Beginning with the Five Animals Fist to Become a Saint

Chapter 622 The Effects of the Great Sun Furnace

Excalibur Villa.

Since that battle, Divine Sword Manor has not weakened at all; on the contrary, it has taken advantage of the situation.
"Your Excellency Jiang's presence is truly an honor to our humble abode!" Shangguan Feilong arrived at the entrance of the manor and greeted Jiang Ning with a beaming smile.

At this moment, Jiang Ning looked at Shangguan Feilong, a look of surprise flashing in his eyes.

Shangguan Feilong, who previously had a full head of white hair, now has his white hair turned black again, and his mental state is much better than when I last saw him.

"Master Shangguan looks quite well!" Jiang Ning said.

Shangguan Feilong's face immediately lit up with a rosy glow as he said, "This is all thanks to Inspector Jiang for taking away that demonic sword. Without that demonic sword absorbing my essence and spirit, my physical condition has naturally improved a lot."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Ning smiled.

He knew that this was just Shangguan Feilong's stated statement.

Although that spiritual sword possessed astonishing spiritual power, it would absorb the wielder as nourishment day and night.

But for the Shangguan family, it was a true treasure.

With the Spirit Sword present, the Shangguan clan can produce Celestial Masters generation after generation, ensuring the clan's continued prosperity and growth.

For a family, long-term prosperity and continuation are undoubtedly the most important priorities.

As for an individual's physical condition, a master of the Celestial Realm would only live for seventy or eighty years before his life was exhausted and his time was up.

This is a minor matter for the family.

With the death of a Celestial Master who was powerful enough to oversee Divine Sword Manor, naturally a second Celestial Master would emerge.

Sacrificing the individual for the greater good is the principle of prioritizing the overall situation.

Therefore, for the Shangguan family and the Divine Sword Manor, having their ancestral spirit sword taken away by him was undoubtedly a betrayal of the Shangguan family's foundation.

It's impossible for the Shangguan family not to hate themselves.

But as intelligent people, their hatred was only in their hearts.

On the surface, they are not as powerful as they are, and a family that has lasted for more than a hundred years would naturally not act rashly.

He didn't care about that, as long as the Shangguan family and Shenjian Manor were in the hands of smart people.

Smart people know how to choose.

However, he also believed that there might be some truth in Shangguan Feilong's words.

For a power, it is crucial to have a Celestial Master like Lingjian Jianjiu, who can produce one Celestial Master in each generation.

However, for an individual, the Spirit Sword Sword Nine, which can absorb the wielder's essence and spirit, is undoubtedly a demonic sword, a deadly demonic sword.

A Celestial Master can normally live for about 150 years.

However, according to his previous understanding, the Celestial Masters of the Shangguan clan could only live to be around seventy or eighty years old.

From this perspective, seventy or eighty years old is probably Shangguan Feilong's fate.

Now, Shangguan Feilong is over fifty years old and doesn't have many years left to live in the original story.

Now things are different. Without the absorption of the spirit sword Jian Jiu, Shangguan Feilong's physical condition is improving, and his white hair is turning black.

Furthermore, in order to consolidate their own power, the Shangguan clan would inevitably try to extend Shangguan Feilong's lifespan and restore his previously depleted essence, so that he could live as long as possible.

From the perspective of the Shangguan family, this is a bad thing, but from Shangguan Feilong's personal perspective, it is a good thing.

As soon as the thought crossed Jiang Ning's mind, he followed Shangguan Feilong into the manor.

"What brings you to my Divine Sword Manor today, my lord? I will certainly give Jiang Xun a proper welcome," Shangguan Feilong said with a hearty tone.

"No need for that!" Jiang Ning shook his head. "I'm here today mainly because I need a martial arts resource. I wonder if Patriarch Shangguan has made any preparations?"

Hear the words.

Shangguan Feilong smiled, patted his chest, and it made a loud thud.

"Your Excellency, please rest assured. I mobilized all the resources of the Divine Sword Manor long ago and prepared a batch of martial arts resources for you."

"I understand that you are making rapid progress in your martial arts, and this is the time for you to advance bravely and diligently. In particular, the blood transfusion after entering the Grandmaster realm requires a lot of resources to replenish the body's consumption."

Upon hearing Shangguan Feilong's resounding words, Jiang Ning slowly revealed a smile.

He knew that he was about to accumulate enough martial arts resources from his eight blood transfusions.

In this way, he would only need his ninth blood transfusion.

After nine blood transfusions, he will take advantage of the opportunity to advance to the second rank of martial arts and become a grandmaster.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but feel a little excited.

A second-rank Grandmaster is completely different in status from a third-rank Grandmaster.

With his achievements as a second-rank Grandmaster, he was qualified to receive the title of Marquis.

Like Shen Wenyuan, a second-rank Grandmaster joined the Great Xia Dynasty and was granted the title of Marquis Wenyuan, with his fiefdom being Xichuan County.

