The two saw that nothing was going to come of it, and the harmonious atmosphere between them vanished. Zhang Shuxiang casually replied with a few words, then got up and left.

This guy, a dignified third battalion commander, had actually been reduced to a pimping matchmaker?

Li Cheng颐 was speechless and didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

However, the Battalion Commander's visit had at least given him a basic understanding of his duties and the surrounding environment.

After sending the person away, he continued to bury himself in researching methods to modify his body to attract the spirit of the True Seal.

As long as he could get a handle on it, even if the progress was slow, he could at least see hope.

After all, he came from Earth-Moon, an era of extremely advanced genetic modification. Organ transplants and modifications were commonplace.

While exploring, he cultivated. Li Cheng颐 even took the time to recruit a dozen idle martial artists, letting them patrol his jurisdiction as outsourced employees.

Simple modifications were easy, but to be recognized by the spirit of the True Seal was extremely difficult.

After personally trying dozens of times, Li Cheng颐 discovered that the biggest difficulty in modifying himself was how to close the enormous gap between the human body and the spirit of the True Seal.

He couldn't just find some deer antlers and plant them on his head, could he?

Many other martial arts used drugs, special cultivation methods, and surgery to force modifications.

But the compatibility of such modifications was generally low.

Li Cheng颐 hoped his modifications would achieve a high degree of compatibility, so he couldn't follow the path of those martial arts.

After thinking for a long time, he focused his attention on the Language of Flowers. Perhaps combining the Language of Flowers with drugs and surgery could achieve his goal.

Coincidentally, the Wang family's main branch were also medical officials, and their cultivation of the Qing Yuan Dan Fa (Azure Wish Pill Method) might have special effects and be of great help in modification and treatment.

More than three months passed in the blink of an eye.

Li Cheng颐 cultivated his True Qi honestly in Qu Ling Prefecture, refining and compressing it, researching his self-created Fusion True Seal Method. His cultivation officially broke through two hundred years.

In terms of research, with the assistance of some small spells of Death Energy, coupled with the Qing Yuan Dan Fa martial arts sent by the Wang family.

He unexpectedly discovered that when refining the Deer King Qi, combining it with the Qing Yuan Dan Fa could actually refine a purer True Qi.

Or rather, the two martial arts, which were clearly linked to different True Seal spirits, could combine with each other.

This obviously meant that the True Seals on these two True Seal spirits had a combining effect.

As a result, Li Cheng颐 simply tried to cultivate the Qing Yuan Dan Fa as a secondary skill.

Unexpectedly, the Qing Yuan Dan Qi produced actually merged with the Deer King Qi, forming a new type of special True Qi that could purely promote the healing and growth of bones and flesh.

This type of True Qi was extremely difficult to cultivate, requiring the simultaneous operation of two True Qi martial arts, one of which was Black-grade, which was already extremely difficult, let alone operating them simultaneously.

Moreover, the amount of True Qi extracted afterwards was also less than before.

Even with Li Cheng颐's enormous mental power, he felt a trace of strain when operating it.

One had to know that his mental power was now roughly estimated to be at least dozens of times that of other battalion True Qi martial artists.

Moreover, the purity was extremely high, all thanks to the power of the Seven Intent Saint Spirit Art.

But even with such mental power, operating two cultivation methods simultaneously felt strenuous, one could imagine how difficult it was.

"...Using drugs and transplantation, it's impossible to achieve a very high degree of compatibility... The best way should still be self-modification." Li Cheng颐 stood in the courtyard, pondering bitterly.

He had tried to distort and transform his body into a deer shape. As long as he stimulated the growth of muscles, fat, and skin, plus bone extension and growth, he could succeed.

But those antlers were really hard to get right.

The antlers he stimulated from bones looked uncoordinated even to himself, let alone fooling the spirit of the True Seal.

Moreover, after the transformation, the body was unbalanced, various organs were placed incorrectly, and a lot of messy things piled up.

As a result, less than ten minutes after his first completion, he quickly returned to his original state.

Because he couldn't even stand steadily at the time. He didn't know which internal organ had a problem, his whole body was feverish and very uncomfortable.

Li Cheng颐 suspected that he had encountered the coordination and balance problem mentioned in other martial arts.

