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"Feixuan, you've arrived."
Fan Qinghui's eyes showed kindness, and he was extremely satisfied with this disciple.
Cihang Jingzhai has always been run by women, and each generation has produced many extraordinary women. Shi Feixuan, in particular, has reached the realm of Sword Heart Clarity at a young age, demonstrating her exceptional talent.
However, with chaos approaching, extraordinary talents will emerge, and with the Zhang family's current move, many of the older generation will likely pass on their skills to their descendants.
It's easy to imagine that the road ahead will be difficult!
The Zhang family unintentionally stirred up this mess.
At this moment, Fan Qinghui still doesn't know Zhang Xiaoshan's purpose, or why he suddenly distributed the Wedding Dress Divine Skill in large quantities.
A book worth 100,000 gold coins may seem like a huge profit, but in reality, it brings endless trouble!
"Master, you must be troubled by the Zhang family's affairs!"
"That's right. According to the information revealed by Zen Master Juexin and Dharma Master Mingchen, although the Zhang family will not interfere in the feuds of the martial arts world or the struggle for supremacy in the chaotic world, they are afraid that some people will provoke the Zhang family."
The Zhang family's interests are enormous, amounting to "167," and to contend for dominance, they need money.
"And now, among the wealthy families in Kyushu, the Zhang family is second to none!"
Unlike the Zhang family, which owns three thousand properties, the Zhang family mostly owns real estate.
Even so, Wan Sanqian's accumulated wealth amounted to at least tens of millions of gold coins, enough for a battle for supremacy, and enough to sustain him until the very end.
In contrast, the Zhang family operates in the high-end industry, focusing on cash flow.
Moreover, the Zhang family's black market business is incredibly lucrative; who wouldn't want a piece of such a tempting target?
The benefits are exciting!
In this way, even if the Zhang family seems difficult to deal with, those powerful figures will still take a bite out of them for their own ambitions.
"Is the Zhang family really that terrifying?"
Shi Feixuan naturally understood, knowing that anyone who touched the Zhang family would be doomed.
"Not counting the most deeply hidden member of the Zhang family, the Zhang family has at least six peerless masters and ten top-tier masters. In addition, if we include the Blood Thorn, the Blood Droplets, and the Twelve Zodiac Assassins, this force is enough to affect the balance."
Moreover, the most terrifying thing about the Zhang family isn't their martial arts skills, but rather the endless stream of methods employed by each member; that's what's truly frightening.
Hiss...
Even though Shi Feixuan was prepared, she was still taken aback by Fan Qinghui's revelation.
Six peerless masters are equivalent to the level of the Evil King, the Yin Queen, and the Zen Master Liaokong, and they are more than twice as many as the two sects combined!
As for Fan Qinghui?
Because he failed to comprehend a realm higher than Sword Heart Clarity, he remained at the pinnacle of mastery.
Even so, the Cihang Sword Manual is so powerful that its strength can rival that of ordinary peerless masters. However, to become a peerless master, there is no such thing as an 'ordinary' existence.
"Wedding Dress Divine Skill!"
"It's even more terrifying than the Wedding Dress Divine Skill you know."
Otherwise, no matter how powerful the Zhang family is, they will be devoured by the empire and various forces in the martial arts world, but this time is different.
During this discussion, Zen Master Juexin revealed a secret: the "Wedding Dress Divine Skill" is not limited to "transferring one's own destiny to another," or rather, transferring one's destiny to another is a lower-level cultivation method.
"Inferior?"
Upon hearing this, Shi Feixuan's bright eyes flashed, and she immediately understood the mystery of the Wedding Dress Divine Skill; the Zhang family had not handed it all over.
"There are two ways to cultivate the Wedding Dress Divine Skill. The transfer method involves sacrificing oneself to benefit others, which is the lowest level."
Another approach is to cultivate to seventy or eighty percent of the required level, then disperse the power and start over, breaking down the old to rebuild the new.
In this way, cultivators not only no longer suffer from the torment of the Wedding Dress True Qi, but their power also becomes even greater. Moreover, the Wedding Dress Divine Skill at such a high level of mastery far surpasses that of those who transfer their skills.
