Divine Tang Era

The desolate wilderness was utterly silent, without a breath of wind, insects chirping, birds singing, or any sound of nature.

Before dawn, the earth was as dark as if it had been dyed with ink.

Only a lone star, appearing and disappearing in the sky, contrasts with the solitary tent.

Xu Dan is used to waking up early. No matter how soundly he sleeps, his biological clock will wake him up the next day. Looking at the sky, it was already late. After a quick wash, he found a high mound, sat facing east, and breathed in the fresh air and exhaled the stale air.

After a while, it gradually got light.

At the endless horizon, where the alpine meadows intertwine with the white sky, a crescent-shaped, bright red sun slowly rises, but even faster than it is a touch of purple.

Xu Dan opened his mouth wide, swallowed the purple energy, held his breath, and closed his eyes to refine it.

The purple hues mingled with the bright red sunrise, transforming into a soft, purplish-red glow. The glow wasn't dazzling; against the backdrop of a few clouds, it shimmered with a mesmerizing hue, casting a radiant glow upon Xu Dan, making him appear so mysterious and enigmatic, as if filled with countless secrets.

After refining the purple energy, Xu Dan began practicing his fist techniques.

He practices Taibao Divine Fist every day, and he has mastered it all.

All movements have become habitual; the mind has not moved, but the body has. Each move, each stance, is like a tiger crouching in the mountains, a dragon descending from the abyss, or Pangu lifting up the sky and parting the clouds to reveal the sun. When practiced to the end, the move "Heaven and Earth Silent" is unleashed, the sound of the fist booming like thunder shaking the heavens.

This is a manifestation of the integration of scattered strength, transforming force into power.

This also means that this style of boxing has almost reached its end.

After finishing his fist practice, Xu Dan continued cultivating the Establishing Cauldron and Sealing Furnace Technique. However, unlike before, this time he took out the Crimson Flame Shield he had exchanged for the night before and raised it.

Last night, when he grabbed the Crimson Flame Shield, he discovered that the Cauldron Sealing Technique he had been cultivating was operating rapidly. Boundless blood and energy surged into the golden cauldron, and the originally illusory cauldron body quickly solidified. He was almost scared to death at the time, but dared not make a sound, and simply obediently changed the item.

Trying again now, it's the same as last night.

Within his body, a surge of powerful qi and blood flowed into the golden cauldron phantom located in the center, nourishing the cauldron and causing it to change constantly.

Xu Dan felt as if his strength was constantly increasing.

No, it's an illusion. Thanks to the earth milk and dragon vein blood he consumed in the underground cave, he was already very strong. However, although he was strong before, his strength was loose. Now, it has been consolidated into a powerful force. In addition, with the cultivation of the Establishing Cauldron and Sealing Furnace Technique, his strength has transformed from quantity to quality, which is why he mistakenly believes that his strength has increased.

It doesn't get bigger, but rather more solid and refined, like water turning into condensed milk.

Is this the legendary "the greater the pressure, the greater the achievement"?

Xu Dan held the Crimson Flame Shield, feeling a bit strange. He had been holding it for so long, yet he didn't feel tired. It was just too heavy for him to lift.

"Haa"

Xu Dan exerted force, raising the Crimson Flame Shield even higher, and the speed at which the golden cauldron phantom in the center of his body solidified instantly increased. Normally, he would only practice the Cauldron Sealing Technique for a short while each day, but today he wanted to see where his body's limits were and how long it would take for the golden cauldron to solidify.

Within the body, qi and blood surge like the sea.

Within the meridians, the condensed gas seemed to sense the pressure, and some fragments fell off, transforming into a powerful flow of energy that merged into the blood and qi. The surging blood and qi, like a typhoon, stirred up waves across the sky.

"Boom... Boom..."

With a series of loud bangs, huge waves of blood and energy surged into the illusory golden cauldron, gradually solidifying it from its ethereal state.

"Boom!"

