Mortals get a golden finger for immortal cultivation every year

Chapter 301: Convert Zhang Yuxi from the Nine Counties
After hearing what Zhao Shuang said, Zhang Yuxi, the Lord of the Ninth County, immediately looked at Zhang Ruoji, his eyes full of questions.

Zhang Ruoji nodded silently. After all, he had just given Zhao Shuang a king-level martial arts technique, although it was not necessarily for Zhang Yuxi, the Lord of the Nine Counties.

But considering the other party's status, he should not give too low-level skills. He naturally would not let Zhang Yuxi, the Lord of the Nine Counties, miss such a good thing.

After receiving Zhang Ruoji's reply, Zhang Yuxi, the Lord of the Ninth County, finally expressed his gratitude.

"Thank you, myna."

"It doesn't matter!"

Zhao Shuang said indifferently.

"Eighth Prince Zhang Ji versus Bai Wanli of the Bai Family."

"Okay, I'm on stage."

Although he was not very interested in this year-end assessment, there were still rewards for being in the top five, so he naturally couldn't miss it.

"Your Highness Hachioji, please teach me!"

Bai Wanli from Baijiazhuang ranked eighth in the second level of Wangshan Hunting Assessment. His cultivation had reached the middle level of the Yellow Realm and he could even kill a wild bull with his bare hands. He was definitely not a weakling.

"It seems that you are not going to admit defeat. In that case, I will not be polite."

Seeing this, Zhao Shuang shrugged and said it didn't matter.

"kill!"

Seeing Zhao Shuang like this, Bai Wanli from the Bai family spoke respectfully again, obviously not intending to admit defeat.

With a loud shout, Bai Wanli of the Bai family directly used the middle-grade human-level martial art "Killing Fist".

"Oh!"

He stepped on the ground, shattered a stone slab, and suddenly rushed out and punched Zhao Shuang in the chest.

Seeing this, Zhao Shuang immediately punched out, his blood and energy surging like a dragon emerging from the sea. With a "bang", he collided with it.

Then, Bai Wanli of the Bai family flew away with a scream, and was defeated miserably!
"it is good!"

Prince Yunwu shouted with a smile on his face.

As for the others, their eyes changed when they looked at Zhao Shuang, especially the contestants.

"Hiroshi-sama Hachioji wins!"

Zhao Shuang didn't care about this victory. He returned to his seat and started chatting with Zhang Yuxi, the Lord of the Nine Counties.

As for Zhang Ruoji, he is the next one, so naturally he has no time for chatting.

And he won quickly, which made Prince Yunwu even happier.

Because Zhang Ruoji's opponent is a master of the middle level of the Huangji realm.

In the following time, Zhao Shuang defeated two more opponents and entered the top five.

"His Highness the Eighth Prince versus His Highness the Ninth Prince!"

"Myna, please teach me!"

Although he knew that the Zhao Shuang in front of him was no longer the Eighth Prince, but was the same as him, Zhang Ruoji still called him Eighth Prince.

"Do you want to admit defeat, or do you want me to make you lose?"

Zhao Shuang's indifferent voice made Zhang Ruoji frown and bow again.

"Myna, please teach me."

Obviously, this means he is not going to admit defeat. And that's right, admitting defeat in such a matter would be a bit embarrassing.

Then, "Heaven's Heart points the way!"

Zhang Ruoji took the lead and swung his sword with a movement of his arm. A sword energy more than eight meters long flew out from the ground, leaving a sword trail on the ground and heading straight towards Zhao Shuang.

"Heavenly Heart Sword Technique, how come he also knows the Heavenly Heart Sword Technique!"

Miss Lin Ningshan of the Lin family was shocked.

As for his questions, Zhang Ruoji naturally couldn't answer him.

When Zhao Shuang faced Zhang Ruoji's "Tianxin Sword Technique", he simply used his finger as a sword to slash out a sharp sword energy.

With a "bang", the "Tianxin Sword Technique" was broken. Miss Lin Ningshan of the Lin family stared with her eyes wide open. She did not expect that Zhao Shuang could break the "Tianxin Sword Technique" with just one casual strike.

Then, Zhao Shuang didn't want to waste any more time with Zhang Ruoji. He took a step forward and disappeared on the spot.

When he reappeared, he was already at Zhang Ruoji's original position. As for Zhang Ruoji, he had already been sent flying with a loud explosion.

Defeated!
"Hahaha, good good!"

Seeing this scene, Prince Yunwu slammed the table and stood up, laughing.

"Although Jiu'er lost, she still won with honor. Not bad, not bad. As for Ba'er, it seems the champion of this year-end assessment has already been decided. Haha!"

"Congratulations, Your Majesty!"

Upon hearing this, many ministers and royal family members of Yunwu County congratulated the Prince of Yunwu County, which made the Prince of Yunwu County even happier and he directly ordered a grand banquet.

"Your Highness the Eighth Prince, congratulations!!"

At this time, Miss Lin Ningshan from the Lin family also stepped forward to congratulate Zhao Shuang.

"Thank you!"

