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Chapter 121 Breakthrough
Li Heshan and his group left in a hurry.

At the courtyard gate, Shen Yuan gazed in the direction where the group had disappeared, his eyes downcast.

"What is Father thinking about?"

Shen Wenxing spoke up.

Shen Yuan's expression was somber: "I'm thinking about what Li Heshan just said."

Shen Wenxing was puzzled.

Shen Yuan pondered for a moment and said, "Originally, we all thought that the disciples of Yashan Academy made their move to cause trouble for Wen An and to avenge that Liu Hong."

"But Li Heshan just said that this person and Liu Hong don't have that deep a relationship."

"Then why did he take the risk?"

Shen Wenxing frowned.

He hadn't thought about this question before, but now that his father brought it up, he immediately realized something was amiss.

"If it wasn't to stand up for Liu Hong, what would this man want if he broke into our house in the middle of the night?" Shen Wenxing murmured. "Could it be something from our house?"

Shen Yuan shook his head slightly.

The Shen family currently has only two major secrets.

One was the copper pot that could condense spiritual liquid, and the other was the white jade tortoise shell in his sea of ​​consciousness.

However, only he and his sons knew about the bronze kettle, and only he himself knew about the white jade tortoise shell.

The disciples of Qiyun Valley would never come for these two things.

But besides these two things, what else does the Shen family have that would be worth the attention of a Qi Refining Level 9 cultivator?
The father and son thought about it for a long time, but still couldn't figure it out.

"Let's go back. We might get an answer after Qiyun Valley finishes their interrogation."

Shen Yuan walked into the courtyard with his hands behind his back.

Shen Wenxing tilted his head and thought for a long time, feeling as if he had overlooked something, but he couldn't quite grasp it, so he could only helplessly close the door.

The next morning, Shen Yuan got up early.

In the courtyard, the three little ones had already come to the door and were waiting respectfully.

As soon as he opened the door, the three Shen brothers rushed over.

"grandfather!"

Shen Yuan chuckled and patted the three of them on the head, nodding in satisfaction. "The early bird catches the worm, and you all did a great job today."

"Come on, Grandpa will take you to the martial arts school."

The grandfather, grandfather, and three grandchildren left the house and headed towards the martial arts school.

In the martial arts training ground, Huang Qi and Huang Lin had finished practicing their stance training and were quietly waiting for their disciples to arrive.

"Uncle Yuan."

Upon seeing Shen Yuan, the two hurriedly came forward and bowed.

Shen Yuan, with his hands behind his back, nodded slightly and smiled:
Are you settling in well here?

The two looked at each other, both with smiles on their faces.

"The scenery is beautiful, with clear waters and lush mountains."

"Uncle Yuan, there's something I'd like to ask you."

The eldest brother, Huang Qi, cupped his hands and spoke.

Shen Yuan looked at him and nodded slightly.

Huang Qi continued, "When I was cultivating today, I felt that there were many strange energies around me. When I tried to sense them carefully, I couldn't grasp them... Do you know what this is?"

In their eyes, Shen Yuan was a martial artist of innate talent, a senior who should be able to give them some guidance.

Shen Yuan was somewhat surprised to hear Huang Qi's words.

"Did your father give you some pills?"

The two brothers exchanged a glance, and Huang Qi said somewhat awkwardly, "Of the five pills that Uncle Yuan gave to Father, Father kept one. The remaining four... we brothers each took two."

Shen Yuan suddenly realized: "No wonder."

"The problem you just mentioned is called the Qi Sensing Realm."

"To break through from the acquired to the innate level in martial arts, one must comprehend and refine the power of heaven and earth. This power of heaven and earth is also what cultivators call 'spiritual energy.' If you can sense the existence of spiritual energy, it won't be long before you break through."

Upon hearing this, Huang Qi was first taken aback, then his face lit up with surprise.

"Brother, congratulations!"

Huang Lin, standing beside him, also repeatedly cupped his hands in greeting.

The four Qi-Nourishing Pills were given to the two brothers, two each. After the elder brother took two pills, he entered the so-called "Qi Sensing Realm" and was about to break through to the Innate Realm.

Huang Lin ate two of them himself, but he didn't feel any spiritual energy. He was a little disappointed.

He knew that his talent was still somewhat inferior to his brother's.

But he was still very happy that his older brother had been able to make a breakthrough at this age.

