Ascension Through Generations

"When a distinguished guest comes to our door, it would be inappropriate to welcome him from afar. It's rude and impolite! May I ask if your distinguished guest wants to buy or sell? Baicao Zhai is a three-hundred-year-old store. There are countless elixirs and elixirs in the store. I believe you will not disappoint your distinguished guest." Young The drug boy was sharp-tongued, and it was obvious that he had said this story thousands of times and had already turned it into instinct.

Zhao Sheng took a few steps closer and said calmly: "I want to buy some special herbs. You may not know what they are, so ask your shopkeeper to come out!"

As he said that, Zhao Sheng slightly let go of his momentum, then immediately restrained it.

The young medicine boy's face changed greatly, and he quickly bowed and saluted: "Senior, my shopkeeper is in the medicine warehouse in the backyard. Please follow me to the backyard."

Zhao Sheng nodded and followed the medicine boy through the front shop, walked through the first courtyard, and came to an elegant hall for entertaining guests.

"This is the place where the shop is specially used to receive distinguished guests. Senior, please wait for a moment. I will call the shopkeeper over right away."

After saying this, the young medicine boy bowed again and hurried out of the living room.

Not long after, a fair-faced old man with a clear appearance strode in.

"Junior Liu Baiwei, I have met Senior Foundation Establishment!" Liu Baiwei saw that there was actually a young master sitting here. A strange look flashed in his eyes, but he did not dare to bow and salute.

When Zhao Sheng saw this, a light flashed between his brows, and his invisible spiritual consciousness spread out. In an instant, he turned into an invisible hand, straightening the man's body out of thin air, and at the same time said lightly, "No need to be polite! Shopkeeper Liu, please sit down."

Seeing this, Liu Baiwei no longer doubted this person's strength and immediately sat with him respectfully.

Zhao Sheng took out a jade slip without saying anything, pushed it in front of Shopkeeper Liu, and said, "Shopkeeper Liu, please look at this slip. All the elixirs I want are recorded in it."

After hearing this, Liu Baiwei picked up the jade slip and placed it between his eyebrows.

After a while, the man took off the jade slip, but his expression was troubled.

Although the jade slips recorded the forms and medicinal properties of seven elixirs in detail with pictures and graphics, perhaps he was ignorant and did not recognize as many as five.

Zhao Sheng saw his embarrassment and couldn't help but comforted: "Shopkeeper Liu has something to say, but it doesn't matter. Even if I don't recognize any of them, I won't blame you."

That's what he said, and that's what he thought in his heart.

After all, he had searched through the family medicine cache before and found no sign of the seven-flavored elixir, so they might be specialty medicinal plants from the Tianzhu world.

In fact, if he spent decades studying the new "Resurrection Spirit Liquid" formula, he might not be able to find a substitute for this seven-flavor elixir. But if you do this, it always feels a bit uneconomical.

If he couldn't find these elixirs in Return City, he would consider alternative plans.

The so-called "Resurrection Spirit Liquid" is actually a special liquid he accidentally prepared while experimenting with cultivating blood plague Gu in his previous life.

The original purpose was to increase the survival rate of plague larvae. However, the effect of the prepared spiritual liquid was beyond imagination, and it actually had a magical effect similar to "bringing the dead back to life".

Of course, this spiritual liquid only has miraculous effects on oviparous insects such as flies, mosquitoes, ants, and mites, but not only has no effect on large creatures such as human beasts, but it is also highly toxic.

When shopkeeper Liu saw that his guest was talking very well, he immediately felt relieved and said, "Senior, please forgive me. Liu is not very talented and has little knowledge. He only knows two elixirs, 'Heartwort' and 'Wanjiehong', but he can't do anything else."

Hearing this, Zhao Sheng had a thoughtful look on his face, and tapped his fingers on the table subconsciously.

Shopkeeper Liu's heart skipped a beat when he saw this, and he quickly leaned forward and said, "Senior, if you are in urgent need of this seven-flavor elixir, I have a suggestion."

"Oh, shopkeeper, please tell me." Zhao Sheng's eyes narrowed when he heard this, and he suddenly became interested.

Shopkeeper Liu said: "The shop has been open for more than three hundred years, and it is relatively well-connected in the elixir business in Return City. If the seniors are not afraid of leaking secrets, Liu can use this slip to consult several spiritual people in the business. The great enshrinement of medicine. If even the great enshriners don’t know about these elixirs, I think not many people in this world will know them.”

After Zhao Sheng heard this, he was immediately moved, so he said with a smile: "In that case, I will help shopkeeper Liu."

"Senior, you're welcome! Please wait patiently for the time being, and I'll go immediately to seek advice from some of the great ministers."

After speaking, shopkeeper Liu picked up the jade slip and hurriedly walked out of the elegant hall.

Not long after, the young medicine boy came in holding a wooden tray with both hands. On the wooden tray were placed a set of tea cups and two plates of preserved fruit snacks.

After putting down the tea cup and preserved fruit snacks, the man withdrew and waited outside the door.

After waiting for almost two hours, the sun set and dusk was approaching.

