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"You can eat it! Anyway, the fruit only came about because of you."
"That's right, if you eat, it's the same as everyone else eating, so what's there to hesitate about?"
After offering a few words of advice, the immortal Chu Yang put the fruit in his mouth and took a bite. The fruit turned into a beam of light and went straight into his mouth.
then……
A wondrous cultivation technique was suddenly added to the mind of the immortal hero Chu Yang.
Refining Treasures Technique!
You can refine magical artifacts into a certain part of your body, which will not only enhance your physical constitution but also give you the power of the magical artifact!
"What a coincidence? It's like a pillow being delivered just when you're about to fall asleep..."
The immortal Chu Yang was worried that the Demon Refining Tower would waste the cultivation of a ten-thousand-year-old demon, but he immediately obtained the Treasure Refining Technique, a suitable cultivation method, which helped him solve the problem.
After sharing the Refining Technique information with others, the immortal Chu Yang began to solicit opinions on which part of the body would be most suitable to refine the Five Demon Pearls into.
After some discussion, the group finally identified the internal organs.
The five internal organs and six bowels themselves correspond to the five elements: the kidneys belong to water, the liver to wood, the heart to fire, the spleen to earth, and the lungs to metal. Among the six bowels, the kidneys and bladder belong to the same element, the liver and gallbladder belong to the same element, the heart and small intestine belong to the same element, the spleen and stomach belong to the same element, and the lungs and large intestine belong to the same element.
The slight difference is that the Five Demon Orbs do not contain metal and wood, but rather thunder and wind.
But it doesn't matter, the power of the five elements forms its own cycle, and once it is complete, there will be no possibility of disorder.
After studying the Refining Treasure Technique for a while, the immortal Chu Yang began refining the Five Demon Pearls inside the main hall. With so many people around, there would be someone to help him in case something went wrong.
The immortal Chu Yang muttered incantations, and the Five Demon Pearls emitted a strange light, slowly floating around him.
The Fire Demon Orb, Earth Demon Orb, and Water Demon Orb were the first to enter the body of the immortal Chu Yang, and then appeared in three colors: red, yellow, and blue, constantly changing within his body.
The power of the three spirits forms the Three Talents Array, which can further stabilize the spiritual energy.
The Wind Demon Pearl, with slightly milder properties, entered the body of the immortal Chu Yang, where the power of the three spirits locked it in place and slowly refined it.
When the Thunder Demon Pearl finally entered his body, the immortal Chu Yang's internal organs had become very stable, remaining unmoved no matter how rampant the spiritual power was.
A moment later, the spiritual energy suddenly became gentle, and the circulation of the five elemental energies was achieved between the five internal organs of the immortal Chu Yang.
The body received unprecedented internal strengthening.
Strengthening each organ—heart, liver, spleen, lungs, and kidneys—can multiply the physical attributes of the immortal hero Chu Yang!
In addition to his physical body, the immortal Chu Yang also gained the ability to control the five elements: thunder, wind, water, fire, and earth.
"Brothers, I've successfully transitioned from a warrior to a mage!"
The immortal Chu Yang was very excited and couldn't wait to update his current status.
"The fruit actually contains a cultivation technique!"
"Could it be that every fruit contains a martial arts technique?"
"It might not just be a cultivation technique; what if it's something else next time?"
"I also feel there's something else."
"Fortunately, what we got this time is very suitable for us."
"I want to test the power of the Five Elements."
"I'm coming too!"
Before long, lightning flashed and thunder roared in the Soul Palace, flames soared into the sky, and a violent storm raged, followed by a meteor shower.
If the site hadn't been so large, the entire palace would probably have been demolished.
...............
The world of the Ming Dynasty.
Qixia Town.
On a dark and windy night, Chu Yang and a beautiful young girl were tied to a stone mill. The girl was muttering something indignantly.
"Junior sister, I told you long ago that you should keep a low profile when you're traveling the world. Now look what happened, we're tied to a millstone. We're not donkeys."
"You still say that if you hadn't dragged me down, how could I have lost to that damn waiter?!"
"People are already calling us the 'Male and Female Killers,' and you still haven't realized it's a misunderstanding?"
"Misunderstanding my foot! We're the Twin Heroes! If you hadn't exposed our identities, we wouldn't have been ambushed by them. You're so stupid, I should never have brought you along on this adventure!"
"So you call yourself a 'double hero'? You've caused no end of trouble along the way. While I was out buying some steamed buns, you actually learned how to steal a bride and nearly crippled the groom!"
"He was obviously abducting a woman. Didn't you see how heartbroken the bride was? If I hadn't saved her, her life would have been miserable!"
"Bullshit! That girl surnamed Zhao was jilted by many men because of her looks. She finally met a man who didn't mind her appearance, and she was so excited that she cried tears of joy when they got married. Who would have thought that you would ruin it!"
"You're talking nonsense!"
"I'm talking nonsense? You beat someone up and ran away. To apologize, I delivered silver to Miss Zhao in the middle of the night, only to be surrounded by the groom and his men and almost beaten to death."