"Thank you for your guidance, Uncle Yuan."

Huang Qi suppressed his joy, cupped his hands slightly, and then squatted down to look at the three little ones.

“Chongming is coming.”

Shen Chongming ran over, snuggled affectionately into Huang Qi's arms, and looked up, asking, "Uncle, will you teach me weapons today?"

Huang Qi picked him up and pinched his cheek, saying, "If you want to learn, your uncle will teach you."

"Tell your uncle, what weapon do you want to learn?"

The little guy tilted his head and thought for a long time, seemingly unsure of what he liked.

"Chongming, learn to shoot from your second uncle."

Huang Lin smiled and said, "His spear technique is powerful and sweeping, very manly!"

Shen Chongming thought for a moment and immediately shook his head: "I don't want to learn how to use a gun."

"Then learn swordsmanship?" Huang Qi asked. "So you can become a sword cultivator like your third uncle?"

Shen Chongming shook his head again, looked at the weapon rack in the training ground, struggled to get down from Huang Qi's arms, and ran over.

Huang Qi and Huang Lin exchanged a glance, then both looked at Shen Yuan.

Shen Yuan, with his hands behind his back, chuckled and said, "Let him be. Let the brat practice whatever he likes."

Under the watchful eyes of the three men, Shen Chongming picked and chose among the eighteen weapons on the weapon rack, and finally picked up a rhinoceros horn bow.

"Ok?"

Shen Yuan was somewhat surprised to see this.

Huang Qi was also somewhat taken aback and said, "This kid isn't going to learn archery, is he?"

Although martial artists use all sorts of weapons, from various styles of martial arts, the most common weapons are still swords, spears, halberds, clubs, and whips.

There are those who are skilled in archery, but most of them use it as a secondary weapon, and it is rare to see someone who specializes in training with this weapon.

While the three were still in surprise, Shen Chongming excitedly ran over carrying the rhinoceros horn bow.

"I choose this!" Shen Yuan came up to him, patted his head, and said, "Tell Grandpa, why did you choose the bow and arrow?"

Shen Chongming thought for a moment and said, "Swords and spears require direct combat with people, but bows and arrows are unnecessary."

"I can hide very, very far away, shoot an arrow at the other side, and run away if I miss."

"When the enemy is not paying attention, shoot him with an arrow until he is dead."

This answer surprised both Shen Yuan and Huang Qi.

Upon hearing this, Shen Chongxuan made no attempt to hide the disdain on his face and snorted, "Big brother is too wicked."

Shen Chonghong nodded in agreement, clearly agreeing that such an idea was somewhat shameless.

Huang Qi smiled and squatted down, saying:
"Good lad, becoming your enemy is really a headache."

Shen Chongming dismissed the idea, saying, "It's good that they have headaches. That way, they won't dare to oppose me, and it'll save us trouble."

Shen Yuan nodded with a smile.

He didn't think there was anything wrong with his grandson's idea.

In a dog-eat-dog world, survival is the most important thing.

Fighting with others without any strategy is nothing but brute force; to put it nicely, it's bravery; to put it bluntly, it's stupidity.

"Uncle Yuan..."

Huang Lin looked at Shen Yuan.

He was trained with guns and had a straightforward personality, so he was a little worried that Shen Chongming's idea might go astray.

After all, a cultivator's reputation is also very important.

Shen Yuan shook his head slightly and said, "Don't worry about it. Let him practice if he likes it."

Huang Lin nodded and didn't say anything more.

"Alright, you three, learn from your uncle properly. Grandpa's going back now."

After handing the three children over to the Huang brothers, Shen Yuan walked towards the Blackwater Pavilion with his hands behind his back.

He had been stuck at the third level of Qi Refining for some time, but recently he felt that he was on the verge of breaking through. This time, he was going to try to see if he could break through to the fourth level of Qi Refining directly.

Beside the Blackwater Pool, Huang Qingzhou found some craftsmen in the town.

The young girl Huang Ruoyan directed the craftsmen to begin building the nest for raising the blood toads, following her instructions.

Several craftsmen worked together to chisel open a huge rock. Just as they were about to move it, they suddenly noticed something flash by beneath the rock.

The craftsmen were startled by the sudden commotion and quickly moved away, not daring to approach.

Huang Ruoyan came up to her and asked curiously, "What's wrong?"

