NOVEL NEXT Chapter 41 - Old Man, Are You Lying?
Chapter 41: Old Man, Are You Lying?
When the guards saw Ning Shuang leave, they could not help but ask, “Commander Zhao, no matter what, you are an expert with some status. Is there a need to be so worried about a maidservant?”
Zhao Jin sneered and said, “What do you know? This Ning Shuang has been by the Third Young Master’s side since she was young. In the future, she will definitely be someone who shares the same bed as the Third Young Master.”
“Ignoring everything else, just that Cui Yumian might not be as useful as Ning Shuang in front of the Third Young Master the moment she becomes a concubine. I will follow the Third Young Master in the future, so I naturally have to rely on her to put in some good words.”
After saying that, he looked at the other guards and spoke in a low voice, “I’m leaving now. I’ll also say a few heartfelt words to you. In the Prime Minister’s manor, to be able to become the personal guards of the young masters is definitely the most promising.
Look at Old He. To the outside world, he has announced that he would be returning to his hometown, but in fact, he might have been entrusted with some important task! Usually, when you see the Third Young Master, you should try to be a little sweet-tongued.”
“Look at me. A few days ago, I took the opportunity to suck up to him. Isn’t that how I managed to climb up the ranks? Even if you practice martial arts with your life, there’s not much point. Can you actually become a Heaven Realm expert?”
The guards nodded emotionally in assent.
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Meanwhile, Su Wen was studying the cultivation technique Feng Baichuan gave him in the backyard.
This technique did not even have a name.
After he opened it, it was a cultivation method that went straight to the point. The handwriting was rather delicate, and it was unknown who wrote it.
At this moment, all the True Qi in Su Wen’s body had already been modified by the Sorcerer God’s Golden Gu. The True Qi cultivated by his Heaven & Earth Great Solar Sutra was originally of the extreme Yang attribute. After it was swallowed and strengthened by the Gu, the quality of the True Qi became even higher.
Su Wen had a feeling that his battle prowess had increased by at least two stages.
However, he could clearly feel now that when he circulated his True Qi, there was a faint burning sensation in his body.
He didn’t dare to be negligent and immediately followed the body tempering cultivation technique.
[Ding-dong. Nameless cultivation technique detected. Please name it.]
“Body Tempering Art!”
Su Wen casually chose a name and immediately after, he started to circulate his Qi based on the technique.
Following the progress of the cultivation technique, the True Qi in Su Wen started to seep into his body, strengthening and transforming his flesh.
Generally speaking, this was a long process that couldn’t be accomplished overnight.
However, there was still the Black Tortoise’s blood essence in Su Wen’s body. As the cultivation technique circulated, the remaining blood essence in Su Wen’s body seemed to be activated and further integrated into Su Wen’s body.
This greatly increased his body’s speed of strengthening.
It was just that this set of cultivation techniques placed great importance on strengthening the meridians and internal organs. Compared to ordinary body-tempering cultivation techniques which focused on the external body rather than the internal organs, it was a completely different feeling.
Under the effects of the black tortoise’s blood and cultivation technique, Su Wen’s meridians and organs experienced a continuous strengthening.
As his meridians became tougher and wider, and more of the Black Tortoise’s blood essence fused into his body, Su Wen started to feel his cultivation base break through. Previously, he had already obtained a pill that increased three years worth of cultivation. This time, by completely refining the blood essence into his body, it had further pushed his cultivation up.
When Su Wen opened his eyes, it was already the morning of the next day. His cultivation base had also entered the 8th Stage of Star Rank.
The Black Tortoise’s blood essence in his body had also been completely refined at this point.
At this moment, Su Wen suddenly realized that the Sorcerer God’s Golden Gu in his body seemed to be a little dispirited.
After he refined the remaining black tortoise blood essence in his body, the blood vitality in Su Wen’s body also returned to what was considered the normal level for a human. For the Sorcerer God’s Golden Gu, it was not a comfortable place to stay in.