The coordination of endocrine and internal organs could not be operated normally just by having the same appearance.

Not to mention that True Qi depended on meridians, and modifying oneself was modifying the meridians, the difficulty of which was staggering.

To solve this problem, he left the small courtyard and came to the Wang family's main branch medical clinic in the city for the first time.

——Wang's Medical Clinic.

At the ancestral worship ceremony a few days ago, Li Cheng颐 had also met some of the Wang family members who had settled down in Qu Ling Prefecture.

And coincidentally, Wang Zhijun, the son of the family patriarch, was stationed here, managing this medium-sized medical clinic.

Wang Zhijun was the only family member Li Cheng颐 was somewhat familiar with.

In the afternoon, around three o'clock or so.

There was a constant flow of people in front of the medical clinic, mostly ordinary martial artists and civilians entering and exiting.

Occasionally, physicians would leave through the side door by carriage, going to the homes of large clans, wealthy merchants, and government officials who needed door-to-door services.

Wang Zhijun was personally seeing a patient, taking the opportunity to train his True Qi, eyesight, and experience. Seeing Li Cheng颐 enter the door in a low-key manner, he quickly ended the treatment of the patient in front of him and got up to welcome him to the back hall.

"Brother Chen, why are you free to come here? This place is not a good place. There are many patients coming and going. If you're not careful, you might be infected with diseases. It's hard to guard against." Wang Zhijun washed his hands and brewed a pot of Tie Xian (Iron Wire) tea for Li Cheng颐.

This type of tea was like iron wire, dark red throughout. The brewed tea soup had a reddish color and a refreshing taste, which was very popular among tea lovers.

It was one of the more popular mass teas in Qu Ling Prefecture.

"I'm currently researching how to fuse True Seals, but I've encountered difficulties from the beginning of modifying myself," Li Cheng颐 said truthfully.

"Actually, our Wang family ancestors also had ideas about this. After all, who doesn't have a dream of fusing True Seals? The ancestors were also unwilling, struggled, and worked hard, including me. Now I've just given up." Wang Zhijun smiled.

Li Cheng颐 didn't mention his progress, but instead told him about the coordination and balance problem, asking if there were any methods to solve it.

As long as this problem was solved, the progress of the fusion step would be greatly accelerated.

"Is there a solution to this problem, or even just an idea?" Li Cheng颐 didn't major in this area after all. Only when he actually started working on it did he realize how difficult it was and how many problems there were.

"There is an idea, but it's very, very difficult." Wang Zhijun really didn't disappoint him.

He smiled and replied, "Our main branch has an ancestor named Wang Puxian, who once went the furthest in this regard. Based on the coordination problem of the modification idea, he specially collected a large number of medical surgery modification cases, and before his death at the age of ninety, he created a secret technique based on the Qing Yuan Dan Fa."

"What secret technique?" Li Cheng颐's eyes lit up. He could do it himself, but it would take too much time.

What he wanted now was speed, speed, and quality, and strength!

"The Flesh Puxian Secret Technique." Wang Zhijun said seriously.

"Then what about this secret technique?"

"It's in the family martial arts library. If Brother Chen needs it, I'll go get it for you. But you have to think carefully. This secret technique must be based on the Qing Yuan Dan Fa. No other True Qi can be used to activate it. Once you use the wrong one, the True Qi will instantly reverse, twisting your internal organs and causing serious injuries, so please remember that!"

Looking at Li Cheng颐's eager expression, Wang Zhijun was a little worried.

He was a kind person, and now Wang Yichen was a genius hope for the family's rise, so naturally, he didn't want anything to happen to him.

"Of course, I understand this!" Li Cheng颐 nodded. "Don't worry."

"Speaking of which, Brother Chen, do you know that you're on the list now?" Wang Zhijun suddenly said with a smile again.

"On the list? What list?" Li Cheng颐 was stunned. The strength he showed on the surface was that of a genius True Qi martial artist, with one year of cultivation equivalent to several years for others. Now he had accumulated decades of True Qi cultivation, which sounded very impressive.

In reality, if he only had this much cultivation, he could probably only deal with an ordinary Lurker.

And it had to be an injured one.

Otherwise, the supersonic movement and terrifying silent speed of a single Lurker Infector would be enough to make this level of True Qi martial artist suffer.

