Tiannan Region, the headquarters of the Tianxiahui.

Shang Xiuxun sat cross-legged in the training room, with a faint spiritual light surrounding her.

Her aura was much stronger than before, and there was a heroic look between her eyebrows. It was obvious that she had made a great breakthrough in her cultivation.

“The tenth level of Qi Refining Stage…finally broke through.”

Shang Xiuxun whispered to herself, with a hint of joy in her voice.

She slowly opened her eyes, feeling the spiritual power surging in her body, and her heart was filled with a sense of accomplishment.

The tenth level of Qi Refining Stage is the peak realm of Qi Refining Stage and is only one step away from the Foundation Establishment Stage.

Not only that, her body has also been greatly strengthened. Her meridians, bones, flesh and blood seem to have been reshaped and are filled with infinite power.

“If Your Majesty knew, he would be very happy, right?” Shang Xiuxun said in a low voice, with the corners of his mouth slightly raised.

However, at this moment, she suddenly felt uncomfortable, her stomach churning, as if something was stirring. She frowned slightly, and felt a little uneasy in her heart.

“How is this going?”

Shang Xiuxun whispered to herself, then raised her hand and placed it on her pulse.

After a moment, her expression changed slightly, and a complex emotion flashed in her eyes.

“I… am pregnant?” Shang Xiuxun murmured in a low voice, with a hint of disbelief in her voice.

She gently stroked her belly, and an indescribable emotion surged in her heart. This child was the fruit of her and His Majesty Qin Shuang, and was the most precious gift in her life.

A few days later, Qin Shuang sat cross-legged in the hall to practice.

At this moment, his spiritual consciousness moved and he looked outside.

outside the temple.

A slim woman walked slowly towards them.

It was Shang Xiuxun.

“Your Majesty.” Shang Xiuxun’s voice came from behind, with a hint of tenderness.

Qin Shuang turned around and saw Shang Xiuxun standing not far away, with beautiful eyebrows and eyes, and a faint spiritual light emanating from her body. A trace of tenderness flashed in his eyes, and he whispered: “Xiuxun, have you made a breakthrough in your cultivation?”

Shang Xiuxun nodded and whispered, “I have already broken through to the tenth level of Qi Refining Stage.”

Qin Shuang smiled slightly, his eyes full of praise: “Very good, your talent is indeed extraordinary.”

Shang Xiuxun looked at Qin Shuang, with a complex emotion flashing in her eyes. She whispered, “Your Majesty, I have another good news to tell you.”

Qin Shuang was moved when he heard this and asked, “What good news?”

Shang Xiuxun took a deep breath and whispered, “I… have it.”

Qin Shuang heard this, and a flash of surprise flashed in his eyes, which then turned into joy. He walked forward quickly, gently held Shang Xiuxun’s hand, and whispered, “Really?”

Shang Xiuxun nodded, a hint of shyness flashing in her eyes: “It’s true.”

Qin Shuang’s eyes were full of tenderness, and she whispered, “Xiuxun, this is good news for both of us.”

Shang Xiuxun smiled slightly, with tenderness in her beautiful eyes, and said, “Yeah.”

Qin Shuang stood on a hidden mountain a hundred miles away from Jiayuan City of Yue State, gazing into the distance with a frown on his face.

There were faint dark clouds rolling in the distant sky, as if foreshadowing the coming of a storm.

He knew clearly that the Nascent Soul cultivators of the Ghost Spirit Sect had already begun investigating the truth behind Wang Chan’s death, and as the person who killed Wang Chan, he could be exposed at any time.

Time is running out and he must improve his strength as quickly as possible to cope with the coming crisis.

“Master, what should we do next?” Ye Kanghui stood behind Qin Shuang and asked in a low voice. He looked solemn, and obviously realized the severity of the situation.

Qin Shuang retracted his gaze and said calmly: “The luck point of the Zhao Kingdom’s palace is our next target. As long as I seize the luck there, my cultivation will be able to go one step further. By then, even if I face a cultivator in the Nascent Soul stage, I will be able to fight.”

