In the beginning, he was ranked alongside An Shigeng as a spoiled brat.

It can bring you good luck, especially during cultivation, as it can calm your mind and prevent you from going astray.

These four nine-eyed dzi beads were obtained by Zhang Xiaoshan after killing the masters of the four religions of Tibet: Red, White, Yellow, and Flower.

These are not the dzi beads commonly found in Tibet, but dzi beads blessed by Buddhism over hundreds of years. It can be said that these four dzi beads are the tokens of the five major schools of esoteric Buddhism, and even the sharp edges on the dzi beads have been smoothed out.

"Thank you, sir!"

Four nine-eyed dzi beads, one for each person.

Moreover, looking at the Nine-Eyed Dzi Bead in front of him, based solely on the effects Zhang Xiaoshan described, it was already a top-tier treasure.

"Also, be careful not to show this dzi bead off casually. It's a trophy I acquired from the four schools of Tantric Buddhism. If the Tantric sects notice it, it will cause a lot of trouble!"

Hiss...

Upon hearing Zhang Xiaoshan's reminder, the women immediately realized just how serious the trouble he had gotten himself into this time.

Not only did he go to the Potala Palace, but Zhang Xiaoshan also killed the masters of the four schools of Tantric Buddhism. This meant that he had completely broken with the Tubo Kingdom in Tibet and was now locked in a life-or-death feud!

However, considering that Kumārajīva transmitted Central Plains martial arts to Tibet, Zhang Xiaoshan's actions were not unreasonable.

Ultimately, the trouble was brought about by Kumārajīva; Zhang Xiaoshan merely eliminated the Tantric masters who practiced Central Plains martial arts.

However, Zhang Xiaoshan's approach was too domineering; he would rather kill a thousand innocent people than let one guilty person go free.

"Feifei, Daoist Master, these are yours!"

Zhang Xiaoshan tossed a blood-red scimitar and a piece of ancient ice to Li Mochou, who had been waiting for a long time.

Even the Goddess of the West paled at the sight of the Blood Jade Scimitar. This was a burial item of the Queen Mother of the West, and this Blood Jade Scimitar was not only terrifying, capable of killing with a single drop of blood, but it was also a blood-sucking demonic blade.

Bai Feifei took the curved sword, her bright eyes fixed on it with a look of infatuation.

This is a Blood Jade Curved Blade of the Spiritual Treasure level, with a jade quality no lower than that of the Rebirth Jade, not to mention it is a divine weapon that looks to be of extremely high grade.

"Feifei, this scimitar is a demonic blade. Not only is the blade itself coated with a deadly poison, but it can also kill instantly upon contact with blood."

Furthermore, the wielder can absorb the blood of the strong through the scimitar, enhancing their own power. In time, I will obtain the swordsmanship of the Divine Blade, and combined with this Blood Jade Scimitar, it will be no match for the Demon Blade 'Listening to Spring Rain All Night in a Small Building'!

"Thank you, sir!"

Hearing the domineering aura of this blood jade scimitar, no one expected that this seemingly beautiful jade blade would be so terrifying.

Coupled with the recently popular Crescent Moon Saber technique, and the power of this Blood Jade Demon Saber, it is bound to unleash an astonishingly sharp edge.

"As for the Xuanbing Jade in the Taoist's hand, it is formed from ten-thousand-year-old Xuanbing from the Great Snow Mountain, and is the best material for making the Ice Soul Silver Needle."

Even Li Mochou was curious about the effects of the Ice Soul Silver Needles, crafted from ten-thousand-year-old Xuanbing Jade.

The Ice Soul Silver Needle is not actually of the extreme cold attribute; it only causes a feeling of coldness throughout the body after poisoning. It is a potent poison, but not an extremely cold poison.

Moreover, the value of the ten-thousand-year-old Xuanbing Jade goes far beyond this.

It can complement the Nine Yin True Qi within Li Mochou's body, not only greatly increasing the power of the Ice Soul Silver Needles, but also refuting her cultivation.

As for the willow catkins drifting?

The last time, Xiaoshan spent a lot of money on a Muramasa Demon Blade.

Moreover, Zhang Xiaoshan couldn't find a suitable treasure for Liu Sheng Piaoxu, since the other items were all too low-level.

After Zhang Xiaoshan comforted the women, Huang Rong and the others gathered around Xuan Nu.

After all, female grandmasters are a rare sight, and Xuan Nu has awakened from a two-thousand-year slumber, which is simply unbelievable to them and can be called a miracle of life.

"Sister Xuan Nu, have you really been asleep for over two thousand years?"

"It should be two thousand years. According to the timeline you have recorded, I fell into a deep sleep three months after King Mu of Zhou left the Kingdom of the Queen Mother of the West!"

