Chapter 16 Strength skyrockets, bet, time is up (big chapter)
The golden wuxitui.
Jiang Nan took a carriage back to Cuizhuju.
As soon as I got home, I saw a middle-aged man standing in the yard.
Seeing Jiang Nan return, the middle-aged man clasped his fists and bowed slightly: "Fu Chang, the first-class guard of the Zhenbei General's Mansion, pays homage to the young master."
"No gift."
Jiang Nan smiled and nodded.
"Sit inside."
When dealing with his guards, Jiang Nan doesn't have the tyranny of other playboys from noble families. He can only be gentle and casual, just like he treats his family members.
With that said, he walked towards the house.
Fu Chang followed behind.
Zhou Qing stood guard at the door, while Li Ze went home to cook.
Arriving at the room, Jiang Nan saw two jade bottles on the table, a piece of milky white inner armor, a knife with a somewhat worn scabbard, and a stack of silver notes.
In addition, there are two brocade boxes with different patterns.
Fu Chang pointed to the two jade bottles and said: "This is a dragon's blood pill and a bottle of Tongmai Pill."
There was no need to explain the inner armor and banknotes. Fu Chang pointed to the sword in the scabbard and said, "This is the general's early war sword, called the blood-drinking sword."
"All of these are sent to the young master by the general."
Jiang Nan nodded, pointed to the two brocade boxes, and asked, "What about these two?"
Fu Chang said: "This brocade box embroidered with bamboo leaves was sent by Miss Lou.
This brocade box embroidered with koi fish was sent by Princess Yunmeng.
There are three top-quality pulse nourishing pills sent by Miss Lou.
Princess Yunmeng sent you Essence and Blood Pills, three in total."
After a pause, Fu Chang clasped his fists and said, "There is nothing wrong with these pills after being inspected by my subordinates. They are all safe.
My subordinate opened the brocade box without permission, please forgive me, young master."
Jiang Nan waved her hand and said, "It's okay. Thank you for your hard work."
Fu Chang breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, clasped his fists and said, "Young Master, you are too polite. If there is nothing else, I will leave now and go back to resume my duties."
Jiang Nan nodded.
When we go back to this point, the gate to the inner city is still closed.
Afterwards, Fu Chang left.
In the room, Jiang Nan opened the brocade box and looked at the four bottles of elixirs. A smile suddenly bloomed on his face.
I was really sleepy so I brought a pillow.
Dragon Blood Pill and Essence Blood Pill both replenish Qi and blood.
It's just that the Dragon Blood Pill contains a trace of dragon blood, so it is more domineering and more precious.
The Yangmai Pill warms and nourishes the meridians.
Taking Tongmai Dan to forcefully impact the meridians will cause more or less damage to the meridians. If you use Nourishing Veins Pill to warm and nourish the meridians, the effect will be better.
Obviously, Lou Xianghan already knew that he wanted to challenge Zhou Tingyu.
At the same time, I also expected that grandpa would give me the Tongmai Pill.
So I had people send mei-nourishing pills, and they were of the best quality.
His fiancée... actually has a lot of intentions.
And Yunmeng is also interested.
Someone was specially sent to bring him Essence and Blood Pills to prevent him from losing energy and blood when he continuously forcibly attacks the realm.
Put away the elixir and banknotes, and pick up the blood-drinking knife on the table.
Hold the handle and pull out the knife sharply.
Zheng~
There was a crisp sound of a knife.
An evil aura suddenly appeared from the blade body.
This evil aura is only one-tenth of the monsters Jiang Nan killed.
For ordinary people, it will have a shocking effect.
But for Jiang Nan, it didn't have the slightest effect.
There was a touch of blood on the gleaming blade, as if it had soaked into the body of the blade, making it bright and eye-catching.
"The knife is good."
Jiang Nan smiled slightly.
Then he let it go.
He picked up the inner armor and looked at it, then put it down.
He doesn't need to wear this yet.
He walked out of the room and shouted to the door: "Zhou Qing."
"Here we come, Master."
Zhou Qing came quickly.
Jiang Nan took out a hundred thousand taels of silver and handed it to him.
"On the last day, find a few gambling shops with strong strength and good reputation, and bet these 100,000 taels of silver notes multiple times. Bet all on me to win."
"Remember, try not to bet on the royal gambling house."
He doesn't care if others win the royal family's money.
But in this case, it would be better for him to try not to win the royal family's money.
Zhou Qing nodded, "I understand."
He put the 100,000 silver note in his arms and left immediately.
He is at the seventh level of Kaiyuan Realm, and most people would not dare to rob him.
