Lesser Accomplishment in Internal Arts

The maiden was startled at first, but then a strong sense of security surged within her heart.

"Sleep!"

As those two words fell from Meng Qingshan's lips, it was as if a magical force enveloped the surroundings, and the maiden slowly closed her eyes.

Meng Qingshan lowered his head to gaze at the pitiful person in his arms, gently wiping away the tear stains at the corners of her eyes.

A sharp pang of pain rose in his heart—clearly, the death of his original body had dealt her too great a blow, leaving her still reacting so strongly to his injuries.

He looked at the maiden before him, and an inexplicable emotion stirred within his chest.

Suddenly, a thought surfaced in his mind: perhaps running a courier escort agency here and raising those children to adulthood would be a good idea.

At this moment, Meng Qingshan's drowsiness gradually faded.

He rose and left the room, arriving at the training ground, where he began to sort out his own condition.

With a thought, the character panel materialized as a blue light screen before his eyes.

In the character panel, three main areas had changed.

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

First, the Blood Qi Value.

In today's battle, he had sustained four sword wounds on his body.

The most severe was the slash on his shoulder from Chen Sandao, which had nearly cut to the bone.

During the fierce fight, Meng Qingshan hadn't felt how serious the injuries were.

However, when applying the medicine, the intense pain made his whole body tremble, and cold sweat poured out.

Now looking, his Blood Qi Value was only 51 points, already below half health.

If he hadn't cultivated the Long Wind Heart Method before, losing over 60 points of blood would have made him a dead man.

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

Next was the True Qi Value.

During the battle, Meng Qingshan had noticed that True Qi consumption was 1 point per minute. That meant, at full strength, he could sustain True Qi in combat for nearly an hour.

Now his True Qi Value was only 19 points, indicating that today's fierce fight had lasted only about half an hour.

Finally, the Cultivation Bar.

Speaking of which, Meng Qingshan had shot quite a few wild game in the Great Green Mountain today, totaling 680 points of cultivation. Compared to his usual meditation practice, this was undoubtedly a fairly bountiful harvest.

Next came the 2700 points of cultivation reward from killing the eight men of Black Wind Stockade.

Among these eight, Chen Sandao alone contributed 1000 points, while the other seven each provided 300 or 400 points of cultivation reward.

Recalling the thrilling battle at the foot of Great Green Mountain last night, Meng Qingshan still felt its danger, but he couldn't deny that the cultivation rewards from such kills were far simpler and easier than hunting.

After all, today he had spent a whole day in Great Green Mountain, hunting at least twenty wild game of various sizes, yet only barely gained over 600 points of cultivation.

These eight mountain bandits, except for Chen Sandao who posed a real threat, were all as insignificant as clay chickens and earthen dogs. Compared to hunting, he had gained three to four times the cultivation, and in even less time.

This thought flashed through his mind, and Meng Qingshan couldn't help but smack his lips, feeling a faint, unexpected anticipation toward that Black Wind Stockade.

Reining in his thoughts, Meng Qingshan snapped back to focus and continued looking at the character panel.

Now, with the 13,000 points of cultivation from the 'Lingxi Points' Mysterious Encounter added in, the Cultivation Bar on Meng Qingshan's character panel held a generous 16,380 points.

For an early-stage game player, this cultivation was already a considerable gain.

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

Meng Qingshan fixed his gaze on the progress bar. After studying this technique with his cousin Li Qingzhu for an hour just now, it had inexplicably gained over 40 points of cultivation.

This boost even far exceeded the training effect he achieved after drinking "Tiger Bone Qi Boosting Wine."

Seeing this, Meng Qingshan thought to himself—another use for his cousin unlocked.

Suddenly, a notion arose in Meng Qingshan's mind: if he let his cousin dabble in more martial arts secret manuals...

Then in future training, with her company, could he achieve twice the results with half the effort, just like tonight?

Pushing aside the Distractions in his mind, Meng Qingshan refocused his thoughts on the Long Wind Heart Method.

In Wulin Qixia Zhuan, the level of internal cultivation could almost be seen as the player's own level, so the quality and progress of the Internal cultivation technique were extremely important to the player.

Thus, with cultivation points in hand, Meng Qingshan's first instinct was naturally to level up the Long Wind Heart Method.

Looking at the 124 points of cultivation in the progress bar, and then at the 1371 points in the bracket behind it, Meng Qingshan immediately poured the cultivation needed to break through the current layer into it.

[You have consumed 1247 points of cultivation. Long Wind Heart Method meets the conditions for breakthrough to the seventh layer. Do you wish to break through?]

Yes!

[On the Martial Dao, it is like sailing against the current—if you do not advance, you retreat. With perseverance and diligent practice, you have broken through Long Wind Heart Method from the sixth layer to the seventh layer. Inner Breath +2, Physique +1.]

[You have consumed 1740 points of cultivation. Long Wind Heart Method meets the conditions for breakthrough to the eighth layer. Do you wish to break through?]