Blood Nourishment Like Mercury, Minor Accomplishment in Boxing!

Chu Fan slowly threw his punches, completing every move of the Twelve Forms Boxing before sitting on a bluestone, panting heavily.

"Damn it..."

Cao Feng, who had been watching everything from the pavilion, blinked.

When Chu Fan had practiced just now, he had not seen the Dragon Form or Bird Platform Form.

Yet the other ten forms had all reached Entry!

How was that possible?!

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"This kid... could he have already brought all Twelve Forms to Entry?"

Cao Feng's heart gave a violent leap as a possibility came to him.

The Entry difficulty for Twelve Forms Boxing was not actually that high.

It was from Minor Accomplishment to Major Accomplishment, and Major Accomplishment to Perfection, that the difficulty multiplied several times over.

But to bring all twelve forms of Twelve Forms Boxing to Entry within a single day...

There had never been such a monstrous genius in the Seven Star Gang!

Cao Feng's eyes were filled with disbelief as he rose and walked out of the pavilion.

[Skill: Twelve Forms Boxing (Entry) (Trait: None)]

[Progress: (7/100)]

[Twelve Forms Boxing Experience +4]

Chu Fan looked at the panel, deep in thought.

When Twelve Forms Boxing had broken through to Entry, practicing it once had gained him four experience points.

Practicing it once after lunch had gained him three points.

This round of cultivation had gained him another four points!

It seemed that as his understanding of the boxing technique deepened, and his punches and footwork worked together more perfectly, the increase in experience would also rise.

The minimum was one point, but the maximum might not be limited to four.

If he practiced five or six times a day, he would only need five days to cultivate Twelve Forms Boxing to "Minor Accomplishment"!

After catching his breath, Chu Fan rose and prepared to head to the dining hall.

"Chu Fan!"

He had only taken one step when Cao Feng's voice came from behind him.

Chu Fan stopped, turned around, and saluted. "What are your instructions, Instructor?"

Cao Feng walked over.

He lightly squeezed Chu Fan's shoulder and nodded. "In only one day, your Blood Qi has grown by this much..."

"I saw you practicing Twelve Forms Boxing just now. Have all twelve forms reached Entry?"

Knowing he could not hide it, Chu Fan answered honestly, "Yes."

All twelve forms really had reached Entry...

A trace of disbelief flashed through Cao Feng's eyes.

After a moment of silence, he said, "Both bone examinations said your natural talent was ordinary..."

"I really misjudged you!"

"You can buy the Blood Nourishing Medicinal Soup from the dining hall yourself. You can drink at most three bowls a day."

"Did you know that?"

"I heard someone mention it." Chu Fan nodded.

Cao Feng nodded as well. "Twelve Forms Boxing is the most suitable for Martial Dao Foundation Establishment."

"Practicing this boxing technique can continuously improve your Blood Qi, sinews and bones, even your Five Senses."

"Therefore, all five stages of Martial Dao Foundation Establishment can be challenged through it."

"But if you want to break through faster, relying on Twelve Forms Boxing alone will ultimately be too slow... especially the last two stages. Without External Objects, many people may find it difficult to break through even in their entire lives."

"So if you want to become stronger, if you want to break through faster, you need to eat more beast meat and use the Seven Star Gang's Blood Nourishing Medicinal Soup together with Twelve Forms Boxing."

"You should buy some too and drink more every day..."

Seeing the strange look in Chu Fan's eyes, Cao Feng stopped before he could finish.

"No money?"

Cao Feng grinned.

He had forgotten about that.

Although Chu Fan was a local, his life was not much better than that of the Vagrants.

Where would he get money to buy medicinal soup?

As he was thinking, Cao Feng's gaze met Chu Fan's.

Their eyes met, and Cao Feng felt the hairs on his body stand on end. "What are you planning?"

Chu Fan said shamelessly, "Instructor, how about lending me some money?"

"You want to borrow money from me?" Cao Feng was so angered he laughed.

In the Seven Star Gang, only Cao Feng borrowed money from others. No one had ever dared borrow money from him!

And this kid had only arrived here yesterday!

Was the Old man that familiar with you?

And you dared ask to borrow money?

Cao Feng sneered. "How much do you want to borrow?"

He grabbed his wine gourd and took two fierce gulps of strong liquor, then looked at Chu Fan with a half-smile, wanting to see just how shameless this fellow could be.

Chu Fan said, "Instructor, could you lend me twenty taels of silver?"

"Once I break through Blood Nourishment and become a Seven Star Gang disciple, I'll be able to take missions and earn money."

"I'll repay you with interest then..."

