Second Time Leaving the City

Chapter 49: Second Time Leaving the City

Another early morning.

The sky was clear and blue, without a single cloud for miles.

After a day of intense training yesterday, coupled with a night of diligent cultivation and the increasing proficiency of his main cultivation technique, the Circumstellar True Scripture, Li Dingguo woke up this morning to find that he had unknowingly broken through to the second level of the Martial Artist realm!

Before he could even feel happy, he smelled a strange odor on himself!

He knew without thinking that this was due to another Qi and Blood Limit Break and Marrow Cleansing and Tendon Transformation after breaking through this major realm.

He quickly opened his eyes and looked at the bed next to him. Seeing that Ai Nengqi hadn't woken up yet, he couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief.

Hurriedly concealing his own aura, Li Dingguo, who had been sitting cross-legged cultivating on the bed all night, quickly got out of bed. He grabbed a change of clothes and toiletries and strode out of the room, heading towards the bathroom at the end of the corridor!

Sigh!

He sighed inwardly, This is the only bad thing about this place. Sharing a room with others means some of my own secrets could easily be discovered if I'm not careful.

But there's nothing I can do about it. I hope I can resolve this problem as soon as possible.

This was currently the biggest issue that troubled Li Dingguo.

However, given the current situation, it was impossible to resolve it within the next month or two.

He could only hope his luck was good and he wouldn't be discovered.

Right now, he could only place his hopes on the cultivation progress of those two obscure techniques.

The sooner he could breakthrough Stealth Technique and Breath Concealment Technique to the perfected, or even peak proficiency, realm, the more advantageous it would be for Li Dingguo.

At that time, as long as he deliberately concealed himself, he could completely fool Ai Nengqi, who shared the room with him.

I estimate that the main reason this unintentional breakthrough wasn't discovered by Ai Nengqi is that I currently have enough accumulated Fortune Value.

If I had used the Fortune Value to add points earlier, consuming most of my fortune, and didn't have enough fortune protecting me, I estimate that my unintentional breakthrough last night would have caused quite a bit of trouble and might have been detected by that guy Ai Nengqi.

After this close call, Li Dingguo understood the importance of Fortune even more clearly.

Unless he found another method of collecting fortune in the near future, he wouldn't easily consume his Fortune Value under non-essential circumstances.

He even speculated that the effect of fortune seemed more important and mysterious than a Martial Artist's innate talent.

About fifteen minutes later, Li Dingguo finished washing up and was heading back towards the room. Only then did he have the leisure to spare a portion of his mind to check his attribute changes:

Host: Li Dingguo

Age: 10

Realm: Martial Path Second Layer Early Stage (Qi and Blood Limit Break Four Times)

Physique: 50 (Physique includes comprehensive physical attributes such as strength, speed, agility, etc.)

Spirit: 15

Talents: Innate Divine Strength+ (Intermediate), Spirit Beast Affinity+ (Beginner), Photographic Memory (Cannot be upgraded)

Skills: Tiger Roar Fist+ (Proficient), Horsemanship+ (Minor Accomplishment), Archery+ (Proficient), Thunderbolt Spear Technique+ (Proficient), Medical Skills+ (Proficient), Stealth Technique+ (Major Accomplishment), Breath Concealment Technique+ (Major Accomplishment)

Cultivation Technique: Circumstellar True Scripture+ (Skilled)

Fortune: 20 (Fortune Value is zero, disaster is inevitable)

Star Destiny: Army Breaker (Not activated)

Undoubtedly, Li Dingguo's various attributes had greatly increased again.

He estimated that he was much stronger than many ordinary Martial Artists at the peak of the second layer of the Martial Path.

He should be comparable to those genius Martial Artists at the peak of the second layer of the Martial Path.

As for who was stronger or weaker?

Li Dingguo considered himself no worse than them.

Most gratifyingly, with this breakthrough to a major realm, his fortune also increased by five points.

This meant that with his current cultivation realm, as long as he was careful and cautious, he had a certain level of confidence in surviving in this chaotic world.

He was no longer a small ant; at the very least, he could be called a strong ant.

"Li Dingguo, why are you up so early today?"

Just as he reached the entrance of the room, he saw that guy Ai Nengqi coming out with his toiletries.

He was about to go to the well to wash up and said to Li Dingguo, "It's just barely dawn! You're up a bit too early."

"Even if the Great King is taking us on the second round of practical combat training missions today, you don't need to be in such a hurry."

He looked around and saw that Liu Wenxiu and Zhang Huier's doors were also opening. He quickly waved at Li Dingguo and said, "I won't talk to you anymore. I need to hurry and finish washing up so I don't keep the Great King waiting!"

With that, he quickly brushed past Li Dingguo and walked towards the old well in the courtyard.

Ai Nengqi's inner competition with Liu Wenxiu and Zhang Huier was becoming increasingly intense.

There was nothing he could do; those two guys were extremely motivated right now, trying every possible means to catch up to the gap between themselves and Ai Nengqi and Li Dingguo.

This gave Ai Nengqi a certain sense of urgency.

After a short while, the twelve talented youths living nearby also got up one after another and hurried out to wash up.

About the time it takes to brew a cup of tea, everyone was fully armed with bows and arrows on their backs and their main weapons in hand, hurrying to the front courtyard.

At this time, the forty-eight ordinary Martial Artist youths living in the front courtyard also began to arrive in twos and threes.

The atmosphere today was even more somber than the morning before yesterday.

The reason was simple: the target for today's practical training outside the city was different.

The Eight Great Kings had already said that the practical target this time was a small village that had been annihilated and occupied by a group of ordinary fierce ghosts.

Ghosts and monsters, at any time, are the异类most feared by ordinary people.

Even though these youths were all Martial Artists, it was unavoidable that they would feel a bit nervous before having formal contact with ghosts and monsters.

Just like the morning before yesterday, today's cooks had delivered breakfast for this orphaned Youth Camp early.

The difference was that today's breakfast, in addition to Spirit Rice Meal and Vitality and Blood Soup, also included a bowl of Demonic Beast meat for everyone.

After everyone finished breakfast, rested for a while, went to the stable to fetch their respective horses, put on their saddles, and lined up, the Eight Great Kings, Zhang Xianzhong, arrived with three confidantes, leading a logistics convoy.

He rode his Spirit Beast Warhorse to the front of the queue of these young soldier-warriors, wasted no words, and directly raised his right hand high, waved it forcefully, and shouted, "No need for more talk, let's go!"

What needed to be said had already been told to these young Martial Artists during training yesterday, so there was naturally no need for further instructions now.

A moment later, a cavalry team equipped almost identically to the morning before yesterday, left the Wang Family Courtyard and galloped along the street at a steady pace towards the East City Gate.

Unlike the direction of march the day before yesterday, this time the destination was completely opposite.

Today's practical target was a remote village less than thirty li southeast of the county town.

This cavalry team galloped all the way, and in less than the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, they had already left the East City Gate and were speeding along the official road extending to the southeast.

After leaving the city, the horses' speed increased, and they soon disappeared at the end of the official road