Chapter 89: The Deng Family Arrives (Part 1)

  After entering the first stage of Xiantian, it has been more than half a month, and Xuántiān hasn't cultivated true energy at all. He has been cultivating 'Jiǔ Duàn Gōng' (Nine Forging Techniques) all along, so his cultivation progress is extremely slow.

  Now that there is emptiness, it can finally be consolidated and refined.

  With Xuan Tian's current strength, he can also kill Niu Zhen Shan, who was forcibly promoted to the Fourth Heaven of the Innate Realm through external forces. He is the weakest among the Fourth Heaven Innate Realm warriors.

  Among the inner disciples of the four major sects, there are at least 4 or 5 who can surpass Niu Zhenshan.

  Last year, Chu Feng was the number one inner disciple of the Heavenly Sword Sect. His strength far surpassed Niu Zhen Shan's when he had just entered the Fourth Heaven of the Profound Realm. Perhaps even three Niu Zhen Shans wouldn't be a match for a single Chu Feng.

  Chu Feng has now entered the Fourth Realm of the Pre-Heavenly Stage and become a core disciple, his strength is even more powerful. As for Xuan Tian to drive away Chu Feng, it's still not enough, he needs to continue working hard.

  However, it's only been more than two months since I said I would surpass Chu Feng in a year. There is still plenty of time left, and by then, surpassing Chu Feng won't be difficult. But Xuan Tian has an even stronger opponent in mind, and his cultivation can't fall behind for a single moment.

  His starting point is lower than others, so he must work harder and cultivate at a faster speed in order to catch up with them.

  Of course, it's rare to have super potential in refining equipment talent, and naturally, refining equipment can't fall behind.

  Every day, Xuan Tian allocates his time well. He gets up early every morning to practice 'Pre-Heavenly Skill' and 'Refining Qi Decision', cultivating Pre-Heavenly True Qi, refining it to make the Pre-Heavenly True Qi in his body more profound and pure.

  In the afternoon, he studied alchemy. In the spatial ring, there were many alchemical materials, and the tools for alchemy had all been prepared by Huang's family. Ordinary weapons only required ordinary fire to be refined, but precious artifacts needed special flames.

  At night, Xuan Tian practiced his sword skills. Xuan Tian was able to challenge people with higher cultivation than him, not only because of the purity of the innate true energy in his body but also because his sword skills were extraordinary and divine.

  Improving one's cultivation can make their strength even more powerful. However, improving one's skills can make them transcend the heavens and defeat opponents of higher levels.

  Don't know if you don't practice, scared to death once you start practicing!

  Xuantian's current physique far surpasses that of martial artists in the same realm, and even those four or five realms higher are still far inferior.

  Without using innate true energy, pure strength alone reached nine thousand catties in a single arm. Even if it were a martial artist of the Innate Realm's sixth level, without deliberately emphasizing physical cultivation, they would not be able to surpass this.

  The body of a master is like a container, the stronger the physique, the more congenital true energy it can hold. The meridians are the channels through which the congenital true energy flows. The more solid the meridians, the more they can withstand the amount of congenital true energy flowing through them in an instant, that is, the faster the congenital true energy runs.

  Xuantian physique and meridians must far surpass those of ordinary warriors.

  Therefore, the body can accommodate more congenital true Qi, and the meridians can withstand the faster operation of congenital true Qi.

  This result led to another result!

  Xuān Tiān absorbed the lower-grade True Qi Pill, and to his surprise, it was extremely fast. He cultivated for an entire morning, and astonishingly, he had already consumed one lower-grade True Qi Pill, fully refining and absorbing it.

  If he cultivates for a whole day, he will consume two low-grade True Qi Pills. If the night is also included and he goes into complete seclusion to cultivate, one day can absorb and refine three low-grade True Qi Pills.

  This is a shocking and stunning matter for Xuan Tian.

  To know, ordinary warriors, first heaven boundary one layer, swallowing a low-grade true energy pill, can cultivate for three days. First heaven boundary two layers, can cultivate for two days. First heaven boundary three layers, can also cultivate for one day.

  Xuantian's refining and absorption speed of the lower-grade True Qi Pill was actually faster than that of a pre-heavenly three-layer martial artist, nearly three times as fast!

  It is six times that of a congenital second-order warrior and nine times that of a congenital first-order warrior!

  His robust physique and strong meridians allowed Xuan Tian to possess a powerful ability to refine and absorb elixirs, his cultivation could completely surpass others through the absorption of large quantities of elixirs.

  This discovery made Xuan Tian overjoyed. As long as he had enough True Qi Pills, he could increase his cultivation speed by eight to nine times that of others and advance to the Second or Third Stage.

  Of course, on the premise that Xuantian has cultivated the Xuanjie gongfa, otherwise, absorbing more elixirs will not have any effect.

  The Xuanjie Gongfa should be learned after returning to the Tiānjiàn Zōng, so there's no need to rush for now. Take advantage of the leisure time to learn the foundation and yellow-level chapters of the Lianqi Shu here, lay a solid foundation first, strive to become a true Lianqi Master as soon as possible, and be able to refine Xuanjie treasures.

  Xuantian's super-perfect fire attribute and excellent gold attribute, the innate talent of a top-notch alchemist, is indeed not to be covered. The theoretical knowledge in the basic chapter and the yellow chapter, Xuantian basically understands at a glance, what he lacks is actual practice, some mastery of fire timing can't be learned just by reading books, it must be experienced personally to grasp.

  However, a genius is a genius, and the speed of learning must far surpass that of ordinary people. Only on the second day, Xuan Tian had already forged his first successful piece, a yellow lower-grade long sword.

