Great Accomplishment

"You shouldn't say such things," Escort Huang hastily warned. "That is Head Escort Wang's son, so you shouldn't offend him."

"Master Huang, I don't want to offend people either, but that is two jin of Lingxi meat, worth ten liang of silver. I come from a humble background, and now that I've finally become an escort with hopes of reaching the Martial Dao, silver is what I lack most."

Jiang Ping still felt quite resentful.

Cutting off someone's livelihood was like killing their parents, let alone when he was this desperate for money.

There were some matters where he could choose to make concessions, but if anyone dared to block his path of the Martial Dao, they would be an enemy of life and death.

Hearing this, Huang Youren pondered slightly, then said:

"Perhaps that person forgot about this matter, so you should wait a few more days."

"Yesterday evening I completed the registration. If he forgot about it then, he should have sent it over by today," Jiang Ping said. He could not wait; that was ten liang of silver.

"How about this, I will make up that ten liang of silver for you, and we let this matter drop. How does that sound?"

"Senior, this is clearly the wrongdoing of that escort's progeny, how can I let you make up for it?"

Jiang Ping was unwilling to accept this.

He had already received the other's silver, how could he let the other bleed again?

There was no such logic.

Escort Huang sighed and said, "I am considering it for your sake. Your talent is somewhat better than mine, and perhaps in the future you can even reach the Eighth Rank, but you are too young and have just become an escort. You shouldn't offend petty people, in case you displease Wang Qing and make things difficult for you in the Escort Agency from now on."

"Many thanks for Master Huang's concern!" Hearing these words, Jiang Ping felt a slight warmth in his heart and solemnly bowed in salute.

He knew that this was Escort Huang considering the future of him, a younger generation, as an elder, rather than truly being afraid of trouble and refusing to stand up for him.

"However," Jiang Ping was unwilling to endure to this extent, and said, "This ten liang of silver was originally mine, so how can I let Master Huang make it up?"

"What's more, it was clearly he who offended me, not I who offended him!"

"You youngster really have a spine and aren't afraid of trouble," Escort Huang sighed slightly, then said, "True enough, if you back down every time you encounter trouble, how could you ever accomplish anything."

He mused for a moment, then raised his head and said:

"How about this, after you go back later, go to the accounting room and inquire about this matter. If the other party makes it up afterward, then it was just a misunderstanding. If it isn't made up within three days, come look for me."

"Alright," Jiang Ping nodded. Of course he also hoped it was a misunderstanding that could be resolved satisfactorily.

A short while later, after bidding farewell to Escort Huang, Jiang Ping headed straight for the accounting room in the outer courtyard and saw Head Escort Wang's progeny once more.

He recounted the matter, and the other party immediately promised to make up for it later.

Jiang Ping had not expected things to go so smoothly. Unexpectedly, just as he was leaving, the other party suddenly said, "Right, my name is Wang Shengzhu."

Jiang Ping froze for a moment.

What was the intention of announcing his name at this moment? It went without saying.

"Mhm," Jiang Ping softly murmured an "mhm," then walked out of the room.

"It seems this matter won't be resolved smoothly, but I'll wait three days first."

Jiang Ping thought to himself. The other party seemed unwilling to give it up, but he was even less inclined to tolerate it; what was his was his, and no one could snatch it away.

"I'll raise my strength first. Strength is the foundation."

Upon returning to the single house, Jiang Ping practiced the Nourishing Life Technique on the flat ground in front of the house.

He had just eaten the Lingxi meat, so he was in no rush to switch to cultivating the stance technique; he wanted to test the effects of the nutritious food first.

As the technique circulated, a strand of blood qi that did not belong to him gradually grew stronger within his body.

Jiang Ping instantly understood that this was the refinement of the power of the Lingxi meat.

Only a moment passed before his brow furrowed slightly.

The Lingxi meat was indeed extraordinary, containing blood qi several times higher than the three portions of nutritious food he usually ate.

Yet compared to his own blood qi, it seemed like a drop in the ocean, having no great impact.

