Night fell at Zhao’s Martial Arts Hall.
With the rapid convergence of a strange dicinal fragrance, and thanks to Li Yi’s protection, the ghosts couldn’t steal the dicine, so the third batch of Resurrection Pills was refined exceptionally smoothly.
Another ten deep green elixirs were placed into a box. A pharmacy apprentice brought it over and respectfully presented it to Li Yi.
Aside from the first batch of wasted pills, a total of twenty Resurrection Pills were obtained from the subsequent two refining sessions. Zhao Ge had taken two, and Li Yi himself had taken one, leaving a total of seventeen pills remaining.
"Master, let’s keep two Resurrection Pills as a reserve for our martial hall. I won’t be shy and will take away the rest," he pondered for a mont, choosing not to take everything, but leaving behind two Resurrection Pills.
Zhao Ge thought for a mont and nodded, "That’s fine. These pills are rare and not easy to refine. If a disciple within our ranks suffers a Divine Soul injury later on, we’ll have a redy available. ng De, you’ve thought this through. However, you need not worry. I will collect big dicines and refine them again later. Currently, in Sanyang City, our Zhao Family is the only martial arts hall, so resources will certainly not be lacking."
Speaking of this, he recalled sothing, "During the day, soone from the City Lord Mansion visited the martial hall and brought quite a few treasures and big dicines. They also brought a secret Blood Refining and Soul Entrance technique not passed down to outsiders. I’ve looked at the thod, and it’s indeed exquisite, the real deal. ng De, you should take a good look at it later, and if there’s anything you don’t understand, co ask ."
Having said this, he added, "Daughter, go get those items ready. Take them all to ng De’s residence later."
"I shall do it now," Zhao Qian promptly replied.
Li Yi said, "Master, please keep those treasures and big dicines. And also make a copy of the secret Blood Refining and Soul Entrance technique to keep in the martial hall. I will just take one copy with ."
"That won’t do. It’s a Qi Cultivation thod from the millennium-old Fan Family, not ant for outsiders. If other mbers of Zhao’s Martial Arts Hall were to learn it, it would bring disaster. You should take it with you. Here in Zhao’s Martial Arts Hall, we have our own Qi-Blood cultivation thod. It is not as profound as the Fan Family’s, but it is already sufficient for running the hall," Zhao Ge shook his head, declined Li Yi’s kind offer, and pointed out the pros and cons.
"Very well, then," Li Yi agreed upon seeing this.
It seems what Fan Zhizhou said was right. Even if he released the Blood Refining and Spleen Opening thod, no one would dare to practice it, afraid to offend such an ancient, distinguished family.
Not everyone in the Four Seas and Eight Continents is like Li Yi, who can disdain kings and nobles without fear. The majority still hold fear towards royal clans and noble families.
"I’m feeling quite tired today and should go to rest earlier. Rong Niang, help send ng De back ho. ng De will start Marrow Refining these next few days. You must help him in his cultivation earnestly. I have already prepared all the various big dicines and precious redies needed for Marrow Refining. Zhao Qian will bring them over later. If there’s anything unclear, you can co to the martial hall to find ," he said.
Zhao Ge felt his eyelids heavy with sleepiness. He knew he needed plenty of rest to nurture the injuries to his Divine Soul, healed by the Resurrection Pill, for a complete recovery.
"Don’t worry, Master, I will help big brother in his cultivation," Rong Niang said earnestly.
Zhao Ge then bowed to the others, "Master Shen, and everyone, I have matters to attend to and can’t keep you company for long, please excuse ."
"Master Zhao, you’re too polite. Please," said Shen Shi from Treasure Pavilion with a smile.
After the successful conclusion of the pill refining, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and with the night getting late, it was ti to depart.
Soon.
Everyone said their goodbyes and left Zhao’s Martial Arts Hall.
Li Yi didn’t stay much longer. Now that he wasn’t needed to safeguard the martial hall and with his master’s injuries recovered, who was already a strong Qi Cultivation Expert, everything was back on the right track. He planned to stay a few more days, learn the Marrow and Blood Refining thods, and then find an opportunity to leave the Four Seas and Eight Continents.
He had been away for a long ti, worried that not returning to Tianchang City for a prolonged period might lead to problems.
Imdiately.
Li Yi left the martial hall with Rong Niang and Zhao Qian.
Upon arriving at his residence, Li Yi asked Rong Niang and Zhao Qian to rest well while he returned to the quiet room and began to take Resurrection Pills and engage in ditation once again.
"Indeed, the feeling I had before wasn’t an illusion. After taking the Resurrection Pill, my Cultivation Value has significantly increased. If it was four hundred and twenty percent before the test, with the enhancent from martial arts training and the nourishnt of the Resurrection Pill, my Cultivation Value is now at least five hundred and fifty percent—an increase of over a hundred," Li Yi felt pleasantly surprised.
He knew Cultivation Value represented a person’s potential—the higher the value, the greater the future achievents. And most importantly, with such a growth rate, he had a chance to break through to one thousand percent.
Once at one thousand percent, he would be eligible to enter the world’s top cultivation site, Golden Academy.
He unleashed the White Bone Temple Cultivation Skill.
Cosmic Energy from the surroundings began to slowly gather. While the energy here was thin, there were no other Evolvers around, and this sparse Cosmic Energy would suffice for Li Yi’s training needs, as long as it wasn’t wasted. Guiding it over ant all the energy collected would belong to him.
This feeling was many tis stronger than capturing wandering Cosmic Energy on Earth.
