Shocking Wealth - Strength (2)
Li Tianxiang was well aware of the terror posed by the 300,000 Mountain Bandits of the Taihang Mountain. Fifty thousand of Innate Master were enough to make them invincible, but simply having more people wouldn't be enough to deal with them.
"Zhang Xingfeng, next time, you won't have a chance to escape!" Li Tianxiang sneered. With 50,000 Innate Master, Li Tianxiang was confident enough to kill Zhang Xingfeng.
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What was Zhang Xingfeng doing at this moment?
He was refining pills, the most common kind of elixir. Ever since he learned of the true strength of the Taihang Mountain, he had been uneasy. He didn't know if Yuchi Gong supported Li Tianxiang. He and Yuchi Gong only had a mutual liking for each other, while Yuchi Gong and Li Shimin had been friends for a thousand years. Zhang Xingfeng didn't believe that Yuchi Gong would not take action against Li Tianxiang, a descendant of Li Shimin!
Zhang Xingfeng was not confident he could defeat a master who had reached the Nascent Soul Late Stage and possessed Chaos Power with lightning attributes, who was backed by 50,000 Innate Master and a powerful army of 250,000.
Therefore, Zhang Xingfeng is refining pills!
"Alas, the materials in this Tianyu Bracelet are all top-grade, but the pills refined from them are beyond the capacity of ordinary mortals!" Zhang Xingfeng could only helplessly absorb the Five Phases Spiritual Qi in the air. The Five Phases Spiritual Qi was incredibly thin, a far cry from what one would expect in the Cultivation World. Having made slight progress in his cultivation level, Zhang Xingfeng had gone from needing four days to gather enough Spiritual Qi to refine 500 spirit Five Phases Spiritual Qi on his first attempt to now needing enough in three days.
The thought of those 50,000 Innate Master filled Zhang Xingfeng with anxiety, so he diligently absorbed the Five Phases Spiritual Qi. It was a pity that the Tianyu Bracelet contained countless treasures, but precisely because they were too precious, an ordinary person's body couldn't withstand them!
Days passed by, and everything seemed peaceful.
After Emperor Zhu Li returned to court, he made no move, nor did the Li Family. It was as if nothing had happened, a calm that was strangely oppressive, like the calm before a storm. Zhang Xingfeng, however, remained engrossed in collecting the Five Phases Spiritual Qi.
Two months later, Zhang Xingfeng believed that he had collected enough Five Phases Spiritual Qi, because after obtaining the elixirs, there would be people to consume them. The Five Phases Spiritual Qi he had collected in these two months was enough to refine ten thousand elixirs!
Ten thousand!
Because these were the things Zhang Xingfeng had prepared for Xiao Lin's Iron Blood Army.
Zhang Xingfeng smiled for the first time in two months. A faint trace of fatigue still lingered between his brows.
"Finally, I've collected enough. Constantly collecting the Five Phases Spiritual Qi is truly exhausting!" Zhang Xingfeng let out a long sigh. If he were to cultivate for two months, he could completely immerse his mind in the Purple Gold Yuan Venerable in the blink of an eye. But collecting the Five Phases Spiritual Qi required continuous effort. He hadn't been able to rest for two months. Luckily, he was a cultivator; otherwise, who could endure it?
Looking at the large quantity of Ganoderma lucidum, ginseng, and other medicinal herbs beside him, Zhang Xingfeng smiled. These were all arranged by Zhang Xingfeng as soon as he returned.
Zhang Xingfeng immediately prepared to begin refining the elixir.
With a gentle swipe of his hands, two streams of Chaos Power instantly swept all the materials in front of Zhang Xingfeng.
Zhang Xingfeng unleashed a series of hand seals, immediately setting up two barriers. This time, he was going to refine ten thousand pills. Although these pills were just ordinary pills and shouldn't pose any danger, the sheer number was too much for Zhang Xingfeng to ignore.
"Clumsy!" Zhang Xingfeng suddenly summoned the Qi Cauldron, taking this opportunity to Qi Cauldron with it, Qi Cauldron was also much safer and more convenient.
Zhang Xingfeng unleashed fifteen hand seals in succession, fully activating the Qi Cauldron. This was the Cauldron Activation Technique, a necessary step regardless of what was being refined.
As the fifteen hand seals were unleashed one after another, the crimson Qi Cauldron spun continuously, flew in front of Zhang Xingfeng, and absorbed all the materials into it.
