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Time flies, and seven years have passed in the blink of an eye.
The fleeting Nanming Fire gradually faded from the cultivation world's view as Zhang Xiaoshan went into hiding.
On the contrary, with the addition of Bai Suzhen in recent years, the Royal Merchant Guild has become a formidable force, and everyone knows that in addition to a direct disciple of Kunlun, the Royal Merchant Guild has gained another powerful cultivator who has stepped into the realm of immortality.
This made Royal Trading Company and Kunlun Pharmacy even more unstoppable, expanding more than three times their original size.
The capital of Dali, the residence of Princess Liyang.
It was still the flower bushes in the backyard. At this moment, Zhang Xiaoshan and Princess Liyang sat facing each other, their palms touching.
The two forces of pure Yang and pure Yin are like a volcanic eruption and an ice age, corresponding and opposing each other.
In this realm, both the refinement and depth of true qi have reached an extremely high level.
In just seven years, Princess Liyang has grown from a minor cultivator at the fourth level of Qi Refining to an elite Qi Refining cultivator at the eleventh level. Her rapid progress is among the best in the cultivation world!
Moreover, this is still cultivation in the mortal realm. If it were in a blessed land, one would probably have already established their foundation and condensed their core by now.
Moreover, the refined magic power of the Pure Yin Yin Technique is exceptionally pure, in no way inferior to that of some Golden Core cultivators.
This made Princess Liyang even more grateful to Zhang Xiaoshan for saving her life.
In recent years, due to her relationship with Bai Suzhen, Princess Liyang is no longer a novice in the cultivation world.
Understanding how important it is to have a superior cultivation method is crucial. Most cultivation sects in the mortal world, whose cultivation methods have been passed down for thousands of years, are at most only of the superior level.
Top-tier lineages are only available to the most prestigious sects.
The Pure Yin Technique that Zhang Xiaoshan gave her was not only a top-tier Qi cultivation method, but also ranked among the top three Qi cultivation methods in the Xuanmen (Taoist sect).
If Zhang Xiaoshan can create the Transformation God Chapter and the Return to Emptiness Chapter, she will not only be able to embark on the path of immortality in the future, but also become the most outstanding being in the world.
It's easy to imagine what a great favor this is!
In addition, Zhang Xiaoshan has been helping her dispel the Xuan Yin cold energy every three months, which makes Princess Liyang's beautiful eyes full of affection, and her clear, bright eyes overflow with endless spring.
"Sister, should Li Yang be able to break through to the Qi Refining Perfection stage this time?"
Inside a tea pavilion, Bai Suzhen and Xiaoqing savored tea and prepared incense while protecting Zhang Xiaoshan and Princess Liyang. Gazing at the swirling Yin-Yang symbol surrounding the two, with its ever-changing celestial phenomena, their beautiful eyes revealed envy and a flutter of emotion.
They are all demons, and their cultivation requires a long period of accumulation.
Even if Xiaoqing cultivated for seven hundred years, she would only be roughly equivalent to a human cultivator at the Golden Core stage, and a thousand-year-old demon would only be equivalent to a human cultivator at the Nascent Soul stage.
However, in just seven years, Princess Liyang went from an ordinary mortal to a high-level Qi Refining human cultivator.
In at most ten years, he can catch up with Xiaoqing, who has cultivated for seven hundred years; about a hundred years later, he can step onto the path of immortality and compete with Bai Suzhen, who has cultivated for eighteen hundred years.
With such a rapid pace of cultivation, it's impossible to hide one's jealousy.
Moreover, Princess Liyang cultivates the most advanced Pure Yin Yin lineage, a top-tier inheritance in the cultivation world.
This made them even more envious.
However, since they were sisters, they were envious but didn't harbor any ill intentions.
After all, the Pure Yin Manual only has the Qi Refining chapter; the Golden Core chapter is still in Zhang Xiaoshan's hands, and the Divine Transformation and Void Return chapters have not yet been created.
“Yesterday I helped Li Yang clear the cold energy in his meridians. His foundation at the eleventh level has been solidified. This joint cultivation should be enough for him to break through to the Qi Refining Perfection stage. At that time, Fellow Daoist Zhang will take Li Yang to Kunlun Mountain to perform Foundation Establishment and Core Formation!”
"I really envy them humans. The realm that we demon cultivators need a thousand years to reach, humans can achieve in just a hundred years."
A century is like ten years to Xiaoqing.
Moreover, her lifespan can reach thousands or even tens of thousands of years, which is equivalent to the lifespan of a human cultivator, a few hundred years or a thousand years.
"Alright, humans and demons each have their strengths and weaknesses. Our demon race has a long lifespan, which is something that humans envy."
