The Martial Saint, starting with daily intelligence.

Silver Serpent Thunder Spear!

This is the most prized possession left by the ancestors of the Yang Family Martial Arts School, a mid-grade Yellow Rank Xuan weapon.

The gun barrel and muzzle are silver-white in color and weigh several tens of kilograms. There is a snake-shaped pattern on it, and arcs of electricity occasionally emerge along the snake-shaped pattern, making a sizzling sound.

"This is the real treasure!"

Zhong Ming's eyes lit up; he had finally produced a big order.

Even a low-grade Yellow-rank Xuan weapon can fetch at least 100,000 silver dollars at an auction house. A Xuan weapon like this, which is a primary weapon, would easily be worth several hundred thousand silver dollars.

This is a true heirloom, passed down through three generations.

Moreover, it's a 'Mid-Grade Yellow Rank' item, making it even more valuable.

With this mysterious weapon, Yang Zhongye has the power to fight even against a peak Qi Refining expert, or even to defeat them!

This is the true value of a Xuanbing (mysterious weapon).

It is said that this mid-grade Yellow Rank Silver Serpent Thunder Spear can amplify true qi by 120%.

In other words, as long as Yang Zhongye wields this mysterious weapon, the intensity of his true energy can reach up to 2.2 times his own strength!

The difference in true qi intensity between the mid-stage and peak of Qi Refining is at most 0.5 times. No wonder that with a Xuanbing weapon, one can often defeat opponents of higher levels.

This is because Xuanbing can amplify the true qi strength of those who have mastered qi cultivation.

Let alone mid-stage Qi Refining turning into peak Qi Refining, there are even examples of people who have just entered Qi Refining turning into peak Qi Refining by relying on Xuanbing weapons.

Mystic weapons are generally only possessed by those who have mastered the Refinement of Spirit. A very small number of those who have mastered the late stage of Qi Refining may also acquire them through years of accumulation or by chance, but they are usually only low-grade Yellow-rank Mystic weapons.

The Yang family martial arts school possesses a mid-grade Yellow Rank Xuan weapon entirely because their ancestors were powerful enough at the Refining Spirit Realm.

Those who wield mid-grade Xuan weapons are usually powerful Refinement Spirit experts. Most Refinement Spirit experts actually only use low-grade Yellow-rank Xuan weapons.

This was one of the reasons why Zhong Ming chose to launch a sneak attack.

After Wu Xiuyuan warned him, Zhong Ming conducted a special investigation into the Yang Family Martial Arts School.

Therefore, they knew about their ancestral treasure—the mid-grade Xuanbing Silver Serpent Thunder Spear.

In addition, considering Yang Zhongye's attire and the spear-like object he carried on his back, and the fact that Qi Refining experts rarely use ordinary weapons, we can make a rough guess as to what he was carrying.

"Luckily I launched a sneak attack, otherwise he might have escaped."

Even with the support of a mid-grade Xuan weapon, Yang Zhongye would still be no match for Zhong Ming. However, this might easily attract the attention of powerful officials from the government.

If they were to forcibly kill the opponent, then all that awaited Zhong Ming would be a life on the run.

  

Zhong Ming held the Xuanbing weapon and infused it with blood energy.

Instantly, the originally silver-white gun body was covered in blood energy, turning dark red, and the blue electric arcs on it also turned blackish-red, which was extremely terrifying and full of an aura of destruction.

Zhong Ming frowned slightly.

"The Xuanbing did not enhance my blood energy; on the contrary, it weakened its strength by one or two tenths."

"It's not all bad news. The original Xuanbing weighed only a few dozen kilograms, but after being infused with blood energy, its weight increased tenfold. Now it weighs almost a thousand kilograms, which feels just right in my hand, neither too light nor too heavy."

"Moreover, the Xuanbing can completely withstand the erosion of one's own blood energy, and can also be used to release one's own blood energy out of the body."

"It's not entirely useless."

At least now I'll have a handy weapon!

With a thought, Zhong Ming's blood surged, and he used his Xuanbing weapon to stab at a small mound of earth dozens of meters away. Dark red black lightning bolts shot out rapidly.

Boom! Sizzle!

"Coo coo~"

Zhong Ming's eyelids twitched a few times.

