Chapter 14: Nine Revolutions of the Five Elements Body Refining Technique

  His arm started devouring his own body, and if others heard this, they would definitely laugh their teeth off. But Zhao Long was sweating profusely, and his heart was also raised, saying he wasn't afraid was a lie. The things that happened after the rebirth of his arm, whether it was the change in his body or the old loss trapped in his arm, were all mysterious and eerie.

  "What's going on, you've been saying how awesome and great you are all this time, but now your arm is devouring my body, how did you just notice?" Zhao Long was getting anxious and irritated, what kind of situation was this?

  "I'm stuck here now, I don't know what's going on with this arm of yours. To be honest, if I hadn't discovered it in time and controlled it a bit, this devouring would have continued indefinitely, and you'd really be done for. Although I can't investigate what's going on with this arm right now, that's not important - this world is just about the strong preying on the weak anyway. This arm of yours was reborn later, its power is too great so it naturally wants to devour your body's weaker parts. It's inevitable, as long as your body is strong enough, it won't be able to devour you and can even be used by you. If your body completely surpasses the left arm, then this left arm will thoroughly become your arm." Although unable to examine Zhao Long's physical condition, Lao Shi's experience was rich and he could immediately explain things clearly.

  "This arm of yours is quite special, your training just now increased the strength of your left arm by a lot, almost to the level of an average martial artist. But your body only has the initial stage of thousand-jin strength, that's why there was a problem. However, I took a look and saw that when the stone fell earlier, your body burst out with power at the moment of life and death, unleashing some hidden potential, which instantly increased the strength of the rest of your body by about 30%. This reduced the advantage of your left arm and temporarily stopped it from devouring your body. Old Liu mentioned before that this left arm is very mysterious, even he couldn't figure out what's going on. But with his current divine sense, taking a look at other parts of Zhao Long's body besides his left arm is still quite easy."

  Listening to Lao's words, Zhao Long moved his right arm. Although there were still wounds on his fist, his strength had indeed increased significantly. Thinking back to the process just now, it was indeed so, and Zhao Long also felt a chill in his heart.

  However, the theory that Lao Shi said is something he can understand. It's like cancer cells in the human body. If the human body is strong enough, after countless years of development, cancer cells may become as ordinary as flu viruses. Of course, by then there may be new viruses emerging, or the human body becomes strong enough to engulf and assimilate cancer cells directly.

  Zhao Long didn't want his left arm to devour him, and then he would become a whole person into an arm or some other unknown existence, just thinking about it felt terrifying.

  "So in the future when I'm training, shouldn't I train my left arm?" Today because my left arm is strong, previously during exercise I even intentionally strengthened it.

  The old man fell into a brief contemplation, then said: "This will do, but this is only a temporary solution. Because your left arm absorbs spiritual energy on its own and continuously self-advances, it will soon possess the power of a martial artist. It will grow stronger by itself. So you have only one way out - your speed of advancement must be faster than that of your left arm. Fortunately, the spiritual energy here is thin, otherwise his absorption and growth rate would both be very fast. But this means your training plans won't work."

  "Then go with your plan." Zhao Long immediately reacted and understood that Lao Shi's words meant he had a way.

  "Although it's a bit tough now and there will be some pain, since the situation has changed, it can't be helped. Forget about teaching you to absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, this left arm is extremely special, even if I teach you the technique now, your absorption speed won't be as fast as it is. So we can only use the Body Refining Method, start learning the "Nine Turns Five Elements Body Refining Technique" directly to help you refine your body. I've recently investigated and found that in this world, there are still various different attributes of energy, some of which are also contained within small objects. Just like the yellow metal on your female landlord's hand, it contains a weak golden energy, and it's a relatively gentle golden energy, suitable for your current body refining needs." Old Shi spoke slowly at this moment, obviously organizing his thoughts and analyzing the words he was saying, after all, he had to arrange a body refining plan based on Zhao Long's actual situation.

  "You're talking about those two gold rings she's wearing, right?" Zhao Long suddenly remembered that Yao Meili was wearing two gold rings on her hand. Other women would wear diamond rings when they got married, but she wanted gold rings and even asked for several at once, often switching between them, sometimes even wearing two at a time.

  "That's right, it's that kind of metal. Now you need to strengthen your bones and muscle strength first."

  Lao Shi was still thinking, but Zhao Long had already started to get a headache. Having just solved the housing rent issue, he now had no job and faced the danger of being swallowed by his left arm, which also required money. He couldn't rely on winning small amounts of money at the arcade to support himself, and buying gold also required a lot of funds.

