A Fortune That Shook the Heavens: Human-Weapon Dual Cultivation

Zhang Xingfeng sat in the secret chamber, refining magical Law Artifact. His main purpose was to prepare weapons for his brothers and disciples, but he also had another purpose: to cultivate his Qi Cauldron.

The colors of the Qi Cauldron are divided into red, orange, yellow, green, cyan, blue, purple, and the highest, black! Only Qi Cauldron that reach the black level can be used to forge divine artifacts, while those that reach the green level can be used to forge immortal artifacts. In fact, Zhang Xingfeng could already forge top-tier Law Artifact using only Purple Fire, but he still uses Qi Cauldron to forge them.

Refining magical Law Artifact was the easiest task; Zhang Xingfeng used the Chaos Power to control the Mysterious Sky Stone and refine it into the shape of Law Artifact.

"Chirp!" Zhang Xingfeng formed a hand seal and struck the magic Law Artifact that jumped out of the Qi Cauldron. With a crisp sound, the Law Artifact was successfully made.

Zhang Xingfeng glanced at the six Law Artifact beside him, smiled, and thought to himself with delight, "So many Law Artifacts were forged in just one night! The speed is truly Qi Cauldron. That's the beauty of the Qi Cauldron. Hmm, the color has turned crimson now. According to Master (Pangu)'s Immortal Forging Art, it becomes increasingly difficult to upgrade the Qi Cauldron's level. It seems I should forge magical Law Artifact more often in the future, so that my disciple can also have some good Law Artifact."

Crafting Law Artifact is not something everyone can do. It requires Method Formula, experience, and skill! Of course, materials are also essential. Because crafting Law Artifact is so difficult, there are even Law Artifact in the Cultivation World that specialize in crafting and selling them! And these sects are quite successful.

Zhang Xingfeng's left hand trembled slightly, and all six Law Artifacts were absorbed into the Tianyu Bracelet.

"Squeak... yah..." The heavy door to the secret passage finally opened, and Zhang Xingfeng suddenly took a deep breath of the fresh air outside, his mood improving considerably.

"Young Master, everyone has been waiting for you for a long time," a very pretty and delicate-looking girl complained to Zhang Xingfeng.

Zhang Xingfeng smiled slightly. He really had nothing to say about Qiu Zhi. When she first arrived, Qiu Zhi was extremely respectful to him. After Zhang Xingfeng reprimanded her many times, she finally stopped being so. Now that Qiu Zhi had become familiar with Zhang Xingfeng had become quite disrespectful to him, showing no regard for him as her master at all.

"Qiu Zhi, has Brother Lang Feng come out yet?" Zhang Xingfeng had been troubled by Lang Feng's situation. Lang Feng had been cultivating frantically lately, and Zhang Xingfeng didn't dare to disturb him. He knew that disturbing someone during cultivation was extremely dangerous; it could easily lead to Qi Deviation!

"Brother Lang Feng? He came out a while ago, and today he seemed to have a slight smile on his face. Brother Lang Feng hasn't smiled for a whole two weeks! I never expected Brother Lang Feng to smile." Qiu Zhi said with a hint of joy.

Zhang Xingfeng said happily, "Okay... Qiu Zhi, I'll go talk to Brother Lang Feng first. You don't need to follow me anymore!" With that, Zhang Xingfeng turned and left.

Qiu Zhi gave a sullen "Oh," pouting as she watched Zhang Xingfeng disappear into the Eight Formations. She angrily kicked a pebble, muttering, "You made me wait here for so long, and now you're just leaving like that? That's outrageous!" After arriving at the Star Peak Manor, Qiu Zhi, as Zhang Xingfeng's maid, held the highest position among the servants. Zhang Xingfeng rarely asked her to do anything, and no one else dared, which made Qiu Zhi forget her true identity—a maid. Of course, this was exactly what Zhang Xingfeng wanted.

In Lang Feng room.

"Big Brother!" Zhang Xingfeng's voice trembled slightly.

Lang Feng suddenly looked up and saw Zhang Xingfeng smiling. He forced a smile and said, "It's Second Brother. I haven't been to see you for a while. You're not angry with me!"

Zhang Xingfeng could clearly sense how forced the smile on Lang Feng's face was, and he didn't understand why Qiu Zhi would say that Lang Feng was in a better mood.

"Brother, can't you let go of this?" Zhang Xingfeng knew exactly what Lang Feng was referring to.

A faint sadness flickered in Lang Feng's eyes, but it vanished instantly, replaced by a calm. To others, Lang Feng might appear cold and ruthless, but Zhang Xingfeng sensed a stillness—a stillness deep within his soul!

"Have I let go? I don't know, I don't know, Second Brother. Today I seem to have seen through it all. What's yours will always be yours, and what's not yours will never be yours. Don't force what's not meant to be! Luckily, I have it!" Lang Feng suddenly laughed, a very bright laugh.

A flash of bloody light appeared, revealing a knife, an ordinary-looking machete, but one thing made it extraordinary: this knife was Law Artifact!

Zhang Xingfeng was shocked. A magic Law Artifact, who only knew the methods of refining magic weapons and whose cultivation was only at the Golden Core Stage, had refined Law Artifact? But in an instant, Zhang Xingfeng's heart trembled. "Brother, brother... why... why... why did you choose to Human-Weapon Dual Cultivation? Blood light, such tragic blood light! That blood is the Essence Blood of my brother's heart! The Essence Blood of his heart!"

"Second brother, do you know that only by Human-Weapon Dual Cultivation can I escape my deep longing for her? Now I feel it comforting my wounded heart." Lang Feng's smile was very desolate.

