The next day,
Yan'an No. 7 High School, and even all of Bocheng, was exceptionally lively.
Whether it was yesterday's Mythic Rift riot, the Overlord-Level Thousand-Headed Blood Leech Queen that had stirred changes in the heavens like a natural disaster, and her being slain by an Outer Scenery Teacher who had come to Bocheng to offer guidance,
or the reappearance of the Blood God Cult and the Emperor-level mythical creature behind it,
as well as the citywide search by martial artists for the remaining Blood Leeches and the bounty placed on Blood God Cult fanatics,
all of it had filled these young Apprentice martial artists with excitement.
Many fantasized about how amazing it would be if they could become such powerful Outer Scenery Martial Artists and deliver that slash before the livestreamed gaze of the entire city.
Quite a few were also discussing the Blood God Cult's bounty.
"An Apprentice Realm Blood God Cult member is worth one hundred to one hundred and fifty thousand."
"A Mortal Shedding Realm Blood God Cult member is worth five hundred thousand to one and a half million."
"Anyone who provides useful information will receive a bounty based on the number and realms of the Blood God Cult members involved, with a minimum of fifty thousand."
"If I could get my hands on a Mortal Shedding Realm Blood God Cult member's signature Devouring Hand and head, wouldn't I be able to drink one bottle of Blood Essence Potion and toss another away? I could hire a private tutor and take meditation class for all of senior year."
"You should go wash up and sleep. You can have anything in your dreams."
"A Mortal Shedding Realm martial artist, even one of those rushed cultists, isn't someone little fries like us can handle."
"Forget us. Even geniuses with Blood Essence Levels of seven or eight only have around eight hundred kilograms of strength. They'd barely have the strength to hit someone, much less take a head."
"Forget that. Have you guys noticed that that Outer Scenery Martial Artist with the dark purple ponytail looked a lot like Su Nianyi, the number one in our whole school? They looked like sisters."
There was rare lively chatter in the Martial Arts Class as they held their stances.
Only Li Xijun, who could always remain "completely focused," stopped silently after cultivating efficiently for a while.
He took out the Blood Essence Potion he had spent 2,500 yuan on that morning from his pocket. After drinking it with a pained heart, he continued cultivating.
He now hated that damned Blood God Cult too.
If that cult organization hadn't wanted to borrow a knife to kill, fish in troubled waters, and cause trouble by devouring the flesh and blood of creatures from the Mythical World,
he could have gone home last night, traveled to the Da Sheng World, and spent some silver on Greater Blood Essence Pills with stronger and fiercer effects for today's cultivation.
And now, he could only drink Blood Essence Potions that cost 2,500 yuan per bottle!
He had no idea how many Greater Blood Essence Pills and Medicinal Bath packets 2,500 yuan could buy if exchanged for silver!
Besides, he had actually begun to form a plan for the 200,000 yuan Zhang Haifeng had given him last night.
He wanted to buy a standard-model Electromagnetic Handgun!
This weapon of the new era could easily penetrate the defenses of old-era armored vehicles and tanks. Compared to old-era firearms, it also had the advantages of making very little noise when fired, being highly concealable, and having a faster firing rate.
Against martial artists below the Mortal Shedding Realm, this Electromagnetic Handgun was still extremely lethal. One shot was basically one kill.
Even a Mortal Shedding Realm martial artist, if they were only at the first step, the Outer Body realm, would be seriously injured by a single shot.
Generally speaking, ordinary people definitely could not buy one.
But Martial Arts Class students had the status of reservists who could be conscripted onto the battlefield when necessary, as well as the potential to become future martial artists.
Officially, they were qualified to submit an application for approval.
But in most cases, if their families lacked influence, their applications probably would not pass.
The city was so peaceful most of the time. Why would you suddenly want a gun?
Originally, Li Xijun had planned to find an opportunity to see whether he could ask Zhang Haifeng for help buying one, or go to the black market in the east of the city.
But with the fallout from this mythical creature riot and the Blood God Cult incident,
there would definitely be many people applying for the right to purchase Electromagnetic Handguns, and the higher-ups would certainly relax the requirements and tacitly allow it.
After all, even old-era firearms could be precisely traced through rifling, trajectories, and the like.
If someone used a new-era Electromagnetic Handgun to shoot and kill someone in a city in this world, the Prevention Bureau could probably locate them and check the surveillance footage the very next second.
Therefore,
if Li Xijun applied now, there was an eighty or ninety percent chance that he would succeed with his identity.
It was just that the listed price of 150,000 yuan was truly not very pretty.
Feeling as if his wallet was crying, Li Xijun once again lamented why this world did not have the big A.
He then hurriedly took advantage of the effects of the Blood Essence Potion and cultivated bitterly.
Even during the martial skill class that afternoon, because Drooping Cloud Hand was so difficult, he chose to set it aside for now and continued focusing on his basic cultivation method.
Your "Azure Dragon Heaven-Reaching Method" proficiency has increased from 64% to 65%. Your "Azure Dragon Heaven-Reaching Method" proficiency has increased from 65% to 66%.
Amid those tiny increments of progress, the entire day passed.
With the police department, military, and martial artists conducting intensive searches and cleanup,
Li Xijun encountered three patrols on his way home for the first time and returned safely.
However, to be cautious this time, he hid in the shower room of the bathroom before traveling between worlds.
Da Sheng World
To be safe, Li Xijun naturally did not stay in the small courtyard arranged for him by the Life-Slaying Martial Hall.
Before leaving, he had gained a little extra money, so he directly bought a small Western-style house across the river in an area that was clearly a bustling wealthy district filled with pleasure houses. It was only one street away from the Contemplation Society.
