Qiu Zu: From an apprentice in a medicine shop to an immortal ancestor.

Qiu Zhen was wholeheartedly devoted to the Dao and didn't want to attract trouble, only desiring to cultivate in peace and quiet.

His refusal of Fairy Yun Rou's invitation to seek immortal opportunities stemmed from his desire to avoid getting into trouble.

With his talent and comprehension, he could cultivate peacefully and lie low for ten or twenty years. Upon emerging from the mountains, he would be a world-shaking Deity Transformation stage old monster, roaming the world freely and unrestrained.

There would be no need for him to be like ordinary cultivators, dancing on the edge of a knife, seeking immortal opportunities everywhere.

However, the heavens didn't grant his wish.

He cultivated in seclusion at home, not provoking anyone, living a simple life day after day.

Never did he expect that even sitting at home, trouble would come from the sky.

Without thinking, his act of eliminating two Yin Divinity experts from the Wooden Puppet Sect must have disrupted their plans.

Unlike the last time when he used lightning to kill the middle-aged, fat Yin Divinity expert, he was in the shadows then, and no one knew his identity. The outside world even thought it was a terrifying old monster who had taken action.

Whether it was the Demon Suppression Division or the Wooden Puppet Sect, they all tacitly chose to handle it coldly, fearing to alarm or offend this "terrifying old monster."

This time, however, was different.

The battle took place in Qiu Family Village, and his true identity, Qiu Zhen, came to light.

Two Yin Divinity experts were missing, and the secret manual of immortal martial arts was gone. If the expert behind the Wooden Puppet Sect came looking for him...

It had to be said, this was indeed a big trouble.

"Damn it, is it so difficult to cultivate in peace?"

Qiu Zhen cursed, venting the displeasure in his heart.

However, the venting was only momentary.

Cultivating the mind requires balance. Suppressing negative emotions like fear, depression, and sadness is not a good thing.

Occasional venting is greatly beneficial for tempering the mind.

Qiu Zhen was skilled in nourishing his Qi, and his emotions quickly recovered. He no longer worried about gains and losses.

In life, smooth sailing is always temporary. Failures and troubles always run throughout.

The fact that he didn't encounter any trouble during his year of secluded cultivation was already good.

"Regardless of what schemes and plots the Wooden Puppet Sect has, increasing my strength is the top priority."

Qiu Zhen temporarily stopped overthinking and focused his mind on the immortal martial arts secret manual, 【Lu Zu's Nine Revolutions Returning Elixir Art】.

In this world where power belongs to oneself, a thousand words, ten thousand words, the source of any trouble stems from insufficient strength.

As long as strength is increased, troubles or dangers will be eliminated in an instant.

"Immortal Body Refinement Method..."

Qiu Zhen became interested.

Speaking of which, his several experiences fighting with the Yin Divinity experts of the Wooden Puppet Sect gave him a new understanding of cultivator battles.

In all honesty, the Wooden Puppet Sect's methods were not weak, especially when there were many people, and the joint efforts of the mechanical beasts under their command were even more difficult to deal with.

However, the shortcomings were also obvious.

That was, the methods they cultivated were clearly not "dual cultivation of body and soul." The three Yin Divinity experts of the Wooden Puppet Sect he encountered each had weak bodies.

His arrow, empowered with the lightning technique 【Primordial One Qi Lightning Talisman】, was indeed extremely powerful, but if it hit a Congenital Martial Master or a cultivator who cultivated both body and soul, it wouldn't necessarily be fatal in one strike. They would probably be able to hold on to their lives and have a chance to cast spells to survive.

The Yin Divinity cultivators of the Wooden Puppet Sect were killed in one strike, their bodies not much stronger than Postnatal Five Barriers Martial Masters.

The 《Qingwei Elixir Manual》 that Qiu Zhen was currently mainly cultivating was a proper "dual cultivation of body and soul" method. His body was tempered by lightning Qi, and his vitality was strong. Even if he accidentally suffered injuries in battle, he wouldn't easily die like the cultivators of the Wooden Puppet Sect.

