Cooperation Achieved!

"Giant Spirit God."

This secret technique was far more difficult than the 'Blood Arrow Secret Technique'.

To cultivate this secret technique, Spirit Qi, Spirit Sand, and precious materials were indispensable, but personal talent and perseverance were also very important.

"The secret technique has a total of seven hundred and seventy layers of 'Qi Circulation Diagrams', and each 'Qi Circulation Diagram' is a hundred times more complex than the 'Visualization Diagram' in the Thunder Illumination Scripture."

"It's not easy to cultivate even one layer of this 'Qi Circulation Diagram', let alone stacking them up later, as the difficulty continuously increases."

"Seven hundred and seventy layers!"

"This is harder than climbing to heaven!"

When Meng Nan first encountered the 'Giant Spirit God' secret technique, he was also shocked.

Such a secret technique could probably only be truly mastered by a Qi Refining Immortal Master.

It was difficult for mortals to cultivate.

In his third life, Meng Nan and Zhao Xiaoshuang, after decades of arduous cultivation, had only managed to construct thirty layers of the Qi Circulation Diagram. The prototype of the 'Giant Spirit God' was initially formed, its structure preliminarily stabilized, and it could begin to absorb Spirit Qi and Spirit Sand.

However, to fill the thirty layers of the Qi Circulation Diagram required a massive amount of Spirit Qi and Spirit Sand, which became another hurdle.

And that was only the first thirty layers.

The subsequent seven hundred and seventy layers were simply unimaginable.

Meng Nan spent seven to eight years cultivating this secret technique in his third life, and had only reached the 18th layer, still far from the thirtieth.

Therefore, he was not in a hurry to go to the site of Angming City, which had yet to be built.

"With my current Fetal Breath cultivation, I can at most construct the first two or three layers."

"I can do more in the Inner Qi Stage, and reaching thirty layers from the peak of Inner Qi shouldn't be difficult."

"When that time comes, I'll go and preliminarily refine this secret technique, and I'll be invincible in the Inner Qi Stage."

Meng Nan had already made plans in his heart.

This was just the preparation stage.

Meng Nan killed Zhou Shan at the end of September.

The next day, he went to find Qian Yu and asked her to help purchase medicinal ingredients.

Then, on October 12th, he killed Zhou Boren, and in the following ten days, he killed two more Inner Qi cultivators who had committed evil deeds.

His third life began on October 22nd.

The fourth day after it ended.

October 26th, Immortal Calendar Year 18.

Qian Yu finally delivered the medicinal ingredients. Along with them, she also brought a small alchemy furnace and a small bag of coal needed for alchemy.

From head to toe.

Everything was prepared.

"Auntie Yu!"

Zhao Xiaoshuang was surprised to see Qian Yu arrive.

She was in the True Qi Stage, and there were only about ten people like her in the entire Yinlian Village. She was a prominent figure. Why would such a prominent figure come to their home with bags and packages?

"Auntie."

Meng Nan saw Qian Yu again and felt a bit unaccustomed.

He had spent seven years with Qian Yu in Qingtian Market and had always called her 'Senior Sister'. Now, to suddenly call her 'Auntie' again, being a generation lower was secondary; the main issue was that it didn't roll off the tongue and felt awkward.

But he couldn't worry about that now.

He strode forward a few steps, took the bags and packages from Qian Yu's hands, and then smiled, "Thank you for making the trip yourself, Auntie. You could have just let me know, and I would have come to pick them up."

"It's nothing."

"I happened to come by to take a look."

Qian Yu was not pretentious. She waved her hand and looked at Meng Nan's tidy and organized courtyard, knowing his general personality.

Then she looked at Zhao Xiaoshuang, who was standing beside Meng Nan. Judging by her figure and complexion, she could also infer Meng Nan's character and qualities.

After a brief observation.

Qian Yu then said, "Shall we start refining now? Do you want me to watch?"

"Okay."

"You can watch."

"My skills are not something you can learn just by watching a couple of times."

Meng Nan joked with Qian Yu for a moment, then carried the bags and packages into the backyard.

Throughout October, Meng Nan had built a simple shelter in this place, which was their third room. They were using it as a 'refining room' for now.

I'll make better ones later.