A master who can rob him doesn't dare to spend it, so he can only hide.
Even so, he still has to face the pursuit of the Jiang family and the entire court, and the gain outweighs the loss.
Jiang Nan turned around and returned to his bedroom.
Close the door.
Sit cross-legged on the mat.
With a thought, I entered the three-color tree space.
At this time, there are two fruits on the light red branches.
One big and one small.
Obviously, the older one is mature, but the younger one is not yet.
After killing monsters during this period, Jiang Nan roughly calculated that depending on the size of the monsters, it would take about eight to eleven first-level monsters to be killed in order to obtain a light red fruit.
Because this fruit contains a huge amount of qi and blood, he simply called it the qi and blood fruit.
Pick the Qi-blood fruit easily and swallow it.
Run "Ancestral Dragon Kaitian Jin"...
Roar~
The fourth dragon particle in the body wakes up.
A huge force surged throughout the body... The body of gods and demons transformed again.
Physical defenses become stronger.
Jiang Nan opened his eyes with a smile on his face.
The skin is still the same, exuding a healthy color.
But he could feel that if an ordinary person were to chop him with a knife, he might not even be able to break his skin.
This is just the awakening of four dragon particles, so what if ten, a hundred, or a thousand are awakened?
What if all three thousand dragon particles are awakened and three thousand dragon nests are opened to give birth to true dragons?
How strong will the gods and demons be at that time?
Jiang Nan shook his head slightly,
Don't be proud, this is just a "weak and ordinary" god and demon body...
I complained in my heart, but the smile on my face did not diminish.
What satisfied him most was the strength.
Awakening a dragon particle again, the power reached 40,000 kilograms!
If the strength of Kaiyuan Realm can reach 20,000 jins, or even 30,000 jins.
So now, his power should have exceeded the Kaiyuan realm.
Of course, this is just an approximation and may not be accurate.
But to say the least.
Calculated purely based on strength, he should be at least at the peak of the Kaiyuan Realm now.
It can also be said that he is invincible in the Kaiyuan realm.
But that's not enough!
A warrior's battle is not just about strength, but also other assistance.
Therefore, if you want to absolutely crush your opponent, you must make yourself stronger.
So powerful that it makes the opponent despair.
Make the opponent's various methods ineffective.
There is still a Qi and Blood Fruit in the Three Color Tree space, but it is not yet mature.
However, Jiang Nan also has Dragon Blood Pill and Essence Blood Pill.
He took out all the jade bottles in his arms and laid them out in a row in front of him.
Take Dragon Blood Pill first.
There is only one Dragon Blood Pill.
It is said that this thing is very valuable, costing tens of thousands of taels each.
It is simply not something ordinary people can afford.
And they often have a price but no market.
Jiang Nan didn't care whether it was valuable or not.
Money is for consumption, not for storage.
No matter how much money you have, if it cannot be used, it is nothing more than a pile of waste paper.
Pour out the Dragon Blood Pill, which is milky white and has a light fragrance.
There is a faint blush surrounding it, like a bloody flying dragon.
Jiang Nan took a calm look and thought to himself: "I wonder if I can awaken a dragon..."
Then he opened his mouth and swallowed it.
The elixir melts as soon as it enters the abdomen.
boom--
A majestic energy and blood force jumped from the body to the limbs and bones.
Jiang Nan hurriedly activated "Ancestral Dragon Kaitian Jin", and the energy and blood flowed back, converging towards a certain point.
However, after only holding on for a second, Jiang Nan's expression changed.
Not enough energy!
Moreover... this energy seems not pure enough, as if there are "impurities" in it.
Jiang Nan, who was already accustomed to taking the Qi and Blood Fruit, which contained pure Qi and blood, suspected that this was the erysipelas of the Dragon Blood Pill.
But now is obviously not the time to consider this issue.
He immediately poured out a blood essence pill, opened his mouth and swallowed it.
The majestic energy exploded in the body, and with the operation of "Ancestral Dragon Kaitian Jin" and the energy of the original Dragon Blood Pill, it rushed towards a point.
But what Jiang Nan didn't expect was that the two such majestic energies gathered together, but still lacked enough stamina to open the Jiaolong granules.
Without hesitation, I took the second Essence and Blood Pill.
boom--
The energy explodes and then converges towards that point as the exercise moves.
Boom~
The fifth dragon awakens.
A huge force suddenly surged through the body, and the body of gods and demons transformed again.
Cells in muscles, bones, skin, fascia, etc. become closer together.
Fifty thousand kilograms of power!
The power completely surpasses the Kaiyuan Realm!
Jiang Nan did not stop practicing.
