"Actually, we weren't usually allowed to leave the palace, so we liked all sorts of ways to entertain ourselves.
Like buying pretty things from True Beasts from Fourteenth Brother to collect. Or going out to watch gladiatorial fights, or keeping strange beasts as pets—there was all manner of things," Sima Wuque explained.
"All right, I can understand that." Wei He nodded, lowered his fists, and calmed his blood and qi.
Huff.
He slowly exhaled a breath.
Spiderweb-like patterns rapidly surfaced across Wei He's skin.
The patterns resembled cracks and were faintly red.
They remained for several breaths before quickly fading away.
Wei He closed his eyes and regulated his breathing. He felt every bone in his body growing warm, while something subtle and exquisite seeped from the vast, surging Primal Blood into his bones under the intense heat of the Burning Heaven True Skill.
The Five Spirits Blood that Master Li Rong had given him still retained some of its effects. Its medicinal potency continuously seeped out from his muscles, helping accelerate the process.
Another reserve of medicinal power was slowly releasing from Wei He's heart.
It was the medicinal power of the Five Hearts Cauldron Primordial Pill.
This top-grade pill possessed immense and pure medicinal potency; it could not possibly be used up in a short time.
Wei He had taken the Five Hearts Cauldron Primordial Pill some time ago. Whenever he needed to expend Primal Blood in training, part of the pill's power would replace the Primal Blood and help him cultivate True Blood techniques.
It was the same now.
Under the effects of all these forces.
Wei He only felt his bones growing hotter and hotter.
Finally, ten breaths later, he exhaled once more.
This breath was scorching hot, like the vast cloud of steam that burst