  Although this is the most common long sword, an ironmonger, from apprentice to making a successful first piece of armor, must learn theory, then exercise strength, and finally practice, which takes at least four or five months.

  Xuantian theory is easy to understand, and the power doesn't need to be tempered at all. As a Xuantian-level cultivator's physique, the only thing needed is practical practice, but the speed is still much faster than an ordinary person. In just two and a half days' time, he became a qualified low-grade blacksmith.

  A master craftsman is only called a master craftsman when he has forged a precious instrument, otherwise he can only be called an ironworker. According to the forged weapons, Huang Jie lower grade, middle grade, and upper grade are divided into low-grade, mid-grade, and high-grade. Then, the ironworkers who can forge famous instruments are called masters.

  Xuantian's path as a master craftsman can be described as swift, and in just five days, on the seventh day, Xuantian forged a yellow-grade mid-quality long sword, becoming an intermediate blacksmith.

  Possessing terrifying power and perfect qualifications, a blacksmith of this level is under no pressure when facing Xuan Tian.

  Xuantian was consolidating his cultivation and learning to refine equipment. At the same time, Huang Mingshan, Huang Qishan, and Huang Kunshan swallowed "Muscle and Blood Grass" to treat their injuries, which improved significantly. On the sixth day, Huang Mingshan and Huang Qishan left seclusion, having unsealed their cultivation to the Sixth Heaven of the Pre-Heaven Realm.

  Huang Kunshan, still recovering from his injuries, as long as he has enough time, it's not difficult to recover to the Sixth Heaven of Innate Realm!

  The Huang family not only obtained a large amount of silver from the Niu, Cheng, and Zhang families but also acquired many precious spiritual medicines. These spiritual medicines were greatly beneficial to the injuries of other members of the Huang family. Although their effects were not as rapid or potent as those of the 'Regenerating Muscle and Blood Grass', they would still bring about a significant enhancement in the overall strength of the Huang family after some time.

  On the seventh day, Huang Kunshan left the pass and his injuries had healed a lot. His strength was unsealed to the sixth level of Xiantian Realm.

  With this, the Huang family now had three warriors at the Innate Sixth Order. In a family of eighth rank, they were no longer at the bottom.

  The remnants of the Niu, Cheng and Zhang families were basically cleared out after a few days, but Beimo County was not small, with an area of about 500-600 miles. The branches of the three families were scattered in various towns, some had received news and escaped early.

  The three families of Niu, Cheng and Zhang, who were fleeing warriors, had nowhere to go but to Nan Ye County, where they sought out the Deng family, to whom they had been paying tribute every month. Meanwhile, news of the great changes in Bei Mo County had also reached the ears of the Deng family in Nan Ye County.

  Struggles between families, the sect will generally not intervene because the disciples of the sect are all from different families. Sometimes when two big families fight, their children may be in the same sect, unless they have a particularly important position in the sect, otherwise the sect will not favor any side.

  Even if it is a younger generation, in different schools, the two major schools will not engage in inter-school battles because of the struggle between the families of the two disciples. Similarly, unless that disciple has a particularly important position in the school.

  Beimu County, the struggle between the Huang family and the Niu, Cheng, and Zhang families. This kind of family struggle occurs from time to time in the hundreds or thousands of counties, large and small, within the Shendao Dynasty. It does not affect the interests of the sect at all, and the sect cannot intervene to distinguish right from wrong. In short, the winner is king, and the acquired family still has to pay tribute to the higher-ups. The final benefit still flows into the sect in a ring-like manner.

  So, the four major sects, regarding the family struggles of outer door disciples, don't even give them a glance. Inner door disciples are slightly different, that is, when fighting, they cannot take the life of an inner door disciple of a major sect, and the sect will not take responsibility for an inner door disciple either.

  In short, inner disciples, for the sake of their sect, no matter what losses they suffer, the sect will always support them. If they lose their lives, the sect will also avenge them. However, if it's for the sake of their own family, the sect doesn't care much.

  It is likely that the younger generation of the opposing family are also inner disciples of the same sect, or even inner disciples of another major sect. The complexity between them is difficult to clarify, and if a war breaks out between the two major sects as a result, it would be a loss for both sides.

  So, as long as no one's life is harmed among the disciples of the inner sect, the sect will turn a blind eye to the family feud.

  The innate boundary disciples of the Niu, Cheng and Zhang families have already returned to their sect, preserving their lives. Their families were exterminated, and they want to rely on the sect to take revenge, which is impossible.

  However, within the sect, among fellow disciples, they can ask friends for help, which is acceptable, but this does not represent the sect, it represents a personal matter.

  The Deng family of Nanyang County was shocked and enraged to learn that a newly risen family had actually destroyed the three great ninth-grade families of Beimang County, namely the Niu, Cheng, and Zhang families.

  The Deng family was a powerful eighth-grade family, with several warriors in the Innate Realm Sixth Order. There were also masters in the Innate Realm Seventh Order within the clan. Immediately, they dispatched an elder in the Innate Realm Sixth Order, accompanied by several warriors in the Innate Realm Third, Fourth, and Fifth Orders, to head to Huang's residence in Beimang County to demand justice.

  The Deng family has mobilized a team of six elders from the Xiantian realm, and with such a strong lineup, the meaning is simple: not only to intimidate the Huang family but also, if necessary, use "seeking justice for the Niu, Cheng, and Zhang families" as an excuse to destroy the Huang family.

  As soon as Deng's family left Nan Ye County, heading north to Mo Ze County, the news had already been sent back to Huang's family in Mo Ze County.