After seeing President Zhou off, Chu He had no reason to stay any longer.
Whether it was continuing to search for materials containing spiritual energy, honing his combat skills, or earning money, everything had to take a backseat to this upcoming assessment.
On Earth as it is now, one's cultivation realm is the most important thing.
If Chu He were to reach the Planetary Level now, the things he could do would be far more numerous and much simpler than they were currently.
He called to order lunch, and after finishing it, Chu He boarded the train back to the city.
Northeast Base City, main urban area, Villa 207, Jinxiu Residential District.
After dinner, Chu Tianxiong quietly pulled Chu He aside and asked in a low voice, "Good son, can you brew another jar of that Tiger Penis Wine?"
Chu He had originally wondered what it was about, but upon hearing the question, he abruptly looked up and scrutinized his old man for a few moments.
Hmm, his face was glowing, he was full of energy, and his eyes were bright, though there were faint dark circles under them.
Calculating the time, he had been away for over a month, and that Tiger Penis Wine should have been ready just a few days ago.
Looking at it this way, it seemed his old man had been drinking heavily over the past two days and had experienced the benefits of the Tiger Penis Wine?
"Ahem! Dad, while this Tiger Penis Wine is good, you can't overindulge! Haven't you heard the saying, 'Wine and lust have wounded me so deeply'?"
"Hmm! You make a very good point!" Chu Tianxiong rubbed his lower back and nodded in agreement. "That's exactly why I'm asking you for more Tiger Penis Wine!"
"If I don't properly replenish my vitality, I feel like my body is suffering from a significant deficiency!"
"Uh, this..." Chu He was momentarily speechless, then asked with full suspicion, "No, even after drinking the Tiger Penis Wine, you still can't resist doing things that drain your body?"
"That's right!" Chu Tianxiong suddenly realized.
Looking at the wine jar that was about to be emptied, Chu Tianxiong simply poured the remaining two glassfuls from the jar into his thermos.
Watching the goji berries slowly rise, Chu Tianxiong steeled his heart, stomped his foot, and declared, "Starting today, I am quitting alcohol!"
No sooner had the words left his mouth than he picked up the thermos and took a massive gulp.
"Ha! Truly good wine!"
"I'll start quitting from tomorrow then!"
Good grief.
Chu He shook his head.
Looking at the situation, he would have to brew a jar of wine specifically for nourishing his essence.
Fortunately, having spent over a month in the Wilderness Zone, there was an abundance of Blood-Qi Materials in these small forests along the Changbai Mountain Range.
Combined with the tail of a Frost Shadow Deer, it had an exceptional effect on nourishing the essence and replenishing vitality.
"Hmm..."
In the basement, Chu He looked at the newly brewed Deer Tail Wine, rubbing his chin as he pondered.
"This Deer Tail Wine... the grade of the raw materials is a bit high. Could it be too potent?"
"Forget it, I'll just brew a jar of Tiger Penis Wine for Dad as well."
As he took out the ingredients for the Tiger Penis Wine, Chu He thought to himself.
"At this rate... I'll probably have a younger brother or sister next year, right?"
"It really is a strange feeling."
The next morning, Chu He arrived at the second-floor Martial Arts Hall early to practice the Seven Star Blade Technique.
After telling Old Chu yesterday about the new jars of Deer Tail Wine and Tiger Penis Wine, Old Chu had been so delighted that he immediately pulled Chu He aside, insisting on giving him more pointers on the Seven Star Blade Technique.
It wasn't until nine o'clock in the evening that Old Chu finally wobbled back to his bedroom, looking remarkably spirited.
Truth be told, although what Old Chu taught this time wasn't much different from before, Chu He listened with great interest, drawing on his own experience of over a month of slaughter in the Wilderness Zone.
By cross-referencing his experiences with the lesson, he even grasped details that Old Chu hadn't mentioned, mastering them on his own and demonstrating them right in front of him.
Old Chu had sighed repeatedly, exclaiming that Chu He had finally had a breakthrough.
