Chapter 34: Female Poetry
The next day, Yu Zecheng returned to the stronghold and put the fire talisman back to its original place to absorb sunlight and replenish energy, so that he could use seven flame strikes next time. The more you use this treasure, the less it becomes. It seems that you must speed up your cultivation. Otherwise, if this treasure is damaged, you will become a toothless tiger. I don’t know what Brother Bai looks like now. Has his wish come true?
Then Yu Zecheng inspected the free market for rare goods. This market was originally mainly used for the exchange of rare goods. Countless caravans travel in and out of the Hundred Thousand Mountains, and people often find some strange ores, rare medicinal materials, or unnamed treasures. There is no use keeping these things. If they are eager to sell them, they will trade them here. That's where this market comes from.
Since I took over the land, there has not been a sale yet, and no one is trading around at all, because transactions here have to pay one-tenth of the deed tax. All merchants who want to trade precious goods will take the goods to the market, and then Wait outside the market, and soon someone in the market will go out to meet him, thus completely avoiding the Tiger Gang's deed tax.
Yu Zecheng began to reform the deed tax. All guests who came to trade here could spend 20 copper coins to purchase a stall to display their goods. As long as the amount was within 800 taels of silver, there was no need to pay any fees.
If the finance exceeds eight hundred taels, then one-tenth of the protection fee will be charged, while ensuring the safety of both buyers and sellers within the sphere of influence of Black Tiger Hall.
After carrying out the reform in this way, the notice was posted first, and then countless people came to watch it. The market suddenly prospered, and the rental fee of twenty copper coins was reasonable and average price. It's nothing to these people.
Yu Zecheng opened 300 stalls in the market, which were very deserted at first. Later, they gradually reached a occupancy rate of more than seven floors every day. This way, a small amount can make a lot. In this way, the income is close to forty taels of silver a day, and one month. More than a hundred taels. If you expand in this market in the future, your income will be unlimited. It's better than leaving it alone and not earning a penny.
Yu Zecheng sent eight disciples to guard this market and handed it over to Tong Lei to run it. Then when he returned home, Yu Zecheng suddenly found that everything in his house was clean, and a girl was busy scrubbing everywhere.
The girl was not old, maybe thirteen or fourteen years old. She was not tall, but she had pretty features and fair skin, like the girl next door, with a very fresh smell. When he saw Yu Zecheng, he immediately stopped scrubbing and stood aside with his head down.
When Ma Tianyu saw Yu Zecheng coming back, he hurried over to report:
"Boss, she is Liu Xiaoguang's third sister. Because she was grateful to the boss for sparing her brother's life, she volunteered to be his maid. This is her naturalization contract. Boss, I think we are all old men with rough hands and feet. I can’t serve you well, so I agreed. You see, she is a pretty girl with delicate eyes. When the time comes, she will be a good bed warmer. Otherwise, it will be an advantage to others, so you might as well enjoy it, boss.”
After saying that, Ma Tianyu handed over a selling contract. Yu Zecheng took it and saw that it was indeed the girl's selling contract. Yu Zecheng understood the reason as soon as he thought about it. He drove Liu Xiaoguang's family away. It was difficult for their family to make a living without Mangkhut City, so He came up with a way to send a girl as his maid, so that he would not drive their family away, and with this girl by his side, the reason why Liu Xiaoguang survived the torture would be solved. Someone wanted to If someone bullies his family, he will also think about the girls around him before making plans.
Yu Zecheng held the contract in his hand and asked:
"May I have your name?"
The girl whispered:
"My name is Shiyun, and I am thirteen years old."
Yu Zecheng said:
"You raise your head."
The girl slowly raised her head, and Yu Zecheng saw that she was indeed a beauty. She had a unique charm at a young age. Such a girl who was born into a poor family would definitely attract countless people to peep at her. It seems that the Liu family also knew this. I can't protect this girl myself, so I might as well send her to me in exchange for corresponding protection.
It's strange that I actually have a good impression of her. This kind of good impression is not between a man and a woman, nor is it a personal preference. It's just like the feeling I have for Yu Die Leling, just like the good impression I have for Xu Xiaoya. It was like something in her body was emitting a spiritual force that was attracting her. How strange.
Who else feels this way? By the way, Brother Bai feels the same way. When Xu Xiaoya is accepted as a disciple by the immortal, and Brother Bai also goes to cultivate as an immortal, could this smell be the smell of spiritual roots? Could it be that this little girl also has spiritual roots? It’s almost the same. No wonder she is so otherworldly and beautiful.
Yu Zecheng said calmly:
"Okay, I'll accept you, but let me make it clear to you first. From now on, you will be my woman. According to the contract, I can beat you, sell you, let you bear my children, or even kill you. I’ll give you a chance to regret it, and you’ll have to think about it yourself.”
The girl gritted her teeth and said:
"I, I am willing, as long as you don't drive our family out of here."
Yu Zecheng said:
"Okay, I hope you won't regret it easily like your brother."
