Chapter Thirty-Three: The Poetic Rhythm of Women

  The next day, Yu Ze Cheng returned to the base, put the fire token back in its original place to absorb sunlight and replenish energy. With that, he could use the Seven Flames Blast again next time. This treasure was getting less effective with each use; it seemed he had to speed up his cultivation, otherwise this treasure would be damaged, and he'd become a toothless tiger. He also wondered what Bai Dage was doing now, whether he had achieved his wish or not.

  Then Yu Ze became a free market for rare and precious goods, which was originally mainly used for the exchange of rare and precious goods. Countless merchant teams came and went in the mountains of ten thousand, and people often found some strange minerals, or rare medicinal materials, or treasures that could not be named. These things were useless to keep, they were eager to sell, so they would come to this market. This is the origin of this market.

  From the land they received, there hasn't been a single transaction, and no one has come to trade here because trading here requires paying one-tenth of the contract tax. All merchants who want to trade precious goods will take their goods to the market for a turn and then wait outside the market. Soon, someone from the market will go out to meet them, completely avoiding the Tiger Gang's contract tax.

  Yu Zecheng began to reform the contract tax, and all customers who came to this transaction could buy a booth to display their goods for 20 copper coins. As long as the amount was within 800 taels of silver, no fees were required.

  If the financial transaction exceeds 800 taels, a protection fee of one tenth will be collected, and the safety of both buyers and sellers within the Black Tiger Gang's sphere of influence will be guaranteed.

  In this way, the reform was announced and posted publicly, then countless people came to watch, and the market suddenly became prosperous. The rental fee of twenty copper coins was still reasonable, a general price for these people who didn't think it was anything.

  Yu Ze Cheng opened up 300 stalls in the market, which was initially very quiet. Later on, it gradually reached a rental rate of over seven layers every day, and this small amount became a lot. In one day, he earned nearly four taels of silver, and in a month, he had more than 100 taels. If he continued to expand his business in the market, his income would be immeasurable. At least it was better than losing money with nothing coming in.

  Yu Zecheng left eight disciples to guard the market, and handed over Tong Lei to take charge. Then he returned home, only to find that everything in his house was neatly arranged, with a young girl busily wiping and cleaning everywhere.

  That girl wasn't very big, probably only thirteen or fourteen years old. She was not tall, but her eyebrows and eyes were clear and pretty, her skin was white and tender, like a neighbor's daughter, with a very fresh taste. As soon as she saw Yu Zhe, she stopped wiping the dishes immediately and stood aside with her head down, being very honest and obedient.

  Ma Tianyu saw Yu Ze Cheng return and hastily ran over to report:

  "Boss, she's Liu Xiaoguang's third sister. She voluntarily became your maid to thank you for sparing her brother's life. This is the contract. I think we're all rough men and wouldn't be able to serve you well anyway, so I agreed. Look at her, she's beautiful and elegant, a beauty in the making. When she grows up, she'll be perfect for warming your bed. If not, someone else would just benefit from it, might as well be you, boss."

  After finishing speaking, Ma Tianyu handed over a contract of sale, Yu Zecheng took it and looked at it, and indeed it was the contract of sale of this girl. Yu Zecheng thought for a moment and understood the reason. He had driven Liu Xiaoguang's family away, but they would have difficulty making a living after leaving Shanzhu City. So he came up with a plan to send over a young girl as his own maid, so that he wouldn't drive them away, and with this girl by his side, the reason why Liu Xiaoguang was not punished severely was also solved. If someone wanted to bully his family, they would think twice with the girl by his side.

  Yu Ze Cheng held the contract in his hand and asked:

  "What's your name?"

  The girl said in a low voice:

  "My name is Shi Yun, I am thirteen years old."

  Yu Ze Cheng said:

  "Look up."

  The girl slowly raised her head, and Yu Zecheng took a look at her, indeed a beautiful young woman with a unique charm at such a young age. A girl like this born into a poor family would inevitably attract the attention of many people. It seems that the Liu family also knew they couldn't protect this girl themselves, so it's better to send her here in exchange for protection.

  It's strange, I actually have a good feeling about her, this good feeling is not the kind between men and women, nor is it a personal preference, it's like my feeling towards Yu Tianle, or my feeling towards Xu Xiaoyan, it's as if there's something in her body emitting a spiritual power that's attracting me. It's really strange.

  Is there anyone else with this feeling? Ah, yes, Bai Dage also has this taste. Wait a minute, when Xu Xiaoyao was taken as a disciple by the immortal, Bai Dage also went to cultivate immortality. Is this taste the taste of spiritual roots? Could it be that this little girl is also someone with spiritual roots? No wonder she's so exceptionally beautiful.

  Yu Ze Cheng said calmly:

  "Alright, I'll take you in, but first let me make one thing clear: from now on, you're my woman. According to the contract, I can beat you, sell you, make you have children with me, or even kill you. I'm giving you one chance to back out, think carefully."

  The girl gritted her teeth and said:

  "I, I'm willing, as long as you don't drive our family away from here."

  Yu Ze Cheng said:

  "Alright, I hope you won't regret it like your brother did."

  After finishing speaking, he put away the contract and took out twenty taels of silver, saying:

  "This is for you, take it back to your family. Although you're volunteering, I can't accept it for free. This money will be considered as your compensation, and I'll give you two taels of silver every month. Every day, you'll help me with cleaning and tidying up. You don't have to live here, you can go back home every day. There's leftover food in the kitchen that you can take back for your family to eat. By the way, the room inside is my practice room, don't enter it randomly."