Bai Suzhen smiled faintly. Over the past seven years, she had gained many benefits from being by Zhang Xiaoshan's side.
Even after Xu Xian's marriage, she used the power of the owner of Kunlun Pharmacy to repay the debt of saving her life, and her mind was now at peace, reaching a higher level.
Most importantly, she refined the new White Sword, and with the help of the golden light of merit, she avoided the calamity of heaven.
This made Bai Suzhen realize the value of merit even more. Protecting the Dao in the mortal world for a hundred years might be a great opportunity for her, rather than a constraint.
Chapter 943 The Key to Merit: Qi Refining Perfection
[Host: Zhang Xiaoshan]
Realm: Fourth Stage of Golden Core
Talent: Innate Pure Yang Dao Body
Martial Arts: Pure Yang Daoist Technique (Golden Core Chapter), Supreme Golden Chapter (First Three Chapters), Nine Yang Bing Fire Spell...
Items: Nanming Fire Seal (Enhanced), Seven Stars Shaking Light Sword (Enhanced), Capital Thunderfire Token (Enhanced), Five Emperors Subduing Demon Mirror (Enhanced), Qiankun Umbrella (Enhanced)...
Merit: **
In seven years, Zhang Xiaoshan's merits not only surpassed his previous peak value, but also more than doubled his initial value.
At this point, Zhang Xiaoshan's accumulated merits in a year had reached a staggering forty million.
Aside from the initial explosive growth from scratch, this is about two to three times what it was seven years ago, and the growth has stabilized.
After all, the continent of China is vast, stretching over a million miles; it has one emperor, seven heroes, and a population of tens of billions.
Even if only one percent of people get sick in a year, that's still hundreds of millions of merits.
Zhang Xiaoshan only won one-tenth of the prizes.
This doesn't even include the Miao region, the wolf tribe, the Western Regions... where the environment is harsh and diseases are prevalent.
If Zhang Xiaoshan hadn't been worried that these races still harbored treacherous intentions, his merits could have increased by at least ten million.
But the cure also means that their military strength has increased, and you should know that for these races, men, women, and children can all serve as soldiers.
Once the population explodes, they will inevitably plunder Han territory.
Even Zhang Xiaoshan had to be careful, and at the same time explained it to Bai Suzhen, whose gaze was drawn to the foreign land.
It's not that he lacked compassion, but rather that beneath that compassion lay cruelty towards himself.
Zhang Xiaoshan, who had mastered the code of merit, could be said to have brought prosperity to everyone around him.
Even Princess Liyang, Bai Suzhen, and Xiaoqing benefited greatly.
If those immortal cultivators hadn't looked down on worldly business, and even thought that Zhang Xiaoshan was "competing with the people for profit and disrupting the order of things," Zhang Xiaoshan would never have been able to expand so smoothly.
Don’t worry about scarcity, but worry about inequality!
Zhang Xiaoshan's monopolization of such a vast and immense merit is like the allure of the Southern Ming Fire Seal, which will inevitably attract countless covetous eyes.
Unfortunately, they believed that slaying demons and monsters was the right path!
Besides these, there were several decent magical artifacts, some even reaching the level of top-tier magical artifacts.
The Dutian Thunderfire Token is a magic sword made from ten-thousand-year-old lightning-struck wood. It resembles a decree and can be used as a sword.
The entire piece is crafted from the body of a ten-thousand-year-old tree demon that failed its tribulation. It contains the power of heavenly thunder and earthly fire, and can command the Five Thunder Orthodox Method and the Nine Yang Bing Fire Curse. Its power is unparalleled, making it a top-tier magical artifact for casting spells.
The Qiankun Umbrella, as its name suggests, contains the universe within.
It is a common magical artifact in Taoism, used to hide ghosts or other spirits, or as a defensive magic weapon.
The same applies to Zhang Xiaoshan's Qiankun Umbrella. The umbrella surface is woven from ten-thousand-year-old ice silkworm silk, while the umbrella ribs are carved from thousand-year-old locust wood, which is extremely yin and can nourish the soul.
At this moment, five elemental ghosts were being raised within this inner circle. These were all ghosts who could not reincarnate and had achieved minor cultivation. They were usually used to punish villains and guide them to reform their ways.
Some people do evil because they don't believe that good and evil will eventually be rewarded, and they don't believe in ghosts and gods!
Therefore, scaring these little devils will make them turn over a new leaf and reform their ways; this method has never failed.
The Five Emperors' Demon-Subduing Mirror consists of five coins that have gathered countless thoughts and powers.
