Immortality from Taming Elephant-Chapter 85 - 84: Elephant Master!

’The black-clad men from that day, can they be stopped?’

Xu Guang did not try, he only regarded it as his trump card.

Having finally achieved a stable life, he desperately sought to improve himself.

First were the skills of the Elephant Envoy, followed by several martial techniques - the Archery of Fallen Dragon, the Lightweight Skill of White Crane Ladder Cloud Soaring, and the Sword Technique of Dragon and Snake Splitting Light Sword, all becoming his focal points for improvement over a long period.

Even if he couldn’t break through to the Innate realm temporarily, his combat power would not stagnate.

This was his advantage.

However, finding a better bow was also an urgent task. If he used the Power of Elephant Master to pull the bow, the Snow Dragon Bow wouldn’t hold up.

...

A few days later, Xu Guang stood solemnly in front of a cave where the disciples of the White Toad Sect were located.

With his Yin-Yang Eye, he could clearly see that the Yin Qi inside the cave almost took physical form, with black-red liquid flowing on the ground — that was... blood!

These people... indeed, they were dead.

They were chased to death by the fierce ghost offended by the White Toad Sect.

He did not enter; after observing at the entrance for a while, he left some Feng Shui Suppressing Objects to guide the Yin Qi inside the cave to drift deep into the mountains, so long as the fierce ghost doesn’t enter the city.

Then, he swiftly retreated.

Cyan Ox Mountain, he won’t come again in the future.

...

Days seemed to pass even faster.

The Black Market was about to change hands, and Xu Guang didn’t want to sell his elixirs there anymore, as he didn’t know the temperament of the person taking over.

So, he found a place in the city and set up an elixir shop, having his disciples manage it and letting the Zhu Family handle the bookkeeping.

The Zhu Family would also help with the channels and such.

Xu Guang didn’t bother to think of a name, so the shop was simply named ’Pill Tower’.

A few days later, the city soon learned of the existence of Pill Tower.

Xu Guang didn’t want to expose his alchemy skills, especially not beyond Qingshuo County. In these times, without sufficient strength, doing too big a business wasn’t a good idea.

He could nearly refine pills while multitasking, reading while refining.

The refining of Ninth-Grade and Eighth-Grade Elixirs was quite easy, and with his Pharmacist talent, tasting a hundred herbs and exploring their properties, the variety of elixirs was abundant, covering every aspect from body strengthening to vitality to healing.

Even without the name of Xu Guang backing it, the variety-rich Pill Tower quickly made a name for itself in the city.

"Pill Tower has a big promotion today, buy more than ten pills, and you can get one extra."

"Body refining, bone strengthening, enhancing vitality, there is always one suitable for you."

"Come take a look, have a glance."

Outside Pill Tower, people with flyers kept shouting, attracting passersby inside.

...

"Brother Xu, this is this month’s business record for Pill Tower."

Zhu Zhenzhen looked at Xu Guang with a complex expression.

The wealthy merchants in the city had come and gone, and the people from the Black Road and Green Forest needed no further mention.

The fame of Xu Guang, actually, with the departure and death of those people, was not as hot as before.

But Zhu Zhenzhen knew that the man before her, Xu Guang, held significant power in the current Iron Armor Sect.

Although she didn’t know why Tie Kuang made such a big concession to Xu Guang, it still shocked her.

"Thank you for your hard work."

Zhu Zhenzhen’s expression grew increasingly complicated.

Just as Xu Guang was about to leave, Zhu Zhenzhen suddenly called out to him.

"Brother Xu, would you like to take a walk together?"

Xu Guang paused, looking at the plea in Zhu Zhenzhen’s eyes, and nodded silently.

They didn’t go far, just walked along the small path behind Pill Tower, with a small river on one side and buildings on the other; there were few pedestrians on the road.

Along the way, many people from Pill Tower saw this scene. Xu Guang didn’t care about these peripheral matters but still paid attention to stay within visible range, avoiding causing any reputation troubles for Zhu Zhenzhen.

After the heavy rain, the river flowed a bit more fiercely, with sparse silhouettes on the banks catching fish and shrimp.

Gazing at the shimmering water surface, Zhu Zhenzhen spoke, her eyes complicated.

"Brother Xu, we’ve known each other for a year now, right?"

Xu Guang calculated carefully, he only arrived in Qingshuo County last November, and now it’s September, not yet a year.

"Back then, my father was going to..."

Zhu Zhenzhen stopped abruptly at this point.

"Hmm?" Xu Guang didn’t hear clearly. "What did you say?"

"Nothing." Zhu Zhenzhen thought of some words from her second brother, wanting to hear Xu Guang’s true thoughts but didn’t know why, she couldn’t speak when alone with him.

"I said, you are a big figure now, your status in Qingshuo County is even higher than my father’s."

Xu Guang shook his head, "It’s nothing, Master Zhu has been operating in the city for many years, I’m just a young lad, and I owe much to General Wei."

Zhu Zhenzhen interrupted, "That’s your own ability, without you, General Wei would have already been used by my father as a cultivation resource."

Demon Beast Flesh greatly aids a Martial Artist’s cultivation.

Xu Guang was speechless at this; it was fortunate that General Wei didn’t hear this.

"I have no particular feeling about these; I just want to live peacefully."

"Do you know why I practice martial arts?" Zhu Zhenzhen asked.

This girl was facing issues.

"To become strong?"

"No." Zhu Zhenzhen’s eyes dimmed a bit, "I once had a sister, although she was born of a concubine, she was still my sister, she was very beautiful, even more beautiful than me. Later, when she was fourteen, my father gave her to a big figure in Songjiang Prefecture in exchange for business peace."

Xu Guang could roughly imagine that the Zhu Family’s strength wasn’t strong, and for their business to grow so large, it must have been at a great cost.

"Although I’m the so-called legitimate daughter, I know that in my father’s eyes, it’s just a more valuable place, capable of bringing him more benefits."