Dragon Blood

After chatting for a few more sentences, Yao Leden bid farewell to the group and approached the newcomers. Seeing Yao Leden leave, Jia Dong watched his retreating figure and murmured, "Is this the Martial Arts Major?"

He shook his head self-deprecatingly.

"It's too much like the real world. I thought university would be the first taste of that, but it's starting in the Martial Arts Major. I thought she was a kind person before, but after interacting, it turns out she's just after profit. We're just students."

"I don't see any problem with it. Isn't Sister Le pretty good?"

Deng Hao was indifferent. "She kindly warned us, explained things, and even offered better terms than the school. She just said Brother Ye starts with twenty Ironclad Boars a day. If we can take down a few each day, that's money."

"Is there something wrong with you?"

Jia Dong retorted irritably, "A few? Did you forget why we fought Guo Chuming back then? Old Yan said he'd be back after finishing one. We're all from the First Dragon Gate, and we've just started. We all came from martial arts schools. How much better can we be than him?"

Deng Hao shouted, "Then we'll train harder! I don't want to end up like Guo Chuming. He had no ambition and ran to the preparatory course cafeteria to show off. Don't blame others for cursing him. We need to be more spirited and not disgrace the Martial Arts Major students!"

Jia Dong rolled his eyes at him.

Li Ye chuckled, "Just train martial arts well. Don't go around causing trouble all day."

Deng Hao thought of something and said, "Brother Ye, are the main players treated differently from us? What kind of benefits do they get?"

Li Ye explained briefly, and Deng Hao exclaimed enviously, "Damn, they can even learn martial arts freely? We ordinary Martial Arts Major students don't have that choice. Old Gu said he'll assign us specific martial arts to learn, just like a Master's targeted guidance."

"I think so too. The Martial Arts teachers seem to be Masters,"

Jia Dong nodded. "Except they're free."

Li Ye said, "Cultivation is your own journey. Everything others do is just supplementary. Being a Martial Arts Teacher means they definitely have good experience. Listening to them more will be beneficial."

After chatting for a while longer, Gu Yang appeared again, this time carrying a large box.

"Line up to collect your Nutrient Solution."

Upon hearing this, all the Martial Arts Major students who were practicing immediately stopped. As they were about to walk over, one person paused, and everyone else stopped too, looking at Li Ye as if waiting for him to go first.

Even the towering, muscular man, one of the main players, Yang Jie, stopped.

As for Fu Yan's daughter, the stunningly beautiful Fu Chuxue, she had already disappeared.

Yao Leden walked over helplessly, "Li Ye, if you don't go, they won't dare to."

"Am I that terrifying?" Li Ye was somewhat speechless.

He had only smashed one person, and it had come to this?

However, he didn't dwell on it and stepped forward first, collecting four bottles of Nutrient Solution from Gu Yang. The liquid inside was gray but clear, unlike the murky black liquid he had encountered before.

After distributing the Nutrient Solution, Gu Yang said directly, "Drink it immediately and continue practicing martial arts. Everyone continues as usual. This includes the newcomers. Don't hold back or hide your skills. Let me see what you're good at."

In fact, the Martial Arts Major students had already drunk the Nutrient Solution as they received it and resumed their training.

Deng Hao and Jia Dong opened their bottles and gulped down the contents. After drinking, they exchanged glances, both showing expressions of shock.

"This is potent!"

Deng Hao roared, his fists flying like a storm as he began practicing.

Li Ye also opened a bottle and drank the Nutrient Solution. He froze for a moment.

Blood Essence had increased by 5 points.

The ingredients were a mixture of various high-quality herbs, with a very faint trace of Demon blood to neutralize and enhance the effects.

The herbs weren't the main point.

Since it was school-issued and exclusively for Martial Arts Major students, the Nutrient Solution was definitely special compared to what was on the market. Li Ye had originally planned to taste it to see what was inside, but upon doing so, he was astonished.

Li Ye shook the remaining Nutrient Solution in his hand and looked at Yao Leden, "Do you know its ingredients?"

"There are analyses of Nutrient Solution ingredients on the market, with attempts to replicate and improve them. But there's a special ingredient that fuses everything together, which technology cannot analyze," Yao Leden said.

How could they not have thought of replication? There were training classes on the market that boasted high-tech martial arts training. If they could truly replicate the Nutrient Solution supplied nationwide to Martial Arts Major students, the profit-driven capitalists wouldn't let it go.

Li Ye heard this and looked at the Nutrient Solution in his hand again, chuckling in disbelief.

Although faint, once it entered his mouth, there was nothing he couldn't taste.

The herbal ingredients were manageable; they were simply of good quality. But that trace of Demon blood, no matter how faint, he recognized its composition.

Dragon!

A Demon named [Crimson Blood Dragon]. Through Authority, its information appeared in Li Ye's mind. He didn't know the specifics, but he could taste that it was indeed dragon.

The Martial Arts Major students were drinking dragon blood!

The dragon blood component was extremely faint, almost negligible, and had definitely been diluted. Yet, even this dilution was enough to produce powerful effects, even neutralizing the herbs and purely converting them into efficacy for increasing Blood Essence.

Li Ye smiled faintly and put away the remaining bottles.

The Divine Land was generous.

But then again, it made sense. The Pest Control Bureau regulated demons within the city, but demons still ran rampant outside. The existence of Training Points alone was telling.

The Divine Land cultivating martial artists was also a strategic necessity. They must be investing heavily. Otherwise, with so many martial arts competitions and trials, even if they couldn't cultivate the talent the Divine Land needed, it would at least serve the purpose of self-preservation.

This was also why Li Ye didn't object to the Pest Control Bureau or the official staffing.

The benefits were good, and there was a sense of responsibility. While some individuals might feel resentful, for ordinary people, it was definitely preferable to work in a place like this.

If nothing were managed, how could the Divine Land have a population of two billion?

He didn't plan to drink the remaining Nutrient Solution right away. He didn't need to convert it into actual Blood Essence through martial arts. It would be better to go home and use the Five Flavors Chopsticks to triple its effectiveness, maximizing the results.

Normal people couldn't achieve such efficient improvement, but he was cheating, so of course, he could.

One dose was 5 points, four doses were 20 points, and a month would be 80 points. Paired with his Five Flavors Chopsticks, he could get 240 points a month.

If he were normally increasing his Blood Essence, he would break through to the Fourth Dragon Gate in less than three months. However, his martial art couldn't be calculated like that, especially with a tenfold conversion rate.

Li Ye clicked his tongue. These cultivation resources were still too scarce.

The debts at home could wait. After all, if he became stronger, he would have everything.

It was just that at the current pace, he wouldn't be able to achieve Qi Circulation and break through to a higher level even after a year.

The more this was the case, the more he felt he couldn't repay Director Pan's great kindness. If he didn't know the man was an official, he would have thought he was raising assassins.

He still had to find ways to make money and find ingredients.

He needed to take a good look at next week's Training Points.

Seeing everyone around practicing martial arts, including Yang Jie, who had found a rotating iron dummy. He struck the iron dummy, making it spin and move, while the extended iron rods also forcefully hit his body, emitting dull thuds.

Li Ye shook his head and walked out of the training hall, heading to the library.

He planned to see what martial arts were available.

Although he possessed a top-tier martial art, he hadn't come through the normal path. Fundamentally, as a Martial Arts Major student who had recently broken through the Dragon Gate Realm, he was still very interested in martial arts.

For example, Xiang Feipeng's Lightness Skill, which was like controlling the wind, was completely different from his own. His was more elegant.

There were always different martial arts, and he needed these martial arts to experiment further.