After saying that, he put away the contract, took out twenty taels of silver, and said:
"This is for you. Take it back to your family. Although you volunteered, I can't take it for nothing. This money is your money for selling your body. I will give you two taels of silver every month. You clean up for me every day and do some cleaning work. You don't have to live with me. You can go home every day. If there are leftovers in the kitchen, you can take them back to your family. By the way, the room inside is my practice room. Don't go in if you have nothing to do."
After saying that, Yu Zecheng walked towards the practice room and never looked at the girl again. The conditions offered by Yu Zecheng were very generous. Generally, the price of a girl from Tangguo was ten taels of silver. When the surrounding countries were hit by disasters, even three taels of silver could buy a girl. He did this purely to win people's hearts, just to establish the image of a gentle master in the heart of this little girl.
Back to the practice room, this was rushed out today. It was specially built by Gao Feng and others to protect Yu Zecheng's safety during practice.
Yu Zecheng sat down and slowly felt the blood energy in his body. After a while, he shook his head and found that the air mass left by the immortal in his body began to collapse. Since he gathered his strength to kill Mo Liqing, his blood energy seemed to have awakened, and the speed of operation was three times faster, but this air mass seemed to have a rejection reaction with his blood energy. It seemed that he could only use it once, and then it would disappear.
This time, he must perform at his best level and achieve the best results, so Yu Zecheng decided to retreat and practice well, but before that, he needed to do one thing, that is, to make soup.
When attacking the Warming Gang, Yu Zecheng got a thousand-year-old ginseng. Now in this retreat, he wanted to use the effect of ginseng to increase his practice.
Ginseng can be taken directly orally, but the effect may not be obvious, so Yu Zecheng started his old business, making soup, cutting off a quarter of the ginseng and making soup.
This time, Yu Zecheng used blood energy to heat and cook the soup all the time. After six hours of hard work, he finally made a pot of ginseng soup.
It's better to say it's a bowl than a pot. Yu Zecheng opened his mouth and drank the bowl of soup. Suddenly, he felt an infinite hot feeling in his stomach. Then Yu Zecheng sat on the futon and began to practice, starting the third transformation of blood refining and body forging.
This time, he strengthened his bones by refining blood. The gas mass began to decompose and provide vitality, and the ginseng soup he ate also began to show its medicinal properties. Yu Zecheng used the energy of these two to start blood refining and body forging. Gradually, the blood in his body turned black, and this black blood penetrated into his bones.
Suddenly, Yu Zecheng felt a huge and unbearable pain of compression in his bones. Yu Zecheng endured this pain, knowing that it was only temporary and he had to hold on. After enduring the severe pain in his bones, he felt infinite comfort.
In this way, severe pain and comfort cycled back and forth. After thirteen times, the black color of the blood disappeared and gradually returned to its original color. It seemed that his third transformation had been completed.
But this time, Yu Zecheng did not end his practice, but continued to circulate blood energy and began to charge towards the fourth transformation. This time, the blood turned green and began to strengthen the meridians. The twelve meridians and the eight extraordinary meridians were slowly strengthened and changed under the impact of the green blood energy.
During this strengthening, the meridians were infiltrated by the blood energy and became limp, then condensed and repaired, becoming extremely tough and more perfect.
The blood gradually turned back to red, and the true qi group completely disappeared. Yu Zecheng ended his practice and slowly opened his eyes. Suddenly, his bones made a "kaka" sound, and his body shook three times, as if he had infinite potential.
There was still a little bit of the qi group left by the immortal, and Yu Zecheng continued to practice and planned to complete the five changes in one body. He completed the practice of refining blood and strengthening bones, but the qi group was slowly exhausted, and the medicinal properties of ginseng also dissipated. He was almost successful, but he still did not enter the fifth change realm.
The opportunity was gone, and it could not be forced. Yu Zecheng finished his practice, walked out of the practice room, and looked at the sky. It was afternoon. I don’t know how many days this retreat took. Seeing Yu Zecheng coming out, many disciples who were responsible for vigilance outside surrounded him. This time, he practiced for three days and three nights, which made people very worried.
Yu Zecheng looked at the setting sun, stretched his muscles, and jumped onto the roof. This time he seemed to be much more agile than last time. In the past, he relied on muscle strength to jump onto the roof after exercising his muscles. He jumped up hard and stiffly. Now he jumped lightly, his movements were graceful, flowing, and natural, with a bit of fairy spirit. This is the benefit of exercising the bones and meridians.
After going up to the roof, he found the hidden position of his fire talisman, and then secretly put away the fire talisman. With it in hand, he dared to ask the heroes of the world. Then he sat on the roof, looked at the setting sun, pretended to like such scenery, and misled others.
This is just the practice method of the upper volume of the Blood Gang Jue, and the disciples of the Supreme Heavenly Dao Sect need to practice the upper volume of the Seven Color Jue to perfection before they can impact the foundation. I have only practiced once, and they have practiced seven times. It is simply unimaginable how good their roots and blood will be.
Now my blood refining and body strengthening are about to succeed. By then, I will enter the intermediate level of Qi Induction Period and can practice the immortal arts recorded in the Blood Gang Jue. Then I will be a real immortal cultivator. Even without the fire talisman, no one can fight against me.