Chapter 17 Three Roads
At noon, a sumptuous banquet was arranged in Zhou Tieyi's Qilin Pavilion.

Although the fasting pills can supplement nutrition, nothing can compare to delicious food to make people feel relaxed and comfortable physically and mentally.

After successfully breaking through the Qi Hai, Zhou Tieyi naturally no longer needed to cleanse the five internal organs.

Seeing her son eating heartily, Zhou's mother also ate some vegetarian food, which was rare. Normally, she took fasting pills to maintain her needs.

The purity of his five internal organs is conducive to the practice of Taoism. Although a breakthrough to the upper three levels is a long way off, he still maintains the habit of practicing Taoism over the years.

Zhou Tieyi ate until he was half full before he slowly started to work.

"Oh, by the way, mother, I heard that Taoism has a magical skill called the art of looking at qi."

“There is indeed such a technique.”

Zhou's mother nodded.

Zhou Tieyi remained calm and asked casually, "Can this technique really see a person's life character? Have you helped me check it?"

The reason why he asked this was because when he used internal and external vision to observe the fortunes of the people around him in the past few days, he had many doubts. The most important one was that he could not see his own fortune.

Zhou's mother smiled and said, "Life is full of twists and turns. How can one know the art of life by looking at it? At most, one can predict the fortune and misfortune of the day. Even if one is a true dragon, if the wind and clouds do not come, there is a danger of being stranded on the shore and becoming rotten meat. Moreover, this art of looking at qi has many taboos. Even among the Taoists, Yin-Yangists, and Strategists, few people practice it."

"Tell me about it."

"First of all, a fortune teller cannot tell his own fortune. The art of looking at qi cannot detect the changes in one's fortune or misfortune. It is even difficult to observe the changes in one's closest relatives."

"Second, fate is unpredictable. Some people are just snakes walking in the mud at first, not worth mentioning. But if they encounter earth-shaking changes, they may turn into dragons and soar into the sky."

When Zhou's mother said this, she paused and looked at Zhou Tieyi.

Zhou Tieyi immediately understood and pointed at himself, "Am I destined to be a snake walking in the mud?"

"That's not the case. When I gave birth to you, my master, your great master, came to touch your bones and said, 'See the dragon in the abyss.' So I guess your fate has changed a lot. Now that you have made a breakthrough in martial arts, it proves what my master said."

Zhou Tieyi was amazed. It seemed that this great master whom he had never met was actually a big shot.

"Third, top cultivators all have secret methods to conceal changes in their own luck, so as to avoid being caught by the enemy."

Zhou Tieyi quickly asked, "How many top monks are there?"

"Of course, only those above the third rank can be considered the best in the world."

Zhou Tieyi lowered his eyelids slightly, hiding his thoughts.

When he looked at Guan Guan's Qi sea that day, there was a crimson cloud condensing, and a poppy flower bloomed in it. It was slightly better than the ordinary people around it, but not even as good as Ah Da's red luck!

It just so happens that I cannot make a big fuss about this matter.

Now the family has started fighting with the Queen.

Once the news of my affair with the evil god gets out, no matter if it was my own initiative or not, the Queen Mother will definitely make it an ironclad case!

In that case, not only would he have to face the revenge of a suspected third-grade evil god, but he would also have to face the encirclement and suppression of the Queen of Heaven, which would be a dead end.

Fortunately, the witch didn’t want to kill me, otherwise she would have done it the moment I traveled through time.

Since she wants to use me, I can also use her.

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In the quiet room, Zhou Tieyi sorted out his gains after breaking through to the ninth level and opening up his Qi sea.

The biggest improvement is the magical power [Blood God Son].

Zhou Tieyi took out a sharp dagger from the side and slashed his arm with it. A two-inch long and one-inch deep cut was made, revealing the bright red flesh and blood.