"Really?"

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Amidst everyone's amazement, Zhang Xiaoshan entered his study and brought out his true prize from this trip—

Dragon vein, bronze jade, relics of a living Buddha!

The dragon vein and the bronze jade go without saying, but the Living Buddha's relic is not the relic after the Living Buddha's death, but something similar to the relic of the Evil Emperor.

It is a natural relic brought from India a thousand years ago. Originally worn by highly accomplished Buddhist monks, it was blessed with Buddhist teachings over many years and gradually acquired spiritual nature, making it suitable for initiation and empowerment.

However, it is not about instilling or empowering one's spiritual power, but rather about Buddhist enlightenment.

This is also the biggest secret of the consecration of Tibetan reincarnations. After inheriting the insights of the previous Living Buddha, the reincarnation will be divinely aided in his spiritual practice and become a new generation of Living Buddha and great monk!

Zhang Xiaoshan didn't take this out because it was too important.

Moreover, everything else is negotiable, but this relic of the Living Buddha is a true treasure of Buddhism.

Then, Zhang Xiaoshan took out a jade box containing the elixir of immortality.

Needless to say, what's inside is extremely dangerous.

Adding meteorite powder transforms this into a radioactive and dangerous substance, potentially causing genetic mutations.

"Brother Shan, let's go shopping."

"Go ahead, but remember not to cause trouble openly. Punishments will be carried out covertly."

"understood!"

As Huang Rong took Xuan Nu out shopping, Zhang Xiaoshan looked up at the distant sky and sighed.

His current status and position, even if he is not an emperor, are that of a ruler over the entire land.

But at this moment, Zhang Xiaoshan felt no joy or ambition at the sight of all others.

Perhaps his will was worn down by the comforts of a life of pleasure, or perhaps he never had the ambition to dominate in the first place.

His initial goal was simply to survive!

Now that there is no longer any threat to him, he has naturally lost the motivation to move forward.

After a sigh of loneliness at the top, Zhang Xiaoshan carefully stored the three treasures, placing two of them in a secret room. Then, Zhang Xiaoshan began cultivating in the secret room.

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Zhang Xiaoshan was practicing the protective divine skill of Tantric Buddhism—the Dragon Elephant Prajna Skill!

This martial art is extremely time-consuming, and most importantly, its domineering nature makes it very easy to suffer from qi deviation and demonic possession.

But for Zhang Xiaoshan, it was not a problem at all.

Too much time? Zhang Xiaoshan can use rare and precious materials to accelerate his cultivation; prone to qi deviation during breakthroughs? Just use merit points to break through; problems with the cultivation method? Just use merit points to optimize and deduce it.

Therefore, Zhang Xiaoshan's cultivation in the secret chamber, with the domineering nature of the Nine Cauldrons Divine Art and the compatible characteristics of the Pure Yang Limitless Art, allowed him to break through nine levels in just one hour!

The surging blood and qi within the body roared like a blood dragon, stirring up mountains and rivers.

No matter how domineering the Dragon Elephant Prajna Skill is, it is nothing more than a docile rabbit in front of Zhang Xiaoshan's powerful physique, and cannot stand up to him at all.

"Eleventh level? Ten thousand merits, break through!"

However, when Zhang Xiaoshan broke through the eleventh level from the tenth, he sensed the existence of a bottleneck.

If it were normal cultivation, it would take at most three days to break through again.

... .. ...

But with ten thousand merits, as Zhang Xiaoshan re-entered the long-lost giant bell space, in an instant, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, like a black hole returning to nothingness, squeezed into his body.

The true Qi in the meridians is like the mighty Longjiang River, surging and boundless.

Taking this opportunity, Zhang Xiaoshan refined his true qi once again. Although he didn't reach a higher level, even a slight improvement was a tremendous opportunity.

Twelfth level, 30,000 merits, breakthrough!

Thirteenth level, 100,000 merits, breakthrough!

Because of his successive breakthroughs, Zhang Xiaoshan secluded himself in a secret chamber for more than half a month, leaving many forces in the martial arts world speculating wildly.

After all, the news of Zhang Xiaoshan's return was completely confirmed with the appearance of Xuan Nu.

Even the Goddess of Mystery gradually adapted to her new life.

Leaving aside the two thousand years of cultural development and the greater prosperity of society, the mere extravagance and grandeur of the Zhang family made Xuan Nu feel the overwhelming presence of the mortal world.

In addition, Huang Rong and the other women were all chosen ones of heaven. Even in terms of cultivation, Xuan Nu was still shocked when she looked at those divine manuals.

However, Xuan Nu's health eventually deteriorated.

