From the family treasure tree to build an eternal family

Chapter 70 Black Market
A few days later, in the evening.

In a quiet and elegant courtyard in the county town.

In the kitchen, Xu Xiaogou and his family sat around the octagonal table to eat dinner.

There was a sumptuous meal of four dishes and two soups on the table, including fish, meat, both non-vegetarian and vegetarian dishes.

Four-year-old Xu Zhongche and two-year-old Xu Zhonghuai were served and fed by maids respectively.

Fu Zhiyi ate her meal slowly and leisurely. Compared to when she first got married six years ago, she had lost her youthfulness and gained some of the elegance and dignity of a mistress of the house.

"Husband, I've been thinking about sending Che to a private school these past few days. I've seen neighbors send their children to private schools for enlightenment, and they can recite the Thousand Character Classic by the age of five and a half."

"Okay. Our Ah Che is very smart, so it's just right for him to go to enlightenment."

Xu Xiaogou thought that he would teach his son the Xu family's "Hundred Character Classic" after he learned to read.

His father said that all the descendants of the Xu family must memorize the "Hundred Character Classic", which is the order of generations of characters that has been passed down for generations in the Xu family.

"Zhiyi, um...I want to borrow some money from you."

After dinner, Xu Xiaogou said this with a stiff upper lip. His family was managed by Fu Zhiyi, and their daily expenses came from the Fu family.

"We're all family, how can you say 'borrow'? How much do you want?"

"One thousand taels."

Xu Xiaogou also borrowed two thousand taels from his fourth brother Xu Xiaoyun. Adding it to the money he had saved, another thousand taels should be enough for him.

Hearing this amount, Fu Zhiyi was stunned for a moment, then agreed: "Okay, come with me to the bedroom to get it."

She didn't ask Xu Xiaogou what he was doing. After all, he was already a congenital warrior, so it was normal for him to have his own things.

The two went to the bedroom to get the banknotes, and Xu Xiaogou said, "I'm going out tonight and may be back late."

"be careful."

Fu Zhiyi trusted Xu Xiaogou very much and did not suspect that he was going out to spend money on wine and women.

Afterwards, Xu Xiaogou practiced standing meditation in his backyard.

Even when one reaches the Xiantian realm, daily standing meditation is still essential. Years of accumulated standing meditation are the foundation of martial arts training.

Xu Xiaogou cycled through the ten dynamic stances, digesting the essence of the food in his stomach and converting it into qi and blood, and also extracting a trace of internal energy that flowed into the kidney palace.

After reaching the Xiantian realm, his appetite increased significantly, and his digestive ability also improved significantly. After the food was digested, there was almost no residue left, so the frequency of excretion actually decreased.

This is the physique of an innate warrior.

There is no bottleneck from the first to the third level of Xiantian, it is purely an increase of internal strength. When the internal strength fills the kidney palace, the third level of Xiantian is complete.

After one and a half hours, the standing meditation is completed.

"If I rely solely on daily diet, it will take me five years to break through the second level of Xiantian, and another ten years to break through the third level of Xiantian. Fifteen years of hard training will be required to advance to the third level of Xiantian."

He thought to himself that if he wanted to speed up the progress, he had to continue taking resources that nourished his qi and blood.

To nourish the Qi and blood of an innate warrior, ordinary nourishing herbs are useless, at least Qi and blood pills are needed.

He had no extra money, so he could only practice slowly on his own.

After practicing standing meditation, he continued to practice kung fu.

Bear and Tiger Physical Training, Arhat Fist, and Mysterious Steps, these skills still have great potential waiting for him to tap into under the influence of the internal strength of the innate realm.

Another hour passed, and it was late at night. The people in the city had already fallen asleep.

Xu Xiaogou changed into a black robe that was obviously larger than his body, and brought a black scarf to cover his face. Before leaving, he hid three flying swords on his body and sneaked out of the back door of his house.

After circling the city several times, he found a secluded alley.