Ye Kanghui nodded, a trace of worry flashing in his eyes: “The Zhao Kingdom’s palace is heavily guarded, and there are Jindan stage masters in charge. I’m afraid our trip will not be smooth.”

Qin Shuang sneered: “It’s okay. With Fu Tianqiong here, his half-step golden elixir cultivation is enough to deal with most troubles. Besides, we are not going to force our way in this time, but to act secretly.”

Another point is that Qin Shuang’s own cultivation has reached the halfway mark, and his physical strength is comparable to that of the middle stage of the Golden Core. Even if there is a Golden Core master in the Zhao Palace, he is not afraid.

Upon hearing this, Fu Tianqiong bowed slightly and said in a hoarse and low voice: “Master, rest assured, I will do my best to help you achieve your goal.”

Qin Shuang nodded, a hint of coldness flashed in his eyes: “There is no time to lose, let’s leave immediately.”

As night fell, the Zhao Palace was shrouded in silence.

The towering palace walls cast long shadows in the moonlight, like a sleeping beast. Qin Shuang and the other two hid their bodies and quietly sneaked into the palace. Their auras were completely restrained, as if they had merged into the night.

The night was as dark as ink, and the lights in the Zhao Palace were dim.

Qin Shuang’s figure passed over the palace wall like a ghost, followed closely by Ye Kanghui and Fu Tianqiong. Fu Tianqiong lowered his head, and the aura under his black robe was like a stagnant abyss – the pressure of the half-step golden elixir was deliberately restrained, but it still made the patrolling guards unconsciously bypass this palace road.

“Squeak”

The gilded palace door opened silently, and Zhao Bin sat up in shock from the dragon couch. Before he could open his mouth, a blood-colored rune locked his throat. Fu Tianqiong’s skinny fingers were hanging three inches between the emperor’s eyebrows, and thousands of resentful souls were howling at his fingertips.

“The soul-controlling technique begins!”

Qin Shuang’s pupils glowed with a strange golden light, and the ancient secrets he had comprehended in the Temple of the God of War turned into thousands of golden threads, which drilled into Zhao Bin’s seven orifices. The emperor’s eyes were filled with black air, and his veins and muscles were throbbing like earthworms, and a strange “cuckoo” sound came from his throat.

Ye Kanghui held three soul-devouring nails in his palm, ready to drive them into the emperor’s head at any time. He saw blood oozing from Qin Shuang’s forehead – it was too much of a stretch to use the soul-controlling secret technique with a body that had just established its foundation.

“boom!”

Suddenly, the dragon-patterned jade pendant in Zhao Bin’s arms exploded, and a shadow of the Yuanshen appeared: “Who dares to touch my Zhao bloodline!”

Fu Tianqiong walked forward with a grim smile, and his black robe suddenly swelled.

Three hundred refined corpses broke out from the ground, and the rotting corpse qi condensed into giant gluttonous mouths, which actually devoured the projection of the Nascent Soul alive.

At the same time, Qin Shuang’s eyes glowed with golden light, Zhao Bin’s bones cracked, and he finally knelt heavily on the ground: “Master.”

Ding!
The panel in his mind glowed with golden light: [Ding! Congratulations to the host, you have successfully taken control of the State of Zhao, luck points +200000! ]

“20 Luck Points is not bad!”

Qin Shuang looked at the prompt sound in his mind, with satisfaction in his eyes.

Outside the palace window, dawn was breaking. He looked at the emperor crawling on the ground with a sneer on his face – the pursuers from the Ghost Sect would never have thought that the murderer they were looking for was sitting on the dragon throne of the Seven Kingdoms.

“Now that I have the luck points, I can add some to my immortal divine body.”

At this moment, Qin Shuang was extremely excited.

