Pavilion Master Chu Has Forgotten Us?

Chu Chu naturally wouldn't refuse guidance from a master swordsman—although it was through external assistance, Shuhang's swordsmanship was indeed at the mastery level!

So, Song Shuhang began to teach Chu Chu the basics of swordsmanship.

The method he used was the same one that the Young Man in Blue with a White Horse taught him in the 'Real Illusion' of Venerable White years ago.

In a simple and direct way, he first explained various knife-wielding techniques to Chu Chu, then picked up the Overlord Shatter Saber and let Chu Chu experience the charm of basic knife skills through her body.

The only downside was that Chu Chu didn't bring a knife with her this time, so she could only use a sword to practice the knife moves, which felt very awkward.

However, Chu Chu has a strong ability to understand and can often apply what she has learned to other situations.

This is true genius, whether it's a knife or a sword, it's not bound by any particular form.

The first day in the 'Underground City'... was spent cultivating with Song Shuhang and Chu Chu.

That evening, the two of them sat down separately for meditation and spiritual practice.

Both of them carried enough Grain-Repelling Pill, so they didn't have to worry about food.

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The second day in the Underground City.

Song Shuhang and Miss Chu Chu tried to leave the main hall and continued forward through the Underground City passage.

Half an hour later, they found a new main hall.

Inside this hall, there are more than thirty huge bronze basins, and beneath each basin are pieces of black crystal.

This copper basin was used by cultivators for medicinal baths. Nearby, various weapons such as knives, spears, and clubs were also placed.

This is like sending charcoal in snowy weather; whatever you wish for comes true. Shuhang needed a copper basin for a medicinal bath, and Miss Chu Chu needed a suitable knife.

Therefore, Song Shuhang happily decided to take a medicinal bath.

The black crystals at the bottom of the copper basin are a type of fuel used for combustion; a tiny Mars can ignite them.

Pour the required amount of herbs into a copper basin and fill the basin with water.

Soaking in the medicinal liquid, Song Shuhang let out a comfortable sigh.

Unfortunately, the medicinal bath wasn't as effective as it was in the Golden Coffin of "Six Cultivations." In her Golden Coffin, the medicinal bath increased one's constitution by about 0.1 every three minutes.

Now, it only increases by about 0.1 every ten minutes. After two hours, it only increases by about 1.2.

It's better than nothing, I suppose.

Anyway, taking a medicinal bath twice a day can increase your constitution by 2.4.

On the other side, Miss Chu Chu first chose a suitable knife and practiced some Basic Saber Technique.

After practicing her swordsmanship, she went to a copper basin some distance away from Song Shuhang, drew back a curtain, and filled the basin with clean water...

After entering the medicine basin, she looked down at her body from the neck down.

After being 'killed while holding a girl in her arms' last time, she was fortunate to receive help from Song Shuhang, the divine doctor, and her injuries have recovered.

However, my chest hasn't returned to its original curve, and I don't know if it will ever recover.

Even if the original curvature can be restored, I wonder if the elasticity will be affected?

After all, this is a woman's second face, and she can't be careless in the slightest.

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Day three in the Underground City.

When Miss Chu Chu woke up, she suddenly sat cross-legged and entered a meditative state.

Then, she entered the breakthrough minor realm mode.

Seeing that she was beginning to break through her cultivation level, Song Shuhang took the initiative to come over and protect her.

The guardian's role is not merely to prevent Chu Chu from being influenced by external factors. More importantly, if Chu Chu encounters an accident while attempting to break through her cultivation level, the guardian can lend a hand. This could involve feeding her a pill to unleash her true energy, or preventing her from suffering a qi deviation at a critical moment.

Two hours later.

Chu Chu opened her eyes; the Second-Grade fifth Dantian [Dragon Palm Dantian] had been successfully opened!

Behind her, most of a True Dragon's body had already materialized; only the Dragon Neck and Dragon Head remained.

"Phew." Chu Chu exhaled a breath of stale air.

This advancement in my cultivation level was faster than ever before, and it felt like it happened naturally.

After all, not long ago, she was almost crushed by the crowd, and her near-death experience yielded tremendous gains.

There were also the experiences she had had these past few days with Song Shuhang in space, including the pressure from the 'Mount Tai Sealing Technique,' her cultivation in the underground gravity chamber of the Venerable Seven Cultivations, the gains from the Tomb of Venerable Six Cultivations, and now the gains in the 'Time City' Underground City. These were extraordinary encounters that she would rarely experience even once every few years in the past few days, but in the past few days, they have been gushing out like a well, almost once a day.

Therefore, the rapid advancement in his cultivation level was not unexpected.