Although his fiefdom was not as grand as that of the Earl of Qinghe who founded the kingdom, the contributions they made were completely different.

The titles bestowed at the beginning of the Great Xia Dynasty were all earned through outstanding contributions to establishing the Great Xia Dynasty's dominance over the world.

At the beginning of the founding of the nation, after establishing its rule over the world, all the lands were unclaimed, and there were vast and beautiful rivers and mountains that could be granted as titles.

That was the result of those heroes risking their lives.

Therefore, although the title of Earl of Qinghe was lower than that of Marquis of Wenyuan, his fiefdom was much larger.

This is also because the effort required for each is different, and the environments are different.

Shen Wenyuan was granted the title of Marquis Wenyuan solely based on his martial arts prowess as a second-rank Grandmaster.

"If I am granted a marquisate, Dongling County should be my fief, and I estimate that I will become the Marquis of Dongling!"

Thinking of this, a slight smile appeared on his lips.

I felt a sense of anticipation for that day to arrive.

at the same time.

When Shangguan Feilong saw the smile on Jiang Ning's lips, he felt instantly relieved.

Standing next to Jiang Ning, he always felt an invisible sense of oppression.

He knew this was a sense of oppression that only a grandmaster could feel.

The sense of oppression that higher organisms exert on lower organisms.

It's like the biological oppression between a tiger and a wolf in the forest.

After reaching the third-grade Grandmaster level, each blood transfusion brings about a transformation and evolution of the body.

That is a leap in the level of life, an essential difference that arises from within.

According to previous research, this continuous transformation and evolution will make it increasingly difficult to reproduce.

This could even eventually prevent ordinary people from conceiving the offspring of martial arts masters at their peak, resulting in species isolation.

So when he stood next to Jiang Ning, he realized that Jiang Ning was stronger than when they last met.

Because it made him feel even more pressured.

Thinking about this, he secretly clicked his tongue in amazement.

"A thousand miles a day," though it seemed to be just a verbal compliment from him.

But he understood that this was his true account of Jiangning.

After a while.

Shangguan Feilong led Jiang Ning directly to the treasury of Shenjian Manor.

"Push open the door!" Shangguan Feilong tossed the token he was carrying over.

"Yes, Master!" The two middle-aged men guarding the gate immediately replied respectfully.

He then took the token that Shangguan Feilong had thrown to him and placed it in the groove on the treasure vault door.

The two then each took out a key from their bodies and inserted it into the keyhole.

As the two keys were turned.

Click!

Jiang Ning immediately heard the gears of the mechanism inside the treasure vault door turning.

Then, one of them pressed down the raised token placed on the treasure vault.

Rumbling--

As the internal gears turned, the heavy door suddenly roared and slowly rose.

"The security level of this gate is quite high," Jiang Ning remarked.

Shangguan Feilong smiled and said, "My lord, if this treasure vault is robbed and the martial arts resources that I have gathered for you are lost, I would rather die than be forgiven for this crime."

Then, once the treasure vault doors were fully opened, the thick doors rose overhead.

"My lord, please!" Shangguan Feilong gestured for Jiang Ning to go first.

Seeing this, Jiang Ning also stepped into the treasure vault.

After a while.

As the flames rose, the wall lamps around the room were also lit.

The treasure trove of the mountain villa, built by carving out the mountain, was suddenly revealed to Jiang Ning.

His gaze swept across the room and he saw mostly chests filled with gold and silver, as well as treasure chests containing various ores.

"My lord, these are the resources prepared for you." Shangguan Feilong brought over a small box and placed it on the shelf in front of Jiang Ning.

"What's inside?" Jiang Ning asked curiously.

"My lord, these are all the Crimson Flame Blood Crystals you mentioned before. I specially sent people to purchase them from the surrounding prefectural cities," Shangguan Feilong said.

Then, he opened the box in front of him.

In an instant, a faint mist of blood rose up.

"My lord, here are fifty-three Crimson Flame Blood Crystals. I wonder if that's enough?" Shangguan Feilong asked.

Fifty-five?

Upon hearing this number, Jiang Ning looked at Shangguan Feilong in surprise.

Seeing Jiang Ning's expression, Shangguan Feilong secretly felt relieved.

He saw satisfaction in Jiang Ning's expression.

"Thank you for your thoughtfulness!" Jiang Ning nodded.

He knew what those fifty-five Crimson Blood Crystals represented.

Based on market prices, a single Crimson Blood Crystal is worth a hundred gold coins.

Fifty-five pieces, that's a whopping fifty-five thousand taels of gold.

This is an exaggerated number.

They previously looted the Five Swords Sect's inventory, but only managed to plunder a little over 20,000 taels of gold.

A portion of it must be handed over; it has to be a token amount.

He would only get about 20,000 taels.

