Longevity: Starting from Refining Gu-Chapter 228 - 147: Zhang Can
Chapter 228 -147: Zhang Can
Chen Qing awoke from cultivation and paced to the backyard.
Zhang Jianfeng lay on the sickbed, wrapped in medicinal paste. “Don’t bother looking. My sword is already broken. Hidden Sword Mountain won’t pay any price to redeem me.”
“Capturing me holds no meaning.”
Chen Qing glanced at Zhang Jianfeng and immediately felt a bit unlucky.
Killing him wouldn’t be good, and exchanging for a ransom, judging by Zhang Jianfeng’s tone, seemed unlikely.
Chen Qing waved away the maid tending to Zhang Jianfeng and asked, “Do I have a chance to become your senior brother’s Protector?”
Zhang Jianfeng laughed heartily, causing his wounds to split open. “Are you kidding me?”
“Can a Protector serve two families?”
Chen Qing said, “That might not be certain.”
“Since you lost, you’re no longer suitable to be your senior brother’s Protector, so it’s only natural for me to step in, right?”
Zhang Jianfeng scoffed, “Then here’s the question, who gets to lead, my senior brother or your Hao Chengtian?”
Chen Qing said, “That’s their matter to resolve.”
Zhang Jianfeng chuckled, “Then what use are you?”
Chen Qing felt somewhat disheartened, as the Protector plan of the Nine Countries had failed.
Alright, back to cultivation then.
He needed to advance to the mid-Foundation Establishment quickly.
After feeding the Dragon Capturing Gu and Soaring Gu, Chen Qing took out a Red Amber Fruit and placed it into his mouth.
Biting into it released red juice flooding his mouth with a slight spice.
The medicinal properties surged through his body, permeating every inch of his skin.
Chen Qing closed his eyes and focused earnestly on cultivation.
The cultivation process at the Foundation Establishment stage differed from the Qi Refining Realm; the former involved opening meridians, while the latter was about slow and steady practice to enlarge the Dantian.
With the medicinal power of the Red Amber Fruit, Chen Qing circulated his spiritual energy rapidly, with the medicinal power swiftly transforming his Dantian.
Once the Dantian fully transformed, the spiritual energy within would condense into higher-quality Spiritual Liquid.
As for the Ghost Face Realm, it was rumored to involve the cultivation of the physical body again.
And the Mystic Gate Realm was about compressing the spiritual energy into mana.
After three hours of cultivation, Chen Qing finished absorbing the Red Amber Fruit and took another to ingrain in his mouth.
The spiritual energy within his body continuously rippled, and Chen Qing controlled the pure medicinal power to continually transform his Dantian.
The Dantian, located in the abdomen, did not physically exist but resembled an internal space within Chen Qing, condensed like a Sumeru mustard seed.
Using sensation to feel his Dantian, it seemed to be about the size of an apple.
As his cultivation delved deeper, Chen Qing became deeply engrossed.
One full day and night passed without him noticing.
When Chen Qing opened his eyes again, dew had condensed on his eyebrows.
Upon re-evaluating his Dantian, it had grown to the size of a pineapple.
It was noticeably larger than before.
His entire aura had undergone a transformation, with an evident increase in spiritual energy.
Of course, this wasn’t exceedingly useful to Chen Qing.
After all, he could restore spiritual energy by using Spirit Stones.
Additionally, the quality of his Spiritual Liquid had definitely increased, boosting the power of his magic by thirty percent compared to before!
Had he possessed such cultivation during his confrontation with Zhang Jianfeng, he could have easily repelled him head-on!
“Mid-Foundation Establishment already?”
“Seems rather easy.”
“At this pace, I should be able to reach Great Perfection in the Foundation Establishment stage within a year!”
Chen Qing was quite satisfied with his progress.
Upon leaving home, walking through the Taihao Tribe, Chen Qing overheard someone in a tavern discussing, “The Young Master of the Divine Wood Tribe has suddenly shown off their ancestral precious medicine, publicly brewing it into Spiritual Wine for sale!”
“It’s not just the Divine Wood Tribe; I hear several major tribes nearby are doing the same!”
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“Guess they’re all scared.”
Listening to this, Chen Qing felt as if a knife had been twisted in his heart.
Those precious medicines should have been his!
Fortunately, though, three major tribes nearby, having heard about Chen Qing’s victory over Zhang Jianfeng, had obediently submitted and sent their ancestral precious medicines.
This was undoubtedly due to Chen Qing’s credit, and the Taihao Tribe hadn’t held back any of these things, for a simple reason.
Chen Qing was the one distributing them.
In top-tier tribes that didn’t exceed five in the Wu Country, the heir was generally responsible only for cultivation.
Other matters were typically handled by the Protector.
Through two previous battles, Chen Qing had barely secured the Protector position.
However, the Taihao Tribe didn’t seem inclined to teach him their tribe’s magic yet.
This meant he wasn’t truly considered one of the Taihao Tribe yet; for now, he was just an employee with a higher status.
Precious medicines would eventually be available, but magic was always a tribe’s secret.
This time, the distribution was straightforward because the gift list was too clear for any manipulation.
He had no choice but to send seventy percent to Hao Chengtian and claim only thirty percent for himself.
Fortunately, without any effort, he received three rare herbs, which was still decent.
On July 7th.
Chen Qing overheard again that a major tribe publicly sold their precious medicines, and he felt a pang of heartache.
As he gazed at the moon with a heavy heart, Chen Qing suddenly noticed a large tree in the courtyard stained with a touch of silver.
Walking over to inspect, Chen Qing plucked a silver leaf, fiddled with it in his hand, and then bit into it.
“Silver?”
“Um?”
Upon closely examining the large tree before him, he discovered it was an ordinary laurel, with no unusual features at all.
