Chapter 70 Three Things to Do
Seeing Cui Shuyun's resentful look, Zhu Chengwu reacted and smiled apologetically.

From Cui Shuyun's narration, Zhu Chengwu roughly understood why Cui Shuyun gave that look.

Cui Shuyun's method of spiritual cultivation was taught by her so-called second sister-in-law.

Shuoqing Temple was also taken in by her second sister-in-law.

From this we can see that Cui Shuyun once had a very good relationship with her second sister-in-law.

But Cui Shuyun also said that she might never be able to see the real gate of Shuoqing Temple again, and her status as a disciple of Shuoqing Temple might have been revoked.

This situation could only have happened because Cui Shuyun and her second sister-in-law had a conflict and fell out!

This is why there are such serious consequences.

It was indeed inappropriate for Zhu Chengwu to suddenly cheer loudly at this time.

It's a bit like rubbing salt into the wound.

But Zhu Chengwu really thinks this is good news.

Cui Shuyun's second sister-in-law seems to be the daughter of the Minister of Personnel Ai family...

Forget it, it's not important!
What the conflict between Cui Shuyun and her second sister-in-law is, how it arose, and whether it can be resolved, none of these are important!
What’s more important is that Cui Shuyun is an extremely talented genius in spiritual cultivation.

What’s more, there is no one behind Cui Shuyun now!

The background is clean!
Judging from the previous contacts and current exchanges, Cui Shuyun is not the kind of "born villain" who is trained to bite back.

Zhu Chengwu can now rest assured for additional investment and training!
"Sorry sorry!
Madam, I just think it’s best for you to distance yourself from Shuoqingguan!
In this way, it will be difficult for you to get the complete version of the Shuoqing Temple's fundamental Dharma, "Shuoqing Spirit Refining Method".

If you want to successfully achieve Yang Shen, you may have no choice but to accept my investment!"

Zhu Chengwu honestly told the reason why he shouted "OK".

"My Lord, you are really honest!
But, Lord Marquis, do you know?
If you weren't the legitimate son of the Ming King and the Marquis of Fu'an, you would be easily beaten for being so honest!"

Cui Shuyun looked at Zhu Chengwu unhappily.

"Just hit me!
Even putting aside status and position.

When it comes to fighting, there aren’t many people I’m afraid of!
But when it comes to talking, arguing, playing tricks, and scheming, there are many people I am afraid of!
In that case, why don’t I be honest?

Even if it means fighting with others!"

Zhu Chengwu explained.

Zhu Chengwu's words made Cui Shuyun stunned. After thinking about it, Cui Shuyun finally gave Zhu Chengwu a thumbs up, "My Lord, you are at a high level!"

“What high realm is there?

I just know that I am ordinary, understand my shortcomings, and deliberately avoid my shortcomings, and only do what I am good at! "

"My Lord, just because you can say this, you are definitely not ordinary."

Cui Shuyun looked at Zhu Chengwu in front of her, and for the first time, admiration appeared in her eyes.

Marquis Fu'an, who could say such words, was by no means "ordinary" as he called him.

"All right!
I won’t say much about these!
Back to business.

Madam, will you accept my additional investment?

Of course, you can also look at this as just another trade.”

Zhu Chengwu brought the topic back to the subject.

"My Lord, can you elaborate on the additional investment and transaction you mentioned?"

Cui Shuyun wanted to see what conditions Zhu Chengwu would offer and what requests he would make.

“Although Shuoqing Temple has relaxed its control over the practice of soul-refining, it has allowed many basic soul-refining methods to circulate in the market!
However, the art of refining the spirit has already declined, the influence of Shuoqing Temple is limited, and the circulation of the art of refining the spirit is actually also limited.

Moreover, what Shuoqing Temple actually released were only the basic and some of the superior soul-refining methods. As for the sect's soul-refining method of Yang God, "Shuoqing Soul-refining Method", the Yang God chapter, the strength of the release of this method by Shuoqing Temple was limited!
It can even be said that it has never been announced to the outside world!
After all, the real reason why Shuoqing Temple released the soul refining method was to find out the real soul refining talents and attract them to Shuoqing Temple.

If even the Yang Shen chapter of the Shuo Qing Shen Refining Method has been completely released, then what is the attraction of joining the Shuo Qing Temple?