  Money!! Zhao Long's headache recurred, but as Lao Shi said, although his body had just experienced a life-or-death crisis and its strength had been greatly enhanced, his left arm was constantly absorbing spiritual energy at all times, and he couldn't afford to waste any time.

  Although the antique shop thing has been discussed with Lao Shi, it is quite feasible, but that also requires capital. If you want to try your luck and find good things, who knows how long it will take. Some distant water can't solve the thirst now, so for now, we can only think of other ways.

  As soon as he thought of this, Zhao Long immediately changed his clothes and rushed back to the city first. Along the way, he occasionally communicated with Lao Shi, and more often pondered how to make money.

  Although somewhat reluctantly, Zhao Long still went around in circles outside of Shuguang Street, where there were more game halls. In the suburbs, this type of game hall was most common, but places like Shuguang Street with so many were rare. For an entire night, Zhao Long didn't rest and only found over a dozen game halls. He couldn't go to those he had won money from before, or else it would definitely attract other people's attention.

  After a whole night, he had more than 7,800 yuan in his hands. After breakfast, Zhao Long took a taxi to the most famous Golden Street in Haicheng East District. This street is mainly composed of various gold shops, world-renowned jewelry stores and various jade shops. Next to it is the Cultural Antiques Street. It was originally intended to be built into a cultural and antique street like Liulichang, but its foundation is not very deep, and it has never been very popular.

  Instead, there are many businesses selling fake cultural relics in some small alleys next to the Cultural Relics Street or in some places near it.

  Few people can afford antiques, and since most are unfamiliar with them, they dare not easily get involved. Many counterfeiters want to pass off fake items as genuine ones, but such things cannot last long. Until a clever businessman came along, he directly produced many replicas and openly promoted the slogan of "high-quality imitation for collection and appreciation". Just like there is only one Mona Lisa and one Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival, you can also place some high-quality replicas in your home or office to enhance your artistic taste.

  This person thus made a fortune, gradually driving people to buy all sorts of high-quality counterfeit products, the price perhaps only one-thousandth or even one-ten-thousandth that of the genuine article, but selling quite a few pieces every day, with tourists coming to buy year after year, business booming in contrast to those authentic antique shops which might not open for three years and then be just enough to eat for three years.

  Zhao Long had accompanied Xue Er to this place before, occasionally buying some small things to take back and play with. So after getting off the car, Zhao Long was in a daze for a while looking at that bustling antique street. They call it an antique street, but actually they sell all sorts of things, just some trinkets. Of course, if you want replicas of terracotta warriors, they can also be found there.

  Xue Er's words, Zhao Long still remembers. Before, he was not willing to wait, it was just that at that time, wanting to achieve something was extremely difficult. But now, at least there is an opportunity, and even if there is no threat to life, Zhao Long will still give it his all.

  Xue Er, wait for me, I will definitely thoroughly control this left arm. With the current opportunity, I will also grow up quickly.

  After standing for a while, Zhao Long walked towards Jin Street and casually found a store.

  "Welcome! How can I help you?" As soon as we walked in, a beautiful salesgirl came up to us with a smile.

  Zhao Long glanced at the current gold price, and the Thousand Foot Gold Sea City was now 338. The gold price had fluctuated again recently. Zhao Long calculated in his heart that he had left some money behind, and he could only use around 8,000 yuan to buy gold, which would be more than 20 grams. He took a look at the gold in the counter, those investment-oriented counters, the smallest gold bar was also 100 grams, no need to think about it, Zhao Long walked directly to a men's gold jewelry counter, his eyes scanned and saw a gold ring of around 20 grams.

  "That's it, let's get the bill." Zhao Long nodded, causing the shopping guide following him and the service staff at the counter to be stunned. Although many people come here to buy gold, even spending tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands, but someone like Zhao Long who makes a decision in less than five seconds is a first.

  "Lao Shi, shouldn't we find a quieter place to lay low for a while? About how long will it take?" Zhao Long walked out of the gold shop without taking any boxes, his left hand directly grasping the gold ring, and immediately contacted Lao Shi.

  "No need to look, this bit of golden energy is just enough to restore the parts of your bones and body that were affected by your left arm. This isn't refining your body, it's just a restoration, so you don't feel anything. I had already taken care of it when you picked it up earlier. For someone as great and awesome as me, this is nothing." Lao Shi said lightly.

  "Ah!" Zhao Long was shocked, and suddenly opened his hand. The 20-gram gold ring in his hand had lost its luster and become softer. At this moment, Zhao Long didn't feel any excitement, only a sense of despair. Shit! This was the 7,000 yuan he had earned after working hard for a whole night!!!

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