Lesser Accomplishment in Internal Arts

The young woman was startled at first, but a powerful sense of security soon welled up inside her.

"Go to sleep!"

As Meng Qingshan spoke those two words, a strange magic seemed to swirl around them. The young woman slowly closed her eyes.

Meng Qingshan lowered his head and gazed at the poor girl in his arms, gently wiping away the tear tracks at the corners of her eyes.

A sharp pang rose in his heart. The original owner's death had clearly caused her too much pain, so much so that even now she still reacted so strongly whenever he was injured.

He looked at the young woman before him, and an inexplicable feeling stirred in his heart.

Suddenly, a thought surfaced in his mind. Perhaps setting up an escort agency here and raising those children until they were grown would be a good idea.

By then, Meng Qingshan's drowsiness had gradually faded.

He got up, left the room, and went to the Training Ground to take stock of his condition.

With a thought, the Character Panel transformed into a blue screen of light before his eyes.

Three parts of the Character Panel had changed.

They were Blood Qi Value, True Qi Value, and the Cultivation Bar.

First was Blood Qi Value.

In today's battle, he had sustained four knife wounds in total.

The most serious was the slash Chen Sandao had dealt to his shoulder, which had nearly cut to the bone.

During the fierce fight, Meng Qingshan hadn't thought his injuries were that serious.

But when he applied medicine, the intense pain made him tremble all over and break out in a cold sweat.

Now, looking at his stats, his Blood Qi Value was down to just 51 points—less than half.

Before cultivating the Long Wind Heart Method, losing over 60 points of blood would have left him dead.

Thinking of this, Meng Qingshan couldn't help but admire his own foresight.

Next was True Qi Value.

During the fight, Meng Qingshan had noticed that True Qi was consumed at a rate of one point per minute. In other words, at full strength, he could circulate True Qi and fight someone for nearly an hour.

He had 19 points of True Qi left, which meant today's fierce battle had lasted only about half an hour.

Last was the Cultivation Bar.

Today, Meng Qingshan had shot quite a few wild animals in Great Green Mountain, gaining a total of 680 points of cultivation. Compared with his usual meditation and cultivation, this was undoubtedly a substantial haul.

Next came the 2,700 cultivation points he had been awarded for killing eight men from Black Wind Stronghold.

Of those eight, Chen Sandao alone had contributed 1,000 cultivation points, while the other seven had each provided rewards of 300 or 400 points.

Thinking back to last night's harrowing battle at the foot of Great Green Mountain, Meng Qingshan still felt the danger of it. Yet he couldn't deny that gaining cultivation points by killing enemies like these was far easier than hunting.

After all, he had spent the whole day busy in Great Green Mountain, hunting at least twenty wild animals of all sizes, yet had only just managed to earn a little over 600 cultivation points.

Of the eight bandits, only Chen Sandao had posed much of a threat to him. The other seven had been as insignificant as clay chickens and pottery dogs. Compared with hunting, he had earned three or four times as many cultivation points, and in even less time.

The thought flashed through his mind. Meng Qingshan clicked his tongue softly, finding himself inexplicably looking forward to Black Wind Stronghold.

Collecting his thoughts, Meng Qingshan came back to himself and looked at the Character Panel again.

Now, including the 13,000 cultivation points he had gained from the "Lingxi Points" Mysterious Encounter, the Cultivation Bar on Meng Qingshan's Character Panel held a hefty 16,380 points.

For a player in the early stages of the game, this was already a considerable haul.

He opened the Long Wind Heart Method in the Martial Arts Illustrated Book.

Meng Qingshan looked closely at the progress bar. After studying the method with his Cousin Li Qingzhu for an hour just now, it had unexpectedly gained over 40 cultivation points.

This boost was even greater than the effect he'd gotten from drinking "Tiger Bone Qi Boosting Wine."

Seeing this, Meng Qingshan thought to himself, I've unlocked another use for my cousin.

Suddenly, an idea occurred to Meng Qingshan. If he had his Cousin study more martial arts manuals...

Then, in future training, with her by his side, could he achieve twice the results with half the effort, just as he had tonight?

Putting aside the distracting thoughts in his mind, Meng Qingshan focused once more on the Long Wind Heart Method.

In Wulin Qixia Zhuan, the level of one's internal arts could almost be considered the player's own level. Thus, the quality and progress of an internal arts method were extremely important to a player.

Therefore, after gaining cultivation points, Meng Qingshan's first instinct had naturally been to level up the Long Wind Heart Method.

He looked at the 124 cultivation points in the progress bar, then at the 1,371 cultivation points shown in parentheses after it. Without hesitation, Meng Qingshan poured the amount needed to break through this level of the Long Wind Heart Method into it.

[You spent 1,247 cultivation points. The Long Wind Heart Method meets the requirements to break through to the seventh layer. Do you wish to break through?]

Yes!

[The path of martial arts is like rowing upstream: if you do not advance, you fall behind. Through perseverance and diligent practice, you have advanced the Long Wind Heart Method from the sixth layer to the seventh layer. Inner Breath +2, Physique +1.]

[You spent 1,740 cultivation points. The Long Wind Heart Method meets the requirements to break through to the eighth layer. Do you wish to break through?]