Zhang Xingfeng suddenly laughed, the sorrow on his face vanishing. Looking at Lang Feng, a smile suddenly appeared on his face as he said, "Brother, perhaps fate has destined you to become a legend! Although Human-Weapon Dual Cultivation is extremely dangerous—if the Law Artifact is damaged, the master will lose all his power and cannot recover—it can also create a terrifying Killing God! Once you reach the end, you can completely merge with the blade. At that time, your attack power will be absolutely terrifying! And your speed will be absolutely terrifying! In the Cultivation World, people like this are called Killing God! They have no failures; of course, if they fail, they will also lose all their power and will no longer be Killing God."

"Killing God, Killing God, what a powerful name! I love it!" A glint of fanaticism flashed in Lang Feng's eyes. Having fought wild beasts since childhood, Lang Feng had long harbored a beast-like madness within him.

Zhang Xingfeng sighed inwardly, "Was it the right thing to let my elder brother enter the path of killing?" He didn't know, but he at least knew that letting his elder brother immerse himself in his longing for Princess Leyue was meaningless, especially since his elder brother had already begun Human-Weapon Dual Cultivation! Everything was irreversible.

"Brother, are you just going to give up without even trying?" Zhang Xingfeng felt a little unwilling.

"Strive, second brother, you're wrong. A princess's husband is definitely not a good-for-nothing like me!" Lang Feng with a hint of disappointment.

"Brother, why do you look down on yourself like that? You've already reached the Golden Core Stage, how can you say you're a nobody?"

Lang Feng suddenly smiled and said, "Second brother, you don't understand. No matter how high a person's skill is, they can't do much against a powerful force, unless they have your unparalleled skill! Tell me, how long will it take me to be able to be unparalleled? Ten years, twenty years, thirty years, or..."

Zhang Xingfeng was stunned. If he hadn't reached the Tianya Mountain Range, he would have said ten years would suffice. But after meeting that Shaolin monk Mr. Zuo from the Demon Hall, Zhang Xingfeng realized that the Azure Dragon Continent still had top-tier experts. Even he himself could only suppress those old guys by relying on the Chaos Power itself. That old Shaolin monk was at the late stage of the Soul Separation. It was almost impossible for Lang Feng to reach that realm in less than a hundred years. A hundred years! A hundred years later, the princess would probably be dead!

Zhang Xingfeng was stunned for a moment and had nothing to say, while Lang Feng's smile became even more bitter.

Zhang Xingfeng suddenly changed the subject, saying, "Brother, I'm giving you a task that's crucial to whether our Lineage can become a powerful Aristocratic Clan in the future. Can you accept it?"

"The key to becoming Aristocratic Clan!" In an instant, Lang Feng's attention was drawn to this!

Lang Feng immediately replied, "What is it? Of course I'll agree. Seeing everyone busy with the Lineage, I want to do something too. Tell me, what do you need me to do? Trust your elder brother, I will definitely not let you down."

Zhang Xingfeng forced a smile and said, "Brother, I obtained Tax Exemption Plaque from the Emperor. The reason I got this Tax Exemption Plaque is for Tianfeng Casino. What I want to do is to open Tianfeng Casino all over the Nine Provinces in the shortest possible time! Each gambling house requires 4 million taels of silver. There are only about forty major cities in the Nine Provinces! What we need now is to establish gambling houses in those forty-odd major cities. Those second-tier cities should also be established simultaneously, of course, at a slightly lower level, probably only 1 million taels of silver!"

Lang Feng forgot his emotions and became completely absorbed in this important matter. Listening to Zhang Xingfeng's words, he frowned and said, "Second Brother, each prefecture has four to six major cities, and each major city is surrounded by several secondary cities. If we really build according to your suggestion, 400 million taels of silver wouldn't be a problem; even 300 million taels would cause financial difficulties. In the past thirteen years, although our jade shop has been extremely profitable, it has only made a little over 250 million taels. We are still far from 400 million taels. Without silver, things will be very difficult!" He Lang Feng again, clearly troubled by the matter.

Zhang Xingfeng suddenly smiled, and with a flash of his left hand, a thick stack of silver notes appeared in his palm.

"Brother, here are five hundred million taels of silver notes. After you give one hundred of them to Brother Wang, you can take the remaining four hundred to start building Tianfeng Casino." Zhang Xingfeng said, a strange smile on his face, "Li Family, it's really a wonderful thing that I'm using your family's silver notes to attack your Li Family's gambling business now."

"Second brother, these silver notes..." Lang Feng stared at the terrifying denominations—one million! That was the largest denomination ever! It was terrifying! And there were five hundred of them!

Zhang Xingfeng knew what Lang Feng was going to ask. "These originally belonged to the Li Family, but now they're ours. Do you understand?"

Lang Feng suddenly smiled too. Even the emperor would be overjoyed to receive such a large sum of silver notes!

"Second brother, don't worry, I'll handle things perfectly for you!" With that, he accepted the five hundred million taels of silver notes. Lang Feng took them without hesitation, and Zhang Xingfeng gave them without any hesitation either! Five hundred million taels of silver notes might cause many people to kill each other, but in the face of their brotherhood, they held no temptation whatsoever.

Watching Lang Feng's departing figure, Zhang Xingfeng's smile vanished, replaced by a faint sorrow—sorrow for his brother. Perhaps Zhang Xingfeng entrusted the task of establishing the gambling den to Lang Feng so that Lang Feng would no longer suffer for love!

"Princess, what a noble title! Can't it even give my elder brother the courage to do so? If anything happens to my elder brother because of his Human-Weapon Dual Cultivation, Zhu Li... Hmph, you should still hope that nothing bad happens to my elder brother!"

Zhang Xingfeng looked at the moonlight outside, his eyes narrowed slightly, and a chilling glint flashed in his eyes!

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