At this moment, shopkeeper Liu walked into the living room excitedly and said excitedly: "Thank you for your honor! Senior, I found the seven-flavored medicinal materials you asked for. I brought back six kinds. Only the thousand-year-old dragon scale mushroom is not available in the city. In stock, it will take a few days.”

Zhao Sheng raised his eyebrows when he heard this, and was quite surprised by the deep "understanding" of Huilai City's elixir shop.

While talking, Shopkeeper Liu took out six large and small medicine boxes from the Qiankun bag and opened them one by one in front of him.

Zhao Sheng carefully looked at the six elixirs in the box and found that the age and well-preserved medicines exceeded his requirements, and he couldn't help but nodded with satisfaction.

"Shopkeeper Liu, I have bought all these elixirs. How many spiritual stones are needed? Also tell me the price of the thousand-year-old dragon scale mushroom."

"Senior, this six-flavor elixir is rare and rare. It cost a total of two hundred and thirty-two middle-grade spiritual stones. I'll wipe out the change for you, so I'll give you two hundred and thirty yuan. As for the thousand-year-old dragon scale mushroom, it's worth the medicine. Depending on the age, the price should be between 70 and 300 mid-grade spiritual stones." Shopkeeper Liu was cautious and did not dare to ask for a high price, so he simply gave a real price.

Zhao Sheng did not bargain, and directly counted out three hundred middle-grade spiritual stones and handed them over to the other party.

"You can't do this, you can't do it!" Shopkeeper Liu panicked when he saw this and hurriedly declined.

"The shopkeeper just accepts it. The extra seventy yuan is a small thank you from Zhao, no need to refuse!"

Hearing what the distinguished guest said, shopkeeper Liu reluctantly accepted it.

Zhao Sheng put away the elixir, then agreed to come back in five days, put down thirty pieces of middle-grade spiritual stones as a deposit, and then left Baicao Zhai.

…

That night, Zhao Sheng quietly walked out of the practice room and was the first to enter the Yumei Studio.

An hour later, when Chen Shuang fell asleep contentedly, Zhao Sheng quietly entered Huixinyuan and sang with Chen Qi for half the night.

For the next two days, Zhao Sheng spent the day doting on his wives and teasing his daughters in Chengying Courtyard, but at night he went on a killing spree, killing several women until they abandoned their armor and cried for mercy.

Time passed like water, and five days flew by.

In the afternoon five days later, Zhao Sheng entered the practice room to practice Xuan Gong as usual.

But after the door was closed and the barrier formation was opened, his figure was no longer in the training room.

At the same time, Zhao Sheng appeared in a temporary cave two hundred miles away from Return City.

Soon, a sword rainbow rose into the sky and rushed towards the Return City.

After entering Return City, Zhao Sheng successfully obtained the Millennium Dragon Scale Zhi from Shopkeeper Liu, which cost him nearly two hundred middle-grade spiritual stones.

But he was not satisfied, and quickly made an agreement with Shopkeeper Liu: he would continue to collect the seven-flavor elixir for him, and he would come to pick up the medicine every once in a while.

After putting down two high-grade spiritual stones as part of the deposit, Zhao Sheng was sent out of the drug store by shopkeeper Liu.

After a while, Zhao Sheng changed his appearance again and walked into Yushu Pavilion.

About a stick of incense later, Zhao Sheng hurriedly walked out of the door, turned around and disappeared into the crowd.

A few days later, Yushu Pavilion suddenly started selling a series of special fire charms.

Even though these fire talismans are not of high grade, they are all first- and second-order mid- to low-grade talismans.

However, the power of each fire talisman is astonishingly great, being several percent, or even several times, higher than ordinary talismans of the same level.

Of course, the price is also extremely impressive, prohibiting countless Qi-refining cultivators.

At the same time, a small number of top-quality talismans were also put up for auction at the high-end auction held by Yushu Pavilion.

These top-quality talismans are mainly two types of talismans: thunder and fire. Although the highest level is only the second level, their power is so horrifying that it is almost comparable to ordinary third-level talismans!

Therefore, after a short period of indifference, this type of special top-quality talisman quickly became extremely popular, causing a rush of Foundation Establishment monks, and demand completely exceeded supply.

When the leaders of Yushu Pavilion reacted and were extremely eager to find Zhao Sheng, they found that they could not find any trace of his whereabouts.

He just disappeared from the world and never appeared again for a long time.

…

The Yin hour is the darkest time of the night.

Above the sky, the strong wind roared, and huge clouds and air masses that could easily reach thousands of miles were flying past slowly from below, towards the end of the sky.

At this moment, a completely black cloud platform stood in the air, hovering quietly dozens of miles below the boundary membrane.

The cloud platform is covered with a thick layer of light, which at least weakens the power of the strong wind and the extremely cold environment by 50%.

In the center of the cloud platform, Zhao Sheng faced the east, sitting cross-legged with his upper body naked in the middle of the array, patiently waiting for the arrival of dawn.

Time passed little by little, and a hint of fish belly white gradually appeared on the horizon.

