Using Pills to Cultivate

Jiang Liu returned to his small courtyard alone, took out a Qi and Blood Pill, wanting to test its efficacy, but after thinking about it, he put it back.

Qi and Blood Pills were so expensive; he couldn't waste them. He'd practice the Five Elements Fist once before taking it.

Jiang Liu began practicing the Five Elements Fist according to its stances.

After finishing one round, he felt that the Blood Essence he had just recovered was almost completely consumed. Jiang Liu took out a Qi and Blood Pill and tossed it into his mouth.

It felt almost like eating a candy bean. Just as he was about to chew it, the Qi and Blood Pill melted automatically as soon as it entered his mouth. Jiang Liu immediately felt a warm current flowing from his internal organs, quickly spreading throughout his body.

Jiang Liu immediately followed this warm current and began practicing the Five Elements Fist according to its stances. He continuously practiced three rounds of the fist technique before the warm current dissipated.

Although it couldn't compare to the Five Elements Fist medicinal soup, it wasn't much different. Jiang Liu thought to himself.

Jiang Liu looked at the sky; it was time to go to the dining hall for a meal.

On the way, he met Wang Zhuang, who asked, "Didn't see you just now! Something up?"

Jiang Liu replied, "Master Lin asked me about something."

"Oh!" Wang Zhuang didn't follow up with more questions.

After having dinner together, the two returned to their small courtyard and continued sparring.

Lin Hai returned to the Hunting Eagle Hall's base and reported to Master Lin.

"Master Lin! It's all arranged."

"Okay! Continue to keep an eye on him, don't let what happened with An Ran happen again!" Master Lin said in a deep voice.

An Ran was a key training target of the Hunting Eagle Hall, but just as they were beginning to show promise, they were targeted by hostile forces and died in a gang fight.

"Yes! I will pay attention! I will definitely not let that happen again!" Lin Hai said solemnly in his heart.

"Tell me in detail, what's going on with those people who are cheating?"

"Master Lin, those people started appearing one after another seven days ago!" Lin Hai began to explain to Master Lin in detail.

While Master Lin and Lin Hai were discussing how to deal with those who were cheating, Jiang Liu and Wang Zhuang were already sprawled on the ground.

Wang Zhuang got up weakly and walked towards his room.

Jiang Liu sat cross-legged in place, operating the Five Elements Fist's method of circulating Blood Essence, and began to run it.

Auxiliary System:

Name: Jiang Liu

Realm: Body Refinement (Bone Forging 0.8/206)

Alchemy (Entry Level 37/100)

Five Elements Fist (Minor Accomplishment 153/300)

After running the Blood Essence circulation twice, Jiang Liu stood up and walked towards the dining hall to eat today's tonic medicinal soup.

The next day, in the morning, Master Ma was already waiting in the Apprentice Plaza.

After everyone had arrived, Master Ma said, "Now that your Five Elements Fist has reached Minor Accomplishment, you can start cultivating footwork techniques!"

After speaking, he turned to Xiao Qing and said, "Distribute the Wandering Steps!"

"The rules, I don't need to say more, I've emphasized them before. I will demonstrate it to you twice now. If you have any questions during the cultivation process, you can come and find me later."

Jiang Liu took the Wandering Steps manual from Xiao Qing and flipped through it roughly. The system immediately reacted. "Found martial skill, Wandering Steps, record?"

Jiang Liu quickly confirmed, but after recording it, Jiang Liu's face darkened. This movement technique was even more difficult to cultivate than the fist technique!

It showed:

Wandering Steps (Not Initiated 0/20)

. The initial required proficiency was twice that of the fist technique.

Wasn't the cultivation difficulty twice as hard as the fist technique?

It seemed that he had to allocate his time more reasonably in the future.

Master Ma demonstrated the Wandering Steps twice and then left.

The apprentices began practicing the Wandering Steps individually according to Master Ma's demonstration!

After that, they began chasing each other in pairs and sparring.

It looked lively, with people coming and going.

Jiang Liu also familiarized himself with it once and then sparred with Wang Zhuang.

Jiang Liu spent almost the entire day practicing Wandering Steps.

He only took the time to practice the Five Elements Fist twice.

Circulating Blood Essence was the same as usual, after all, it could restore Blood Essence and forge bones. It was a win-win situation.

Jiang Liu didn't know if other people's Bone Forging was as easy as his.

Anyway, he didn't suffer much from Bone Forging. He even felt quite comfortable.

Jiang Liu returned to his room at night and glanced at the system.

Auxiliary System:

Name: Jiang Liu

Realm: Body Refinement (Bone Forging 1.4/206)

Alchemy (Entry Level 37/100)

Five Elements Fist (Minor Success 155/300)

Wandering Steps (Not yet initiated 6/20)

Seeing today's cultivation results were decent, Jiang Liu thought he'd continue practicing Wandering Steps a few more times tomorrow, and he should be able to get the hang of it the day after.

So, the sternum Bone Forging is complete! Jiang Liu saw the sternum faintly emitting a white light, as if coated with a layer of white, gradually transitioning to a crystalline jade color.

The rib on the left also began to change, and Jiang Liu was overjoyed. Is this the start of the second Bone Forging?

Jiang Liu sat cross-legged on the bed, slowly circulating Blood Essence to accelerate the Bone Forging process.

After two cycles, he rested. After all, he couldn't afford to fall behind on tomorrow's cultivation progress.

He hadn't yet reached the inhuman level where even a night without rest wouldn't affect his energy for cultivation the next day.

Doing it once or twice occasionally was fine, but long-term lack of rest would only cause irreparable damage to the body.

Perhaps only when the entire body was transformed would meditation be able to completely replace rest.