Chapter Ninety-Three: Guidance

He glanced at the neatly arranged bundle of twenty arrows in the case.

"Is twenty a little too few?"

"In the battlefield of the Primordial Saints, spatial treasures cannot be used, so at most you can carry a hundred arrows."

"These arrow shafts are extremely resilient and can be reused many times."

After listening to the explanation, Xu Chen took one out, bent it slightly to test it, and nodded with satisfaction.

"Not bad. Quite powerful."

In the main hall of the cave dwelling, Xu Chen had originally intended to serve ordinary spirit tea, but after thinking it over, he brought out the tiny amount of Mysterious Yellow spirit tea gifted by his good brother instead.

Just as he was about to brew it, Li Chengfu immediately stopped him.

"Don't use that water, or the spirit tea will be wasted."

With a gesture, he drew forth a stream of spiritual water from empty air, brimming with the purest spiritual energy.

"This is meltwater gathered from the snow atop the Ten Thousand Spirits Snow Lotus. Only this is worthy of the Mysterious Yellow spirit tea."

At this, Zong Changshou, who had been watching the fun from the side, brightened.

"Mysterious Yellow spirit tea? I haven't had that in a long time."

"What are you putting on airs for? Isn't it just because you went with your father to the Palace of the Human Sovereign Dao? Look at you, showing off."

"I've had it, and so have you."

Li Chengfu changed to a new tea set, filled it with spiritual water, and set it to boil.

Before long, a rich fragrance of tea rose up, carrying the soul into a state of transcendence.

"Many thanks for the spirit tea, Junior Brother Xu."

Li Chengfu and Zong Changshou spoke at the same time.

Zong Changshou had never expected that this trip would allow him to enjoy such excellent spirit tea for free.

After that, the three of them savored the tea carefully, relishing the feeling of spiritual exaltation until the fragrance was fully spent, and only then did they feel a lingering sense of regret.

"When Junior Brother Xu has time, let's go take a look at the competition grounds of the five great sects in Thunder Province, which have been specially opened in the Human Realm."

"There is an ancient battlefield there, built to simulate the battlefield of the Primordial Saints. We can go early and adapt in advance."

"However, to enter that area, you need at least the strength of three dragons' worth of blood and qi," Zong Changshou said.

"How much blood and qi strength do you two have now?" Xu Chen asked.

"I currently have the strength of two dragons and eight tigers. In about a month, I should be able to reach three dragons," Zong Changshou replied.

"I have two dragons and seven tigers. I will probably need about a month as well," Li Chengfu said.

"Then let us meet in the Human Realm in a month."

A month was enough for him to conquer one of the Blood God Triple Body's incarnations.

"No problem."

Zong Changshou said this as he glanced at the empty cavern, then waved his hand. A lovely woman in a yellow dress appeared before the three of them.

"A puppet of the treasured-body realm. Junior Brother Xu can keep her by his side as a maid to handle daily chores, so you won't have to worry about trifles and can focus on cultivation."

No sooner had Zong Changshou finished introducing her than Li Chengfu looked at him with disdain.

With a sweep of his hand, an even more beautiful woman appeared before them.

"Look at how stingy you are. And you still dare bring out something like that?"

"Junior Brother Xu, take mine!"

"A top-grade puppet of the treasured-body realm. Compared with that trash that can only serve as a maid, it's on a completely different level."

"I saw it in the Puppet Pavilion some time ago and thought the junior brother would like it," Li Chengfu said with a grin.

"Are you serious? Junior Brother Xu is at a crucial point in his cultivation right now, and you give him this?" Zong Changshou could not help saying.

"You think too little of him. If he could not even overcome female beauty, how could Junior Brother Xu have his present cultivation and combat strength?" Li Chengfu shot him a glance.

"In that case." Zong Changshou waved his hand, and three striking women with distinct temperaments and styles appeared.

"Fine, fine, so this is how we're doing it? Careful, or I will tell Uncle that you are neglecting your proper work!"

Just as the two were about to start arguing, Xu Chen looked at the female puppets in the room and waved his hand.

"Stop. Put them away. If these puppets keep swaying in front of me all day, they might disturb my state of mind."

"If possible, just get me a training puppet. No need for it to be dressed as a woman."

Looking at those gorgeous puppets, Xu Chen was actually a little reluctant, but he knew he could not keep them.

The two exchanged a glance and each put away his puppet.

"Then I'll have someone buy a training puppet over right away," Li Chengfu said.

"I'll send one too," Zong Changshou said, refusing to be outdone.

"All right, then. Let's meet again in a month."

At the end, Xu Chen waved farewell to the two of them.

"Two lechers," Xu Chen could not help muttering.

Seeing that it was already afternoon, Xu Chen began cultivating on the dojo.

A unique rhythm of blood and qi echoed across the platform.

He cultivated until dusk, when a courier crane flew in the sky, requesting entry into the formation.

Xu Chen used the formation token to let it in.

"These are all from the Puppet Pavilion."

The courier crane took two large cases from its spatial ring.

"I've received them," Xu Chen said with a slight nod.

"Also, it is with no money that I become your honored guest."

Seeing the courier crane hesitate as if it wanted to say more, Xu Chen added another line.

"All right then!"

The crane spread its wings and soared away.

Xu Chen opened the two large cases. Inside were two giant puppet men in heavy armor, each taller than he was, and each accompanied by a jade slip.

Following the method recorded in the jade slips, Xu Chen activated both puppets.

"They are both puppets of the treasured-body realm and can withstand strikes of blood and qi at the level of thirty dragons."

"What a wealthy second-generation immortal," Xu Chen said, his tone tinged with envy.

"First cultivate. Conquer the Blood God Triple Body incarnation, and then play with these training puppets."

The sound of blood and qi resonance once again rang through the dojo.

Twenty days later, the blood and qi foundation method of the Blood God Triple Body had reached the beginner stage.

In the Sacred White Space, Xu Chen pushed open the bronze gate of the Blood God Triple Body.

Beyond the gate lay a valley filled with birdsong and the fragrance of flowers. Warm sunlight shone overhead and a gentle breeze drifted past, making the entire valley seem like a paradise.

Within the valley, a youth who looked exactly like Xu Chen was cultivating the Blood God Triple Body.

After seeing Xu Chen enter, the incarnation stopped.

"Let's fight somewhere else. I don't want this place, which I arranged with great care, to be destroyed," the incarnation said, looking at Xu Chen.

"Fine. You pick a place."

On a mountain summit, the two stood several zhang apart.

Xu Chen wasted no words. He immediately activated the secret art of the Fish-Dragon Dance, raising his blood and qi power in an instant to the strength of three dragons and two tigers.

Sensing that vast surge of blood and qi, the incarnation opposite him revealed a complicated expression.

"You should have said so earlier if you had this kind of strength."

"Forget it. However you fight, you're the one who wins," the incarnation said helplessly, waving a hand.

"Strength is like underwear; you can't go around telling everyone you have it," Xu Chen said with a grin.

The world shattered, and his soul was dragged into an unknown space.

"Huh? Isn't this the grind king? The person I'm possessing is his senior brother?"

Xu Chen found himself inhabiting the body of a young man, who at that moment was giving guidance to the grind king.

"Your perseverance is extraordinary, but this blood and qi foundation method is a bit too difficult for you."

"Your current realm is already sufficient to advance to the treasured-body realm. Advance quickly, or once you grow old and your blood and qi begin to decline, you will have no more chance."