In response to this, Zhao Shuang simply replied with two words, appearing quite cold, which made the smile on the face of Lin Ningshan, the young lady of the Lin family, stiffen a little.

"If His Royal Highness the Eighth Prince has time, could you please give Ningshan some pointers on the Heavenly Heart Sword Technique? I just saw that His Royal Highness the Eighth Prince seemed to know a lot about it."

Miss Lin Ningshan of the Lin family made another request, her breath was as sweet as orchid, gentle and charming, making it hard to refuse.

After hearing this, Zhao Shuang just glanced at Lin Ningshan and nodded in agreement.

"Okay, that's no problem. Wait a few days! I'll go to the Lin family for guidance in a few days."

"Thank you, Your Highness the Eighth Prince."

Hearing Zhao Shuang agree so easily, Miss Lin Ningshan of the Lin family was overjoyed and thanked him with a sweet smile.

"However, does His Highness the Eighth Prince know how the Ninth Prince also knows the Heavenly Heart Sword Technique?"

This is what Lin Ningshan is most confused about.

"Haha! Well! I'll tell you when the time comes, but now is not the time yet."

Hearing this, Zhao Shuang pretended to smile mysteriously and said,

This made Miss Lin Ningshan of the Lin family even more confused, but she did not ask any further questions.

Soon, the top five in the year-end assessment came out.

Zhao Shuang is first!

Zhang Ruoji is second!
The third one is Xue Kai!

The fourth and fifth princes!
Lin Ningshan is fifth!
The reward for the top five is to enter the Barbarian God Pool in Yunwu County to practice.

In addition, Zhao Shuang was also rewarded by the Prince of Yunwu with a sixth-grade Zhenwu treasure-level armor, the "Ice and Fire Qilin Armor", which was made from the scales of the legendary Qilin, the king of wild beasts. It is extremely precious and has amazing defensive power.

But in reality, it was just a wild beast with Qilin bloodline, and it was of no use to Zhao Shuang. Zhang Ruoji also obtained a treasured armor to cover the opened meridians. As for Zhao Shuang's meridians, there was no need to cover them at all.

Because even Prince Yunwu couldn't see it, but he still accepted it.

The Barbarian God Pond is one of the most precious treasures in Yunwu County.

It was formed by the powerful royal family of Yunwu County who spent hundreds of years killing many wild beasts and gathering their blood together to form a huge blood pool.
Only the royal family or the top five in each year-end assessment can enter the Barbarian God Pool to practice.

The location of the Barbarian God Pool is right below the shrines of the emperors.

Every year, a sacrificial ceremony is held in the ancestral hall of the emperors, and wild beasts are slaughtered. The blood of those wild beasts will flow directly into the Wild God Pool, replenishing the Wild God Pool with fresh blood.

Because the Savage God Pond was infused with the blood of the sacrifice, it also gave rise to a mysterious power. Young warriors who entered the Savage God Pond to cultivate could absorb the blood essence within, strengthening their bodies and helping them open more tendons and veins.

For Zhao Shuang, he could naturally devour all the blood in the Barbarian God Pool in one breath to strengthen himself, but it would make too much noise and it was not necessary.

"When entering the Shrine of the Emperors, one must kowtow to the great emperors and sovereigns of the Kunlun Realm to show respect for the sages. Especially the mighty and virtuous Female Saint Empress! Her Majesty Empress Chi Yao! Ruler of the world, majestic and powerful! Eternally youthful, immortal!"

Neither Zhao Shuang nor Zhang Ruoji had any intention of kneeling down to worship this.

"Eighth Prince, Ninth Prince, why don't you kneel down and bow?"

The national teacher asked in confusion.

"As warriors, we kneel neither to heaven nor to anyone except our parents and mentors."

Zhao Shuang said in an unusually calm tone.

"Yes, Big Brother is right."

Zhang Ruoji agreed.

Seeing this, the Imperial Master gave the two brothers a deep look, but said nothing more. As for Miss Lin, Lin Ningshan, and the other two, they were extremely surprised by the two brothers.

Afterwards, the three of them, led by the Imperial Master, knelt down to pay homage to Queen Chi Yao and then came to the Barbarian God Pool.

Nostrils, I saw a huge blood-red divine pool in the center of the underground world, which was more than a hundred meters long and wide.

The blood-red water in the pool kept rolling, creating layers of blood waves.

In the center of the blood pool is an ancient altar, square in shape, built with huge stones weighing thousands of pounds. The surface of each stone is engraved with sacrificial texts and pictures.

The stone platform continues upwards and is connected to the altar on the ground.

"Now you can start practicing. Remember, if you can't bear it, come out immediately. Otherwise, your body and meridians will be affected."

The Imperial Master reminded them with a serious expression.

"Yes!"

Miss Lin Ningshan and the other two said respectfully.

As for Zhao Shuang and Zhang Ruoji, they didn't care much.

Even if Zhao Shuang wanted to, he could devour all the energy and blood essence in the Barbarian God Pool, so he didn't care about being the first to enter the Barbarian God Pool.

Hmm! It was scalding hot, like molten lava, but for Zhao Shuang, it had no effect at all. He felt like he was in a sauna, revealing a look of enjoyment.

