16: The sixth level of Xuan rank "Earth Demon Fist"!

Tang Tian and Liu Ru Shi chose their rooms… The first four rooms were taken by the four Senior Brothers, leaving four empty rooms…

Tang Tian casually picked one. The room wasn't large; besides a bed and a cabinet, there was only a small space for movement.

With the window drawn, the inside of the room could no longer be seen from outside.

As Liu Ru Shi finished choosing her room, the outside became quiet.

Tang Tian threw two Medicinal Pills into the Medicine Venerable Space and braced the door.

He then entered the Medicine Venerable Space…

Upon entering, there were several dead duck carcasses… Clearly, they had died from eating the Medicinal Pills refined by Chi Daizi.

Tang Tian cursed:

“How could you eat anything?”

He didn't even dare to eat the Medicinal Pills refined by Chi Daizi, yet these ducks had actively consumed them.

However, these duck carcasses were not absorbed by the Medicine Venerable Space.

Tang Tian tried to drain blood from the duck carcasses, but the blood was also not absorbed by the Medicine Venerable Space.

If the Medicine Venerable Space didn't even covet their blood, it must be a serious matter…

Goodness… The Medicinal Pills refined by Chi Daizi were so poisonous.

Great Yellow Black Lacquer was living very comfortably. Seeing Tang Tian run over from two li away, it licked Tang Tian's hand.

Black Lacquer was also mixed in. Only then did Tang Tian realize he hadn't fed Black Lacquer the flower water, but when he looked, its food bowl had already been refilled by itself.

Having not eaten for a day, Tang Tian was now extremely hungry and cooked himself three bowls of spirit rice.

A flock of chickens, ducks, and geese flew over. Amidst the many chaotic gazes, Tang Tian left one bowl for his two pets, Great Yellow Black Lacquer.

He finished the other two bowls himself.

After eating, the intense hunger finally dissipated.

Great Yellow ate with great relish, its tail wagging vigorously. It ate most of the bowl, leaving the rest for Black Lacquer.

Tang Tian lifted Great Yellow and said:

“Oh, right, I haven't named you yet.”

Great Yellow was bony and pitiful, with hardly any meat on its body.

Tang Tian said:

“How about you’re called Tang Xiaohuang?”

Great Yellow was very dissatisfied.

Tang Tian tentatively suggested:

“Tang Dahung?”

Tang Tian changed the name again, and Great Yellow was satisfied, proudly lifting its head.

Tang Tian put Great Yellow down, and it ran off wildly again.

The duck carcasses, which couldn't be absorbed, were thrown onto another empty acre of land.

Tang Tian said:

“Medicine Venerable Space… it’s finally starting to look like a home…”

The fruit tree from before was growing lush and green.

The Medicine Venerable Space had absorbed several Qi Refining stage, 1st level, and even one Qi Refining Third Level skeletons, making the soil fertile.

It was even more than half as fertile as before, and the Spiritual Plants in the Medicine Venerable Space were growing exceptionally well.

Those forging body spiritual medicines had already grown to fifty years old, and the lu cao flower had also grown to thirty years old.

Every second Tang Tian spent inside, the fertility of this spiritual field decreased.

These Spirit Medicines could probably still increase in age.

The water from the well spread out on the ground; how much water could a single well hold?

It occupied the last empty acre of the three acres of spiritual land, and under the water pressure on that acre of spiritual land, it sank half an inch.

Now it had become a playground for those animals, but miraculously, the water wasn't dirty at all.

Tang Tian said:

“Forget it, that place can be a spiritual pond. It would be nice to raise some spiritual fish sometime.”

Tang Tian yawned… He still needed to sleep before Foundation Establishment…

He cultivated Earthly Fiend Fist in the empty space.

The cultivation method for Earthly Fiend Fist was on the jade slip.

By placing it on his forehead, he could learn this Cultivation Technique.

After mastering it, he could engrave thirty-six strands of Evil Qi on his body surface.

Each strand of Evil Qi was incomparably overbearing. When Tang Tian fought the Dulong Mountain Grand Chief, the Grand Chief's Evil Qi was also quite powerful.