He stopped running the "Ancestral Dragon Kaitian Jin" and started running the "Great Sun Prison Suppression Sutra".
The majestic blood flows throughout the body along special lines.
There seems to be a great sun in the body, constantly tempering the invisible "impurities" in the elixir.
again and again……
I don't know how long has passed.
When Jiang Nan opened his eyes, he found that it was already dark outside.
But his eyesight is very good now. Even in the dark, he can see clearly what is in front of him.
After running the "Great Sun Prison Suppression Sutra" countless times, the "impurities" in his body were finally refined by him, and he no longer felt any discomfort.
But it also gave him a wake-up call.
Pills contain impurities, and it takes time to refine all the impurities after taking them.
Ordinary people may not be able to feel the "impurities" in the elixir, but his body of gods and demons can feel it very clearly.
He glanced at the jade bottle and shook his head slightly.
There is still one Essence and Blood Pill left.
Even if you take it, you will not be able to awaken the Jiaolong Granules.
It’s just that the consumption is too great.
Three pills cost at least hundreds of thousands of taels of silver.
For ordinary people, they probably won't be able to earn so much money in their lifetime.
The saying that the poor in literature and the rich in martial arts is absolutely correct.
Think about it, if you had not obtained the "Qi and Blood Fruit" by killing demons, and wanted to use the elixirs to cultivate the "Ancestral Dragon Kaitian Jin" and the God-Demon Body, even the richest General's Mansion might not be able to afford it.
There is still one Essence and Blood Pill, three Vein-Nourishing Pills, and one bottle of Vein-Tongping Pill left.
If your physical body has another breakthrough, you can now take Tongmai Dan to open up your meridians.
But Jiang Nan thought about it and still didn't do it.
He had just refined the impurities in these elixirs, and he did not want to take them again immediately.
And two dragons were awakened in succession tonight.
No matter what, you should let your body get used to it.
The way of cultivation is to have tension and relaxation, which is the kingly way.
Besides, it's getting late now.
He put away all the elixirs, stood up and walked out.
Open the bedroom door.
There are lights on in the living room.
Li Ze stood at the door.
Seeing Jiang Nan coming out, he quickly stepped forward.
He felt that his young master's blood seemed to be a little strong.
But he didn't know what was happening to his young master's physical body at this time.
In fact, as the body of gods and demons continues to grow stronger, as long as Jiang Nan does not deliberately release his momentum, ordinary people cannot feel the powerful and majestic energy and blood in his body at will.
Li Ze only knew that the young master had been practicing till so late and was very diligent.
"Master."
He came forward and said hello.
Jiang Nan nodded, "What time is it now?"
"It's just midnight." Li Ze said.
"It turns out it's so late." Jiang Nan sighed with emotion.
He has been practicing and has not felt the passage of time at all.
"Master, the food is in the kitchen steamer. It's still hot. I'll bring it to you. Will you eat here or go to the restaurant?"
Li Ze asked.
Jiang Nan was not planning to eat at such a late hour.
But Li Ze was still watching over him so late at night, and his stomach did feel a little empty.
Finally he said: "Let's go to the restaurant."
"good."
"Have you got a meal yet?"
"not yet."
"Let's eat together."
"Um."
"Don't wait for me until it's too late..."
…
After eating, Jiang Nan took a simple bath and rested.
Early the next morning, get up on time.
As usual, practice swordsmanship and eat.
Then go to work.
It's just that the time to go to work is much earlier than before.
In Shi Wenhao's words: Jiang Shao works very hard.
In the blink of an eye, six days passed.
During these six days, Jiang Nan successfully awakened eight dragon particles again.
Counting the previous ones, he has awakened a total of thirteen dragon particles.
In other words, his current strength has exceeded 130,000 kilograms.
At the same time, after taking ten meridians, coupled with his own powerful qi and blood, thirty-two meridians have been opened.
That is, the pinnacle of the eighth level of Tongmai Realm.
Tomorrow is April 15th, the day of competition with Zhou Tingyu in the ring.
In the evening, Jiang Nan got off work.
The carriage returned to Cuizhu Residence facing the shadow of the setting sun.
He plans to open up all the remaining four meridians tonight and reach the peak of the meridians.
But before that, he had to revive the fourteenth dragon particle.
Once this dragon particle wakes up, it will have a power of 140,000 kilograms.
Li Ze set up the carriage and went to the kitchen.
Perhaps because the competition was approaching and he didn't want to break the original rhythm of life, the General's Mansion did not arrange for a cook to come over.
As soon as Jiang Nan walked to the living room, Zhou Qing came back.
