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In Tieshan County, within Changqing Pavilion.

After the turmoil, calmness returned once more. The Red Cat lay in the courtyard, its figure having grown even larger.

Xu Yan and Meng Chong were both diligently practicing, reflecting on their insights from this recent experience.

Suling Xiu delved into the study of alchemy and martial arts, dissecting the body of a pinnacle grandmaster to explore the mysteries of martial artists.

Zhou Ying was preparing to break through the pre-natal realm.

Shi Er, in his frenzy of cultivation, found himself surpassed by Zhou Ying, feeling somewhat embarrassed.

Meng Shushu, after a few days of excitement, went off in high spirits to search for spirit herbs. His eyes brimmed with determination. Before leaving, he asked Suling Xiu if there were any specific spirit herbs she needed, offering to find and gather them.

Suling Xiu gave him several types of spirit herbs to procure.

Kou Ruo Zhi was busy spreading the martial arts of Da Huang, dispatching people from Da Huang into the inner domain. At the same time, he met with Wu Huang and Qi Huang, discussing plans for rebellion.

How to overthrow the Great Yue Nation and replace it with Da Huang.

Wu Huang and Qi Huang never dreamt that as emperors, they would one day conspire with others and discuss strategies for rebellion! Their hearts were greatly stirred. If they succeeded in toppling the Great Yue Nation and Da Huang replaced it, Da Huang would truly establish itself in the inner domain.

As the two emperors of Da Huang, they would be glorified, leaving behind a legacy for eternity.

In the future, when people spoke of this, they would praise the two emperors of Da Huang for their astuteness and courage in defeating the evil Great Yue Nation, thus ushering in the era of Da Huang in the inner domain.

The more they thought about it, the more excited they became. Various schemes and strategies, such as internal dissolution, coercion, and suppression, emerged one after another, leaving Kou Ruo Zhi somewhat stunned.

He inwardly cursed, thinking that Wu Huang and Qi Huang were indeed not incompetent rulers. As emperors, how could they understand the ways of rebellion and how to counteract it? How to suppress rebels?

They were not foolish or mediocre emperors. Without some methods, how could they securely sit on the throne?

Wu Huang was also a man of great ambition. Since ascending to the throne, his power had been secure. He roamed the lands of Wu, and if it weren't for Meng Chong suddenly appearing, he wouldn't have been cooped up in the imperial palace.

Xu Junhe was busy with the sale of elixirs, negotiating with Tianbao Pavilion. He wanted to quickly sell the elixirs to various places in the inner domain, expand the influence of Changqing Pavilion, promote the ideology of Da Huang, and cooperation with Tianbao Pavilion was essential.

Li Xuan gave a suggestion for investment, which instantly gave Xu Junhe an idea. He was in talks with Tianbao Pavilion about investment, and subtly hinted that if Tianbao Pavilion disagreed, then Changqing Pavilion would have to find another power to cooperate with.

They would jointly establish a faction for the sale of elixirs.

After repeated negotiations, Tianbao Pavilion finally relented. Changqing Pavilion invested elixirs in Tianbao Pavilion, and Tianbao Pavilion exclusively sold the elixirs, with a profit split of 20-80.

Changqing Pavilion did not interfere with any other business of Tianbao Pavilion except for the elixirs, but Tianbao Pavilion needed to stably provide the spiritual herbs needed for alchemy.

After these discussions, Changqing Pavilion officially entered Tianbao Pavilion, but it was not absorbed by Tianbao Pavilion. Instead, it shared Tianbao Pavilion's sales channels, while Tianbao Pavilion only gained some profit from selling elixirs.

Tianbao Pavilion had no say in any affairs of Changqing Pavilion.

With Changqing Pavilion continuously growing, perhaps one day it would completely control Tianbao Pavilion and become the behind-the-scenes controller of Tianbao Pavilion.

After reaching an agreement with Tianbao Pavilion, Changqing Pavilion began to enter a phase of rapid expansion and development. At the same time, the alchemy room began to expand, adding more production lines for alchemy.

Alchemy apprentices also came from Da Huang, all carefully selected talents.

In addition to the Yuanqi Pill, Qi-Blood Pill and Healing Pill also began to be sold.

The appearance of the Qi-Blood Pill greatly assisted the cultivation of martial artists below the first rank, and for a while, these pills were in high demand.

Da Huang also entered a phase of rapid development. Although there were still no martial artists who had broken through the Qi-Blood realm, there were many martial artists in the Skin Refinement, Bone Refinement, and Organ Refinement stages.

Before long, martial artists in Da Huang would enter a period of explosive growth.

However, it was impossible for pre-natal realm martial artists to grow rapidly in a short period. Not all martial artists could frequently use pills to assist in cultivation.

Most martial artists were at a bottleneck and would only use pills when breaking through cultivation stages.

Youngsters practicing the martial arts of Da Huang began to appear in Tieshan County, and Changqing Pavilion began to recruit exceptionally talented individuals for training, as well as personnel for external expansion.

They also recruited martial artists from the inner domain as non-regular personnel for Changqing Pavilion.