After Chu Chu successfully advanced, Song Shuhang began his own cultivation.

Now, when he uses the <Steel Hand>, both of his palms are stained with a steel color, as if he were wearing a pair of iron gloves.

The training of <Steel Hand> can also improve Song Shuhang's physique. Today, he has successfully raised his physique to around 250, which is enough to break through to the Second-Grade Third Dantian [Dragon Claw Dantian]!

But let's not rush it today.

Shuhang planned to spend a day warming the true qi in his Dantian and adjusting his mental energy to its optimal state.

"Tomorrow is the day I break through to the next realm!" Song Shuhang said softly.

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Underground City Day 4

Song Shuhang adjusted himself to his best condition, and then did not forget to ask Chu Chu for advice on his experience of 'breaking through the Dragon Claw Dantian '.

Last time, when he tried to break through to the 'Dragon Tail Dantian', he almost failed because he lacked experience. Fortunately, a senior who did good deeds anonymously gave him guidance and experience when he was trying to break through, leading him step by step.

That said, who exactly was that legendary senior figure back then?

In the Nine Provinces Number One Group, none of the senior members mentioned that they had ever helped him.

Having learned from Chu Chu's experience in breaking through to a higher realm, Song Shuhang began to attempt to break through to the [Dragon Claw Dantian]. Chu Chu protected him from the side.

The Dragon Claw Dantian also has more than one level of challenges, requiring you to attempt them in batches.

Song Shuhang didn't feel much effort in breaking through to the minor realm—he didn't have much else in his body, but his true qi was abundant. At the second minor realm of the Second-Grade, his true qi was already not much weaker than that of an ordinary cultivator at the fourth minor realm of the Second-Grade.

The barrier at the Dragon Claw Dantian was like a mud wall, being destroyed layer by layer by Song Shuhang's powerful true energy.

It only took a little over half an hour.

Song Shuhang successfully broke through the [Dragon Claw Dantian] and entered the nurturing stage after opening the Dantian!

In contrast, for some reason, Chu Chu felt a tightness in her chest...

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Time flies.

The twelve days passed quickly.

In these 12 days, Song Shuhang had already used up all the medicinal bath materials he bought from Miss Six Cultivations.

The Third Dantian [Dragon Claw Dantian] realm has also been completely consolidated. With the Third Dantian sharing the pressure of true qi, Song Shuhang's crisis of exploding body has been resolved.

In theory, Song Shuhang could have consumed another 'Spirit Beast Crystal' from his mother, but he planned to further improve his physique to avoid insufficient constitution and entering a new round of body explosion crisis.

The Blacksmithing Divine Skill "Steel Hand" has finally been mastered and entered the 'beginner' level.

Song Shuhang's physique has improved to around 265. If his physique continues to improve, he might be able to have Third-Grade Realm same physique as the 'Dharma King Creation' when he is at the Second-Grade Realm.

The Third-Grade Realm the Battle King Realm. Compared to the Second-Grade, cultivators at this level have liquefied true qi, and the quality of their true qi has been greatly improved.

In addition, the most distinctive feature of Third-Grade Cultivator is that when burning the 'liquid true qi' within their body, they can unleash the 'Battle King Body', greatly increasing their combat power for a short period of time.

"Twelve days are coming to an end." Chu Chu held a sword in her left hand and a knife in her right. As expected of a genius cultivator, she had mastered the basics of knife techniques in just twelve days.

The future Chu Chu might just become a powerful cultivator skilled in both swordsmanship and saber techniques.

Chu Chu felt a pang of reluctance—when cultivating in the basement of Time City, her cultivation speed was five or six times faster than outside. This was equivalent to her constantly consuming precious cultivation-enhancing pills.

She was really reluctant to leave this place.

Not far from her, Song Shuhang held a large sword in both hands.

Song Shuhang leaped high into the air, his strange sword flashing with a blinding light.

At the same time, Song Shuhang uttered strange lines. "Holy Light, that evil looks worth fighting!"

[Holy Light Slaying Evil Sword!]

This swordsmanship, adapted from Western techniques, is quite powerful in direct combat. However, the 'Sword Formula' are simply too embarrassing.

But Song Shuhang had a lot of fun.

Swordsmanship! This is swordsmanship!

Although it's a two-handed greatsword, isn't it still a sword?

He has finally mastered a sword technique; this Holy Light Slaying Evil Sword looks quite powerful.

Chu Chu had once tried to exchange a move with him.

When facing the [Holy Light Holy Light Slaying Evil Sword] head-on, Chu Chu would need to unleash twenty-one sword strikes (ordinary sword attacks) in one go to withstand it.

