Gou Zai Xian Cultivation in both the Immortal and Martial Realms and the Republic of China

Chapter 2 [Nine Heavens Mysterious Mirror]

Fang Qi'er wore it.

Deep within his soul lies the [Nine Heavens Mysterious Mirror], which allows him to travel between the two worlds.

Three months ago, he came to this world through this mirror.

This is a world similar to the Republic of China era on Earth, with Western ironclad warships bombarding the country's borders from the outside, and the collapse of the dynasty and the chaos of warlord conflicts from within.

The difference is that this world possesses extraordinary powers.

Alchemy, witchcraft, esoteric religions, evil gods, martial arts...

Many legends existing in the unofficial histories of various countries on Earth seem to be true here.

Fang Qi wasn't surprised, after all, he himself had already cultivated immortality.

So, after spending more than two months getting a general understanding of this world, I settled down in Tianjin.

Tianjin, located at the confluence of nine rivers and a hub for river-sea transport, has a unique geographical location. As the flames of war have not yet reached it, it can be considered a temporary safe zone.

Furthermore, martial arts flourish here, and many martial artists emerge from this place.

Fang Qi was very interested in the martial arts of this world.

This world lacks spiritual energy, but the martial arts of qi and blood have great merit, and are quite similar to the body cultivation in the world of immortal cultivation.

Body cultivation is a niche practice in the cultivation world. Cultivation techniques are hard to come by, and the cultivation time is long and resource consumption is high.

Before his second transmigration, Fang Qi also believed that instead of wasting time and resources on physical cultivation, it would be better to focus on mage cultivation.

But that was in the past.

With resources from two major worlds at our disposal, we'll take them all, whether you're a mage or a body cultivator.

Of course, ultimately, it's because his spiritual root is ordinary. Under normal circumstances, let alone achieving the Great Dao on the path of the mage, it's hard to say whether he can even establish a foundation before his lifespan runs out.

Furthermore, even if he has the potential to reach the Foundation Establishment stage, in a place like the Eastern Dawn Sect with its strict hierarchical structure, how to live peacefully and cultivate to the Foundation Establishment stage would be an enormous problem.

But the world of the Republic of China was different.

One spirit stone can be exchanged for more than a dozen gold leaves. In the cultivation world, it is the cheapest currency in the immortal sects, and can only be used to buy some basic materials.

However, in this realm, value cannot be compared.

The silver dollars commonly used here were called silver coins. For an ordinary family, two or three days' wages could be exchanged for a single gold leaf, which could be worth hundreds of dollars or even more.

With such a large exchange rate difference between the two worlds, Fang Qi could use the martial arts of this world as a supplement to acquire more resources, improve his own cultivation, and accumulate strength for foundation building.

For example, in the Immortal Sect, it's difficult for a low-level outer disciple like him to even buy some fish meat for raising. The giant blood carp in Biyang Lake have an enormous appetite, and if he wanted to raise two of them to weigh around 1 kilogram, he used to have to work two jobs to support them.

Here, you can buy whatever you want.

There are houses too. A detached house in a fairy sect is good enough, right? Here, just two gold leaves can build a grand mansion.

This also led to the addition of a wealthy gentleman to the area.

"Good thoughts, good ideas."

The old man placed the spirit rice and spirit tea on the table, then leaned back comfortably in his armchair.

The door opened, and two elegantly dressed women gracefully walked in carrying dishes.

Jia Si wore a black cheongsam with gold trim, the slit of which went up to her thigh. Jia Nian wore a light-colored evening dress, and her chest was voluptuous as she bowed.

"master."

The two women served the Mr. Fang a comfortable meal.

They were originally from respectable families, but in this era of war, their families were destroyed overnight, they were left homeless, and they were almost captured by human traffickers.

Fortunately, they encountered Fang Qi, who rescued the two women with a single "magical spell".

To repay the kindness of saving the people, the two women stayed at the Fang residence and took charge of the master's food and clothing.

Fang Qi, who had worked his way up in the cultivation world through the Eastern Xi Sect, naturally did not reject it.

On the contrary, the two women could share a lot of the suffering that the immortal sect endured.

Like some recreational activities after a meal, it's very relaxing.

After eating and drinking to their hearts' content, Fang Qi sat under the pavilion in the lakeside garden fishing, while Jia Si, her face slightly flushed, squatted to his left, warming the calming tea that the wealthy and powerful of Tianjin liked to drink.

Jia Nian was on the right, softly informing him of the matters he had been instructed to handle when he left last time.

"Sir, there are fifty or sixty martial arts schools of all sizes in Tianjin, and hundreds of gangs. Among them, the Fenglei Martial Arts School, Xingyi Quan School, and Black Dragon Society have the greatest reputation for martial arts."

"The Wind and Thunder Martial Arts School specializes in leg techniques, the Xingyi Boxing School excels in fist techniques, and the Black Dragon Society specializes in sword techniques. According to the information I've gathered, when these three martial arts are mastered to a high level, one can easily split rocks and even be impervious to gunfire..."

