Jiang Liu returned alone to the small courtyard where he lived. He took out a Qi and Blood Pill and wanted to test its effects, but after thinking it over, he put it back.
Qi and Blood Pills were so expensive that he couldn't waste one. He would practice the Five Elements Fist once before taking it.
Jiang Liu began practicing according to the Five Elements Fist movements.
After completing one set, he felt that the qi and blood he had just recovered had been almost completely depleted. Jiang Liu took out a Qi and Blood Pill and tossed it into his mouth.
It felt much like eating a piece of candy. Just as he was about to chew it, the Qi and Blood Pill melted automatically the moment it entered his mouth. Jiang Liu immediately felt a stream of heat flow out from his internal organs, soon spreading throughout his entire body.
Jiang Liu immediately followed the flow of heat and began practicing according to the Five Elements Fist movements. He performed three consecutive sets before the stream of heat finally dissipated.
Although it couldn't compare to the medicinal soup for the Five Elements Fist, it wasn't far behind. Jiang Liu thought.
Jiang Liu looked at the sky. It was time to go to the Dining Hall for a meal.
He ran into Wang Zhuang on the way. Wang Zhuang asked, "I didn't see you just now! Something happen?"
Jiang Liu answered, "Lin Hai, the head of the Hunting Eagle Hall, called me over to ask about something."
"Oh!" Wang Zhuang didn't press further.
After eating together, the two returned to the small courtyard where they lived and continued sparring.
Lin Hai returned to the Hunting Eagle Hall headquarters and reported to Master Lin.
"Master Lin! Everything has been arranged."
"Mm. Keep an eye on him. Don't let what happened with An Ran happen again!" Master Lin said in a deep voice.
An Ran had previously been a key target for cultivation in the Hunting Eagle Hall. But just as he began to emerge, an opposing force targeted him, and he died in a gang conflict.
"Yes! I'll be careful! I absolutely won't let such a thing happen again!" Lin Hai said solemnly, his heart tightening.
"Tell me in detail—what was going on with those few people who cheated?"
"Master Lin, those people began appearing one after another seven days ago!" Lin Hai began explaining the matter to Master Lin in detail.
While Master Lin and Lin Hai discussed how to deal with those people who had been cheating, Jiang Liu and Wang Zhuang had already collapsed limply onto the ground.
Wang Zhuang climbed to his feet with barely any strength left and headed toward his room.
Jiang Liu instead sat cross-legged where he was, activated the circulation method of the Five Elements Fist, and began circulating his qi and blood.
Auxiliary System: Name: Jiang Liu Realm: Body Refinement (Bone Tempering 0.8/206) Alchemy (Beginner 37/100) Five Elements Fist (Minor Mastery 153/300)
After circulating his qi and blood twice, Jiang Liu stood up and headed to the Dining Hall to eat today's supplementary medicinal soup.
The next morning.
At Apprentice Plaza, Master Ma had already been waiting there early.
After everyone had arrived, Master Ma said, "Your Five Elements Fist has all reached minor mastery now, so you can begin cultivating movement techniques!"
Then he turned to Xiao Qing and said, "Hand out the Wandering Steps!"
"The rules don't need to be repeated. I emphasized them before. I'll demonstrate it twice now. If you have any problems during cultivation, you can come find me afterward."
Jiang Liu took the Wandering Steps manual from Xiao Qing and flipped through it roughly. The Auxiliary System immediately responded: Movement technique detected: Wandering Steps. Record it?
Jiang Liu hurriedly confirmed it. But after it was recorded, his expression darkened. This movement technique was even harder to cultivate than the fist technique!
Sure enough: Wandering Steps (Uninitiated 0/20). The required proficiency at the very beginning was already twice that of the fist technique.
Didn't that mean it was twice as difficult to cultivate as the fist technique?
It seemed he would have to distribute his time more rationally in the future.
Master Ma demonstrated the Wandering Steps twice before leaving.
All the apprentices began practicing the Wandering Steps individually according to Master Ma's demonstration!
Afterward, they began chasing and sparring with one another in pairs.
The scene was lively, with attacks and counters flowing back and forth.
Jiang Liu also familiarized himself with it once, then began sparring with Wang Zhuang.
Jiang Liu spent practically the entire day practicing the Wandering Steps.
He only found time to practice two sets of the Five Elements Fist.
Circulating his qi and blood was the same as usual. After all, it could restore his qi and blood while also tempering his bones. It killed two birds with one stone.
Jiang Liu didn't know whether other people tempered their bones as easily as he did.
In any case, he hadn't suffered much hardship while tempering his bones. It even felt rather comfortable.
That night, Jiang Liu returned to his room and checked the system.
Auxiliary System: Name: Jiang Liu Realm: Body Refinement (Bone Tempering 1.4/206) Alchemy (Beginner 37/100) Five Elements Fist (Minor Mastery 155/300) Wandering Steps (Uninitiated 6/20)
Seeing that his cultivation results for the day were decent, he decided to practice the Wandering Steps a few more times tomorrow. He would be able to enter the beginner stage the day after.
So he had finished tempering his breastbone! The breastbone faintly seemed to emit white light, as if coated with a layer of white plating that was gradually transitioning toward a crystalline jade color.
One of the ribs on the left had also begun to change. Jiang Liu's heart leaped. Had he begun tempering a second bone?
Jiang Liu sat cross-legged on the bed and slowly circulated the method for moving his qi and blood, accelerating the progress of his bone tempering.
After circulating it twice, he rested. After all, he couldn't let tomorrow's cultivation progress fall behind.
He still hadn't reached the inhuman stage where he could go without sleep for an entire night and still have enough energy to cultivate the next day.
Doing so once or twice occasionally was possible, but failing to rest for a long period would only cause irreparable damage to the body.
Perhaps once his entire body had been transformed, sitting in meditation to cultivate would be able to replace rest completely.
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