Blood Nourishing Technique Perfected!

Inside the room, Du Tian, Zhao Feng, and Chu Dachuan all lay sprawled on the floor.

Every one of them was injured.

Chu Dachuan especially—despite displaying a superior sword technique at the major mastery stage, he had still been defeated.

Because Zhang Su's Nine Shadows Sword Technique had reached perfection!

It was utterly shocking.

The Nine Shadows Sword Technique was a superior sword technique.

Many martial artists practiced superior sword techniques, and many could achieve minor mastery, but major mastery was exceedingly difficult.

Even a genius like Chu Dachuan, achieving major swordsmanship mastery in a single year, was dazzlingly gifted.

As for perfection?

That was no longer something effort alone could achieve.

Only with sufficient talent and a flash of inspiration could one possibly reach perfection.

Yet Zhang Su had done it.

One Sword Nine Shadows—Chu Dachuan had naturally lost.

He accepted his defeat completely!

Step by step, Zhang Su walked up to the three of them.

The Lengshuang Sword in his hand was still dripping blood.

Du Tian trembled, even his voice shaking. "Y-you... what do you want?"

Zhang Su narrowed his eyes slightly.

Slap.

Zhang Su sheathed his sword.

He said calmly, "Over the past year, I gave you a great many things. Now, I'm taking them all back. Ten Blood Replenishing Pills per person. No problem with that, right?"

The Guiyuan Sect did not permit the private transfer of contribution points.

But if Zhang Su simply had them exchange their points for Blood Replenishing Pills, there would be no problem.

"What? Ten Blood Replenishing Pills? Why don't you just rob us?"

Du Tian became extremely agitated upon hearing this.

What kind of joke was this? They could barely bear to take Blood Replenishing Pills themselves—where were they supposed to find ten pills for Zhang Su?

At fifty contribution points per Blood Replenishing Pill, ten pills meant five hundred contribution points.

That was equivalent to five hundred taels of silver.

How long would they have to spend completing missions to gather that much?

"If you can't gather the Blood Replenishing Pills, then we'll have to settle today's score properly..."

Zhao Feng sneered. "Zhang Su, there's no need to threaten us. The Guiyuan Sect's rules forbid disciples from harming one another. Do you really dare kill us?"

Zhang Su said calmly, "I won't kill you. But we live in the same room. Whenever I want to spar with you, I'll spar with you."

"And when sparring, injuries are unavoidable, aren't they? When that happens, I'll keep you recovering indefinitely..."

"You..."

The three of them were furious at his words.

But after their anger subsided, they all fell silent.

If they were constantly "recovering," what martial arts could they possibly practice?

After a long while, Chu Dachuan spoke. "Give us some time. We'll gather the Blood Replenishing Pills."

"You have only ten days. Within ten days, you must gather a total of thirty Blood Replenishing Pills!"

After saying that, Zhang Su turned and returned to his bed.

He did not care how Chu Dachuan and the others would borrow them.

All he wanted was thirty Blood Replenishing Pills.

Thinking of the One Sword Nine Shadows he had just used, Zhang Su immediately checked the System Panel.

Host: Zhang Su

Cultivation: Blood Qi Realm Second Layer

Taotie Blood Nourishing Technique: Compatibility 91% (Major Mastery)

Nine Shadows Sword Technique: Compatibility 93% (Perfected)

Triple Wave: Compatibility 91% (Major Mastery)

Compatibility Points: 1

Sure enough, the Nine Shadows Sword Technique had already reached perfection.

Moreover, his compatibility points had increased by one.

According to the System Panel's prompt, every technique perfected would provide one compatibility point.

And one compatibility point could increase a technique's compatibility by 10%.

Both the Triple Wave Sword Technique and the Taotie Blood Nourishing Technique had compatibility above 90%. Once increased by 10%, their compatibility would certainly reach 100%, and then the techniques would surely reach perfection.

So which technique should he use this compatibility point on?

Of course, there was another option: save it.

After all, whether it was the Triple Wave Sword Technique or the Taotie Blood Nourishing Technique, both could wait. They still had a chance of reaching perfection.

He could accumulate more compatibility points and use them at a critical moment in the future.

Zhang Su weighed the matter carefully.

In the end, he decided to use it on the Taotie Blood Nourishing Technique immediately.

The reason was simple.

Cultivation was the foundation!

Right now, he was only at the Blood Qi Realm Second Layer. He was already an overage disciple of the Guiyuan Sect, and it had taken him a whole year just to nurture Blood Qi.

Time waited for no one.

He had to do everything he could to raise his realm as quickly as possible.

And once the Taotie Blood Nourishing Technique's compatibility reached 100%, it would certainly reach perfection.

When that happened, the Taotie Blood Nourishing Technique's efficiency would soar.