"Is it because my realm has grown higher, so eating just a few liangs of Lingxi meat is not effective enough? I must eat according to the standard mentioned by Head Escort Liang to have an obvious impact."

Jiang Ping thought to himself, then sighed again. Let alone Head Escort Liang's standard way of eating, he couldn't even manage Escort Huang's way.

Yet he still broke through!

Blood Qi Great Accomplishment!

A majestic surge of blood qi exploded within his body, like crashing waves and raging billows, surging and winding through his four limbs and hundreds of bones, seeming to form a cycle.

Jiang Ping could clearly feel that his physical body had been strengthened amidst these repeated washings, and the blood qi itself had also been purified as a result, becoming much more formidable in power.

He gently clenched his fist, instantly knowing that his fist force was approaching two thousand jin.

Naturally, the strength brought by Blood Qi Great Accomplishment was far more than that.

Jiang Ping turned and returned to the house, closing the door tightly.

He took a deep breath, then regulated his breathing according to the method of the Nourishing Life Technique, before feeling his chest and abdomen roar and his blood qi boil like surging flames.

Following that, a layer of scarlet brilliance was seen surrounding his entire body, wrapping him impenetrably.

Blood Armor!

A method that only a Ninth-Rank Great Accomplishment martial artist could display!

Clang!

Jiang Ping immediately drew the black saber he had just obtained, and used one third of his power to hack toward his own blood armor.

Clang, clang, clang!

Sparks flew in all directions, yet that layer of blood armor remained completely unharmed, while the black saber instead developed two notches.

"It truly can block blades and swords."

Jiang Ping's expression was filled with joy as he swung with half his power, still failing to shake it, until he used his full strength and finally revealed a thin crack.

"This blood armor is strong!" he praised, then shook his head slightly.

The blood armor was powerful, but it also consumed a lot of blood qi. After just this brief moment, he felt that one-thirtieth of the blood qi in his body had been consumed.

"The advantages and disadvantages are obvious; the might is formidable, but it doesn't last. Maintaining it continuously can only last for twenty minutes," Jiang Ping concluded.

Hum!

At this moment, he displayed blade light once more, wanting to further determine the limit of the blood armor.

Crack!

As wave after wave of blade light struck the blood armor, more and more cracks appeared. After more than forty blade lights, the blood armor could no longer endure.

"No wonder one of the hard requirements for the Escort Agency's assessment is to master blade light. Such a technique possesses immense lethality." Jiang Ping increasingly felt the terrifying nature of martial skills.

Afterward, he stopped testing the blood armor. He didn't dare to release saber qi, fearing he would severely injure himself.

After experiencing the power of Blood Qi Great Accomplishment a bit more, Jiang Ping finally took out the stance technique, his heart inevitably beginning to churn with excitement.

This was the mainstream technique of martial artist cultivation; the Nourishing Life Technique was comparatively secondary and not what ordinary martial artists pursued.

He gently turned the pages and read carefully. He had to admit that the Nourishing Life Technique indeed shared commonalities with it, and many parts were understood at a single glance.

Moreover, Jiang Ping's innate talent was extremely high to begin with, allowing him to comprehend things without a master. Before long, according to the descriptions of the stance technique, he began practicing his stance.

Far from being a novice, he instead appeared skilled, resembling a veteran martial artist who had practiced stance techniques for decades. Both his movements and his breathing regulation were extremely standard.

Boom!

Blood qi roared within his body.

Ninth-Grade Blood Cultivation was a cyclical process of consuming blood qi to generate even more blood qi, so as to strengthen oneself.

If the circulation speed of practicing the Nourishing Life Technique was considered onefold, then at this moment, Jiang Ping's speed was more than twofold!

"Terrifying indeed. Every single aspect of the stance technique is somewhat stronger than the Nourishing Life Technique!"

He was pleasantly surprised; perhaps the day of Ninth-Rank Perfection would come even faster.

The Eighth Rank was not far off!