret technique different is that every punch shadow is real.
In other words, if Wu Shaogan's skill reaches a high level, when he throws a punch, he will be throwing many punches at the same time. The exact number of punches depends on the depth of his skill—for example, the first level is three punches at the same time, and the second level is ten punches at the same time...
This secret technique is so advanced that one can learn it all the way to the Nirvana Realm. At its most terrifying, one punch is equivalent to a thousand punches!
Of course, a punch carrying the power of many punches requires the support of profound energy, and the consumption is indeed very large. But just think about it, a Nirvana Master, throwing such a punch...
Those cities would likely be reduced to dust!
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Qinghui walked back and forth in front of the cave twice, then stopped.
Zhong Cai and Wu Shaogan jumped off its back.
Almost simultaneously, the giant silver wolf leaped up like a silver light, then quickly shrank and landed on Wu Shaogan's shoulder, rubbing against him repeatedly.
Wu Shaogan raised his hand and ruffled the hair on Qinghui's little wolf's head.
Qinghui murmured happily.
Zhong Cai found it amusing and reached out to rub the little wolf's head, also looking at Qing Hui with eyes narrowed in comfort.
Xiao Qingyu also affectionately rubbed against Zhong Cai's neck.
Zhong Cai smiled and rubbed Qing Yu's head.
After playing like this for a while, Wu Shaogan took Zhong Cai's hand.
Zhong Cai followed his lead and walked into the cave with him.
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The two knew the way well and headed straight for a huge pit.
The pit has been there since the year Wu Shaogan became his disciple. Probably because Jiang Chongguang often practiced boxing, it has grown larger day by day—as if it had been forcibly smashed out—and its ability to withstand the "damage" of the punches has become stronger and stronger.
At that moment, the burly man was throwing punches rapidly.
It was quite a coincidence that the skill he was practicing was the very one that Wu Shaogan had already learned.
The arena was filled with the shadows of fists, some of them phantoms, others real.
Zhong Cai squatted on the edge of the place, which resembled a cliff—yes, the pit was getting deeper every year.
He looked down at Master Jiang practicing his boxing, his sharp eyesight allowing him to count the number of punches.
Master Jiang's focus is on training, and the speed of his punches isn't what's commonly used at their level...
Therefore, Zhong Cai roughly understood that Master Jiang was now training so that one punch was equivalent to ten punches, dozens of punches, or even a hundred punches.
Countless fist shadows bombarded the mountain wall during this training.
The shockwaves the two men had felt earlier were caused by the force of those punches.
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Zhong Cai and Wu Shaogan watched quietly for a while.
Zhong Cai was just watching the show, while Wu Shaogan saw a lot of the intricacies and gained a lot of insight from it.
After a while, Zhong Cai noticed that her husband, Wu, seemed a bit more relaxed, so she quietly looked at him and asked, "Old Wu, how are you feeling?"
Wu Shao chuckled dryly, "My three doubts have all been resolved."
Zhong Cai then smiled.
Old Wu's comprehension is indeed the best!
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Jiang Chongguang practiced for more than half an hour, and only stopped when he felt completely satisfied.
At this moment, he turned his head and saw his disciple and his little Daoist partner sitting on the edge of the "cliff". The disciple's little Daoist partner was swinging his legs, looking very relaxed.
Jiang Chongguang smiled, raised his hand, and shook hands with the two of them.
In an instant, a transparent hand reached out and gently covered Zhong Cai and Wu Shaogan's bodies.
Zhong Cai felt an invisible force descend upon her, but she didn't feel threatened.
Wu Shaogan's body stiffened slightly, but he did not move.
Both of them knew very well that Master Jiang would never harm them, and this was not the first time such a situation had occurred.
Sure enough, the "hand" gently grasped them and took them directly to the bottom of the cliff, bringing them to Jiang Chongguang's side.
Jiang Chongguang released his grip, put the two down, and said with a smile, "What brings you here today?"
Wu Shaogan was very straightforward. He took out two boxes and stuffed them into his master's hands, and simply replied, "It's Master's birthday. We've come to wish him a happy birthday. These are birthday gifts."
Jiang Chongguang really didn't expect it to be like this.
He secretly calculated that it really was his birthday, probably two hundred... two hundred and thirty-five years old?
Jiang Chongguang has always been focused on cultivation. He is very rough around the edges, and his fellow disciples are also very rough around the edges. No one of them even bothers to celebrate their birthdays.
Besides, they are still very young at over two hundred years old. Their birthday celebrations should be at least a grand one, like five hundred or a thousand years old! Even if it's not such a grand birthday celebration, it should be after their Nirvana.
Now, on his minor birthday, his disciple remembered him and came especially to offer his congratulations...
Jiang Chongguang was in a good mood.
In a good mood, he raised his voice even louder and said happily, "Good lad! You still remember your master's birthday, how filial!"
Who cares what's in the box? The important thing is the sentiment behind it!
Zhong Cai said with a grin, "Master Jiang, take a look!"
Jiang Chongguang readily agreed and opened one of them directly.
Then they discovered that the box contained a bag of mustard seeds.
Jiang Chongguang paused for a moment, picked up the mustard seed bag, and swept it across with his soul power—
The next moment, he showed a shocked expression.
A seventh-tier peak Azure-Eyed Savage Tiger! This thing is not easy to catch!
The Azure-Eyed Savage Tiger's flesh and essence are all treasures, but only those at the peak of the seventh rank that match Jiang Chongguang's cultivation level are the most useful. Jiang Chongguang spent a lot of effort searching for this seventh-rank savage tiger, but he still couldn't get his hands on many.
As a result, his disciples have now sent him a head?
Jiang Chongguang glanced at his disciple, then at his disciple's young partner, and seeing that they were both smiling, he said nothing and instead opened another box.
It was indeed no ordinary object.
They are a pair of high-grade level seven gauntlets, with no fancy functions, simply designed to amplify punching power.
This increase may not seem like a large increase, just twice the original punching power, but if the opponent is at the same level, the damage inflicted on the opponent will also increase by a similar amount.
Naturally, they gained a great advantage.
It can gain the upper hand more quickly!
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Jiang Chongguang accepted both birthday gifts. After thinking for a moment, he didn't ask any further questions. He simply exclaimed happily, "These are wonderful gifts! They've touched my heart!"
Zhong Cai and Wu Shaogan both laughed when they heard this.
"I'm glad Master Jiang likes it!"
"Wishing Master, may you attain the highest path."
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