Chapter Thirty-Four: Enormous Harvest

  The formation of Zhong Shui Ru is extremely difficult, and it takes at least a hundred years of sedimentation to form real Zhong Shui Ru. If not, it can only be considered as water containing spiritual energy. According to the length of time it takes to form, Zhong Shui Ru is divided into Hundred-Year Zhong Shui Ru, Thousand-Year Zhong Shui Ru, and Ten-Thousand-Year Zhong Shui Ru. As for those that take more than ten thousand years, they are almost impossible to appear.

  Even for a hundred-year-old Zhong Shiyu, it is extremely useful for warriors. In the early days of the Martial King, taking a drop of hundred-year-old Zhong Shiyu might allow one to break through to the middle stage; the effect of thousand-year-old Zhong Shiyu is ten times stronger than that of hundred-year-old Zhong Shiyu, and taking a drop in the early days of the Martial Emperor might make one become a mid-stage Martial Emperor. As for ten-thousand-year-old Zhong Shiyu, it is extremely rare, so its specific effect is unknown, but it's said to be ten times stronger than thousand-year-old Zhong Shiyu.

  The stalactites in this cave have been here for who knows how long, but even if they've been here for a hundred years, they're still very useful to Xuhua now.

  He took out several jade bottles from the spatial ring through the blood sacrifice method again, poured out the ashes inside, and after confirming that there was nothing left, Xu Hua used these jade bottles to hold the milky white substance in the recess.

  The milky white substance in the groove, Xu Hua didn't know how long it had accumulated, but after estimating, he found that there were hundreds of drops. He divided them into three jade bottles and barely filled them up. There were still one or two drops of milky white substance left in the groove, but they were not easy to retrieve. So Xu Hua prepared to take it himself, but although there was only a drop or two of milky white substance, he could still feel the powerful energy within, and was afraid that he couldn't absorb it. Therefore, Xu Hua took out a large amount of clear water from the pool outside the cave, mixed it into the groove, forming a solution, and lightly sipped a mouthful.

  At this moment, Xu Hua felt a large amount of spiritual energy entering his belly, and immediately operated the "Nà Qì Jué" to transform so much spiritual energy.

  Gurgle, gurgle!

  In just a few breaths, Xu Hua felt that all the meridians in his body were filled with spiritual energy. Although some of the spiritual energy had begun to transform into true energy within his body due to the "Na Qi Jue", there was still a considerable amount of spiritual energy left over. Xu Hua could feel the sensation of his meridians expanding from being filled with this massive amount of spiritual energy, and this intense pain made him involuntarily cry out in agony.

  Sweat dripped down from his forehead, hitting the ground with a 'drip', 'drip' sound. In an instant, the life crystal within Xuhua burst forth with powerful life energy to repair what seemed like a rupturing meridian. Only then did Xuhua feel slightly better.

  Several thoughts flashed through his mind, and suddenly Xuhua thought of the "Body Refining Technique", which also had a great effect on body refining. So Xuhua immediately activated the "Body Refining Technique" again.

  A large amount of spiritual energy was transferred from the meridians to the muscles all over the body. Due to the excessive spiritual energy, Xu Hua could not use it all to temper a single muscle. However, most of it was used to temper the fifth block of muscle, while the remaining spiritual energy was scattered and tempered throughout the muscles of the entire body.

  As expected, with the help of "Lian Ti Jue", Xu Hua's spiritual energy in his meridians decreased a lot, but within this short period of time, Xu Hua's meridians were also expanded a bit, and a large amount of life essence continuously repaired some damaged meridians, making them even more resilient.

  "This milky white stuff is really terrifying, but after diluting it with water and taking just a small sip, it contains so much spiritual energy that if I had taken one more drop, I might have been blown up by the sheer amount of spiritual energy. At this moment, Xu Hua still felt some lingering fear, earlier if he had made a wrong move, he might not exist now."

  "Perhaps with these, I can establish a powerful force." Xu Hua's eyes flashed with an inexplicable color, and then closed his eyes to start refining the spiritual energy in his body.

  For a moment, this cave, which had been sealed for thousands of years, fell silent once again.

  Time flies, and two days have passed quickly. At this time, Hei Pao relied on the meat of Bi Shui Mang and the snake gall to temper dozens of muscles again, increasing his physical strength by hundreds of catties. In terms of true energy, he took a Qing Lian Zi and broke through the Tian Di Xuan Guan, becoming a Wu Wang master. At this moment, whether it is his true energy cultivation or physical strength, he has reached the level of Wu Wang. He is now much stronger than any of the four major camp owners before.

  "Hah, I've finally become a true martial arts master!" He stood up, his eyes gleaming with intense excitement and joy. At this moment, he was filled with power, and he yearned to engage in a fierce battle with someone to test his skills. However, the circumstances did not permit it, so he simply practiced his moves on the empty ground within the cave.

  Rumble!

  For a time, the cave was filled with the sound of loud rumbling, which was the sound of the cave's rocky walls being cracked open by the fists of the black-robed figure.

  "Haha, maybe at this moment I'm no weaker than the young master." After finishing his fist, Hei Pao thought to himself, "At this moment, I may have surpassed the young master. At the very least, I should be stronger than Luo Cheng now!"

  But the black robe couldn't help but shudder at the thought of Luo Cheng, who had been transformed into a blood cocoon two days ago. He was really afraid to compare himself with such a terrifying and extraordinary person. "Forget it, I'll just do what I should do! The two of them are either born with divine power or extremely bloody and terrifying, absolutely not ordinary people. I shouldn't compare myself with them, compared to others, I'm already very good."

