Liu Jinlin's words deeply moved Wang Hao. Looking at the sack of herbs behind him, his mood improved somewhat, since he would soon be able to refine pills.
Half an hour later, Wang Hao placed the earth cauldron in his living room, but he didn't see Shi Mengqi. He didn't think much of it, assuming she had gone out for some fresh air.
Wang Hao first set aside the Bright Moon Flower used to refine the Marrow Cleansing Pill, along with the other sixteen kinds of auxiliary ingredients, and then began to study the Earth Cauldron in front of him.
Before moving it into the room, the moving company had already cleaned the cauldron, washing away the rust and dirt, so it didn't look much different.
However, it is much lighter in weight and has a brighter color.
Wang Hao circled the earthen cauldron a few times, then placed his right hand on the cauldron and circulated his spiritual power, trying to see if he could activate it. However, after a long time, there was no movement, and he had wasted a lot of his spiritual power.
"Strange, does it require a blood oath to bind it to its master?"
Wang Hao squeezed a drop of blood from his fingertip and let it fall onto the cauldron. But after waiting for a moment, there was still no reaction. Suddenly, he panicked and began to wonder if he had made a mistake.
"Forget it, as long as it's a cauldron, it doesn't matter whether it's an earth cauldron or not. At least we can start refining pills now."
Wang Hao washed his face, adjusted his mindset, and stopped thinking about whether the cauldron in front of him was actually an earth cauldron. Then he activated his spiritual power, forming a cluster of red flames.
This cluster of flames is one's own Dao Fire. The first step in alchemy is to heat the cauldron by placing the Dao Fire underneath it until the temperature of the cauldron increases.
This process takes about fifteen minutes. After that, various herbs and elixirs are placed inside the cauldron, and the high temperature inside is used to start refining the medicine.
First, various spiritual herbs and medicinal plants are melted together, then the medicinal power is fused together, and finally the pills are formed. However, if any mistake is made during this process, the entire batch of pills will be ruined.
While Wang Hao was carefully refining pills, he didn't notice that the screen of his phone, which he had tossed aside, suddenly lit up. The caller was Xia Xiaoyi, who had already gone to Tianxing.
"Damn it, what is this kid doing? Why isn't he answering the phone? Mengqi, please don't let anything happen to you!" Xia Xiaoyi was extremely anxious. She had called Wang Hao seven or eight times, but he didn't answer.
"Goddess, what happened?" Yang Dianfeng happened to be passing by and saw that Xia Xiaoyi had crushed the railing in front of her, so he quickly asked.
Xia Xiaoyi glanced at him and hurriedly said, "Do you have any friends in the wasteland who can contact Wang Hao? Tell him to go to Mengqi's house as soon as possible!"
"Don't worry, don't worry, what happened?" Yang Dianfeng asked while taking out his phone to contact his friends on Earth.
Xia Xiaoyi frowned and said, "Mengqi's mother threatened to kill herself to force Mengqi to return home, but I received news that the Li family's steward has been waiting for a long time!"
Yang Dianfeng realized the seriousness of the situation, but fortunately, he made a third call to a friend who agreed to go to Wang Hao's place immediately.
The marriage between the Li family and Tianxing family has caused quite a stir. People are saying that the Li family has declined and that even a girl from an ordinary family would look down on them.
This is also why the head steward of the Li family went to Earth ahead of time. He planned to forcibly take Shi Mengqi to Tianxing and force her to become Li Xu's wife.
"Hopefully, it's not too late." Xia Xiaoyi looked worried. The Li family steward's strength had already reached the peak of the early stage of the Profound Realm, which was something Wang Hao could not contend with at all.
Yang Dianfeng hung up the phone and punched the wall next to him hard, leaving a deep fist mark. He was extremely agitated at that moment.
His good brother was in danger, and he couldn't help him at all. This feeling was like a huge rock pressing on his chest, making it difficult to even breathe.
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At this moment, a heated argument is taking place in Shi Mengqi's home.
"I've already said I won't go to Tianxing, let alone that ridiculous marriage alliance!" Shi Mengqi's eyes were red and swollen, clearly from crying.
In front of her were her parents and a chubby, greasy middle-aged man, sitting on the living room sofa, watching the scene with a half-smile.
"What exactly do you want? As your mother, would I harm you? I already agreed to your decision to give up your spot to go to Tianxing, but this time, you're determined to marry into the Li family!"
Shi Mengqi's mother tried to persuade her earnestly, her words gentle yet firm, while her father just stood by smoking. This scene truly disappointed Shi Mengqi.
"No need to say anything more. The Li family of Tianxing is not even one ten-thousandth as good as Wang Hao." Shi Mengqi gradually calmed down, and her tone became indifferent. At this moment, her heart no longer ached because it was numb.
At this moment, the greasy middle-aged man suddenly clapped his hands and laughed, "Good, good, good, not even one ten-thousandth of him. Wang Hui, it seems you can't make your daughter obedient."
