Tang Qingyuan fulfilled his previous promise to Shen Hao and gave him a six-day rest. However, Shen Hao was asked not to travel far away during these six days, so that it would be more convenient for him to be contacted if there was any urgent business.
In fact, Shen Hao never thought about traveling far away, and he didn't have the leisure time. After all, for a monk, leisure time is all about practicing.
Ever since that near-death assassination, Shen Hao found that his practice progress had changed again.
Because he had eaten an evil core and dozens of pieces of yin tofu before, the black beast tattoo on his chest converted these hazy energies into true energy that Shen Hao could absorb, and then slowly transferred into his body through practice.
At its peak, Shen Hao's daily practice income was fifteen times that of before!
But the assassination attack half a month ago forced Shen Hao to go on a "rage". After the rampage, he saved his life, but the huge source of energy for the rampage was the true energy reserves that should have been gradually transferred into his body.
In other words, the energy stored in the tattoo on Shen Hao's chest was depleted in one rampage, and even if there was some left, there wouldn't be much left.
Fortunately, the souls of those five killers were finally sucked away by Shen Hao as sour plum powder, which made some sense. However, the speed of cultivation has dropped from fifteen times at the peak to seven or eight times in the past few days, a drop of more than half.
However, Shen Hao is not anxious at all. He is now different from what he used to be. He does not need to rely solely on meditation to practice. He can use sufficient external aids in a planned way: elixirs.
When he solved the Qi family's murder case in Wuyang City, he was rewarded with two Xiao Pei Yuan Pills. After solving the Li family's rebellion case, he was rewarded with four more. With a total of six Xiao Pei Yuan Pills in hand, Shen Hao even felt that he had advanced to the seventh level of Qi refining. The required elixirs are basically enough.
Therefore, since he was resting and could not travel, and for the first time he had so many elixirs in his hand that he could take at will, Shen Hao was lucky enough to set up a simple magic circle outside his study and go into seclusion.
Retreat! This is definitely an extremely luxurious behavior for low-level monks, at least Shen Hao had no conditions to do so before.
According to his habit, Shen Hao first spent an hour meditating to clear his mind and enter the best state of emptiness for practice. Then start taking Xiao Pei Yuan Dan one by one.
After taking the first Xiao Pei Yuan Pill, Shen Hao did not feel much increase in his true energy, which was less effective than the one he took at the fifth level.
An hour later, the effect of the first Xiao Pei Yuan Pill disappeared. Shen Hao did not continue to swallow it, but tried his best to consolidate the improvement brought by this pill.
After half a day, Shen Hao continued to swallow the second pill.
And so on. In five days, Shen Hao "stopped and walked" to use up all six small Peiyuan Dan in his hand, and his cultivation level was successfully from the sixth level of Qi Refining to the seventh level of Qi Refining.
It is different from the previous realm improvement. The seven, eight, and nine small realms of the Qi Refining Realm are collectively referred to as the "Three Post-Qi Refining Realms", and the improvement effect is more significant than that of the "First Three Realms" and the "Middle Three Realms".
Take Shen Hao's own experience as an example. He is holding the Yanji Dao and slashing it out. A palm-sized blade of light will fly out from the knife. It can fly six or seven feet away before dissipating.
When the sword's light breaks away from the blade, it is no longer the "mang" that was contained but not released before. It can be called "the sword's gang".
It's just that the distance of a few feet is still at the beginning stage of Daogangli.
"Uh-huh!"
Seeing the millstone split into two pieces by his sword, Shen Hao was already very satisfied. Although his current Dao Gang is just an entry-level weapon, its power is definitely several times that of Hanmang before, and it is even a qualitative improvement.
As a person who came up from the lowest level of soldiers, Shen Hao has never been greedy, and he understands the principle of taking one step at a time.
Five days passed by in a flash. During this period, Butler Hu actually received a lot of invitations, either inviting Shen Hao to a banquet or planning to come to congratulate him. Anyway, now that Shen Hao has just received the title, all the "big shots" in Licheng want to Taking this as an opportunity to climb over, no matter what happens, you can still look familiar, right?
It's a pity that Shen Hao stayed in seclusion for five days in a row, blocking everyone out. Even the gifts brought by these people were rejected.
In this way, a saying about Shen Hao spread in Licheng: General Shen Qi of Black Flag Camp was very difficult to contact.
In fact, Shen Hao is not unreasonable. On the contrary, he is far more clear and aware of what he should do in interpersonal interactions than ordinary people.
As for what those insignificant people think, it has never been within Shen Hao's consideration.
May twenty-first.
On the last day of Xiu Mu, Shen Hao held a banquet at home.
There are two groups of guests for the banquet. One group is all the warriors, school commanders, and Xiaoqi in the Black Flag Camp, which belong to Shen Hao's own people. The other group is all the general banners and trial hundred households in the Xuanqing Guards Station in Licheng, as well as the hundred official Tang Qingyuan. These people belong to the relationship that Shen Hao needs to socialize with.
A person can live like a wolf, but it is best not to live like a lone wolf, otherwise the end will generally not be good.
Since there was going to be a banquet, the cook at home was a bit stretched. The housekeeper Hu Tian went to Zuixian Tower and invited two master chefs, and also borrowed a lot of pots and pans.
But in addition to the chef's dishes, Shen Hao also made three side dishes by himself: sweet and sour pork ribs, tofu mixed with spring onions, and twice-cooked pork.
The people below are not qualified to eat the dishes cooked by Shen Hao, so these three dishes are only served at the table where Tang Qingyuan sits.
Compared with the skills of the restaurant chef, Shen Hao's cooking skills are naturally not impressive, but after hearing that these three dishes were cooked by Shen Hao himself, everyone at the table, including Tang Qingyuan, felt that these three dishes were still the best. The most outstanding one, and it was quickly finished. Everyone even showed more kindness to Shen Hao than before.
Why?
The dignified Chief Flag Officer, the newly promoted First Grade Viscount, is currently the most popular person in Licheng. He is willing to cook for you personally. Doesn't this give you enough face? Does it count as releasing goodwill?
The last meal was a feast for both the guests and the host, and more than thirty jars of wine alone were consumed.
Shen Hao was not drunk. His ability to drink was unrivaled in this world. Unless he relied on his cultivation to cheat, it would be basically a dream to drink this ten-degree alcohol to make him drunk.
Tang Qingyuan was not drunk either. Firstly, where was the alcohol capacity? Secondly, he had the highest status and no one dared to persuade him to drink.
Before the show ended, Tang Qingyuan patted Shen Hao on the shoulder and said something, which made Shen Hao think for a long time afterwards.
"Shen Hao, do you know Chen Yiyun?"
"No, I've never heard of it before. I wonder if you would be willing to teach me?"
"There is no need to teach you, you will know it gradually in the future. However, you have to keep an eye on many things. Chen Yiyun and you and I are not the same kind of people, and many ideas are simply not understandable to us.
Huh, this time he was able to become the Hundred Household Officer of the Black Flag Camp of Qianhu Station. I think even Jiang Qianhu would be reluctant to admit it with his nose pinched. "
Shen Hao wanted to ask more, but Tang Qingyuan waved his hand and said with a smile: "Go and find out the rest yourself. It just so happens that you are about to be promoted to the Hundred Household Examination, and you should have some connections at the Qianhu Office, so you should go and visit. Still have to go.”
