Chapter 49: Fellow Daoist, Hello

  The cultivation of Xuegong Xiangu has no rules to speak of. Everything relies on natural development, and the influence of Xuegong's heart within me gradually manifests itself over time. In these few days, I have been dazed and confused from dawn till dusk, sometimes suddenly having a huge appetite, sometimes having strong desires, sometimes being stupidly stunned, and sometimes sleeping for a whole day and night. It wasn't until after ten days that I slowly adapted to the changes in my body and thoroughly merged Xuegong's heart with my own body.

  The rest was restored to normal, and it was discovered that the true yuan of the dantian had all transformed into gongli, and this transformation was still ongoing. Slowly, everything had transformed back into the power of true yuan, but this true yuan power was different from before, having evolved once again into gongneng true yuan power. The second step had also been completed unknowingly. From then on, when absorbing spiritual energy, one would obtain gongneng true yuan, which was ten times stronger than the original true yuan.

  This aura can truly unleash the remaining true yuan, and now it's completely at my fingertips. Within a radius of one zhang, I can freely release my own comprehended sword technique, leaving nothing unbroken, and even heavy armor and shields are cut like tofu under this aura's slash, everything is severed in two. Only items that contain the same cultivation true yuan can withstand this unstoppable aura true yuan, but once the true yuan exceeds one zhang, the externally released true yuan completely disperses.

  This is normal too. Only innate masters can condense their yuan outside to a distance of one zhang, which is one of the differences between innate and acquired masters. The rest are now considered normal situations.

  The fire symbol has replenished its energy again, but there are only six flame charges left. The more I use it, the less I have, which makes me very heartbroken.

  The heart has fully accepted the body's energy, and the energy conversion is complete. Now it's just a matter of the final step: the mutual adaptation, fusion, and balance between blood energy and energy. This is extremely difficult, as sometimes the blood energy becomes too strong, engulfing all the energy, or the energy becomes too much, compressing the blood energy back into the heart, unable to move out even an inch.

  The aura can be in the body, and the rest will become visible. The blood eye gaze technique has no effect, but the blood body lightness technique has a huge impact. If you replace the aura with blood energy inside the body and move it under your feet, suddenly it's like launching a rocket, bursting outward, faster than blood energy, but also harder to control, lacking the agility of blood energy.

  To balance the blood energy and gang energy in his body, Yu Zecheng once again entered the Ten Thousand Great Mountains. He wandered around the dangerous peaks and steep ridges of the great mountains, first to temper himself and secondly to hope to discover some rare minerals and precious medicinal materials.

  He often walked for several days in the mountains, and his efforts were not in vain. He found two rare minerals, one was a Water Glow Stone and the other was a Purple Copper. He exchanged them with Ya Xiang for four Spirit Stones.

  Autumn arrived quietly, and October came. Yu Zecheng was busy in the gang for several days, settling everything, collecting all the protection fees, handing them over to the headquarters, giving his subordinates a bonus, setting aside some activity funds, and sending the remaining 300 taels of silver back home, which were kept by his mother.

  Yu Ze Cheng returns home once a month during this period. His younger brother has been away from home recently and has a good relationship with his grandfather, living with him every day. Yu Ze Cheng advised his younger brother twice, but to no avail, instead causing his younger brother's dissatisfaction, and the two almost quarreled.

  Everyone has the freedom to pursue their own path, and if my younger brother chooses to take that road, it's his choice, his right, and all I can do is silently watch.

  Yu Ze Cheng returned to Shanzhu City and then entered the mountains of Xiwang, lying on a green pine tree, watching the wind and clouds, feeling carefree in these mountains.

  On this day, he arrived at a Cloud Peak, where the mountain was shrouded in mist and fog, containing a large amount of spiritual energy, which attracted Yu Ze Cheng to come here for a visit.