"Then I'll have to do it myself. Luckily, my young master is somewhat interested in your daughter, otherwise, she would have become my pet like you."
Upon hearing this, not only Wang Hui's expression changed, but Shi Mengqi and her father also showed drastic changes in their expressions.
"Steward, what do you mean by that?" Shi Mengqi's father stammered, somewhat incredulous.
The Li family butler laughed loudly and said, "That's exactly what it sounds like. Your wife offered herself to me in order to climb up the Li family. How ridiculous!"
Shi Mengqi stared wide-eyed, covering her mouth with her hands, looking at her mother who was slumped on the ground in shock, unable to utter a word for a moment.
Her father, pointing at Wang Hui, trembled all over. He knew she had no reason to lie to him, and an unspeakable anger surged within him.
"puff!"
A mouthful of blood spurted from his mouth, and then he clutched his heart in pain and collapsed to the ground.
"Dad!" Shi Mengqi exclaimed, and was about to run over when she found that the Li family steward had already appeared in front of her father.
"What a coward. A person like you should just die and be done with it."
As soon as he finished speaking, the Li family steward kicked Shi Mengqi's father directly in the chest.
"Whoosh!"
The glass shattered with a crash, and Shi Mengqi's father was kicked out of the house, falling from the balcony window.
"dad!"
Shi Mengqi's breath caught in her throat for a moment. The next second, she stumbled downstairs. Her apartment wasn't on a high floor, but falling from there would have meant certain death.
"What did you do?!" Wang Hui screamed and lunged at the Li family's head steward, only to be slapped away.
"You wretch, you can't even control your own daughter, so I'll discipline her myself. After she gives birth to the young master's child, I guarantee your daughter will suffer a fate worse than death!"
The head steward of the Li family snorted coldly, kicked Wang Hui aside like trash, and then walked downstairs unhurriedly.
At this moment, Shi Mengqi knelt there, holding her father's body. She never expected that the other party would dare to kill someone outright.
"Let's go. When we get to Tianxing, we'll serve the young master well so he won't suffer any physical pain."
The head steward of the Li family walked over slowly with a cold smile on his face. Originally, Li Xu was also going to come, but he was left behind by the higher-ups of the Dragon and Phoenix Academy to carry out a secret mission.
By this time, a lot of people had gathered around, all of whom had come out to see what was going on after hearing the commotion. However, no one took out their phones to call the police; instead, they were all posting on their social media.
At this moment, Shi Mengqi was heartbroken. Hearing the cold laughter behind her, she could no longer remain calm. She suddenly stood up and unleashed her late-stage Yellow Realm strength.
For the first time, her eyes were filled with murderous intent. She circulated the Nine Ancestors Heavenly King Scripture, and the true energy in her body turned into a jade-white color, even her skin was covered with a layer of jade-colored radiance.
"Wang Hao once said, 'If you have a sword in your heart, everything can be a sword.'"
Shi Mengqi took a deep breath, broke off a branch from the tree trunk beside her, and instantly enveloped it with her jade-white true energy, which actually caused a sword light to rise half a zhang high.
The head steward of the Li family was filled with shock, muttering, "How is this possible? Could it be that she has comprehended the supreme principle that everything can be a sword?"
In Tianxing, there are several ways to understand the way of the sword: the body follows the sword, the sword follows the body, the sword follows the mind, the sword and mind are clear, man and sword are one, and everything can be a sword.
At this moment, Shi Mengqi seemed to have the air of being able to turn anything into a sword, but she didn't think that much about it. At this moment, she only wanted to kill the person in front of her and avenge her father.
"Whoosh."
Shi Mengqi waved her arm, drawing a circular sword circle above her head, emitting a jade-white light, and the sword energy surged towards the Li family steward in concentric circles.
"Hmph, how could someone so young possibly comprehend such a supreme realm? It's just a pretentious act."
The head steward of the Li family trembled, and a surge of powerful true energy burst forth from his body, enveloping his hands. Then, he stomped his right foot forward heavily, creating a deep crater in the ground.
"Whoosh."
Although the head steward of the Li family looked fat and greasy, he was surprisingly fast. He waved his hands repeatedly, dispersing all the incoming sword energy ripples.
Shi Mengqi's expression changed. She knew that the Li family's steward was very strong, but she did not expect that the sword energy she unleashed would be easily dispersed by the other party, and the overflowing sword energy would carve deep gashes on the ground.
"Flowing like clouds and running water".
Shi Mengqi dared not be careless and used the sword technique that Wang Hao had taught her, thrusting out nine swords in a row, one after another without interruption.
The swordsmanship was beautiful, and the sword light was dense.
"The wind sweeps away the clouds!"
"The rain has stopped and the clouds have dispersed!"
