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Shang Xia did not hide his intentions at all.
In fact, in the current situation, there is no need for him to hide anything at all.
When Shang Xia informed everyone of the existence of the phantom spirit demon, although everyone looked shocked, they all calmly accepted Shang Xia's proposal.
In a sense, the phantom spirit demon was the first to be discovered by Shang Xia, and he was naturally qualified to deal with it.
What's more, they have now lost contact with Tongyou Peak, and in the case of facing the four heavens of the Moon Seasons at any time, doing so is more to save themselves.
As for the inner house teaching Gu Shou, although his cultivation has reached the third level of martial artistic conception, it is still some distance from the great achievement of martial artistic conception.
Through the central formation map, Shang Xia had long known that in the land of mountains and rivers, there were four rockeries with stone chambers.
Shang Xia had already visited three of them, and he had also gained something from these three stone chambers.
Only this fourth stone chamber was the first time I came.
After determining the idea of first ensuring that Shang Ke would impact the Wusha Realm, everyone performed their duties and immediately began to act.
Shang Xia followed Shang Ke to the fourth stone chamber opened by Chu Jia.
This stone chamber was specially used to absorb and refine the phantom spirit demon, prepared for the warriors who attacked the martial arts realm.
On the walls of the stone chamber on all sides, there is also a set of formation systems specially prepared for this.
The grandfather and grandson sat casually, and Shang Xia smiled and said: "Fifth Grandpa, you will never blame me for overstepping my bounds, allowing you to attack the Fourth Heaven without any preparation in advance, right?"
Shang Ke smiled and said: "You kid is a person with great ability and deep opportunity. How many people want the source of evil qi but can't get it, and their cultivation is trapped in the martial arts conception. Not only did you get it, but you also gave it away, the old man got such a big bargain, is it possible that he still has to complain to you? Isn't this cheap and good!"
Shang Xia heard Shang Ke's tone happy, and there was no displeasure, so he breathed a sigh of relief in his heart and said: "Having said that, my grandson also feels a little regretful. If it weren't for the urgency, there might still be an opportunity to comprehend the martial arts magical powers, so as to reach the state of martial arts perfection. In this way, the foundation of the advanced four-fold heavenly queen will become even richer."
Shang Ke smiled, and comforted him in turn: "You don't need this, in fact, my cultivation reached this point six or seven years ago, but there has been no progress over the years. In fact, I no longer hope that I can comprehend the magical power of martial arts, but the source of evil energy, an important medium for advancing to the fourth heaven, is also encounterable but not sought. Even your grandfather and my third brother have searched in many ways over the years, but in the end they found nothing. That's why it has been postponed to this day."
Shang Xia naturally knew this, but knowing it was one thing, and Shang Ke's own thoughts were another thing.
However, after hearing Shang Ke say that in fact, he himself had already given up his insistence on martial arts and magical powers, and Shang Xia finally felt relieved.
"What about advanced potions......"
This is the last thing Shang Xia is worried about.
Shang Ke patted his right hand on his waist, and a bronze wine jug with a delicate relief carved on the surface appeared in his hand: "Since I have long known that the origin of evil energy is often encounterable but not sought, how could I not be prepared in advance? With the help of your grandfather, I have prepared the fourth-order advanced potion almost three years ago."
"It's just that most advanced medicines cannot and do not dare to be stored for a long time, so they are often made into semi-finished products through pharmacists, and when used, they can be mixed and fused in the last few simple steps at any time, and they can be taken directly."
Shang Xia was surprised: "There is still such an operation?"
Shang Ke said: "It is not easy to make high-level advanced potions, but advanced opportunities are also hard to come by, they are often fleeting, if you want to seize the opportunity of advancement, you can only make a fuss about the advanced medicine that you have prepared in advance."
Shang Xia nodded thoughtfully.
Shang Xia followed Shang Ke to the stone chamber, originally afraid that Shang Ke would misunderstand.
Since nothing happened, Shang Xia was ready to leave, not daring to delay his old man's advancement time.
Unexpectedly, just as Shang Xia was about to get up, Shang Ke suddenly looked contemplative and said, "Xiaoxia, what do you think of the relationship between the family and the academy?"
Shang Xia was slightly stunned, and subconsciously blurted out: "One is prosperous, the other is lost!"
Shang Ke nodded, the expression on his face was noncommittal, and said: "What you said is not wrong, Tongyou Academy is indeed the foundation of the current strength of the entire Youzhou, and Kou Shanchang is even more of a genius. But Grandpa Wu always believes that the family should not be too tightly bound to the academy, at least the independence of the Shang family must be maintained."
Shang Xia was slightly stunned, obviously not expecting Shang Ke to say such a thing.
Shang Xia looked at Shang Ke with bright eyes and asked carefully: "Why did Grandpa Wu tell me this?"
Shang Ke glanced at him deeply and said, "The third brother has too deep an academy imprint on his body...... Of course, this is not an accusation, but an affirmation, an affirmation of his contribution to the rise of the family. In fact, in a sense, the rise of merchants in Tongyou City was originally the result of Kou Shanchang deliberately supporting."
Shang Xia didn't understand it well, listening to the tone of the fifth grandfather, Kou Shanchang should have another purpose in supporting Shang Xia, but the Shang family is now indeed ranked among the four major families in Tongyou City, and it is the right thing to do to repay the kindness.
However, Shang Xia couldn't refute directly, but remained silent and listened quietly.
