Chapter 101: Second Tribulation Perfected, Ready For Tribulation
The person with a paper-white face immediately drove the lifting bone skeletons, walking step by step into the Qian Shan Mine.
What was surprising was that along the way, this person clearly encountered many miners, but they acted as if they didn’t see him, passing by him as if he wasn’t there.
Only those Immortals with sharp senses suddenly felt a chill beside them, as if a cold wind had passed by, but when they looked back, they found nothing amiss.
As the person with a paper-white face walked into the Cao family’s mine, he looked at the scene of corpses strewn everywhere in the mine, and the smile on his face grew even stronger.
Especially when this person followed the spiritual energy in the mine to the white bone medicinal cave and saw the mountains of skeletons, he was overjoyed.
“Heh, such a treasure cannot be missed!
This place has an abundance of spiritual blood and food, and the resentment is astounding. I must properly refine some Dao soldiers from it!”
Immediately, this person hid in the white bone cave and began to collect the accumulated death energy and corpse qi, performing that secret technique.
As for this person’s actions, neither the other mine owners nor the people in the marketplace noticed anything at all.
After being unable to find the culprit of last night’s disturbance for a while, they continued to busy themselves with dealing with the troubles in the mines, pursuing the mine slaves, and finding ways to divide up the Cao family’s mine shares.
Those who did not get a share of the mine quickly turned their attention to the miners and mine slaves in the Cao family’s mine.
In the face of visible benefits, they suppressed the fear in their hearts, vying to take these miners and mine slaves as their own, and then drove them into the most arduous and tiring kilns to mine.
During this time, it wasn’t that the miners and mine slaves didn’t resist again.
However, after the mine owners got through the initial chaos, and with people sent from the marketplace arriving, before these miners and mine slaves could cause too much trouble, the nascent situation was suppressed.
Not only that, but all the miners and mine slaves in the Cao family’s mine, their goods and belongings, whether plundered yesterday or possessed from before, were all accused of looting and confiscated.
Some miners’ blood-nourished magic tools were even stripped off.
Several days later, the entire Qian Shan outwardly returned to normal, and the Cao family’s mine melted away into the other mines like a piece of lard.
Those miners and mine slaves also outwardly resumed their obedient demeanor.
Thus, the impact caused by this disturbance was clarified by those with an agenda.
When they realized that although the Qian Shan Mine almost descended into chaos, in reality, only a mine owner and a group of monsters had died, and there wasn’t a major upheaval.
Instead, they all benefited from this incident, which led to no one caring about what specifically happened during the night of the disturbance, or who had started it.
Or rather, they all suspected each other.
Such an old and cautious method, coupled with a style of acting that was extremely familiar with the mine’s situation, and only targeting the Cao family’s mine, which had the most monsters, it looked like the work of someone from the mine.
Thus, gradually, the mine riot was forgotten, as if nothing had happened.
Only the miners and mine slaves in the mine continued to pass it down by word of mouth.
The incident of the riot one night had already spread throughout all the mines on Qian Shan, and even those who newly came to mine would know about such a satisfying event after staying for a few days.
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On the other side.
In the Du Gu Guan, Fang Shu was in secluded cultivation, undisturbed by anyone. He had also completely put the matters of the mine behind him.
One day.
He sat cross-legged in a large vat, with charcoal fire burning beneath the vat, and mercury and other medicinal herbs being boiled inside the vat.
Seated cross-legged, his muscles writhed and twisted like loaches, making his physique appear particularly ferocious.
Strands of metallic luster covered his entire body, making him appear like a gilded statue, imposing and majestic.
At this moment, Fang Shu was tempering his body, employing the method of external boiling and internal refinement, cultivating both externally and internally to exponentially increase his own qi and blood.
Suddenly, with a crack, a sound came from beneath him!
The large vat, which had been boiling for nearly a month, could no longer withstand the erosion of the charcoal fire, mercury, and qi and blood, and suddenly cracked.
But as the charcoal fire flickered and sparks flew, no mercury or medicinal liquid flowed down from the shattered vat.
A miraculous scene appeared in the quiet room.
The mercury and medicinal liquid in the vat, like spheres, continued to surround Fang Shu and rotated, with a silvery-purple airflow enveloping the outer layer.
The mercury in the entire vat was temporarily restrained by Fang Shu’s qi and blood, continuing to temper his body.
Such a marvel lasted for a full eighteen breaths.
Fang Shu let out a long breath, and with crackling sounds, the mercury from the vat splashed down in large and small drops into the quiet room, extinguishing the charcoal fire and leaving the well bottom in disarray.
He opened his eyes and saw the scene in the well bottom. He didn’t feel annoyed or bothered at all; instead, his eyes were filled with joy.
With a snap!
He stirred his qi and blood, releasing it externally. Instead of encircling his body, it rose straight up above his head.
This stream of qi and blood was thick and robust, rising steadily, reaching a height of three Zhang!
By now, he had perfected the cultivation of the Second Tribulation realm, his qi and blood had reached three Zhang, and he could attempt the tribulation to ascend to become a Third Calamity Immortal.
Not only that, but Fang Shu’s consciousness sank, and his thoughts fell upon the Dao Talisman in his mind.
Text clearly appeared within the talisman:
【Realm: Tribulation Possible （Seven Parts Eight Fen ）】
Having just perfected his qi and blood cultivation, his success rate in tribulation had already reached seven Fen eight, appearing to be a sure thing.
Next, he only needed to temper his qi and blood for a few more days, patiently prepare some methods, and his tribulation success rate would surely increase further, reaching over nine Fen!
Joy and anticipation arose on Fang Shu’s face.
Immediately, he wanted to continue immersing himself in cultivation, quickly pushing the tribulation success rate to over nine Fen, the higher the better, and then break through to face the tribulation.
However, after some thought, he slowly withdrew his cultivation and began to tidy up the miscellaneous items at the bottom of the well.
During his secluded cultivation, it wasn’t that no one had come to find him.
Occasionally, Fang Shu would also use a rope to write down the things he needed on a note and hang them out, asking his Second Uncle, Yu Le, to help deliver them.
Therefore, he was not entirely unaware of the matters within the Du Gu Guan. One point in particular caught his attention.
That was about half a month ago, Qin Min was seen to have come out of seclusion, although her gains from seclusion were not publicly announced.
However, based on various signs within the inner courtyard, this woman had successfully undergone tribulation and ascended to become a Third Calamity Immortal!
With Qin Min as a Third Calamity Immortal, even the Dojo Master could not continue to keep her confined in her room and tacitly allowed her to move around the Du Gu Guan and Gu Ling Town, no longer in seclusion, as long as she did not cause trouble or seek attention.
Pondering this matter, Fang Shu controlled his emotions and tried his best to calm his mind.
Whether this woman broke through or not was irrelevant to him; he only needed to manage his own cultivation.
It was according to what his Second Uncle, Yu Le, had inquired that Qin Min seemed to have received commendations and financial support from the Dojo both before and after her breakthrough to the Third Calamity, which was something worth his attention and could not be missed by Fang Shu.
Thus, after tidying up the miscellaneous items, Fang Shu, forgoing his usual practice, emerged from seclusion mid-way and hurried towards the Assembly Hall in the inner courtyard.
His stated reason was to inform the Dojo Master of his cultivation progress, but in reality, he was seeking the support he deserved.