Shuoqing Temple may really not be able to continue to exist!

Of course, if you are still an outer disciple of Shuoqing Temple, after you pass the test and become an inner disciple of Shuoqing Temple, with your spirit-refining talent, it is possible that Shuoqing Temple will directly grant you the complete version of "Shuoqing Temple Spirit-Refining Method".

However, my lady, your status as an outer disciple may be revoked by Shuoqing Temple!
Even if not, the test at Shuoqing Temple is still a difficult problem.

In addition to Shuoqing Temple, other major spirit-refining sects also have similar tests and regulations.

After all, the sect-level soul-refining method involving the Yang God is the foundation of every major soul-refining sect.

Even though the art of spirit cultivation has declined now and they are in desperate need of fresh blood, they won't give it away easily?

And I can teach my wife the soul-refining method that is enough to cultivate to the Yang God realm without any tests.

I can also provide you with enough resources for cultivation for ten years.

As long as you promise to cooperate with me unconditionally in acting for ten years and deal with the outside world's attention.

At the same time, no matter when, no matter what level of cultivation you have reached, you will unconditionally help me three times.

Of course, if ten years later, I feel that you and I have enjoyed working together, we can renew the contract later!

That’s something we’ll discuss later!”

Zhu Chengwu stated his conditions.

Zhu Chengwu has a soul-refining method that is enough to cultivate to the Yangshen realm.

But so far, these soul-refining methods have just gathered dust in Zhu Chengwu's hands.

There is no shortage of resources for refining the spirit in the Fu'an Marquis Mansion.

If he could exchange this for three attacks from a Yangshen master, Zhu Chengwu would make a fortune.

Even if Cui Shuyun did not achieve Yang God in the end, with her ability to refine the spirit, it was almost certain that she would achieve Yin God.

Zhu Chengwu only suffered a small loss by exchanging a peerless soul-refining method that had been gathering dust and ten years of cultivation resources for three attacks from a Yin Shen master.

This risk is worth taking!
What's more, Cui Shuyun now holds the title of Zhu Chengwu's wife!

If the cooperation is pleasant, Zhu Chengwu doesn't mind Cui Shuyun holding this title for a long time.

That way, the meat remains in the pot.

What has Zhu Chengwu lost?

"The Marquis's conditions are very reasonable!

But, Lord Marquis, could you first tell me what kind of soul refining method you can provide?

Also, Lord Hou, since we are in a cooperative relationship, can you please stop calling me "wife"? "

Cui Shuyun thought for a while and agreed to Zhu Chengwu's deal in principle.

In Cui Shuyun's opinion, Zhu Chengwu's conditions are relatively reasonable.

It can even be said that Zhu Chengwu's conditions are very generous. Zhu Chengwu is gambling that she can achieve Yang Shen.

Since Zhu Chengwu’s conditions are so favorable, Zhu Chengwu dares to take the gamble!

What reason did Cui Shuyun have to refuse!
It was the fact that Zhu Chengwu always called her "wife" that made Cui Shuyun uncomfortable.

First, Cui Shuyun had just gotten married, and she couldn't immediately accept the fact that she was already a wife.

Secondly, Cui Shuyun and Zhu Chengwu had no feelings for each other, there was only a transaction between them. Zhu Chengwu's intimate address gave Cui Shuyun goose bumps.

Before, Cui Shuyun had never said anything and had endured it again and again.

Seeing that Zhu Chengwu had no intention of restraining himself or changing his words, Cui Shuyun could no longer bear it and finally brought it up.

“I have two peerless soul-refining techniques that can lead directly to the Yang God realm, one is the Zhenwu Soul-Refining Technique, and the other is the Jinwu Soul-Refining Technique.

"The True Martial Spirit Refining Method" comes from Wudang. If one succeeds in practicing it, one can transform into two forms, a turtle and a snake, one for attack and one for defense, which is extremely practical.

I won't tell you where the "Golden Crow Spirit Refining Method" came from. It mainly cultivates the fire element, and if you practice it successfully, your soul can be transformed into the sun. If I'm not mistaken, my lady, your first visualization object should also be of the fire element!
This method of refining the spirit is very suitable for your personality.

