Breaking Through to the Blood Essence Realm

Three days flashed by in the blink of an eye.

While cultivating at Anyang Martial Arts School, Shi Yi also kept an eye on the situation in Anyuan Town.

Especially the Five Tigers Gang.

After discovering that no one was looking for trouble with him, he continued cultivating at Anyang Martial Arts School in peace.

Shi Yi finished his daily training as usual.

"Junior Brother Shi Yi, I see that over the past few days, you've become increasingly adept at the first three moves of the Blood Essence Chapter of the Lesser Heavenly Cycle Strength Training Fist!"

"I imagine your strength has increased quite a bit these past few days."

After seeing Shi Yi stop training, Zhao Cheng spoke with a smile.

He had watched Shi Yi improve bit by bit. By now, when it came to the first three moves of the Blood Essence Chapter of the Lesser Heavenly Cycle Strength Training Fist, he had nothing left to teach Shi Yi.

This rate of progress made him marvel at the prowess of the exceptional physique Lu Feng had mentioned, and his attitude toward Shi Yi became ever more favorable.

"I have to thank Senior Brother Zhao for your guidance these past few days."

Shi Yi did not mention how much his strength had increased.

Because he was already on the verge of breaking through to the Blood Essence Realm.

If he wished, he only needed to train a little longer before breaking through within Anyang Martial Arts School.

However, Shi Yi did not want to draw too much attention for the time being. After all, the instant one broke through to the Blood Essence Realm, the aura around one's body would change.

That change was extremely obvious.

Thus, Shi Yi planned to return to his residence before making his breakthrough.

As long as he did not break through in front of others, and did not flaunt his strength after succeeding, others would basically never notice.

"It's still because your comprehension is so high, Junior Brother. If my guidance were really that effective, our martial arts school would have long ago nurtured a whole pile of Blood Essence Realm experts."

Zhao Cheng knew his own capabilities very well. He was somewhat better than the instructors at teaching others, but not by much.

Shi Yi had reached this point because Shi Yi himself was outstanding, not because of him.

He estimated that at Shi Yi's pace of cultivation, he should break through to the Blood Essence Realm within twenty days, much faster than his initial estimate.

Although this cultivation speed could not compare to the most outstanding genius disciple of Taiyuan Martial Arts School, Shi Yi was already exceptionally remarkable within Anyang Martial Arts School.

With talent like Shi Yi's, once he went to Ninghe County's Anhe Martial Arts School to cultivate in the future, he would surely make a name for himself. He also had a good chance of advancing to become a Bone-Refining Martial Master.

Even Lu Feng, the School Master of Anyang Martial Arts School, had not reached such a level.

Zhao Cheng had seen Lu Feng make a move and knew that his combat power was formidable, yet even a person like him had failed to break through to become a Bone-Refining Martial Master. It was clear just how difficult that step was.

In Zhao Cheng's eyes, Shi Yi was very likely to cross that threshold.

Blue Star.

"Today, I cooked twenty jin of beef. Once I finish one pot, I can head over to Anyuan Town and break through."

Shi Yi had cooked two large pressure cookers of beef at home.

He had eaten a great deal of beef over the past few days.

The beef he had cooked now came from the best-quality supplier among the several he had tried after eating their products.

The beef he bought was cut directly from whole cattle carcasses. Its flesh was bright red, and its quality was guaranteed.

If Blue Star's air did not lack that special red aura, Shi Yi would have wanted to break through on Blue Star instead. That would have been safer.

"Today, I need to cook it a little longer than last time, or it'll be too chewy."

"Otherwise, after eating twenty jin of beef, my jaws will ache."

Shi Yi had bought cooked beef from other vendors before. The flavor had been decent, but the quality of the beef was quite average.

It was rather expensive, and its effect in assisting cultivation was not as good as the beef he cooked himself.

Therefore, Shi Yi basically prepared it himself.

"My consumption is already this great. In the future, I'll definitely eat even more."

"When I get a suitable opportunity, I should find a stable source of income."

Shi Yi was not short of money for now, but all of his income came through his parents.

Once his martial arts cultivation rose further and his consumption became greater, when the money from his parents was no longer enough, he would have to find a way himself.

With his Two-World Shuttle ability, he had plenty of ways to make money.

For example, exchanging silver for gold to earn the difference in price, or buying valuable jade artifacts to trade for cash. All of these methods could make him a great deal of money.

The drawback was that they attracted too much attention. Once or twice would be fine, but doing it repeatedly would inevitably make people take notice. Thus, none of them were long-term solutions.

Of course, if Shi Yi possessed sufficient strength and enough backing, things would be much simpler.

Some things were problems for ordinary people, but for those with backing, they were not problems at all.

"The beef is about done!"

"If it cooks too long, it'll turn mushy, and the effect will be mediocre."

After the pressure cooker's timer sounded, Shi Yi did not continue cooking it.

The time he had set now was the most suitable duration he had concluded after several days, the result of repeated improvements.

After taking out the beef from one pressure cooker, Shi Yi began to feast heartily.

After practicing martial arts, his appetite had surged. His food intake had increased considerably, and his weight had risen along with it, making his entire body look far more robust.

Previously, Shi Yi had been tall and skinny, looking like a mere bamboo pole. Now, no one would call him a skinny weakling.

If he took off his clothes, a sturdy physique would be revealed.

These changes had occurred in only a few days.

If Shi Yi had not experienced them himself, he would also have thought it was fake, some deceitful trick of swapping in another person.

Before long, Shi Yi had swallowed all ten jin of beef into his stomach, even drinking every drop of the broth.

His lower belly bulged slightly as a result, but Shi Yi did not mind.

Once he began cultivating later, it would quickly return to normal.

As for the beef in the other pressure cooker, Shi Yi was not in a hurry to eat it now. Instead, he planned to take it to the Central Great World.

He had asked Zhao Cheng about it before. After breaking through to the Blood Essence Realm, the body's consumption would be enormous, so it was best to prepare more meat to replenish oneself.

The remaining ten jin of beef was Shi Yi's preparation.

With a slight thought, Shi Yi left with the beef and appeared in his house in Anyuan Town.

"I can break through now!"

Inside the room, Shi Yi practiced the three moves from the Blood Essence Chapter of the Lesser Heavenly Cycle Strength Training Fist.

The beef he had eaten combined with the red aura in the air, enhancing the effects of his cultivation.

Shi Yi used his Double Pupils to observe his body.

Within his body, his blood essence rapidly increased, only gradually slowing once it reached a certain critical point.

Yet as Shi Yi continued cultivating, the blood essence within him kept accumulating until, at a certain moment, that critical point was shattered.

That feeling of restraint vanished. At the same time, Shi Yi could feel the blood essence within his body soaring madly, while his strength likewise surged wildly.

Before breaking through to the Blood Essence Realm, Shi Yi's strength had also grown quickly, but after reaching over two hundred jin, it had slowed down. This was not a problem with his body. Rather, before breaking through to the Blood Essence Realm, there was said to be an upper-limit bottleneck. Only by breaking through that bottleneck could strength and blood essence continue to grow.

Yet this so-called bottleneck was really only for those with poor physiques. For someone with an exceptional physique like Shi Yi, there was no bottleneck at all.

After spending some time accumulating power, he had simply charged straight through it!

"So this is the Blood Essence Realm. The increase in blood essence and strength really is enormous."

"My current strength should let me easily draw a three-hundred-jin bow!"

Feeling the changes after his breakthrough, Shi Yi spoke with a face full of confidence.