After all, one cultivates on their own, while the other receives initiation from someone else; there's a huge difference between them!
Upon hearing this, Shi Feixuan immediately understood the mystery of the Wedding Dress Divine Skill, which was actually located here.
By breaking down one's skills and rebuilding them, one can naturally benefit immensely. This is the true path to mastering divine skills.
The lucky ones whose true qi was transferred, even if they obtained all of the other party's true qi, ultimately only possessed internal energy and did not attain the corresponding realm.
Even if one can unleash all of their skills, it is still only internal energy.
"Moreover, the Zhang family was able to turn one peerless master into two peerless masters..."
Hiss...
Upon hearing Fan Qinghui recount the Zhang family's hidden secrets, even Shi Feixuan couldn't help but gasp.
She never expected the Zhang family to be so deeply hidden. She had thought that what Fan Qinghui had said earlier was the Zhang family's full strength, but now she realized that it was only their foundation!
An unknown and mysterious master; the Zhang family is an insurmountable abyss.
"When you go down the mountain to find a wise ruler this time, you must be careful of the Zhang family. If there is no need, never offend the Zhang family."
"Yes, Master!"
Fan Qinghui said so much because she was worried that Shi Feixuan, unaware of the situation, might offend the Zhang family.
After all, on the surface, the Zhang family may seem powerful, but can they be more powerful than the destined ruler?
However, Fan Qinghui knew that the wise ruler was only one of the chosen ones. If the Zhang family really fought to the death, too many geniuses would fall, and the same would happen to the ruthless heroes.
She especially couldn't understand that one member of the Zhang family.
"If anything happens, you can seek help from Master Mingchen. Her martial arts skills are no less than those of Empress Yin, and may even be stronger."
"Master Mingchen? This disciple understands."
“Master Mingchen practices the esoteric Tantric Yoga, and the path she takes is extremely easy to fall into demonic ways.”
But Master Mingchen has already achieved great enlightenment. Whether she succeeds or fails is her own choice, but she is nonetheless a Buddhist saint.
"Disciple understands!"
Tibetan Tantric Buddhism is also a branch of Buddhism, but the Tibetan barbarians have very different practices from those in the Central Plains. They consider many cultivation methods to be demonic.
However, since Tantric Buddhism is also a Mahayana Buddhist sect, it was naturally accepted by Buddhist sects in the Central Plains, but very few practitioners achieved great success in their practice.
Even a moment's carelessness can lead one astray into the demonic path.
Master Mingchen's practice of the Supreme Yoga Tantra, coupled with the rumors circulating in the Zhang family, clearly indicates that he is following the path of Consort Ming.
This can be said to be similar in spirit to their Cihang Jingzhai, yet also quite different.
They were both deeply passionate, but they emerged from it, sacrificing personal feelings for the greater good; while the way of Consort Ming was exactly the opposite, feeding demons with her own body to guide them to Buddhahood.
Even if the rumored young master of the Zhang family is not a demon, the purpose of salvation is the same.
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"The Zhang family really did hide their secrets!"
The Empress looked at the message in her hand; it was inside information sent by Faming.
The profound mystery of the Wedding Dress Divine Skill was something even the Empress hadn't anticipated; the true essence of the Wedding Dress Divine Skill required dispersing one's power and rebuilding it from scratch, a process of destruction and rebirth.
In this way, there is no need to pass on the skills to cultivate the Wedding Dress Divine Skill; one can create an unparalleled master without any need for instruction.
And in such a vast empire, there are countless martial arts fanatics with unwavering perseverance.
However, the drawbacks of practicing this technique are also extremely obvious.
Even the most accomplished masters need three years to reach 70-80% of their full potential before they have to dissipate their power and start over. How much more so for others?
The minimum requirement for the Zhang family to master this unique skill is to be a top-tier expert.
Although the empire has no shortage of soldiers with great perseverance, most of them are skilled in physical training but not top-tier experts. In this way, it may take ten years to achieve mastery.
After all, the cultivation speed between those born with innate talent and those below it is a completely different concept.
This is an internal martial arts technique, not an external one.