"Master, all the one hundred thousand taels of silver have been bet on the two largest chambers of commerce, Wanhe Chamber of Commerce and Phoenix Chamber of Commerce."
Jiang Nan nodded and said, "Okay."
These two chambers of commerce are large chambers of commerce, and the boss behind them is not the royal family.
Of course, the tax paid by the two chambers of commerce every year is also a very considerable amount.
"By the way, what are my odds now?"
Jiang Nan asked.
The betting at major gambling houses actually started five days ago.
And on the third day, I don't know what good news the major gambling houses got, and Zhou Tingyu's odds suddenly dropped.
Accordingly, his odds were increased.
Less than half a day later, the odds changed again.
Jiang Nan knew that this was a common trick used by gambling houses.
True and false, false and true, the purpose is to keep people digging into their pockets and taking money.
For example, if you have already bet before and see the odds change, you will wonder if the dealer has obtained some news, so you buy some more.
As for who wins, that's a matter of opinion.
The reason why Zhou Qing started betting on the last day was because Jiang Nan estimated that the bookmaker would probably conduct a big promotion on the last day to increase the odds.
The purpose is to get people to buy more.
In fact, his judgment was indeed correct.
On the final day, both men's odds improved.
Zhou Qing said: "Young Master's final odds are one to twenty-nine."
Such high odds?
Jiang Nan was slightly startled.
He knows that no one is optimistic about him, but the odds are not so high.
Obviously, someone knows the "ins and outs".
Of course, it’s hard to tell whether this “detail” is true or false.
But it also shows from the side that people are optimistic about Zhou Tingyu.
"If my guess is correct, Zhou Tingyu... must have made a breakthrough."
Jiang Nan said calmly.
However, since the odds are so high, it would be a shame not to take advantage of this moment to make more money.
"Is the inner city closed now?" Jiang Nan asked.
Zhou Qing glanced at the sky and said, "Not yet. But it will be closed in an hour at most."
Jiang Nan said: "You should go to the General's Mansion as quickly as possible now, meet with my grandfather, and ask him to put out at least 500,000 taels of silver to bet on me. Of course, the more, the better."
"Five hundred thousand taels!"
Zhou Qing was shocked.
Before one hundred thousand taels, he already thought it was a huge number.
Now the young master actually wants to bet another five hundred thousand taels... Is he so confident in himself?
"If you tell my grandpa, just say, I guarantee that I can win. If I win, I will belong to the General's Mansion. If I lose, I will never step foot into the General's Mansion." Jiang Nan said.
Ah this?
What do you call this guarantee?
If you win, everything will be given to the General's Mansion, which is understandable, since we are all one family anyway.
But I lost, even though I was a little embarrassed to show off to others.
But if you don't step into the general's mansion, it's equivalent to never seeing the general again.
Didn't you take the life of the general?
What kind of guarantee is this?
Zhou Qing was a little dazed.
Jiang Nan said: "Don't be nagging, hurry up and say this when you meet my grandpa."
"oh oh."
Zhou Qing left quickly.
But as soon as he walked out of Cuizhu Residence, he came back to his senses.
The young master is forcing the general to take the money. The subtext is that if you don't support me, I will never see you again if I lose.
"Young master is so awesome."
Zhou Qing sighed in his heart.
In the whole world, only the young master dares to speak like this to the old general.
But having said that, the young master is really confident in himself!
Is this a last-ditch fight?
In the living room.
Jiang Nan put his hands behind his back and looked out the door with a calm expression.
Zhou Tingyu may have really made a breakthrough, otherwise his odds would not be so high.
It's a pity that even a breakthrough can't change the final outcome. He will still die!
Jiang Nan never cared about the battle with Zhou Tingyu from the beginning to the end.
Zhou Tingyu's outcome was already doomed as early as when he issued the challenge.
In his eyes, Zhou Tingyu was actually someone else's chess piece.
But since you are a chess piece, you must be prepared to be abandoned.
Perhaps, for Zhou Tingyu, forcing Li Lu to death was just a small mistake he did.
After all, people will always do wrong things sometimes in this life.
For someone with his status, if he made a mistake and apologized, that would be the end of it.
But he doesn't know that if he does something wrong, the price he pays is his life!
And as a chess piece, his death is just the beginning of everything.
Jiang Nan turned around and sat down in the room.
The mind enters the space of the three-color tree.
A qi-blood fruit on a light red branch is ripe.
The gray branch was already covered with nine leaves, with a gray fruit on it.
It's just that this fruit is very small.
Obviously not mature yet.
The light green branches are still bare, with nothing on them.
The spatial range where the three-color tree is located has expanded a bit more than before.