In addition to the rewards and some benefits given to Feng Xiaochen, what he actually received was about 15,000 taels of gold.

These riches are now all in his possession, and he has not yet dealt with them.

Including the wealth plundered from Mitianmen, he has now accumulated about 30,000 taels of silver, which is the liquid wealth accumulated by the two top forces in Dongling County over the years.

But now, Shangguan Feilong has managed to gather over 50,000 taels of Crimson Flame Blood Crystals for him.

It is conceivable that Shangguan Feilong must have suffered a great loss, selling off a lot of things. It is estimated that a significant portion of the Mitianmen's foundation and real estate was also sold off by Shangguan Feilong.

He couldn't help but admire Shangguan Feilong's decisiveness.

Concentrate our efforts on key tasks and eliminate unnecessary details.

People with this kind of courage are not common.

He immediately felt very satisfied.

With Shangguan Feilong's preparations, he knew that the resources needed for the eight blood transfusions would be sufficient.

The remaining task is for him to add a related true meaning, so as to reach the realm of touching the rules and connecting heaven and man.

In this respect, it is not difficult.

The Yin-Yang Sword has now reached its fourth breakthrough, and at most one or two more breakthroughs will be enough for him to achieve the relevant accomplishments.

at the same time.

Shangguan Feilong secretly observed Jiang Ning's expression, then flattered him, saying, "Since you entrusted me with the management of the Mitian Sect, how could I not repay you?"

“Very good, I am very satisfied!” Jiang Ning nodded, indicating his approval.

Hearing Jiang Ning's words, Shangguan Feilong was finally relieved.

He understood that Jiangning in Dongling County was now the heavens.

All official forces were influenced by Jiangning.

With his own strength, Jiang Ning alone could destroy the Divine Sword Manor and extinguish the bloodline of the Shangguan clan.

Unlike the Water Moon Sword Palace, he was never able to rely on women to completely board Jiang Ning's ship and solidify the relationship.

He had some ideas before, as the Shangguan family had many young, beautiful, well-educated, and gentle women.

But after testing the waters and seeing that Jiang Ning wasn't interested, he didn't dare to continue.

I fear that continuing this might backfire.

Hearing the emotion in Jiang Ning's voice, he finally felt relieved.

Shenjian Manor and the Shangguan Clan can be considered to have truly survived this calamity.

As for what will happen in the future, having boarded this big ship, he believes it won't be too bad in the end.

Thinking of all this, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

at this time.

Jiang Ning grabbed a Crimson Blood Crystal and popped it into his mouth.

With a movement of the throat, the Crimson Blood Crystal fell down into the abdomen.

next moment.

A wave of heat surged through my body.

The solidified and hardened crimson blood crystal instantly transformed into a ball of pure blood energy, while the original residue was instantly reduced to nothingness.

He immediately felt that the purest blood energy flow through his body and into every part of his bones, following his thoughts.

"Is this the effect of the Great Sun Furnace?"

Sensing the changes in his body, a thought suddenly occurred to him.

Comparing this experience with his previous experience of refining a Crimson Flame Blood Crystal, he immediately realized that although it was the same Crimson Flame Blood Crystal, this one was about 50% more effective.

"So powerful!" he exclaimed inwardly. "My body is now like a furnace, capable of refining the Crimson Flame Blood Crystal in an instant."

He tried it out with a Crimson Blood Crystal and immediately understood the power of the newly added Great Sun Furnace.

The effect increased by 50% without any effort.

This means that any rare and precious material entering his body can bring him an additional 50% enhancement.

The others are still in a state of having a flawless body.

Compared to ordinary people, he felt the effect was more than several times stronger.

If this effect is prolonged, the achievements resulting from the difference before and after will be drastically different.

the other side.

Luoshui Lake.

On an unnamed deserted island.

The black-haired man stroked the white dragon in front of him, whose eyes were filled with ferocity.

At this moment, he was still carrying the long sword with the Bagua symbol on its hilt.

at this time.

A Taoist priest dressed in a Taoist robe suddenly appeared beside him.

The man had a somewhat aged face and gray hair, and looked simple and unpretentious.

However, those with broad knowledge would recognize this Taoist priest as none other than Huang Tiandao, whose fame spread throughout the world and whose followers numbered in the millions.

The second strongest person in the world today, a master of both immortal and martial arts, who has reached the pinnacle of both paths, a divine figure second only to the Martial Saint.

Under his command are twelve Heavenly Kings, renowned throughout the thirty-six prefectures of the Nine Provinces. Each of them is like a god, capable of summoning wind and rain and casting talismans to cure diseases.

"Master," the young man said respectfully upon seeing the Taoist priest appear.

"What brings you here, Master Huangtian?" Huangtian Daoist asked.

"Master, I feel that Xiaobai has been discovered by those people, but my skills are not good enough to use Xiaobai as a medium to trace back the past, so I informed you!"

(End of this chapter)