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Xu Jiao's residence was actually next to the Xu Family's cultivation room …
However, many members of the Xu Family were already sitting here and waiting … Originally, they came to denounce her, but now, they were all curiously surrounding the jade bottle that Xu Jiao took out.
"This is … a medicinal pill?"
After the jade bottle was opened, many people present could clearly smell that medicinal fragrance … And after Xu Jiao poured out that medicinal pill, many people's eyeballs were about to pop out, and some people's eyes were even immediately brimming with greed.
Among them, Xu Shaofeng was the most …
"That's right, it's indeed a medicinal pill, and this medicinal pill's grade isn't low!"
Xu Jiao simply displayed the medicinal pill before putting it back into the jade bottle to be sealed. This kind of medicinal pill couldn't be exposed outside for a long time, as that would cause a portion of the medicinal essence to dissipate … Perhaps the amount of essence that dissipated each time wasn't much, but if it accumulated, it would also reduce the medicinal effect.
Evidently, Xu Jiao and the Xu Family didn't want to waste such a precious medicinal pill … Perhaps many of them felt that it was a pity to put the medicinal pill back into the jade bottle. After all, it wouldn't be so easy to see and smell it again. However, they wouldn't say anything, as this medicinal pill didn't belong to them.
"What's the background of this young man surnamed Qin?"
The old man sitting on the main seat also frowned, then he asked the others.
"Grandfather, perhaps you don't know Qin Fang, but you definitely have a deep impression of his mother … Her surname is Qu, and she's from Hong Kong!"
Xu Jiao didn't say anything, and many others lowered their heads in silence. Only Xu Zizhen had a faint smile on his face at this time as he spoke indifferently. After all, he was the one who received Qin Fang, so he was naturally more clear about Qin Fang's background.
"Surname Qu, Hong Kong, could it be …"
This old man muttered to himself for a while with lowered brows. Then, he thought of someone and immediately raised his head to look at Xu Zizhen.
"Grandpa, Qin Fang is indeed Aunt Qu's son …"
Xu Zizhen also answered the old man's question with a positive answer, which confirmed the old man's guess. But then Xu Zizhen also said, "However, we can't find out the specific background of Qin Fang …"
The Xu Family would investigate the identity and background of every guest who came to the Xu Family's island …
But Qin Qing had already agreed, but decided not to come at the last minute, and let his son Qin Fang take his place … Suddenly, it was almost impossible for the Xu Family to inquire about Qin Fang's identity, which was why Xu Zizhen said this.
Of course, even if the Xu Family really did investigate, they probably wouldn't be able to find out anything …
"Patriarch, this kid surnamed Qin's background is unknown … However, as soon as he arrived at our Xu Family Island, this forbidden area incident happened. Furthermore, he is very powerful. I suspect that he is …"
Xu Shaofeng, who was standing to the side, seemed to have grasped something at this time and immediately stood up to express his opinion.
"Shut up!"
However, the old man's turbid eyes lightly swept over Xu Shaofeng, and then he shouted very rudely.
Just as he finished speaking, the sword cultivator old man, who had been sitting to the side without saying anything, suddenly burst forth with an extremely terrifying sword intent and charged straight at Xu Shaofeng …
Xu Shaofeng's expression changed greatly, and the aura on his body suddenly rose. Moreover, the longsword on his back also immediately unsheathed itself and landed in his hand. Only then did he barely block the old man's sword intent.
Even so, Xu Shaofeng still felt cold sweat flowing down his back … If his reaction was just a bit slower, he would probably have to lie in bed for at least three to five months!
"How could someone who can take out such a precious medicinal pill possibly covet the swords in our Xu Family's sword tomb?"
However, as the patriarch, Old Man Xu, seemed to have not seen Xu Shaofeng's encounter at all. He only looked at the jade bottle in Xu Jiao's hand and sighed softly.
Medicinal pills were very precious, and the Xu Family members were also people of the martial arts world, so they naturally knew this …
The Xu Family could be considered to be blessed by the heavens. They accidentally discovered that forbidden area and discovered the existence of the sword tomb … This also allowed them to step into the ranks of sword cultivators, but at the same time, they also had a very fatal shortcoming.
That shortcoming was … the lack of medicinal pills and secret manuals!
However, the Xu Family members were also very powerful. After several generations of hard work, they finally collected many lost secret manuals of the martial arts world. Some were whole books, while some were only fragments … However, sword cultivators only needed to condense sword intent, and the rest could be slowly cultivated. With these secret manuals of the martial arts world, it slightly made up for the threat of this shortcoming.
However, medicinal pills … were a pain that the Xu Family couldn't make up for!
There was no other reason than that people of the martial arts world could perhaps sell secret manuals of martial arts for money … This thing could be duplicated many times, so it wasn't a big deal to sell it. In any case, they still had copies in their hands, so they could still cultivate.