But the surrounding black fog still filled the air and nothing could be seen.
Jiang Nan was used to this and didn't care.
Pick the Qi-blood fruit easily.
After leaving the three-color tree space, he opened his mouth and swallowed it.
boom--
The blood is surging.
Run "Ancestral Dragon Kaitian Jin"...
Roar~~~
The sound shocked my mind.
The fourteenth dragon particle awakens.
A huge force surged through his body.
A huge force of 140,000 kilograms!
The body of gods and demons transformed again, becoming stronger and stronger.
Compared with elixirs, swallowing Qi and Blood Fruits and practicing cultivation have no side effects at all.
After awakening from Jiaolong Granules, Jiang Nan felt full of strength and refreshed.
The surging Qi and blood in the body are smooth and smooth.
Immediately, he circulated the "Great Sun Prison Suppression Sutra" and began to open up new meridians...
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An hour later.
The last four meridians have all been opened.
In an instant, thirty-six meridians formed a closed-loop small circle and began to operate.
The pinnacle of Tongmai Realm!
The Pulse Nourishing Pill has been consumed, and now there is only one Essence and Blood Pill left.
A blood essence pill has no effect on him.
Even after taking it, one Jiaolong Granule cannot be awakened.
After running for nine small weeks, Jiang Nan stopped.
He stood up and walked out.
At this time Zhou Qing has not returned yet.
Go into the backyard and start practicing knife skills.
The light of the sword is bright, like the wind and the waterfall.
Unknowingly, the sword technique suddenly changed, and there were ten sword shadows under one strike, and the power increased dramatically.
After so many days of practice, Jiang Nan finally broke through the first level of "Shadowless Sword", "One Sword Cut", and officially entered the second level, "Ten Sword Cuts".
At this point, Jiang Nan's overall strength has made another leap.
During dinner, Zhou Qing came back.
"Master, the General's Mansion has already bet 500,000 taels of silver notes according to your wishes. However, 200,000 taels of them were bets on Qintian Tower, and the remaining 300,000 taels were bets on Wan.
and the Chamber of Commerce and the Phoenix Chamber of Commerce.”
Zhou Qinghui reports.
Jiang Nan nodded, not caring where he bet.
As long as grandpa makes the bet, that's fine.
He turned to Li Ze and said, "Tomorrow, you go to the market to buy a rabbit as a sacrifice. Speaking of which, I haven't visited your sister's grave until now."
Li Ze was shocked and immediately knelt down, "Master, my sister is just a slave. How dare you work on the young master's body of thousands of dollars? This is absolutely not allowed."
Jiang Nan shook his head slightly and said, "It doesn't matter. Speaking of which, Xiao Luer's death also has something to do with me."
Li Ze's eye circles suddenly turned red.
Jiang Nan didn't want to talk more about this matter, "Forget it, let's not talk about it. Get up and do what I say tomorrow."
"Yes, Master."
Li Ze stood up.
"By the way, where is the white robe I asked you to prepare for me a few days ago?" Jiang Nan asked.
"I came back and cleaned it, dried it and ironed it, and then I put it in the closet in your bedroom." Li Ze said.
Jiang Nan nodded, "Thank you for your hard work."
Li Ze suddenly became frightened and said, "Master, this is what I should do."
Jiang Nan smiled slightly.
It is indeed inappropriate to let a seventeen or eighteen-year-old boy take care of the family and outside the house all day long.
When this matter is over, he plans to recruit two maids and a cook to return Li Ze to his original job.
Then he picked up the bowl and started eating.
A night of silence.
The next day, Jiang Nan was the same as usual.
Wash up, practice knife skills, and have breakfast.
But today, he didn't have to go to work in the Demon Slayer Department. He and Shi Wenhao had already asked for leave a few days ago.
Today is the day for a decisive battle between him and Zhou Tingyu in the inner city!
After breakfast, Jiang Nan read quietly in the study room as usual.
The hair is combed neatly and tied down behind the head.
However, today he put on a brand new white robe.
It looks like he is reading quietly, but his straight back after putting on his white robe makes people feel a bit chilling.
Three o'clock in the morning, Li Ze said respectfully outside the study: "Master, the time has come."
Jiang Nan raised his head and looked out the window.
It was windy outside, and the wind rustled the bamboo forest.
Jiang Nan's face was calm, but there was a sharp flash in his eyes.
He placed the books neatly, then stood up and walked out.
…
After a while.
A carriage pulled by maroon horses drove slowly toward the inner city.
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PS: A big chapter of 6,500 words. The conscientious author is asking for recommendations, reading, and everything~