Chapter 99 Qi is like a gossamer
I was in a hurry when I went there, and I rushed all the way. It took me four or five days to get to Shaolin Temple. But when I came back, I was not so anxious.

"arrive!"

After more than ten days, Zhang Chu and Hei Yi finally returned to Jingzhou. Looking at the locust tree forest in front of him, his mood finally calmed down.

Outside, even though he had some strength and had fourteen refined corpses to protect him, he still felt unsafe.

Only in the charity cemetery, in the great formation that I set up with my own hands, do I feel safe.

Especially the group of monks in Shaolin Temple, which made Zhang Chu feel even more uneasy.

There were as many as twenty or thirty people of the Shaolin abbot's generation. Even if each of them was not as powerful as the Four Wonders of the South, the Four Weirdos of the North, or the Blood Knife Patriarch, they were only slightly weaker than the Taoist priest in black.

If they are given a few years, they will probably be able to reach the strength of Blackie.

If twenty or thirty top masters were to carry out an assassination, even Zhang Chu would not be able to resist.

There are so many masters in Shaolin alone. There are more than one famous martial arts sects in the world of Liancheng.

There is no guarantee that there are no such masters among those sects.

The only way to ensure his safety was to return to the charity cemetery and rely on the power of the formation.

After stepping into the locust tree forest for more than ten miles, Zhang Chu and Heiyi returned to the charity cemetery in no time as they were familiar with the route.

"Greetings to the Taoist Master,"

As soon as Zhang Chu and Hei Yi arrived at the charity cemetery, Lao Liu came up to them and took the reins.

"Something happened recently,"

Looking at Old Liu leading the horse, Zhang Chu breathed a sigh of relief. There was no one in the charity cemetery. If someone robbed the house while Zhang Chu was out, it would not be a big deal. The key point was that if the corpses refining in the Yin Ju land were destroyed, it would be a heavy loss.

Even though he saw that Old Liu was safe and sound, Zhang Chu still couldn't help but ask a question.

"Master Dao,"

Lao Liu stopped walking, "Nothing happened!"

"Uh-huh!"

Zhang Chu nodded, and walked towards the quiet room in black clothes, "Just copy a copy of the martial arts secrets you brought back and put it in my quiet room!"

"If you want to practice, you can practice!"

At this point, Zhang Chu also secretly reminded him, "Of course, I don't recommend you to practice Buddhist martial arts before you reach Xiantian!"

The man in black looked at Zhang Chu in surprise, his eyes full of confusion. With the secret book of magical skills right in front of him, how could he not practice it?
"I have heard before,"

Zhang Chu said calmly, "Shaolin Kung Fu has secret doors!"

"It's fine if you just try it a little bit, there won't be any problems. But when you reach a high level of cultivation, you must use Buddhism to resolve it, otherwise you may go astray and become possessed!"

"If you don't want to live a life of seclusion in the future, then concentrate on practicing the Shenzhaojing. Shaolin martial arts can only be used as a reference!"

"what?"

The Taoist priest in black was also shocked. He had never heard of this before. "Master, I have never heard of any Shaolin monk dying from infatuation!"

"Humph~"

Zhang Chu snorted coldly, "Don't you believe it?"

Before the man in black could continue speaking, Zhang Chu said, "The essence of Shaolin martial arts, especially some of its unique skills, is hidden in Buddhist scriptures!"

"While practicing martial arts, they are also constantly reciting Buddhist scriptures. Only in this way can they resolve the hidden dangers!"

"what!"

The man in black was a little bit unbelievable, how could it be done like this?
"I understand, thank you for your advice, Master!"

He knew in his heart that Zhang Chu would never lie to him.

How can mere martial arts compare to magical powers?
At least, for now, that's what Blackie thinks.

Seeing that the man in black must have heard it, Zhang Chu stopped talking.

The truth is that he has too few masters under his command. If one day he goes to the zombie world and his home is robbed by the martial artists from the Liancheng world, only the black clothes will come in handy.

As for Ding Dian, he is a guest here. When a critical moment comes, he is very likely to take Ling Shuanghua and run away.

After all, Zhang Chu and Ding Dian were just making a deal.

Old Liu doesn't know any martial arts, and Qingfeng Mingyue is still young and cannot be used for important tasks.

If something happened to the man in black, Zhang Chu would be left with no one to use.

"You should practice the Shenzhaojing first!"

Zhang Chu waved his hand and said, "I will study the formula of Da Huan Dan first!"

"Yes, Taoist Master!"

The man in black turned and left.

Zhang Chu was determined to refine the Dahuan Pill.