  With that, Hei Pao took down a few green lotus seeds and left along the original path. There were still many things waiting for him to complete outside.

  Although two days have passed, the blood cocoon wrapped around Luo Cheng has not shown any signs of cracking open. Inside the cocoon, Luo Cheng is completely unconscious, as if he had fallen asleep. It seems that Luo Cheng will not be coming out for a short while, but it's unknown how much time he needs to break free from the cocoon. I believe that when he comes out, he will have transformed into a butterfly.

  Crossing the water pool, Xu Hua sat in the ancient cave and swallowed another mouthful of ** from the concave slot. After refining the spiritual energy inside his body for two days, he felt a little hungry, so he swallowed the gallbladder of the three Bi Shui Mang snakes. As for the snake meat, it was almost gone, even if there was any left, it couldn't be eaten because the snake meat that had exhausted its life energy had almost no energy existence.

  In the past two days, Xu Hua has made tremendous gains. With the help of Snake Gall, Green Lotus Seed, and Concave Slot, he not only condensed a True Liquid to become a Martial Master but also tempered ten pieces of muscle, causing his physical strength to undergo a qualitative leap, exceeding 3,000 catties.

  There were still many in the groove, so Xu Hua took out three jade bottles again, filled them up and put them back into one side of the space ring for future cultivation. As for the remaining small stock in the groove, Xu Hua prepared to take it all.

  "I believe it won't take three days to absorb the remaining spiritual liquid." Since Xu Hua didn't know what this milky white thing was called, Xu Hua gave it a name called Spiritual Liquid. After all, each drop of this milky white substance contained a vast amount of energy, and the name Spiritual Liquid was quite fitting.

  "I just don't know when Luo Cheng will be able to break out of his cocoon." Xu Hua had been keeping an eye on the blood cocoon that wrapped around Luo Cheng, and upon finding no signs of it cracking open, he couldn't help but feel a bit worried. "Forget it, let him stay here for now, anyway, just make sure to mark this place as forbidden by Black Robe's orders. I'm sure he'll be able to break out of his cocoon when I return from Luo City!"

  Xu Hua also knew that this was a rare opportunity for Luo Cheng, and perhaps the longer Luo Cheng slept, the more benefits he would gain. Xu Hua even dripped a drop of milky white spiritual liquid from the ancient cave onto the blood cocoon, causing it to tremble slightly, but the absorption was somewhat slow, so Xu Hua didn't drip any more.

  Three days passed in a flash, and the spiritual liquid was exhausted. Xu Hua left the cave and returned to Jiuzhaigou.

  In three days, he once again condensed a True Liquid and tempered eight pieces of muscle. The diluted Spiritual Liquid had an increasingly weaker effect on his pure body, but his physical strength reached 4,000 jin, completely unafraid of the majority of mid-level Martial Kings. This time's harvest was extremely great, and for a very long period of time afterwards, he would not lack cultivation resources.

  Back in Jiuzhaigou, he was immediately welcomed into the most honorable guest room of Jiuzhaigou.

  "What about Hei Pao Ren?" Xu Hua understood that Hei Pao must have already recovered Jiuzhaigou.

  "Returning to the young master, the owner of the stronghold recovered the Jiuzhai Valley three days ago and then took some people to recover the Qingfeng Stronghold, Liuyun Stronghold and Sanhuan Stronghold." This person was obviously a bit constrained, speaking with a slight tremble. He was one of the survivors of the Jiuzhai Valley massacre by Xu Hua, so when facing Xu Hua, he had some deep-seated fear.

  "Get me ready for bathing and changing." These past few days in the cave, after soaking in the pond water, Xu Hua had been feeling somewhat uncomfortable. However, due to the circumstances, he hadn't had a chance to do anything about it. Now that they were out, he immediately wanted to re-wash his body.

  "It's the young master, I'll have someone arrange it, I'll take my leave."

  After Xu Hua nodded, the middle-aged man walked out of Xu Hua's room and wiped the sweat from his forehead with his sleeve. "I must serve this gentleman well, otherwise, if the boss comes back, I won't be spared!"

  Xu Hua arrived, and in an instant, all the remaining people in Jiuzhaigou started to get busy, not daring to be slow for a moment. Everyone was waiting for orders at any time, and there was no longer that bandit-like appearance, it was simply like a small servant in a wine shop!

  "I hope this young man leaves soon, he's making me tremble with rage!"

  "Who says it isn't? However, the old village master has already passed away. The current village master has ordered that this person must not be treated with negligence, and who dares to disobey this young master."

  "But if I hadn't personally experienced that massacre, I really wouldn't have thought that this young master was like a bloodthirsty devil."

  "You can't know a person's heart from their appearance, but I'll learn to be more careful in the future. It's best not to mess with weak scholars like Xiao Ye, or you might end up with another 'master'."

  "Of course, one lesson is enough."

  The remaining members of Jiuzhaigou were waiting and getting bored, whispering to each other, all of which were about Xu Hua.

  Ah, at that time

  Just then, Xu Hua's door opened and he came out after bathing and changing his clothes. Looking at the slender youth in front of him wearing a green robe, everyone's heart skipped a beat.

  However, Xu Hua didn't say a word and left straight away. Just when everyone relaxed, he suddenly turned around and said: "Inform Hei Pao to order that no one except himself is allowed to approach the central pond of the village."

  Because of Xu Hua's small action, everyone took a cold sweat again, and was almost scared to death.

  "He's finally gone......" As they watched Xu Hua gradually disappear into the distance, everyone let out a huge sigh of relief.