Chapter 17: The Dragon's Might, The Azure Dragon Rides the Sea

  Xu Yang followed the mystic named "Old Six", who guided him all the way back home.

  This move attracted a lot of attention, including Xu Zhengfei who was gritting his teeth. He had been thinking of revenge against Xu Yang, but ended up being stunned because when Xu Yang returned, he was accompanied by a mysterious master!

  Although the Xu family also had Xuan Shi and even Xuan Shifu-level guards, Xu Zhengfei couldn't use them at all. After all, Xu Yang was still a member of the Linwan Xu family, and these family guards would not help Xu Zhengfei bully Xu Yang, that would be too taboo.

  "Hmph, consider yourself lucky! However, that mystic will have his day of reckoning. When the time comes, I'll go straight to your residence and humiliate you thoroughly." Xu Zhengfei's resentful gaze was fixed on Xu Yang, who had disappeared at the street corner.

  "Where should we put the bronze tripod, Master Xu?" Lao Liu carried the bronze tripod all the way, his face not red, his breathing not labored, showing off a Xian's strong physical quality.

  "Put it in the house, okay?" Xuyang pointed to a location and said.

  The Taoist, Old Liu, nodded and carefully put down the medicine cauldron, asking: "Young Master Xu, is there anything else I can help you with?" He knew that Xiao Junhou had a high opinion of this Young Master Xu, so his words and actions were tinged with three parts courtesy, without any hint of arrogance as a Taoist.

  "No need, thank you." Xǔ Yáng took out two Qīng Láng coins from his pouch and handed them over, "A small token of appreciation, please accept it."

  It's a small effort to get two Wolf Coins, which is an unexpected surprise. To know that Lao Liu, as the guardian of Qianbao Pavilion, has a monthly salary of only twenty Wolf Coins.

  Lao Liu declined a few times before finally accepting, and chuckled: "If Master Xu has any errands in the future, just let Lao Liu know." With that, he walked out of the courtyard.

  Xu Yang naturally knew this was Liu Six's polite remark and wouldn't take it seriously.

  Now that everything is ready, Xu Yang began to cultivate his Pinnacle Body.

  Cultivating the Rock Body doesn't require specially refining elixirs, but rather uses a medicinal bath method, from outside to inside. This also saves Xu Yang some trouble. He prepared a lot of firewood, piled it under the cauldron, then poured in several buckets of clear water, and put part of the required medicine into the water. After covering the cauldron lid, he started a fire to simmer it.

  "What a pity, I'm not yet a Xuan Shi and don't have the Huo Ji Xuan Li, so I can't freely control the fire timing, and many of the ingenious alchemy methods of later generations can't be performed...". Xu Yang secretly regretted it, then immediately cheered up, "However, in my mind there are quite a few low-grade ordinary medicines that can be refined now, with excellent medicinal properties, which can be used to make money."

  Just then, a hot air came out of the air hole on the lid of the cauldron, and a pungent smell wafted over. Xuyang opened the lid and found that the original clear water had turned into a faint black liquid.

  Xu Yu went to Bu Zhuang today, and there was no one in the house. Xu Yang took off his lower garment, jumped into the cauldron, took a deep breath, and sank into the black medicinal liquid.

  The mysterious energy mist in the starry sea churned up rapidly, and the dark medicinal liquid in the cauldron slowly seeped into his body through his skin as Xu Yang performed his technique.

  Xu Yang's physical body was frantically absorbing the medicinal power, condensing and compressing it, only to absorb more... His skeleton became increasingly hard, his flesh and blood condensed, and his skin grew even more supple.

  The process was undoubtedly painful, no different from scraping bones with a dull knife, but Xu Yang could only grit his teeth and endure it. His skin pores were still continuously discharging impurities, making his physical body even stronger.

  It is bitter in the bitter, and it is a man above. This ancient proverb also makes sense when placed on the path of Xiuxian.

  This medicinal bath lasted for a quarter of an hour. When Xuyang stood up from the cauldron again, the originally pure black medicinal liquid had become murky and unbearable. Xuyang knew that it was because he had absorbed the medicinal properties and expelled the impurities from his body.

  Cao Cao wiped his body and immediately began practicing the Boulder Body technique.

  After absorbing the power of medicine, one must use their physical body as a weapon and temper it through a thousand hammerings and hundredfold refinement in order to achieve success.

  In the courtyard of Xu Yang's residence, there was a huge bluestone, several times taller than two people, weighing about 100 jin. Xu Yang took off his upper body, let out a low growl, and violently rubbed against the bluestone with his shoulder, then fiercely and rapidly ground against the bluestone.

  Xu Yang's skin was much tougher than ordinary people, and it did not rupture even after rubbing against the uneven bluestone surface for a while. However, after dozens or hundreds of times, his skin had changed from its initial faint white marks to red blood streaks.

  A wave of scorching pain surged in, but Xuyang remained unmoved, switching to another patch of skin and continuing to collide and rub. Every time a patch of skin was damaged, a cool medicinal power would quickly surge out from within the body, rapidly repairing the injury and making the newly grown skin even stronger.

  Originally, cultivating the Rock Body requires an assistant to wield a stick and strike, helping the cultivator quickly absorb and refine the medicinal energy stored within their body, making their physical body stronger. However, Xu Yang didn't have this condition, his little sister Xu Yu's strength was too weak, and she couldn't bear to hit him, so the effect would definitely be poor.

  Covered in blood, Xu Yang dragged his exhausted body back into the house and washed himself slightly. Severe pain shot through him, causing Xu Yang to involuntarily gasp for air.