Only with the Dahuan Pill in hand, Zhang Chu can train martial arts masters in large numbers and use them as his own wings.

Sitting cross-legged in the quiet room, Zhang Chu took out the formula of Dahuan Dan and began to study it.

Looking at the various precious medicinal materials written on it, Zhang Chu was quite speechless.

No wonder Shaolin handed over the recipe so easily. It’s not that they don’t care, but the Dahuan Dan is really difficult to refine.

Not to mention other things, just gathering the above-mentioned medicinal materials is not an easy task.

Even many medicinal herbs have long been extinct after so many years of collection, and cannot be bought even if you have money.

Zhang Chu silently memorized the recipe deep in his mind and put it aside.

Maybe the medicinal herbs in this world are extinct, but they may exist in other worlds.

Zhang Chu’s greatest reliance has never been corpse refining or Maoshan magic, but the Yueshi Mirror.

As his strength increases, he will definitely be able to open up more worlds. Even if there is nothing in this world, there may be something in other worlds!
He calmed himself down, took out the Dahuan Dan he got from Shaolin, carefully scraped out some powder, and fed it to a rabbit at hand. After waiting for a while, he finally felt relieved when he saw the rabbit was still lively and energetic.

There is nothing wrong with the pill, you can take it with confidence.

Zhang Chu took out the Shenzhaojing which had already turned a little yellow and began to read it silently.

He thought to himself that his talent was not too bad, so why couldn't he get started in the practice of the Shenzhaojing? He didn't even have a sense of Qi.

Even though his talent was very poor before, with the magic power in his body and the constant removal of impurities from his body, his talent should have improved.

After hesitating for a moment, Zhang Chu directly swallowed the Dahuan Dan.

A moment later, a huge heat burst out from Zhang Chu's body.

As the heat exploded, Zhang Chu's stagnant blood and energy began to emit a trace of vitality, and he actually felt the long-lost warmth.

After practicing the Heavenly Corpse Art, Zhang Chu was like a cold-blooded animal, with basically no temperature in his body. However, the energy released by the Great Rejuvenation Pill could actually make him feel warm.

Based on this point alone, Zhang Chu understood that there was nothing wrong with practicing martial arts and strengthening qi and blood.

Zhang Chu did not dare to delay for even a moment. He could feel that the warmth was disappearing quickly.

He directly absorbed the magic power in his body into the magic power seed, leaving his meridians empty.

Feeling the empty meridians, subconsciously, the formula of the Shenzhaojing has emerged in Zhang Chu's mind: The Tao of the Beginning, the Tao and the God are the same. Lead the great orifices, because it is the way of heaven, the affairs of man, what man cannot do, God can do.

A slight warm current, along with the emergence of the mantra, was guided into the right track and started running along the meridians.

After a while, Zhang Chu channeled the traces of internal energy into his lower dantian, where it gathered together.

Sensing the thin internal force, Zhang Chu began to move it. As he continued to move it, his internal force continued to grow stronger.

However, Zhang Chu soon discovered that the heat emitted by the Dahuan Dan he took was disappearing rapidly, as if it was being wiped out by the coldness in his blood.

The internal strength that was cultivated was also rapidly disappearing in the confrontation with the coldness of qi and blood.

After sensing this scene, Zhang Chu did not dare to delay and immediately guided his internal energy while shrinking into his dantian.

"Heavenly Corpse Art, Heavenly Corpse Art!"

Zhang Chu muttered twice, "No wonder no one practices the Heavenly Corpse Art!"

"As the cultivation level of cultivators deepens, they will sooner or later turn into zombies under this coldness!"

Feeling the warmth coming from his lower dantian, Zhang Chu muttered in his heart, "However, I have found a way to temporarily relieve the pain!"

"As my inner strength continues to grow, I will definitely be able to fight against the coldness in my blood and achieve the goal of balancing yin and yang."

"only,"

Feeling the thin inner strength, Zhang Chu couldn't help but smile bitterly, "It's difficult to increase the inner strength!"

If an ordinary martial artist takes a Dahuan Pill, even if there is some loss, it can still increase the internal strength by about 20 years. However, for Zhang Chu, the internal strength in his dantian is basically the same as that of a beginner.

He once asked Hei Yi what the standard for the years of internal strength was.

Generally speaking, if you practice for one hour every day for a year, it will be counted as one year's worth of internal strength cultivation.

Those with exceptional talents can practice for several hours a day. Then, their practice in one year can be equivalent to several years of practice by others.

This is genius.

