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The Sword Boat.

At the hour of the tiger, as night gave way to day, the eastern sky paled like a fish's belly. Chen Zhuo sat cross-legged in his room, facing east and waiting for the sun to rise.

Moments later, a red sun leaped into view through the window. Golden light pierced the clouds and spilled across the Sword Boat. Chen Zhuo's eyes sharpened. After steadying his breathing, he opened his mouth and drew in the rich Jia Wood Pure Qi.

Strand after strand of Jia Wood Pure Qi, almost tangible, flowed into Chen Zhuo's mouth and transformed into Spiritual Essence and Jia Wood Thunder Seed within his Qi Sea, filling it further.

After a long while, Chen Zhuo slowly opened his eyes.

Azure lightning danced in his eyes, arcs of electricity flashing.

On the floor lay a syringe that had held a third of a dose of Black Coiled Dragon, two emptied Azure Dragon syringes, and a finished "Snow Leopard" Electronic Cigarette.

"Peak Qi Refining Sixth Layer? Looks like Late Qi Refinement really is a little tricky."

Chen Zhuo stood and glanced at the trash. With a sweep of his sleeve, he gathered it all into his Storage Bag, planning to take it back to the Immortal Estate and dispose of it later.

As for breaking through, that would happen within the next ten days or so.

Chen Zhuo still had several Azure Dragon syringes left. It wouldn't be a problem.

After all, for an entire month, apart from his Dao Tournament improvement classes and Teacher Xiao's lessons, Chen Zhuo had devoted himself wholly to Cultivation aboard the Sword Boat. He hadn't even stepped outside his room. He could afford to be that extravagant!

As the saying went, "Land, wealth, companions, and methods"—land came first!

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