Of course, the 【Qingwei Elixir Manual】 focused on internal refinement of lightning techniques and external cultivation of talismans. It wasn't particularly powerful in terms of forging the body with Primordial One Qi.

Immediately, he focused his mind on the immortal martial arts secret manual in his hand.

【Nine Revolutions Returning Elixir Art】

Lu Zu's introductory martial art, mainly focusing on nourishing and refining the lower dantian, refining oneself and the body.

Qiu Zhen was overjoyed and immersed his mind in comprehending the martial art.

The next day.

Qiu Zhen woke up leisurely, in a very good mood.

Last night's changes brought trouble invisibly, but the gains were equally surprising to him.

Coming from Lu Zu's hand, a true immortal martial art was naturally extraordinary.

The 【Nine Revolutions Returning Elixir Art】, in addition to the postnatal self-refinement level martial arts such as 【Golden Tendons and Jade Bones】 and 【Copper Skin and Iron Back】, also involved the body refinement methods of the "Congenital" level.

Internally nourishing the five viscera and six bowels, "refining essence into Qi", and using "Primordial One Qi" to refine the body and recast the flesh, it was a proper "Congenital Martial Art".

"Drink!"

Qiu Zhen let out a low shout.

In the next moment, only to see a faint golden light rising from his flesh out of thin air.

It was none other than the 【Lu Zu's Nine Revolutions Returning Elixir Art】.

After this art was cultivated, the Qi and blood in the body would be abundant, life would be strong, and strength would be surging, forming a Congenital True Qi body protection similar to the "Golden Bell Shield and Iron Cloth Shirt".

In other words, in one night, he had initially entered the doorway and cultivated some degree of the 【Lu Zu's Returning Elixir Art】.

This wasn't because he was exceptionally talented.

Nor was it because he used the "spiritual essence" in his hand to cultivate the 【Lu Zu's Nine Revolutions Returning Elixir Art】.

Rather, this was his original cultivation.

"It's worry-free, the two methods are not conflicting, cultivating them at the same time complements each other."

Qiu Zhen's comprehension was superb. In his hands, the 《Qingwei Elixir Manual》 and the 【Lu Zu's Nine Revolutions Returning Elixir Art】 were initially integrated.

Using the 【Dragon and Tiger Intercourse Method】 to refine essence into Qi, the lightning method to cultivate the Yin Divinity, and the 【Nine Revolutions Returning Elixir Art】 to cultivate the body, complementing each other's advantages.

The "Primordial One Qi" cultivated by the 【Dragon and Tiger Intercourse Method】 can empower the "Yin Divinity" and also empower the body, not limited to the body or the Yin Divinity.

The 《Qingwei Elixir Manual》 uses "Congenital Lightning Qi" to temper the body, which is not weak in itself. It is originally a "dual cultivation of body and soul" method, but it is not as good as the 【Nine Revolutions Returning Elixir Art】.

What he had to do was use the "Primordial One Qi" cultivated by "refining essence into Qi" on weekdays to cultivate the 【Nine Revolutions Returning Elixir Art】 method, to further strengthen the body with Lu Zu's martial arts.

Similarly, with more "Primordial One Qi", the refining methods were different, and the effects of body refinement were also very different.

Although Lu Zu's body refinement method was only introductory, it was much more refined than the 《Qingwei Elixir Manual》.

This was the true "dual cultivation of body and soul".

Cultivating to the end, the three treasures of "essence, Qi, and spirit" are united, stripping away all Yin, and cultivating into a Yang Divinity, which is the ability to gather and disperse into form with a single thought, freely converting between spirit and matter, truly ever-changing.

Of course, Qiu Zhen's current cultivation was not enough to achieve the mythological "essence, Qi, and spirit" at will, ever-changing.

Currently, his "Primordial One Qi" was re-refining his body with the 【Lu Zu's Nine Revolutions Returning Elixir Art】, which would probably take some time.

Fortunately, his current cultivation was somewhat superficial and unstable. In the process of re-refining his body, he could also stabilize his cultivation.

Leaving the valley.

Early in the morning, many Qiu family members flocked to Qiu Zhen to ask what had happened last night.