When Fang Qi left last time, he assigned Jia Si and Jia Nian the task of collecting martial arts knowledge from this world. The two girls clearly did a good job and found out quite a lot.

The martial arts of this world are more powerful than he expected.

It's astonishing that muskets couldn't damage it, but artillery couldn't either...

And this is only the information that women like Jia Si and Jia Nian could find out. How high was the actual limit of martial arts in the Republic of China?

"Tell me about those three companies in detail."

Fang Qi looked at the floats on the lake and became increasingly expectant.

Jia Si curtsied and continued softly, "Feng Lei and Xing Yi are martial arts schools. A tuition fee of twenty silver dollars is all it takes to become a student."

"The Black Dragon Society is slightly different; you need to join the society and make contributions before you can learn martial arts."

Fang Qi tugged at the fishing rod, unimpressed.

These two methods of learning martial arts are similar to those fantasy martial arts novels from his previous life, but he doesn't need to take that detour.

Get to the point.

Jia Nian hurriedly bent down to wipe the water that had dripped from the fishing rod onto Fang Qi's hands, saying, "Master, you are of noble birth and should have a noble method of learning martial arts."

"The Fenglei Martial Arts School and Xingyi Quan School have martial artists available for temporary positions. Sir, you could..."

Without needing to finish speaking, Fang Qi already understood what it meant.

The so-called "temporary post" is just a euphemism for guarding the courtyard or assisting someone in a temporary post.

Jia Nian meant that he should spend money to hire martial arts practitioners from the martial arts school to serve as bodyguards.

As the owner of this mansion, it was perfectly reasonable for him to ask the guards for some martial arts skills.

Jia Si, who was on the left, served hot tea and then took out a list. "These are the martial artists that Jia Nian and I have selected. Please take a look, sir."

Fang Qi took the paper and saw that it contained the names, personalities, and martial arts levels of more than ten people.

"Fenglei Martial Arts School, Kang Chong, minor mastery of Ming Jin, bold and unrestrained personality, but not good at keeping secrets."

"Xingyi Quan School, He Jun, Ming Jin Xiao Cheng, is kind to people but narrow-minded."

"Xingyi Quan School, Hou Bai, Ming Jin Xiao Cheng..."

After examining them, I found they were all at the Lesser Mastery stage of Ming-Jin level.

The martial arts realms in this world are divided into three types: obvious strength, hidden strength, and transformative strength.

When he rescued the two women last time he came over, he killed three minor Ming Jin cultivators. According to his estimation, the strength of a minor Ming Jin cultivator is about the same as that of a first or second level of early Qi Refining, equivalent to the first or second level of Body Cultivation.

The two women must have considered safety, which is why they specifically chose these less capable individuals.

"Isn't there anything more powerful?" Fang Qi asked the two women.

Even though he, a dignified cultivator, couldn't afford a spirit sword, he could still afford a few fireball talismans and ice arrow talismans.

With two fireball talismans, even a Qi Refining Level 3 cultivator would have to avoid his attack, let alone a mere Ming Jin Xiao Cheng cultivator.

"This servant has failed in her duty, please punish me, sir. But you can know a person's face but not their heart. A master of the Ming Jin technique can break stones with his bare hands. Please reconsider, sir." The two women knelt on the ground, and another wave of waves surged.

Fang Qi smiled slightly, satisfied with the feeling, and said calmly, "Find one person at the Great Perfection of Ming Jin and five at the Lesser Perfection of Ming Jin. Get it done today."

Since the time flow is the same in both worlds, he cannot stay in this world for too long, otherwise it will easily arouse suspicion. Therefore, matters of martial arts should be handled as quickly as possible.

One Ming Jin (明劲) at the Great Perfection stage and five at the Lesser Perfection stage should be enough to get started in martial arts, and he was confident he could handle it.

......

Contrary to expectations, Fang Qi, a man of little renown, could only "invite" three people, all of whom were minor masters of Ming Jin from a Xingyi Quan martial arts school.

The Fenglei Martial Arts School practically made it clear that they looked down on this place.

"Fenglei Martial Arts School, right? I'll remember that."

Accompanied by Jia Si and Jia Nian, Fang Qi arrived at the courtyard, met the three of them, and went straight to the point, inquiring about martial arts training.

Among the three, there was one named Chen Qing, who seemed to be a genius, the kind who could fight three people of the same realm. At first, he was a bit arrogant, saying that he was just a guard, not an instructor, and that if he wanted to practice martial arts, he could go to a boxing gym.

With Senior Brother Chen leading the way, and Fang Qi looking quite young, the other two also put on airs.

However, when Fang Qi took out three silver dollars and asked who wanted them, Chen Qing immediately changed his attitude.

"Whatever you wish to know, Master, Chen Qing will answer without hesitation!"

"Me too!"