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Chapter 50 – The Prosperous Hundred Miles City
Ancient Strengthening Technique: Chapter 0050 – The Prosperous Hundred Miles City
“We will arrive at Hundred Miles City shortly, and after that I will bring all of you to the “Yu He Inn” to enjoy the great food there!”
Looking at how happy Qing Yi was, Qing Shui concluded that the “Yu He Inn” should be one of the top grade inns of Hundred Miles City.
Soon, they could see the huge city walls of Hundred Miles City looming in their sight. When the horse carriage stopped at the City Entrance, Qing Shui could not compare the sight in front of his eyes to the ones in the period dramas he had watched in his previous life.
The City Walls were 15m high, and about 30m thick. Qing Shui exclaimed in wonder as he determined the toughness of the walls. All the walls were carved from huge slabs of Lazurite Stones, and every slab weighed at least a few thousand jin. However, what truly amazed Qing Shui was that he could find no cracks when he examined the city walls!
“Truly, this is the skill of both a master architect and master constructor!” Hidden in the depths of his mind, there too was information regarding the arts and skills of architects and construction. It was just that he had yet to unlock them.
Not only were the city walls solid and tall, the enormous black metallic gates looked incomparably thick and heavy, emitting a slight air of oppression.
“That steel gate would require the strength of at least 20 humans to open it.” Qing Yi added in explanation as she saw Qing Shui looking at the gate.
Standing on both sides of the entrance were 30 guards standing at attention. They wore yellow martial guardsmen uniforms, wielding sharp swords in their hands.
There were two guards that were responsible for checking the belongings of those entering and exiting the city, and every visitor who wanted to gain entry would have to pay a toll of 1 copper coin! For those who rode on a horse carriage, they had to pay double, while merchants with caravans had to pay up to four times the price!
Very quickly, it was the turn for the Qing Clan’s carriage to pay the toll fee. Much to Qing Shui’s surprise, the two guardsmen merely waved them in as they stepped aside, allowing the carriage to gain entry to the city free of charge. “Mother, why don’t we need to pay the toll fee?”
Qing Yi lightly smiled, ”Although we are not an extremely powerful clan, we still have some slight fame and prestige over here in the Hundred Miles City. After all, they would have to give us some face due to your Grandpa being at the peak of Houtian Realm. Also your second uncle too, who had recently broken through to the 10th Grade of Martial Commander.”
After entering the city, Qing Shui’s eyes began to shine with excitement. The spacious streets were about 50+ meters wide, and the roads were all paved with marble. It was so vast that Qing Shui couldn’t see the end of the street with a single glance.
To think that Hundred Miles City could be prosperous to this extent. Just building the city walls, as well as the marbled streets would need to expend an untold amount of wealth and manpower. The shops and inns on the streets were neither simple nor unsophisticated, they all looked extremely affluent.
Merchant shops littered both sides of the streets as the crowd gave rise to a bustling atmosphere. The streets were extremely spacious; other than horse carriages, there were also other exotic looking ferocious beasts pulling on merchant carts.
Wondrous sights in every direction left Qing Shui captivated. He was focusing his attention everywhere, as if loathe to miss anything of interest. Randomly, he focused his attention onto a strange looking beast that was pulling a carriage.
“Woah woah, this big fellow, what is he? How is he so enormous?” Qing Shui pointed to a red-colored beast that was roughly comparable the total mass of five bulls.
“This is a fire bull. Don’t be fooled by its humongous size, as it actually has a gentle personality. Although it’s speed could only be considered average, it’s strength and endurance level are extraordinary, so fire bulls are usually the choice of most people when it comes to selecting beasts of burden.” Qing Yi smiled as she saw Qing Shui’s curiosity as she explained the details to him.
The horse carriage the Qing Clan was in, proceeded onwards till they arrived at an even more luxurious street. Qing Shui felt that this place was the focal point of Hundred Miles City. There were many more people, residences and shops when compared to the street he was at earlier. Of course, they followed the same layout. Pedestrians had to walk close to both sides of the street while the central lane was for horse carriages, or those who mounted steeds or beasts.
The carriage stopped in front of a huge building. Curiously, Qing Shui looked around and saw four big words written on a plaque hanging near the doorway: “Qing Clan Medicinal Business”. So this place was the location of their very own family business!
The building was five stories high, and it possessed neither grace nor beauty. When looking upon it, one could only feel a dreary, dull feeling emitting from it.