If Chi Tu were here, he would be greatly surprised. The sword technique that Shi Mengqi used was the same one he had used in Kunlun Mountain, but it was more profound and had more variations.
Shi Mengqi unleashed thirteen sword techniques in a row, each strike landing in mid-air, yet she couldn't even touch the hem of the Li family steward's clothes. She couldn't understand why this fat man weighing over two hundred pounds was so agile.
"The clouds have parted and the fog has cleared!"
Shi Mengqi's internal energy circulated rapidly, her sword moves were wide and powerful, and the onlookers had already fled, otherwise they would not have been able to withstand any of the sword energies that came her way.
"Hmph, it seems that's all you've got. Very good, you have great talent. If you could become the Li family's breeding machine, that would be perfect."
The head steward of the Li family sneered, suddenly stopped in his tracks, stared at the overwhelming sword light, and pointed his index finger forward.
"Whoosh."
This finger, like a divine sword, pierced straight in and struck Shi Mengqi's left shoulder hard, sending her flying and crashing to the ground three meters away.
"Now you can obediently follow me to Tianxing, right?" The Li family steward looked down at Shi Mengqi, whose mouth was oozing blood, and laughed heartily. This feeling of completely crushing a genius made him feel extremely satisfied.
Shi Mengqi clutched her shoulder, clenched her teeth, and stared intently at the Li family steward. She picked up a fallen branch beside her, her eyes filled with a chilling sense of humiliation.
"Heaven's Heart Guides the Way!"
At this moment, her eyes were filled with coldness, and she harbored resentment. She poured all her inner energy into the tree branch in her hand and unleashed her strongest sword move.
The branch was also quite tough, and immediately a sword light a meter high shot up, emitting a huge sword aura.
With a flick of her arm, a sword aura over seven meters long slashed towards the Li family's steward.
At this moment, everyone was shocked. Among the onlookers were many Yellow Realm martial artists, who naturally recognized the power of this sword move, which had reached the level of a mid-grade Xuan-level martial skill.
"Whoosh."
The head steward of the Li family's expression changed drastically. He instantly moved to the side, but he was still a step too slow. His right shoulder was hit by the sword energy, leaving a deep wound that exposed the bone.
"court death!"
The head steward of the Li family appeared directly beside Shi Mengqi, slapped the branch out of her hand, and then suddenly raised his right foot and stomped hard on her arm.
This kick was powerful and incredibly fast, even producing a sonic boom. If it landed on Shi Mengqi's arm, it would definitely break, and there was even a risk of amputation.
"Smack!"
With a muffled thud, the onlookers couldn't help but close their eyes, not wanting to witness the tragic state of the young girl. But the next second, another gasp rang out from the crowd.
The others quickly opened their eyes and saw a young man suddenly appear in front of Shi Mengqi, who also blocked the big foot that the Li family steward was about to kick.
The Li family steward was stunned for a moment, then instantly recognized the young man in front of him and sneered, "Wang Hao, I didn't expect you to come to my door in person. Very well."
“Kill you in front of her, and then she can come with me to Tianxing with peace of mind and be a breeding machine in the Li family for the rest of her life.”
Wang Hao narrowed his eyes, the cold light and killing intent in his pupils almost materializing. Then, he waved his hand, and the Yin-Yang Profound Iron Sword Embryo flew over from a distance.
"Whoosh!"
A flash of sword light appeared, its cold gleam like a crescent moon, heading straight for the thick thigh below.
The head steward of the Li family changed his expression, exerted force with his left foot, and instantly retreated, cracking the floor with his foot. He narrowly avoided the sword strike, but a bright red mark still appeared on his thigh, indicating that he had been injured by the sword energy.
"Are you alright?" Wang Hao stared intently at the Li family steward for a moment, then inserted the Yin-Yang Profound Iron Sword Embryo into the ground and helped Shi Mengqi up from behind.
"Wang Hao!" Shi Mengqi could no longer hold back and threw herself into Wang Hao's arms, bursting into tears. Although she knew it was not the right time, she really couldn't bear the fact that her father had died.
Wang Hao held her and gently comforted her, feeling a lingering fear in his heart. If it weren't for Yang Dianfeng's friend finding him, he would have regretted it for the rest of his life.
The head steward of the Li family gradually recovered his senses. Looking at the sword embryo in front of Wang Hao, a burning light appeared in his eyes. He murmured, "It's obviously no ordinary object."
"If it is properly refined, it can definitely become an unparalleled divine sword. At that time, my status in the Li family will rise to a higher level, and I may even be able to enter the Elders' Pavilion."
Wang Hao comforted Shi Mengqi and let her take her father's body away. He promised her that he would kill the greasy fat man to avenge his uncle.
"The Li family of Tianxing has finally shown up, sooner than I expected." Wang Hao bent down and picked up the sword embryo, his expression indifferent, but the killing intent in his eyes sent chills down one's spine.
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