"Pfft!"
Zhang Yan was so angry he spat blood, his body trembling, and he even started crying, literally crying from sheer anger.
Even Aunt Yan, who was hidden in the shadows, felt a chill.
The Chief Lu Young Miss favored was this vicious and this greedy... What could she say? Well, Young Miss had sharp foresight.
Half an hour later.
Lu Zhenghai returned to the Lu Family and walked straight into the cultivation chamber.
He was incomparably excited.
Yuan Chengye, you little wealth-bringing boy, your Changqing Dad loves you!
Without a word, Lu Zhenghai immediately started consuming the aged ginseng.
In the span of one night, he completely devoured the three 150-year-old aged ginseng roots.
Not only that, but he also consumed all 20 Azure Origin Medicinal Pills and 10 Dragon Bone Medicinal Pills.
In the span of one night, the Supreme Primordial Cycle Technique circulated for over a thousand cycles.
This was absolutely insane!
Let's put it this way: the Martial Dao resources he consumed in one night... even a named fourth or fifth-rank official in the Imperial City, including all their corruption and bribery, would need a lifetime to accumulate them.
These cultivation resources were worth two to three hundred thousand taels of silver!
In fact, consuming so many cultivation resources in one night was somewhat wasteful.
It was akin to swallowing a date whole.
If he had used them separately, or waited until the Supreme Primordial Cycle Technique was Cultivated to the Minor Achievement stage, the effect would have been better.
But Lu Zhenghai did not regret it in the slightest.
Because he directly Broke Through to the Grandmaster Realm!!!
Yes.
The Grandmaster Realm.
Hahaha... As long as he could Break Through to the Grandmaster Realm one day earlier, no amount of wasted Martial Dao resources was too much.
Furthermore, the waste was provided by Yuan Chengye.
Since he didn't spend his own money, he didn't feel the pinch!
"I've reached the Grandmaster Realm. Finally, I have that slight sense of security."
The Grandmaster Realm was not weak!
Don't look at how Lu Zhenghai constantly interacted with experts of the Grandmaster Realm and Great Grandmaster levels now.
Such as Princess Mingzhu, Pei Muwan, Aunt Yan, Yuan Chengye, Commander Lin, and others.
It might seem as if the Grandmaster Realm was nothing special?
In reality, if you think carefully, all the figures Lu Zhenghai interacted with were top-tier major figures.
But within the Great Yu Dynasty, how many top-tier major figures truly existed?
Leave the Imperial City and go look at other prefectures and cities... some so-called Sects have a Sect Master who is merely in the Grandmaster Realm.
In some places, even Innate Realm experts call themselves "This Seat".
Lu Zhenghai took a deep breath and circulated the True Essence within his body.
Refreshing!
The True Essence inside his body was at least dozens of times more vigorous than when he was in the Innate Realm.
If he were to execute One Sword Flying Immortal now, doing it dozens of times in one breath would probably be as easy as child's play.
Moreover, the quality of the True Essence within his body had also increased.
In the Innate Realm, the True Essence was somewhat similar to plain boiled water.
Now, the True Essence was viscous, similar to magma.
"The Grandmaster Realm is completely incomparable to the Innate Realm. I can now beat one hundred versions of myself from last night!"
However.
When others Break Through from the Innate Realm to the Grandmaster Realm, they need long-term accumulation and a Foundation solid enough to be stable before Breaking Through.
What about Lu Zhenghai? He had only been in the Innate Realm for a few days before forcibly stacking Martial Dao resources to reach the Grandmaster Realm.
His Grandmaster Realm was slightly unstable!
Leaving aside One Sword Flying Immortal, his First Layer Grandmaster Realm was 100% weaker than the First Layer Grandmaster Realm of others.
But!
Lu Zhenghai smiled proudly. The Ninth Layer of the Innate Realm, no matter how solid its Foundation, could only be instantly killed by a superficial, unstable First Layer Grandmaster Realm.
The Grandmaster Realm is the Grandmaster Realm!
A Grandmaster must not be insulted!
Moreover, it wasn't impossible for him to solidify his Martial Dao Foundation.
"To solidify the Martial Dao Foundation, there are many methods."
"The first method is combat, fighting fiercely, and solidifying the Martial Dao Realm through battle."
"The second method is consuming some Heaven And Earth Treasure capable of improving the Martial Dao Foundation, such as the legendary Ten-Thousand-Year Vermilion Fruit, Ten-Thousand-Year stone milk, or True Dragon essence blood from the ancient era."
"The third method is having a super old monster use his True Essence to help organize the True Essence within your body. This kind of super old monster must be at least in the Heavenly Human Realm."
... Lu Zhenghai thought, the second method is very difficult. Not to mention how much money it would cost.
The key is that those legendary treasures are too rare. Even if they appear once or twice a year in an auction house, it wouldn't be his turn; they would have been reserved by the top big shots long ago.
The third method is also a luxury for Lu Zhenghai right now.
Where would he know any Heavenly Human Realm big shots?
Even Hong Qingtian and Aunt Yan are only in the Grandmaster Realm.
Only the first method is very suitable.
Isn't it just fighting?!
Of course, he still needed to find a suitable opponent.
