Heavenly Star Overlord Body

Chapter 8: Heavenly Star Overlord Body. "Yes, Mr. Hao."

Liu Xing gave Li Fei a complicated look. After cupping his fists to Hao Yi in salute, he withdrew from the office unwillingly.

Li Fei stood calmly where he was, habitually checking his Myriad Blood Bead: Level: 1, 51% Blood Souls: 9 +78%

After that brief fight, less than a tenth of his Health Bar had been reduced. If Liu Xing could see his own Health Bar, it might have dropped even less than Li Fei's.

Next, the Myriad Blood Bead's level progress had increased again. It had absorbed energy during the battle just now.

When I practiced martial arts by myself, intense exercise never caused any noticeable increase in my level progress. That means the energy absorbed this time didn't come from me, but from someone else. Can the Myriad Blood Bead absorb other people's energy too?

Li Fei pondered inwardly:

Does damage inflicted on me count as a type of absorbable energy? The Myriad Blood Bead shares the damage, reduces my Blood Souls, and also absorbs energy to raise its level? If that's really the case, should I consider finding more people to beat me up in the future?

"Your martial arts level can only be considered average. It will be very difficult for you to place in the top three in the Monthly Exam. Fortunately, your natural physique is quite good. I already know what I should teach you."

Hao Yi said to Li Fei.

"Please instruct me, Teacher."

Li Fei cupped his fists to Hao Yi in salute.

"Come with me."

Hao Yi led Li Fei out of the office, downstairs and out of the office building, then into the building next door.

"This building is full of practice rooms. Only Rank A Students can use them."

Hao Yi said to Li Fei, then brought him to a window on the first floor and asked the person inside, "Are there any Medicinal Bath Rooms left?"

The attendant inside was a middle-aged woman. When she saw Hao Yi, she was extremely polite and broke into a broad smile. "Mr. Hao, there are two Medicinal Bath Rooms left. I'll open a larger one for you. Please wait a moment."

As she spoke, she lowered her head to fill out a form. Then she looked up at Li Fei standing behind Hao Yi.

"Mr. Hao, will this student be using a practice room as well?"

"He's the one who'll be using it. He's my newly accepted student, Li Fei."

Hao Yi said.

"So he's Mr. Hao's newly accepted student. Congratulations."

The attendant's smile deepened as she gave Li Fei a few more looks and said with a smile:

"Student Li, you can call me Sister Zhang. If you need a practice room in the future, just let me know in advance. Sister Zhang will save the best ones for you."

Li Fei smiled as well and thanked her. "Then thank you, Sister Zhang."

"Haha, you're welcome. Here, this is the key to the practice room. It's Room 304."

Sister Zhang passed a key out through the window.

Li Fei consciously stepped forward to take the key. He went upstairs with Hao Yi, arrived at Room 304, and opened the door with it.

The room was filled with the smell of medicine. It was over two hundred square meters in size, with wooden training dummies inside and several iron rods resting by the wall. Most eye-catching of all was a massive wooden barrel.

There was a faucet beside the barrel. Not far away was a gas stove for heating water, with a large pot set on top.

"Your natural physique is suited to hard-body training. I intend to teach you a hard-body technique called the 'Heavenly Star Overlord Body.' Once mastered, it will make your physique domineering and formidable, unafraid of blows. This technique also has a suitable Implant. Once you've trained it to a certain level, implanting the Implant will allow your progress to go more smoothly."

Hao Yi said to Li Fei.

"Thank you, Teacher."

Li Fei cupped his fists in salute.

"Mm."

Hao Yi was very satisfied with Li Fei's politeness, though his expression remained stern.

"In the vocational secondary school's Conflict Mitigation Department, you specialized in Blue Hand. You must have practiced the Zhou Yuan Stance, right?"

"Yes."

Li Fei nodded.

To train most Blue Hand martial techniques to an advanced level, one had to master the corresponding stance. Among them, the Zhou Yuan Stance could improve a person's coordination and the unity of their strength. It suited many martial techniques that required force from the whole body, which was why the Zhou Yuan Stance was one of the compulsory stances in the vocational secondary school's Conflict Mitigation Department.

"The stance I'll teach you next is an advanced stance derived from the Zhou Yuan Stance. It's called the 'Heavenly Constellation Stance,' and it is also the foundational stance of the Heavenly Star Overlord Body. Only by practicing this stance well can you practice the Heavenly Star Overlord Body well."