These are the mother coins cast during the peak periods of the five great emperors throughout history, from ancient times to the present. They are made of copper (Da Yu), gold (Da Zhou), jade (Da Qin), ivory (Da Han), and wood (Da Tang), respectively. With these coins, the Five Emperors can subdue demons and prevent evil, and even a thousand-year-old demon king can only be subdued.
These are five antique coins that Zhang Xiaoshan collected over ten years.
What does it mean to have money make things easier?
Even ordinary Taoist priests rely on luck to collect the Five Emperors' Coins, let alone the mother coin, which is impossible to circulate in the market.
Zhang Xiaoshan paid a heavy price for this, spending nearly a million yuan.
Mother coins from the early Tang Dynasty are relatively valuable, but the older they are, the higher their value and the rarer they become.
The Great Yu Dynasty dates back over 100,000 years. If it weren't for the blessing of the nation's fortune, the rust and corrosion would have turned it into a piece of copper long ago.
There are also the Four Symbols Demon-Subduing Mirror, the Yin-Yang Five Elements Flag, the Demon-Suppressing Celestial Master's Seal...
In particular, the Yin-Yang Five Elements Flag can be used to set up Yin-Yang Five Elements formations, comparable to top-tier magical artifacts.
These are all magical artifacts that Zhang Xiaoshan has collected over the years by slaying demons and monsters, or that he found by chance in the marketplace.
After all, with countless merits bestowed upon him, Zhang Xiaoshan's good fortune has reached its peak.
If Zhang Xiaoshan hadn't been so averse to going out casually, he could probably have easily found a decent inheritance by simply going to the depths of a mountain.
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hum!
A chilling aura that could freeze the soul suddenly erupted, sweeping across the entire garden.
In an instant, the originally beautiful and colorful exotic flowers and plants were covered by the cold air and transformed into ice flower jade sculptures that would never wither.
Bai Suzhen and Xiaoqing looked towards the center of the flower garden, where Princess Liyang, who was originally at the eleventh level of Qi Refining, had suddenly surged in aura and entered the perfect Qi Refining realm. Her aura was so strong that it was comparable to that of a Golden Core cultivator.
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In just seven years, he achieved perfect Qi cultivation.
He would be a top genius in any major sect, let alone someone who cultivates in the mortal realm.
"Such powerful cold energy! If Xiaoqing were to be invaded by this cold energy, she would not be able to recover in a short time."
The Xuan Yin Meridian is both a calamity and an opportunity!
Only then did Xiaoqing understand why Bai Suzhen thought so highly of Princess Liyang.
Having just entered the Qi Refining Perfection realm, her pure Yin magic power could already threaten her. No wonder Zhang Xiaoshan, who was only at the fourth stage of the Golden Core realm, could deal with her with one hand.
Such extraordinary talents, I never expected she would encounter two of them.
"The profound yin and cold qi is the most yin and cold in the world, but this is only a part of it."
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If the Xuan Yin Qi were to fully erupt, there would be no life within a thousand feet.
As he spoke, Zhang Xiaoshan had already stood up.
Princess Liyang had already broken through to the next level, and it would take at least three days, or even more than a month, to consolidate her realm.
"Thank you both, Dharma Protectors."
"Fellow Daoist, you're too kind. It's just a small matter."
Bai Suzhen looked at Zhang Xiaoshan, a strange light flashing in her eyes.
Zhang Xiaoshan is not Xu Xian. Daoist partners do not necessarily have to be human. As long as they are both people in the immortal path, they can become Daoist partners.
However, as a person of the immortal path, Zhang Xiaoshan was not an ordinary mortal, and could take concubines in addition to his legal wife.
One can only have one Daoist partner; it's not something you can choose randomly.
Basically, Princess Liyang is the most likely candidate.
Because Zhang Xiaoshan has a pure Yang body, while Princess Liyang has a Xuan Yin meridian, specifically a Nine Yin meridian.
Once the meridians are opened, one possesses the most superior Xuan Yin Body, making one the best Daoist partner for a Pure Yang Daoist Body.
When do you plan to leave, fellow Daoist?
"A month later, the princess will also have to arrange worldly affairs."
In addition, I plan to establish a Royal Trading Company headquarters during this period to monitor all branches and Kunlun Pharmacy. A fairy will also be stationed there to oversee the project.
"Since Bai Suzhen has agreed to protect the Dao for a hundred years, this is what Bai Suzhen should do. It's just that the headquarters of this trading company needs to be located in the Tang Dynasty?"
No, it's in a mountain range.
Before leaving, Xiao Dao wanted to undertake a large-scale project, one that could benefit the nation for a century; Zhang had been preparing for it for some time.