Several lanterns were hung in the alley, lighting up the dark night. Stealthy figures were moving back and forth in the alley.

This is the place where warriors and cultivators trade that Xu Xiaogou found out about.

Since the items that appear there are often of unknown origin, people like to hide their identities and come here late at night, so it is called the "black market".

————Xu Xiaogou covered the lower half of his face with a black scarf, leaving only his eyebrows and eyes exposed, and messed up his hair.

In the dim environment, no one could remember what he looked like.

"Shut up."

He lowered his voice and walked into the alley.

There were people setting up stalls on both sides of the alley. Some of the stall owners, like Xu Xiaogou, covered their faces, while others showed their true faces openly.

"Stop, man." Someone stopped Xu Xiaogou and whispered, "Would you like some high-quality aphrodisiac powder?"

As he said this, he took out a few bottles of pills.

Xu Xiaogou was too lazy to pay attention, so he shook his head and walked away without saying a word.

The man continued to guard the entrance of the alley and sell to the next person who came.

Xu Xiaogou slowed down and carefully observed the stalls on both sides.

There was everything on the stall, including various pills such as drugs and poisons, hidden weapons such as flying needles and knives, swords, spears, and halberds with cuts and even bloodstains, as well as books on martial arts secrets.

The scale of this black market is not large, with only about a hundred people setting up stalls.

After all, although there were many people practicing martial arts in Tonggu County, there weren't many masters who achieved fame. As for immortal cultivators, they were even rarer.

He looked around a few times and found that those street vendors who showed their faces were probably those who had been hanging around here for years, had a certain reputation, and were not afraid of exposing themselves.

After a while, he stopped in front of a stall.

The stall owner was wearing a gray long gown, sitting cross-legged with his back straight, his hands folded under his navel, breathing slowly and deeply.

His eyes were slightly closed, his hair was long and white, and a wisp of white beard grew on his chin. He had the air of a city sage who found peace in the midst of chaos.

Xu Xiaogou saw that the ground in front of him was a dusty white cloth with the words "Xiu Xian Gong Fa" written on it.

Several ancient paper books on martial arts were lined up in front of him.

The stall owner, Sun Gu, noticed someone was standing in front of his stall and slowly opened his eyes: "Why, you want to buy some cultivation techniques?"

"How much?"

Xu Xiaogou's voice was much rougher than usual.

"Spirit crystals, silver, or other treasures in exchange, it's all fine. Come and take a look first."

Xu Xiaogou squatted down and looked at the secret manuals. Perhaps because they had been stored for too long, the writing on the manuals had faded a little.

"What kind of spiritual roots do you have? I have all five types of skills, the Gengjin Creation Skill, the Qingmu Changchun Skill, the Three Thousand Weak Water Skill, and the Wanyan Qi Training Skill..."

Sun Gu was promoting his own martial arts.

Xu Xiaogou did not answer, but asked: "How do I know whether what you are selling is real or fake?"

He was not a newcomer and knew that this kind of place was full of good and bad people, and there were more fake things than real ones.

"Hmph, I've been selling my skills here for a while now, under the same name and surname, and no one has ever come to me. If you don't trust me, you can go somewhere else."

After Sun Gu finished speaking, he ignored Xu Xiaogou and continued to sit cross-legged with his eyes closed.

Xu Xiaogou had observed long ago that this was the only place on the black market that sold the techniques for cultivating immortality.

"Can I see it?"

"random."

Sun Gu closed his eyes and uttered two words.

Xu Xiaogou opened the book "Wan Yan Qi Training Art" and became interested when he saw the name.

Qi Induction: Sit cross-legged, with the Baihui (Baihui) facing the sky and the perineum touching the ground. Keep your spine straight, focus your mind and calm your breath, and experience the spiritual energy of heaven and earth...

Lead the Qi into the Baihui, and once one orifice is opened, all the orifices will be opened... Through the seven meridians and twelve vessels, it will form a circular circulation, flow into the Qi Sea, and open up the Dantian...

(End of this chapter)