17: Chapter 17 Four Treasure Hunts

He had not finished the previous exotic beast meat yet, and another 10 jin of new exotic beast meat had been opened.

He had absolutely no worries about Cultivation resources now.

Chen Hu felt increasingly satisfied internally.

Since the new exotic beast meat had better effects, he used the new exotic beast meat for his Cultivation.

At his current Cultivation speed, he would be able to enter the Meat Refining Stage in at most ten days.

In the blink of an eye, two hours passed.

Chen Hu stopped his Cultivation.

The Meridian Protection Pill was gone.

Continuing to Cultivate would easily damage his Meridians.

However, if he could not Cultivate martial arts, he could Cultivate the Spirit Refining Art.

Soon, Chen Hu adjusted his breathing.

He began to breathe in a unique rhythm.

Soon, he fell into a peculiar state.

The surrounding points of light constantly gathered toward his Divine Soul.

And he gradually became immersed in it.

He did not know how much time had passed.

Chen Hu exited that peculiar state.

Yet he could clearly sense that his Divine Soul had grown much stronger.

Because his Spiritual Sense had already broken through to 12 meters.

After resting for a while.

Chen Hu began to Cultivate again, and soon, he entered that peculiar scene once more.

He guided the points of light to inject into his Divine Soul.

Gradually, he discovered that his Divine Soul, which had just been a mass of energy, was starting to have an outline.

"What is this?"

Chen Hu felt a surge of joy internally: "Could this be the second Realm of the Spirit Refining Art, Soul Condensation?"

"Is my Cultivation Aptitude too good?"

Chen Hu sighed.

Soon, he calmed his slightly restless emotions and continued to Cultivate.

As time passed.

The energy mass represented by the Divine Soul had already faintly condensed into a human shape.

Once the Divine Soul completely transformed into a human shape, he would truly have entered the Soul Condensation Realm.

After another while.

Chen Hu was ejected from that state again.

He estimated that the time he spent in the state each time was about half an hour.

Once the time was reached, he would be ejected.

After resting for a while, he could enter again.

He tested his Spiritual Sense.

It had new growth, reaching about 15 meters.

With a thought.

The System panel appeared.

Host: Chen Hu, Age: 21, Martial Arts Aptitude: Yellow Grade High Stage, Dao Aptitude: First Grade, Martial Arts Realm: Refining Flesh Mid-Stage, Divine Soul Realm: Spirit Enlightenment Late Stage, Martial Arts Cultivation Technique: Longevity Technique (Fourth Layer), Spirit Cultivation Technique: Spirit Refining Art, Martial Skill: Tiger Claw Skill (Minor Achievement), Three Talents Saber (Proficient), Flying Bird Crossing (Entry Level), Qingfeng Steps (Not yet Entry Level), Number of Followers: 70 (Details can be viewed)

He hadn't noticed yesterday.

Checking the System panel today, Chen Hu realized that the System panel had updated.

For example, it showed his Dao Aptitude as First Grade.

However, how exactly was this Dao Aptitude graded?

He was certain that First Grade was definitely not the lowest.

Putting away the System interface, Chen Hu continued to Cultivate the Dao.

Another half an hour passed.

He was ejected from that state again.

Moreover, his mind felt quite exhausted.

He estimated that Cultivating three times was his limit; if he forced a fourth time, he feared it would cause damage to his Divine Soul.

Thus, he stopped Cultivating, washed up briefly, and went to sleep.

Waking up, it was already early morning.

Chen Hu brought back breakfast, ate with Shen Hongdou, and then went to the Fierce Tiger Gang.

After assigning tasks.

He went to the Wang Family Medicinal Pill Pavilion on Yaowang Street and bought a bottle of Meridian Protection Pill.

After returning to the stronghold.

He discovered that Da Niu was waiting outside his office.

Looking closely, he discovered that Da Niu's aura had changed somewhat.

"Breakthrough?"

"Boss, thanks to the essence blood pill you bestowed!" Da Niu said immediately.

"That's fine, come with me to the Hall to pay respects to the Hall Master!"

Soon, Chen Hu brought Da Niu to the Hall of the Third Battle Hall.

After reporting.

He received an audience with Hall Master Ma Zhiyuan.

After paying respects.

