This is not how immortals cultivate

Chapter 150 Uncle Xiang, Wake Up
"Gudu!"

The grape skins were swallowed.

But it wasn’t Xiang Yuan, it was Chaner.

Looking at Xiang Yuan's ugly face with his mouth wide open, Chaner was afraid of rewarding him and did not spit it out.

"shameless!"

Zener gnashed his teeth, and suddenly thought of something. He tried to test her, "You, take out the Bigu Pills. Five, no, ten, and eat them all."

Xiang Yuan endured the humiliation and went undercover. At this moment, he was like an honest man being robbed. There was no reason for him to disobey. He took out a porcelain bottle and poured out ten fasting pills.

"That's not it!"

Chaner was furious. He leaned forward and grabbed Xiangyuan's collar. He gritted his teeth and uttered, "Stop acting crazy and stupid. Eat ten kilograms of meatballs. If you take one less bite, it means you can't continue your performance."

There was rage and resentment in his words.

Xiang Yuan nodded silently, put away the ten fasting pills, pressed Chan'er's shoulders to push him back to his original position, raised his hand and waved, and ten lion-head-sized meatballs were placed on the tea table.

Calculating the time, I haven’t had dinner yet!
“Hmph hum…”

"Smashing——"

Seeing Xiang Yuan being so obedient and eating as soon as he was told to, Chan'er was very happy. She was looking forward to the scene where Xiang Yuan really couldn't eat anymore and gave up begging for mercy.

However, it was not the case. He swallowed the entire ten kilograms of fasting pills at a steady pace, and it seemed that he was still not satisfied.

Then he took out two steamed buns and started eating.

Zener: ==(д)
Zener was shocked. It was the first time he knew that a person could eat so much.

No, you can eat ten kilograms at a time, but what about when you poop? Can the toilet hold it?
Your vegetable garden must be very big!

Zener opened his mouth, but it was insulting. In the end, he didn't ask, and said with a strange look on his face: "Tell me, you are a pig!"

"You are a pig!"

"..."

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Earth Dragon Castle.

The southern border and the northern land are the must-pass places on the Western Chu trade route.

Dilongbao is connected to Dezhou in Western Chu in the upper part and to the hinterland of southern Xinjiang in the lower part. It is accompanied by the ancient Styx Road. It can be called the most majestic city in the northern part of southern Xinjiang and a hub for thoroughfares in all directions.

The majestic stone city stands tall and has withstood the test of wind and rain. The city walls are high and solid as rocks. There are beacon towers on top and arrow towers at the bottom. It is heavily guarded and as solid as a rock.

The ancient road of the Styx below the city twists and turns, as if reaching the center of the earth. It has not been fully explored for thousands of years. It is extremely mysterious and full of legends.

Dilongbao is the bridgehead for Western Chu to look to Southern Xinjiang, and also the outpost for Southern Xinjiang to resist Western Chu. The two sides tacitly did not intervene, leaving a gray area where weeds can grow wildly. In addition, the terrain is complex, the mountains and rivers are steep, and there are countless secret passages, so it has become a place for fugitives and bandits to live.

Because of the rich mineral deposits and numerous rare treasures, which seemed inexhaustible, the area was divided up by many forces. Merchants from all over the world gathered here, the business routes were convenient, trade was prosperous, and wealth was circulated. It was one of the richest areas in the entire southern Xinjiang.

The city is densely populated, the market is prosperous, and there are many shops, restaurants and teahouses.

The sounds of vendors hawking their wares could be heard day and night. The eight evil demons were openly opening shops to make money, and the two major villas, Baiyun and Wangjian, had also opened branches. Even the power of Northern Qi and Southern Jin could be seen here.

The thousands of lights in the night market are as bright as day, and the red sleeves and powdered girls in the tall buildings are like clouds. It is so prosperous that it is hard to imagine that this is the southern Xinjiang where demons are everywhere.

