Divine Tang Era

When I got home, the carpenter and his workers had already built half of the wall.

To prevent anyone from climbing over the wall, Xu Dan instructed him to stick sharp shards of wine jars and rusty iron spikes into the wall. If anyone dared to climb over the wall in the middle of the night to steal something, they would be in for a world of trouble.

Yunniang was supervising the work in the courtyard with Xiao Que'er. Seeing that there was nothing for him to do, Xu Dan went back to his room to cultivate.

Suddenly remembering that a large wooden bucket was needed to filter the salt powder, he quickly told the carpenter.

This was his profession, and the carpenter confidently said he would deliver it tomorrow.

Xu Dan ignored all this and went straight back to his room. After cultivating the first golden cauldron using the Establishing Cauldron and Sealing Furnace Technique, even without regular cultivation, a continuous flow of qi and blood would gather, though not as quickly as through cultivation. Back in his room, he initially intended to take out the Crimson Flame Shield to cultivate. However, considering that his room was on the second floor and the floorboards couldn't withstand the shield's immense force, he had to give up.

Simply standing in a stance can speed up the refining of qi and blood, but compared to cultivating with the Crimson Flame Shield, it's like a snail's pace.

It's better than nothing! Xu Dan doesn't mind.

Finally, evening arrived. The carpenter and the others packed up and left. He went to the courtyard, took out the Crimson Flame Shield, lifted it with all his might, and activated the Cauldron Sealing Technique. Instantly, his surging blood and qi, like a wild horse, rushed wildly into the golden cauldron phantom at the center of his body. The phantom slowly solidified, and with a "boom," it condensed into a huge golden cauldron. Together with the two from before, there were now three golden cauldrons, combining the power of three thousand.

Xu Dan also realized that in just a few days, three golden cauldrons had been condensed.

He didn't know what those who cultivated the Establishing Cauldron and Sealing Furnace Technique in the past were thinking, but he felt it was too fast.

I don't know if there will be any problems. I don't have anyone to refer to, and it's not convenient to ask others. If I really am exceptionally talented, a legendary genius that is one in a million, one in a billion, wouldn't that mean my potential is being stifled in its cradle? Therefore, I need to be more careful about this matter.

However, although the Qi and Blood Golden Cauldron condenses quickly, it doesn't seem to have any downsides; on the contrary, it has many advantages.

At least you'll become stronger and your body will become more robust. Since that's a good thing, there's no need to worry about it.

Xu Dan continued cultivating, streams of qi and blood surging from all parts of his body. The spiritual energy condensed in his meridians continuously fell off fragments under the heavy pressure of the Crimson Flame Shield. As soon as these fragments fell, they transformed into surging streams of energy that flowed into his qi and blood, merging together to form a raging wave that crashed into the golden cauldron phantom located in the center of his body.

The illusory image gradually solidified.

The bright moon hangs high in the sky.

Its exquisite outline and clear moonlight resemble a woman "half-concealing her face while playing the pipa," so charming and captivating.

Xu Dan suddenly had a whimsical thought: what would happen if he practiced breathing exercises facing the moon, inhaling its essence? With a thought, he began to practice. Strands of moonlight were drawn down from the sky and entered his dantian with each breath.

His body was strange; his meridians were clearly blocked, yet his dantian was completely empty.

Even though he couldn't penetrate the acupoints and meridians, he could still breathe and store true qi in his dantian.

Xu Dan didn't know what his physical condition was, but as long as he wasn't dead, everything else was a minor matter.

The next morning, the carpenter arrived early with a cartload of large wooden barrels. True to his profession, he was quick. However, with outsiders present, Xu Dan couldn't easily handle the salt powder and had to wait until the wall construction was finished to prevent the secret of salt powder disposal from being revealed.

He didn't care and never thought about making money from it; he was just afraid of it leaking out and causing trouble.

He's still young, doesn't have a wife yet, and hasn't had a chance to see all the splendor of the Divine Tang Dynasty. Wouldn't it be a pity if he died halfway through? Wouldn't that be a waste of his time traveling?