The small mound was melted away; there was no explosive scene as one might have imagined, only a quiet destruction.

It's somewhat like magma, melting everything.

"This power... I feel like I couldn't withstand it!"

The Xuanbing weapon did not amplify Zhong Ming's blood energy, but the combination of blood energy and the Xuanbing weapon produced a different kind of change.

Weight and destruction!

"Our strength has increased by several times, and we finally have a certain combat capability that far exceeds our physical strength."

Zhong Ming then tested the strength of the Xuanbing weapon after it was filled with blood energy.

One word: tough!

Before being tainted by the blood and qi, Zhong Ming had tested its hardness and toughness, and could only say that it was barely passable.

It's fine if you don't use much force, but if you really use some force, it's not just possible, it will definitely break.

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Warrior realm:

Body Refinement Realm

炼血期：成功凝练出一滴精血即入门，1-12滴精血为初期，13-24滴为中期，25-36为后期

36-72 represents perfection.

The limit is 73-81.

81-136为破限（81-108一步破限，109-136二步破限）。

Once one's essence blood reaches 72 drops, one reaches the peak of the Essence Refining stage and can directly break through to the next realm, the Qi Refining stage. A few core disciples of aristocratic families and disciples of major sects break through to the Qi Refining stage after reaching their limit or breaking through their limit.

Bone Forging Stage: The bones are forged and tempered, becoming as strong as steel. Movements are as swift as thunder, with the strength to move a thousand pounds; a martial artist can move faster than seven steps.

During the marrow cleansing stage: 35mm muskets posed little threat to him.

[The Blood Refining stage primarily increases strength, reaching up to a thousand jin; the Bone Forging stage strengthens tendons and bones, increasing defense; the Marrow Cleansing stage enhances all aspects, including flesh, bones, and internal organs, doubling strength to two thousand jin, and doubling defense and speed.]

Qi Refining Stage: Internal energy is released externally, making ordinary foreign gun squads pose little threat to it.

Refining God Realm:

The maximum lifespan is three cycles of sixty years, but due to the hidden injuries from early cultivation and the wear and tear on the body, the actual lifespan often cannot reach the limit.

Grand cultivator: A cultivator who has comprehended the 'Domain' at the Refining Spirit Realm.

To break through from the Refining Spirit stage to the Embracing the Elixir stage, one needs the Three Flowers Gathering at the Top, meaning that the three flowers of Essence, Qi, and Spirit must break through simultaneously.

Grandmaster (Embracing the Elixir Realm)

The spirit, energy, and vitality are perfectly integrated, making one flawless.

He comprehended his own "Tao".

The maximum lifespan is nine Jiazi, or 540 years. And because the essence, energy, and spirit are unified, one's own essence and energy no longer leak out, so theoretically it is easier to live to the maximum lifespan.

Breaking through from the Core Formation Realm to the Deity Transformation Realm requires gathering the Five Elements, also known as the Five Elements Returning to the Origin. These are the five elements: metal, wood, water, fire, and earth. The core is these five elements, but they can be substituted with others, such as ice instead of water.

Divine Realm (Quasi-God) [Can possess a body up to three times]

Nascent Soul Realm:

They live for a thousand years and can control the power of heaven and earth.

The body is merely a shell; the soul is the essence. While one can be reborn through possession of another body after physical destruction, without a physical body, one can only utilize up to 80% of their original strength. The first possession reduces strength to 80%, the second to half, and the third will cause a complete drop in power.

Yuan Shen Realm: A plus version of the Nascent Soul stage. All abilities are 1.5 times that of the Nascent Soul stage, and the overall strength is about three times that of the Nascent Soul stage. Lifespan increases to 1,500 years. The physical body is no longer a constraint. Losing a physical body does not affect strength. One can regain 100% strength after possessing three bodies.

Yang Shen Realm:

The "Great Monk" of ancient times.

He lived to be two thousand years old.

When one severs the Three Corpses, the Three Corpse Gods will instantly revive the original body after the original body is killed. Each of the Three Corpses possesses 100% of the original body's strength. Unless all three Corpses are killed simultaneously the instant the Great Cultivator is killed, the Great Cultivator of the Yang God will not be killed. As long as one of the Three Corpses is still alive, both the Three Corpses and the original body can be revived in an instant.