"Pfft!" The liquor Cao Feng had just drunk sprayed straight out of his mouth.

This kid had extraordinary talent.

But his shamelessness far exceeded Cao Feng's imagination!

Newcomers came to the Seven Star Gang batch after batch. How many dared speak to him like this?

And how many dared borrow money from him?

Not to mention opening their mouths and asking for twenty taels!

Cao Feng clutched the wine gourd, truly wanting to slap this kid.

Suddenly, he caught sight of a woman leading a large group of people across the other side of the Training Ground.

The moment he saw that woman, Cao Feng's gaze turned cold.

Noticing the shift in his expression, Chu Fan carefully asked, "Who is that lady? She looks quite imposing and domineering."

Cao Feng snorted. "The Punishment Hall Master, Lin Luoxue."

Chu Fan sensed that there seemed to be a story between Cao Feng and Lin Luoxue, but wisely did not continue asking.

"Whew!"

Cao Feng heavily exhaled a breath of turbid air. "Starting tomorrow, you and Zhao Tianxing may each receive one bowl of Blood Nourishing Medicinal Soup in the morning, noon, and evening, until you break through Blood Nourishment."

Joy appeared in Chu Fan's eyes. He bowed and saluted. "Thank you, Instructor!"

Cao Feng gave a slight nod. "Cultivate well. Don't disappoint me."

Perhaps these two kids could give me a little surprise...

Cao Feng glanced at Chu Fan, then swayed back toward the pavilion.

His formerly lonely and weathered back now seemed to possess a trace more vitality.

Beneath the Setting Sun, it bloomed with an unusual radiance.

But at that moment, Chu Fan's voice came over again. "Instructor, I won't need to pay back this money, right?"

"..." Cao Feng stumbled and nearly fell over!

By the time he turned around in furious exasperation, Chu Fan had already slipped away!

"You little bastard!"

Cao Feng gritted his teeth.

His giving benefits to Chu Fan and Zhao Tianxing had been selfish from the start. He wanted to properly nurture them, and he did not care about such a small amount of silver.

But why did Chu Fan's words give him such a strong urge to beat someone up?

"Looks like Instructor Cao saw that I reached Entry in Twelve Forms Boxing within a day and wants to properly nurture Zhao Tianxing and me..."

A trace of delight flashed through Chu Fan's eyes.

In a place like the Seven Star Gang, gaining Instructor Cao's favor was an opportunity to step onto the smooth road of cultivation.

Ordinary disciples would find it rare even to exchange a few words with him, let alone receive his personal instruction.

The key points of Blood Qi circulation in martial arts and the essential meanings behind breaking down Moves could save one years of detours with just a single word from him.

Even when walking through the gang in the future, others would have to show him some respect, and he would have more chances to come into contact with cultivation resources rarely seen by ordinary people.

And that Blood Nourishing Medicinal Soup could not only increase Blood Qi and accelerate the recovery of his foundation, but also provide quite a bit of Spiritual Essence.

Drinking two extra bowls a day would certainly speed up his cultivation progress by a great deal!

Then the money from selling his ancestral home could be used on medicines for later stages.

In the blink of an eye.

Another four days passed.

"Whew!"

His fist shot out, and a fierce wind swept forth...

[Twelve Forms Boxing Experience +4]

"Finally, Minor Accomplishment..."

Chu Fan sat cross-legged and closed his eyes.

At the instant Twelve Forms Boxing broke through from "Entry" to "Minor Accomplishment."

Countless flickering images appeared in his mind once more.

It had taken only four days to go from Entry to Minor Accomplishment.

Over these four days, every punch he had thrown, every step he had taken, every breath of Breathing Exercise he had exhaled, all reappeared in his mind as though time had reversed.

Then, One move at a time, they were continuously corrected.

Flaws were gradually filled in one by one...

In merely a few breaths.

Chu Fan's understanding and mastery of "Twelve Forms Boxing" had been forcibly raised by an entire level!

Sure enough, every breakthrough in realm was a transformation from quantitative change to qualitative change!

Though practicing boxing was exhausting, he delighted in it.

Especially when he could see himself improving bit by bit, Chu Fan became so immersed that he could not pull himself free.

With the Mountains and Rivers Map, Heaven rewarded diligence—this was a road leading straight to the heavens!

[Spiritual Essence: 9.7]

[Pollution Level: 0/100]

[Cultivation: Foundation Establishment First Stage, Blood Nourishment 42%]

[Skill: Chopping Wood Saber Technique (Perfection)+ (Trait: None)]

[Progress: (1000/1000)]

[Skill: Literacy Technique (Minor Accomplishment) (Trait: None)]

[Progress: (169/200)]

[Skill: Twelve Forms Boxing (Minor Accomplishment) (Trait: None)]

[Progress: (2/300)]

Looking at the data on the panel.

