#62 - The calm before the storm

"You two, that's enough soaking. Dinner tonight is up to you guys."

Jun Wuxie comfortably stretched in the medicinal bath, causing Xu Daoling and Kongxu's facial muscles to twitch. They bared their teeth and said, "Why do you look so comfortable?"

"Cough, everyone's constitution is different."

"Keep pretending, enduring the pain. Do you think we don't know?"

Xu Daoling and Kongxu were scornful.

They had soaked enough, climbed out, and began applying medicine to each other.

Jun Wuxie looked at the green medicinal liquid and smelled the strong medicinal scent. He glanced at Kongxu's little bald head and said, "Second Brother, would you like to buy a few more sets of clothes?"

"No money."

Kongxu grimaced. Xu Daoling was a bit heavy-handed when applying the medicine, causing him to spasm.

"Isn't the medicine you're applying now money?" Jun Wuxie pointed to the medicinal liquid and said, "Based on my judgment, this medicinal liquid is refined from at least Three-Star spiritual herbs. Why not sell it? It would definitely fetch a lot of money. How about considering it?"

Kongxu glared at Jun Wuxie and said, "Why don't you sell yours?"

"Second Senior Brother, I think Senior Brother's suggestion is very feasible." Xu Daoling stopped applying the medicine and said, "How about we keep some?"

"May I beat you?" Kongxu looked at Xu Daoling and then glanced at Jun Wuxie. "Neither of you is any good. You're full of bad ideas. I'd believe you!"

...

After the two fellows finished applying the medicine, they rested for a while and left.

Jun Wuxie soaked in the medicinal bath for a long time.

Mainly because he discovered that these medicinal essences could be converted into flesh and blood essence through the Yuan Shi Golden Body Technique, used to temper his flesh!

These medicines were treasures.

How could the medicines collected by a strong person like Uncle Bird, who traveled hundreds of thousands of miles, be low-grade spiritual herbs?

Compared to Kongxu and Xu Daoling, his injuries were not that serious, and his own recovery was already strong. There was no need to waste so much medicinal essence on healing. The converted blood essence could be stored and used when breaking through realms.

If he continued to practice like this, he might be able to try to break through to the Acquired Extreme Realm in a few days.

He leaned against the edge of the tub and then entered the Eternal Divine Palace.

"Senior, didn't you say that the Acquired Extreme Realm can only be broken through by fusing spiritual weapons?"

Although Jun Wuxie felt that he would break through quickly if he continued like this, he still couldn't be completely sure and wanted to hear what the mysterious woman had to say.

"I said that your current physical strength can only be improved by fusing spiritual weapons."

"But I don't need to fuse spiritual weapons now, and my physical strength has also improved."

"You're right, your physical strength has improved." The mysterious woman said calmly, "I just didn't expect you to use such barbaric and backward methods to squeeze the limits of your physical body. This is a backward way of body refinement. Perhaps you haven't used this method before, so you've only made progress now."

Jun Wuxie:…

What do you mean by barbaric and backward methods? A good method is one that works.

"Hmm?" The mysterious woman was suddenly a little surprised and said, "It's actually the Spring of Life. No wonder you dare to use such methods to improve yourselves."

Jun Wuxie was stunned and said, "Is Senior talking about the medicinal liquid I'm soaking in?"

"That's right. The medicinal liquid is mixed with dozens of spiritual herbs that repair the body, and it also contains a small amount of diluted Spring of Life. Otherwise, using this barbaric method would be counterproductive and not worth the loss."

"Well, it seems you don't need Two-Star spiritual weapons for now, but after breaking through, there are still Small Perfection and Great Perfection, so obtaining spiritual weapons above Two-Star is still something you must do."

"Also, I have sensed that the connection between the secret realm where the Phoenix Divine Gold is located and the outside world is getting stronger and stronger, indicating that the day you can enter that secret realm is not far away. You'd better inquire about whether there has been any news about any secret realm or small world recently."

"I understand."

Jun Wuxie didn't stay in the Eternal Divine Palace for long and quickly retreated.

The secret realm hiding the Phoenix Divine Gold is about to appear, but where is it?

He was at a loss. It seemed that after this period of cultivation, he had to go to Juba斋 (Treasure Gathering Pavilion), and perhaps Su Lan could find out some news.