This made Miss Lin Ningshan and the other two eager to try. But when they actually stepped in, they felt the pain!

"Ah!" As soon as they touched the pool water, their skin melted immediately and their legs trembled, but they had to use their true energy to resist the corrosion of blood.

"If you use your true qi to resist, you will not be able to absorb the power of blood essence."

The state teacher's simple words made them give up, but Zhang Ruoji was very experienced in absorbing the power of the blood essence in the Barbarian God Pool.

As for Zhao Shuang, he secretly used the "Great Devouring Technique" to enter the depths of the Barbarian God Pool and absorb even more powerful blood essence power.

For him now, there is nothing that cannot be swallowed.

In this way, under the devouring power of the Great Devouring Technique, the blood essence power deep in the Barbarian God Pool was quickly devoured, and Zhao Shuang's strength naturally recovered a lot.

As for the blood essence power on the periphery, Zhao Shuang did not absorb it, but it was still reduced a lot. However, only Zhang Ruoji felt it. The three people including Miss Lin Ningshan of the Lin family were too weak to withstand the blood essence power on the periphery, so naturally they could not feel it.

In this way, Zhang Ruoji's plan to open up his meridians was delayed a lot because he did not have enough blood essence power.

The biggest beneficiary and the person who persisted the longest naturally became Zhao Shuang.

After waiting for Zhang Ruoji, Miss Lin Ningshan and the other two to leave the Barbarian God Pool, he devoured all the remaining blood essence power in the Barbarian God Pool, and then left the Barbarian God Pool with satisfaction.

Today, the Barbarian God Pool is just a waste pool filled with blood.

It is completely useless for cultivation.

After leaving the Barbarian God Pool, Zhao Shuang returned to the Yu Shu Palace.

Zhang Yuxi, the ninth county magistrate of Prince Yunwu, had been waiting in Yushu Palace for a long time.

Concubine Lin is just an ordinary person, so naturally she cannot give her any guidance, but Zhao Shuang's mother, Concubine Xiao, is already a ground-level warrior, so naturally she can give her some guidance.

As for why she was able to advance to the Earth Level, it was naturally Zhao Shuang's help. Whether it was cultivation techniques, elixirs, or martial arts, Zhao Shuang had no shortage of them, so it was normal for him to be able to advance Empress Xiao to the Earth Level.

Originally, after reaching the Xuanji realm, it was impossible to change the martial arts method and continue to open the meridians, but Zhao Shuang was someone who could naturally change.

Don't forget, he is a person who knows many of the three thousand great ways, so he can still do this.

Therefore, helping Concubine Xiao open her meridians was not a difficult task for Zhao Shuang.

This is also the important reason why Concubine Xiao was able to break through the Earth Level Realm.

Under the guidance of Empress Xiao, the Ninth Commandery Lord Zhang Yuxi made good progress. Although her talent was not as good as that of Miss Lin Ningshan from the Lin family, she was still pretty good.

"Eighth brother, you're back. Ninth brother went into seclusion to practice as soon as he came back. He didn't even give me a chance to speak."

Zhang Yuxi, the governor of Jiujun, complained.

There was no way. She didn't know that most of the blood essence power in the Barbarian God Pool fell into Zhao Shuang's body. Zhang Ruoji didn't get much, which caused problems in the plan. Naturally, she had to hurry up to make up for it.

Without the power of blood essence, I can only make up for it with elixirs.

"Haha! He's naturally anxious to practice. Let's go!"

Zhao Shuang chuckled, then took the Ninth County Lord Zhang Yuxi to his room.

As soon as she entered the room, Zhang Yuxi, the Ninth Commandery Leader, blushed and spoke with anticipation.

"Myna, what skills are you going to teach me?"

Zhang Yuxi, the Lord of the Nine Commanderies, had been looking forward to Zhao Shuang's agreement to teach him martial arts for a long time, so he naturally asked about it as soon as possible.

"Kungfu techniques are divided into four levels: human, spirit, ghost, and king. With your aptitude, the king-level techniques are too difficult. Furthermore, too many meridians need to be opened. If you delay too much on this, it will not be a good thing and will affect your potential. Okay, I will teach you a ghost-level technique called Shui Yuan Huang Tian Gong. It can open up 27 meridians, more than enough for you to practice."

Zhao Shuang chuckled and said a level of martial arts that surprised Zhang Yuxi, the Lord of the Nine Commanderies.

This is a ghost-level martial art he created through the "Black Emperor Water King Fist", one of the "Five Emperors' Great Demonic Powers". Although it is called ghost-level, it is actually more powerful and terrifying than king-level, and can even be compared to god-level martial arts.

"What? Ghost-level skills? This is too valuable. I can't accept it."

Jiujun Zhang Yuxi was shocked, but he remained rational and refused.

"Haha, this was originally prepared for you, how could I refuse it?"

Zhao Shuang chuckled, then put his finger into the heart of Zhang Yuxi, the Lord of the Ninth County.

Then, while teaching the skills, he also completed his conversion.

(End of this chapter)