Hao Yi said, then taught Li Fei the Heavenly Constellation Stance.

Compared to the Zhou Yuan Stance, the Heavenly Constellation Stance had an accompanying breathing method and several refinements in its details. It required one to combine the breathing method with the stance, allowing the breath within the body to flow freely through the entire body.

Although Li Fei had already mastered the Zhou Yuan Stance proficiently, it would still take some time for him to master this Heavenly Constellation Stance.

"Actually, this stance was originally called the Heavenly Star Qi Stance—the qi with four dots beneath it."

After teaching Li Fei the stance, Hao Yi suddenly said, "Only martial artists with Implants could practice the Heavenly Star Qi Stance. But because the stance was too domineering and the training process too painful, it was later changed into an ordinary stance. Your willpower is good. You can try the true Heavenly Star Qi Stance."

Li Fei was startled. "But I don't have an Implant yet."

"That's no problem. I have one."

As Hao Yi spoke, he removed the black leather gloves he had been wearing all along, revealing a pair of blood-red palms that looked rather horrifying.

Li Fei swept a glance over the other man's bloody hands. Worried that staring might violate some taboo, he did not look a second time or ask further questions.

Hao Yi was very satisfied with such small details from his student. He was far more mature than children his age.

He moved to Li Fei's side, placing one hand against his lower abdomen at the Dantian and the other against his lower back.

The next instant, Li Fei felt two streams of heat enter his body, one from his Dantian and the other from his lower back.

The two streams of heat began traveling through his body, bringing a faint sensation of pain.

Is this the power brought by an Implant? True qi?

Li Fei's imagination ran wild, and he was intensely curious.

"Use the breathing method I just taught you."

Hao Yi interrupted Li Fei's train of thought.

At this moment, he was using his own qi to guide Li Fei in practicing the Heavenly Star Qi Stance. This process would cause Li Fei immense pain, no less than when he had taken the Bitter Essence Pill before.

Back then, Li Fei had only needed to hold a horse stance. Now, however, he had to endure agonizing pain while using the breathing method, unable to make even the slightest mistake. The difficulty was vastly, vastly greater!

Thus, Hao Yi was only treating it as an attempt.

If he can really master it...

Hao Yi watched Li Fei begin to adjust his breathing rhythm, countless thoughts flashing through his mind.

From the moment the two streams of heat entered his body, Li Fei's Blood Souls began to decrease, though only by a very small amount.

Just as when he had taken the Bitter Essence Pill last time, the Myriad Blood Bead bore 99% of the damage, leaving Li Fei to feel only 1% of the original pain.

This level of pain was nothing to him, so he successfully began using the breathing method.

Gradually, the two streams of heat inside his body aligned with his breathing rhythm, and his breathing method became smoother and smoother.

By the time he finished the entire breathing method, more than ten minutes had passed. Li Fei was drenched in sweat.

Hao Yi withdrew his hands, put his leather gloves back on, and looked at Li Fei with a complicated expression.

"Now try the Heavenly Constellation Stance again."

"Alright."

Li Fei tried the stance he had just learned once more.

This time, everything became extremely smooth. All the obstacles he had encountered before seemed to have been cleared away just now.

Just like that, he had mastered the Heavenly Constellation Stance!

".Very good."

Hao Yi nodded, with no trace of anything unusual left on his face.

"Now that you've mastered the Heavenly Constellation Stance, you can officially begin practicing the Heavenly Star Overlord Body. This process requires certain medicines. In a moment, I'll write you a list. Take it to the Material Building to pay, then collect the medicine. From now on, soak in medicinal baths in this Medicinal Bath Room, take medicinal powder, and practice the Heavenly Star Overlord Body."

"Alright."

Li Fei nodded.

The poor pursued literature while the wealthy pursued martial arts. Practicing martial arts consumed an enormous amount of money, far more than just tuition fees. This was also why Li Lei had no way to support both Li Fei and Li Tianyu in university at the same time.

After Li Fei left with the medicine list Hao Yi had written for him, Hao Yi remained alone in the Medicinal Bath Room.

His gaze was deep and unfathomable, and no one knew what he was thinking.

After a long while, his muttering sounded in the Medicinal Bath Room. "Perhaps... he really can?"