Shushan: Extinction

Chapter 89: Become a Martial Saint!

The pressing process is actually not much different from the ancient pressing of rapeseed oil and soybean oil, except that some medicines need to be sprinkled in occasionally during the pressing process.

The squeezed blood and flesh essence is brown-red in color and looks similar to tomato juice, but it smells like a peculiar and rich flavor.

Gong Tianwu took a bottle of freshly squeezed flesh and blood essence and looked at it, then tilted his head back and took a big gulp.

I found that it had no taste, just like boiled water, but the texture of this thing was somewhat similar to jelly.

If you close your eyes and feel it carefully, you will find that after it enters the stomach, it begins to quickly seep into the blood vessels throughout the body, and then the meridians feel warm and very comfortable.

At the same time, the blood wheel in the Dantian also rotated faster and its size increased slightly. It turned out that this thing was of great benefit to the practice of martial arts.

After careful consideration, Gong Tianwu took three bottles of blood and flesh essence and headed to Zhongchong Peak.

Relying on the identity tag he was wearing, Gong Tianwu was not troubled and was put up smoothly.

Gong Tianwu first went to the reception hall. Canbo usually stayed here. However, this time, Gong Tianwu found that there were strangers sitting there. So he looked around and saw that there was no one around. He casually put a gold ingot on the table and said with a smile:
"Sir, where is Canbo?"

The man rolled his eyes, calmly put the gold ingot into his sleeve, and said:

"What do you want him for?"

Gong Tianwu said:

"Before, Canbo asked me to do something, so I came here on time to take over, didn't I?"

After hearing this, the steward whispered:
"Hey, you're late. Canbo left five days ago."

Gong Tianwu was delighted and said immediately:
"Ah? Why did he leave?"

Perhaps the little gold ingot had worked. The steward looked around and whispered:
"I heard that he was taking advantage of his age. The master was already in a bad mood that day, and the old man said a few words to him. He scolded him and told him to get out and go back home."

Gong Tianwu was overjoyed after hearing this, because he could see that the old man Canbo was serious and strict in his work, and he might not guarantee that he would not go to the blood field to check in the future.

What if I find out that what I’m planting is not blood cabbage but blood lotus, and then I only have to pay two bottles of blood and flesh essence every month, wouldn’t that be extra trouble?
Gongtian Five Convenience Road:
"So that's how it is. I've just taken care of an acre of blood field. I've planted some blood cabbage and I'm here to pay for the blood and flesh essence. So, could you please tell me who to hand it over to?"

The steward said:

"Go find the Blood Butler, he's in the room on the left."

Hearing the words "Blood Chief", Gong Tianwu was stunned for a moment, then said:

"Okay, thank you very much."

The reason why Gong Tianwu stayed for a while was because the steward's surname was Xue. You should know that this surname is very rare. In the clan, only those who are born as blood babies and have no father or mother will choose this surname.

If that's the case, then isn't this Blood Manager one of us?

So Gong Tianwu immediately rushed over to ask for a meeting, but the Blood Manager was handling something, so he just watched from the side.

I noticed that he was always smiling and friendly when dealing with people, so I felt relieved. When it was my turn, I bowed and said with a smile:

"Master Blood, please. I am No. 11. I was severely punished by the master for killing Yaqi before, and was asked to guard the blood field. I came here today to pay the harvest."

After hearing this, Blood Chief stood up and said in surprise:
"Ah, so you are Brother No. 11. I have heard of your name for a long time, but I didn't expect to see you in person today."

Gong Tianwu laughed and whispered:

"This is my first time coming to Zhongchong Peak. I was nervous and worried that I would not be able to complete the task."

"But when I heard that you were the one taking over, I immediately felt relieved. It's easy to talk to one of us, right?"

As he spoke, he blocked the view from the side with his body and directly handed over a bottle of flesh and blood essence.

When the Blood Chief saw this, his face suddenly changed and he waved his hands hastily, saying:
"It can't be done."

Gong Tianwu whispered:

"Master Xue, since you are one of us, I won't beat around the bush. Actually, I don't have any ambitions to make progress right now. Killing Yaqi has already put me in the spotlight. Now is the time to hide my abilities."

"So we don't want to show off in front of the adults, but we certainly can't be a drag. It's best to maintain the status quo and keep things stable."

Hearing what Gong Tianwu said, Manager Xue breathed a sigh of relief. What he feared most was that young people's desire to make progress was as fierce as charcoal, which would be troublesome.