Li Yi had also tried using the Cosmic Energy inside the Sword Coin for cultivation, but he found that the energy field of the Sword Coin weakened severely after coming to the energy-deficient Four Seas and Eight Continents. If it stayed here long-term, the Sword Coin might be in grave trouble.
No wonder the resentful spirit inside the Sword Coin stopped talking.
However, things here were still manageable. If one were to accidentally enter a world in the End of Dharma era, that would be truly terrifying.
Mysterious objects would beco mundane, and Evolvers would regress to ordinary people, their lifespans drastically shortening; just the thought was enough to evoke despair.
anwhile, the Eight Treasure Deer had no idea how it managed to creep into the room while Li Yi was cultivating and then conscientiously gathered around to bask in and feel the nourishnt of the cosmic energy.
A night passed by in the blink of an eye.
With the break of day,
the ti for evolution ended.
Now was the ti to begin the day’s cultivation.
At this mont on the training field, Rong Niang changed into a smart martial outfit, her waist tightly cinched, presenting a spirited and heroic figure. She began to advise Li Yi on the next phase of his Martial Arts cultivation.
"Senior Brother, you have mastered the Bone Training, so next up is Marrow Training. The Marrow Refining thod that Master taught is called the Spleen Cleansing Scripture. It’s a rather widespread Marrow Refining thod; although common, it is still an upper-level technique. It is said that a Martial Artist, outraged by the monopoly families had on Martial Arts techniques, in a mont of indignation, made the precious Spleen Cleansing Scripture public to the world. Since then, the Spleen Cleansing Scripture has been completely disseminated throughout the Four Seas and Eight Continents, with almost every martial arts hall having a copy in hand," she said.
"To refine the marrow is essentially to strengthen the bone marrow. Once the marrow is nourished, Qi-Blood will naturally arise. The Spleen Cleansing Scripture is an integrated approach to both nourishnt and cultivation. However, Senior Brother doesn’t need to worry about the nourishnt; Master has already prepared the Bone Marrow Nourishing Pill, which can help you save cultivation ti."
"Right now, all you need to do is to take the Bone Marrow Nourishing Pill and then sit quietly, trying to regulate the Qi-Blood to nourish the bone marrow."
"..."
On the training field, Li Yi listened patiently and then began to try Marrow Training.
Although the physical quality of Evolvers is high, so deficiencies still exist after retraining in Martial Arts, like a lack of fine control over one’s body.
Soon, after swallowing a Bone Marrow Cleansing Pill, he followed Rong Niang’s guidance to regulate his Qi-Blood and nourish his bone marrow.
Before long, a tingling sensation spread throughout his body.
"The tingling sensation indicates the marrow is being nourished, Senior Brother; this is normal. Once this feeling completely disappears, Marrow Training will be considered complete. At that ti, you’ll noticeably feel your Qi-Blood is more vigorous and your strength has greatly increased, as well as your bones becoming much harder," she explained.
"However, the hardest part of Marrow Training is refining the spinal bones. I am stuck at this stage and thus have been unable to break through to the Blood Refining Realm," she confessed.
"But this ti we have obtained many elixirs and big dicines, so of which are of great help to Marrow Training. I’ll find them for you later so you can cultivate while benefiting from their nourishnt," she added.
As Rong Niang spoke, she too consud a Bone Marrow Nourishing Pill and resud her cultivation.
With her skill honed by practice, she was able to nurture her bone marrow while also aiding Li Yi in his cultivation.
"Marrow Training consus a lot. I only cultivated for a while before feeling hungry," Li Yi confessed.
He imdiately felt an urge to drink a nutritional liquid, but then he realized he was in Sanyang City, not Tianchang City—any nutritional liquids he had before were long gone.
"Senior Brother, you’re hungry already? Wait, I’ll find you sothing to eat," she said, understanding that her Senior Brother had an astonishing appetite. Such sturdy muscles and bones would surely burn through a lot of energy, so this ti, Little Sister had brought many delicacies and elixirs. She imdiately searched through a chest nearby and quickly took out a box.
Upon opening it, inside was a black and red pill.
"This is the Hundred Tiger Ginseng Pill, a grand dicine gifted to you, Senior Brother, by the City Lord of Sanyang. It is said to be made from the essence of a hundred fierce tigers and refined with earth treasure-grade ginseng—capable of strengthening the bones and nourishing the marrow. Consuming one pill enables a Martial Artist to easily surpass Bone Training and Marrow Training levels," she explained and passed the grand dicine to him.
"Is it really that miraculous?" Li Yi asked skeptically, but he ate it anyway.
Instantly, he felt as if he had swallowed not a pill but a tallic ball.
There was a sudden heaviness in his stomach.
However, as soon as the digestive juices started working, a formidable surge of Qi-Blood erged from within his body.
"Such grand dicine is difficult to digest. Normally, a Martial Artist takes three months to fully absorb it after ingestion, and if one’s constitution is poor, what was consud will be expelled just as it was taken in," Rong Niang said with a chuckle: "But Senior Brother certainly won’t face this situation. With your dragon veins and tiger bones, such a physique can easily withstand the potency of this grand dicine."
Grand dicine may be beneficial, but it depends on the recipient.
Without a robust constitution, not only can many not withstand the grand dicine, but it may even lead to adverse effects.
Rong Niang was right, however; Li Yi could indeed digest the Hundred Tiger Ginseng Pill.
His post-evolution body was extraordinary, capable of rapid digestion and absorption.
Feeling the vigorous effect of the dicine, Li Yi continued to practice the Spleen Cleansing Scripture, regulating his Qi-Blood, and furthering his Marrow Training.
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