...

At the same time, inside the Grand River Sword Sect, in the Sect Master's courtyard.

He Jianyun looked at the clouds floating in the sky, his eyes filled with cold light, and sword energy evolved in his pupils, a terrifying sight.

Yu Zhi stood beside him, his face very gloomy, and said, "I didn't expect Mu Qianshan to break through. He has already reached that realm!"

"Mu Qianshan!" He Jianyun said in a cold voice, "Because of him, I lost my only relative! If it weren't for him, how could I have personally killed Qingyun!"

"Sect Master, Qingyun was really too insensible. Don't feel burdened by this. Your act of killing your own relative for the greater good is highly recognized by the entire sect."

"What burden do I have?" He Jianyun's face was full of coldness. "Qingyun made a mistake herself, choosing to oppose me, her own brother, and the entire sect. Only by nailing her to the sword monument can we wash away the shame she brought to the sect and to me!"

"The Sect Master is right. The Sect Master always puts justice and the sect first. This is a noble quality. I wonder how many people in the world can do it?" After Yu Zhi flattered him, he said, "How does the Sect Master plan to deal with yesterday's matter?"

He Jianyun asked, "When will Sima Yuan, Xiang Ziyun, and Chu Yixuan come out of seclusion?"

"It should be soon." Yu Zhi said, "The three of them are the top three figures among our Grand River Sword Sect's elite disciples. Sect Master, what do you mean?"

"When they come out of seclusion, this Sect Master will personally take them to the Sect King Academy to kill Jun Wuxie, who cultivates both body and sword, and the other two Sect King Academy disciples."

"Why not just take the core disciples?"

"Killing them with core disciples is no different from crushing ants, which would make them lose their last value. By having Sima Yuan and the others kill them, those three can just be used as stepping stones on their path of cultivation, consolidating their sword hearts."

"That's true." Yu Zhi nodded, pondered slightly, and said, "But Mu Qianshan is no longer what he used to be. If he attacks the Sect Master in the Sect King Academy…"

"He's just in the Grandmaster Realm. Is he the only one who has broken through?"

He Jianyun was very confident and didn't care at all.

Yu Zhi was immediately shocked when he heard this, and then showed joy, saying, "Congratulations, Sect Master, for breaking through to the Grandmaster!"

He Jianyun turned to look at the mountain road below and said faintly, "It's time to add a few new human head lanterns to both sides of that mountain road."

...

The setting sun fell behind the mountains.

On the back mountain of the Sect King Academy, Jun Wuxie walked out of the medicinal bath. After applying the cool medicinal liquid, the pain in his body was immediately reduced by more than half.

"The effect is so strong!"

He was very surprised. He looked at the medicine bottle twice, then put it away, put on his clothes, and walked towards the mountainside.

Before he reached his residence, he smelled the aroma of chicken soup.

"These two fellows have improved their cooking skills."

He couldn't help but be a little surprised. He didn't seem to have taught them how to stew chicken.

As a result, when he went to the kitchen, it was actually Xiaoyue Yao cooking!

She was too young, her height was not as high as the stove, and she was cooking there on a stool.

Xu Daoling and Kongxu were drooling while watching, and occasionally made comments.

"We're really lucky tonight, Yue Yao. I didn't expect you to be so young, but your skills are really amazing!"

Xu Daoling praised. As soon as he finished speaking, he felt a bone-chilling coldness, turned around suddenly, and saw Jun Wuxie standing at the kitchen door with a very cold expression.

"What's wrong? Senior Brother, you didn't eat the medicine you applied, did you?"

Xu Daoling was very puzzled.

"You just watch her cook like this, just waiting to eat, how can you be so shameless?"

"Wuxie Gege (older brother), you're back!" Yue Yao heard the voice and turned around, wiped her little dirty face, and her eyes narrowed with a smile, saying, "Yue Yao made a lot of delicious food for Gege."

Jun Wuxie stood at the door, looking at her smiling so happily, and the scenes that used to repeat every day appeared in front of him again.

Wuxie Gege, eat the medicinal paste.

Wuxie Gege, Yue Yao is going out of the city to gather medicine. You have to be good, okay?

...

His eyes gradually became moist.