  After entering the mountain, there is a faint small road above, which may be the mountain road trampled by the medicine collectors who have been exploring continuously. Then follow the mountain road and walk towards the mountain peak.

  The scenery of this mountain is beautiful and the spiritual energy is abundant. There must be a spiritual eye on this mountain, otherwise I wouldn't help but nod my head in admiration. I wish to build a courtyard and a thatched cottage in this mountain, where I can cultivate myself when I have nothing else to do, which will definitely increase my cultivation speed.

  As he walked, Yu Zecheng used his Blood Eye Technique to take a look and was shocked to see countless spiritual energies gathering at the top of the mountain, emitting a faintly visible, sky-piercing spiritual light.

  Could it be that there is a treasure born? I then quickened my pace, advancing towards the mountain peak, passing through layers of mist, and arrived at the summit. I couldn't help but pause in astonishment - it turned out that someone had already settled here, a huge estate was situated right on top of the mountain.

  At the top of this mountain ridge is a flat ground, as if it was artificially excavated into a platform, with an area of several mu. In the center of the villa is a medicinal garden, where hundreds of rare and precious spiritual herbs are planted, looking at this, it's not an ordinary family, probably also a cultivator.

  Outside the medicine field, there are hundreds of trees of various colors, their positions are peculiar, vaguely a kind of formation, protecting the medicine field.

  In the center of the medicine garden, there are several houses with a simple and elegant appearance, giving off an otherworldly aura that makes people like them at first sight. In front of the houses, there is a spring water feature where water sprays out to form a one-foot-high column of spirit spring, which seems to be the result of some magical technique used by immortals.

  Yu Ze Cheng watched carefully from the outside, he didn't rashly enter, but secretly observed. He saw that inside the manor there were two Taoist priests, both not very old, under twenty years old, they were clearing medicinal herbs, drawing water to irrigate, and slowly working.

  Suddenly someone looked in Yu Zecheng's direction and shouted:

  "Is it not delightful to have friends coming from afar? Now that you are here, please come into the garden and let us chat."

  Yu Zecheng saw that others had discovered his trail, while he himself was searching alone in a daze. He really wanted to have a chat with like-minded people, so he revealed himself and replied:

  "I happened to come here and disturb fellow Taoists."

  The man burst out laughing and said:

  "Please come in, please come in. I don't have any immortal elixirs or spiritual medicines here, but a thin tea is still available."

  Yu then stepped into the manor and looked at the various rare flowers and grasses in the medicinal garden. Comparing them to the descriptions in the Floating Pagoda Records, he gradually recognized many of them and said:

  "Friend, the things here are really good! This is Lingzhi grass, it's already been fired for 70 years and can be used to make medicine and elixirs. And this is Baosi vine, it's about to produce a big harvest soon. Really not bad!"

  That man bowed his head and said:

  "This is all thanks to our master's efforts, my junior brother and I just lent a hand. Come sit down, junior brother will serve the tea."

  In a cool place, under the grape arbor, there are several rattan chairs. Lying on these rattan chairs can take in the scenery of tens of miles around, it is indeed a leisurely place.

  Three people sat down, hit it off with each other, and enjoyed themselves immensely. Everyone laughed and joked together, feeling very relaxed and at ease.

  Yu Ze Cheng laughed and asked:

  "Is the teacher here? If he is, I'll go pay respects first, don't want to break the rules."

  The young Taoist replied:

  "Master has gone up the mountain to pick herbs and won't be back until the end of the month."

  Yu Ze Cheng also said:

  "Dare to take the great name of the two elder brothers, and order the teacher's title."

  A slightly older Taoist replied:

  "We are all loose cultivators. My master's Daoist name is Jinshishangren, surname Li and given name Yebai. I am the eldest disciple with the Daoist name of Hanyang, he is the second disciple with the Daoist name of Lingshui, how should fellow practitioners address us?"

  Yu Zhen then clasped his fists and said:

  "In the lower excess then completion, also is a loose cultivator."