"This item won't be of use to you now, and later when you achieve the status of a Martial Saint, provided you survive until then."
Chen Sansi wasn't one to stand on ceremony.
He had run out of incense long ago.
With the temples staffed by court officials, it was difficult to acquire any.
For him, incense was ultimately a substitute.
Having acquired this spiritual energy,
he could practice the "Five Elements Decision" left by Cao Xie, and step onto the path of immortality.
As of now, there seemed to be no time allowed for him to break through beyond Martial Saint before embarking on this path.
The door to the ends of the earth would next open in fifty years.
Within the Luotian Mountain Range, a group of Immortals was up to some mysterious business.
No matter what, after embarking on the Immortal Path, he would have additional means to save his life, like no longer depending on incense for Sword Qi Skill.
Chen Sansi entered the bedroom.
The Empress was sitting at the table, fiddling with a teacup: "Get out."
"Sister, this seems to be my room, right?"
Chen Sansi said, "The guest room is already prepared for you."
Gu Xinlan concurred, "I have to return to Daqing with you tomorrow, can't you let your brother-in-law and I have a good time tonight?"
"You have two hours."
The Empress looked disdainfully at "brother-in-law" and finally put down the teacup heavily, leaving the room, unaware of where she went without heading to the guest room.
"This sister of mine, I really don't know what's going on with her,"
Gu Xinlan said somewhat unhappily, "I always feel she's strange, not even sparing a glance for her own nephew, Du He."
"Perhaps it's because she's the Empress after all."
Most likely, it was because she fancied herself an Immortal.
"In my opinion, she has suffered too much these years,"
Gu Xinlan pondered, "I still want to take Du He away, firstly because I don't trust the wet nurse, and secondly, having a child can make her stop frowning all day."
"Let's not talk about this now."
"Your Highness the princess."
"You should retire to bed."
The warm sun streamed through the window lattice, casting strips of golden light into the room.
In front of the bronze mirror.
Gu Xinlan sat at the dressing table, her waterfall-like long hair cascading down her shoulders.
Chen Sansi held a wooden comb, brushing her hair.
"Brother Shi, then I'm really leaving later."
Once their intimate moment was over.
The Empress, clad in a black robe, appeared silently.
Only when speaking to her sister would the tone of superiority in her voice briefly fade.
The Empress looked at the nephew in her sister's arms: "We agreed..."
Gu Xinlan said displeased, "On this trip of yours, you haven't shown anyone a pleasant face, and now you want me to separate from my child? He's just over half a year old, I can't be at ease, if you really won't let me take the child, I'll stay."
Eventually, the Empress agreed.
The two sisters, holding the child, left from the back gate of the mansion without alarming anyone.
By the time Chen Sansi came out to see them off, they had already vanished.
She was still Sister Lan's biological sister after all, and with sufficient strength, that counted as a kind of assurance.
But about the Luotian Mountain Range and the matters concerning the ends of the earth,
he should indeed have a proper talk with his senior martial brother.
But he would have to wait until his senior martial brother and master made contact.
The house had suddenly become much quieter without the baby's crying.
Chen Yunxi sat in the pavilion of the front yard, softly reciting from a book.
Si Qinmohua were busy with their respective duties, preparing breakfast, and cleaning.
Chen Sansi was also busy, practicing martial arts in the backyard.
With the support of Exotic Beast Meat, his cultivation speed had greatly increased.
He was in seclusion for as long as ten days.
Hua Jin to Gang, that is the Profound Image!
Having obtained Gang Qi, one is no longer ordinary.
According to Chen Sansi's observations.
Be it Incense Fire Divine Sect or Seeking Immortal Tower, if they did not possess the Body Protection Technique, Gang Qi would be enough to destroy their physical bodies.
The Five Tigers Soul-breaking Spear danced, resonating continuously with the strength.
The large and small meridians including the Eight Extraordinary Meridians operated like an overburdened machine, incessantly generating strength; this strength was then depleted through spear technique, synchronized with the Breathing Skill in the cycle.
After countless repetitions,
his internal strength was completely exhausted.
A martial artist without strength, just like a machine that loses its energy supply, would turn completely into an inanimate object.
Chen Sansi had no choice but to "manually" drive the machine, practicing the Cultivation Technique of the Profound Image Realm without the support of internal strength; in that instant, he could feel the "machine" wearing out crazily, the pain within his body like someone pouring chili oil into his meridians, with sensations of fainting and suffocation among other extreme pains following one after another.
Relying on his blurred consciousness, he slowly restored the Breathing Skill.
The mixed energy of heaven and earth entered his body through his nostrils, passed through the trachea, lungs, and other airways; the useful components became "fuel" and amalgamated with his body, while the useless exhaust was expelled along with the breath, merging back into the Great Thousand World.
The amount of useful energy absorbed increased slightly, and more mixed energy was expelled, making the utmost use of all the energies between heaven and earth, until just before he was about to collapse, everything between heaven and earth suddenly became smooth.
With each breath, more than ninety percent was useful energy.
With so much "fuel" infused, the long-inactive Eight Extraordinary Meridians began to operate again, True Dragon Strength began to emerge anew, but this time the strength reached an ultimate purity and then underwent a qualitative change.