Not long after, a red sun suddenly appeared from the end of the sea of ​​clouds. The red light fell on the sea of ​​clouds, dyeing half of the sea of ​​clouds fiery red.

When the pale golden sunlight fell on the cloud platform and shone on Zhao Sheng.

The darkness above slowly receded, and wisps of purple energy emerged.

Compared with the surface, the total amount of Heng Yang purple gas near the boundary film is more than ten times higher than that on the surface.

At this moment, Zhao Sheng closed his eyes, and his consciousness exploded with all his strength, covering an area of ​​200 feet in an instant.

Along with the Xuan Gong, spiritual power flowed through the limbs and bones, and all the Hengyang purple energy within a radius of two hundred feet was captured by the spiritual consciousness net, and was sucked into the Dantian Qi sea in the blink of an eye.

At the same time, the Taichung array exploded with dazzling lightning, and a large amount of free thunder energy emerged out of thin air, and pupae poured into the sea of ​​energy in Zhao Sheng's Dantian.

As soon as the free thunder energy came into contact with the Hengyang purple energy, it was immediately transformed into strands of purple thunder through a Xuanxuan thunder seal condensed by divine consciousness.

The purple thunder light fell into the spiritual vortex one after another, and was quickly refined into a drop of purple thunder spiritual power.

I don't know how long it took, but Zhao Sheng suddenly couldn't sense any trace of Heng Yang's purple energy. This mysterious energy came and disappeared very suddenly.

He opened his eyes and saw that the sun had fully risen from the horizon and today's dawn had passed.

But the expression on his face clearly showed no concern.

Zhao Sheng stretched out his right hand and pressed it to the ground, his index finger flickered, and in an instant, the cloud platform beneath him disappeared out of thin air.

Then, he stood in the air and turned to look to the west. At this time, the darkness in the sky had not completely faded away, and the intersection of darkness and light was clearly visible.

The next moment, Zhao Sheng's figure disappeared out of thin air.

When they reappeared, they had moved eight thousand miles to the west, and this place was just in the dark stage before dawn.

Zhao Sheng released the cloud platform and sat cross-legged in the center of the array, silently waiting for the sun to rise.

Not long after, the sun showed a little bit from the east. The sunlight broke through the darkness. Dawn came and half of the sea of ​​clouds turned into burning clouds.

In an instant, strands of Heng Yang Purple Qi were born with the rising sun. Zhao Sheng released his spiritual consciousness and continued to capture the surrounding Heng Yang Purple Qi in an orderly manner, while activating the array and constantly refining the incoming thunder and purple Qi.

In this way, bits and pieces of Zixiao's thunder power were slowly refined and began to gradually replace the original foundation-building spiritual power.

After the Heng Yang Purple Qi disappeared, Zhao Sheng launched the Great Shift of Time and Space again and continued to chase "Dawn".

His cultivation method is simply unimaginable!

It can be said that the amount of Hengyang Purple Qi he refined at one time is equivalent to ten days and a half of hard work for an ordinary immortal cultivator.

On this day, Zhao Sheng moved three times in a row, reaching as far as more than 24,000 miles away.

However, this is also his relative "limit". After all, the cost of initiating the great shift in time and space is high, and one must know how to act within one's ability.

When he moved back to Qianlong Pavilion, it was already three o'clock in the morning!

Later, Zhao Sheng changed into his robe, pushed open the stone door and walked out of the training room into the courtyard.

"Chen Shou!"

Following a call, a strong young man trotted in from outside the courtyard, ran to Zhao Sheng, bowed and said: "Master, the young one is here, what are your orders?"

Zhao Sheng asked calmly: "Has there been any movement in the insect eggs I asked you to take care of?"

Chen Shou looked bitter and whispered: "Master, I have changed the liquid three times as instructed, but most of the insect eggs still have no movement at all. However, there are also seven insect eggs that are getting stronger and stronger. It should be .Can live!”

"Oh, take me to see it quickly!" Zhao Sheng became interested and immediately ordered.

"Master, come with me."

Chen Shou responded and quickly led Zhao Sheng through the courtyard and corridor, and finally entered a special greenhouse with constant temperature and humidity.

There are eight square tables placed in the middle of the greenhouse, each with a jade urn about a foot in size.

There is a shallow layer of colorful liquid in the urn, and the spiritual liquid is soaked with sesame-like "black spots"

Zhao Sheng walked past the square tables one by one, sensing the vitality of the eggs in the jar with his spiritual consciousness.

Sure enough, as Chen Shou said, only seven of the eggs doubled in size, and there seemed to be some hope of hatching.

Zhao Sheng deliberately picked out these seven insect eggs, placed them in a new jade urn, and replaced them with a layer of resurrection liquid with a higher concentration.

After doing this, he ordered Chen Shou to continue taking care of the remaining eggs. Then he took away the seven insect eggs.

After passing through the two courtyards, Zhao Sheng walked to the garden, when he happened to hear a crying sound coming from the garden wall.

Upon hearing this cry, Zhao Sheng suddenly turned pale, but the next second he became helpless.