Breaking the Limits of the Human Body, Heaven-Swallowing Blood-Nurturing Technique Perfected!

Host: Zhang Su

Cultivation: Blood Qi Realm, Ninth Layer

Triple Wave: Compatibility 91% (Perfected)

Heaven-Swallowing Blood-Nurturing Technique: Compatibility 100% (Perfected)

Compatibility Points: 8

On the System Panel, Zhang Su's Heaven-Swallowing Blood-Nurturing Technique had already reached perfection.

In fact, as early as seven days ago, Zhang Su had exchanged one thousand contribution points for the Heaven-Swallowing Blood-Nurturing Technique. He had then directly used eight Compatibility Points to raise its compatibility to 100%.

It was only by relying on the perfected Heaven-Swallowing Blood-Nurturing Technique that Zhang Su had broken through the limits of the human body.

At present, the perfected Heaven-Swallowing Blood-Nurturing Technique could cultivate around eight strands of Blood Qi each day.

That was simply too terrifying.

Before this, Zhang Su could only cultivate two strands of Blood Qi per day.

The Heaven-Swallowing Blood-Nurturing Technique truly deserved to be called a peerless cultivation art.

Its cultivation speed was far too fast.

However, its consumption was equally terrifying.

He needed to consume four Blood Replenishing Pills every day.

Zhang Su had used his remaining three hundred contribution points to exchange them all for Blood Replenishing Pills.

Together with the twenty Blood Replenishing Pills he had left over from before, that had barely supported him until now.

But now, the Blood Replenishing Pills had been completely used up as well.

Moreover, tomorrow was the seventh day of the month. He had to go down the mountain.

He might remain at the foot of the mountain for several days.

Yet his cultivation could not be delayed.

Without Blood Replenishing Pills, even with the Heaven-Swallowing Blood-Nurturing Technique perfected, his cultivation progress would be very slow.

Zhang Su could not stand such a slow pace.

Therefore, before going down the mountain, he had to replenish his supply of Blood Replenishing Pills. That way, even after descending the mountain, his cultivation progress would not be delayed.

Furthermore, Zhang Su still had eight Compatibility Points. One of those Compatibility Points had been obtained after the Heaven-Swallowing Blood-Nurturing Technique reached perfection.

Those eight Compatibility Points were also enough to improve a peerless martial skill.

To become one of the Top Ten Outer Sect Disciples, a peerless martial skill was indispensable.

But exchanging for a peerless martial skill required one thousand contribution points.

Exchanging for a batch of Blood Replenishing Pills also required quite a few contribution points.

He did not have a single contribution point left now.

He was utterly penniless.

"Money..."

Zhang Su sighed softly.

They said scholars could be poor, but martial artists had to be rich. It truly was so.

Without money, what martial arts could one possibly train in?

Zhang Su raised his head and looked toward Chu Dachuan and the other two.

"Do you three have any silver?"

"Uh... how could we possibly have silver?"

The three of them shook their heads.

Their pockets were cleaner than their faces.

If they truly had silver, they would have exchanged it for Blood Replenishing Pills long ago.

Why would their Blood Qi cultivation still be progressing so slowly?

"Senior Brother, if you truly lack silver, there is one place that may be able to temporarily solve your problem."

At that moment, Du Tian spoke cautiously.

"Oh? What place?"

Zhang Su asked.

"The Funding Association!"

"The Funding Association?"

Zhang Su searched his memories carefully.

It seemed... he had never heard of it.

He had no impression of it whatsoever.

Du Tian explained, "Senior Brother was once... well, somewhat weak. Only Outer Sect disciples with considerable talent can join. The purpose of this Funding Association is to support talented disciples in the Outer Sect."

"With Senior Brother's current status, if you go to the Funding Association, someone should be willing to sponsor you."

Du Tian's words made Zhang Su's eyes light up.

There was such a good place?

"Du Tian, I'll leave this matter to you. Spread the word to the Funding Association that I need sponsorship. Gather the conditions offered by everyone willing to sponsor me, and I will make the final decision."

Zhang Su entrusted the matter to Du Tian.

Du Tian was overjoyed.

This was an extremely important matter.

If he handled it well, his position in Zhang Su's heart would rise greatly.

"Rest assured, Senior Brother. I'll settle this in the shortest possible time."

After saying that, Du Tian hurriedly left.

Zhang Su waited quietly.

About two hours later, Du Tian hurried back.

There was even a faint smile on his face.

It seemed that the matter Zhang Su had assigned him had been handled.

Sure enough, Du Tian respectfully reported, "Senior Brother, the Mutual Aid Association welcomed you very warmly. News that you needed sponsorship quickly spread through the Mutual Aid Association. However, while many people were willing to sponsor you, the support they were willing to offer was not all that much..."

Du Tian laid out a list.

The list contained the names of people or factions willing to sponsor Zhang Su.

According to the Funding Association's rules, sponsorship was divided into five grades.

Fourth-grade sponsorship was the lowest, third-grade came next, and so on. Under normal circumstances, first-grade sponsorship was the highest grade.

