Refining Qi starts from repairing the panel.

Chapter 225 Battle Exploits
"From today on, you are the Venerable."

After considering for a moment, Chu Zheng once again expended a large amount of his essence to perform a divine blessing on Yuan Dazun, forcibly raising his cultivation to the fourth level.

Then, using the power of the soul as a medium, a totem was imprinted on Yuan Dazun's back.

The totem borrows the power of heaven and earth. Many totems in the Dongyuan Realm may not be effective in this star field. To be on the safe side, Chu Zheng left a cloud-like third-class totem behind Yuan Dazun.

No matter which world it is, there will always be clouds, and they should be able to play some role to some extent.

The moment the totem took shape, Chu Zheng immediately felt strands of spiritual energy flowing into Yuan Dazun's body in an endless stream.

"Thank God!"

Noticing the changes in his cultivation and body, Yuan Dazun couldn't stop kowtowing repeatedly, his expression filled with ecstasy.

Obtaining the position of Venerable meant that he had completely drawn a line between himself and many believers, and had jurisdiction over them. With his increased strength, it was no longer difficult for him to restrain those believers.

"Go and select some more believers." Chu Zheng ordered.

A sample alone is not enough to verify the feasibility of a totem. He needs to carve more totems and observe them for dozens or even hundreds of years before he can draw some conclusions. This is a path of practice and is not so easy to implement.

These believers in the Divine Court are his greatest reliance for improving his cultivation at present. Before the success of god-creation in the Dongyuan Realm, they are also a foundation that cannot be given up at will.

Soon, Yuan Dazun selected a hundred people for Chu Zheng.

Chu Zheng spent some time and expended a lot of energy before he finished carving the totems one by one.

As the first group of monks to carve totems under this starry sky, their future is full of uncertainty.

Chu Zheng couldn't be sure whether this path was the right one, but as far as Yuan Dazun was concerned, without a totem and without the blessing of the gods, the first level was already the limit of what he could achieve.

At least they can now go further on the path of cultivation than before.

This time, the divine consciousness was summoned by Yuan Dazun, which gave Chu Zheng some ideas. Perhaps he could use incense and spirits to create a secret treasure that could allow people to quickly communicate across the distance of the universe and the stars.

The speed of message transmission is too slow, which sometimes delays a lot of things.

How to implement this specifically still requires further research, but it will be of great use in the future.

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After dealing with the trivial matters in the Divine Court, Chu Zheng's divine incarnation fell into sleep again, and his consciousness returned to the Dongyuan Realm.

This went on for some time, and several months had passed in the Dongyuan Realm.

After calculating the time, Chu Zheng did not waste any more time and ran straight back to the camp.

With the help of his magical power to shrink the ground into an inch, his speed of travel increased by dozens of times. In less than a day, he returned to the camp and killed several fourth-level wild beasts on the way.

At this moment, the camp was bustling with people. Many warriors from various tribes had already come back, showing off the bloody battle exploits recorded on their totems and trading what they needed. Many Tianling people were also among them.

During the beast hunt, the Tianling tribe will not send many of their members to participate. The population of the Tianling tribe has always been insufficient and cannot withstand too many losses.

Occasionally, some Tianling people would participate just to experience it and they did not intend to really risk their lives.

Chu Zheng stepped into the camp and took a few casual glances, and found many talisman weapons smelted from spiritual ores.

The Wan family acted quickly. On this front-line battlefield, many soldiers had already begun to understand the method of refining weapons with spiritual mines.

After determining the direction, Chu Zheng headed towards the Wangshan tribe.

Along the way, he heard many people mention his name in connection with the spirit mine weapon refining method. Wan Xu did not lie to him at the beginning and indeed made his reputation known.

Soon, he arrived near the Wangshan tribe’s base.

"You are... Zhengchu?"

Seeing Chu Zheng, Lie looked a little bit unbelievable. Due to the improvement of his physique, Chu Zheng's figure had changed a lot, but his appearance had not changed much.

"Uncle Lie."

Chu Zheng greeted with a smile.

"No, why do I feel your energy and blood..."

Lie sensed something was wrong. Looking at the powerful energy and blood surging in Chu Zheng's body, a trace of horror flashed across his eyes, and he took a half step back:
"How is this possible?! You are almost reaching adulthood?!..."

Lie looked a little dazed, and for a moment he couldn't believe it. Before the beast hunting competition, Zhengchu's blood and energy fluctuations had just reached adulthood, and he was still a long way from reaching full adulthood.