Heading to the alchemy room, Meng Nan explained to Zhao Xiaoshuang, "My family has a hereditary skill in Alchemy. I'm very talented in this area. These past few months, I felt that carpentry wasn't earning enough, so I discussed it with Aunt Yu and we decided to develop in the direction of Alchemy. I didn't mention it before because nothing was finalized."

"Husband can also do Alchemy?"

Zhao Xiaoshuang was stunned.

After marrying him, she learned Meng Nan knew carpentry and basket weaving, and was already very surprised and delighted, knowing their family would definitely not worry about food and clothing.

Now, these past few months were even better than she had imagined.

And now, Meng Nan actually had Alchemy, which earned more than carpentry. If this succeeded, how rich would their family become?

Zhao Xiaoshuang followed closely, filled with anticipation.

Qian Yu hadn't taken it seriously at first, but seeing Meng Nan so earnest now, she also started to feel hopeful.

One wouldn't know the difficulty of cultivation until reaching the True Qi Stage.

Qian Yu had advanced to the True Qi Stage a few months ago, and only then did she realize that to cultivate in the True Qi Stage, besides personal hard work, financial resources were absolutely essential.

Therefore, she had been pondering ways to generate wealth these past few months.

Initially, she thought of tea.

Later, after Meng Nan's interruption, she felt that medicinal herbs were indeed good and had broader prospects. However, there were more difficulties and various troubles involved, which made her hesitate.

If Meng Nan could truly refine medicine this time, Qian Yu would be able to make up her mind.

The three entered the alchemy room.

The two were curious.

Meng Nan was calm.

Having refined over ten thousand pills in Qingtian Market over seven years, Meng Nan's experience was incredibly rich.

Selecting herbs.

Processing.

Measuring.

Order.

Heat control.

One by one, systematically, calmly, as if he were a master of this art, handling it with ease.

Only halfway through, Qian Yu's eyes lit up, knowing Meng Nan's Alchemy skill was absolutely genuine. And if they could cooperate with an Alchemist, making money would be too easy!

With anticipation.

With excitement.

Qian Yu was no longer as indifferent as before, her eyes now fixed on the small alchemy furnace.

After an unknown amount of time.

A faint fragrance wafted into her nose.

"It's done?"

Qian Yu jolted, and saw Meng Nan lift the lid of the alchemy furnace. Inside was a mass of paste.

It didn't look good.

Meng Nan took a small wooden spoon from the side, gently dug into it, and a pill was formed.

"This is 'Hemostasis Powder'."

Seeing Qian Yu's surprised expression, Meng Nan knew this cooperation was set.

Qian Yu left indifferently.

Half a day later, she left happily.

Before leaving, she cautioned the Meng Nan couple, "Don't go out recently. Something's been unusual in the village lately."

"What's unusual?"

Meng Nan asked curiously.

"Zhou Shan has turned into Mo."

"Zhou Boren is missing."

"And seven more internal Qi users have disappeared, no bodies, no signs of life."

"Just be careful."

Qian Yu gave a few warnings and then left.

She still had to continue her investigation.

The disappearance of seven Inner Qi cultivators at once, coinciding with the incident involving Zhou Shan, couldn't help but raise suspicions.

How many Inner Qi cultivators did Yinlian Village even have in total?

They had to investigate thoroughly, otherwise, Yinlian Village would likely never know peace.

He watched Qian Yu leave.

Zhao Xiaoshuang also listened with a hint of fear, "So many Inner Qi cultivators missing? Could it be Zhou Shan's accomplices coming for revenge?"

"It's fine."

"Even if they want revenge, it won't reach us. We're only at the Fetal Breath stage."

Meng Nan chuckled.

Zhou Shan.

Zhou Boren.

Including six of the seven subsequent Inner Qi cultivators, all were directly killed by Meng Nan.

He didn't know what happened to the extra one, it was probably a coincidence.

Since they were gathered together, they were counted in.

Such a small place like Yinlian Village, with so many incidents happening in just one month, so many Inner Qi cultivators disappearing, and it all happening right after Zhou Shan's death, it was no wonder Qian Yu and the others were on alert.

They had likely connected these events.

And they weren't entirely wrong.

But their direction was off.

"No matter what they think, I can't make a move recently."

"Besides, there aren't many Inner Qi stage villains left to kill in Yinlian Village anyway."

This was something he had anticipated long ago, so Meng Nan wasn't greatly disturbed.