However, it was said that the Funding Association also had a "special-grade sponsorship."

But its requirements were exceptionally harsh.

Throughout the many years of Guiyuan Sect's Outer Sect, no one had ever received special-grade sponsorship.

"How much support does each of these five sponsorship grades provide?"

Zhang Su asked.

"Senior Brother, fourth-grade sponsorship provides five hundred taels of silver each month. Third-grade sponsorship provides one thousand taels per month. Second-grade sponsorship provides three thousand taels per month. First-grade sponsorship provides five thousand taels per month."

"As for special-grade sponsorship, there is no fixed amount of silver. It is said that both sides discuss and decide it together."

With Du Tian's detailed explanation, Zhang Su came to understand the terms of these five sponsorship grades.

"Fourth-grade sponsorship... gives five hundred taels of silver per month?"

Zhang Su was shaken.

So in theory, the five hundred taels of silver his eldest brother gave him every month could sponsor a talented Outer Sect disciple of Guiyuan Sect?

"Then what must the sponsored disciple do?"

Zhang Su asked again.

It was impossible to receive sponsorship for nothing.

These sponsors and factions all sought returns.

"If a sponsor encounters trouble and requests the sponsored person's help, then so long as it is within their ability, the sponsored person must act and resolve the trouble for them."

"However, the number of times should not be too high. Generally, they only need to act once or twice a year. If the requests are too frequent, the sponsored person can refuse. Moreover, if the sponsored person believes the matter cannot be resolved or that it would endanger their life, they may also refuse to act."

Zhang Su frowned.

These terms were truly somewhat unequal.

They were far too favorable to the sponsored person—far too favorable to Guiyuan Sect disciples.

Du Tian explained, "Senior Brother, what those sponsors seek is not necessarily for Guiyuan Sect disciples to act on their behalf. They merely hope to establish connections with talented disciples of Guiyuan Sect."

"They hope that the sponsored person can advance into the Inner Sect and become an Inner Sect disciple. At that time, merely bearing the name of an Inner Sect disciple would bring enormous benefits to those sponsors."

"Therefore, the people they are most willing to sponsor are disciples with a great chance of advancing into the Inner Sect."

"And you... although you are very strong, Senior Brother, and your talent in martial skills is obvious to all, you are now over the age limit. Advancing into the Inner Sect will be more difficult for you than for ordinary Outer Sect disciples."

"Therefore, the sponsorships sent by the Funding Association are basically all fourth-grade sponsorships."

Zhang Su looked through the lists one by one.

Sure enough, they were basically all fourth-grade sponsorships.

Zhang Su clearly understood his current disadvantage compared with the other Outer Sect geniuses.

It was his age!

According to Guiyuan Sect's rules, Outer Sect disciples under sixteen who cultivated Internal Force could advance into the Inner Sect.

Zhang Su was already sixteen and had exceeded the age limit.

Of course, Guiyuan Sect had another path by which one could become an Inner Sect disciple.

But that path was much more difficult.

For overage disciples, cultivating Internal Force was not enough. To advance into the Inner Sect and become an Inner Sect disciple, they also had to undergo a Combat Assessment.

This Combat Assessment was extremely difficult.

Even among the many overage disciples who had cultivated Internal Force, most found it difficult to pass the Combat Assessment.

Clearly, in the eyes of Guiyuan Sect's higher-ups, the only value overage disciples possessed was combat strength.

There was certainly no point expecting potential from them.

Then one could only look forward to their combat strength.

If their combat strength was astonishing, they could still advance into the Inner Sect and receive the sect's cultivation.

Likewise, the sponsorship these people offered now was actually based on their expectations for Zhang Su's combat strength, not his potential.

That was why they offered fourth-grade sponsorship.

They were even taking a risk.

After all, they did not know that Zhang Su had cultivated a peerless cultivation art.

He could only choose one sponsorship.

Otherwise, if someone chose ten or eight sponsorships, grabbed a fortune, and ran, the Funding Association would have no way to deal with it.

After all, although such sponsorships came with contracts, the sponsors as a whole were in a weak position when facing Guiyuan Sect disciples.

If Guiyuan Sect disciples cared nothing for their reputation and refused to fulfill the contract, those sponsors would most likely have no recourse.

"One sponsorship only gives me five hundred taels of silver per month at most. That's too little..."

Zhang Su shook his head.

Seeing that Zhang Su was dissatisfied, Du Tian said uneasily, "Senior Brother, if you want to raise the sponsorship grade, you must display your talent—or rather, your potential."

Zhang Su nodded.

He immediately stood and said to Du Tian, "Let's go. Take me to the Funding Association."

"Senior Brother, you really want to go to the Funding Association?"

Du Tian was somewhat surprised.

"Of course. Only by going to the Funding Association in person can I show my potential and make those sponsors increase their support."

"Alright, then please follow me, Senior Brother."

Thus, Du Tian led Zhang Su out of the room and headed straight for the Funding Association.