Turbid World: Martial Arts Master of the Republic of China Era, I Cultivate Immortality!

After breakfast, at 7:00 AM,

On the bluestone path in front of the Zuowang Temple, two Master Shi appeared on the left and right, each accompanied by his daughter and servants carrying gifts such as silk and satin.

The atmosphere instantly became tense!

Shi Zuoqing, who came from the alley on the left, held two glossy sandalwood prayer beads in his palms, his knuckles turning slightly white from the force he exerted, as he looked at his old rival Shi Youzhu across from him.

"Oh, you're here too!"

"If you can come, then I can't. Master Zhao saved not only your daughter last night, but also my daughter!"

Shi Youzhu, dressed in brocade robes and coming from the street on the right, spoke with a smile, and then winked at the steward.

Upon seeing this, the steward immediately stepped forward and loudly proclaimed towards the still-closed gates of the Zuowang Temple: "The Shi family respectfully presents ten bolts of cloud-patterned brocade and five hundred silver dollars to thank Abbot Zhao for slaying the demon in the rain last night and saving my Miss Bingbing's life!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the servants carried the cloth and flat wooden boxes containing the silver dollars forward, while the band behind them played music.

Seeing the sneak attack from his old rival, Shi Zuozhu remained unfazed. He didn't even need to speak; the butler, half a step behind, stepped forward and shouted loudly.

"The Shi family respectfully presents twelve bolts of 'Xiaying Brocade' and six hundred silver dollars to express our gratitude to Abbot Zhao for subduing the demon and saving our Miss Lianlian's life!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the servants of the Shi family on the left, just like the servants of the Shi family on the other side, carried forward the silk and the flat wooden box containing the silver dollars.

"Hey!"

Shi Zuoqing looked at his old rival who was trying to outdo him again, chuckled, and raised his hand with a wave of his hand.

As the butler shouted again, another group of servants carrying various gifts emerged from around the corner of the alley behind them.

"hehe……"

Having anticipated this outcome, Shi Youzhu sneered and clapped his hands. The steward beside him shouted again, and a group of servants carrying various gifts emerged from the alley behind him.

The two Miss Shis standing beside their fathers exchanged a glance, snorted in unison, and looked at the open gate of Zuowang Temple.

After the two women saw that it was Xiang Yu who opened the gate of the Taoist temple, they immediately looked away, leaving Xiang Yu looking confused.

No, am I really that bad-looking?!

Xiang Yu wanted to ask, but his gaze quickly fell on the silver dollars that spilled out as the flat wooden box containing them slipped from his grasp.

The newly minted silver coins clattered onto the stone slab, the crisp sound making one's ears tremble. Shi Zuoqing's eyes widened, and the steward immediately and quietly tripped him.

With a cry of pain, the servant who had tripped over the object accidentally dropped the flat wooden box containing the silver dollars.

The sound of the ocean water crashing to the ground continued!

The brocade with its flowing, subtle patterns was dazzling under the morning sun. The two small mountains of silk were piled higher and higher by the servants, who stacked them like walls. They were already as tall as a person in no time.

An elderly woman selling steamed buns, who was watching the commotion, covered her chest and sighed softly, her face full of envy and greed.

"What a tragedy! My son has been carrying loads for half a year and hasn't even earned half a bolt of brocade. And these silver dollars... how long will it take him to earn that much?"

"Your son can't compare to Abbot Zhao! Didn't you hear what those two from the Shi family were saying? Abbot Zhao killed another monster last night!"

"He killed another monster? Could it be that this Abbot Zhao has killed monsters before?"

"You wouldn't believe it, just a couple of days ago, Abbot Zhao killed a man-eating snake demon. The body is buried in the garden at the corner of the temple. You'll see it when you go in later..."

The onlookers were discussing it endlessly, while an old scholar who looked learned shook his head in the crowd.

"This isn't about repaying a debt of gratitude; it's about showing off wealth."

"Hey, you don't know that, do you? These two Master Shi have been fighting their whole lives. And it's not just them fighting; their daughters are fighting too!"

The crowd began to murmur again, but it was quickly silenced by a few rough exclamations of "Make way!" from a group of tall, burly servants.

"Forehead……"

Mr. Ren, feeling that he hadn't given enough gifts yesterday, looked at the two acquaintances with some confusion, but still ordered his steward to start giving gifts.

"..."

I'm starting to understand why this thing was in such a hurry to start cultivating! Master Tianyi, arriving at the gate of the Taoist temple, twitched his eyelids as he looked at the rather large scene before him.

Meanwhile, behind the main hall of the Zuowang Temple,

Inside the quiet ritual room.

"A terrible romantic entanglement..."

Sitting on the futon, Zhao Zheng clicked his tongue in amazement as he used his innate insightful eyes to watch the two illusory blood-red peach blossom petals drifting onto him.

After thinking for a moment, he got up, locked the secret door leading to the ritual room completely, and blocked it with a cabinet before returning to his seat on the prayer mat.

"The recovery from the damage to the heart meridian is a bit slow... It won't be fully restored until at least tonight!"

As Zhao Zheng felt his injuries, he didn't pay too much attention to the recovery of his heart meridian, because in his view, the damage to his heart meridian was caused by this romantic entanglement.

This ordeal is simply meant to make him break his vows!

"If I can't afford to offend them, I can at least avoid them..."

Zhao Zheng muttered to himself, no longer looking at the two illusory blood-red peach blossom petals that were floating towards him.