A young and strong craftsman cupped his hands and said, "Miss, there is something down there, alive."

Curious, Huang Ruoyan bent down and discovered a winding cave beneath the boulder. Upon closer inspection, she could smell a peculiar odor.

"Huh!?"

Having spent her childhood with the blood toad, she instantly recognized that this special scent was the blood toad's own.

"Get back a bit!"

Huang Ruoyan immediately ordered the craftsmen who had surrounded her to leave the area.

Then he took out a flat, round porcelain bottle from his small cloth bag, uncorked it, and carefully poured out some light purple powder, sprinkling it around the boulder.

Then he took out a black cloth bag, poured in some light purple powder, and carefully opened the bag, placing it at the entrance of the hole.

In the distance, the craftsmen craned their necks, watching her with curiosity.

About fifteen minutes later, the black cloth bag suddenly shook.

Huang Ruoyan reacted quickly, grabbing the opening of the bag and pulling out the rope to tie it tightly.

As she weighed the cloth bag in her hand, a faint smile appeared on her face.

"There are wild blood toads here..."

"Alright, you guys get back to work."

Carrying the cloth bag, Huang Ruoyan excitedly ran towards the martial arts school.

On the way, they ran into Huang Qingzhou, who had come to check on the progress. Huang Ruoyan immediately went up to him and said, "Uncle Huang, I caught a wild blood toad!"

The old patriarch of the Huang family called Huang Qingzhou "nephew". According to seniority, Huang Ruoyan should have called him "grandfather", but Huang Qingzhou felt that he was not yet sixty years old and it was inappropriate for such a big girl to call him "grandfather", so he simply let him call him uncle.

"A wild blood toad?"

Huang Qingzhou was somewhat surprised after hearing this.

The two found a shady spot, and Huang Ruoyan carefully opened a small hole in the cloth bag.

There was indeed a blood-red toad inside, slightly larger than an adult's palm.

"Huh!?"

Upon seeing the golden line appear on the back of the blood toad, Huang Ruoyan exclaimed in surprise, "It's actually a hundred-year-old one!"

"Girl, are you sure?" Huang Qingzhou asked with a happy expression.

"It's definitely a century old, it's already molted once, it should be around 110 years old."

Huang Ruoyan clearly knew a lot about blood toads; she could determine the exact age of the blood toad with just one glance.

"Uncle Huang, we need to send someone to look for it right away."

"Now, a century-old blood toad molt is worth at least three or four hundred taels of silver."

Huang Qingzhou nodded.

Regardless of its monetary value, the key is that it is a century-old blood toad molt, which is of great use to the disciples of the martial arts school.

Those are items that are hard to sell even if you have the money.

“Girl, take this blood toad back to the martial arts school. I’ll go and have the other disciples find the blood toad’s remains.”

The two returned to the martial arts school excitedly, bringing along a group of disciples to search for them.

After a long and fruitless search, they still couldn't find the so-called "blood toad remains".

Inside the Blackwater Pavilion, Shen Yuan had already felt that the spiritual power within his body had reached the peak of the third level of Qi Refining, but he was still unable to break through to the fourth level.

Left with no other choice, he picked up the porcelain bottle next to him, poured out two Qi-nourishing pills, and swallowed them.

The medicinal power of the Qi-Nourishing Pill flowed slowly through his meridians. Shen Yuan sat cross-legged and immediately began cultivating according to the Five Elements Breathing Technique.

With the medicinal power of the two Qi Nourishing Pills, he finally broke through to the fourth level of Qi Refining not long after.

Feeling the spiritual energy within his dantian grow considerably stronger, Shen Yuan slowly opened his eyes, his expression somewhat solemn.

He could sense that the concentration of spiritual energy in the Blackwater Pavilion was actually sufficient for him to break through to the fourth level of Qi Refining.

However, whether it was due to the Five Elements Breathing Method or the lack of so-called "spiritual roots," the efficiency of absorbing and refining spiritual energy was extremely low.

He vaguely remembered Shi Tou saying that when Li Heshan saw him practicing the Five Elements Breathing Method, he said it was an incomplete cultivation method.

If it is indeed due to the Five Elements Breathing Method, then we must obtain a complete cultivation method as soon as possible.

Otherwise, not only will there be no subsequent embryonic breathing method, but it will also waste a lot of time in cultivation.

(End of this chapter)