Chapter 91 Level-eight of the Qi-gathering (1/2)

After returning from the Shi family mansion, Zhou Donghuang began to devote all his energy and concentration to practicing.

He would let Fu collect the bill from the Yang family as well as the two bills from the Shi family, ten million liang of silver in total, turning him from a pauper back into a prince.

The two million liang of silver he had previously brought from Yunfeng Prefecture was almost completely spent.

Sitting cross-legged on his bed as he practiced in his room, Zhou Donghuang suddenly opened his eyes. Must the state of total concentration needed for practicing the Lord of the Four Supremes really be reached only by devoting time to reach that state?

That state of total concentration is, after all, a state of calm and focus…there are many elixirs that can help achieve this state. Can I use these elixirs to directly enter a state of total concentration?”

The Lord of the Four Supremes that Zhou Donghuang was now practicing could be practiced at an incredibly fast rate which was incomparable to the normal rate of practice if he entered a state of total concentration.

For example, his level of practice was still at level-five of the Qi-gathering when he was in the intermediate-level Guangling prefecture.

In four short months, his level of practice had advanced to level-eight of the Qi-gathering by the time he had arrived at the Chu royal city, consecutively breaking through two levels of practice.

This was because he had entered a state of total concentration, and attained the maximum rate of practice for the Lord of the Four Supremes.

In any case, entering a state of total concentration required practicing in seclusion, so that there would be minimal external distractions.

Zhou Donghuang had just hit on an idea.

Could he not formulate an elixir that would help him enter a state of calm and focus so that he could enter a state of total concentration even earlier and maintain his rate of practice at the maximum level to practice the Lord of the Four Supremes?

I’ll give it a try.

Springing into action immediately, Zhou Donghuang found a pen and some paper and wrote down a list of herbs. He passed the paper to Fu, instructing him to purchase all the herbs on the list.

It would be a simple matter to buy all the herbs from the medicine shops in the Chu royal city.

Zhou Donghuang intended to formulate an elixir called “concentration elixir,” which would allow the person who consumed it to enter a state of calm and focus in the shortest time possible.

From what he recalled, a concentration elixir did not require using the essential core forged from the Samadhi Fire to formulate the best elixir for calm and focus.

“Young Master, here are the herbs you wanted.”

That night, Fu returned with the herbs. Less than half a day later, Zhou Donghuang had managed to formulate the concentration elixir that he wanted and immediately proceeded to consume a bottle of it.

After he consumed it, he began practicing and was pleasantly surprised to find that in just an hour, his rate of practice had entered the maximum rate of practice for the Lord of the Four Supremes!

At this rate of practice… it will not be long before I can smoothly attain level-eight of the Qi-gathering, and become a level-eight adept of the Qi-gathering with the strength of eight bulls!

After realizing that the concentration elixir was indeed effective, Zhou Donghuang could not help the smile that spread over his face despite being in a state of total calm.

After instructing Fu to find a post station to send a letter back to Yunfeng prefecture, Zhou Donghuang retreated from the world and sank into a state of frenzied practice.

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All was calm in the Chu royal city.

In both the grand Yang family and the tycoon Shi family, everything was peaceful and in order. Nothing was out of the ordinary, and there was no news being spread.

However, many people in the Shi family noticed that they had not seen the patriarch of the Shi family, Shi Hao, for a period of time. As for the whereabouts of the patriarch of the Shi family, he was away on business, according to First Young Master Shi Yu of the Shi family.

This was all according to what the elder patriarch of the Shi family, Shi Ji had arranged. If news of his son Shi Hao’s death was allowed to spread, it would create waves in the Shi family and cause unnecessary disruption.

That day, after the youth had left, he had sworn Yang Yunji and Xiao Chen to silence and placed an embargo on the news of his son Shi Hao’s death.

Because of this, although Zhou Donghuang had put on a display of his godly might in the receiving chamber of the Shi family mansion, only those few who were present were aware of what happened.

Ren Jiapei did indeed mention this to her father, who was the current patriarch of the Ren family, after she returned home. Her original intention was to make it clear to the Ren family that they were not to offend the youth who was with Yang Zixi at any cost.

However, the patriarch of the Ren family merely laughed and dismissed what she said with obvious disbelief.

However way she said it, the patriarch of the Ren family did not believe it. It was all she could do to stop herself from bringing her father to that Big Brother Zhou to rough him up.

Finally, although Ren Jiapei was helpless about it, she understood clearly why her father did not believe her… if he had not seen it with his own eyes, who would believe that a sixteen or seventeen-year-old youth had the ability to easily defeat a level-eight adept of the Qi-gathering?

Moreover, that level-eight adept was Shi Ji, the previous patriarch of the Shi family who had led them to become them a tycoon family five years earlier.

“Zixi.”

Now, Ren Jiapei would go to Chuxiu Inn to stay for several days whenever she was free, and over the next three months, she and Yang Zixi had become as close as sisters. “I have not seen Big Brother Zhou for a long time… is he always practicing?”

“Mhm.”

Yang Zixi nodded with a slight smile. Hearing Ren Jiapei mention Zhou Donghuang, her eyes narrowed into a crescent shape as she smiled, making her look very pretty.

Previously, her Big Brother Zhou had passed on a new practice technique to her, as well as the Qi-gathering elixir that left her stunned.