Shang Ke saw that Shang Xia had no words, and probably guessed what he was thinking, only to see him also consider: "What I mean is that Kou Shanchang and Tongyou Academy have a favor for the Shang family, and this kindness cannot be denied, but we as elders in our family will pay it back, and we will pay it back as much as possible. After all, a merchant is an independent family force, it can be an ally, partner, and collaborator of Tongyou Academy, but it must not become a vassal of the other party, at least it cannot become a vassal of Tongyou Academy in the future, living on the breath of others, can you understand what I mean?"
After hesitating slightly, Shang Ke finally nodded.
Shang Ke smiled, as if he was afraid that Shang Xia would think too much, so he instructed: "I don't want you to be an enemy of the academy!"
"I know!"
Shang Xia suddenly raised his head and smiled: "I understand what you mean, I think I will grasp the heat here."
Shang Ke looked relieved, but he still said: "The heat here is not so easy to grasp."
As he spoke, Shang Ke took out a jade bottle from the Jinyun box, poured the medicine from the bronze pot into the jade bottle, and a strong aroma of wine began to fill the air.
I saw Shang Ke take two more paper bags, pour powders of different colors into them, and then crush the two wax pills and soak them in a jade bottle, which quickly melts away.
Shang Ke held up the jade bottle with one hand, swayed it gently, and sighed: "The fourth-order advanced potion 'Multiple Thousand Illusions Brew' is the same as the advanced potion used by your grandfather when he advanced to the fourth heaven, and it is provided by Kou Shan Chang!"
"Oh," Shang Xia nodded, suddenly startled, looked up at Shang Ke and said, "Fifth Grandpa, you said that the fourth-order advanced potion is provided by Kou Shan Chang, does our merchant not have its own fourth-order advanced potion formula?"
Shang Ke's smile was slightly bitter: "Child, people say that the merchant is the four major families in Tongyou City, and your grandfather's cultivation is now catching up with Ji Wenlong. If I can succeed this time, then our merchant sits on two and four heavens, and in the eyes of outsiders, it must be the largest family in Tongyou City. But who would have thought that the Shang family, one of the so-called four major families, actually didn't even inherit a fourth-order advanced formula belonging to their own family?"
Shang Xia said in a muffled voice: "Do the other three families have them?"
Shang Ke nodded and said: "Yes, there must be! The Ji, Liu, and Yun families were originally three of the five major families in Youzhou, and of course they have their own fourth-order inheritance."
Shang Xia asked in a deep voice: "My grandfather and you have sworn that the formula of 'Multiple Thousand Illusion Brewing' cannot be passed on?"
Shang Ke nodded and said, "This is the usual method of the academy, so it is understandable. Moreover, this 'Multiple Thousand Illusion Brew' can be regarded as the most suitable for our merchant grabbing among the fourth-order advanced recipes collected by the academy."
"It's just that without the advanced inheritance of the four heavens, our merchant is still a city wall on the sand after all, and it can't withstand the wind and rain at all. Once an accident occurs to me or your grandfather, our merchant four-heaven master will immediately break the gear, and the Shang family will immediately fall from the four major families, and it may even be a catastrophe!"
"So we need a fourth-level advanced formula now, a fourth-order advanced formula that is unique to our merchant!" Shang Xia took the words and muttered to himself.
Shang Ke said: "Every advanced formula of the Fourth Heaven is precious, but if you have the opportunity, it is best to find a fourth-order advanced formula that is relatively compatible with our merchant's martial arts inheritance."
Shang Ke paused for a moment and then said: "The most complete martial arts inherited by our merchants is based on spearmanship, and the first and second orders are still down. Although my merchant gun does not have the inheritance of the fourth order, it is recognized as strong in the third level. When your grandfather was in the great achievement of martial arts, he may not be the same as Ouyang Jiyuan who just died before."
Shang Xia said: "Okay!"
After advancing the martial arts conception, cultivating the merchant's family heirloom martial arts was Shang Xia's plan.
The aroma of wine in the Shang Ke jade bottle has become more and more intense in the continuous shaking, and even after just two breaths of wine, Shang Xia has a feeling of dizziness.
"In fact, this time the coral forest ruins have been opened, which is the best opportunity to seize the fourth-order advanced formula!" Shang Ke sighed.
Shang Xia was startled and suddenly said: "Zhu family's fourth-order advanced formula? Could it be that this is the real purpose of Deputy Mountain Chief Liu, the Yue Ji Association, and Tongyou Academy, the four major families?"
Shang Ke smiled and did not answer directly, but asked: "Do you know how many martial arts inheritances the Zhu family has that can go directly to the fourth order?"
Shang Xia shook his head and said: "I don't know!"
Shang Ke curled his open palm with a thumb and said, "Four!"
Shang Xia was startled at first, and then sighed: "It is worthy of being the first family in Youzhou! But are these four inheritances related to the four spiritual lands of the coral forest?"
"I didn't know before, but now it seems to be related!" Shang Kedao.
Shang Xia said with some envy: "The depth of Zhu's heritage is indeed breathtaking!"
Shang Ke suddenly said at this time: "But these four fourth-level advanced formulas are not really something that will drive Tongyou City and Yueji crazy......"
"What will that be?" Shang Xia asked subconsciously strangely.
"Fifth order!"
Shang Ke's eyes looked a little empty at this time, and even his voice seemed to be ethereal: "There have been rumors among the high-level warriors of Youzhou back then, and the old patriarch of the Zhu clan has a complete advanced formula for the Wugang Realm in his hands!"
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Today is still the first watch, still adjusting, the biological clock is so chaotic that the whole person is in a state of madness, staring in a daze all day long.