From the fusion of Tongbei Quan to the Longevity Martial Saint

Fang Qing's skill in grilling fish is actually just average, but he adds his own specially prepared chili powder, cumin, and other spices.

These barbecue seasonings are his secret recipe.

Even a regular grilled fish becomes incredibly delicious with these added ingredients.

Fang Lingsu parted her pearly teeth slightly and gently bit off a piece of fish.

They put it in their mouths and chewed it.

The taste on her taste buds made her involuntarily close her eyes.

After swallowing the delicious fish, Fang Lingsu began to feast on it.

While chewing on the fish, Fang Lingsu mumbled indistinctly:

"If I leave in the future, don't worry, I will still provide you with the monthly provisions I promised."

"Two Body Tempering Pills and 30 catties of spiritual flesh will be delivered to you by someone on time."

"Until you also leave the Great Qian Dynasty and head to the Immortal Sect."

Fang Qing's hand, which was grilling fish, suddenly paused.

"Where does the second young lady plan to go after she leaves?"

Fang Lingsu did not answer Fang Qing's question immediately.

He put the last piece of fish belly from the grilled fish in his hand directly into his mouth and chewed it heartily.

With a gulp, he swallowed the fish belly meat.

Only then did he place the remaining fish bones aside.

I turned to look at the sea, where the light was gradually dimming.

"I'd like to know too..."

After saying this, Fang Lingsu stood up.

Before anyone knew it, she had a wine flask in her hand.

After taking a few steps forward, Fang Lingsu broke the clay seal on the wine pot and took a swig of wine.

Only after walking quite a distance did Fang Lingsu wave in the direction Fang Qing was heading.

The next moment, Fang Lingsu vanished from her spot in a flash.

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The next day happened to be New Year's Eve.

Yang Jiumei finally returned from the countryside, and Fang Qing's courtyard became more lively and welcoming.

At this moment, Yang Zhi's family was busy helping Fang Qing decorate his courtyard.

Unable to get involved on this side, Fang Qing went directly to the backyard and began practicing today's martial arts.

[A crucible of martial arts, fusing all the laws of the world...]

[Practice the Undying Golden Body Refinement Technique once, cultivation level +1...]

[The Undying Golden Body Refinement Technique has achieved minor success (93%)...]

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[The Undying Golden Body Refinement Technique has achieved minor success (99%)...]

[Minor Success in the Undying Golden Body Refinement Technique (↑100%)...]

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[The Undying Golden Body Refinement Technique has reached its peak (0%)...]

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[A crucible of martial arts, fusing all the laws of the world...]

[Current Realm: Body Tempering Level 3↑...]

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[Current Realm: Body Tempering Level 4...]

[Current Martial Art: Undying Golden Body Refinement Technique (0%)...]

[Current Combat Skill: Breaking Army Returning Dragon Thrust Three-Style Fusion Progress (30%)...]

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With a bang, Fang Qing immediately felt a surge of energy rushing out from his dantian and spreading throughout his body.

The feeling of the fourth level of body tempering is completely different from the previous ones.

Fang Qing felt that her skin's defense had improved to a higher level.

Fang Qing looked at his palm.

"If I were to meet Tian Zhan now..."

"I should be able to defeat him within two moves."

Fang Qing then let out a slight sigh of relief.

"However, there is still a gap between me and Fang Chulan."

"In particular, Fang Chulan has mastered some unique combat techniques of the Fang family."

Thinking of that strange fist technique that resembled a serpent emerging from its hole, Fang Qing dared not relax.

Then he began to continuously cultivate the Undying Golden Body Refining Technique.

[Practice the Undying Golden Body Refinement Technique once, cultivation level +1...]

[The Undying Golden Body Refinement Technique has reached its peak (1%)...]

[The Undying Golden Body Refinement Technique has reached its peak (5%)...]

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[The Undying Golden Body Refinement Technique has reached its peak (10%)...]

Feeling that his body had reached its limit in cultivating the Undying Golden Body, Fang Qing began to practice the more relaxed Three Forms of Breaking Army Returning Dragon Thrust.

He casually opened the dried meat he had looted from Tian Zhan's place.

