Gou Zai Xianwu Chaos World, Physical Sainthood

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After returning from Zhao Cheng's place, Lu Cheng did not waste any time.

He swallowed the Blood-Activating Powder directly and began his cultivation.

After three hours, the sky had completely darkened.

The training ground was deserted.

Lu Cheng exhaled to finish his practice.

His consciousness swept across his mind, and a smile appeared on his face.

【The Twelve Forms of the Black Eagle Stance】

[Grade: Low-grade human grade]

[Realm Level: Minor Success (125/300)]

A day later, the Xuan Ying Zhuang Gong finally entered a stage of rapid progress again.

But then Lu Cheng sighed again.

Originally, he wanted to recruit Zhao Cheng as an assistant, but unexpectedly, it took him four months to break through to the late stage of the Refining Strength realm.

In this way, although the River-Blocking Halberd Technique is powerful, it will ultimately suffer from the disadvantage of the cultivation level, and it may not be able to provide Lu Cheng with much help.

Lu Cheng took out another packet of blood-activating powder, looked at the snowflake-like powder, and shook his head repeatedly.

"No wonder it hurts so much."

"So they were all inferior products."

After discussing it with Zhao Cheng during the day, Lu Cheng finally understood.

It turns out that most people take one dose of the blood-activating powder over three days of medicinal baths.

This is partly due to the potent medicinal effects and the difficulty in refining the herbs.

The bigger reason is that the blood-activating powder on the market is of very poor quality and contains too many impurities.

Or perhaps it's because there are too many impurities that the medicine's effects are too potent.

The truly superior blood-activating powder is a colorless and odorless transparent powder.

It only releases its strong fragrance when used.

If Lu Cheng had taken a high-quality blood-activating powder three days ago, he wouldn't have almost given up.

According to Zhao Cheng, the superior blood-activating powder is not widely available and is only supplied to the true disciples of a few top sects such as the Dongyang Sect.

Upon hearing this, Lu Cheng began to speculate.

Maybe three days ago, when I was risking my life to digest the blood-activating powder...

Du Ruo was eating a high-quality medicinal powder with some snacks.

"Forget it, even if she ate top-grade blood-activating powder like it was food, she still wouldn't be as fast as me."

At the current pace, the Xuan Ying Zhuang Gong will be fully mastered in six days.

At that time, I will break through to the late stage of Qi Refining!

At that time, it had only been twenty-three days since he began practicing martial arts.

……

"Patrolling the streets?"

Back inside, only the three Hu brothers were there; Liu Chang'an and the chubby boy were nowhere to be seen.

After asking around, Lu Cheng learned that the three chubby guys had actually found a job patrolling the streets at night.

The southern part of the city becomes extremely chaotic at night.

The government alone cannot maintain stability.

As a result, many wealthy merchants pooled their money to hire martial arts school disciples to patrol the streets around them.

The three chubby kids can earn 100 coins a night.

Lu Cheng sighed inwardly, realizing that Liu Family Village was truly in dire straits this time.

So much so that the three of them took on the job of patrolling the streets for a hundred coins.

The problem is that Liu Wan'er is still injured.

Not to mention that he needs to rest and recuperate, if he really encounters a night thief, a conflict could be dangerous.

After finding out the area the three were patrolling, Lu Cheng rushed over without saying a word.

Liu Wan'er was so badly injured because she was trying to save me.

Regardless, let's replace her first.

……

In the south of the city, there is a cluster of mansions.

Liu Chang'an and his two companions wandered around the streets of this area.

He and the chubby boy each held a staff that reached their eyebrows.

Liu Wan'er had an injury to her right arm, so she only used her left hand to hold a torch for illumination.

The area under the jurisdiction of the three men contained sixteen mansions and two warehouses, making it a favorite haunt of vagrants and outlaws.

In addition to the three, there were two other teams that also patrolled in alternation.

Nevertheless, they still encountered a situation.

"Don't run!"

In the darkness, a commotion suddenly arose in the direction the three were heading.

A small flame chased a dark figure as it ran rapidly toward the three of them.

Upon seeing Liu Chang'an and his two companions' torches, a shout came from ahead:

"Stop him! He's a thief!"

Upon hearing the word "thief," the chubby boy groaned in a low voice:

"Damn it, I ran into trouble on my first day here. Why is Fatty so unlucky?"

Even so, he and Liu Chang'an ran a few steps quickly, stood on either side of each other in the middle of the street, and "whoosh," raised their eyebrow-level staffs:

"Don't you dare run away, you thief!"