"Back in Shibalipu, I even saved a little beggar! If it weren't for me, he would have been burned alive by that old scoundrel with a fire pot!"
"I get so angry just thinking about it. I just booked two rooms at the inn and when I turned around, I saw you beating up the doctor. Let me tell you, he was getting cupping therapy. These days, how many doctors are willing to treat beggars?"
"I won't listen! I won't listen! You're just jealous that my martial arts are better than yours, and you can't stand me helping out without you!"
Chu Yang looked up at the sky and sighed, wanting to cry but having no tears. Guo Furong always managed to get into trouble before him, and afterwards she wouldn't listen to his advice, repeating the same thing over and over again.
He should have stayed in the capital and enjoyed his life, but I don't know if he was out of his mind or what, but he inexplicably came to accompany her on her adventures.
"I'm so pathetic..."
After much thought, Chu Yang could only summarize his actions with this sentence.
After finally arriving in town, Chu Yang didn't bother asking for directions because it was already late. He just randomly found an inn to stay at, and to his surprise, it turned out to be Tongfu Inn.
It's full of talented people.
During their stay at the hotel, Guo Furong let slip her identity as the "Male and Female Demons" in a few words, and that night Bai Zhantang secretly used acupuncture on her and tied her to the stone mill in the backyard.
She then turned the tables and blamed Chu Yang for it.
"I don't know if we'll live to see the dawn..." Guo Furong said tearfully, looking aggrieved. "I miss my dad. If he were here, he could take them down in two or three moves."
“With your dim-witted personality, you’re sure to live to be a hundred. There’s nothing to worry about.” Chu Yang sighed, cursing inwardly, “If your father knew what you’ve been doing all this time, he’d beat you into a mental retard.”
Guo Furong, still angry, started to berate Chu Yang again: "You started learning the art earlier than me and studied the Shocking Wave Palm with my father for so many years, how come you're not as good as me?"
Chu Yang was used to this level of sarcasm and couldn't break through his defenses. He calmly replied, "My talent is limited, but fortunately my family is wealthy, so my low martial arts skills don't affect my life."
Recalling Chu Yang's extravagant spending in the capital, Guo Furong had no temper at all. He always bought things in duplicate, using one and throwing the other away. She had never seen such a wasteful rich person.
If a typical spoiled brat were to spend money like this, her father, Guo Juxia, would definitely give him a severe scolding. But from childhood to adulthood, Guo Furong had never seen her father say a single word about Chu Yang.
There are only praises.
When practicing martial arts, the other disciples would be beaten if they slacked off even slightly, but Chu Yang was the only one who could legitimately slack off.
Therefore, Guo Furong was always curious about Chu Yang's identity. She had inquired about it several times before, but all she got in return was a scolding from Guo Juxia.
There's something I really want to ask you, but Dad never lets me.
"Fuck away!"
"Why does Father usually tell us to call you Chu Yang, but in private he calls you Young Master Zhu? Is your surname Chu or Zhu?"
"None of your business. I can have whatever surname I want."
Chu Yang retorted to her in a curt tone, as if something unpleasant had been touched upon.
Ever since he transmigrated to this strange world, Chu Yang's life can be described as walking on thin ice.
He was actually quite lucky; he was born into the Zhu family.
The Zhu in Zhu Yuanzhang's name.
Being born into an imperial family has its advantages and disadvantages. You can certainly enjoy endless wealth and honor, provided you can survive. The traditions of the Zhu family and the Li family are not far apart; fratricide is not uncommon.
When he first transmigrated, Chu Yang still held onto some unrealistic ideals, so he tried his best to prove himself to the late emperor, hoping to gain his approval.
In fact, he achieved his goal.
Chu Yang still remembers that at a birthday banquet, the late emperor looked at him and said, "A-Yang is most like me when I was a child."
That one sentence silenced the bustling hall almost instantly, and it took a long time before some talking resumed.
That very night, Chu Yang accidentally fell into the lake. He didn't drown, but he almost froze to death.
But compared to the cold, icy lake, it was the cold, icy palace that chilled him to the bone.
Because it was his elder brother, who is now the emperor, who pushed Chu Yang into the lake.
Then, the late emperor suddenly died, and Chu Yang immediately went from being a model student to a notorious troublemaker who was good at everything from eating and drinking to gambling and whoring. No one in the entire capital dared to mess with him.
It's a very old-fashioned self-degradation tactic, but it's undeniably very effective.
He lost hope of vying for the throne, but at least he survived, and he's doing quite well.
Most importantly, even the Emperor Denglin believed that he had become a playboy and no longer saw him as a thorn in his side; in fact, he trusted him quite a bit.
This play went on for over ten years. Chu Yang felt a bit suffocated lately, so he followed Guo Furong out to travel the world. Anyway, he had done many outrageous things, so one more wouldn't make a difference.
After leaving the palace, Chu Yang realized that the world was very different from what he had imagined.