The southern border is a vast area with many small countries rising and falling. There are countless large and small tribes among the vast mountains. Although Dilongbao is a city, its influence spreads to the surrounding areas. If you really count it, it is as vast as the state of Western Chu.

And that's not even the hinterland of Southern Xinjiang. You can imagine how large the entire Southern Xinjiang is and how many natural treasures are buried there. No wonder Xi Chu is thinking about the benefits of this place day and night.

According to rumors, Dilong Castle controlled many surrounding tribes, and the city lord had great ambitions and wanted to establish a country.

This rumor has not been confirmed. Those who know the truth know that the reason why Dilong Castle has a city lord is because the north and south sides do not intervene and are wary of each other, so everyone makes money together to maintain superficial harmony.

The city was built as a country, but sorry, it was built that day and destroyed that night.

What is given to you is yours. If it is not given to you, you cannot ask for it!
……

The carriage arrived at Dilongbao before nightfall. It was a journey of more than ten days. There was the logo of Dilongbao on the carriage, so there were no thieves looking for trouble. So he explained to the witch how to write the word death.

For the past ten days, Xiang Yuan stayed in the carriage, and every day he either pretended to be stupid or practiced martial arts.

The space in the car was limited, so he couldn't practice swordsmanship, so he sat cross-legged and used the Wuxiang Seal to attack 365 acupoints. At first, he was worried that the witch would do something bad, so he stopped practicing for a while. When the witch mocked him for being mean, he gradually became bolder.

Chaner did not disturb Xiang Yuan's practice. With the tea table as the watershed, the two of them each occupied half of the carriage, practicing their own techniques without disturbing the other.

When he was in the Wusheng Realm, Xiang Yuan suppressed his desire to practice and only practiced swordsmanship without impacting the acupoints. Now that he is back in the Qianyuan Realm, he has no worries and lets go of his hands and feet to impact the acupoints with all his strength.

Perhaps the way to practice is to have a balance between relaxation and tension, and blindly forcing things will only backfire. Xiang Yuan rested in the world of the living for more than a month, rested his spirit, and suddenly started practicing with great effort, with amazing efficiency.

In the first three days, ten acupoints were opened every day. On the fourth and fifth days, eight acupoints were opened. On the sixth day, the number slowed down to five...

After practicing all the way, plus the few acupoints opened before, Xiang Yuan now has eighty acupoints opened around his body. If he is given another three days, and works all night to open a hundred acupoints, he will be able to barely activate the protective qi.

With the protective qi, traveling in southern Xinjiang will be safer.

When talking about protective qi, we have to mention the Dragon Subduing Realm. They have come up with new ways to play with qi, which is very cool and stylish. Xiang Yuan has been thinking about it for some time.

If he had not been caught off guard by the witch, according to the original plan, he should be in Mount Emei now, discussing the script with the nun late at night.

Xiang Yuan was very curious about what the opportunity that Chaner mentioned was. Judging from the other party's posture and performance along the way, there was indeed some intention of easing the relationship.

See how big the chance is. If you are as small as the demon girl and want information about Yamafu Gate, you have to pay more.

The carriage stopped at a villa outside Dilongbao and did not enter the city.

Chaner got off the carriage and led Xiang Yuan into the boudoir deep in the inner courtyard.

The environment is quiet and secluded from the outside world, so secluded that even Chaner's personal maid Baoqin did not enter the house, but stood in the corridor acting as a gatekeeper or head of the sect.

Baoqin had a very strange look on her face, her heart full of gossip. She had been with the Saint for some years and thought she knew her very well.

At that time, Chan'er was about six or seven years old. Due to her many reincarnations, she had not yet practiced to regain her memory, but she was born with a cold personality and kept others at a distance. Even her personal maid Bao Qin rarely saw her in a good mood.

So, why did the Saint Lady treat me differently with a face that looked like an idiot? She kept me alone in the car and brought me to her boudoir...