  Yu Ze Cheng walked towards the training room, never looking at the girl again. The conditions Yu Ze Cheng offered were very generous, usually a Tang Dynasty girl's price was only about ten taels of silver, and during times when surrounding countries suffered disasters, even three taels of silver could buy a girl. What he did was purely to win people over, just to establish an image of a gentle and skilled person in the little girl's heart.

  Back in the training room, this was rushed out today. It was built by Gao Feng and others to protect Yu Ze Cheng's safety during his cultivation.

  Yu Ze Cheng sat down, slowly feeling the true yuan blood energy inside his body. After a while, he shook his head and found that the air mass left in his body by the immortal began to collapse. Since he concentrated his strength to kill Mo Li Qing, his blood energy seemed to have awakened, with its circulation speed increasing by 30%. However, this air mass seemed to be having a rejection reaction with his own blood energy. It looked like it could only be used once more before disappearing.

  This time must play to the best level, achieve the best results, so Yu Ze Cheng decided to retreat, conduct a good cultivation, but before that need to do something, that is simmer soup.

  During the raid on Warmth Helper, Yu Ze Cheng obtained a thousand-year-old ginseng. This time in seclusion, he was like borrowing the effect of ginseng to increase his cultivation intensity.

  Ginseng can be taken orally, but the effect may not be obvious. So Yu Ze Cheng started his old business, making soup, cutting ginseng into a quarter and boiling it in soup.

  This time cooking the soup, Yu Ze Cheng was using his Blood Energy to heat and cook it at all times, bitterly cooking for six hours, finally simmering out a pot of ginseng soup.

  It's not a pot, but rather a bowl. Yu Zecheng lifted the bowl of high soup and drank it down in one gulp. Instantly, he felt an infinite fiery sensation inside his abdomen. Then, Yu Zecheng sat on the futon, began to circulate his Qi, and started the third transformation of refining blood and tempering body.

  This time, through the refinement of blood and strengthening of bones, that mass of energy began to break down and provide vital energy. The ginseng soup eaten also started to show its medicinal properties. Yu Ze then used the energy from these two things to start refining his blood and tempering his body. Gradually, his bodily fluids turned into a dark ink color, this dark ink-colored fluid seeping into his bones.

  Suddenly, I felt an unbearable crushing pain spreading throughout my entire skeletal system. I gritted my teeth and endured the pain, knowing it was only temporary, and I had to hold on. After tolerating the excruciating bone pain, I felt boundless comfort.

  So the intense pain and comfort came in cycles, a total of thirteen times, before the dark color of the blood disappeared and gradually returned to its original color. It seemed that my third transformation was complete.

  However, Yu Ze Cheng did not stop this time, but continued to mobilize the blood energy, starting a fourth transformation and launching an impact. The blood transformed into green this time, beginning to strengthen the meridians. The 12 regular meridians and the 8 extraordinary vessels were slowly strengthened and changed under the impact of this green blood energy.

  The meridians are strengthened in this process, becoming limp and numb as the blood energy permeates them, then condensing and repairing to become incredibly resilient and even more perfect.

  The blood gradually returned to its normal red color, the Qi ball completely disappeared, and Yu Zhen ended his cultivation. He slowly opened his eyes, and suddenly his entire skeletal system emitted a "creaking" sound, his body shook three times, as if he possessed infinite potential.

  The remaining aura left by the immortal is about to dissipate, and the rest will continue to cultivate and plan to complete the five transformations. After completing the cultivation of refining blood and tempering bones, the aura slowly dissipated, and the medicinal properties of ginseng also completely disappeared, just a little bit short of success, but still did not enter the fifth transformation realm.

  Opportunities are fleeting and cannot be forced, so Yu Zecheng ended his meditation and walked out of the practice room. He looked up at the sky and saw that it was now afternoon. He didn't know how many days he had spent in seclusion this time. When they saw Yu Zecheng come out, many disciples who were on guard outside gathered around him. This time, his meditation had lasted for three whole days and nights, causing everyone to worry a great deal.

  Yu Ze Cheng looked at the gradually setting sun, stretched his limbs, and jumped onto the roof. This time, he seemed to be more agile than before. In the past, after exercising his muscles, he would jump onto the roof relying solely on brute strength, stiffly and awkwardly. Now, with a light leap, his movements were smooth and flowing like clouds and water, extremely natural, and carried a hint of elegance. This was the benefit of training his skeletal system and meridians.

  After ascending to the rooftop, find the hidden location of your Huǒ Fú (Fire Symbol), then secretly retrieve it. With it in hand, dare to ask heroes from all over the world. Then sit on top of the house, gazing at the sunset, pretending to enjoy this scenery, misleading others.

  This is just the cultivation method of the Blood Demon Scripture Volume 1, but the disciples of the Supreme Heavenly Dao Sect need to cultivate the Seven-Colored Decree Volume 1 to perfection before they can break through to the foundation. They have only tempered themselves once, while others will temper themselves seven times, and their roots, bones, and blood vessels will be so strong that it's unimaginable.

  Now that my own Blood Refining Body Tempering is almost successful, I will soon enter the middle level of Qi Guiding Stage, and then I can cultivate the immortal techniques recorded in the back of the Blood Sutra. At that time, I will be a true cultivator, even if I don't have the Fire Token, no one can rival me.