"Look what this is?"
As he spoke, Zhao Keru carefully took out a jade box from his storage bag, opened it, and placed it in front of the two of them.
The two looked down and saw that the jade box contained an irregular, earth-gray stone the size of a head. There were countless small cracks on the stone, and countless tiny golden flames shot out from the cracks.
The entire stone was enveloped in golden flames and appeared to be continuously burning.
"Heavenly and Earthly Spiritual Fire?"
"Fire in the Stone!"
Two exclamations sounded almost simultaneously, the first one coming from Zhao Sheng and the second one coming from Zhao Jinjian.
Fire in Stone is one of the spiritual fires of heaven and earth. It has a gentle and peaceful nature and a pure and flawless spirit. It is one of the spiritual fires most favored by alchemists and weapon refiners.
Zhao Keru couldn't help but exclaimed, "Yes, it's the Fire in the Stone. This volcanic eruption actually spewed it out. God bless our Zhao family!"
It's no wonder that Zhao Keru was so happy, because he was the only one in the entire Zhao family who was most qualified to refine this ball of fire in the stone.
At this time, Zhao Sheng and Zhao Jinjian looked at each other with strange expressions.
Zhao Jinjian chuckled, took out the Spirit Fire Gourd, handed it to Zhao Keru, and motioned him to take a look.
But the next second,
Zhao Keru suddenly yelled in exasperation: "God damn it, which old thief who wasted natural resources did this?"
"…"
Zhao Sheng and the other man looked at each other in bewilderment at this scene, speechless.
…
Time flies, the years pass by like a shuttle.
After the battle of Flame Ridge, half a year passed in the blink of an eye.
Over the past six months, Rotten Peach Mountain has undergone tremendous changes. Not to mention the two side hills, the middle hill has been completely redesigned.
Most of the peach trees growing randomly on the mountain were removed, and all the dirt such as rotten soil, fallen leaves, weeds, gravel, etc. on the mountain were also cleaned up.
Halfway up the mountain, a piece of flat land of several dozen acres has been shoveled out, on which a series of new buildings have been built, including three- or four-story wooden buildings, tall and spacious stone houses, and even a Zhao family ancestral hall that is more than five meters high.
A little further down, the building is surrounded by a bluestone wall that is three meters high and two meters thick.
From time to time, the surface of the stone wall flashed with spiritual light, and it was obvious that there were powerful defensive restrictions on it.
In the stone wall corridor, every few steps there is a huge dragon-shooting crossbow, which is shiny black, shaped like a flying wing, and has runes flashing on the surface.
The Dragon Shooting Crossbow was loaded with three crossbow bolts, each over nine feet long. It was usually used to kill large, thick-skinned monsters.
The Zhao family successively wiped out two immortal cultivation families and temporarily occupied two sacred lands. The family became rich overnight and naturally became generous.
The first to benefit were the family's immortal cultivators.
Not only was everyone's spiritual salary doubled, but they were also given at least two magical weapons for attack and defense.
In addition, in order to ensure safety, the Zhao family spared no expense to purchase a second-grade top-grade defensive formation, the Small Four Symbols Formation, and also bought five dragon-shooting crossbows.
There is a ten-foot-wide city gate in the middle of the stone wall, connected to a two-foot-wide stone road that extends all the way to the foot of the mountain.
At the foot of the mountain, more than twenty acres of spiritual fields have just been opened up.
In the spiritual field, Zhao Shuo, sweating profusely, brandished a magical hoe that shone brightly. The shadow of the hoe flew up and down, breaking up large chunks of hard earth and clods one by one and quickly smoothing them out.
This morning, Zhao Shuo rushed to Lingtian just after daybreak and worked until the sun was almost overhead.
Although very tired, Zhao Shuo did not feel it was bitter at all. Instead, he felt more and more motivated as he worked.
Because two acres of this spiritual field belong to him.
Although he is not a cultivator, his son is!
These two acres of spiritual fields will become their family's ancestral heritage in the future.
Decades later, Zhao Shuo could proudly point to this sacred field and tell his descendants, "Look, this is the foundation laid by my grandfather."
A hundred years later, he may no longer be alive, but his descendants will definitely remember that there was a mortal ancestor named Zhao Shuo who made great contributions and shed blood for the family.
Zhao Shuo is working hard.
Sudden,
A wooden kite dropped from the sky, and a young man jumped out of it.
The young man ran up to Zhao Shuo and shouted excitedly, "Dad, Uncle Qi wants to see you. Come with me."
The young man is called Zhao Xuanang, the son of Zhao Shuo, and is born with four spiritual roots.
A month ago, Zhao Xuanang's cultivation level was raised to the third level of Qi Refining, so he was sent to Rotten Peach Mountain.
"Oh, Xuan Ang, why does the clan elder want to see me?" Zhao Shuo immediately stopped hoeing after hearing this, looking very surprised.
Zhao Xuanang pulled Zhao Shuo and walked towards Muyuan, saying as he walked, "I don't know why Uncle Qi suddenly wants to see you. But this can't be a bad thing."
Half a minute later, in a stone chamber, Zhao Shuo saw Zhao Sheng who was drawing talismans.
"Hold on,"
As Zhao Sheng spoke, his pen moved quickly. As he drew over and over again, the surface of the talisman became more and more dazzling.
After a moment, a nineteen-fold hydrotherapy talisman took shape instantly, and circles of intense light suddenly spread out from the surface of the talisman.
Bang!
Zhao Sheng snapped his fingers, and the Spring Breeze Rain Talisman flew out quickly and landed accurately in Zhao Xuanang's arms.
"Ang'er, please go out first. I have something to say to your father."
"Yes, Seventh Uncle!" Zhao Xuanang couldn't help but leave the room happily, leaving Zhao Shuo alone standing there looking at the family elder with a slightly nervous look.
Zhao Sheng's spiritual sense swept over Zhao Shuo's body, sensing the pure and powerful boundless true energy within him. He nodded with satisfaction and said with a smile: "It is indeed the innate perfection. Zhao Shuo, if I remember correctly, you should be less than fifty years old!"
Zhao Shuo replied cautiously, "Elder, I am forty-three years old."
Zhao Sheng felt even more satisfied after hearing this.
He took out three booklets and handed them to Zhao Shuo, saying, "The family has three innate skills: the Infinite Divine Art, the Nine Swords of Breaking the Law, and the Nine Changes of the Cloud Dragon.
These three volumes record my improvements and insights into the three exercises. Take them home and read them. If you have any questions, you can come here and ask me on this day every month.
Well, you can go now."
Zhao Shuo left the stone chamber with extremely complicated feelings.
He never expected that the elders summoned him to teach him skills.
Yes, in Zhao Shuo's mind, this is passing on skills and techniques.
But there was one thing he couldn't understand. Innate warriors could only threaten cultivators in the early stages of Qi Refining, and posed no threat to Foundation Establishment cultivators.
But why is the clan elder so concerned about martial arts and seems to take it very seriously?
Zhao Sheng naturally would not tell Zhao Shuo his true intention.
There are many benefits to constant reincarnation, one of which is that you have plenty of time.
There was enough money for Zhao Sheng to try out any idea.
For example, helping Zhao Shuo break through to the spiritual realm.
Zhao Sheng cannot guarantee that he can be reincarnated as an immortal cultivator in every life.
Therefore, no matter whether Zhao Shuo succeeds or fails in the end, it will be a very valuable experience for him.
Zhao Sheng was also curious: after a Xiantian warrior breaks through to the Divine Realm, will their lifespan increase significantly? And can they pose a threat to Foundation Establishment cultivators?