37: Chapter 37 Nangong Hongyan's Gift

"Refine it one more time, and the five major tendons will reach the limit of the Early Stage of Tendon Refining!"

Chen Hu thought to himself, unhesitatingly mobilizing the Qi in his Dantian to begin refining the five major tendons.

Time passed.

Nearly half an hour later.

The five major tendons were refined to their limit.

With only thirty percent of the Qi in his Dantian remaining, Chen Hu decisively consumed two pieces of exotic beast meat.

After refining the two pieces of exotic beast meat, the Qi returned to a full state.

However, to break through to the Middle Stage of Tendon Refining, he had to open up new Meridians and connect the acupoints within them.

Whether opening new Meridians or connecting acupoints, it was a tedious, long-term process.

But for Chen Hu, it was nothing.

As long as he was lucky enough to open more martial arts cultivation cards, the cultivation he obtained would be enough to open up new Meridians.

The human body has 36 main Meridians and 72 secondary Meridians.

Currently, all 36 of Chen Hu's main Meridians had been completely connected, leaving only the 72 secondary Meridians.

There wasn't enough time to open up Meridians tonight.

Therefore, Chen Hu stopped his cultivation and took out the spirit fruit card to activate it.

"Ding, congratulations to the host for obtaining one Earth Soul Fruit!"

Taking out the spirit fruit, the corresponding information appeared in Chen Hu's mind.

Consuming the Earth Soul Fruit would significantly enhance the power of the Divine Soul.

"Good stuff!"

Chen Hu's Divine Soul was at a critical stage of Breakthrough; now, with this Earth Soul Fruit, it might directly allow his Divine Soul Realm to reach the Condensation Realm.

Thus, he decisively popped the Earth Soul Fruit into his mouth.

This spirit fruit had no pit and melted upon contact.

After flowing into his body, it quickly turned into clear Qi, poured into his mind, and headed straight for his Divine Soul.

As the clear Qi merged in, Chen Hu clearly felt his Divine Soul growing stronger.

Before long, the Divine Soul grew to a limit.

But under the scouring of the Earth Soul Fruit's medicinal power, the barrier was instantly broken.

Chen Hu's Divine Soul naturally broke through to a brand-new Realm.

Even so, the efficacy of the Earth Soul Fruit was not completely exhausted; it was only consumed entirely after helping him stabilize his Realm.

With a thought, Chen Hu released his Spiritual Sense.

He discovered that everything within a radius of one kilometer was reflected within his perception.

Moreover, the lifting power of his Spiritual Sense had also greatly increased.

After testing, the lifting power of his Spiritual Sense had now reached 100 kilograms, meaning it could easily lift an adult.

Chen Hu couldn't help but think: "If I used my Spiritual Sense to lift a Sharp Weapon, wouldn't that be equivalent to controlling a sword?"

It is worth mentioning that after the Divine Soul reached the Condensation Realm, it gained two new functions.

Function one: Use Soul Power to attack the enemy's Divine Soul from a distance.

Function two: Consume Soul Power to create illusions.

It is worth mentioning that after the Divine Soul reaches the Condensation Realm, one needs to open up Meridians within the Divine Soul.

Then, circulate Soul Power within those Meridians, which is quite similar to current martial arts cultivation.

However, the Divine Soul cannot condense a Dantian, but it can condense a Soul Pill.

As long as Soul Power turns into a Soul Pill, the Divine Soul Realm is considered to have reached a higher level.

Therefore, the fourth Realm of Divine Soul cultivation is the Dan Soul Realm.

Why not call it the Soul Pill Realm? Because the pronunciation sounds like "bastard" in Chinese.

So, calling it the Dan Soul Realm is more appropriate.

Next, Chen Hu used the wealth gathering card, pill card, meat field card, and gold wealth gathering card.

He obtained 10 taels of silver, one essence blood pill, 10 catties of spiced beef, and 8 taels of gold.

After collecting these items, Chen Hu used the treasure hunting card.

Noting down the treasure location provided by the treasure hunting card, Chen Hu thought to himself that he had already accumulated several treasure locations and would retrieve the items from all of them at once after this incident ended.

Then, Chen Hu took out the connection card and chose to use it.

He got a Grade C connection.

Chen Hu chose to use it again, and the writing on the connection card disappeared directly.

Subsequently, Chen Hu used the weapon card and obtained an Intermediate Sharp Weapon.

He activated the food card and obtained a table of Sichuan cuisine.

All these things were directly put into his Storage Ring.

Time passed, and two hours went by unknowingly.

Chen Hu felt a bit strange.