His indestructible golden body, after being upgraded to an indestructible body, the strength of his physical body is comparable to that of the middle stage of the golden elixir. If he uses the temperature to make his physical body indestructible and improves his physical body to perfection, will his cultivation strength be comparable to that of the Nascent Soul stage?
However, Qin Shuang knew that in order to use the luck points and add some immortal divine body, he still needed a key thing, that is, the Golden Body Nirvana Pill.

He has already obtained all kinds of herbs and elixirs for the Golden Body Nirvana Pill.

However, he still needed a good alchemy furnace. He knew that if he wanted to refine high-level elixirs like the Golden Body Nirvana Pill, a good alchemy furnace was indispensable.

“It’s time to go to Tianji Immortal City.”

Qin Shuang said secretly in his heart.

Tianji Immortal City is a large immortal city within the territory of Yue State, where elixirs, refining equipment, talismans, formations, monster materials and other things are sold.

There are also auctions, where alchemy furnaces are for sale.

Qin Shuang stood at the gate of Tianji Immortal City, looked up at the towering city walls, and couldn’t help feeling a lot of emotions in his heart.

Tianji Immortal City is indeed one of the largest cities in the world of immortal cultivation. Runes flicker on the city walls and there is a faint power of formation flowing. It is obviously a powerful restriction set up to prevent foreign invasion.

“Master, we’re here.” Ye Kanghui stood behind Qin Shuang and reminded in a low voice.

Qin Shuang nodded, with a hint of anticipation in his eyes: “Let’s go, the auction of Lingbao Refining Pavilion is about to begin, we can’t miss it.”

The two of them walked through the bustling streets. The Tianji Immortal City was bustling with people, and the monks were either flying on swords or riding on spirit beasts. It was extremely lively.

Although Qin Shuang’s cultivation is not low, he dare not be too ostentatious in this big city. After all, there are many masters here, and he might get into trouble if he is not careful.

Soon, they arrived at the door of the Lingbao Refining Pavilion.

Lingbao Refining Pavilion is one of the most famous refining workshops in Tianji Immortal City. It not only sells various rare magical weapons, but also holds auctions regularly, attracting many cultivators to bid.

As soon as Qin Shuang entered the Weapon Refining Pavilion, a maid came up to greet her and asked with a smile, “Senior, are you here to participate in the auction?”

Qin Shuang nodded and said calmly, “That’s right.”

The maid respectfully handed over a jade token: “Senior, this is your admission ticket, please keep it. The auction is about to begin, you can go directly to the auction hall on the second floor.”

Qin Shuang took the jade token and took Ye Kanghui straight to the second floor.

There were already quite a few cultivators sitting in the auction hall, all of them had an extraordinary aura, and it was obvious that they had all come for the rare treasures at the auction.

Qin Shuang found a corner to sit down, glanced around, and was secretly alert.

He knew that such auctions were often a mixed bag and that one could get into trouble if not careful.

Not long after, the auction officially began.

A middle-aged man in fancy clothes walked onto the stage, smiled and bowed to everyone: “Dear fellow Taoists, welcome to the auction of Lingbao Refining Pavilion.

We have prepared a lot of rare treasures for you today, and we hope you can gain something from them.”

As soon as he finished speaking, the first auction item was brought up.

It was a scarlet sword with faint flame patterns flowing on the sword. It was obviously a magic weapon with fire attribute.

“The Scarlet Flame Sword is a mid-grade spiritual weapon. The starting price is one thousand spiritual stones, and each bid increase must not be less than one hundred spiritual stones.” The middle-aged man announced loudly.

Qin Shuang was not interested in this magic weapon, and just watched coldly. Soon, the Red Flame Sword was bought by a Foundation Establishment cultivator for two thousand spirit stones.

Although the next few auction items were also good, Qin Shuang still did not make a move. His goal was the alchemy furnace, and other things were not important to him.

Finally, halfway through the auction, the alchemy furnace was brought up. The alchemy furnace was blue-gray in color, with complex runes engraved on it and a faint spiritual energy flowing through it. It was obviously a top-grade spiritual tool.