What Gong Tianwu asked for was a piece of cake for him. Besides, the other party was also a blood slave, so they would be closer emotionally. So he accepted the things reluctantly.

Only after the two of them had finished their dealings did they start talking about official business. Gong Tianwu took out two bottles of blood and flesh essence to complete the task for the month, and directly deposited them into the public account. Then he went down the mountain in great joy.

***
After everything at Xuetian was back on track, Gong Tianwu took time out to continue taking care of the affairs of the Zhenyu Gang.

As early as when the Zhenyu Gang was just established, he had instructed people to keep an eye on the chefs, and now three of them have been found.

Among these three people, two are mortals.

One was a chef of a restaurant who seduced the wife of the owner and was caught in bed. In a panic, he picked up a knife and killed the owner, becoming a wanted criminal and fled here.

Another cook came here to seek elixir because his only son in three generations fell ill and he had spent all his family fortune but still had no way to get treatment.

The remaining cook was called Mingshan, who was at the second level of Qi Refining and also came from the Blood God Sect.

This guy originally worked in the kitchen of the common hall and was doing well, but unfortunately he was dishonest and bold, so he was caught in the act and had one hand and one leg chopped off and kicked out.

To Gong Tianwu, it doesn’t matter what these people want or what their character is like. As long as you have talent and ability, he will dare to use you!

The cook who was at the second level of Qi Refining seemed to be useless with one hand and one leg broken, but his knowledge was crucial.

The things produced in the Gongtian Five Blood Field are rare. Selling the raw materials directly is actually the least cost-effective. Only after deep processing can the profits be maximized.

In this case, the most cost-effective thing is to make elixirs, but unfortunately it is difficult to find relevant talents. Then Gong Tianwu thought of medicinal food.

However, the crops in the blood fields are simply beyond the ability of mortal chefs to handle, and one could even risk one's life if one is not careful, so Mingshan's experience can play a big role.

The canteen on Xiaogushan Mountain gained some fame in the neighborhood soon after it was established.

What made the dish famous was not the price advantage predicted by Gong Tianwu, but the fried meat chunks made by the chef according to his instructions.

The method of making this thing is very simple. It was all because Gong Tianwu had eaten fried chicken nuggets on Earth and suddenly missed the taste, so he asked the chef to make it.

The confused chefs said they didn't know how to make it, so Gong Tianwu told them that the method was very simple:
That is to chop the scraps or bone-in meat of pork, lamb, chicken, duck, etc. into mahjong-sized cubes, then coat them with a large amount of sticky tapioca flour, and throw them into a pan to fry.

If you don't know how deep to fry it, then refer to the process of frying dough sticks.

Bone-in meat chopped into small pieces, this world has,

Cassava flour is also available in this world.

Edible oil still exists in this world.

Youtiao still exists in this world.

However, there is really no such thing as trying to combine these things in this world!!

As a result, this "fried meat" became popular in Kouzhenguan, and even imitators appeared quickly.

But there is still a constant stream of people coming to Xiaogushan to consume, after all, this is the birthplace and it is sold in limited quantities.

Yes, limited edition!
The food here in Xiaogushan must first be supplied to one's own people before being sold to the outside world.

Moreover, on the night when Gong Tianwu dealt with the Blood Chief, all the core members of the Zhenyu Gang and the big customers who rented the spiritual cave received a free mysterious medicinal soup at dinner.

The amount of this thing is really not much, you can finish it in three sips at most, and the taste is not that good, but it is very effective for spiritual practice.

People who drank it gave it rave reviews, and some even offered to pay more for it, but were told that it was still a trial run and that it was not available even if they had money. Three days later, Zhenyu Gang officially launched the medicinal food: Xianyuan Soup.

The price is of course very expensive, but any resource that can improve the speed of cultivation is expensive. In comparison, the charge for Xianyuan Soup is actually very gentle.

Of course, the internal members of the True Feather Gang also received preferential treatment in this regard:
Core members and spirit cave renters can receive three bowls for free every month, and then they need to purchase them. Ordinary members of the Zhenyu Gang have two priority purchase rights every month.

At first, these ordinary members thought this privilege was useless because they felt that there was no way they could spend a lot of money to buy such a small bowl of soup.

But when someone paid to buy their right of first refusal, these guys' thinking began to reverse 180 degrees.

***
Time began to move silently backwards again.

Gong Tianwu has already opened up the connections, allowing his confidants such as Zhu Po Po to go to the blood field on a regular basis to do some trivial tasks such as fertilizing on his behalf, and then Gong Tianwu announced that he would go into seclusion.