Zhang Xingfeng formed a fist with his hands, and a Purple Fire immediately flew to the bottom of the Qi Cauldron.
Zhang Xingfeng clasped his hands together slightly, then opened them abruptly, sending streams of Five Phases Spiritual Qi flying into the crimson Qi Cauldron. He had collected quite a bit of Five Phases Spiritual Qi over the past two months; the streams flowed into the Five Phases Spiritual Qi Cauldron, continuing for a considerable time before ending.
Zhang Xingfeng smiled slightly, his hands swiftly forming three hand seals – the simplest being the Sealing Cauldron. Now, the most crucial step, the Martial Fire Refinement, would begin!
The seventy-two hand mudras must be performed with utmost care and precision; not a single hand movement can be slow or made a mistake.
A glint flashed in Zhang Xingfeng's eyes. Yes, this was the moment!
His hands moved like phantoms, constantly conjuring various hand seals and incantations. Each seal struck the Purple Fire, causing them to intensify and grow ever more powerful. A tearing sound even echoed within the Qi Cauldron.
The seventy-two hand seals were completed in the blink of an eye, and the once surging Purple Fire instantly plummeted from their climax to their trough, dimming.
Zhang Xingfeng smiled slightly. At this point, all he had to do was wait and watch; the next step was simply to Gentle Fire nurture the elixir.
"Li Tianxiang, after I produce these ten thousand spirit pills and have the Iron Blood Army take them, I, Zhang Xingfeng, will no longer be just one person. I will have ten thousand Innate Master. Even if you have fifty thousand Innate Master, what can you do?" Zhang Xingfeng smiled, in high spirits.
The Qi Cauldron finally began to turn golden yellow, and Zhang Xingfeng knew it was time to put it away. Although there were only eighteen hand seals for putting away the cauldron, the Chaos Power required was much greater. Last time, when refining the Biling Pill, the Qi Cauldron exploded because the last hand seal was not completed.
Zhang Xingfeng is unlikely to make the same mistake again this time, and his cultivation level has also changed from the Nascent Soul Middle Stage to the Nascent Soul Late Stage.
His hands moved swiftly, executing the final eighteen hand seals without pause. As each hand seal struck the Qi Cauldron began to return to its original state, and the Purple Fire returned to Zhang Xingfeng's body.
The Qi Cauldron returned to its crimson color and obediently flew slowly to Zhang Xingfeng. Zhang Xingfeng used the Chaos Power to open the Qi Cauldron, and immediately countless spirit pills spewed out, scattering everywhere like spring water, filling the entire secret chamber. With a slight movement of Zhang Xingfeng's left hand, all the spirit pills disappeared instantly.
Yes, all the elixirs have been stored in the Tianyu Bracelet.
Zhang Xingfeng let out a long sigh of relief. Although he was confident, he had been quite nervous because of the danger he had encountered when collecting the cauldron last time. Zhang Xingfeng focused his mind on the Tianyu Bracelet.
"Ten thousand two hundred! Hmm, about the same as expected. It's time to go out. I guess everyone's getting impatient!" Zhang Xingfeng smiled slightly, walked out of the secret room, and headed outside.
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"Master!" Zhang Yu looked at Zhang Xingfeng with surprise. He did not expect that his master, who had been in seclusion for a long time, would suddenly appear in front of him.
"Hmm, not bad, A-Yu, you've actually reached the late stage of the Golden Core realm. And your cultivation is quite solid. How did that happen?" Zhang Xingfeng seemed very pleased; he was in a good mood. He knew that Zhang Yu's late-stage Golden Core realm was due to the effects of the Biling Pill, but he was puzzled as to why Zhang Yu's cultivation seemed so solid.
"I don't know either. It seems like I mastered the Flying Sword in just two days." Zhang Yu himself was baffled. It took Brother Wang and Xiaofeng nearly a month to master the Flying Sword, and they weren't as skilled as Zhang Yu.
"Master, Master, you're here! Everyone's been looking for you! Something terrible has happened!" Li Er suddenly ran over from afar, shouting urgently.
Zhang Xingfeng frowned, displeased with Li Er's flustered manner, but still asked, "Don't rush, tell me, what is it?"
Li Er hurriedly said, "The Li Family has launched an attack on Tianfeng Casino!"
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