Chapter 36: Outlook

Su Jingzhen and Shuang Jiang walked out of the Treasure Gathering Pavilion.

Yan Xia’s face was extremely ugly, but she had no choice.

At present, she was just an ordinary person and didn’t have the courage to continue arguing.

The fat manager of the Treasure Gathering Pavilion coldly smiled and said, “If you want to trade, line up again. If you want to cause trouble, you’ve come to the wrong place.”

Before the fat manager finished speaking, Yan Xia’s father shook his head helplessly and said, “Let’s go!”

In the end, they couldn’t win against the Treasure Gathering Pavilion.

“Father, is that it? What about the Body Tempering Liquid?” Yan Xia asked anxiously.

Although she had confidence in awakening her spiritual roots during the upcoming spiritual awakening ceremony, there was always a chance that it might not happen.

What if she didn’t awaken? It was better to be prepared.

Her father helplessly said, “It’s better than losing our lives. Let’s go back and think of another way.”

After speaking, he led the way out of the Treasure Gathering Pavilion.

Earlier, they had already lost face, and he didn’t want to continue being ridiculed here.

After Yan Xia’s family of three left, the people in the Treasure Gathering Pavilion’s first-floor hall were somewhat surprised, but they didn’t think much of it.

There weren’t many people who laughed behind their backs.

The strong preyed on the weak, which was the norm in the cultivation world. It could only be said that Yan Xia’s family was a bit foolish.

…

On the main street, Su Jingzhen and Shuang Jiang had already changed back into their normal clothes.

The two of them didn’t care about what had just happened at the Treasure Gathering Pavilion, and they didn’t pay any attention to Yan Xia’s family.

At this moment, Su Jingzhen curiously asked, “Miss Shuang Jiang, I still have a question.”

“What kind of power is the Treasure Gathering Pavilion?”

Today’s events had given Su Jingzhen a different impression of the Treasure Gathering Pavilion.

He could see that Shuang Jiang seemed to trust and admire the Treasure Gathering Pavilion.

Now, as a registered alchemist, he was at least on the same side as the Treasure Gathering Pavilion.

Naturally, he wanted to know more about them.

Shuang Jiang’s eyebrows slightly furrowed, and she opened her mouth to explain, “The Treasure Gathering Pavilion is one of the largest merchant forces in the cultivation world.”

“Their branches are spread across all places where cultivators gather.”

“Their strength is unquestionable, and their reputation is also very good.”

“As a registered member, you don’t need to worry about getting resources.”

“As Feng Qingya said earlier, you have a high degree of freedom here.”

“Even if you want to join another cultivation sect in the future, there won’t be any problems.”

Su Jingzhen didn’t quite trust Feng Qingya, so he asked.

At this moment, Su Jingzhen finally felt a sense of relief after hearing Shuang Jiang’s words.

He no longer had any doubts about registering as an alchemist.

But then Shuang Jiang added, “However, when you go to the Treasure Gathering Pavilion to sell your pills in the future, just show them your token.”

“Try not to reveal your true identity, as your cultivation is still too weak.”

“Rules and reputation are built on a foundation of strength.”

Su Jingzhen nodded deeply in agreement.

Before he crossed over, he had heard an old man say: “Dignity only exists at the tip of a sword; truth only exists within the range of a cannon!”

And this was even more true in the cultivation world, where the strong preyed on the weak.

As they chatted, the two of them walked towards Peach Blossom Alley.

Before they left the main street, they suddenly saw over a dozen black-clothed people fighting in front of them.

Although the fighters weren’t demonic cultivators, their moves were ruthless, and several people had already fallen to the ground.

The auras of these people were all at the mid-stage of Qi Refining or above.

It seemed that both sides were outsiders, and there were no Huayang Sect members involved.

As outsiders continued to arrive, conflicts like this happened every day, and the Huayang Sect didn’t have the energy to handle everything.

Moreover, some of the external sects were too powerful, and the Huayang Sect’s Linjiang branch might not be able to handle them.

They could only pretend to be blind and ignore it.

“Alas… people die every day, and there are conflicts like this every day. Who knows when it will end?”

“As long as it doesn’t affect the cultivators in our Linjiang City, the deaths of outsiders aren’t our concern.”

“…”

At this moment, the local residents of Linjiang City who walked by on the main street didn’t even bother to look.

Linjiang City was becoming increasingly chaotic, and no one knew who would be the next to fall.

Su Jingzhen’s heart was growing heavier, and he felt that the order in Linjiang City was on the verge of collapse at any moment.

If the Huayang Sect couldn’t keep up, the lives of low-level cultivators would be like ants.

The sense of urgency in his heart was growing stronger.

Shuang Jiang was strong, but she would eventually leave.

Without saying much more, the two of them returned to the academy, and fortunately, nothing unexpected happened along the way.

After returning to the academy, they went directly to the quiet room, and Su Jingzhen didn’t want to do anything else.

Now that he had obtained the Body Tempering Liquid and had already opened the Labor Palace, he naturally wanted to use them to improve his strength.

Currently, there was nothing more important than increasing his strength.

“Miss Shuang Jiang, how should I use these?”

“Should I take them internally or apply them externally, or should I refine them into a pill?”

After closing the door, Su Jingzhen eagerly took out the two bottles of Body Tempering Liquid and asked Shuang Jiang.

As a poor and ignorant person, he had no idea how to use these things.

“These two bottles of Body Tempering Liquid may be cheap and low-grade, but they are still spiritual objects tailored for Body Cultivation.”

“Their properties are extremely violent, and if you take one orally, you might instantly explode and die.”

“For you, the best approach is to dilute them and then slowly absorb them!”

As Shuang Jiang spoke, she walked over to Su Jingzhen’s side, grasped his wrist, and injected a mysterious energy into him.

Shuang Jiang continued, “Perhaps because you’ve opened up a human body secret, your current physical strength should have reached the third layer of the Flesh Body Mysterious Embryo.”

“This is actually stronger than your Qi-refining cultivation.”

“If you can perfectly absorb these two bottles of Body Tempering Liquid, you should be able to reach the pinnacle of the Flesh Body Mysterious Embryo.”

“As for whether you can break through to the level of Flesh Body Spiritual Embryo, it depends on your own luck and whether you can open up other human body secrets.”

Although Su Jingzhen had opened up a human body secret, his Body Cultivation was only comparable to the Third Stage of Qi-refining.

This level of cultivation was naturally exposed under Shuang Jiang’s intentional probing.

Upon hearing Shuang Jiang’s words, Su Jingzhen became excited again.

He currently had 129 points of emotional value, which was not far from the number of points required to open up the Surging Spring acupoint secret.

If he could get Shuang Jiang to help him a few more times, that would be enough.

If this Body Tempering Liquid could really help him reach the pinnacle of the Flesh Body Mysterious Embryo, wouldn’t it be easy for him to reach the level of Flesh Body Spiritual Embryo?

At that time, he, Su Jingzhen, may be comparable to a Foundation Establishment expert!

This was something he had never dared to think about before.