Zhengchu is now not far from his prime, and is only a step away from his current state.

This growth rate is really terrifying. How much does it have to eat in a day to grow so much flesh and blood in such a short period of time? It really looks more like a freak.

"I hunted a few wild beasts that had reached adulthood a while ago, and gained some strength."

Chu Zheng smiled and didn't explain too much. He probably understood why Lie's reaction was so exaggerated.

Adulthood corresponds to levels three to four. After swallowing the blood, flesh and essence of hundreds of wild beasts, his current physical strength has indeed reached the fourth level.

There is only one level left before Lie's prime age. For Lie, it must be difficult to accept, even terrifying.

Chu Zheng took out some wild beast materials from the storage bag and put them away. He walked around the camp and after finding nothing unusual, he returned to the camp.

Lie still stood there, not moving at all.

"Uncle Lie, where can I redeem the reward for hunting beasts?"

Seeing that Lie couldn't recover for a long time, Chu Zheng stepped forward and asked.

"There are people from the Wan clan in the northwest of the camp."

Lie gradually recovered, took out a leather bag, and stuffed it into Chu Zheng's hand: "This is a part of the cultivation resources specially prepared by Wan family for you, as a reward for your discovery of the spiritual mine."

Chu Zheng's expression changed and he reached out to take it. As expected, the pocket made of animal skin was a space magic weapon. The space inside was slightly larger than the storage bag Chu Zheng was using now.

It is not surprising that the Wan family, one of the three major alliances of the human race, possesses space magic weapons.

In the animal skin pocket were placed some elixirs, two talismanic weapons, large pieces of wild beast flesh and blood, and molten beads that stored the essence of the flesh and blood.

The amount of blood and energy that the molten bead can carry is limited. The flesh and blood of some high-level wild beasts cannot be absorbed by the molten bead at all. Those two pieces of flesh and blood came from seventh-level wild beasts, and the energy in them is quite amazing.

The two talisman weapons are both of the sixth grade. The only difference between them and the Tongxuan Lingbao is that they are not spiritual and are still dead objects that cannot fight on their own.

"Wan Shi has passed on the message that if you have time, you can go to them and change the totem on your back."

Lie calmed down his disordered breathing and advised slowly: "This will also be good for you." "There is no rush for this matter. I need to think about it."

Chu Zheng did not agree directly to change the totem. He had his own ideas. He had been exploring ways to create a totem. With time, he should have some results.

He wanted to try to build some totems that would be of great use to the main body. Before that, there was no need to rush to replace the other totems.

The most urgent task is to search for the secret medicine to strengthen the soul and start the process of refining the spirit.

After entering the soul refining stage, he wanted to enter the hunting ground again to see if he could find some traces of the mysterious immortal.

The immortal cut out his golden elixir and left it in the temple, apparently for the right person in the future. Perhaps there would be some other traces left behind.

This Nine-Aperture Golden Pill saved him a lot of hard work. The nine magical powers contained in it were also of great benefit to his body and accelerated his practice process to the Golden Pill realm.

It won’t be long before his main body will also reach the state of golden elixir perfection, and he can start trying to refine his spirit.

"Uncle Lie, I'm going to the northwest of the city to take a look and will be back soon."

Chu Zheng tied up the animal skin bag, then stuffed the storage bag he had made into Lie's hand, turned around and left.

Lie looked at the storage bag in his hand, his eyes becoming more complicated.

All these anomalies have forced Lie to believe that, just as the witch said at the beginning, Zhengchu is indeed a creature from a foreign land, possessing many unpredictable methods.

After a while, Lie sighed softly, tightly grasped the storage bag, turned and left.

He didn't know whether it was right or wrong to conceal it for Zhengchu, but judging from the current situation, it would at least do more good than harm to the Dongyuan human race.

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The northwest area of ​​the camp is the most lively place.

More than 80% of the totem monks and witches who participated in the beast hunting celebration gathered here.

Here, you can exchange the military exploits recorded on the totem behind you for any reward, including the replacement of the totem.

The process of checking military merits is very simple. Take a specially made nine-section bone needle, insert it into the totem, and stay there for three breaths.

The bone needles will change from white to red, layer by layer. Based on the color changes of the bone needles, the number of wild beasts hunted can be roughly inferred with basically no error.

Chu Zheng followed the crowd and moved forward slowly. After waiting in line for most of the day, it was finally his turn.