Why hadn't the Wild Wolf Gang reacted?

Logically speaking, after seizing their territory, the Wild Wolf Gang should have joined forces with the Venomous Snake Gang to take back their territory.

Thinking of this, Chen Hu couldn't help but ponder: "Could something major have happened at the Wild Wolf Gang's General Hall?"

In fact, Chen Hu guessed correctly.

Leader Gao Zhan of the Fierce Tiger Gang was also a vengeful person.

Last time, they were short-handed and were ambushed by the combined forces of the Venomous Snake and Wild Wolf Gangs.

This time, he directly brought four Elders at the Early Stage of Tendon Refining and stormed into the Wild Wolf Gang's General Hall.

He killed one Elder of the Wild Wolf Gang and severely injured Gang Leader Du Zaishan and another Elder. As for the last Elder, although not severely injured, he was still wounded.

It was fortunate that Gang Leader Xu Huanlin of the Venomous Snake Gang arrived in time with reinforcements.

Otherwise, it wouldn't have been as simple as just one Elder of the Wild Wolf Gang dying.

Under such circumstances, how could the Wild Wolf Gang dare to fight back?

Time flashed by, and it was dawn.

A young man in his thirties brought two attendants to the Feihu Street stronghold.

The two Fierce Tiger Gang members on guard immediately straightened their bodies, cupped their fists respectfully, and shouted: "Greetings, Gang Leader!"

Leader Gao Zhan nodded with a majestic expression and walked into the stronghold.

Chen Hu, who had been using his Spiritual Sense to monitor the surroundings, immediately walked out of the room after discovering that Leader Gao Zhan had arrived in person.

He walked quickly to greet him: "Subordinate Chen Hu greets the Gang Leader!"

"Chen Hu, you've done well!"

Leader Gao Zhan patted Chen Hu's shoulder with an appreciative tone: "This time, attacking the Wild Wolf Gang, you were the first to take the stronghold. This is a Breakthrough Pill; consider it my personal reward to you!"

"Many thanks, Gang Leader!"

Chen Hu immediately accepted the pill bottle with both hands, and upon discovering the value above Leader Gao Zhan's head, he immediately understood what was going on.

So, Leader Gao Zhan was the new Grade C connection opened from the connection card.

For some reason, the more Leader Gao Zhan looked at Chen Hu, the more pleasing he found him.

Thus, he lowered his voice and said: "This time we have gained eight more streets of territory, and we will establish a new hall. Breakthrough as soon as possible!"

Hearing this, how could Chen Hu not understand?

Leader Gao Zhan was hinting that he should break through as soon as possible. Once he broke through, he would be qualified to become a Deputy Hall Master.

"Many thanks, Gang Leader, this subordinate will definitely do my best!" Chen Hu quickly said.

"Good, I hope you won't let me down!"

Leader Gao Zhan patted Chen Hu's shoulder again, then left after a brief inspection.

"Tsk tsk, now that Leader Gao Zhan has become my connection, it will be much simpler to get promoted in the future!"

Time flashed by, and it was noon.

At this time, a subordinate guarding the door came to report.

"Tiger Lord, someone has come outside saying they want to return silver to you. Do you want to see her?"

"Bring her in!"

Soon, a delicate-looking young girl walked in.

She first scrutinized Chen Hu with her gaze before speaking slowly: "Young Master Chen, my name is Maid, and my Young Master is Nangong Hong. Since you helped him out of a predicament yesterday, he specially sent me to return the silver, and at the same time, present a gift!"

"Alright, I'm a rough person, so I won't stand on ceremony with Brother Nangong. Give me the silver and the gift!" Chen Hu said with a smile.

Upon hearing this, Maid couldn't help but be a little stunned; this person was too direct.

But thinking of Chen Hu's words, that the other party was just a rough person, she felt relieved.

Thus, she stepped forward and presented five 0.5 taels of silver and a brocade box.

Putting away the silver and the gift box, Chen Hu said: "Sorry for the trouble, Maid, for making the trip. It's almost noon, why not have lunch here before leaving?"

"No need!"

Maid waved her hand: "I still have to go back to report!"

Chen Hu didn't force it: "Alright then, please tell Young Master Nangong that I have received his sentiment, and thank him for me!"

"Okay, I will pass on the message!"

After seeing Maid off, Chen Hu opened the brocade box and found that it was actually a piece of exotic beast meat the size of a fist.

In terms of weight, it was about half a catty.

"This thing came just in time!"

Chen Hu was overjoyed. With the exotic beast meat sent by Nangong Hongyan, his Breakthrough became even more of a certainty.