Chu Fan felt heroic spirit surge in his chest, and he wanted nothing more than to throw back his head and howl at the sky.

It had only been four days since Twelve Forms Boxing reached Entry.

Yet his progress in Blood Qi and boxing had truly advanced a thousand miles in a day!

Even his sinews and bones had strengthened considerably.

The first stage of Martial Dao Foundation Establishment, "Blood Nourishment," centered on nourishing blood until it was like mercury and condensing Qi and Blood Force.

Yet in truth, every part of a cultivator's body advanced...

Blood nourishment like mercury, skin hard as stone;

Five Senses heightened, bones like steel!

Chu Fan opened his eyes and looked down at his thin, wiry body.

Yet the surging power within him could already be clearly felt.

At 42% "Blood Nourishment," he still could not condense the first strand of Qi and Blood Force.

But once Blood Qi was born, he had already surpassed ordinary people by a great margin!

Chu Fan rose and walked before a bluestone taller than a person. Naturally assuming the Opening stance of Twelve Forms Boxing, he sank his waist and planted his stance.

Then, with Bear Form Chop Fist, he blasted a punch toward the bluestone!

In that instant, just as when practicing boxing...

A warm current coursed through his entire body before rapidly gathering in his Right fist!

Boom!

With a dull thud, atop the bluestone slab.

Spiderweb-like cracks split open across its surface!

He had not put his full strength into that punch, yet it had already been enough to Split Stone.

Chu Fan rubbed his slightly aching fist.

His cultivation time had ultimately been too short...

Though his tendons, bones, and skin had grown somewhat tougher, they still could not match his explosively growing Blood Qi.

Blood Nourishment, Blood Refining, Tendon Tempering, Bone Tempering, Entering Force...

Of the five stages of Martial Dao Foundation Establishment, none could be taken lightly.

If one could not break through these five stages, one could not be considered a martial artist.

To forge those "Steel Tendons and Iron Bones," he still had to rely on "Tendon Tempering" and "Bone Tempering."

And these two stages required far more time than "Blood Nourishment"!

Chu Fan bent down, grabbed a Stone Lock, and with a slight exertion of his arm, lifted the hundred-jin stone lock above his head.

Then he bent his arm and flung the stone lock upward like a spring!

The Stone Lock shot five meters into the air before plunging back down, only to be caught steadily in his hand.

An ordinary strong man might be able to lift a hundred-jin Stone Lock with one hand.

But to throw it straight up five meters was harder than climbing to the heavens!

Chu Fan set down the Stone Lock and nodded slightly.

Though his Qi and Blood Force had yet to condense, he could already sense its immense power.

Other than his own hard work and the Mountains and Rivers Map, he also owed much to the two bowls of Blood Nourishing Medicinal Soup Instructor Cao Feng had given him.

For four consecutive days, three bowls of Blood Nourishing Medicinal Soup each day, paired with training in Twelve Forms Boxing, had sent Chu Fan's Blood Qi soaring madly.

Chu Fan guessed that his current Blood Qi, even if it did not match Liu Da and those hooligans, should not have been too far behind...

As his Blood Qi strengthened, the most obvious change was the number of times he could practice his boxing.

Previously, after practicing Twelve Forms Boxing once in the morning, he had needed to rest for at least an hour before practicing again.

Yet this morning, he had practiced three times in a row, and his fatigue was not even as great as it had been after one round in the past!

His frame remained thin and weak, but his Blood Qi had already become extraordinarily vigorous—ten times what it had been when he first entered the Seven Star Gang!

When he performed Twelve Forms Boxing, he could faintly sense the sound of Blood Qi surging like the tide.

In a few more days, once he condensed his first wisp of Qi and Blood Force, killing hooligans like Liu Da would be as easy as taking something from a bag!

Besides the improvement in Twelve Forms Boxing and Blood Qi, "Literacy Technique" had also broken through to Minor Accomplishment.

If he spent more time at noon today, perhaps he could let "Literacy Technique" break through to Major Accomplishment.

As for "Blood Nourishment"...

At this rate, in another eight days, it could reach 100%!

Chu Fan brushed the dust from his palms and headed toward the dining hall.

His Spiritual Essence had reached 9.7...

After drinking one bowl of Blood Nourishing Medicinal Soup, it would break through 10.

"Chopping Wood Saber Technique" could finally Break Limit...