Cultivating for a hundred lifetimes to ascension

Chapter 290: Chapter 234 Everyone, I’m Swelling Up

Zhao Xuanjing couldn’t help but laugh at the words and said, “Old man knows your spirit is high, but you can’t become fat in one gulp.”

“You haven’t even reached Foundation Establishment and you dream of refining such high-end materials. Truly whimsical!”

“Change the terms! For instance, I could give you at most two more Foundation Establishment Pills.”

“What’s so special about Foundation Establishment Pills? I don’t fancy them. One is enough. Just wait, in no more than two months, I will definitely reach Foundation Establishment. By then, I can use Geng Metal and such.”

“Oh, quite confident, aren’t you? Foundation Establishment is not even a hindrance to you?!”

“What’s difficult about Foundation Establishment, even Golden Core isn’t worth mentioning,” Zhao Sheng said unconcernedly.

“Good, ambitious! Old man is optimistic about you!”

“I’m also very optimistic about myself,” Zhao Sheng confidently replied.

Zhao Xuanjing laughed heartily and suddenly reminded him, “Confidence is a good thing, but boy, you’re forgetful. Have you forgotten how many Elixir Pills and demon beast meat you’ve consumed over the years? Adding it all up, your intake alone is much higher than that of two Foundation Establishment cultivators. With that, you dare to make such bold demands?!”

Zhao Sheng’s momentum faltered, and he couldn’t help but say with a sense of grievance, “Ancestor, please see clearly, nowadays the Spirit Stones I earn from alchemy and talisman painting are enough for my own cultivation. I don’t need to ask for support from the family. You must see the details!”

His words were true, for Zhao Sheng had been able to support himself since a year ago, freeing himself from the fact of drawing on the family’s resources.

The reason he offered up two extra Cultivation Techniques was firstly to deepen the family’s foundation and secondly to allow more family members to cultivate these two techniques.

The more people that pick up wood, the higher the flames!

Each additional member who cultivates the “Heavenly True Water Skill” and “Immortal Golden Body” means accumulating more cultivation experience.

This, in turn, would be greatly beneficial for further perfecting the two techniques.

Only a fool would think of hiding them.

Zhao Sheng had a grand perspective.

He was never afraid of others learning them, especially if those learning were his own family members.

And it’s not like he would reveal all the good things.

Many new Pill Recipes and talismans, the Enlightenment Pill recipe, the “Star God Thousand Heart Technique,” and the latter half of the “Immortal Golden Body” were all kept in his mind.

The latter half of “Immortal Golden Body” is about how to refine the viscera and control the core secrets of the Golden Body, involving the Tao True Text of “firm.”

This latter part about the viscera, at least before Zhao Sheng’s sitting down in this life, he did not plan to tell anyone else.

“Alright! Old man won’t haggle with you anymore. Geng Metal all yours, and I also have a block of Ice and Fire Copper, might as well give it to you, kid. The rest will be noted down, and I will instruct the subordinates to keep an eye out for collection. Also, the family and I will not deny your contributions, let’s record one Great Merit first!”

“Many thanks for the generous reward, Ancestor!” Zhao Sheng joyfully laughed.

“Hm, don’t forget today’s affair.”

“Got it, it’s just teaching a lesson to the top eight, a trivial matter,” Zhao Sheng said with an unconcerned face.

“Cheeky lad, be careful of getting slapped in the face!” Zhao Xuanjing teased.

“Hehe, the person who can slap me hasn’t been born yet.”

“What about old man?”

“You don’t count, I was talking about those born after me. Before I was born, you had been wandering the world for eight hundred years. Of course, that doesn’t count.”

As this bantering conversation faded away, the figures of the two gradually vanished, disappearing under the dim sunset.

…

Xinglong City has eight major districts named Qian, Kun, Kan, Li, Zhen, Dui, Xun, and Gen.

The Li Fire District is located in the eastern part of the city and is the base of the Zhao Family’s Shen Character Lineage.

As night fell, the moonlight was slightly cool.

In an underground corridor made of Blue Steel Stone in the Li Fire District, Zhao Yanqi walked forward with a solemn face.

An hour ago, he suddenly received a family decree, commanding him to rush to the Overweight Room in the Underground City’s Li District 3 before midnight.

The decree was vague, and he did not know why he was supposed to go there.

But he knew this matter might not bode well.

Those from other branches might not be fully aware of the situation.

As a member of the Shen Character Lineage, Zhao Yanqi was well aware that place was dominated by a certain little monster from his lineage.

“Could it be…?!”

At that thought, Zhao Yanqi was struck by a dreadful premonition.

A moment later, he passed through the corridor and turned into a eight zhang wide Red Stone Avenue.

This avenue was the main artery of the Underground Li Fire District, straight and broad, with countless runes flickering in and out of existence on the walls on either side, shimmering with fiery mist.

Not far along, Zhao Yanqi suddenly saw a spirited, nine-foot-tall bearded man emerge from a corridor.

The man saw Zhao Yanqi and came over with a big laugh,

“Haha, Old Eight! So, you received the decree as well. Do you know what it’s about?”

The bearded man, named Zhao Yanyongg, was a member of the Ren Character Pulse.@@novelbin@@

He was ranked third in the recent cultivation competition. Zhao Yanqi, having placed eighth, was thus nicknamed Old Eight by him.

Regarding the cultivation competition, the Zhao Family had an acknowledged unspoken rule: the top eight of the year’s competition could address each other by their rankings instead of their seniority.

“Third, I’m not sure either, we’ll know once we get there,” Zhao Yanqi replied vaguely, though he had a guess, he purposely kept it unclear.

“Alright, let’s go see what’s there. Speaking of the competition, you were really unlucky this time, actually facing the Boss that freak.”

At this mention, Zhao Yanqi couldn’t help but think back to that overwhelming storm of Water Arrows and sighed, “Who can tell? Below Foundation Establishment, how many can withstand the Boss’s storm baptism?”

However, Zhao Yanqi harbored the image of a slight figure in his heart.