18: Pseudo-earth-level "Dai Tian Jue"!

Seeing that he was safe, Tang Tian placed the wooden dummy on an acre of empty land, where there were only a few dead duck carcasses and the spots where Chi Daizi's Medicinal Pills were placed.

Stirring the wooden dummy with Spiritual Qi, Tang Tian began to Cultivate the Bearing Sword Stance of the Heavy Sword Technique.

A huge whip lashed towards Tang Tian. Originally, the whip couldn't injure Tang Tian's Dao, but Tang Tian used the Qi Training Third Level Spiritual Qi to activate it, using his own Spiritual Qi to hit himself, which still managed to hurt him.

Soon, he was bruised and swollen.

Tang Tian said,

“Hiss… it hurts. Is this even made for people to refine?”

Tang Tian looked at the whip, which was longer than he was, and fell silent.

This time he lasted three minutes. Without wasting time, he activated his Spiritual Qi again and lasted another three minutes.

Although it was painful, the effect was very good, and his Physical Body became stronger.

Even if a Fireball Talisman were to land on him now, Tang Tian could rely on his tough Physical Body to only suffer minor injuries.

Tang Tian said, wincing in pain,

“The effect is pretty good, but it’s too painful…”

Tang Tian quickly took a medicinal bath… Big Goose had some intelligence and, like a loyal dog, helped Tang Tian pick up firewood, while the Big Geese flew up into the trees to peck down firewood…

Some also took the opportunity to pilfer fruits from the trees. Because Tang Tian was Cultivating, they could also absorb some Spiritual Qi, so each of them was very active.

The forging body spiritual medicine was already seventy years old, yet he still took half a stalk and threw it into the pot.

He also took a Gathering Qi Pill and began to Cultivate by circulating the Evergreen Skill.

As the iron pot steamed… Spiritual Qi slowly filled the Medicine Venerable Space…

Tang Tian absorbed the bulk of the Spirit Medicine, while the animals could only absorb a small amount.

After absorbing the entire pot of medicinal bath, Tang Tian's strength increased by another fifty catties.

Most of the night had passed, and Tang Tian was startled, saying,

“Hmm? My speed of absorbing the medicinal bath has increased. So, I can add a whole stalk next time.”

Seeing this, he added a stalk of Li Gu Grass, which was already four thousand years old, into the pot, and the medicinal bath instantly turned red.

Half a day later, all the bruises on Tang Tian's body disappeared.

Big Goose and the chickens, ducks, and geese, however, stared intently at Tang Tian… each waiting for the fire to die down so they could enter the pot of water for forging…

The fire had heated this pot of water to fifty degrees, which was already half-scalding.

Tang Tian asked,

“You guys — want to Cultivate —”

Big Goose and the chickens, ducks, and geese nodded very humanely.

Previously, this pot of water would just be poured into the Medicine Venerable Space, which could also provide some fertilizer to the spiritual fields from the forging body spiritual medicine that hadn't been fully absorbed.

After Tang Tian came out, the chickens, ducks, geese, and Big Goose all guarded the pot of water, waiting for it to cool down to Cultivate.

This one stalk of forging body spiritual medicine had already brought Tang Tian to the Qi Training Third Level Middle Stage, and in a few more days, he would reach the Qi Training Fourth Level.

Hearing footsteps outside, Tang Tian immediately left the Medicine Venerable Space and appeared in his room. Red River Child pushed the door open and said,

“Junior Brother… Revered Master is looking for you…”

After one night, Senior Brother's cultivation had actually recovered to the Qi Training Ninth Level Peak.

Senior Brother dragged Sixth Sister out of the room, clearly coveting Liu Ru Shi's Spiritual Root, but dared not consume it due to Chi Daizi.

Liu Ru Shi saw Red River Child's huge deer antlers drooling and was terrified.

She directly swallowed two of Chi Daizi's Medicinal Pills, and her cultivation dropped to the Qi Training Early Stage. Red River Child looked at Liu Ru Shi's cultivation with disgust, and his drool receded.

Tang Tian sighed in his heart,

“This woman is truly ruthless to herself… It seems Senior Sister Liu cannot be offended in the future…”

Tang Tian and Senior Sister Liu followed Senior Brother to another small room, which was Chi Daizi's dwelling.

Seeing them arrive, Chi Daizi said,

“Since you have acknowledged me as your Revered Master, I shall impart the wondrous method of Foundation Establishment to you.”

Two copies of the Dai Tian Skill were taken out by Chi Daizi and handed to Tang Tian and the others. Tang Tian secretly flipped through a few pages.

The cultivation methods were all chaotic; practicing this would sooner or later cause one's Meridians to rupture and their life to be in peril.

Chi Daizi said,

“This is an Earth Rank Cultivation Technique, good Disciples. Begin practicing now.”

“Ah?”

Tang Tian was stunned. He had no choice but to bite the bullet and flip through the book.

After a quarter of an hour, he could only Cultivate according to the Dai Tian Skill.

Chi Daizi sat cross-legged with his eight legs, supervising them from above.

As expected, as soon as Tang Tian began to practice, a mouthful of fresh blood spurted out. Liu Ru Shi was even worse off, with one Meridian broken.

After another three quarters of an hour of practice, Tang Tian had one Meridian broken, and Liu Ru Shi had five Meridians broken.

Only then did Chi Daizi open his eyes and say,

“Good Disciples, you have Cultivated well today. In the future, you must diligently Cultivate the Dai Tian Skill, and come to me once a month for Cultivation.”