“Let us go and take a look, since this will be our residence during the time we are here.”
Qing Shui, Qing Shan and Qing Shi followed Qing Yi to a building nearby, the moment they entered, Qing Shui’s eyes started sparkling. What a spacious field, the length and breadth should be at least 100m or more. To think that our Qing Clan was rich enough to own such a big plot of land in the Hundred Miles City, seems that we do have some status here after all.
Opposite the plot of land, there was a garden about 200m in length and breadth, which was surrounded by a low wall of stone.
Qing Shui wandered into the garden and discovered that this was the place used for planting of the medicinal herbs. Upon discovering that there were a plethora of herbs being planted here, a huge smile appeared on his face.
What made him so excited was not the number of herbs that they were cultivating, but it was the many different varieties that they had here! 8-Immortal Grass, 8-Immortal Flower, Night’s Fragrance, Great Earth Root, Goat-Horned Ginseng, Violet Hibiscus…
This garden which belonged to the Qing Clan was called the Hundred Medicine Garden, which Qing Shui noticed as he saw the name of the garden written near the entrance.
Initially, Qing Shui planned to buy some herbal seedlings, and it seemed that now there was no need for him to be so troubled over it, considering the many different varieties of medicinal herbs in the Hundred Medicinal garden. The smile on his face got wider and wider. Seems like the plot of land in his realm of the Violet Jade Immortal would no longer be so bare and empty.
There were two youths that were currently busy working inside the Hundred Medicinal Garden. They were digging holes, planting crops and weeding out various bad plants. Qing Shui was here to look for people of the Qing Clan, and not these ordinary workers. Only now did he realize that there were such a small number of Qing Clan members working with Qing Yi regarding this medicinal business. There was a storage room for storing all the harvested herbs, but it seems that the Qing Clan Medicinal Business was targeting the common-grade herbs market.
“Qing Shui!”
Hearing someone call out his name, Qing Shui turned his head and realized that it was his 3rd uncle, Qing Hu! [1]
“3rd uncle, this place is so good! It is much more prosperous compared to our Qing Village.” Qing Shui laughed as he walk towards his 3rd uncle.
[1] the word Hu, is written differently in chinese but with the same pronunciation. His cousin Qing Hu (Blue Tiger), his 3rd uncle Qing Hu (Blue Lake). Chinese can be pretty confusing T.T for those of you interested, Qing Shui stands for (Blue Water), Qing Yi (Blue Clothes) LOL the naming sense is pretty weird when translated into English, that’s one of the reasons why I didn’t do that. And oh ya, the word Qing, depending on context could also be translated as green. Roflolmao
“We will arrive at Hundred Miles City shortly, and after that I will bring all of you to the “Yu He Inn” to enjoy the great food there!”
Looking at how happy Qing Yi was, Qing Shui concluded that the “Yu He Inn” should be one of the top grade inns of Hundred Miles City.
Soon, they could see the huge city walls of Hundred Miles City looming in their sight. When the horse carriage stopped at the City Entrance, Qing Shui could not compare the sight in front of his eyes to the ones in the period dramas he had watched in his previous life.
The City Walls were 15m high, and about 30m thick. Qing Shui exclaimed in wonder as he determined the toughness of the walls. All the walls were carved from huge slabs of Lazurite Stones, and every slab weighed at least a few thousand jin. However, what truly amazed Qing Shui was that he could find no cracks when he examined the city walls!
“Truly, this is the skill of both a master architect and master constructor!” Hidden in the depths of his mind, there too was information regarding the arts and skills of architects and construction. It was just that he had yet to unlock them.
Not only were the city walls solid and tall, the enormous black metallic gates looked incomparably thick and heavy, emitting a slight air of oppression.
“That steel gate would require the strength of at least 20 humans to open it.” Qing Yi added in explanation as she saw Qing Shui looking at the gate.
Standing on both sides of the entrance were 30 guards standing at attention. They wore yellow martial guardsmen uniforms, wielding sharp swords in their hands.
There were two guards that were responsible for checking the belongings of those entering and exiting the city, and every visitor who wanted to gain entry would have to pay a toll of 1 copper coin! For those who rode on a horse carriage, they had to pay double, while merchants with caravans had to pay up to four times the price!
Very quickly, it was the turn for the Qing Clan’s carriage to pay the toll fee. Much to Qing Shui’s surprise, the two guardsmen merely waved them in as they stepped aside, allowing the carriage to gain entry to the city free of charge. “Mother, why don’t we need to pay the toll fee?”