Hearing Qiu Zhen say that some evildoers had secretly sneaked into the village, and Bai Shu had driven them away, all the Qiu family members regarded Bai Shu as a little hero, the guardian fox of the village.

Some villagers even clamored to set up a spirit tablet for Bai Shu and enshrine it.

Bai Shu was in the limelight.

The entire Qiu Family Village was very lively.

Qiu Zhen didn't stay in Qiu Family Village for long. Early in the morning, he rode his horse to Qingmu County.

The commotion he caused with the Wooden Puppet Sect last night was not small.

If it were more than a year ago, Qiu Zhen Valley would not be within the territory of the Human Race, and the surrounding area would be wilderness, uninhabited. No matter how intense the fighting was, there would be no problem.

But now it was different. A few kilometers outside Qiu Family Village, there were villages gathered.

Although no one came to spy in the dark last night, the fighting was so loud that the surrounding villages must have heard the commotion.

With the current situation in Qingmu, if there was a sudden big commotion at night, the surrounding villages would definitely report it to the higher-ups as soon as possible.

Sure enough, Qiu Zhen had not ridden his horse far out of the village when a wave of iron cavalry rumbled towards him.

The people riding horses were all wearing Demon Suppression Division armor. They were Demon Suppression Martial Masters.

Qiu Zhen was also very familiar with the people who came. It was Wu Chuanfeng and his party.

Captain Wu and his party also saw Qiu Zhen and stopped, looking curious:

"Sir, I heard that there was a lot of commotion in your Qiu Family Village last night. What happened?"

The Demon Suppression Division got the news so quickly?

Qiu Zhen was slightly surprised in his heart. The Demon Suppression Division was indeed not eating dry rice.

"That's right. I don't know why, but a cultivator suddenly sneaked into our village. My demon pet discovered the enemy and repelled them!"

A cultivator?

Wu Chuanfeng was slightly surprised in his heart.

Early in the morning, they received news that there was a fierce battle in Qiu Family Village.

That was why he led the team to Qiu Family Village to investigate as soon as possible.

At first, he was worried that Doctor Qiu would encounter a powerful cultivator and be in danger.

Never did he expect that he would really encounter a cultivator.

"Sir, what is the cultivation level of the cultivator?"

"Yin Divinity expert."

Qiu Zhen didn't lie on this point. The commotion last night was so loud that a true martial arts expert could guess one or two based on the general description. There was no need to lie at all.

Many Qiu family members also saw it. Lying was easy to expose and would arouse suspicion.

The best way to deal with it was to "tell a lie, but not tell the whole truth".

"It's actually a Yin Divinity expert."

Wu Chuanfeng was greatly surprised in his heart.

He was about to ask Qiu Zhen how he escaped danger, but soon, his eyes fell on the pink and jade-carved Bai Shu next to him.

He vaguely understood in his heart.

According to the Congenital experts of the Demon Suppression Division, as early as half a year ago, the little Bai Shu next to Doctor Qiu had officially broken through and entered the "Congenital Martial Master" level, becoming a true demon general, extremely powerful.

While speaking, Qiu Zhen led Wu Chuanfeng and his party of Demon Suppression Martial Masters to the outside of Qiu Family Village, the place where the battle took place.

The damaged field ridges, the huge pits, the burned rice fields...

The battlefield was a mess.

After some investigation, Wu Chuanfeng found Qiu Zhen and couldn't help but ask:

"Sir, what is the origin of that Yin Divinity expert?"

"I don't know. I only know that he can summon Congenital-level mechanical beasts and spit out flames. He is very powerful."

"What!"

Wu Chuanfeng's expression was originally calm, but when he heard Qiu Zhen's words, his expression changed slightly.

The Wooden Puppet Sect was causing trouble again.

He remembered that the Demon Suppression Division had severely damaged the Wooden Puppet Sect a year ago. The other party had disappeared for almost a year. Unexpectedly, they had surfaced again.

Wu Chuanfeng was awe-stricken in his heart. Others didn't know, but as a former personal guard of the commander, he knew that there was a big secret behind the Wooden Puppet Sect.

"Sir, I wonder if you have time to go to the Demon Suppression Division with me now? This matter is no small matter and must be reported to the commander..."