The concept of Da Huang was constantly being instilled in the people of Tieshan County, making them almost yearn for Da Huang, considering it the orthodox way of the world.

They even disregarded the Great Yue Nation.

The Martial Ancestor of Da Huang became the ideal figure of worship for these martial artists, akin to a deity of martial arts in their hearts.

Under Kou Ruo Zhi's planning, this trend was spreading from Tieshan County to various places in Lanping County, gradually ingraining the concept of Da Huang in people's minds.

Furthermore, there were rumors that by worshiping the Martial Ancestor of Da Huang, martial arts cultivation would become easier, and there was a chance to gain the favor of the Martial Ancestor of Da Huang, thereby enhancing one's martial arts fortune.

These rumors spoke of someone who had started practicing the martial arts of Da Huang, but their progress was slow, and they couldn't even comprehend the martial techniques. Until one day, after worshiping the Martial Ancestor of Da Huang, they had a sudden enlightenment, and their martial arts cultivation progressed rapidly...

Hence, young men and women who started practicing the martial arts of Da Huang began to worship the Martial Ancestor of Da Huang.

Li Xuan couldn't help but sigh. Kou Ruo Zhi really had his own way. No wonder he was able to revitalize the Heavenly Mother Sect and spread its teachings far and wide.

Xu Yan began preparing to break through the Transcendence realm.

And on this day, news finally arrived from the royal family of the Great Yue Nation.

The segment of the Cang River where Lanping County and Canglan Island were located, as well as the bordering Yunfeng County, was all ceded to Changqing Pavilion as compensation for this battle with Changqing Pavilion.

At the same time, through the channels of Tianbao Pavilion, ten thousand spirit herbs were delivered.

Starting today, the entirety of Lanping County and the half-county territory bordering Yunfeng County, including Canglan Island, are now under the ownership of Changqing Pavilion. The Great Yue Nation relinquishes its jurisdiction and can assist Changqing Pavilion in completely controlling this half-county territory.

The process of receiving and controlling this half-county territory will naturally be handled by Xu Junhe and Kou Ruo Zhi, after understanding the situation of Lanping County and the half of Yunfeng County where Canglan Island is located.

Soon, strategies for controlling these territories were formulated.

Firstly, Lanping County and the half of Yunfeng County were merged into Da Huang, accepting Da Huang's jurisdiction. A Da Huang Cabinet was established to manage Da Huang's affairs.

To win over hearts, it was announced that all martial artists in the Da Huang territory would enjoy a three-fold discount on purchasing elixirs. Those who contributed significantly to Da Huang's stability would be rewarded with a bottle of Yuanqi Pills.

And a bottle of Yuanqi Pills contains twelve!

At the same time, the establishment of the Da Huang Guard was announced, tasked with stabilizing Da Huang and patrolling in all directions. Those who joined the Da Huang Guard would receive one Qi-Blood Pill per month, while grandmaster martial artists would receive two Yuanqi Pills per month.

Furthermore, they would gain access to the Da Huang martial arts inheritance, including the method of condensing true qi for grandmaster martial artists.

With a series of measures in place, the situation was quickly stabilized, and the Da Huang Guard was successfully established.

Of course, the consumption of elixirs was considerable.

To address this, the alchemy room had been continuously expanding. Teaching apprentices how to practice alchemy no longer required Suling Xiu's involvement.

Master Pan was in charge of management, with senior apprentices mentoring new apprentices. With the addition of new production lines, everything was quickly organized.

New elixirs also began to be prioritized.

Master Pan and several exceptionally talented apprentices in alchemy were brought in to teach the methods of refining new elixirs, allowing them to master the steps of alchemy.

They would then attempt to complete the entire process of refining elixirs individually.

As Da Huang officially entered the inner domain, Wu Huang and Qi Huang also moved in. Guo Rongshan and others established the Da Huang Cabinet in the inner domain.

Among the cabinet members, efforts were made to identify martial artists in the inner domain, but strict scrutiny was required. They must be loyal to Da Huang, and all of this would take time.

Due to the generous treatment of the Da Huang Guard, there was a continuous stream of applicants. The first batch had already been recruited successfully, and the next step was to tighten the screening criteria.

Although the Great Yue Nation surrendered and ceded land, Kou Ruo Zhi and others did not give up on toppling the royal family of the Great Yue Nation. With the establishment of the Da Huang Guard and the recruitment of outstanding martial artists in the inner domain, the rebellion plan began to take shape.

The plan to incite internal forces in the Great Yue Nation to rebel was led by Kou Ruo Zhi, Wu Huang, and Qi Huang, proceeding steadily and gradually infiltrating.

Li Xuan didn't care about the expansion of Da Huang or the development of Changqing Pavilion. No matter how much turmoil there was, it would only benefit his martial arts grand undertaking.

Xu Yan naturally didn't pay attention to these matters either. He had already achieved his goals and was preparing to break through to the Transcendence realm.

Suling Xiu, after avenging her grievances, no longer paid much attention to the development of Changqing Pavilion. She threw herself into the comprehension of alchemy and martial arts.