After calling back the Mockingbird Drone that had been hiding in a nearby tree and putting on his Nano Protective Suit,
Li Xijun did not act immediately. Instead, he first fast-forwarded through the Mockingbird Drone's recordings from the past few days and confirmed that there was nothing unusual.
He then had it fly into the sky and patrol the surrounding area.
There was naturally nothing wrong in the footage sent back by the drone. However, after watching closely for a while, Li Xijun discovered that Jinmen had an unusually large number of ragged refugees and begging vagrants today.
He did not know whether some disaster had struck elsewhere or what the situation was.
After watching for a while and seeing scenes that had existed only in the history of his previous life—people selling their sons and daughters, disaster victims dying by the roadside like weeds—
Li Xijun silently shut off the footage with complicated emotions and headed straight for the Life-Slaying Martial Hall.
As someone stationed at the martial hall, Yu Xiangyang gave Li Xijun his usual guidance when he saw him arrive.
However, during the guidance, he also occasionally revealed a look of worry.
It was not until Li Xijun's Tiger Demon Bone Refining Fist increased by another 2% today and he finished training, just as he was about to ask Yu Xiangyang about buying Greater Blood Essence Pills and Medicinal Baths,
that this man, who had clearly been holding it in for a long time, finally spoke awkwardly and somewhat embarrassedly.
"Junior Brother Li, I can see that your physique is quite good, and the cultivation method you practice to nourish Blood Essence is also impressive."
"How about buying some more Greater Blood Essence Pills?"
"You could directly buy a full month's supply together with the Medicinal Bath packets. It would save you the trouble."
That had originally been Li Xijun's plan.
The sudden incident in Bocheng had caused him to spend a night sleeping in Zhang Haifeng's private office, leaving him unable to travel between worlds at all.
As a result, he had spent an extra 5,000 yuan on two bottles of Blood Essence Potion for cultivation the next day.
This time, he had indeed intended to buy a month's supply all at once.
However, Yu Xiangyang's sudden suggestion made him refrain from answering immediately. Instead, he asked directly,
"That may be true, but Senior Brother Yu has seemed somewhat distracted and clearly worried today. And now you're asking me to buy a month's supply of Greater Blood Essence Pills."
"Has Senior Brother Yu encountered some difficulty?"
Li Xijun's gaze was calm, but his mental power had already been highly focused, prepared to carefully observe the other man's expression and eyes.
"Alas, to be honest, the people around Jinmen have suffered a disaster. But those bastards from the chamber of commerce have joined forces to raise grain prices."
Once he opened his mouth, Yu Xiangyang could no longer hold it in and said,
"Our martial hall wants to buy some grain and distribute porridge for relief. But after those foreigners caused trouble, Master was already old and frail. He fought with people from the Church of the God of War and suffered internal injuries. The various precious medicines alone have already cost a great deal of silver."
"Now the martial hall has managed to gather very little money. As an Inner Disciple responsible for teaching, I also receive a small commission when you buy pills and Medicinal Baths, so I thought I would ask you, Junior Brother, to purchase this month's supply in advance."
At this point, his face flushed red, and he felt as though he were trying sales for the first time.
"I am not trying to fool you into spending more money, Junior Brother. Your talent truly is excellent."
"One Greater Blood Essence Pill a day, Medicinal Baths, and my guidance—there is indeed an eighty percent chance that you will reach Greater Skin and Flesh Refinement within a month."
"It is just... just buying the pills in advance."
By then, even his neck had turned red.
That was what he said, but Medicinal Bath packets cost two taels each, while Greater Blood Essence Pills cost ten taels each.
Even after subtracting the amount provided by the martial hall, buying so much at once was indeed no small expense.
It made him feel that he was truly pressuring Li Xijun somewhat, and that he might be suspected of deliberately making a sales pitch because Li Xijun had money.
With Li Xijun's current mental power, he could naturally determine whether the other man's expressions were abnormal or whether he was acting.
After seeing that everything Yu Xiangyang said came from genuine feeling, and that his hatred for the chamber of commerce did not seem fake either,
Li Xijun pondered for a moment before turning and walking toward the room in the small courtyard.
When Yu Xiangyang saw that Li Xijun did not answer and instead returned to his room, he thought the other party had refused. For a moment, he was dejected.
But after entering the room and sweeping his gaze around to make sure nothing in it had been touched,
Li Xijun directly pulled out several silver ingots from his Nano Protective Suit, wrapped them in two spare money pouches, and then came back out.
"The smaller one is my money for buying medicine. The larger one contains five hundred taels, which I am donating so that porridge can be distributed to the people."
"However, I have one request: do not tell anyone that I donated these five hundred taels."
If he had the cultivation of a Martial Saint, he would naturally sweep aside the Western Continent, crush the Seven Gods Church, and bring peace to the world.
If he had Exterior Scenery cultivation, he would also be willing to kill those merchants, obtain grain from the Federation, and provide relief to the disaster victims.
But right now, he was only a small fry with Blood Essence Level 6.0. These five hundred taels were truly the limit of what he was willing to reveal.
That was also because he was about to buy an Electromagnetic Handgun,
and because of the scenes he had seen through the drone. He only wanted peace of mind.
Blood-Exchange Martial Sages and Marrow Refinement Grandmasters were considered superior people wherever they went.
They would not act over the one or two thousand taels of silver he had revealed.
But if a Viscera Refinement Martial Warrior like Yu Xiangyang, or someone else, noticed something and developed greed and malicious intent,
then facing himself with a Nano Protective Suit and Electromagnetic Handgun would make them a pretty good experience pack.
This was the limit of Li Xijun's kindness and combat strength.
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