As the saying goes, sharpening the knife does not delay the chopping of wood. He had previously spent a lot of time on the Zhenyu Gang because he knew very well that initial investment in this organization was essential.

But once it is officially up and running and on the right track, it will be able to give back and continuously provide itself with a large amount of cultivation resources.

More importantly, there are no shortcuts on the road to cultivation, but there are shortcuts on the road to martial arts! !
There were four bottles of blood and flesh essence placed in front of Gong Tianwu, but for the disciples of the Blood God Sect, this thing was not used for drinking most of the time, but to assist in cultivation.

He stuck his index finger into the bottle, silently circulated the blood wheel force, and absorbed the essence of blood and flesh directly into the blood vessels in his body.

After inhaling four bottles of blood and flesh essence in succession, Gong Tianwu's body had expanded by more than half, and his eyeballs had obviously protruded out of his sockets.

Red blood vessels like little snakes appeared on the surface of the body, and the whole person was gasping violently and involuntarily, as if he was going to explode in the next second.

Then Gong Tianwu looked at the coffee table in front of him, where three things were placed:

The first piece was an oval stone, about the size of a fist, but it was shining with a mysterious red light like burning charcoal.

Its name is Flying Fire Meteor, to put it simply, it is a meteorite that contains the mysterious power of stars.

The second thing was a tube of blood, a tube of blood that looked like lava.

Blood of Fire Crow.

The sun is also known as the Golden Crow, and the Fire Crow is the poor man's version of the Golden Crow. The power hidden in its blood is exactly what the Purple Qi Cave Secret urgently needs.

The third item was somewhat unique. It looked like a snow-white pearl. If one looked closely, it seemed as if there was a ball of light constantly refracting inside it.

Its name is: Emperor Liujiang.

These three things are the return from the Zhenyu Gang, obtained from various channels.

After combining the three of them together, four words emerged in Gong Tianwu's mind:
"Cheating device."

In his previous life, he used an abnormal method to improve his knowledge of the Purple Qi Cave Secret, and in a short period of time he brought it to the point where he "understood it clearly in his mind," and as a result he entered the innate realm.

However, it is very important to note that the Xiantian realm is only the limit of Xie Zhengwu, who has only a seven-point bone structure, but it is not the limit of the body of No. 11 at this time! !
The root bone of this body is as high as 21 points!
According to records in ancient books, the three rare items collected at this time, combined with some special secrets, can advance the true secrets of the Purple Qi Cave to an incredible height.

Of course, during this time, Gong Tianwu also learned some common sense in the world of cultivation:
That is, martial arts are fundamentally in conflict with cultivation.

This is because the core of martial arts is body training, which requires polishing the body to be smooth, flawless and perfect, and under the perception of the unity of man and nature, evolve towards a stronger direction.

But the core of cultivation is to refine the spirit.

Buddhism calls the physical body a "stinking skin bag", so you can imagine what it thinks of the physical body.

Not to mention Taoism, whose goal starting from the Qi Refining Stage is to constantly weaken the importance of the physical body and make great strides towards the Nascent Soul Stage.

Once you enter this realm, the role of the physical body is actually weakened significantly, because even if the physical body is cut off, the Nascent Soul can still exist in the world for a long time.

In the realm after the Nascent Soul, the physical body is treated as a tonic, and is eaten up bit by bit by the Nascent Soul.
To be more specific,
During the Qi Refining Stage, the disadvantages of practicing martial arts are not yet obvious.

But after the foundation-building stage, spiritual awareness begins to become very important. However, the more advanced the martial arts practice, the more difficult it is to improve one's spiritual awareness.

But for Gong Tianwu, these problems are not problems at all. His goal in this life is not to reach the foundation-building stage, but to avoid the destined disaster and survive.

So, Gong Tianwu smiled, picked up the Emperor Liujiang in front of him, and drank it all in one gulp!

Big Eater Talent, activated!!
***
Gong Tianwu's retreat this time lasted for twenty days. He also planned to gradually increase the number of days in the future to allow the entire Zhenyu Gang to adapt to his long absence.

From the beginning to the end, Gong Tianwu was very clear in his heart that cultivation was the most core resource, and the Zhenyu Gang was just a tool to assist him in his cultivation.