In addition to the reward for patrolling the streets, there will be another reward for catching thieves.

The exact amount will depend on the value of the stolen property.

The neighborhood is full of wealthy people, so anything worth stealing must be quite valuable.

Once you make a contribution, the reward will be no less than that for patrolling the streets.

That's why the people patrolling the streets are so proactive.

Seeing the dark figure approaching, Liu Chang'an and his companion did not dodge.

He raised the stick and smashed it.

"Snapped!"

The two wooden sticks stopped in mid-air.

The dark figure gripped two wooden sticks in each hand, and no matter how hard Liu Chang'an and the chubby boy tried, they couldn't pull them back.

The dark figure controlling the wooden stick chuckled:

"With this little strength, you dare to stop me?"

As he spoke, he twisted his hands together forcefully.

The two wooden sticks seemed to be imbued with a spiraling force, and they suddenly began to spin.

Liu Chang'an and the chubby boy could no longer hold onto the wooden stick and both slipped from their grasp.

With two consecutive clanging sounds, the wooden stick fell to the ground.

The two shook their hands, shouted, clenched their fists, and charged forward again.

But what awaited them were two even faster punches.

Two muffled thuds overlapped.

The chubby boy and Liu Chang'an suddenly felt intense pain in their chests and abdomens, their bodies went limp, and they collapsed to the ground.

The dark figure stepped over the two people and ran towards Liu Wan'er.

The two were in a great hurry and shouted at Liu Wan'er:

"He's a martial artist!"

"Wan'er, retreat quickly!"

But the shadowy figure was just too fast.

The two had barely finished speaking when the dark figure appeared in front of Liu Wan'er.

Seeing Liu Wan'er swinging the torch at his face, the dark figure roared angrily:

"court death!"

With one hand, he slapped the torch away, and with the other, he swiftly grabbed Liu Wan'er's neck like an iron clamp.

The two men stared blankly and struggled to their feet.

"Bang!"

Before the ferocious look on the dark figure's face could disappear, he was sent flying backward, crashing down in front of Liu Chang'an and his companion.

"What are you standing there for? Hold him down!"

Liu Chang'an and his companion reacted quickly and seized the shadowy figure.

Then, looking in Liu Wan'er's direction, he said incredulously:

"Lu Cheng?"

Liu Wan'er was also startled by the sudden appearance of the dark figure.

He only came to his senses after the three of them spoke.

He took two steps forward, and the torch in his hand illuminated the face of the person who had come.

It was Lu Cheng who rushed over.

The three of them bound the shadowy figure and handed him over to the leader, whereupon they received a reward of two hundred coins.

This dark figure was a martial artist; ordinary street patrolmen would never be able to subdue him.

Moreover, the items stolen from this person were worth at least fifty taels of silver.

……

"Damn it, fifty taels of goods, and you're only giving me two hundred coins?"

"That old bastard definitely pocketed a lot!"

The chubby boy complained as he walked.

That last scare really frightened him.

If anything were to happen to Liu Wan'er, neither of them would know how to explain it.

Lu Cheng continued his patrol with the three men, and upon hearing this, shook his head:

"Why are you still concerned about how much money you have?"

"Luckily I arrived quickly, otherwise you would have been in danger."

As he spoke, he turned to look at Liu Wan'er:

"Only one hundred coins a night is a drop in the bucket compared to the compensation of more than four thousand taels."

"You practice martial arts during the day and then patrol the streets at night. How can your bodies handle it?"

"Besides, the south of the city is so dangerous, it's really not worth it."

The chubby boy shook his head:

"Well, we know that all too well."

"But what can we do? The family is already prepared to sell the land."

Lu Cheng was greatly alarmed:

"How did it get so serious?"

Herb fields are valuable; no matter how much you sell them for, you'll lose money.

"Aren't there still two cartloads of medicinal herbs? We can only lose another four thousand taels at most."

"Even if we have to borrow four thousand taels of silver, we can manage to do so."

Liu Xun had previously told Lu Cheng about the price of the medicinal herbs and the amount of compensation to be paid, so Lu Cheng knew this without having to calculate it.

Liu Chang'an shook his head:

"Alas, the medicinal properties of herbs will be lost."

"Except for some medicinal herbs that need to be processed and dried in advance, most of the herbs are picked from the fields just before the convoy departs."

"These medicinal herbs must be delivered to the alchemist as quickly as possible. A day's delay will result in a slight difference in the quality of the pills."

"The two cartloads of medicinal herbs were delayed for too long, and their efficacy has been greatly reduced."