Another surge of blood and energy rushed into the illusory golden cauldron. The golden cauldron solidified, its body suddenly bursting forth with boundless golden light and began to spin. "Control!" A tremendous sound, like a giant hammer pounding a vat or an ancient thunderclap, emanated from the cauldron, shaking the five internal organs and the soul.

Having experienced it once before, Xu Dan wasn't intimidated, but he still couldn't help but feel a shiver, as if he had been cleansed from the inside out.

My strength has also increased, and I can lift the Crimson Flame Shield a little higher.

After a moment, the golden cauldron withdrew its radiance and paused. On the left, a mass of qi and blood rapidly condensed into a form, transforming into an illusory golden cauldron body, and another golden cauldron began to condense.

According to the secret manual titled "The Art of Establishing the Cauldron and Sealing the Furnace":

A golden cauldron is equivalent to the strength of a thousand catties, which means that Xu Dan now possesses the strength of a thousand catties.

Once the nine central golden cauldrons are formed, one can cultivate the Nine Cauldrons Transformation Divine Art, refining the vast amount of vital energy and strengthening the divine soul. Afterward, one can control objects with the soul, a unique method of refining essence into spirit. Because it omits the refining of qi between refining essence into qi and refining qi into spirit, the required vital energy is extremely vast, hence the need for the power of the nine cauldrons.

Sensing the solidified golden cauldron within his body, Xu Dan discovered that the "Standing Cauldron and Sealing Furnace Technique" was not difficult to master.

After thinking about it, I felt that it must be because my body was under external pressure that the Qi and Blood Golden Cauldron was refined so quickly. Otherwise, I wouldn't have been able to refine it so quickly even when I was cultivating at home.

pressure?

Should I learn some external martial arts techniques? What could be more stressful than beating my body?

But after thinking about it, I decided to give up. My body is so small, and my bones and organs haven't fully developed yet. Practicing external martial arts too early, with all the physical exertion, would cause my internal organs and bones to become deformed. If I ended up as a dwarf or a deformed child, I'd have nowhere to cry.

However, the pressure from the Crimson Flame Shield is also good.

"Huh?"

It's strange, I haven't gotten tired at all after holding the shield for so long. Could it be because I drank the earth milk and dragon blood? That must be it, otherwise there's no other explanation.

Although the phantom of the golden cauldron within his body was still rapidly taking shape, Xu Dan no longer wanted to continue practicing.

Right now, the most important thing is to make money; without money, what can you buy things?

Thinking back to last night at the Yinxu Ghost Market, there were so many good things inside, but he didn't have any spirit stones to buy them. Who knows how he felt? If he had spirit stones, he could have bought everything there and resold it in Jingning City. Even if he didn't make a fortune, making a small profit would be good.

Thinking about it now, my heart is bleeding.

After packing up the tent, he used his double pupils to check the location of the nearby spiritual herbs and then walked over.

"The big boy who was collecting medicinal herbs was carrying a large bamboo basket on his back."

Barefoot in the early morning, she traversed the meadows and hills. She gathered the most medicinal herbs, as numerous as the countless stars. The herbs she gathered were the finest, as good as a basket overflowing with tiny umbrellas. "Sirolo lori s ...

While gathering medicinal herbs, Xu Dan sang a folk song adapted from "The Little Girl Picking Mushrooms".

I don't know if it's because I've been singing the word "sai" too much, or what, but my stomach suddenly started to feel tight.

Looking around, seeing no one, he dug a hole in the ground and squatted down. As he squatted, he thought, "It seems I can't sing these words too much in the future, because there's a curse." Xu Dan thought very seriously.

Depend on.

Suddenly, he remembered something: he didn't seem to have brought any paper. What should he do?

He looked at his hands; this was a question worth pondering. Ultimately, he abandoned the terrible idea, because he still needed to eat. He craned his neck and looked around; not far away was a clump of grass, its long stems just right for him.

So, like a crab, it crawled over.