Aunt Yan was very suitable.
Aunt Yan could completely suppress her Realm to be similar to his, and then fight him.
Lu Zhenghai walked out of the cultivation chamber.
"Last night, I got another 100,000 taels of silver from Yuan Chengye, plus the more than 30,000 taels of silver I had left after buying the Earth Grade High Rank Anti-Poison Medicinal Pill. Now my net worth is as high as 130,000 taels, which is not bad."
"Yuan Chengye will most likely send another 300,000 taels in the next couple of days, hehe..."
"Also, there's the Dragon Imprisoning Palm Martial Skill I got from Yuan Chengye. This Martial Skill is pretty awesome."
"However, I currently don't have the energy to pursue too many things. One Sword Flying Immortal has only just been initiated, and Ethereal Instant Step hasn't even been initiated yet."
Lu Zhenghai pondered for a moment, then spoke, "Aunt Yan, please come out."
The next moment, Aunt Yan's figure appeared mysteriously and without warning in front of Lu Zhenghai.
However, after Aunt Yan appeared in front of Lu Zhenghai, she deliberately or inadvertently glanced toward Wangshu Pavilion.
There was a faint, looming aura at that location, and it was very strong.
Aunt Yan felt that the other party was even stronger than herself.
Aunt Yan already knew that was Wangshu Pavilion, and the person living there was Young Master Lu's wife, Jiang Chiyao.
She was very shocked and curious!
Was Young Master Lu's wife's Martial Dao strength this terrifying? It was said that Young Master Lu's wife was only 20 years old!
Of course, despite all her shock and curiosity, she did not question Lu Zhenghai.
Aunt Yan always remembered her identity: she was merely a Guardian Wet Nurse hidden beside Young Master Lu.
"Aunt Yan, can you suppress your Realm to roughly the First Layer Grandmaster Realm?"
"Yes."
Only then did Aunt Yan realize that Lu Zhenghai was actually already in the First Layer Grandmaster Realm?!
First, she was surprised, and then she felt that Lu Zhenghai's aura was somewhat unstable, and she immediately understood what had happened.
Aunt Yan: "Combat is indeed a good way to solidify the Foundation."
"Let's go to Yu Mountain," Lu Zhenghai said.
When fighting, the commotion would definitely be large, so they needed to find a secluded environment.
Yu Mountain is a mountain range near the Great Yu Dynasty, very close to the Imperial City.
Half an hour later, the two arrived at the depths of Yu Mountain.
Then, the battle began... To be precise, Lu Zhenghai started getting abused!
In order to solidify his Foundation, he definitely couldn't use One Sword Flying Immortal.
Without using One Sword Flying Immortal, his combat strength was truly lacking; he was practically being effortlessly beaten by Aunt Yan.
Aunt Yan was also quite ruthless.
The morning passed.
Lu Zhenghai felt like he was about to die.
He lay on the ground, covered in injuries.
He gasped for air, his heart and lungs aching with a tearing pain.
However, the True Essence within his body circulated more smoothly and felt warm and comforting.
The effect was indeed good.
"I'm going to the Garrison this afternoon!" Lu Zhenghai stood up, limping, and headed back to the Imperial City.
Aunt Yan, meanwhile, concealed herself.
Returning to the Imperial City, Lu Zhenghai first found an auction house and anonymously bought Profound Grade High Rank healing pills.
healing pills specialize in treating external injuries and are famously effective.
Lu Zhenghai spent 50,000 taels of silver and bought 15 pills.
He took 1 pill first, and the effect was truly excellent.
In just a short while, the bruises on his arms, legs, and back were mostly healed.
The remaining 14 pills would definitely be needed later. After all, fighting Aunt Yan—or rather, seeking abuse—in order to solidify his Martial Dao Foundation would become routine.
"Damn it, silver is really not enough!"
Look, a small healing pill cost so much money, and he only had a little over 80,000 taels of silver left in his hands.
Aunt Yan, hidden in the shadows, watched Lu Zhenghai's spending and twitched her mouth.
For these kinds of external injuries, most people would just rest for a few days; they wouldn't use Medicinal Pills for healing at all.
Even if they used healing Medicinal Pills, using a Human Grade or Yellow Grade pill would be sufficient.
She recalled that some of her old friends, even those in the Grandmaster Realm, only occasionally used Low Grade or Medium Grade Profound Grade healing pills, and the effect was already excellent.
Lu Zhenghai, this prodigal son, insisted on using Profound Grade High Rank healing pills.
Lu Zhenghai found a restaurant, ate lunch, and then headed toward the Garrison.
On the way, he was still thinking: How should I make money?
In Lu Zhenghai's view, he was now in the Grandmaster Realm!
In the future, those low-level Martial Dao resources wouldn't be very effective for him.
He definitely needed to use more powerful Martial Dao resources.
That naturally meant spending more money.
Therefore, he was still poor.
I need to make money, make money, damn it, I need to make more money!
Just as he arrived at the Garrison.
He saw Huang Xiu standing at the entrance of the Garrison, his face full of anxiety: "Younger Brother Lu, you're finally here! If you hadn't come to the Garrison soon, I would have sent someone to the Lu Family to look for you."