This was the huge gap between True Qi and Blood Yuan. The two were simply two different classes.

Seeing that Li Cheng颐 really didn't know, Wang Zhijun was immediately in awe of him.

No wonder Wang Yichen could achieve his current cultivation accomplishments. It turned out that he was such a diligent person behind the scenes.

In these days, he had rarely seen Wang Yichen leave his courtyard to rest, relax, or play.

That powerful True Qi cultivation was obviously accumulated bit by bit.

"It's like this. Since Blood Yuan martial artists have the Rending Earth and Sealing Heaven lists, we True Qi martial artists also followed their example and created a True Person List." Wang Zhijun explained.

"The so-called True Person List is purely based on combat records. It's compiled by the Crow People's Bureau and sells very well."

He smiled and said.

"I took a look, and Brother Chen, your current ranking is just barely in the top five hundred, hanging on at the end. It's very impressive... This means that you are already a publicly recognized top five hundred True Qi martial artist in the entire Shao Yin Kingdom. To be able to reach this level with the non-ranked Loose-Pattern Qi and Deer King Qi, I have to say, you are this!"

He gave Li Cheng颐 a thumbs up.

"Too boring. Even if I'm first on the True Person List, so what? Can I deal with a Blood Yuan martial artist?" Li Cheng颐 asked with a frown.

"This... naturally it's very difficult. But a few of the very top ones definitely can." Wang Zhijun hesitated.

"Give me the secret technique first. In the future, pay less attention to such boring things. You are the future patriarch. Practicing Qi and improving your medical skills are what you should be doing," Li Cheng颐 reminded him.

"Yes, yes, yes..." Wang Zhijun smiled wryly and led Li Cheng颐 all the way to the inner courtyard, turning east and west for more than ten turns before finally arriving at the ancient books room at the deepest part of the medical clinic.

He rummaged through the old bookshelves for a while, and soon pulled out a coverless gray-white booklet and handed it to Li Cheng颐.

"This is the Flesh Puxian Secret Technique."

Li Cheng颐 took it and was about to speak.

Suddenly, a burst of noise came from outside.

"Please slow down, Lord Ouyang!"

"Be careful of the stairs, Lord, be careful!"

"All of you get the hell away from me! Don't get Lord's boots dirty!"

"Where's Wang Yichen? Tell him to come out and see me." A slightly arrogant, icy male voice floated in from the medical clinic's gate.

Li Cheng颐 and Wang Zhijun exchanged a look.

"Looks like they're looking for me. And their surname is Ouyang..."

"The Ouyang family has great power. It's better for us to avoid their edge for now..." Wang Zhijun was a little timid and shrank back. Although the Wang family and the Ouyang family were both clans, the gap between them was too great.

The Ouyang family was a genuine Blood Yuan martial artist family, with a family martial artist patriarch who had fused with a True Seal sitting at the helm. If they really broke off relations and wanted to deal with the Wang family, they only needed to give an order, and within Qu Ling Prefecture, the Wang family would not be able to survive.

"But after all, they're here for me. The Ouyang family wanted me to join them through marriage before, but I refused. Now they're probably here specifically to surround me and humiliate me," Li Cheng颐 said seriously.

"As long as you don't show your face and pretend you're not here, they'll at most make a fuss for a while and then leave on their own. Don't worry," Wang Zhijun explained.

"Do they come often?" Li Cheng颐 suddenly asked.

"Uh..." Looking at Wang Zhijun's expression, he knew that the Ouyang family wasn't harassing the medical clinic for the first time, but Wang Zhijun and the main branch hadn't told him before.

"The other party is powerful. Let's just endure it. After a while, they'll vent their anger and it'll be over," Wang Zhijun explained, with a somewhat helpless expression.

Li Cheng颐 looked at his expression and was also a little helpless. Even if he went out now and defeated the other party, there would still be a large group of Ouyang family martial artists behind them. Did he have to come here every time?

Moreover, this was Qu Ling Prefecture, and there was a Yin Eye watching from above. Unless he could beat the Yin Moon True Person and the Four Great Yin Gods.

But he felt that it was unlikely now, and the gap was probably still very large.

So he listened to Wang Zhijun's advice and stayed behind to wait quietly.

(End of Chapter)