Walking through the once familiar Tieshan County, Li Xuan couldn't help but sigh at the tremendous changes that had taken place in such a short time since entering the inner domain. The once barren county, where even first-ranked martial artists were rare, now occasionally saw grandmaster martial artists.

The county had expanded, incorporating the location of Changqing Pavilion into the city. Tieshan County was now a thing of the past, renamed Da Huang City.

The construction of the expanding city involved martial artists, and progress was very rapid. Before long, a massive city would emerge here.

During patrols of the Da Huang Guard, there were many grandmaster martial artists leading the way. This first batch of Da Huang Guards were all former independent cultivators or members of small families or forces, ensuring easier assimilation.

Walking through Da Huang, Li Xuan saw young men and women practicing martial arts in the wilderness, their eyes determined and spirits high, striving for martial arts.

There were also those with a determined look despite their simple attire, working hard for martial arts, and those who furrowed their brows because they had not yet sensed their qi and blood.

Li Xuan couldn't help but sigh with emotion. The martial arts he once fabricated were now flourishing everywhere.

And he, in the truest sense, had become a martial ancestor, the Martial Ancestor of Da Huang!

Would the martial arts of the inner domain be eliminated because of this?

Li Xuan didn't know, but he believed that the martial arts he created would continue to thrive as more and more practitioners emerged. Various martial techniques and martial arts secrets would continue to be developed.

"After all, with more practitioners, I should receive richer feedback, right?"

Li Xuan pondered.

Although, for the time being, no feedback had come, he believed that with more practitioners, feedback would inevitably come.

Returning to the courtyard of Changqing Pavilion, holding a bamboo staff and instructing the Red Cat, which had grown even fatter and more powerful, there was suddenly a flash of golden light.

"Once the number of practitioners cultivating your fabricated martial arts techniques exceeds one hundred, you will gain the Hundred Martial God Shadows."

Li Xuan was overjoyed, as the feedback had finally arrived.

The number of practitioners outside cultivating his fabricated martial arts techniques had surpassed one hundred, triggering the feedback at last.

Sure enough, as long as the number of martial arts practitioners reached a certain scale, feedback would inevitably be triggered.

"Hundred Martial God Shadows?"

Li Xuan was thrilled. In an instant, shadows that seemed both real and illusory emerged from his body. Each shadow possessed the strength of the Qi-Blood Realm.

Moreover, each shadow fought in a different manner and had different combat styles, even if they mastered the same martial techniques. Their fighting styles and habits varied.

When all the shadows merged into one, his strength increased to the Innate Realm.

"This is not much different from martial arts avatars!"

Li Xuan was ecstatic.

Each shadow seemed to be a martial avatar of his own. Normally, avatars required a portion of the original's strength to be split off.

However, the Hundred Martial God Shadows did not.

These godly shadows were like replicas of the martial artists who practiced his created martial arts, and they didn't require the separation of his own strength.

When the hundred shadows merged into one, they possessed the might of the Innate Realm.

Essentially, Li Xuan now had a hundred Qi-Blood Realm martial avatars and one Innate Realm martial avatar.

"When I'm in the Qi-Blood Realm, defeating grandmasters is easy, and in the Innate Realm, even defeating grandmasters is a breeze..."

Li Xuan was thrilled. As long as the opponent wasn't too strong, he wouldn't need to take action himself; a single avatar could handle it.

Even against grandmaster-level experts, with a hundred shadows merging into one, the Innate Realm avatar could easily crush them.

"The martial arts of the Great Wilderness must be promoted vigorously!"

Li Xuan was excited. Indeed, how could he, the Martial Ancestor of the Great Wilderness, not reap rewards?

The Hundred Martial God Shadows would increase in number as the number of practitioners cultivating the martial arts of the Great Wilderness increased, and with the increasing number, their strength would also increase.

Up to a maximum of nine hundred shadows!

"When the number of martial arts practitioners breaks through one thousand, will it upgrade to the Thousand Martial God Shadows? Then Ten Thousand Martial God Shadows, Million God Shadows..."

The more Li Xuan thought about it, the more excited he became. This was akin to having millions of martial avatars!

Just thinking about facing enemies, sitting still while a million shadows swarmed out, was enough to scare them to death, right?

Invincible!

"Nowadays, only the Qi-Blood Realm techniques are circulated outside. When someone has cultivated the Qi-Blood Realm techniques to a certain level, they will begin to spread Innate Realm techniques."

"If an inner domain grandmaster martial artist reaches over a hundred in refining true qi, would it be considered a successful conversion to the Great Wilderness martial arts, and would they receive feedback?"

Li Xuan fell into contemplation.

Those converted by inner domain grandmaster martial artists would certainly not be pure Great Wilderness martial arts, and merely refining true qi alone couldn't be considered a successful conversion to the Great Wilderness martial arts.

"I should consider how to smoothly convert inner domain martial artists to the Great Wilderness martial arts. It's not easy to figure out on my own; I'll have to rely on my eldest disciple."

Li Xuan sighed. Such brain-draining matters should be left to his disciple. However, Xu Yan focused on his own martial arts cultivation, so perhaps Xie Lingfeng could give it a try. After all, he was also a genius, and he had already successfully refined true qi.

(End of this chapter)