"What a difficult problem!"
The Empress frowned; the Wedding Dress Divine Skill was a complete hot potato.
It’s tasteless to eat, it’s a pity to throw it away!
If her plan hadn't been exposed before, she could have absorbed the power of the older generation and turned it into her own strength. But now, with the threat from the elders of the Li clan and the resistance from the major families, even as the empress, she had to abandon this plan.
"Wan'er, let Eunuch Wei in."
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
Eunuch Wei was also a member of the Demonic Sect, of the same generation as Empress Yin, but he had long been taken in by Emperor Wu.
This is the same root, why is it too urgent!
"This humble servant greets Your Majesty!"
"I called you here today because there is an opportunity to break through to the Grandmaster level. I wonder if you would be willing to try?"
Upon hearing the address "senior brother," Eunuch Wei immediately realized that his purpose today was not simple.
However, upon hearing about the opportunity to break through to the Grandmaster level, a glint of light flashed in Eunuch Wei's cloudy eyes.
"Please enlighten me, Your Majesty."
"Senior Brother Wei should have heard of the Wedding Dress Divine Skill."
The reason I summoned my senior brother today is that I have heard of another method of cultivation.
Even if one cultivates this martial art to seventy or eighty percent of its potential, the practitioner can disperse their power and start over, achieving the effect of breaking down and rebuilding. Moreover, the true qi that is rebuilt will not suffer the torment of true qi.
2.0 Senior Brother Wei is currently at the peerless realm. If he can endure three years of torment, then after dispersing his cultivation and starting anew, he can break through and rise again to the Grandmaster realm.
"Dissipate your cultivation and start over? Destroy and then rebuild?"
When Eunuch Wei heard about the "Wedding Dress Divine Skill," he initially thought that Emperor Wu was going to take action against him.
Unexpectedly, it turned out to be another method of cultivating the Wedding Dress Divine Skill.
Moreover, the opportunity for his breakthrough actually came from this 'demonic art'.
"Is what your Majesty said serious?"
"This is a message from my junior brother Faming, spoken by Zen Master Juexin himself."
Master Juexin was the direct practitioner of the Wedding Dress Divine Skill, and Juezhi's skill was personally transmitted by Master Juexin, not through the Wedding Dress Initiation by an outsider.
However, the person who usually transmits the skill will undoubtedly die, unless some young master Zhang intervenes with a Pure Yang Finger technique, using over fifteen taels of precious ginseng to replenish their vital energy.
"This old servant will give Your Majesty an answer in three days!"
"it is good!"
Eunuch Wei didn't trust Emperor Wu; he wanted to investigate personally. If it was true, he naturally wouldn't miss the opportunity.
Unlike Duan Yanqing, Juexin, and others who cultivated the Wedding Dress Divine Skill to reach unparalleled heights, this was different.
For Eunuch Wei, a martial arts prodigy who had painstakingly cultivated to the unparalleled level, breaking through to the Grandmaster level was one of his several obsessions.
Chapter 391 Persian Merchants from Afar
"The barbarian ships are here! There are actually barbarian ships here!"
At Zhangjia Wharf, three large Fujian-style ships slowly docked.
The coastal areas had the Golden Maritime Road, while the Wu Tang Empire, bordering the Western Regions, also had the Silk Road, each with its own advantages.
However, the sea route from Persia to the Central Plains would take more than half a year, and if one were to travel to the capital, it would likely take more than a year.
Therefore, very few people from Central Asia came to the capital by sea; instead, they traveled between the two places via the Silk Road.
After all, in this era, the risks at sea are far greater than those on land.
If Zhang Xiaoshan had a choice, he would definitely choose the sea transport route.
Therefore, although the Zhang family moved its headquarters to the Wu Tang Empire, the shops in Lin'an Prefecture have been restored to normal and are now operating normally. Even the Hong Mansion is under renovation and may open for business at any time.
As for maritime trade, it was initially managed by Ghost Street, and now it is overseen by the elders of the Zhang family in Lin'an Prefecture.
The arrival of these Hu people also indicates that they have important business to discuss.
Like the musk coffee from last time.