Has the Saint reached the age where she wants a man?
That's not right. I've been reincarnated for many lifetimes. I'm not really only sixteen. How can I be so childish? Baoqin didn't understand. She held her breath and tried to listen to the sounds in the room.

She didn't hear the sound in the house, but the sound in the yard came into her ears. Baoqin looked over and found that the zombie in the box had jumped out at some point, looking up at the moon, absorbing the moonlight and spiritual energy.

Baoqin narrowed her eyes slightly. The method the zombie used to draw down the moonlight aura seemed familiar. If she remembered correctly, it should be the method used by her own saint.

When did the Saint Lady become interested in controlling corpses?
In the boudoir.

Looking sideways into the distance, I can see that the layout of the room is exquisite, clean and simple, and can be described as deserted.

Except for a few paintings on the wall, the whole room can be described as empty. There are wooden beds, tables, chairs and other furniture, but they are empty on all sides, as if lifeless. For example, the dressing table by the window has nothing but a bronze mirror.

There were no jewelry boxes, no rouge, powder or other daily necessities for women.

It should be a temporary base, so there is nothing there. Besides, the girl is naturally beautiful and she doesn't need any makeup at the age of sixteen.

Thinking this, Xiang Yuan came to the closet and opened the door with both hands. As expected, it was empty, without a single piece of clothing.

"Hey, Uncle Xiang, you're awake."

Zener sat on the chair with a sarcastic tone, raised his hand and knocked on the table, and said straight to the point: "There is an ancient road of the Styx under the Earth Dragon Castle, which contains countless natural treasures. Because it stretches for thousands of miles, there are many unexplored areas. You are lucky. When I was practicing before, I found a mine of big tendon vines, accompanied by blood stones and bone-washing grass. Do you understand what I mean?"

External reinforcement!

Xiang Yuan nodded, and said with pride that no one knew more about external support than him.

All of his supernatural powers were obtained from external sources.

The big tendon vine is a specialty of Dilongbao. It only grows on the ancient road of the Styx and cannot be dug out from other places. Even if it is transplanted and cultivated, its medicinal properties will be greatly reduced.

The orange in the south and the tangerine in the north are not acclimatized to the soil and environment.

Big tendon vine can be used as medicine, and is used to refine elixirs that can strengthen the body and heal serious injuries. It can also be taken directly to strengthen the body. Take it with warm water before going to bed every day to improve the body's flexibility and strength, so that the qi points can withstand a stronger flow of true qi.

For martial artists or mountain sects who practice physical training, the big tendon vine is indispensable.

Because of its good yield, the big tendon vine is precious and indispensable for spiritual practice, but it is not a rare treasure and the market price is stable. However, if it is accompanied by blood stone and bone-cleansing grass, its meaning is different.

When a warrior holds the Blood Stone, he can absorb the power of blood, quickly restore his strength, and make up for the missing blood foundation. The powerful spiritual energy contained in it can even help the user break through the bottleneck and improve his cultivation.

Bone Cleansing Grass is just as its name implies, it cleanses the marrow and thins the bones, helping warriors remove impurities from the body, purifying and improving the physique, laying the foundation for higher-level cultivation. It also strengthens the body, accelerates bone healing, and has miraculous effects on severe injuries such as fractures.

These three natural treasures put together become a ruthless strengthening machine, which can raise the potential of warriors, strengthen and upgrade them at the same time, and achieve twice the result with half the effort in cultivation.

Of course, when one’s cultivation reaches the innate level, these three natural treasures will have no effect.

It’s not that it’s impossible, but the innate stage is the return to the original stage, and the physical body has reached another level. If the natural treasures do not undergo qualitative changes, unless they are used as medicine and refined into pills, it is difficult for them to have an effect on the innate stage if they are taken directly.

Seeing that Xiang Yuan had no doubts, Chaner tapped the ground with his toes, triggering the mechanism. The round table in front of him rotated with the bricks and stones, revealing a dark tunnel.

"Let's go, the opportunity is down there."