Qing Yi lightly smiled, ”Although we are not an extremely powerful clan, we still have some slight fame and prestige over here in the Hundred Miles City. After all, they would have to give us some face due to your Grandpa being at the peak of Houtian Realm. Also your second uncle too, who had recently broken through to the 10th Grade of Martial Commander.”
After entering the city, Qing Shui’s eyes began to shine with excitement. The spacious streets were about 50+ meters wide, and the roads were all paved with marble. It was so vast that Qing Shui couldn’t see the end of the street with a single glance.
To think that Hundred Miles City could be prosperous to this extent. Just building the city walls, as well as the marbled streets would need to expend an untold amount of wealth and manpower. The shops and inns on the streets were neither simple nor unsophisticated, they all looked extremely affluent.
Merchant shops littered both sides of the streets as the crowd gave rise to a bustling atmosphere. The streets were extremely spacious; other than horse carriages, there were also other exotic looking ferocious beasts pulling on merchant carts.
Wondrous sights in every direction left Qing Shui captivated. He was focusing his attention everywhere, as if loathe to miss anything of interest. Randomly, he focused his attention onto a strange looking beast that was pulling a carriage.
“Woah woah, this big fellow, what is he? How is he so enormous?” Qing Shui pointed to a red-colored beast that was roughly comparable the total mass of five bulls.
“This is a fire bull. Don’t be fooled by its humongous size, as it actually has a gentle personality. Although it’s speed could only be considered average, it’s strength and endurance level are extraordinary, so fire bulls are usually the choice of most people when it comes to selecting beasts of burden.” Qing Yi smiled as she saw Qing Shui’s curiosity as she explained the details to him.
The horse carriage the Qing Clan was in, proceeded onwards till they arrived at an even more luxurious street. Qing Shui felt that this place was the focal point of Hundred Miles City. There were many more people, residences and shops when compared to the street he was at earlier. Of course, they followed the same layout. Pedestrians had to walk close to both sides of the street while the central lane was for horse carriages, or those who mounted steeds or beasts.
The carriage stopped in front of a huge building. Curiously, Qing Shui looked around and saw four big words written on a plaque hanging near the doorway: “Qing Clan Medicinal Business”. So this place was the location of their very own family business!
The building was five stories high, and it possessed neither grace nor beauty. When looking upon it, one could only feel a dreary, dull feeling emitting from it.
“Let us go and take a look, since this will be our residence during the time we are here.”
Qing Shui, Qing Shan and Qing Shi followed Qing Yi to a building nearby, the moment they entered, Qing Shui’s eyes started sparkling. What a spacious field, the length and breadth should be at least 100m or more. To think that our Qing Clan was rich enough to own such a big plot of land in the Hundred Miles City, seems that we do have some status here after all.
Opposite the plot of land, there was a garden about 200m in length and breadth, which was surrounded by a low wall of stone.
Qing Shui wandered into the garden and discovered that this was the place used for planting of the medicinal herbs. Upon discovering that there were a plethora of herbs being planted here, a huge smile appeared on his face.
What made him so excited was not the number of herbs that they were cultivating, but it was the many different varieties that they had here! 8-Immortal Grass, 8-Immortal Flower, Night’s Fragrance, Great Earth Root, Goat-Horned Ginseng, Violet Hibiscus…
This garden which belonged to the Qing Clan was called the Hundred Medicine Garden, which Qing Shui noticed as he saw the name of the garden written near the entrance.
Initially, Qing Shui planned to buy some herbal seedlings, and it seemed that now there was no need for him to be so troubled over it, considering the many different varieties of medicinal herbs in the Hundred Medicinal garden. The smile on his face got wider and wider. Seems like the plot of land in his realm of the Violet Jade Immortal would no longer be so bare and empty.
There were two youths that were currently busy working inside the Hundred Medicinal Garden. They were digging holes, planting crops and weeding out various bad plants. Qing Shui was here to look for people of the Qing Clan, and not these ordinary workers. Only now did he realize that there were such a small number of Qing Clan members working with Qing Yi regarding this medicinal business. There was a storage room for storing all the harvested herbs, but it seems that the Qing Clan Medicinal Business was targeting the common-grade herbs market.
“Qing Shui!”
