Twin Dimension Yin-Yang Mirror: Attaining immortality through the martial path
Chapter 136 - 125: Traces of Seven-leaf Tithonia, Enemies from Guangyun (Seeking Subscriptions and Monthly Pass)_2

Chapter 136: Chapter 125: Traces of Seven-leaf Tithonia, Enemies from Guangyun (Seeking Subscriptions and Monthly Pass)_2

In these years of disaster and famine, what’s most important? Money and grain are most important.

Talking about ideals, talking about morality, is basically like playing the lute to a cow.

Carrying abundant money, grain, and clothing, and then looking at those soldiers who weep as they are driven out of the barracks, those who remain naturally feel immensely satisfied.

People, no matter when and where, are afraid of comparison.

Even when squatting in the same pit, those with paper feel superior to those without. Their mood is much better.

The position of Cavalry Commander was promised to Tang Lin’er by Zhou Ping’an.

He is now at the mid-stage of Marrow Cleansing. The accumulation of the past seems to be quite substantial. Although his strength is not too strong, he can still stand on his own in Qingyang City.

That’s without considering the "Purifying Lotus Body".

Once it bursts forth, Zhou Ping’an even feels that Gu Dashi, who just stepped into the Blood Exchange Realm not long ago, might not be able to take him down.

Of course, this is only his current strength.

According to Zhou Ping’an’s observations, Tang Lin’er’s cultivation speed seems quite fast.

His "Purifying Lotus Body" has already reached the Second Level, able to unleash sixth-level strength. However, the issue of shortening lifespan and consuming Qi-Blood and the potential "Heart Devouring Pill" in his body are a hidden danger.

However, these are issues for the future.

We will talk about it when the time comes.

Zhou Ping’an looks at the enthusiastic young man with a hint of pity, quietly muttering to himself.

"Gu Dashi will keep his position, still serving as the Infantry Commander. For the rest of the squad leaders and squad members, submit your rosters, and after inspection, they will be appointed," said Zhou Ping’an casually as he arranged the positions. He also reassigned a few capable Protectors to serve as squad leaders.

He no longer bothers with these trivial matters.

He just continues to instruct, "Immediately post a notice to recruit soldiers and horses, start with a quota of five thousand men. Don’t worry about money or provisions."

"This matter only requires two teams to handle. The rest, once reorganized, will all leave the city to search for herbs. Qian Sanliang, you are in charge of this matter," said Zhou Ping’an, cutting through the chaos.

The affairs of the City Guards are not too important; going by the book can win people’s hearts. For now, winning hearts may rely on the abundance of money and grain.

Later on, a system of merits and rewards will be introduced. After a great battle, when some have tasted the sweetness, this military force, acquired by unsavory means, will have truly taken shape.

The urgent task at hand is not the training of troops and horses.

But rather...

Finding medicine...

"Third Miss Lin’s patient accumulation and sudden progress, the four years of accumulation once achieved, has now seen great achievement of the Five Viscera. The next step is to consider how to solidify blood into a pill," Zhou Ping’an thinks of the Third Miss Lin, who seldom shares her thoughts openly, silently pondering.

The solidifying of blood into a pill is arguably the most important hurdle among the Mortal Rank Nine Refinements, affecting one’s future path.

In the Jianghu, as long as one can reach the threshold of solidifying blood, they naturally won’t wait and will transform the Qi within their body, a fivefold increase in strength. That’s the basics.

Whether it’s a forced breakthrough or advancing with a rudimentary cultivation technique.

At this stage, no one would wait.

But Lin Huaiyu was not willing to do so; she wanted to go further.

Not just her, but Zhou Ping’an also thought the same.

When he reaches the Completion of Blood Renewal and after refining his Five Viscera, he will inevitably not just choose any Major Path Technique to become a True Qi Realm expert with mediocre strength.

According to Lin Huaiyu, the Sword Qi formed from cultivating the Sword Pill is three to five times stronger in attack power than ordinary True Qi.

And that’s just the difference in the quality of basic True Qi.

Adding the corresponding martial arts sword techniques, the gap is immeasurable.

It can be said that an expert of the True Qi Realm who has mastered Canghai Sword Qi can easily kill an ordinary True Qi Realm expert with a single wave of Sword Qi.

The two are simply not on the same level.