However, medicinal pills were real. One pill was one pill, and once eaten, there would be no more …
Therefore, people of the martial arts world treasured medicinal pills very much. Unless it was absolutely necessary, they absolutely wouldn't use them. There were even some people who were even more terrifying … Even if their injuries were already quite serious, they would still try their best to preserve medicinal pills!
It was precisely because of this that medicinal pills were priceless …
Even if the Xu Family's wealth could really be said to be comparable to a country's wealth, if they wanted to use money to buy medicinal pills … it was practically an extravagant hope!
Therefore, for so many years, although the Xu Family had occupied the sword tomb, they had never possessed a single medicinal pill … Otherwise, the sword cultivators of the Xu Family wouldn't have stopped here. Even a grandmaster-level sword cultivator had never appeared.
Although this couldn't be said to be completely related to medicinal pills, there was still a considerable reason … The accumulation of resources was also one of the advantages of high-level martial artists.
The people of the Xu Family were very clear about the value of medicinal pills, yet Qin Fang casually gave a medicinal pill of a rather high grade to Xu Jiao. It could be seen that his wealth was absolutely not ordinary … Even the strength of the sect hidden behind him was extremely terrifying.
With such a terrifying foundation and backing, why would he care about the Xu Family's sword tomb?
There was no lack of very good famous swords in the sword tomb, but they hadn't reached the level of truly moving people's hearts … At least, Xu Shaofeng had seen Qin Fang use his sword before. From that sword light, he could analyze that the treasured sword in Qin Fang's hand was absolutely not inferior to any sword in the sword tomb.
Since that was the case, then how could Qin Fang barge into the sword tomb to steal a sword?
As for comprehending sword intent …
No one in the Xu Family would believe that. If sword intent was so easy to comprehend, then there wouldn't be so few martial artists in the Xu Family who cultivated the way of the sword. Even if there were some experts who comprehended sword intent, it would take a considerable amount of time to do so.
It wasn't even half a night's time. To be precise, it was within one to two hours. It was impossible for someone as strong as Xu Jiao, who was blessed by the heavens, to do so …
"The person who barged into the forbidden area to steal the sword has already been found. This is already an unchangeable fact. I don't want to hear similar remarks in the future …"
As if to settle the matter, Old Man Xu looked deeply at Xu Shaofeng, then made a very certain decision.
This meant that Zhu Ming's bodyguard had already confirmed his crime … Even if he refused to admit that he was that person, it was already meaningless. The Xu Family had already determined that he was that person.
Naturally, Xu Shaofeng's trick of using this matter to deal with Qin Fang was also completely negated by Old Man Xu's words.
"Hmph …"
Faced with Old Man Xu's domineering attitude, Xu Shaofeng's expression was also quite unsightly. He seemed to want to express his dissatisfaction as he directly snorted coldly and turned to leave … However, before he left, he didn't forget to specially glance at the jade bottle in Xu Jiao's hand.
It was very obvious that Xu Shaofeng was also drooling over the medicinal pills in this jade bottle …
"Jiaojiao, you should also go and rest …"
Xu Shaofeng left, but Old Man Xu also sent Xu Jiao and the others away, leaving behind only a few people who seemed to be discussing something … It was impossible for Qin Fang to know about this matter. Even Xu Jiao didn't know. Instead, it was Xu Zizhen's expression that constantly changed, as if she had never expected this.
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At this moment, Qin Fang was meditating and cultivating in his residence.
That wonderful state was similar to an epiphany. While Qin Fang's essence was restrained, his foundation was also more solid … The most frightening thing about rapid advancement was that the foundation wasn't solid enough. This was also the reason why Qin Fang would work hard to suppress and accumulate strength every time he reached a bottleneck. His foundation was indeed not very solid.
However, the enlightenment this time made Qin Fang's foundation much more solid …
"The Way of Nature?"
After a long time, Qin Fang finally woke up from his meditation. After opening his eyes, Qin Fang couldn't help but sigh softly. "I actually comprehended the Way of Nature so early … It's really too unexpected."
Stepping from the Grandmaster level to the Great Grandmaster level was a qualitative change, and also a symbolic change when one officially stepped into the ranks of high-level cultivators … Therefore, this threshold was also rather high, and generations of talents and geniuses were stuck at it.
If one wanted to cross this hurdle, it was a process of qualitative change. One had to transform the True Qi in one's body into Gang Qi … This was a process of accumulation, accumulation, and accumulation. It was a process of quantitative change achieving qualitative change.
Stepping from the Great Grandmaster level to the Supreme level was another qualitative change … It was also something that countless geniuses in the past thousands of years would wring their hands and bend their backs. Only an extremely small number of people could reach this level, and the reason was that these people hadn't comprehended the essence of the "Way"!
However, this process didn't involve quantitative change in the slightest … No matter how terrifying the accumulation was, if one didn't comprehend the essence of the "Way", then one could forget about stepping into this level for the rest of one's life …
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