Hearing someone call out his name, Qing Shui turned his head and realized that it was his 3rd uncle, Qing Hu! [1]
“3rd uncle, this place is so good! It is much more prosperous compared to our Qing Village.” Qing Shui laughed as he walk towards his 3rd uncle.
[1] the word Hu, is written differently in chinese but with the same pronunciation. His cousin Qing Hu (Blue Tiger), his 3rd uncle Qing Hu (Blue Lake). Chinese can be pretty confusing T.T for those of you interested, Qing Shui stands for (Blue Water), Qing Yi (Blue Clothes) LOL the naming sense is pretty weird when translated into English, that’s one of the reasons why I didn’t do that. And oh ya, the word Qing, depending on context could also be translated as green. Roflolmao
Ancient Strengthening Technique
Updated to Author's Note + Translator Note
220Chapter 221 – Success in concocting the Endurance Pellet. Magnificence of the River and Mountains.
283Chapter 284 – Crouching Tiger Stone Tablet in the mountain range, another step for the Tiger Form
310Chapter 311 – Even An Ugly Daughter-In-Law Needs to Meet Her Parents-In-Law, Pure Gold Fishing Rod
347Chapter 348 – Southern City, Change of Atmosphere in Hundred Miles City, The death of Wenren Wugou
357Chapter 358 – Divine Arm Clearing of the Small Success Stage, Shenmen, Neiguan and Shaohai Acupoints
371Chapter 372 – Terrifying Saber Intent, Large Success Stage For the Divine Arm Clearing, Strong Arms
372Chapter 373 – Battle with the a Peak Grade 8 Martial King, The Power of Misty Hall Palace Mistress
382Chapter 383 – I’ll follow you to the Yan Clan, Elephant Form of the Nine Animals Mimicry Technique!
423Chapter 424 – Strengthen Her Meridian Channels For Her, Charm That Could Cause The Fall of Cities
447Chapter 448 – Breakthrough for the Diamond Demonic Boar, The Prowess of the Mighty Elephant Stomp
453Chapter 454 – Ingesting the Golden Carp Pellet, Great Perfection Stage for the Divine Feet Clearing
478Chapter 479 – The breakthrough of the 180th Cycle of Circulate Qi, Can I take care of you forever?
489Chapter 490 – Great Revitalizing Pellet, Enormous Strength, Killing the Silver Horn Tyrant Bull King
495Chapter 496 – The Misty Hall Palace Mistress’s Troubled Heart, Dreadful Encounter with a Wolf Pack.
512Chapter 513 – A Glimmer of Hope, Humans Yearn For Familial Affection When They Are At Their Weakest
519Chapter 520 – The Great Perfection Stage of the 5th Heavenly Layer, Unexpected Recovery of the Heart
534Chapter 535 – Open Confrontation Between Heavenly Palace and Sword Tower, The Appearance of Tan Yang
608Chapter 609 – Duanmu Clan, Duanmu Lingshuang, the Central Continent has peak Martial Saint warriors
653Chapter 654 – Using the ‘Descending Heavens Taliman’ to improve something perfect, Fate Pill Refined
770Chapter 771 – The Fight of the Ultimate Life and Death Against Eastern Palace Aristocrat Clan (1)
771Chapter 772 – The Fight of the Ultimate Life and Death Against Eastern Palace Aristocrat Clan (2)
774Chapter 775 – The Fight of the Ultimate Life and Death Against Eastern Palace Aristocrat Clan (5)
775Chapter 776 – The Fight of the Ultimate Life and Death Against Eastern Palace Aristocrat Clan (6)
800Chapter 801 – The Arrival of Baima Aristocrat Clan, Battle, The Powerful Petal Rain Under the Skies
844Chapter 845 – Locating the Sky Penetrating Grass, Golden Bloodline, the powerful Thunderous Beast
873Chapter 874 – Soulshake Bell, Subduing the Dragons, Taming the Tigers, Berserk Dragon King Appears
884Chapter 885 – Early Martial Emperor Five-Headed Demonic Spider, Qing Shui multiplying his earnings
906Chapter 907 – Yet another twenty stars Increase, Dragon Elephant Force, Dark Phoenix of Nine Heavens
935Chapter 936 – Using the Nine Continents Steps, An inhospitable environment has many wicked people
984Chapter 985 – She Has Gone To The Other Four Continents, The Abilities of Qing Shui’s Demonic Beasts
994Chapter 995 – Entering the Sacred Land of Panacea, Legend of the Heartmatched Fruit, Six Hundred Li
996Chapter 997 – Two Hundred Thousand Miles, Seven-headed Scarlet Serpent, Hallow Fruit, Spirit Deer
1004Chapter 1005 – Jiange and Luan Luan’s Breakthrough, Advancing Qing Shui and Qing Clan by 50 Years.