However, the Grand Chief only had five strands… It seemed the Grand Chief hadn't fully mastered it…

Earthly Fiend Fist was divided into ‘Beginner’ and ‘Mastery’ stages.

Beginner allowed the free release of Evil Qi, while Mastery made one's fists as hard as iron.

This was relatively simple; it was a Profound Rank Sixth Grade Cultivation Technique.

Tang Tian had a general understanding of this Cultivation Technique grading: Human Rank Cultivation Techniques were for Martial Artists, and Profound Rank Cultivation Techniques were for Cultivators.

Considering he couldn't seclude himself for more than two days.

After all, there were many people outside, so Tang Tian only took half a forging body spiritual medicine to control his cultivation time.

He entered the medicinal bath again, and Spiritual Qi surged. All the animals cultivated together in front of Tang Tian.

He circulated Earthly Fiend Fist and began to solidify the first strand of Evil Qi.

Tang Tian's Spiritual Qi condensed:

“Let’s start with the hands.”

He engraved the first strand of Evil Qi on his hand, feeling the chaotic and violent Evil Qi on it.

The power of the Evil Qi was indeed considerable.

The second strand of Evil Qi became chaotic, and he continued to control it. Both hands now had Evil Qi.

Tang Tian continued to engrave, but only managed to engrave half a strand of Evil Qi afterward.

Those chickens, ducks, and geese opened their large mouths… flapping their wings, as if gathering Qi… Perhaps it could improve their quality?

Great Yellow whined, and after cultivating for a while, its fur became even smoother.

Black Lacquer was also performing breathing exercises. Its cultivation must have improved, as it didn't faint after eating half a bowl of spirit rice.

Although he had only solidified two and a half strands of Evil Qi, a day had already passed. When Tang Tian emerged, it was early morning.

It was quiet outside… but not for long…

Red River Child woke up. His cultivation had somehow returned to Qi Refinement stage eight after taking some medicine.

A "thump, thump" sound of knocking on the door rang out, and Tang Tian quickly opened it.

Tang Tian respectfully asked:

“Senior Brother, may I ask what you need from me?”

No choice… he couldn't afford to offend a Qi Refinement stage eight…

Red River Child said:

“The Daoist temple is still short on Medicinal Pills. You and Sixth Sister will go down the mountain to find someone to refine them.”

Red River Child gave Tang Tian a name; he wanted a person!

The name was none other than the County Magistrate's second daughter.

Red River Child said:

“I just deduced the Heavenly Dao and discovered this person has a dual Spiritual Root, which is perfect for our Daoist temple's medicine refining.

“The County Magistrate outside has too much Karma. Choosing her will prevent us from incurring Karma.”

Red River Child's Daoist robe was faded from washing… but it was cleaner than yesterday…

Could he tell fortunes? Tang Tian was curious and asked Red River Child:

“Senior Brother can tell fortunes? May I ask, Senior Brother, if you can tell what Spiritual Root I have?”

Red River Child said:

“You have a metal, fire, and wood three-Spiritual Root.”

Tang Tian asked:

“What about Sixth Sister?”

Red River Child said:

“An earth, water, and metal three-Spiritual Root.”

Liu Ru Shi had woken up early and heard everything clearly outside…

Seeing the situation, she also pushed the door open and came out…

Red River Child said:

“You two may go. If you fail to complete it, then you can only die…”

He threw Tang Tian a talisman for descending the mountain, which could be reused, and then left.

Tang Tian was startled. He didn't doubt the truthfulness of what the Great Master said, after all, he was a Qi Refinement stage eight Cultivator.

Tang Tian put away the talisman and asked Liu Ru Shi:

“Sixth Sister, what do you think?”

Liu Ru Shi's lips moved slightly as she said:

“After going down the mountain, each of us escapes for our lives?”

Her voice was very soft.

Tang Tian smiled and said:

“Good! Sixth Sister speaks wisely.”