It would also allow him to digest Blood Replenishing Pills more effectively.

With that thought, Zhang Su hesitated no longer.

He immediately focused his attention. The System Panel emerged in his mind, and he directly added the compatibility point to the Taotie Blood Nourishing Technique.

Buzz.

Zhang Su felt the information on the System Panel blur for a moment.

Then, the one compatibility point was consumed.

The Taotie Blood Nourishing Technique changed as well.

Its compatibility rose directly from 91% to 100%.

Though it had only increased by a mere 9%, the effect was remarkable.

The change was simply enormous.

Zhang Su only felt as though he had instantly comprehended every mystery of the Taotie Blood Nourishing Technique.

As he circulated the Taotie Blood Nourishing Technique, he felt incomparably refreshed all over with every cycle.

One hour, two hours, three hours...

Boom.

At a certain moment, Zhang Su felt the Taotie Blood Nourishing Technique circulating throughout his body suddenly accelerate.

The rate at which his Blood Qi grew surged in an instant!

Taotie Blood Nourishing Technique: Compatibility 100% (Perfected)

Zhang Su immediately checked the Taotie Blood Nourishing Technique.

The moment he saw it, his heart shook.

It... reached perfection already?

Even Zhang Su himself was greatly shocked.

How long had it been?

Only a few hours.

And it had actually reached perfection?

It was truly unbelievable.

But it was the truth!

Zhang Su recalled the perfection of the Nine Shadows Sword Technique and the Taotie Blood Nourishing Technique.

Though both had reached perfection, they were actually different.

The Nine Shadows Sword Technique had relied on his rapid exchange with Chu Dachuan. In the midst of wielding it, he had a flash of inspiration, seized the opportunity, and only then did the Nine Shadows Sword Technique reach perfection.

In truth, that had been an accidental event.

But what about the Taotie Blood Nourishing Technique?

It had reached perfection as naturally as water flowing into a channel.

There was no need for a flash of inspiration at all, nor any need to seize an opportunity.

"So even when compatibility exceeds 90%, a technique still needs some opportunity to reach perfection. But at 100% compatibility, no opportunity is needed—it can reach perfection very quickly..."

Zhang Su understood completely.

Now that the Taotie Blood Nourishing Technique had reached perfection,

its blood-nourishing efficiency had also risen to its peak.

Zhang Su immediately began cultivating with all his strength.

He swallowed a Blood Replenishing Pill.

One day later, Zhang Su had refined a full two hundred strands of Blood Qi.

Previously, when the Taotie Blood Nourishing Technique was at major mastery, even after swallowing a Blood Replenishing Pill, he could only refine one hundred and fifty strands of Blood Qi in a day.

The improvement was immense!

One day, two days, three days...

In the blink of an eye, ten days passed.

Zhang Su cultivated two thousand strands of Blood Qi, equivalent to twenty wisps of Blood Qi.

Added to his original twenty wisps of Blood Qi,

that made forty wisps of Blood Qi.

And forty wisps of Blood Qi corresponded to the Blood Qi Realm Fourth Layer!

The Blood Qi Realm Second Layer required twenty wisps of Blood Qi, the third layer required thirty wisps, the fourth layer required forty wisps... and so on. The Blood Qi Realm Ninth Layer required ninety wisps of Blood Qi!

In just ten days, Zhang Su had risen from the Blood Qi Realm Second Layer to the Blood Qi Realm Fourth Layer.

This rate of improvement was simply godlike!

Host: Zhang Su

Cultivation: Blood Qi Realm Fourth Layer

Triple Wave: Compatibility 91% (Major Mastery)

Compatibility Points: 1

On the System Panel, the perfected Taotie Blood Nourishing Technique had provided another compatibility point.

However, the Triple Wave Sword Technique was still only at major mastery.

Clearly, the Triple Wave Sword Technique at 91% compatibility would not reach perfection so easily.

It would require a flash of inspiration, or the appearance of some opportunity, before it could possibly reach perfection.

"Hm?"

"Ten days have passed, and Du Tian's group still hasn't gathered the Blood Replenishing Pills?"

Zhang Su frowned.

Suddenly, the door was pushed open.

Du Tian, Zhao Feng, and Chu Dachuan hurried inside, looking as though they had traveled through dust and wind.

The three bowed to Zhang Su. "Brother Zhang, we did not fail our mission. Here are our Blood Replenishing Pills."

Chu Dachuan took out a wooden box.

Zhang Su accepted it. Inside the wooden box were exactly thirty Blood Replenishing Pills.

Zhang Su was very satisfied.

"Not bad. I keep my word. The grievances between us are wiped clean with one stroke!"

As Zhang Su's voice fell, the three did not look happy. Instead, they exchanged glances, then with a thud, all three dropped to their knees.