But these two methods of refining the soul have a common problem.

That is, there is no problem with practicing and using it, but my lady, you cannot tell others the name of the soul-refining method you practice, and you cannot make the name of the soul-refining method you practice public.

As for the question of addressing "wife"!

Although we have no feelings, it is just a transaction relationship.

But at least we got married in front of many guests.

Once we appear unfamiliar, it will inevitably arouse suspicion from those who are interested and cause some trouble that could have been avoided!
If you want to avoid leaving any flaws and deceive others, you must first deceive yourself.

That's why I call you 'wife', so that I can get used to it first.

I will continue to call you this.

If you feel unbalanced, you can also call me husband or lord!
If you can't save your face, you can continue to call me Marquis!
It’s easy to explain your name problem when you explain it to others! "

Zhu Chengwu said a lot.

Cui Shuyun understood!
There are two meanings. One is that Zhu Chengwu will continue to call her "wife", and the other is that Zhu Chengwu has two peerless soul-refining methods in his hands, and Cui Shuyun can choose whichever one she wants.

Let’s forget about the name, what Zhu Chengwu said makes sense.

Just endure the nausea and let Zhu Chengwu continue to scream!

But if Cui Shujun was asked to call Zhu Chengwu "Lang Jun" or "Husband", Cui Shujun really couldn't do it, so she should continue to call him "Marquis".

As Zhu Chengwu said, this explanation is easy to explain.

Cui Shuyun could be considered to have married into a wealthy family, so she lacked confidence. It was reasonable for her to call Zhu Chengwu "Marquis" in daily life.

As for the choice of soul refining method!

Is there anything else to say?

Cui Shuyun was also educated, so how could she not know what Jinwu meant?

This "Golden Crow Spirit Refining Method" was tailor-made for Cui Shuyun, whose original object of visualization was the sun!
“Let’s not talk about the name!
My Lord, you can call me whatever you want!

For the soul-refining method, I choose the "Golden Crow Soul-Refining Method"! "

Cui Shuyun expressed her choice.

Although he had long known that Cui Shuyun's initial visualization object was fire, and although he had anticipated Cui Shuyun's choice, when Cui Shuyun really chose the "Golden Crow Spirit Refining Method", Zhu Chengwu still felt a little inexplicable emotion in his heart.

Unlike the "Zhenwu Spirit Refining Method" which came from Wudang, the "Golden Crow Spirit Refining Method" was deduced and evolved by Zhu Chengwu with the help of the "Jade Book".

The art of refining the spirit is different from the art of martial arts. There are very few people in the world who have the talent for refining the spirit. Coupled with the decline of the art of refining the spirit, there are even fewer geniuses willing to practice it and be discovered.

The scarcity of practitioners results in the resources for spiritual cultivation being far less scarce than the resources for martial arts.

This resulted in the Ming Dynasty's control over the spirit-refining method being far less than its control over the magical skills of martial arts.

After all, the reason why the dynasty's upper echelons strictly controlled the advanced martial arts secrets, besides the need to maintain their rule, was also for resources.

There are too many people practicing martial arts.

Even if the secret manual can be copied and spread, the resources for cultivation in this world are limited!

The resources required to practice the same secret book are the same.

There are still ways to meet the needs of low-level cultivation resources that can be mass-produced.

However, high-level resources that cannot be mass-produced cannot satisfy the needs of too many people practicing together.

This leads to the fact that the forces and people who possess the magical skills manuals always keep their own magical skills manuals secret.

Even within the same force, a big shot who has already learned the magic code will not easily pass it down.

This is to avoid the massive consumption of the same high-level resources and the shortage of supply.

Thus affecting his own cultivation.

There are few people who practice the art of cultivating the spirit, and the resources for cultivating the spirit are far less scarce than those for martial arts.

Naturally, the control over the secret books of alchemy is not as strict as that of the secret books of martial arts.

As the legitimate son of King Ming, Zhu Chengwu obtained a peerless soul-refining method at a very young age, which was enough to cultivate to the Yang God realm - "Zhenwu Soul-Refining Method".

It is said that this "Zhenwu Spirit Refining Method" was given as a gift to the Ming Dynasty by the founder of the Wudang Sect when the Ming Dynasty was founded!
Unfortunately, after practicing for a period of time, the "ordinary" Zhu Chengwu was finally proved to have extremely ordinary talent in spiritual cultivation.