“The Qingxuan Alchemy Furnace is a top-grade spiritual weapon. The starting price is five thousand spiritual stones, and each bid increase must not be less than five hundred spiritual stones.” The middle-aged man announced loudly.

Qin Shuang’s eyes flashed with joy. This alchemy furnace was exactly the goal of his trip. He raised the jade card in his hand without hesitation: “Five thousand five hundred spirit stones.”

However, as soon as he finished speaking, another voice rang out: “Six thousand spirit stones.”

Qin Shuang frowned and turned around to see a young man in a black robe looking at him coldly. The man had a sinister look and a deep aura, and was obviously at the peak of the foundation-building stage.

“People from Yinluo Sect…” Qin Shuang was secretly alert. Yinluo Sect was a notorious evil sect in the world of immortal cultivation. All its disciples were ruthless and hard-hearted, and they were not to be provoked.

However, Qin Shuang did not intend to back down. He raised the jade token again: “Seven thousand spirit stones.”

The black-robed man sneered and raised the price without hesitation: “Eight thousand spirit stones.”

Qin Shuang frowned, thinking secretly in his heart. Although this alchemy furnace is precious, the price has exceeded his expectations. However, in order to increase the success rate of alchemy, he must take this alchemy furnace.

“Nine thousand spirit stones.” Qin Shuang raised the price again.

The black-robed man’s face turned gloomy. He looked at Qin Shuang coldly, with a hint of murderous intent in his eyes: “Ten thousand spirit stones.”

The atmosphere in the auction hall suddenly became tense, and everyone could see the tension between the two men. The middle-aged man also noticed something was wrong, and hurriedly tried to smooth things over: “My fellow Taoists, at the auction, the highest bidder wins, so please calm down.”

Qin Shuang took a deep breath, suppressed the anger in his heart, and raised the jade card again: “Eleven thousand spirit stones.”

The black-robed man snorted coldly, as if he was dissatisfied with Qin Shuang’s persistence. He gritted his teeth and raised the price again: “Fifteen thousand spirit stones!”

As soon as the price was announced, there was a burst of exclamations in the auction hall. Fifteen thousand spirit stones was far beyond the actual value of this alchemy furnace.

Qin Shuang’s face also turned ugly. He knew that he couldn’t raise the price any further, otherwise even if he bought the alchemy furnace, it would cause unnecessary trouble.

“Fifteen thousand spirit stones, is there anyone willing to raise the price?” the middle-aged man asked loudly.

Qin Shuang was silent for a moment, and finally shook his head and gave up the bidding.

The man in black robe laughed triumphantly and glanced at Qin Shuang coldly, as if mocking his arrogance.

After the auction, Qin Shuang took Ye Kanghui away from the Lingbao Refining Pavilion. He felt a little heavy-hearted. Although he failed to bid for the alchemy furnace, he did not intend to give up.

“Master, what should we do next?” Ye Kanghui asked in a low voice.

Qin Shuang’s eyes flashed with a hint of coldness: “The people of Yinluo Sect… since they dare to steal my things, don’t blame me for being rude.”

Ye Kanghui’s heart trembled, knowing that Qin Shuang had already started to kill him. He whispered to remind him, “Master, the people of Yinluo Sect are not easy to mess with. We must be careful.”

Qin Shuang nodded and said calmly: “Don’t worry, I know what to do.”

At the same time, the man in black robe was leaving Tianji Immortal City with the alchemy furnace. He didn’t know that he had been targeted by Qin Shuang.

As night fell, the man in black robes was walking alone on a remote path. Suddenly, he felt a strong aura locking onto him.

“Who?” The man in black robe looked around vigilantly, holding the magic weapon in his hand.

“You stole my things and you still want to leave safely?” Qin Shuang’s voice sounded coldly.

The black-robed man’s expression changed, and he sneered, “It’s you! What? You can’t beat me at the auction, so you want to use force?”

Qin Shuang walked out from the darkness, his eyes cold: “Hand over the alchemy furnace, and I can spare your life.” (End of this chapter)