Shockingly, the blood did not flow out of the cut wound, but formed a membrane, which gathered the torn skin inwards. In just one minute, only a red blood line remained on the wound on his arm cut by the dagger. Zhou Tieyi touched the wound with his fingers. With the help of internal and external vision, he could clearly feel that the wound was healing rapidly under the replenishment of blood and qi. In less than half a day, this degree of injury would completely disappear.

"That is to say, apart from the piercing of the brain nerve center, the heart, liver, spleen, lungs, kidneys, and aorta are no longer fatal injuries to me."

This alone is enough for Zhou Tieyi to look down upon all lower-grade martial arts practitioners!

"And as I gain more authority from the Blood Godson, it is foreseeable that I will also be able to achieve the legendary rebirth by dripping blood."

As for the second magical power of the Blood God Son, Zhou Tieyi looked inward at his own Dantian Qi Sea, and saw a total of five lotus seeds in the swaying blood-colored lotus. After that, one lotus seed would be produced every month.

This lotus seed is the "divine seed" that belongs exclusively to Zhou Tieyi.

This magical seed can penetrate into the flesh and blood of another person, and can enhance the physical talents of the person being treated, or it can control the life and death of the person at will.

The only regret is that he only usurped a tiny part of the power of the Blood Sea Lord. If he wants to continue to amplify the magical powers of the [Blood God Son], he can only usurp more power.

However, a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step, and a dam of a hundred miles can be breached by a single ant hole.

The fact that the Blood Sea Lord was suppressed by the Buddha was the best news for him.

And he also has the clue of the witch Guan Guan.

Thinking of the demon girl Guan Guan who was suspected to be of the top third grade, Zhou Tieyi's expression became a little uncomfortable again.

“Good and bad things really go hand in hand.”

The authority of the Nine Ancient Gods is such a huge temptation, but the first thing to face is a being of the upper third rank.

Compared to the divine authority of the Lord of the Sea of ​​Blood, the magical powers brought by the Mountain Lord are obviously much weaker.

Zhou Tieyi picked up a squirrel that he had just caught in the yard. The squirrel did not run away in his palm. Instead, it rubbed its head against Zhou Tieyi's palm affectionately.

"Go and fetch that walnut."

Zhou Tieyi said to the squirrel, but unfortunately the squirrel could not understand what Zhou Tieyi said at all.

He had only acquired a part of the magical power of [Driving Beasts Away], and ordinary wild beasts had low IQs, so he was unable to issue complex commands. Now he could only perform two simple operations: appeasement and intimidation.

What if I plant the seed of God into this squirrel?

Is it possible to achieve a deeper level of control?

Zhou Tieyi was somewhat tempted, but he quickly suppressed the thought.

He could only produce one divine seed every month. It would be a waste to plant it into an ordinary animal. The greatest use of the divine seed was to plant it into the bodies of his own guards.

This not only ensures the loyalty of the guards, but also greatly enhances their strength.

Apart from the magical power of [Driving Beasts Away], Zhou Tieyi did not dare to try the magical power of [Power of the Earth Veins] easily.

The prerequisite for mobilizing the power of the earth veins is to have your own "territory", and this is Tianjing. If Zhou Tieyi dares to turn the land under his feet into a territory and mobilize the power of the earth veins here, it is estimated that the Zhou family will not be able to protect themselves.

There are three directions for my future improvement in strength.

The first is to cultivate the Minotaur tribe in the wild world, and let the powerful Minotaur tribe hunt more gods to sacrifice to themselves. Even the authority of the weakest gods is the magical power that can control the rules. If used well, it is enough to make a qualitative change in one's own strength.

The second is to speed up the practice of martial arts. The eighth level of martial arts is called "refining the spirit", and the ninth level of martial arts opens up the sea of ​​​​qi, which can absorb the vitality of heaven and earth with one's own qi and blood to replenish oneself.

However, a strong physical body will amplify one's emotions and desires, so one needs to cultivate the spirit to control the strong body.

The third is to train your own personal guards. The earlier the personal guards are trained, the better the tacit understanding will naturally be. Not only can it improve your own strength in disguise, but it also paves the way for practice after the seventh level.

(End of this chapter)