Thus, Zhou Ping’an also quite approved of Lin Huaiyu’s plan—the Seven-Petaled Tuberose was a must-have.

At least, in the Solidifying Pill stage, the most likely and the strongest Cultivation Technique to be mastered would be none other than the Canghai Sword Codex. The foundation laid previously, including the Tidal Breathing Technique, along with the Slash Wave Subduing Blade Force, were all to build up for the Canghai Sword Codex. Not learning it would be too great a pity.

Therefore, no matter how much manpower and resources were used, as long as they could find the Seven-Petaled Tuberose first and refine the Seven-Colored Pill, it would all be worthwhile.

Once they obtained the Canghai Sword Codex, advancing through Mortal Rank Nine Refinements would be smooth sailing, and there would be no further obstacles in the practice of Cultivation Techniques.

Let’s not even talk about the path following Mortal Rank Nine Refinements, just achieving the True Qi Realm alone.

Whether it was Lin Huaiyu or himself, if one of them reached this realm, then they could consider Qingyang City to be armed with self-defense capabilities.

And they wouldn’t have to worry about some unknown expert suddenly arriving, beating them to a pitiful state, and scattering Qingyang City’s power structure.

...

Deep within Black Mountain.

At the mouth of Shuangxi Pass, a cave mouth hidden by lush vines, Lin Ziqi stumbled out, panting heavily.

In his arms, he still carried a corpse.

"I failed to save Little Wolf and almost couldn’t escape myself. Ma San, hurry down the mountain, find the Third Miss and inform her. Report what happened here, and say that the Seven-petaled Tuberose we discovered will soon bloom again.

However, there seems to be a mesmerizing formation here that requires a highly yang-oriented expert to restrain its operation, allowing others to gather the wondrous flowers."

"Commander, you..."

Ma San hesitated.

And was somewhat worried.

He could see that Lin Ziqi’s complexion was pale, his eyes darkened, much like someone who had battled continuously for seven days and nights.

If there were nothing wrong, he would step on his own eyeballs and use them as marbles.

"I’m just a bit drained of Qi and blood, nothing serious. After you rush back with the news, I will find a nearby village to recover my health. Go now, don’t delay. If someone finds out and ruins this, it will be a great disappointment to the Third Miss."

"Alright, I’m off."

Ma San clearly understood the gravity of the situation.

Without hesitation, as soon as he descended the slope, he walked with his horse for a good distance, only mounting and galloping toward Qingyang City when the terrain was smooth enough.

As for the Seven-petaled Tuberose and the stone formation, Lin Ziqi hadn’t lied.

Stumbling upon several clumps of Seven-petaled Tuberose was also unexpected.

Of course, this had to do with his overconfidence in his own Cultivation strength, deliberately seeking challenging paths where other Herbalists would not dare to venture, let alone delve into deep caves guarded by pythons.

What he kept to himself was that within the depths of the cave, the seemingly ordinary stone formation held a mystery. Once inside, it was near impossible to get out. Had he not made a savvy choice, the consequences would have been far worse than just a decade off his life.

’Zhou Ping’an, you truly deserve to die.’

Lin Ziqi looked up to the sky with a low howl, his eyes filled with madness.

"I can’t pick the Seven-petaled Tuberose alone, the original plan is unfeasible. But fortunately, I came prepared. The people from Guangyun should be close by now; I’ll go and meet them."

Calculating the distance and the dates, Lin Ziqi knew that if the Guangyun main family had received the news, they would already be close.

Moreover, with their habits of preferring boats to carriages, and carriages to horses, they would certainly have attendants with them, very likely traveling together with Guangyun County’s forces.

The County Magistrate’s request for reinforcements was not a secret within Lin Residence, in fact, it wasn’t a secret in Qingyang City either.

He was aware of it.

Furthermore, he knew that the Guangyun Lin Family had a very good relationship with the County Government, and the two parties had already begun discussing marriage ties.

It would be odd if they did not travel together to Qingyang City this time.

With this thought.

Lin Ziqi took one last look at the clusters of Seven-petaled Tuberose, barely visible near the stone formation, turned around, and descended the cliff. Struggling for a while, he found his mount.

Leading the horse further, he adjusted his direction. Lin Ziqi galloped away on his horse, not going back to Qingyang City, nor resting in a nearby village as he claimed, but instead heading straight towards the Li River.

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