Zener floated down, his white clothes eye-catching, and a bright halo bloomed, dispelling the darkness around him and illuminating a winding passage.

Is she lying to me and planning to lock me up in the basement?
Xiang Yuan pondered for a moment, feeling that Liu, Guan and Zhang had sworn brotherhood in his mouth, he shook his head in self-mockery, turned over, and jumped down.

The Styx Ancient Road has a long history and is deep and unpredictable, like a giant dragon lurking in the veins of the earth, extending in all directions and difficult to find the end. In addition to the main road directly below the Earth Dragon Castle, branches are spread all over the place. The interior is dry and cold, with caves, canyons, cliffs, abysses and other wonders.

As time goes by, wonders change with the rolling of dragons, burying countless treasure hunters.

The Styx here does not mean a river, but describes the intricate secret passages that lead directly to the center of the earth, like the remains of a river in the underworld, which formed the current underground wonder after drying up.

Xiang Yuan followed Chaner into the winding passage. At first he was worried about getting lost, so he paid attention to a few conspicuous places when turning. But then he gave up. He went around and around and completely lost his direction. He only knew that he was going down all the way and went at least 500 meters deeper.

An hour later, Xiang Yuan didn't know where he was, but he saw the front suddenly open up and a quiet deep pool appeared.

It is ten meters wide and mostly dry, with dead water as thick and bloody as silence. The surrounding cliffs are about a hundred meters high, dotted with cave entrances of various sizes.

There are also blood stones emitting scarlet light, large tendon vines climbing and covering, and many exotic flowers and plants. Because they are buried deep underground, no one can see them, so there is no need to care about their appearance. They are all of strange shapes.

Zener stood by the pond and swept his fingers into the sky like swords. Sharp arrows of moonlight shot out in all directions, severing the large tendon vines and peeling off large pieces of blood stone and bone-washing grass, which fell into the pond. Then a heat wave of boiling water surged up.

Xiang Yuan tilted his head, but didn't jump into the water right away. He asked curiously, "I thought Chan'er was the Saint of Huangquan, and she would be surrounded by people and lackeys when she traveled. But it turns out that there is only one maidservant by her side. Tsk tsk, you are a bit lonely as a Saint."

Hearing Xiang Yuan's tentative intention, Chan Er smiled slightly and asked in return: "A tiger walks alone, while cattle and sheep travel in herds. What do you think, Uncle Xiang?"

"I think beef and lamb are tastier."

"..."

"What do you think, Zen? Are meatballs more delicious?"

"Go down."

"No way, the water temperature hasn't dropped yet..."

Xiang Yuan was halfway through his words when he suddenly remembered something. The witch said that she had practiced here before. In other words, this was the witch's bath water!
"Uncle Xiang, as a human medicine, you are already extraordinary. Although the medicinal properties here are fierce, they can't hurt you. Maybe they can even help you stimulate the medicinal power in your body..."

Chan'er said a lot, but Xiang Yuan didn't really listen. His funny thoughts slid along with the bath water. He grabbed a handful of bone-cleansing grass and held it in his hand: "Well, you didn't pee in it when you were taking a bath, did you?"

Could you please be more serious!
Chaner's face turned dark, and he waved his hand and raised the chain to hit Xiang Yuan.

Xiang Yuan dodged to the side, held his belt with one hand, winked and threatened: "Leave quickly, a terrible thing is coming."

"hehe."

Zener smiled coldly and said disdainfully: "You are just a maggot, yet you dare to brag about yourself."

Hearing her illiterate bragging, Xiang Yuan became even more certain that Chan'er did not peek when he peed last time, otherwise she would not have regarded the dragon as a loach and compared the tiger to a small insect.

However, what is there to argue with a little girl? It just makes him look narrow-minded and petty.

At this time, just agree with the other party.

"That's right, Zen'er is right. Uncle Xiang thinks so too. Small ones are very cute."

"..."

(End of this chapter)