After Zhang Xiaoshan went into seclusion for several days, Xuan Nu felt her body getting weaker and weaker, and in the end she could only rely on drinking human blood to recover her life.

In this way, the Zhang family's business gained an additional project: collecting blood, specifically the blood of young girls.

This move quickly attracted the attention of various forces.

Moreover, the business of blood collection, a kind of "demonic practice," is widely rumored in the martial arts world. Most of the rumors suggest that Zhang Xiaoshan needed blood to practice his evil arts in seclusion.

Those forces with truly powerful intelligence networks quickly learned of the existence of Xuan Nu from the three tomb-raiding factions.

They had even witnessed the scene of Xuan Nu drinking human blood.

She almost drained Princess Taiping dry, which caused Xuan Nu to fall ill. It seems that her body, which had been dormant for two thousand years, had encountered a problem.

Therefore, many forces have focused their attention on Zhang Xiaoshan, who is about to emerge from seclusion.

They knew that this problem shouldn't be too difficult for Zhang Xiaoshan.

The profound mystery of the Pure Yang Finger technique even addresses dwarfism, let alone the issue of the Mysterious Maiden's blood-draining ability. It should be due to damage to the meridians, similar to the strength of the Green-Winged Bat King, Wei Yixiao.

Chapter 455 The Tribulation of Heaven and Man: Three Methods of Salvation

Thirteenfold Dragon Elephant Prajna Skill!

The power of the Thirteen Dragons and Thirteen Elephants was no match for the power of the Nine Cauldrons, and their Gang Jin was even more refined, containing at least five parts pure Yang and pure Yin true essence. It could be said that they were completely crushed in every aspect, and in the end, they even lost 140,000 merits!

However, this martial art is not without its advantages, namely, it greatly increases one's true qi.

Previously, Zhang Xiaoshan's true qi was pure and profound. With the amplification of many rare and precious materials, not only was his true qi extremely pure, but its profundity was also no weaker than any peerless master or grandmaster in the martial arts world!

However, given his age and the fact that the enhancement from rare and precious treasures is primarily for strengthening the body, the amount of true qi he possesses is actually limited.

This time, during the cultivation of the Dragon Elephant Prajna Technique, starting from the breakthrough of the eleventh level, the increase in true qi went from 30% to 100%, and finally doubled, resulting in a threefold increase in true qi.

The amount of vital energy is four times greater than before, which shows how significant the improvement is.

At this point, Zhang Xiaoshan's total amount of true qi could no longer be described as a hundred years, but rather a thousand years.

Moreover, the enhanced Dragon Elephant Prajna Technique, combined with the Heavenly Dao Divine Patterns, is even more profound. At least the version that Zhang Xiaoshan cultivates, as long as he follows the steps, will not cause him to suffer from qi deviation at the slightest provocation.

Mid-stage Nine Cauldrons, 100,000 merits, breakthrough!

Zhang Xiaoshan swallowed at least two "323" thousand-year-old snake gallbladders, along with the highly nourishing fish maw from the dragon fish. In an instant, his blood and qi surged and roared within him.

Compared to the improvement of the Dragon Elephant Prajna Skill, the Nine Cauldrons Divine Skill can increase one's Qi and Blood by at least 30% after breaking through to the middle stage of the Nine Cauldrons!

At the same time, the crimson dragon's saliva power—the fire dragon—reappeared, swirling around Zhang Xiaoshan.

Rumble rumble rumble...

As the secret room opened, the women looked expectantly at Zhang Xiaoshan as he emerged.

With his still-fluffy makeup and carefree demeanor, the women had no idea what breakthrough Zhang Xiaoshan had made.

"Young master, please take a look at Miss Xuan Nu."

The young lady's body was indeed experiencing problems; she could only maintain her vitality through blood donation. The cause of the problem was unknown.

Meridians?

Having been frozen for two thousand years, Xuan Nu's body was definitely not a problem with the Taiyin Lung Meridian or the Shaoyin Heart Meridian. Murong Jiu didn't even dare to use the methods of a poison doctor, for fear of causing a series of complications.

Even grandmasters are human; illness can strike like a landslide.

Once these unknown symptoms break out, they may not be able to hold out until Zhang Xiaoshan emerges from seclusion, so the only solution is to use the girl's blood.

At this point, Xuan Nu could only place her hopes on Zhang Xiaoshan, after all, she didn't want to become a blood-sucking monster in other people's eyes.

"Let me take a look!"

Zhang Xiaoshan pointed a finger at Xuan Nu's brow, and at the same time, pure yang purple energy densely covered Xuan Nu's limbs and neck.

Gradually, Zhang Xiaoshan also frowned.

He hadn't noticed this problem before, but now Zhang Xiaoshan discovered that Xuan Nu's body was actually in a state of overexertion.