Having slaughtered at least several thousand Monsters, Chu He's footwork, which had barely reached the Micro-Level, and his force output, which had reached 2.1 times, both saw a massive surge.
His footwork stepped directly into the Perfect Level, allowing him to utilize the environment flawlessly and execute the most precise evasive maneuvers.
His force output reached 2.5 times, thanks to his mastery of over two thousand sequences of blade style rotations.
As for his blade technique...
Well, among the four realms—Basic, Conception, Domain, and World—Chu He was still some distance away from the Conception Level.
For now, it could only be said that he had reached an astonishing height in terms of blade technique and control over his strength.
As a special family heirloom, the Guidance Technique of the Seven Star Blade Technique could only be considered barely passable.
The reason it was rated as S-rank by Chu Jingfeng was entirely due to the connection between the blade technique realm and the force output multiplier.
Other manuals, and indeed the vast majority of manuals, kept the blade technique realm and the force output multiplier completely separate.
In other words, no matter how high your force multiplier is, your blade technique realm remains exactly what it is.
It is just like when Luo Feng went to the War God Training Camp; his instructors evaluated his force multiplier as acceptable, but his blade technique realm as a complete mess.
The Seven Star Blade Technique created by Chu Jingfeng fully absorbs the advantages of blade technique realms found in Ancient Martial Arts.
This point can also be seen from the training method of the Seven Star Blade Technique.
The seven blade forms cycle endlessly, and each unique cycle naturally possesses its own unique way of exerting force, which is how the force multiplier is trained.
The more complete sequences one can execute, the more profound one's understanding of the blade technique realm becomes.
If Chu He can master all 5,040 cyclic combinations of the seven blade forms—Greedy Wolf, Giant Gate, Lu-Cun, Wen-Qu, Lian-Zhen, Wu-Qu, and Broken Army—his blade technique realm will naturally reach the Conception Level.
As for movement techniques, the principle is the same.
The seven different steps—Tian-Shu Step, Tian-Xuan Step, Tian-Ji Step, Tian-Quan Step, Yu-Heng Step, Kai-Yang Step, and Yao-Guang Step—will naturally lead his movement technique to the Conception Level once they are fully mastered.
It is a pity that while Chu He currently uses each of the seven sets of steps exceptionally well individually, he struggles when they need to be used interchangeably.
For example, he might start by stepping in the sequence of the Tian-Shu Step, but then suddenly switch mid-way to follow the rules of the Tian-Xuan Step for a few paces.
This kind of cross-utilization requires Chu He to have a clear realization: these seven sets of steps are, in fact, a single movement technique!
As a single system, they should naturally be interchangeable.
At present, although Chu He understands this principle, he has consistently failed to connect the seven sets of steps in actual application.
Walking through these seven sets of steps over and over again, Chu He's breathing remained steady, but tiny beads of sweat had already appeared on his forehead and temples.
Gradually, his martial arts uniform became soaked with sweat. Although his footwork remained steady, a hint of impatience had begun to grow in his heart.
After a long while, Chu He finished another round of the Seven Star Steps. He returned to a straight standing posture, feet slightly apart, and slowly retracted his arms, letting them hang naturally at his sides.
"Sigh." Chu He shook his head. "My movement technique is still stuck at the Perfect Level..."
"How exactly are these seven sets of steps supposed to be mixed together?"
Although his movement technique had not advanced to the Conception Level, Chu He was already satisfied.
This was, after all, the result of only a little over a month of training.
Given time, it would not be difficult for both his blade technique and movement technique to step into the Conception Level.
Not to mention, he still possessed the Wine God Inheritance!
Up until now, what Chu He possessed were indeed wine recipes focused on physical attributes such as blood energy, strength, and speed.
However, the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Essence is infinite. Chu He is only eighteen years old, and what he has seen and heard is limited to this small corner of the world.
Who could say for certain that Chu He would not encounter spiritual essences related to spirit, energy, or even the laws in the future?
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