The definition of a genius is that one is born with strong Qi and blood, broad meridians, and has been practicing martial arts since birth, placing him at the top of the pyramid.

As for Zhang Chu, he can actually be called a genius, whether in terms of meridians or aptitude, he can be called a genius.

However, his blood and energy contained the coldness of corpse qi. Only when he got rid of this coldness could he be considered a genius in cultivation.

At this time, according to the definition of internal force cultivation by the man in black, the internal force in Zhang Chu's dantian was just that of an ordinary person who had practiced internal force for half a year.

A Dahuan Dan that can increase Zhang Chu's martial arts skills by thirty years, but for him, it can only increase it by half a year!
What a difference!
Even if Zhang Chu ate the Dahuan Dan as candy beans, he would need sixty of them to reach the level of internal strength increased by one Dahuan Dan.

That’s sixty pieces!
Just to refine one, the materials needed are extremely difficult to collect.

Sixty pieces is basically impossible to achieve in the Liancheng world.

The most important thing is that people have drug resistance. After taking three Dahuan Dan, it can only be used as a pill to restore internal strength.

Based on this point, it is basically impossible for Zhang Chu to cultivate his internal strength to a certain level.

To Zhang Chu, who had practiced the Heavenly Corpse Art, cultivating internal strength could really be described as: difficult! difficult! difficult! Difficult! As difficult as ascending to heaven!
"but,"

Thinking of this, Zhang Chu actually smiled, "It's not difficult, how can I live forever!"

He wanted to be immortal, so how could this little difficulty scare him? How could it stop him from pursuing immortality?

If the Dahuan Pill doesn’t work, don’t there still other pills?
With the Yueshi Mirror in hand, he would be able to travel to an era of spiritual practice sooner or later and solve his own troubles.

In the heyday of spiritual practice, is elixir still a problem?
Feeling the warmth emanating from his lower dantian, Zhang Chu stood up and walked out of the charity cemetery.

Walking through the locust tree forest, waves of coolness constantly invaded Zhang Chu.

"Hahaha!"

Zhang Chu was very happy as he felt the long-lost coolness.

He was half human and half corpse before, how could he feel the cold?

Even if you bask in the sun all the time, you can only feel a slight warmth.

But to feel the coolness is simply impossible to do.

Now that he could feel the coolness, it proved that his body had improved and was returning to normal.

As long as he perseveres, Zhang Chu will definitely be able to get rid of the half-human, half-corpse state.

The locust tree forest was very quiet, with no birds, beasts, insects or fish.
In a place full of evil spirits and zombies, how could an animal with a strong ability to sense danger live in a locust tree forest?
Therefore, whether it is day or night, the locust tree forest is always as quiet as ever.

Even though the trees blocked Zhang Chu's laughter, it could still be heard from far away.

Moving forward along the locust tree forest, it didn't take long before Zhang Chu arrived near Tianning Temple.

Previously, when Zhang Chu purchased the land from Ling Tui Si, Tianning Temple was also included in it.

Now, the area surrounding Tianning Temple is full of locust trees.

The charity cemetery has become a forbidden place among the martial arts world. Even people from the martial arts world dare not enter, let alone ordinary people?

Looking at the Tianning Temple surrounded by weeds, Zhang Chu inexplicably thought of the Lanruo Temple in A Chinese Ghost Story.

Perhaps before long, Tianning Temple will become similar to Lanruo Temple and a place where few people go.

Even now, Tianning Temple looks a bit eerie because no one has visited it for several months.

Zhang Chu walked straight into Tianning Temple and walked towards the big Buddha.

To refine the Dahuan Pill, you need medicinal materials. If you want to buy the best quality medicinal materials, how can you do it without money?
But Zhang Chu is just a poor Taoist priest, how could he have any money?

In order to practice on his own, he could only plunder everywhere.

Right now, is there any place with more money than Tianning Temple?
A huge Buddha made of pure gold, with countless gold, silver and jewels underneath.

Such a large amount of gold, silver and jewelry is enough for Zhang Chu to easily purchase the medicinal materials for sixty sets of Dahuan Dan.

Of course, the prerequisite for purchase is that there are so many medicinal materials in the Liancheng world.

Otherwise, no matter how much gold, silver and jewelry you have, they will be useless.

The passage under the giant Buddha was opened, and several refined corpses walked directly in. Soon, they came out with gold, silver and jewels hanging all over their bodies.

Zhang Chu waved his hand, and the gold, silver and jewelry were collected into the storage space. Then he closed the passage, turned around and walked out of Tianning Temple and headed towards the charity cemetery.

(End of this chapter)