When he successfully came out of seclusion, the description behind the Purple Qi Cave Secret on the attribute column had become shocking! ! Gong Tianwu's martial arts realm was even raised to the Martial Saint! !
He is an existence that can suppress the destiny of an entire mortal world, but he can only be considered a beginner-level martial saint because his actual combat experience holds him back.

To use a not very appropriate metaphor to describe it, the physical fitness of the 20-year-old Tyson is definitely superior to that of the 28-year-old Tyson in all aspects, but if the two sides were to PK, the 28-year-old Tyson would definitely have a much greater chance of winning.

This is where experience matters.

As long as Gong Tianwu participates in more battles, he will soon be promoted to a mid-level Martial Saint, and there will not be any cognitive obstacles or barriers during this period.

This is a very important matter, because under normal circumstances, it is common for a beginner martial saint to be stuck at the bottleneck of a mid-level martial saint and make no progress for ten to twenty years.

However, Gong Tianwu also realized that the potential of his body only stopped at the intermediate level of Martial Saint. There was no possibility for him to reach the ultimate level of Martial Saint, let alone the later levels.

There is another more important point: such a rapid growth comes at a price. Gong Tianwu can feel that the lifespan of this body has been reduced by half.

To put it more intuitively, Gong Tianwu's life status bar at this time is: 0.7 years old/10 years old, not 10.7 years old/20 years old.

This negative effect directly deducts the upper limit of life, reducing the maximum life span of 20 years to 10 years, which means that it is impossible to use any life-extending elixir to repair the damage.

So are there other people who do the same as Gong Tianwu?

Of course there are! But they are definitely a minority, because the hard condition for doing this is: you have to have a 21-point foundation.

In this era where immortals are the main force and rule the world, people who can reach the 21-point bone structure requirement are extremely rare. Once they are found out since childhood, they must be cultivated as immortals. How could they have the opportunity to practice martial arts?

Next, you have to prepare these three rare materials, as well as fifteen bottles of the Blood God Sect’s specialty: blood and flesh essence.

Finally, one has to bear the horrific price of having his life span halved in order to replicate Gong Tianwu's path to rapid success.

For people in this world, this is almost impossible to do.
It's like in modern times, if a kid has excellent reaction and dynamic vision, his parents and he himself will most likely let him become a professional e-sports player. Who would bother to learn bow and arrow hunting skills?

More importantly, having 21 points of physique only means that you have the potential to become a Martial Saint. There are still many things missing from becoming a Martial Saint.
A technique that suits you, amazing resources for practicing martial arts, and good luck that will not die out for up to sixty years.

Of course, although the Martial Saint is strong, it does not mean that he can do whatever he wants.

You know, when one has reached the stage of foundation building, one will have the ability to fly. One can stand thousands of meters in the air and throw talismans, magical powers, and magic weapons at the Martial Saint, and easily kill him.

Not to mention the endless incantations, witchcraft, etc., there are too many ways to make the Martial Saint God die without anyone knowing.

There is also a most classic question: No matter how fast a martial saint is, can he be faster than a flying sword?
Not to mention the top-notch stuff like the Purple and Green Twin Swords, the Tiandu Minghe, and the Seven Cultivators, even the enchanting and cheap stuff like the Zhushan Sect's Flying Sword cannot be resisted by flesh and blood.

Of course, all these winning rates are based on the assumption that both sides are fighting head-on.

Once the Martial Saint lurks and approaches within ten steps of a cultivator, it will be hard to say who will win. It is estimated that most cultivators will face severe tests.

At the same time, after this retreat, Gong Tianwu was pleasantly surprised to find that his talent as a big eater had also improved, and he even felt that it was a natural result.

According to Gong Tianwu's inference, this improvement should have two main reasons:
The first is that I usually eat a lot of elixirs and spiritual objects, which provide me with sufficient nutrition.

Second, since the lifespan of a blood slave is limited to twenty years, this body has already fully developed at this point.

After the big eater talent was upgraded, the name became Gluttonous Stomach. The most obvious change was that Gong Tianwu's stomach was split into four parts, namely the rumen, reticulum, omasum and abomasum!

This will increase the food conversion rate by at least 100%.

What's even more exaggerated is that Gong Tianwu can now even eat small amounts of minerals and other things, and still gain benefits without any negative effects. (Of course, eating too much at one time, or eating all minerals, is not allowed)
In addition, any poison or toxin that enters the body orally will be digested by more than 90% by the gluttonous stomach. It may be an exaggeration to say that it is immune to all poisons, but it is truly worthy of the name.

(End of this chapter)