Instead, they looked at the spiritual energy of heaven and earth drifting in from the cracks in the doors and windows, or rather, at the seven different colored points of light within the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, points of light like a thin mist.

The light spots were much smaller than dust particles, and they were being absorbed into Zhao Zheng's body along with the Shangqing Great Cave True Scripture that was automatically circulating within him.

"Yin and Yang... Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, Earth... So it turns out that it's not just the sun and moon that have essence; these five elements also have essence!"

Zhao Zheng understood and began to close his eyes and try to cultivate actively. After he started to actively circulate the Shangqing Great Cave True Scripture.

He clearly discovered that those who had already fallen into depravity were now actively trying to exploit his spiritual energy, and their depravity had become even more severe.

Under the allure of the innate Yin-Yang and Five Elements Dao Body he forged, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth has transformed from a small beaker into a large beaker, and in a very proactive way at that.

The main point is that he doesn't move.

The other party kept it fully automated the entire time!

"Wow, it's really hot!"

Zhao Zheng sighed inwardly and began to stabilize his realm. After stabilizing it for a second, he realized that there was no need to stabilize any realm at all.

"People are indeed different!"

Zhao Zheng thought to himself that he was a genius. He opened his eyes and used his mind to do two things at once. On one hand, he kept circulating the Shangqing Great Cave True Scripture to actively cultivate, and on the other hand, he carefully felt the changes brought about by the formation of the innate Yin-Yang Five Elements Dao Body Holy Embryo.

"Comprehension improved... eyesight, blood circulation... all improved significantly compared to before... Hmm?" Zhao Zheng summoned the panel of the Hundred Aspects of Life.

[Cultivation Method: Shangqing Great Cave True Scripture (Minor Success)]

"Great, I saved two skill points!"

Looking at the cultivation technique that had broken through his realm, and the fact that his cultivation speed had increased considerably due to the breakthrough, Zhao Zheng sighed inwardly at how amazing the Innate Yin-Yang Dao Body was.

After sighing, Zhao Zheng continued to multitask, cultivating while taking out his Azure Sky Gloves from his robes and beginning to refine them.

The refining process was very simple, based on the treasure refining techniques left by his master. It was nothing more than making hand seals, chanting incantations, and dripping blood.

In a few breaths, Zhao Zheng finished refining it. He looked with satisfaction at the completely black Azure Sky Gloves that appeared on his hand with his thoughts, and took out the sheepskin scroll with the diary of the female official Si Yao of the Great Zhao Dynasty written on it from his pocket.

After he finished breakfast, he showed the sheepskin scroll to Daoist Tianyi, but Daoist Tianyi couldn't see the diary hidden inside. He had originally intended to mention the diary.

But his intuition told him not to mention it.

The answer is: there's big trouble!

"Seriously, I'm not really going to have to reopen, am I?!"

Zhao Zheng stroked his chin, thinking this way mainly because of what he had gained during the Ren family incident.

Whether it's the state of passing on the torch, or the state of innate insight and unwavering Dao heart that has mutated because of the passing on of the torch.

He always felt like he was diving into the sea, but there were people on the surface trying to pull him up.

Right now, he has just obtained the talent Gui Cang that allows him to save his progress, and he has also forged the innate Yin-Yang Five Elements Dao Body Holy Embryo. To be honest, he feels like he's doomed!

"This shouldn't be happening. According to the fortune-telling my master gave me, the Three Star Gods of Fortune, Prosperity, and Longevity are my neighbors. He said I was destined to live for ninety-nine Jiazi years in this life, and it's only been eighteen years..."

Zhao Zheng muttered to himself, thinking he must have misjudged the situation. However, when his gaze fell upon the three characters "Zuowangguan" (坐忘观) hanging on the wall of the ritual room, he fell silent for a moment.

"Forget it, I don't want to think about it!"

Zhao Zheng activated his innate ability of insight to see through illusions and seek the truth, looking at the open sheepskin scroll in his hand. Continuing from the previous chapter, from "This physician should not have believed the words of these barbarians," he continued reading.

With the activation of the pursuit of truth and the breaking of illusions...

A series of traditional Chinese characters appeared again!

"Sigh, time to travel again. How annoying! Where exactly is the source of the plague in my Great Zhao Dynasty...? Hmm, that's strange. My senior brother, far away in the palace, is actually willing to spend money. Could it be that he no longer wants to pursue that Miss Fan...?"

"Wow, I heard that barbarian said there's a war between two countries up ahead. I wonder if I can learn something new... Damn! Damn! Damn! Those stinking barbarians tricked me again. This isn't a war between two countries; it's worse than a brawl between my village and the neighboring village..."

"Well... so in the Western Qin, a force that can send out two hundred soldiers is considered a nation? I've really learned something new this time. But it's strange... the battle aura their knights use seems to be... the blood and qi martial arts of a warrior... Am I just imagining things...?"

"That rude Imperial Physician actually secretly read my autobiography, but... given that what he said makes sense (I can't beat him, and he's a higher-ranking official than me), I've decided to add time as the respected (and abusive) Imperial Physician suggested..."

"...Oh, what day is it today? It's the 29th of the tenth month of the sixteenth year of Chongji. I can't believe it's been half a month since I left the palace... Oh, right, I'm about to go to the Western Qin capital to stay at the Western Qin garrison. I'm so happy! I can finally rest for a few days. Oh, right, how do you write garrison in the Western Qin language... Oh, I remember now, garrison should be written as 'witch'..."

"The garrison...witch..."