Moreover, when Song Shuhang uses this sword technique, the sword light will be accompanied by holy flame damage. That holy flame attribute is very interesting. Although the damage is not high, it is very persistent.

And he has a good appetite, he can cook anything... um, he can cook anything!

Since it was the last day of their training in the Time City's 'Underground City,' Song Shuhang and Chu Chu didn't waste any time and continued training until the early hours of the morning.

"Next, we just wait for Pavilion Master Chu to lead us out." Song Shuhang Pillar on his two-handed greatsword, his face showing exhaustion.

Chu Chu sat cross-legged beside him, wearing a dress made from a repurposed curtain, and glanced reluctantly at Time City behind her.

What a wonderful place! I wish I could cultivate here for a few more days.

However, the two waited and waited. After most of the day, the 'Pavilion Master Chu' who was supposed to come to greet them did not appear.

Chu Chu frowned. "What's going on? It's already time to leave 'Time City' as agreed."

Song Shuhang thought for a moment and said, "Perhaps... that Pavilion Master Chu has fallen asleep again? Her condition is a bit strange; she seems very sleepy. Perhaps she overslept. Our time flows differently from the outside world; one day outside is equivalent to twelve days for us. If she sleeps for a few more hours, it will be several days for us."

Chu Chu's eyes lit up with joy. "Then why don't we go back and cultivate for a few more days?"

Song Shuhang was somewhat worried about Li Yinzhu, but without the guidance of Pavilion Master Chu, they would not be able to leave 'Time City'.

Having no other choice, he had to agree to Chu Chu's suggestion and go back to cultivate.

The training in the 'basement' of Time City was very effective.

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Return to the past and continue your cultivation.

Day after day...

Soon, another twelve days passed—but the Pavilion Master, Fairy Chu, still hadn't arrived.

Song Shuhang even wondered if he had been forgotten by Fairy Chu?

Chu Chu enjoyed her daily cultivation very much... For her, feeling herself getting stronger every day was a very happy thing. She was a girl who was easily satisfied.

Song Shuhang has already mastered the <Steel Hand> technique to a minor level, and has even completed the entire <Holy Light Swordsmanship>, reaching the 'entry-level' stage.

Although the 'medicinal bath' materials had been used up, Song Shuhang managed to raise his physical constitution to around 275 within the past twelve days by relying on the body-refining technique <Steel Hand>.

In the past few days, Song Shuhang has been taking some time to study something.

It's that puppet in his 'Inch-Shrinking Bag'.

This damn thing actually devours Spirit Stone!

Last time I bought medicinal herbs from Miss Six Cultivations, I got back 3 Grade Third-Grade Spirit Stone, but when I put them in my Inch-Shrinking Bag, they disappeared again.

Song Shuhang felt a pang of heartache; those were three grade -Third-Grade Spirit Stone! That would cost him almost half a day's wages mining in a Spirit Stone vein!

Why did the Spirit Stone placed in the Inch-Shrinking Bag disappear?

So, out of curiosity, Song Shuhang put the half-used Spirit Stone from his last two Rank Fourth-Grade spirit stones into his Inch-Shrinking Bag.

Then, he tried shaking the Inch-Shrinking Bag a little further. Soon, he saw the culprit—the puppet doll—that had swallowed the Spirit Stone.

"It hurts so much." Because of this experiment, half a grade Fourth-Grade Spirit Stone has been wasted again.

As a result, Song Shuhang no longer dared to put Spirit Stone into the Inch-Shrinking Bag.

Moreover, whenever he finished cultivating and rested, he would study this small puppet.

Without enough energy, the puppet was just like an ordinary toy, with nothing special about it. Song Shuhang wasn't a puppet master, so he couldn't figure out anything about it.

"Perhaps we should wait until Venerable White returns and let him study this?" Song Shuhang Venerable White.

Senior White is incredibly skilled at disassembling things.

Unfortunately, once disassembled, it's very likely that it can't be put back together. Even if it can be put back together, there are still safety hazards.

"Well, it's not mine anyway. So what if it's broken? I'll just let Senior White take it apart next time," Song Shuhang decided.

"Pavilion Master Chu still hasn't come today," Chu Chu said.

She and Song Shuhang had been in the Underground City 'Time City' for 24 days.

But Fairy Chu still didn't remember them.

"Two days should have passed in the outside world by now," Song Shuhang replied.

If only we had internet right now, we could call Fairy Chu and ask her to get up and come to Time City to pick us up.

After thinking for a moment, Chu Chu said, "Shuhang, why don't we venture deeper into the 'Underground City' of Time City? Perhaps we'll find a way out?"

She certainly wanted to continue cultivating here, but in her spare time, she could also look for an exit to leave herself a way out.

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