  "The physical strength has increased, and now one punch can exert a force of thirty kilograms, comparable to those high-ranking cultivators who have just entered the Xuanwu realm, of course, under the condition that they do not use their Xuan power." Xu Yang felt the power inside his body, somewhat surprised, the Panshi Body was indeed worthy of being the starting chapter of the Tianjie Xuan Technique, with an astonishing effect on cultivating the body. This was only the first step, and this Xuan technique had not yet been truly cultivated. After persisting in taking medicinal baths, just five times would be enough to successfully cultivate the "Panshi Body", adding the power of the "Xiaoxuan Forbidden Array", Xu Yang could then fight against a Xuan Master!"

  "It's about time, Xiaoyu should be back." Xuyang took a step towards the gate of the courtyard.

  Just as I walked out of the door, I heard a commotion, and among them was a familiar voice, which sounded like Xu Zhengfei!

  "Your brother is a waste, and you're just a little waste too! It's perfect that I'm looking for your brother to settle the score, might as well bring this little waste along with him!"

  "My brother... is not a waste, after one month, he will participate in the family competition and prove it to you all!" Xu Yu's voice came with a sob, but she didn't cry, instead stubbornly holding back her tears, staring at this "brother" Xu Zhengfei who was also a member of the Xu family.

  Xu Zhengfei sneered and raised his hand to slap Xu Yu, but was stopped by Xu Zhengye who said: "She's just a ten-year-old girl, if you accidentally hit her too hard and she dies, the family will definitely blame us. Let it go."

  Xu Zhengfei hummed and swung his sleeve, bringing up a strong gust of wind. Xu Yu let out a cry of surprise as her slender body was swept away by the wind, stumbling backward in a flurry.

  Suddenly, a figure flashed by, and Xu Zhengfei and Xu Zhengdang's eyes widened as a young man in tattered clothes appeared before them, catching Xuyu who was about to fall. The two of them looked closely, only to see a sullen and angry-looking Xu Yang!

  "Xiao Yu, how are you? Are you hurt?" Xu Yang asked softly, supporting Xiao Yu's shoulder.

  Xu Yu's little nose twitched as she held back tears and said: "Little Yu is fine... the fabric I bought for big brother was torn by two of our family's brothers... waaahhh..." As she spoke, the little girl couldn't hold it in anymore and burst into tears.

  Xu Yang looked up and saw that there were indeed many blue cloth strips floating in the wind. His eyes had a hint of coldness, and he slowly stared at Xu Zhengfei and the other person.

  Xu Zhengfei came with a mindset of finding fault, but somehow, when he saw Xu Yang's eyes, his heart suddenly rose up with a chill. He immediately restrained his fearful emotions and shouted: "What are you looking at, trash! Today this young master will teach you a good lesson, give you some memory!"

  Xu Zhengfei was already at the pinnacle of Xuantu, and recently he had been preparing to condense his Xuanli turbine. Compared to Lu Song and Liu Zishan whom Xu Yang met in the Cultivation Team, his strength was more than one level higher. He let out a loud roar, took big strides forward, and slapped Xu Yang with a palm.

  "The opponent underestimated him." Xǔ Yáng judged the opponent's mentality from Xǔ Zhèng Fēi's slack posture, gave a cold smile, and pounced forward, colliding head-on into his chest before Xǔ Zhèng Fēi's palm could reach him.

  This collision was like a human-shaped green stone crashing into his chest, and a painful numbness spread instantly. Xu Zhengfei's heart skipped a beat as he knew something was wrong, and immediately used all his skills to lightly turn around, heavily twist his waist, intending to attack from behind again.

  However, Xu Yang's close combat skills were much stronger than Xu Zhengfei's. With a move called "Canglong Jiahai", he heavily struck Xu Zhengfei's back with his elbow.

  Thirty tons of force burst out, and in an instant, Xu Zhengfei's body was knocked into a exaggerated bow shape, with a mouthful of blood spewing out as he fell forward.

  This exchange was incredibly swift, and even Xu Zheng, who was watching from the side, hadn't reacted yet when the outcome had already been decided! He retreated in shock, never expecting that this well-known family's waste material would have become so much stronger.

  As he hesitated between charging and retreating, Xu Yang had already rushed over with a whistling wind sound, using the Eagle Strike stance. "Eagle Strikes Heaven", "Eagle and Snake Entwined" - three moves and two styles later, he was pinned to the ground.

  "Spare you a beating for just stopping Xu Zhengfei. Dare to come again, I Xu Yang will not hold back!" A cold voice sounded from the side of his ear, and immediately a strong force surged forth, violently pushing Xu Zheng's body, stumbling and staggering out seven or eight steps.

  Xu Zheng was about to leave, but was stopped by Xu Yang. His heart skipped a beat, thinking that Xu Yang wanted to go back on his word, but instead heard Xu Yang say calmly: "Take this scrap metal back to the Xu family."

  Xu Zhengfei's situation was even more dire, Xu Yang's full-strength elbow strike had caused his spine to become dislocated and his meridians suffered severe damage. If not for the excellent Dan master who refined medicine to help him recover, within a year Xu Zhengfei could only lie in bed recuperating, and turning nothingness into reality, condensing the Mysterious Energy Vortex also became an unattainable goal.

  He didn't kill the two, Xuyang was considerate. Firstly, this place wasn't secretive enough, it would be hard to avoid being known, and that would violate the rules of Lin Yuan City. More importantly, Xuyang and Xuyu were still members of the Xuyang family after all, taking such ruthless action would inevitably lead to criticism from others. To say the least, Xuyang had already been very ruthless, Xu Zhengfei might be left with internal injuries, and for this lifetime, he would have no hope of reaching the Xuan Shi realm.