Chen Hu said to Hall Master Ma Zhiyuan: "Hall Master, this is Da Niu. He has broken through to the Skin Refining Middle Stage, and I intend to recommend him to serve as a small leader."

"That's fine. Since he has already broken through, he shall serve as a small leader under your command!"

"Thank you for your generosity, Hall Master!"

Chen Hu said quickly.

Da Niu also followed: "Thank you, Lord Hall Master!"

"Hmph!"

Hall Master Ma Zhiyuan nodded, looked at Da Niu and said: "Work hard under your boss. If it weren't for your boss striving for it, this position would not have fallen to you!"

Chen Hu knew that this was Hall Master Ma Zhiyuan helping him win over the hearts of his subordinates.

After chatting with Hall Master Ma Zhiyuan for a while longer, Chen Hu left with Da Niu.

Returning to the stronghold.

He gathered all his followers and announced that Da Niu had become the small leader of Feiquan Street.

For a moment, everyone congratulated Da Niu.

Da Niu, who had just become a small leader, was also in high spirits and indicated that he would treat everyone to a meal at Zui Xiang Lou that evening.

Time flew by, and another two days passed.

On this day.

Chen Hu carried the food box back home.

Arriving at the kitchen, he subconsciously swept his Spiritual Sense across the cellar.

He discovered that Shen Hongdou, who had been in the cellar, had already left.

However, there was a booklet placed on the table in the cellar.

Stepping into the cellar, he picked up the booklet.

Chen Hu flipped through it briefly and discovered that it was a graded Cultivation Technique.

And it was not just a simple graded one; it reached the Yellow Grade High Stage.

If he did not have the System.

This Cultivation Technique would absolutely be an exceptionally precious and good Cultivation Technique for a Gang member like Chen Hu.

But now.

He looked down on it somewhat.

However, he could bestow it upon Da Niu and Er Niu to Cultivate.

He put the Cultivation Technique into his Storage Ring.

Chen Hu walked out of the cellar.

He ate dinner.

And began to Cultivate.

After midnight, he began to Cultivate the Spirit Refining Art.

After Cultivating twice in a row, his Divine Soul directly condensed into a human shape, but it had no facial features.

However, only by reaching the Soul Condensation Late Stage could one condense facial features.

After entering the Soul Condensation Realm, Chen Hu's Spiritual Sense had grown significantly and could cover a radius of one hundred meters.

With a thought.

The treasure hunting card appeared.

These past few days, because Shen Hongdou was in the cellar.

Chen Hu had not been able to attend to treasure hunting.

However, he still used the treasure hunting card every day.

And recorded the places pointed out by the treasure hunting card.

Including tonight, there were four treasure spots.

He put on makeup and wore night-traveling clothes.

Chen Hu rushed to the first treasure spot.

The first treasure spot was not far, just under a tree by the inner river.

After arriving, he released his Spiritual Sense to permeate the soil under the tree.

He discovered a box about thirty centimeters below the ground.

Taking out a small shovel from his Storage Ring, he began to dig.

Before long.

The box was dug out. He did not check it, threw it directly into his Storage Ring, filled the soil back in, and immediately rushed to the second treasure spot.

More than half an hour later.

Chen Hu returned home.

Tonight, the four treasure hunts yielded a box, an ounce of broken silver, a long sword, and a pottery jar.

There was a small lock on the box.

He crushed it directly with brute force.

After opening it, he discovered a pair of jade bracelets inside.

He did not understand jade.

But judging by the quality of this pair of jade bracelets, they were worth at least several hundred taels of silver.

After putting the jade bracelets back into the box and into his Storage Ring.

He picked up the long sword and drew it.

Immediately, a clear sword hum resounded.

At the same time, a compelling chill spread out.

"This is not an ordinary long sword; it is very likely a Divine Weapon!" Chen Hu thought to himself.

It just so happened that he had already copied Shen Hongdou's Qingfeng Sword Technique.

He could use this sword to practice swordsmanship in the future.

After sheathing the long sword and putting it into his Storage Ring, Chen Hu opened the pottery jar.

Seeing what was inside, he could not help but feel a little disappointed, because the pottery jar was filled with copper coins.

There were probably about 2000 of them, which, when converted to silver, was only two taels.