The two of them waved the talisman from the edge of the cliff and descended the mountain—

Tang Tian asked:

“Where is this Li Ruoya located?”

Li Ruoya was the name written by the Great Master, and the County Magistrate also had the surname Li.

As for escaping for their lives… What a joke. Tang Tian felt five Divine Senses on himself, and only the Medicine Venerable Space could block Divine Sense…

But if the Medicine Venerable Space was exposed, it would be gone.

Liu Ru Shi said:

“They should have gone to sweep graves for the New Year. Here in Qingmu County, grave sweeping is always done by the female relatives.”

Tang Tian asked:

“Understood. Then, Senior Sister Liu, where do you plan to escape to?”

Liu Ru Shi said:

“I'm going east.”

Tang Tian said:

“Then I'm going west.”

Liu Ru Shi ran east.

Tang Tian arrived at the village at the foot of the mountain—this place was very close to Qingmu County. He ordered a wooden dummy for practicing Heavy Sword Technique.

After paying the deposit, the village blacksmith could have it ready by evening.

He then entered the county. Qingmu County was in an uproar; after all, the destruction of the restaurant yesterday was a serious matter.

There were almost no survivors present. Tang Tian came to the Qingmu County blacksmith shop and ordered a giant sword weighing two hundred catties. At Tang Tian's request of ten taels of silver.

The blacksmiths patted their shoulders and said it would be ready for pickup tonight.

Next—it was time to get down to business.

The County Magistrate, a powerful Qi Refining Sixth Level Cultivator, was not someone ten Tang Tians could defeat.

He could only follow Liu Ru Shi's suggestion: find the County Magistrate's ancestral grave and ambush them there.

The County Magistrate's ancestral grave was easy to find, as everyone in the county cursed him several times a day, so the location of his ancestral grave was easily found with a simple inquiry.

Tang Tian wasn't afraid of ambushing too late, as these people would be performing ancestral rites for several days.

After inquiring a few times and finding the place.

Tang Tian hid in a tree extremely far away, watching with his vision.

The County Magistrate, dressed in a red robe, was kneeling there for the New Year's ancestral worship. Tang Tian looked left and right but found no female relatives.

There were only household servants and several hundred soldiers.

Tang Tian quickly climbed down the tree to hide… At seven hundred meters away, Tang Tian generally wouldn't be seen…

Tang Tian sighed:

“Why are there no female relatives? Am I supposed to break into the County Magistrate's house? Wouldn't that mean I'm dead!”

As he thought about it, Tang Tian didn't dare to think further. Wasn't that just walking into a trap?

He waited for a day and still saw no female relatives, though he saw many of the County Magistrate's sons.

Tang Tian wondered:

“Did I wait in the wrong place?”

Tang Tian said:

“A daughter follows her mother, right? If she goes, she'd go to her mother's grave. From what I've heard, Li Ruoya's mother seems to be surnamed Liu…”

Tang Tian suddenly understood. Li Ruoya should be with her mother, so they should go to Liu Family Village.

Tang Tian had long since thoroughly investigated the County Magistrate's connections.

After all, regarding the County Magistrate's reputation, anyone asked would immediately start cursing him.

In the evening, he went to the blacksmith shop to pick up the giant sword he ordered. On an empty road, he threw the giant sword into the Medicine Venerable Space and ran towards Liu Family Village.

He ambushed them at the Liu Family Village ancestral grave.

Indeed, a group of people came to worship their ancestors in the morning. Among them was a woman in her twenties, with a stunning appearance. According to Tang Tian's inquiries, this was Li Ruoya.

Beside her was a black-clad Official… a powerful Qi Refining Fourth Layer Cultivator, accompanied by over twenty soldiers armed with spears and swords…

Tang Tian thought to himself:

“If Liu Ru Shi makes her move, when would she do it? —On the seventh day, the last day of the ancestral worship, when their vigilance is lowest.”

As for why Tang Tian mentioned Liu Ru Shi, it was because he had seen Liu Ru Shi and the Liu family buying Fireball Talismans and Ice Cone Talismans that day.

She was planning something big…