Blood Qi Wolf Smoke

Blood Qi Wolf Smoke

Using a dagger to slice open the tiger's throat, Lin Le ignored the stench and began gulping down tiger blood.

The Great Devourer Art circulated, swiftly digesting the tiger blood and replenishing his stamina and blood qi.

Perhaps because this tiger had become a spirit, its blood contained a considerable amount of energy. Lin Le even let out a satisfied burp after finishing it.

Lin Le patted the tiger's head. "If I eat this entire tiger, I should be able to completely break through to Blood Qi Gauze."

Although he had used the Blood Essence Treasure Liquid transformed from that ten-year blood ginseng to alter his Bone Structure, quite a bit of it had also been absorbed by his blood qi.

Now, when he circulated his blood qi, the gauze could cover both his arms.

And the value of this tiger spirit was more than equivalent to four or five blood ginseng roots.

Within the inner landscape of the Inner Vision Divine Ability, the lotus had condensed three lotus seeds, while half a section of lotus root had grown upon the lotus whip.

Having recovered some strength, Lin Le circulated his blood qi. Empowered by it, his arms erupted with a tremendous force of a thousand jin as he dragged the tiger's corpse along.

Bai Ya Village—the nearest village to Lin Le—was filled with villagers craning their necks in anticipation.

They had all heard those tiger roars that sounded like thunder, and they could not help but feel a flicker of hope.

After waiting for quite some time, they finally saw a short figure dragging a gigantic tiger toward them.

Seeing the tiger's caved-in forehead, the villagers could not help cheering. Some even wept tears of joy.

They wanted to welcome Lin Le.

But Lin Le merely swept them a cold glance and roared with the art of shouting through qi, "Get lost!"

The villagers froze. Seeing Lin Le holding a broken spear and radiating a fierce, baleful aura, they could not help backing away.

"Make way," Lin Le said icily. "Otherwise, I don't mind killing a few more."

Hearing the Killing Intent in Lin Le's words, most of them obediently stepped aside.

Unexpectedly, one middle-aged woman—whether because she saw how young Lin Le was or because she was naturally vicious—actually spoke in displeasure. "What do you mean by this? We're welcoming you, yet you don't appreciate it!"

Whoosh! Bang!

A headless corpse collapsed to the ground. Lin Le had kicked a stone, and bolstered by blood qi, it shot forth like a large-caliber bullet, directly blasting the woman's head apart.

The previously restless scene fell silent at once. Those who had harbored ill intentions because of Lin Le's youthful appearance felt a chill run down their spines.

What kind of warmhearted young hero was this? He was clearly a devilish child who killed without blinking!

Lin Le swept the villagers a detached glance, dragged the tiger's corpse into the village chief's house, and shut the door.

Bang!

As the door closed, the villagers who had been on tenterhooks all let out breaths of relief. They began muttering about how Lin Le could kill someone, and some even wanted to report him to the authorities.

Standing by the door and listening, Lin Le was not surprised in the slightest.

People were sometimes such strange creatures. Faced with the brutal rule of another race, they did not dare resist. Yet when facing their own kind, they lost a layer of awe, believing they could fight for something.

They completely forgot that this member of their own kind possessed the same violence as that other race—or perhaps violence even greater.

Though it could not be ruled out that there were some kindhearted people among these villagers, Lin Le did not think there were many. After this tiger spirit's purge, those who had dared resist had likely all died. The rest were ordinary people who placed their own safety above all else.

Lin Le had not forgotten that when he entered the village, not one person had warned him that there was a trap here.

They had all tacitly accepted trading his life for their own temporary safety.

Lin Le understood why they had done it. After all, no one wanted to die. But that did not mean he would feel even the slightest goodwill toward them.

The fact that he had not chosen to slaughter them all already showed that his moral bottom line was quite sound. Right now, he was terribly short on killing karma.

If anyone truly wanted to court death, then let them die, just like that woman earlier.

Skinning, stripping meat, and dismantling bones, Lin Le divided the tiger's corpse into portions, then tossed them all into large pots and basins to stew.

Once it was cooked, Lin Le began eating. He practiced the Great Devourer Art as he ate, then used the condensed Blood Essence Treasure Liquid to speed up the process.

A day later, Lin Le's belly was swollen like a woman ten months pregnant, yet he did not feel the slightest discomfort.

"Viper Belly has finally been altered successfully." Lin Le patted his stomach.

Turning to look at the tiger meat that still had more than half remaining, Lin Le rubbed his jaw, which ached from chewing, and continued eating anyway.

A day later, the Eagle Sculpture Hand corresponding to the Eagle Claw Technique had been completely altered successfully.

Another day later, the Fierce Tiger Back corresponding to the Five Tigers Severing Gate Saber had also been altered successfully.

Lin Le circulated his blood qi. Blood mist billowed all around him, shrouding him within a layer of gauze.

"Sure enough, every superior Bone Structure I alter strengthens blood qi from the foundation." Lin Le drew in his blood qi and came to this conclusion.

That tiger spirit weighed roughly eight or nine hundred jin. Even at a thirty-five percent yield of meat, there would still be three hundred jin, and its bones could also be simmered into soup.

Counting the soups, broths, and some side dishes, there were four or five hundred jin of food in total, all of it high-energy.

Even with the Great Devourer Art, Lin Le could only digest one hundred jin a day.

He had originally thought he would need to finish every last bite to reach the complete Blood Qi Gauze realm. Yet judging from the remaining food, it should be enough for him to break through into the Blood Qi Wolf Smoke realm.

Lin Le slapped his cheek hard, then looked at the remaining food with a trace of ruthlessness in his eyes.

Hugging the large earthen jar filled with food, Lin Le went outside the village and found a huge boulder. After roughly smoothing it flat, he began ramming himself into its stone face.

He was not mutilating himself. He was cultivating the Thirteen Taibao Horizontal Training.

Horizontal training was a clumsy art of taking beatings, with little to do with comprehension. As long as one's Bone Structure was good, it was easy to get started.

Thus, all children of wealthy households, whether they possessed comprehension or not, would practice a horizontal training art. So long as their healing medicine was good and plentiful enough, most could bring it to completion around the age of twenty and alter a superior Bone Structure, giving them a greater chance of becoming cultivators.

However, the martial art chosen to alter one's Bone Structure could not be selected recklessly. After all, the same body part could only contain one kind of Bone Structure.

Take Lin Le. After altering the Wasp Waist, he could no longer accommodate the Great Bear Waist as well. A waist that was both thick and thin was a contradiction, and contradictions could not exist in reality.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Lin Le continuously rammed the stone wall, and under the powerful recoil, bruises quickly spread across his body.

Once he felt he had rammed enough, he ate while nourishing his body according to the Thirteen Taibao Horizontal Training's method of circulating blood qi. The Blood Essence Treasure Liquid was added as well, allowing his body to adapt to this art more quickly.

After eating and drinking his fill, the bruises on Lin Le's body had already faded away. He continued ramming the stone wall.

The commotion from Lin Le's impacts soon drew the villagers' attention, but intimidated by his ferocity, no one dared step forward or accuse him of disturbing them.

He trained like this for an entire day. Lin Le sucked dry the marrow from the last tiger bone, and the blood qi transformed by the Great Devourer Art also reached a peak.

Without Lin Le needing to focus his will, the barrier between Blood Qi Gauze and Blood Qi Wolf Smoke broke on its own.

Red light surged from Lin Le's entire body, and his blood qi rose like mist, shooting straight up three chi.

Blood Qi Wolf Smoke—complete!