However, the characteristic of the Gu was that once it selected its host, unless the host’s blood essence reached an extremely low level, it would not leave the host’s body. The other method was to use the secret technique of the Divine Sorcerer Art, which allowed it to leave the host’s body to fight. However, even the Martial Inspectorate had not managed to research it.
After checking the date, Su Wen realized that his competition with Xue Meng was tomorrow.
He stood up and got off the bed. After breakfast, he instructed Ning Shuang, “Go get Zhao Jin. I’ll be leaving in a bit!”
“He was waiting at the doorstep first thing in the morning.”
Compared to He Ping’an, Zhao Jin was more diligent.
The moment Su Wen went out, he saw Zhao Jin at the door. The latter was dressed neatly and his beard and hair were all clean.
“Aiyo, Brother Zhao is so energetic today.” Su Wen joked.
Zhao Jin hurriedly said, “Young Master, just call me Ah Jin. My family calls me that.”
“Alright, Brother Jin, let’s go. Come with me to the Spiritual Master Residence.”
What Su Wen was concerned about now was whether his sports car had been built. One had to know that this was the key to his competition with Xue Meng!
Zhao Jin immediately prepared the carriage, and the two headed straight for the Spiritual Master Residence.
When they arrived at the entrance of the Spiritual Master Residence, a guard came up to greet them with a smile. “Young Master Su, Master Mo has already instructed us to invite you in as soon as you arrive!”
Su Wen walked in with a smile and followed the guards to Mo Xin’s location.
They had only just walked halfway there when Su Wen heard a low rumbling sound coming from the location!
“The teachers have been playing like crazy for the past two days. Young Master Su, that thing you made is too flashy.” The guard could not help but sigh.
Just as Su Wen was about to ask, he suddenly saw two sports cars rushing forward towards him at an extremely high speed. The tail of the car in front of him even kept spewing out huge flames.
In front of them was Mo Xin and the rest of the spiritual masters. All of them were shouting excitedly.
After the two cars stopped, an old man with a head full of white hair came out from one of them. He laughed and said, “Haha, the flame jet sports car that I made is awesome. I was the one who first passed the finish line just now, right?”
A young man alighted from the other car and said with a vexed expression, “I made a mistake this time and put in a lightness array formation. Otherwise, you won’t be able to defeat me. The pure wind array formation is the way of the King. Wait for me to go back and modify it before we compete again!”
At this moment, Mo Xin saw Su Wen and hurriedly went up to him with a smile, “Young Master Su, this sports car you mentioned is indeed interesting. It has already been built, but the cost of making it is rather expensive. Furthermore, it uses all kinds of spirit stones to drive it, so the consumption is also very high.”
“However, for someone as wealthy as you, it’s nothing much. These few days, the research and development, as well as experimentation, all cost about three million taels of silver. When do you think you can submit this report?”
Su Wen could understand this point. To put it bluntly, the spiritual master mansion did not have an unlimited amount of money. Furthermore, it had to be vetted by various departments. Since he wanted Mo Xin to build something for him, he naturally could not use their money.
But before he could say anything, Zhao Jin spoke up, “You old thing, are you trying to trick my family’s young master? You were clearly the ones playing just now. Who knows how many times you’ve done this in the past two days? And you still want my young master to pay for you?”
Hearing that, Mo Xin felt a little embarrassed.
The construction of the sports cars were indeed expensive, but they did not cost that much money.
The problem was when they tried to test it after building it. All the users instantly felt an unprecedented pleasure at using such a tool.
Especially after someone managed to produce a faster sports car than the original. Their competitiveness in research and development for the vehicle increased tremendously.
Everyone wanted their own sports car to be the fastest.
Most of these spiritual masters were powerful and didn’t have to worry about knocking themselves to death. Thus, they drove as fast as they could. Leaving out any other costs, just the accidents to the sports cars already numbered in the double digits.
It was indeed inappropriate for Su Wen to fork out for all the costs.
But who could compensate for such a large sum of money?
At this moment, Su Wen smiled and said, “Brother Zhao, such research and development must come with experimentation. Otherwise, how would we know its stability and performance? It’s inevitable that there will be some losses..”