Tumor Sword Immortal

Chapter 87 Ice Muscle and Jade Bone
Tiequan Pass believes that the Lingxiao Sword Sect and the Northern Barbarians have many collaborations, mostly through trade, where the Lingxiao Sword Sect provides some cultivators and manpower in exchange for money.

In fact, yes, that's exactly right.

The Lingxiao Sword Sect has a long history, but due to issues with its own school of thought, it did not make much progress in its early years. Although it underwent reforms when it was based in Youzhou, the results were not significant.

On the contrary, now that the Northern Barbarians control Youzhou, they do not have the same strong desire to control the Jianghu sects as the Holy Palace, and basically let them grow wildly, thus giving the Lingxiao Sword Sect a considerable opportunity to develop.

In particular, they traded with the northern barbarians.

Sometimes it's helping to deliver messages, sometimes it's helping to find people, sometimes it's going to the military camp to serve as a sparring partner... In short, they take on any job except for direct military operations against Ling Kingdom.

The Lingxiao Sword Sect even has a task board where disciples do tasks and the sect takes a cut.

The benefits are obvious: the disciples gained knowledge, experience, and money.

The sect is also developing better and better.

Those who live near mountains live off the mountains, those who live near the sea live off the sea, and those who live off soldiers live off soldiers.

This time, Wang Su accepted a job from the Northern Barbarians to come to Mengshan to find a missing spy.

It is said that this spy has important intelligence and the reward is considerable. In addition, given the dangers of Mengshan, he also brought along his two personal disciples just in case.

"To be honest, we came into the mountains to find a northern barbarian. Tiequan Pass should also be looking for him."

Wang Su glanced sideways at Xie Huan and his group: "If you have any clues, I hope Brother Pei will not hesitate to share them... Of course, I won't let you work for nothing."

He flipped his hand, revealing a small cloth pouch in his palm, from which a faint fragrance emanated: "These are three Qi Condensation Pills, which can help refine your Qi."

Wang Su is quite good at judging people. Pei Xia and Xu Shangxin are in their early twenties, so they should be at the Transformation Realm or the Gathering Realm. The Condensing Realm Pill is very attractive to them.

Pei Xia didn't care about pills.

However, Wang Su's words made him raise an eyebrow slightly.

Xie came from a military family, so his manners were impeccable. Even with old acquaintances like Pei Xia and Xu Shangxin, he didn't reveal his mission.

Pei Xia naturally had no clues either.

However, it's rare that the Lingxiao Sword Sect has taken the initiative to approach us. They are a genuine sect from Youzhou. If we can get on their good side, leaving Mengshan will definitely be much easier.

Pei Xia feigned difficulty, hesitated for a moment, and then said, "Senior Brother Wang, I really don't have this clue, but I really want your pills..."

Wang Su frowned; something about this tone seemed off.
With her other hand almost reaching for a weapon, Pei Xia changed her tone: "How about this? It's hard for the three of you to search, and you might not be able to handle any trouble you encounter. Why don't we go together? We'll help you if we can. These three pills will be our reward, how about that?"

Li Tan was the first to see through Pei Xia's intentions.

She raised her eyebrows slightly, but remained silent.

Wang Su blinked. How come she was the one who came first, but Pei Xia was the one who proposed the project?
However, there is some truth to what he said.

Wang Su accepted the mission and went into the mountains. The Northern Barbarians also gave him the spy's contact mark. He only needed to find the wayfinding mark left by the spy in Mengshan.

That's what they say, but Mengshan is so vast that even narrowing the scope to the mountainous area near Tiequan Pass would be difficult.

It's good to have someone help... Besides, the Lingxiao Sword Sect has Master Su in charge, so three pills are nothing.

"It's...it's a good thing too."

Wang Su nodded: "Then I'll trouble you all?"

“Okay!” Pei Xia grasped his hand. “We’ll set off together at dawn tomorrow!”

Watching Wang Su's departing figure, Xu Shangxin whispered to Pei Xia, "Are you really going to help him find him?"