[Premium Spirit Meat Jerky, increases stamina by 20, absorption complete...]

Fang Qing ate all three catties of dried spirit meat that he had taken from Tian Zhan.

He then opened the 30 jin of dried spirit meat that Fang Lingsu had given him.

After eating a full 5 jin (2.5 catties).

Fang Qing then stopped.

[Premium Spirit Meat Jerky, increases stamina by 20, absorption complete...]

[Current remaining stamina: 530 points...]

Fang Qing took a slight breath and picked up the bamboo pole he had carefully selected from the weapon rack against the wall.

Fang Qing even added a spearhead to the bamboo pole.

[A crucible of martial arts, fusing all the laws of the world...]

[After practicing the Breaking Dragon Thrust once, current fusion progress: 31%...]

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[After practicing the Breaking Dragon Thrust once, current fusion progress: 50%...]

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Fang Qing placed the last packet of medicinal bath powder into the wooden tub and then enjoyed a relaxing medicinal bath.

Unfortunately, the herbal bath pack can only provide him with a fraction of an improvement in physical condition.

The golden interface showed no fluctuations in her physical condition.

Fang Qing sighed.

"We still need to find a way to get some more powerful and effective body-tempering medicinal baths."

The following time, Fang Qing and Yang Zhi's family prepared a sumptuous New Year's Eve dinner.

A scene of joy and harmony.

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On the first day of the Lunar New Year, Xie Yunzhou personally visited the door with some gifts.

It turns out that this guy had been practicing on the wooden dummy under Fang Qing's guidance during this period, and his martial arts skills had improved significantly.

There are faint signs that he has broken through to the third level of Body Tempering.

This made Xie Yunzhou and his family very grateful to Fang Qing.

So Xie Yunzhou finally managed to get the travel permit and specially brought gifts to visit.

After Xie Yunzhou left, the second person to visit Fang Qing at the Jinsha Saltworks was...

It turned out to be Dai Yu, the manager of another saltworks next door.

The Fang family, salt merchants, controlled a total of five salt fields.

Three of these saltworks belonged to the Dafang family.

The Jinsha Saltworks and another Tianqing Saltworks belonged to the second branch of the Fang family, namely Fang Lingsu.

After Dai Yu arrived, he brought some gifts and warmly bowed to Fang Qing, saying:

"Fang Zaotou, I've heard that you work at Jinsha Saltworks for a long time, but I haven't been able to come over until the end of the year because Tianqing Saltworks is busy with salt work."

I finally managed to squeeze in some time today during my year-end break to come and get acquainted with everyone.

Dai Yu was quite polite, and Fang Qing quickly returned the greeting with a cupped-hand salute.

He led Dai Yu directly into his residence in the Jinsha Saltworks.

Fang Qing personally brewed a pot of tea.

After taking a sip of tea, Dai Yu lowered his voice and said:

"Nowadays, the struggle between the first and second branches of the Fang family is becoming increasingly fierce."

"Fang Zaotou, has your eldest son's side sent anyone to contact you?"

Fang Qing refilled Dai Yu's empty glass.

He briefly introduced himself, Fang Jingyuan, and Elder Zhu.

Fang Jingyuan did try to win him over, but Fang Qing rejected him outright.

Upon hearing this, Dai Yu also sighed.

"It seems that Fang Zaotou is in a similar situation to me."

The only difference is that Fang Zaotou has the Second Miss backing him up, so he can naturally be very assertive towards the Eldest Young Master.

And I don't have any powerful connections, so I'm really stuck in a rut right now. My biggest fear is directly offending the young master.

"The infighting within the Fang family, the salt merchants, made us middle-level cooks suffer the most."

"By the way, this afternoon several saltworks in the Lianghuai salt fields just happened to have a meal together."

Brother Fang, as you know, our salt fields are all located along the coast, so we need to look out for and help each other.

"Whenever the tides change their pattern, it will affect the output of our salt fields."

"In addition, if those salt bandits raid a salt field, they are very likely to loot the surrounding salt fields as well."

"Only by helping and supporting each other can we manage our salt fields well."

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