The person who helped him examine was a woman, about twenty-three or twenty-four years old, with only a chest wrap wrapped around her upper body, and the totem was clearly visible. A giant python covered with blue scales was winding down from her back and curling over her lower abdomen.

Her skin glowed with a wheat-colored luster under the sun, her body was flexible like a lioness in the wilderness, revealing the wildness unique to the barbaric era. Her cultivation had reached the fourth level, which was equivalent to Chu Zheng's current body, and she had reached full adulthood.

"You are... Zhengchu?"

The woman looked at Chu Zheng for a few seconds, her eyes flickering slightly, and she seemed a little uncertain.

Chu Zheng looked up with some doubt, looked at her for a few times, and nodded: "Yes."

The woman's lips curled slightly, and the giant python wrapped around her body slowly swam to her shoulder, coiled on her forearm, and slowly brushed across Chu Zheng's back, bringing a cool feeling, which distracted his attention a lot.

"My name is Wan Jue. I have seen your appearance in the clan. Now you look much older."

Before he finished speaking, Chu Zheng felt a slight numbness on his back, and a bone needle had been inserted deeply into his back.

A striking blood light appeared, quickly attracting the attention of many people around.

The nine bone needles have now all turned red, like red agate, emitting a jade-like luster.

There were many exclamations all around. This level of red light could only be achieved by killing hundreds or even thousands of wild beasts of the same level.

Judging from Chu Zheng’s current level of cultivation, he would need at least several hundred or even thousands of adult wild beasts to achieve such military exploits.

This is a record that most totem monks can only dream of.

"It's really amazing." Wan Jue pulled out the bone needle, with a little surprise in his eyes, and asked: "What reward do you want?"

"The secret medicine to grow the soul, or the magical bone." Chu Zheng said the two things he lacked most at the moment.

The secret medicine that can enhance the strength of the soul is very precious to the witch. It is basically obtained by the witches of each tribe and is in short supply.

Needless to say, the magical bone also has many benefits for the main body.

"Oh?"

Wan Jue was a little surprised to hear Chu Zheng's request: "Don't you want to change the totem behind you? With your talent, using a second-class totem is really a waste of talent."

Chu Zheng shook his head: "No need, the totem is not important."

Hearing this, Wan Jue chuckled, raised his finger and lifted Chu Zheng's chin, and his black and white pupils turned into a pair of vertical pupils tinged with light golden light:
"After you marry into the Wan family, I will be your woman, okay? I will ask the witch to change your totem and not take your military achievements."

Hearing this, Chu Zheng's expression remained calm. He slowly put on his fur coat and whispered, "I am only nine and a half years old this year. I don't want a woman. Give me the secret medicine and the magical bone."

There was a burst of laughter all around, and several men of similar age came up with a smile:
"What can a nine-year-old baby understand?"

"Wan Jue, I'm exactly the same age as you!"

"Wan Jue, are you willing to marry? I will use the best talisman soldiers in the tribe as a gift, choose me!"

The Beast Hunting Festival is actually a blind date conference. Although it is just a joke, there is some truth in it, which only you know.

Wan Jue's face was free of anger. He crossed his arms and glanced at the people around him, his tone full of obvious disdain: "What's the use of just being old? You look strong on the outside but are weak on the inside. I don't know what kind of coward you will leave behind, wasting my good land."

As she spoke, she reached out and pinched Chu Zheng's childish face, and said with a smile:
"Now that you have reached adulthood, you can get married. As my man, I can get you anything you want as long as it exists in this world."

Chu Zheng took a step back, rubbed his face, and repeated: "Secret medicine, magical bone."

The strength of Wan Jue's fingertips was so great that even with his current physical strength, a red mark was left on his fingertips.

"You little thing, you are so young, but how come you are so boring?" Wan Jue suddenly felt bored. He took out five pills and two white magical bones and stuffed them into the animal skin pocket on Chu Zheng's waist.

"Wan Jue, you can't do this."

"You're giving too much! How could his military exploits be worth so much?"

There was a burst of discussion all around. The two pieces of magical bones alone were worth a lot of money, not to mention the secret medicine that could grow the soul. The adult wild beast was only at the level of an ordinary adult warrior and was not worth the price.

Wan Jue's expression turned slightly cold, and he shouted:
"I'll make up for the lack of military merits. I'm happy to do so. It's none of your business! Dismiss!"

(End of this chapter)