The Secret of the Qi Household, Refining Human Pills!

In the blink of an eye, a few days passed.

Qin Lu did not return to Muxuan Mountain these past few days.

Instead, he hid in the wild mountains and out-of-the-way ridges to refine poisons. Now he was extremely weak, possessing only half the combat strength of his prime, his strength barely able to rival the True Martial Four Realms.

Without recovering to his peak, he dared not show his face casually.

By hiding like this, he was actually safer.

His subordinates were rats squeaking in fear of breaking the jade vessel, so naturally they did not dare to move the people on Muxuan Mountain, instead having to appear even more loyal to avoid being liquidated by Qin Lu in the future!

Aside from ruthlessness, the other reason Qin Lu had made it this far was extreme caution!

Living two lifetimes, he understood human nature all too well: fearing the strong and bullying the weak...

When you were strong, they were loyal, unwavering dogs; when you were weak, they were the most dangerous jackals, ready to bite back at any moment.

Especially the Yan Family; if he had been at his peak, he naturally would not have feared them in the slightest.

But for now, he had better steady his hand first.

Qin Lu would never gamble on other people's consciences, nor did he ever think he had enough prestige and charm to make people wholeheartedly serve as dogs for him.

As for that Zhao Zhen-

Qin Lu had instructed Qin Xiao to bring him back to Muxuan Mountain to recuperate.

As for Qi Bailing, Qin Lu kept her raised right by his side.

This female possessed a great fortuitous opportunity on her person, so he would certainly not let her leave his sight.

Naturally, keeping her by his side was more convenient.

"Mm..."

"The Cangnong Qi Clan, a Dao Foundation lineage of the Daliang State, the northern neighbor of the Great Zhou State, with a heritage spanning over eight hundred years, exterminated in the 36th year of the Kaiyuan Era..."

"Which means it happened fifty-seven years ago, and the Bayi Town Qi Household is one of the Qi Clan's hidden branches that fled south here."

"According to the classification: Dao Foundation Realm inheritances correspond to the Third-Tier, while this branch of the Bayi Town Qi Household went no higher than a Second-Tier beast-taming inheritance..."

"This shows that the Bayi Qi Household should still belong to the category of bait, while the true hidden branch is someone else."

"As for the ancestral Dharma Sect..."

"Its full name is the Azure Wood Profound Penetration Scripture, a Third-Tier Cultivation Method that can be cultivated to the Dao Foundation Realm completion. To conceal the inherited cultivation method,"

"each hidden branch split the cultivation method up or changed its name..."

After reading through it, Qin Lu put the booklet away, already harboring speculations in his heart.

If it was truly as recorded in the Qi Household's booklet, the Azure Wood Scripture he had accidentally obtained back then likely came from the Qi Clan or people of another hidden branch...

He had searched here, likely wishing to rendezvous with the Qi Household of this place.

Judging from the scene in that cavern, they should have been pursued all the way here and finally perished in that cave, after which the cultivation method was obtained by him, Qin Lu.

Coupled with the fact that nothing else was left behind aside from the cultivation method,

this point was illustrated even more clearly. Upon careful thought, how could the remnants of the Qi Clan, fleeing in peril, have carried precious items or high-tier inheritances with them?

Moreover, their inherited cultivation method had undergone splitting.

Using the ancestral Dharma Sect to confirm identities and mutually verify the missing parts of the Dharma Sect was undeniably a way to confirm identities...

"They truly are clever hares with three burrows, but this fortuitous opportunity richly deserved to belong to my Qin Family."

Qin Lu smiled smugly, then proceeded to examine the other items.

Aside from this ancient book, he had also obtained the heritage of the Bayi Town Qi Household: the Azure Mysterious Scripture, which happened to mutually verify with his Azure Wood Scripture.

The combination of the two cultivation methods not only provided a method to break through the Qi Condensation Realm, but could moreover be cultivated to the late stage of the Qi Condensation Realm, with two additional martial techniques for the True Martial Realm.

At the True Martial Four Realms, one could cultivate a set: the Qingxuan Needle Technique.

At the True Martial Seventh Realm, one could cultivate a set: Muxuan Gang Qi.

With one offensive and one defensive, this precisely plugged the flaw where the Azure Wood Scripture only knew how to release poison and lacked the capability for direct close-combat.