After all, she was a native of Lingguo, and besides, Xie Huan, her "old friend," was also looking for this spy. If a conflict were to break out, would she have to fight Xie Huan?
Pei Xia shook her head: "They're just going through the motions. I'd love for them to be unable to find us and retreat back to their sect as soon as possible."

If Pei Xia and the others were to explore this place on their own, it would probably take them at least ten days to half a month to get out.

This isn't about the distance, it's about the direction.

It's the same principle as when many people go into the mountains and hire a local guide.

As long as they're on the same side, even if Wang Su reneges on the deal in the end, they can forget about the pills. Getting to Youzhou smoothly is more important than anything else. Li Tan nodded in agreement, "Young Master Pei is just feinting."

Lu Li stared at Pei Xia's face for a long time before burying her head and munching on the sweet tree core.

Only Pear understood that Pei Xia had indeed feinted, but the feint was not against Wang Su, but against Xu Shangxin.

It seems my master has taken a liking to the Lingxiao Sword Sect.

A sect with an ancient heritage has a solid foundation and deep roots.

At the same time, it was in a period of vigorous development and the environment was relatively good—look at those biographies of emperors, when they were expanding their territories and winning victory after victory, it was not easy for internal problems to arise.

Now is especially when they need talent.

Looking at it this way, it seems like all the slots have been prepared, and all you have to do is insert the big brother into them.

Pear remained silent, listening to Pei Xia continue speaking: "Moreover, I estimate that these Jianghu people wouldn't want to have conflicts with the Ling Kingdom's military, and they usually avoid hostile situations when taking on jobs."

Xu Shangxin was completely unaware and nodded seriously.

Night fell quickly, and Li Tan went to bed early, while Pear nestled in her arms with her head tucked in.

To be fair, Senior Sister Li had indeed given birth and knew how to care for others. She gently wrapped her arms around the little girl, allowing Lu Li's head to rest in the most comfortable position.

It's warm, soft, and has a subtle fragrance.

In contrast, the eldest brother only knew how to hold the pear, and sometimes even when he was sound asleep in the middle of the night, he would hold it even tighter.

Pei Xia went even further, often rolling over and pressing the pear under her legs or shoving it into her chest.

Tonight, besides Pei Xia, Xu Shangxin will also be keeping watch.

The main purpose was to learn from experience, and incidentally make up for the spiritual practice I missed during the day's journey.

She has now reached a crucial moment; the Body Tempering Technique is almost complete.

The difficulty at this level, once the tricks are mastered, is actually nothing more than a difference in physical constitution.

First, how much spiritual power can one obtain from the spiritual sea through breathing exercises?

Secondly, how much of this spiritual energy remains after circulating throughout the body and dissipating?

Thirdly, how efficient is the spiritual energy left behind in tempering the body and bones?

The eldest brother has excellent aptitude; there's no need to worry about his cultivation and breathing techniques.

Without an inner cauldron, spiritual energy entering the body has no foundation; it's merely a formality within the meridians, a peaceful parting for everyone.

How much spiritual energy one can absorb during this "transition" depends entirely on the individual.

It must be said that Xu Shangxin's meridians, tempered by the cold energy of the Ice Lotus, are indeed extraordinary.

The amount of spiritual energy that the Netherworld Realm can absorb is so great that it is completely absorbed by the meridians before it even begins to dissipate.

The excellent spiritual energy adaptability meant that this spiritual energy was almost completely lost when passing through the ice veins, which indirectly led to the exaggerated and absurd efficiency of Xu Shangxin's body tempering.

Pei Xia sat by the riverbank, quietly watching Xu Shangxin cultivate.

The spiritual energy she inhaled seeped into her entire body through her snow-white meridians, and after being imbued with the cold energy of the ice lotus, it tempered her body exceptionally thoroughly.

In Pei Xia's perception, Xu Shangxin can now be considered a true "fair-skinned beauty".

This physical foundation is even comparable to three or four tenths of his regenerated body, and his future is limitless.

He stroked the light stubble on his chin and grinned: "If she really becomes some kind of fairy in the future, I wonder if she will still recognize me, this down-on-his-luck man from the martial world."

I've been blocked by Dianjiang; I can't speak of my senior sister's tenderness.

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