It was also because Zhu Chengwu's talents in martial arts and spiritual cultivation were proven to be extremely ordinary, but Zhu Chengwu's diligent practice was highly recognized by his father, King Ming. That's why King Ming kept arguing with the Grand Zongzhengyuan and many Zhu clan members, and obtained a rare treasure "Fire Lotus" for Zhu Chengwu when he was still a minor.

He intended to use the rare treasure "Fire Lotus" to forcibly enhance Zhu Chengwu's talents and abilities and raise the upper limit of Zhu Chengwu's achievements.

After obtaining the "Fire Lotus", Zhu Chengwu did not disappoint King Ming's expectations. With the help of the "Boy's Kung Fu" and "Hunyuan Boy's Kung Fu" deduced from the "Jade Book" that can improve one's root bones, he successfully improved his own martial arts root bones to the peerless level in advance.

After obtaining the "Fire Lotus", Zhu Chengwu hesitated between the path of spiritual cultivation and the path of a warrior.

However, the Ming Dynasty was, after all, a golden age of martial arts, and the collections of the imperial court and the royal family contained far more martial arts secrets than spiritual books.

The more secret books and more "templates", the more powerful the "Jade Book" can be deduced and optimized to produce a more powerful magical book.

Moreover, in Zhu Chengwu's simple thinking, since the martial arts can defeat the spirit-refining art and become the most prominent school of thought in the world, it proves that the martial arts is stronger than the spirit-refining art.

At the very least, it proves that the path of warriors is more suitable for the current era.

Therefore, Zhu Chengwu finally chose the path of a warrior.

But during the period of hesitation, Zhu Chengwu did not do nothing about refining the spirit.

Because the "Fire Lotus" is of the fire element, in order to maximize the effect of the rare "Fire Lotus" in the world, and in order to adapt the "Fire Lotus" to the greatest extent, Zhu Chengwu referred to the "Zhenwu Soul Refining Method", and added those soul refining methods in the court and the royal family that Zhu Chengwu was able to watch for free, and with the help of the power of the "Jade Book", Zhu Chengwu deduced the peerless soul refining method - "Golden Crow Soul Refining Method".

In Zhu Chengwu's mind, the strongest and most representative figures of the fire attribute are naturally the "Eastern Emperor" Taiyi and the "Emperor of Heaven" Dijun in the ancient mythology.

The original forms of both of them are Golden Crow.

Therefore, Zhu Chengwu named the fire-attributed spirit refining method he deduced "The Golden Crow Spirit Refining Method".

This also represents some of Zhu Chengwu's expectations and ambitions at the time.

Unfortunately, there is only one "Fire Lotus", and it can only improve one of Zhu Chengwu's talents in martial arts or spiritual cultivation to the peerless level in advance.

In the end, Zhu Chengwu chose martial arts.

Study both!

Zhu Chengwu also tried it!

But in the end it was proved that Zhu Chengwu was really just an ordinary person.

The approach of practicing multiple subjects not only failed to increase Zhu Chengwu's progress, but instead reduced the speed of Zhu Chengwu's overall strength improvement.

In a word, the progress in refining the spirit could not completely make up for the negative impact that the practice of cultivating the spirit had on Zhu Chengwu's martial arts practice.

In order to avoid becoming the "Nan Murong" in Zhu Chengwu's previous life's hit TV series and film, he was knowledgeable but not specialized.

He strikes hard at the weak and is submissive in front of the strong.

In the end, Zhu Chengwu decided to completely give up on the path of spiritual cultivation and focus on being a warrior.

Since you are ordinary, you must recognize your ordinariness.

If he continues to be distracted, Zhu Chengwu will only get further away from those geniuses who are born with extraordinary talents and have no shortage of resources.

It’s just a pity that the “Golden Crow Spirit Refining Technique” is gone!

A peerless fire-attributed soul-refining method that has been covered in dust since its inception!
Until today, Zhu Chengwu wants to increase his investment in Cui Shuyun and continue to do business with Cui Shuyun.

Zhu Chengwu then remembered it again.

　The first milestone update (2/2)

　　
　
(End of this chapter)