Additionally-

There was also the beast-taming heritage. No wonder the Qi Household excelled at livestock farming; the horses they raised were every one of them plump and sturdy, and the cattle and sheep they kept were all of top quality!

However, it was only the First-Tier portion.

The subsequent Second-Tier heritage was stored inside the Qiankun Pouch.

The Qiankun Pouch was precisely that delicate pouch.

Inside was a space capable of storing items, but it required Law Power to open. Their Qi Household originally had an ancestor at the Qi Condensation Third Layer.

Yet according to records in the ancient booklet, that ancestor had just fled to Bayi

when he suddenly dropped dead.

This resulted in many high-value items remaining all inside the Qiankun Pouch. Without resources, and lacking the protection of an ancestor,

the few scattered cats and dogs of the Qi Household thus took root in Bayi Town,

muddling along to reach this current state.

The remaining usable resources, after all these years, had practically been consumed to nothing...

"In the end, it still benefited an outsider..."

Qin Lu shook his head, then stowed all the items away.

For him-

the cultivation method had been partially completed, and he had also gained a First-Tier beast-taming heritage. He had already reaped a bountiful harvest, so he would not ask for anything more.

Instead, Qi Bailing herself was Qin Lu's greatest harvest this time!

Qi Bailing was presently merely in the blush of youth at twice-eight years of age.

To be so young, and without sufficient resources, yet able to cultivate to the completion of the True Martial Five Realms, what did this indicate?

Her innate talent was extraordinary, by no means ordinary!

Coupled with the fact that the Qi Household had strictly guarded the news, and before the clan's extermination had even allowed a True Martial Five Realms practitioner to escape, it clearly demonstrated her uncommon nature.

If not for secrets, such an expert ought to have resisted to the bitter end.

Thinking of this, Qin Lu pulled out the Test Spirit Stone.

The next moment-

spiritual light flickered, and the corners of Qin Lu's mouth split all the way up to the heavens!

"Spiritual light of two inches and one!"

"Hahahaha~ Truly, heaven is aiding me!"

"Even the heavens are standing on my side, sending me a fine human pill!"

"Oh heavens, this little Qin expresses his thanks right here!"

"If I attain glorious success in the future, my lineage shall forever generation after generation sacrifice to the azure firmament, blessing the azure firmament to never perish, and protecting my lineage for ten thousand autumns across generations!"

With that said-

Qin Lu walked up in front of Qi Bailing and violently tore away her clothes.

Meanwhile, Qi Bailing sat paralyzed by the tree, all light gone from her eyes, without even a trace of resistance, like a living doll.

Her heel tendons and hand tendons were entirely severed, and she was already a crippled person.

She lacked the courage to commit suicide, and lacked the ability to resist; there was no greater sorrow than a dead heart...

"Her essence, breath, and spirit are already gone... The person is ruined."

"Perhaps death may also be considered fulfilling both you and me."

Having spoken thus, what followed after was yet another round of exchanging cultivation insights...

The next day-the great sun hung in the sky.

After yesterday's bout of Dao discussion, Qi Bailing once again assumed a dead-fish appearance, which truly gave Qin Lu little interest.

In just this single night-

Qi Bailing seemed to have transformed into a completely different person; her three thousand strands of dark hair had turned to snow, her skin had lost its luster, lacking all elasticity, presenting the appearance of a dying twilight...

Her spiritual apertures were shattered, and her cultivation was completely lost...

Her entire body of True Essence served as wedding robes, along with her longevity essence, breath, and everything else, all becoming provisions for Qin Lu to ascend the high mountain.

As Qin Lu's aura grew stronger...

True Martial Sixth Realm!

True Martial Seventh Realm!

Only upon reaching the completion of the True Martial Seventh Realm did he finally halt the pace of his realm-breaking.

Qin Lu picked up the Test Spirit Stone. The next second, one inch and one fen of spiritual light flickered, marking that in this lifetime, Qin Lu had the opportunity to break through the Qi Condensation Realm!

"Hahahaha!"

"I've made it! This old Daoist has made it!"

Qin Lu laughed heart-rendingly, laughing with exceptional smoothness and gratification!

Even the toxins within his body were thoroughly eradicated.

They even became a part of his physical body, allowing Qin Lu to release two kinds of toxins: one was the toxin he originally possessed that primarily caused paralysis,

while the other was the newly acquired virulent poison centered on ravaging a person's five viscera and six bowels, being a formidable, deadly poison that killed without leaving a trace!