1030Chapter 1031 – Powerful Demonic Beast Armor Manifestation, Manifestation of the Buddha’s True Eyes
1112Chapter 1113 – Lion King Devil Slaying Formation, Is This the Biggest Trump Card of Beitang Clan?
1146Chapter 1147 – Complete Victory, White Draconic Horse, Miss Yan? State Master Driving the Carriage?
1168Chapter 1169 – Battle, Prowess of the Four Elements Greencloud Sword, Five Elements Contravention
1180Chapter 1181 – The Other Four Names, Reserves? Arrival of People from Yu Clan and the Royal Family
1181Chapter 1182 – There’s Something Fishy, Losing the Advantage of First Attack, Start of the Battle
1197Chapter 1199 – The Blood Terminating Pills awakened, Seven-Seven Divine Nebula Formation succeeded
1203Chapter 1205 – Lions go all out even when capturing rabbits. You are not a lion, nor am I a rabbit
1206Chapter 1208 – The Eldest Princess’ letter, heading off to Heaven Secrets Academy after new year
1207Chapter 1209 – Arrived in Heaven Secrets Academy. Yu Sunu. Breezing Wind Veranda, Normal Disciple
1211Chapter 1213 – Heaven and Earth Battle Beast, Golden Scaled Dragon Elephant. Dragon Species Force
1243Chapter 1245 – Treasures, Yang Stone, Yang Pill, Nine Yang Pharmacopoeia, Spiritual Medicinal Beast
1277Chapter 1279 – Berserker Blood Pill, Spirit Gathering Pill, Heading for Southern Sea Putuo Mountain
1284Chapter 1286 – The Powerful Divine Beast’s Blood Essence, Powerful Demonic Beast, Being Targeted
1299Chapter 1301 – The Ling Clan, Huge Gap In Strength. The Five Continents Has No Threat To Qing Clan
1313Chapter 1315 – Yehuang Guwu, Dancing Phoenix Continent’s Yehuang Country, What Secret Did She Have
1323Chapter 1325 – Longeitivity Noodles, The members of the Pang Clan are here, Pang Shitu, Accident
1324Chapter 1326 – Fighting against 70,000 sun worth of strength, First Level of the Nine Palace Laws
1327Chapter 1329 – The Clearing of Eighth Heavenly Meridian, Significant Increase in Strength Yet Again
1338Chapter 1340 – The Super Ren and Du Meridians Strengthening Pills Could Be Used Twice? Recklessness
1339Chapter 1341 – Heart Like A Clear Mirror? Physical Strength of Ten Sun, Meeting Yuan Su Once Again
1359Chapter 1361 – Completion of the Four-Yang Pills. Five Elements Divine Flag Reaching Third Grade
1388Chapter 1390 – Working Together With Custodian, Phoenix Dance’s Left Custodian Will Take Action?
1393Chapter 1395 – Fourth Grade Five Elements Divine Flag, Bring One Person Along, Trapped in a Dilemma
1479Chapter 1481 - Coincidence? She’s the person who obtained the inheritance of the Fox Battle God?
1516Chapter 1518 - I’m at the peak of false gods. What capabilities do you have to fight against me?
1591Chapter 1593 - Successor of the Titan Ox Demon King Inheritance: Wrecking the Imperial Cuisine Hall
1613Chapter 1615 - The Showdown Between the Younger Generations of the Qing Clan and the Nalan Clan (2)
1664Chapter 1666 - Demonic Beast Undergo Form Transformation, Powerful Nine-Headed Demonic Dragon Spider
1672Chapter 1674 Really Kissed Him, Strong Experts From the Demonic Saber Immortal Sect Have Arrived
1815Chapter 1817 - Nine-level Heaven Pagoda, she was drugged with the Intoxicated Immortal Fragrance
1873Chapter 1875 – Mutation, Nine Yang Dragon Soul Reaches Large Success Stage, 3.8 Million Dao Force
2064Chapter 2065 - The Mutated Change of the 9th Lotus Manifestation Stage, Divine Flower Inheritance
2189AST 2190 - Yu Emperor Temple, Battle Between The North Yang Palace and Five Tiger Immortal Palace
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