Once the wall was built, he began processing the salt powder. There were two types of large wooden barrels he bought: one was a regular wooden barrel that could hold water; the other was a barrel with a partition at the bottom, on which cotton, fine sand, coarse sand, charcoal, cloth, and other materials could be placed for filtration, and it also had a tap at the bottom to release water.

It is worth mentioning that the Divine Tang Dynasty already had cotton cloth, also known as white folded cloth.

It was originally introduced from the Western Regions, and as people gradually learned of its wonderful uses, they began to cultivate it widely. Now it is found all over Tang China and has long been a common household item for keeping warm.

Having prepared everything, Xu Dan went to the room and brought out salt powder, poured it into a wooden bucket, and added water to dissolve it. Then, he scooped it up with a ladle and poured it into a large wooden bucket for filtering. After filtering, he put it in a small wooden bucket and carried it into the kitchen to boil. After boiling, it needed to be filtered again, otherwise it wouldn't be white or pure enough.

After two busy days, perhaps due to the effort put in, the Qi and Blood Golden Cauldron was condensing much faster than when I wasn't cultivating.

Xu Dan was both amused and exasperated, never expecting that he had a talent for manual labor.

After processing the salt powder, he began to marinate the golden yak meat stored in the storage bag.

He didn't particularly like overly salty cured meat, so he used a secret recipe from his hometown in Fujian to cure sausages, using salt, sugar, and wine to marinate golden rye beef into a sweet and savory red sausage, some of which he made into beef floss. However, for preservation, he also cured two beef legs into ham. As for beef jerky, he didn't make any.

Because once beef is dried, it becomes very hard, and it's really difficult to chew if you don't have good teeth.

This busy period lasted two days, and the final result was that the entire courtyard was filled with red sausages hanging to dry, and the sweet aroma of wine wafted everywhere.

The magpie and the black bear tilted their noses up, closed their eyes, and breathed deeply, as if trying to inhale all the fragrance. The sight was quite amusing.

Having not been to the martial arts school for four days, Xu Dan finally had some free time today. He asked Yun Niang to help look after the red sausages hanging on the bamboo poles to prevent them from being stolen by birds and wild cats, and then headed towards the martial arts school.

As soon as he entered, Lu Shizong saw him, handed over the disciples practicing boxing to others, and waved to him.

"How's your study of acupoints and meridians going these past few days?"

"It's almost done." Although he was busy during the day, Xu Dan still studied the acupoint and meridian chart very seriously at night.

Lu Shizong tested him and, seeing that he had memorized everything, began to teach him how to disassemble bones and perform massage therapy. Because there was a human skeleton at home, Xu Dan practiced regularly. But now, watching Lu Shizong's disassembly techniques, he realized it was completely different.

He studied for several days straight, and when he learned massage, he discovered that what he had learned before was actually related to massage.

Without understanding the human skeleton, acupoints, meridians, and internal organs, one cannot achieve the purpose of dispersing stagnation, removing blood stasis, and relaxing muscles and tendons through massage.

In other words, what has been taught so far is all basic.

Uh... Xu Dan suddenly realized that what he was learning now seemed to be the basics.

He wasn't alone in the massage class; there were other students as well. There, he made a few friends. One of them was thin, named Wan Zhen. Because they had to massage each other during the lessons, Xu Dan, not knowing his own strength, almost hurt him. Xu Dan treated him to steamed buns, and the two became friends.

A tall and robust man named Fan Meng.

One of them was chubby and named Liu Xuan. Because he was all fat, it was impossible for an ordinary person to massage him, but Xu Dan was strong and could massage him just right. After a while, the two became acquainted.

They were all innocent teenagers, without the utilitarianism of adults, so becoming friends was very easy for them.

After the massage, it's time to heal the wound.

Internal and external applications require medicinal herbs, so one needs to be familiar with them. Xu Dan felt like he was accumulating even more useless knowledge. At this rate, could he open his own clinic to treat patients?

This Mo Family Martial Arts School seems to be neglecting its core business!