Tang Tian muttered inwardly,

“My Meridians are broken, and this is considered good? If I practiced every day, I’d lose my life.”

With a push of Chi Daizi's Spiritual Qi, both of them returned to their own rooms.

Tang Tian said in his room,

“Thank you, Revered Master.”

After all — the persona must be maintained —

Now that his Meridians were broken, he wondered if consuming Li Gu Grass would be effective. Although his Meridians were broken, it didn't significantly affect his Cultivation.

But this was only in the case of one broken Meridian. However, Liu Ru Shi, with five broken ones, was in a miserable state.

It was daytime now, and Tang Tian dared not enter the Medicine Venerable Space.

Tang Tian muttered inwardly,

“Is this Dai Tian Skill really an Earth Rank Cultivation Technique?”

Now he could only sit cross-legged and Cultivate the Evergreen Skill. Swallowing a Gathering Qi Pill had a decent effect.

It seemed necessary to buy some Medicinal Pills to repair Meridians the next time he went down the mountain.

As for Alchemy, don't even think about it without Beast Fire.

As for the Dai Tian Skill, Tang Tian directly threw it onto the bed, not even glancing at it.

Tang Tian strongly suspected that this Dai Tian Skill was a Cultivation Technique created by Chi Daizi himself.

...

The County Magistrate's second daughter was missing… The Officials were searching everywhere in Qingmu County… All forces were so intimidated by the Officials that they dared not show themselves. For a time, the main gate of Qingmu County was directly closed.

But no one would have thought that Liu Ru Shi and a ten-year-old child were behind this.

No one would have thought of Tang Tian, and even less so of Liu Ru Shi.

After all, Liu Ruyan, Liu Ru Shi's sister from the Liu family, was a Foundation Establishment Cultivator… The Liu family was considered a prominent family in the county…

The County Magistrate's daughter had died, which was not a big deal originally, but the County Magistrate's second daughter had a marriage engagement with the Jinque City Lord's least favored youngest son.

A Foundation Establishment Cultivator would come to investigate this matter, as it concerned the City Lord's Mansion's reputation.

After that Foundation Establishment Cultivator arrived, he destroyed a large number of Gang forces in Qingmu County. This had a small impact on Tang Tian, as some of the treasure maps from smaller Gangs were now useless.

Because they had all been deposited into Jinque City's treasury.

Now, for the next few months, it was probably impossible to enter Qingmu County.

And the footprints and traces left by Tang Tian when he scouted and captured people… were easily found by the Foundation Establishment Cultivator…

However, they lost the trail once they reached the foot of Chi Daizi's mountain, because they couldn't see Chi Daizi's mountain.

Tang Tian, the culprit behind all this, was completely unaware of it and was still troubled about how to heal his broken Meridians.

By evening, the courtyard was also quiet.

But Tang Tian dared not enter until midnight when he entered the Medicine Venerable Space to repair his Meridians. The next day, he walked out refreshed.

Li Gu Grass — it really works —

For the next ten-plus days, the entire courtyard remained quiet.

Senior Brother, who had been outside, also did not come out. Tang Tian was happy to have peace and quiet and continued to Cultivate the Bearing Sword Stance. He could now last ten minutes under the wooden dummy.

Tang Tian said,

“My recent Cultivation has been good. I should find time to go down the mountain and make the remaining nine wooden dummies.”

The Spiritual Qi on Chi Daizi's mountain was quite good; even the County Magistrate's house didn't have this concentration of Spiritual Qi. Chi Daizi really knew how to pick a spot.

Tang Tian's cultivation had now reached the Qi Training Fourth Level. Tang Tian came out of the courtyard and bowed to the distance, saying,

“Revered Master, Disciple has some matters to attend to down the mountain. May I be permitted to descend?”

Chi Daizi's voice came from afar, saying,

“You may.”

Tang Tian waved the talisman for descending the mountain… and went down the mountain…

He still ordered nine wooden dummies from the village blacksmith.

Although the county gates were closed, Tang Tian took out an ounce of silver from the Medicine Venerable Space and bribed the Officials, who then led him and the other people who paid money inside.

Those who paid could enter the city. At the city gate, Tang Tian saw Tang Lu, who was followed by a large train of carts. Clearly, it was the day for Qingmu County to pay taxes, so the county was exceptionally prosperous.

Tang Lu turned around and pretended not to see Tang Tian.

Tang Tian didn't care anymore. Now that his Medicine Venerable Space had ample Spiritual Qi, he could buy a few fish to raise in the water.

Perhaps he could raise spiritual fish.

He could also buy a few more saplings, buying various fruit trees. The biggest drawback of the Medicine Venerable Space now was the scarcity of spiritual plants.

After all, after the Qi Training Fourth Level Official incident, the Spiritual Qi was now abundant instead.

Of course, the most important thing was the herbs for healing Meridians; these other herbs were just a bonus.

The Medicine Venerable Space could be considered Tang Tian's first home, while the house on Chi Daizi's mountain was his second home.

Tang Tian planned to buy a little bit of everything that could grow in the ground and plant it when he returned.

Vegetables, herbs, and fruit trees were all within his expectations, and he quickly finished buying them.

Although the shop assistant strongly recommended spiritual seeds to Tang Tian, Tang Tian politely declined when he heard that one spiritual seed cost one Spirit Stone.

Wouldn't it be better to Cultivate them in his own Medicine Venerable Space… Perhaps he could even sell them to them…