One Blood Nourishing Pill, 3x Speed

"You really know how to drive a hard bargain!"

Su Jianguo looked speechless.

Liu Huixian was also at a loss.

Pills and spirit weapons.

Both were worth a fortune.

Spirit weapons were one thing—they were self-defense tools that could be used indefinitely as long as they weren't damaged.

But pills were different.

Their starting price was a few gold coins, with higher-tier ones ranging from hundreds to tens of thousands, and once consumed, they were gone—a true money pit!

"But since you've spoken up, I can't be stingy as your father."

Su Jianguo directly pulled a white porcelain bottle from his pocket. "This contains the Blood Nourishing Pills the company gives me every month—three pills in total. I haven't taken them yet; use them for now."

Blood Nourishing Pills—Su Zhan knew what they were.

On the market, one pill cost at least one gold coin.

They were one of the pills used by Martial Artists to aid in Qi and blood cultivation, and could even serve as a hard currency.

Three Blood Nourishing Pills a month—his dad's company was solid!

Jade Body: "Pills! Boss, I can sense the aura of pills!!"

Basic Qi and Blood Method: "I sense it too. They should bring considerable benefits—the effects won't be bad!"

Su Zhan smiled. "Don't worry, there's enough for everyone!"

Su Jianguo then pulled out a bank card. "This card has all my savings from over the years. I bought a High-grade Spirit Weapon recently and spent a lot, so there's only 320 gold coins left in it now—all yours... For living expenses from now on, use your mom's for now."

320 gold coins!

Su Zhan was thrilled.

How many pills and spirit weapons could that buy!

Next, Su Jianguo brought out a long sword from his room, its blade flowing with a cyan glow. "I need my current spirit weapon for missions. This is a Primary Spirit Weapon I used before... but I remember you're better with a long saber? Whatever, take it. Use it if you can, or trade it for some gold coins if not."

Nine Fire Saber: "A spirit weapon! A real spirit weapon! I'm drooling here, Boss—let me eat a spirit weapon!"

Su Zhan: "Would eating a sword-type spirit weapon even help your saber technique?"

Nine Fire Saber: "Of course! I can eat any type of spirit weapon! Even armor-type ones!"

Su Zhan understood.

Weapon techniques craved weapons, with almost zero desire for anything else.

Body Tempering Techniques craved pills and supplements, with the same lack of interest in other things.

Su Zhan's understanding of what his techniques needed to devour grew much clearer.

"Xiao Zhan, your dad's abilities are limited."

Su Jianguo sighed. "Pills that change one's aptitude or cleanse the marrow cost at least tens of thousands each—I can't afford them even if I break my back."

"But if you want to aim for Martial Sciences, I'll support you and let you give it your best shot."

Su Jianguo's words warmed Su Zhan's heart.

They also boosted his confidence greatly.

With so many resources to help, not just aiming for Martial Sciences, but even Qing Martial University or Bei Martial University was entirely possible!

And there was one key piece of information: among pills, there were those that could change one's aptitude!

Right now, Su Zhan couldn't afford such expensive pills.

But with a cheat in hand, the future was promising.

Once his aptitude improved, there was no doubt that the cultivation speed of all his techniques would skyrocket... and by then, his rate of growth would only accelerate!

"Thanks, Dad!" Su Zhan grinned. "I'll work hard and give you a surprise!"

Su Jianguo and Liu Huixian didn't take this seriously.

After all, with the Lowest Grade aptitude, even becoming a Martial Artist in this lifetime was difficult, let alone aiming for Martial Sciences.

"Xiao Zhan, don't put too much pressure on yourself about Linger," Liu Huixian comforted him. "Forget about meeting this Saturday. Your father and I will handle the communication with them. As for whether they're willing or not, it doesn't matter—in my heart, my son is the best!"

Oh, right.

Su Zhan just remembered he had a fiancée, and he was supposed to meet her this Saturday to finalize things.

But now that his Lowest Grade aptitude was out in the open, this engagement was probably doomed.

Fine.

If the engagement fell through, so be it.

First, get the pills and spirit weapons to the techniques—taking off is the priority!

"Also, Xiao Zhan, Dad has to remind you: from now on, don't have too much to do with Lin Jinyu anymore." Su Jianguo cautioned.

"Don't worry, Dad, I still have some self-awareness." Su Zhan laughed. "But you specifically warned me—did something happen to her recently?"

"Word is she recently tested her aptitude too—it's Commander Rank!"

Whoa!

Su Zhan was stunned.

Aptitude is divided into [Lowest Grade][Low Grade][Ordinary Grade][Master Rank][General Rank][Commander Rank][Marquis Rank][King Rank]... corresponding respectively to the martial artist hierarchy: Quasi-Martial Artist, Martial Artist, Martial Master, Martial General, Martial Commander, Martial Marquis, Martial King.

Commander Rank aptitude meant Lin Jinyu's future had a high probability of stepping into the ranks of "Martial Commander," becoming one of the top big shots!

Once she became a Martial Commander.

She could become a power-holder of the Lin Group in the future, ascending to the clouds.

Lin Jinyu's father, Lin Fanlong, was the head of the Lin Group, one of the three major conglomerates of Base City No. 108—a genuine Martial Commander!

A family producing two Martial Commanders.

The gap between Su Zhan and her was simply too vast to measure. Not interacting was fine, but getting involved would only invite a heap of trouble!

After repeatedly drilling Su Zhan, making sure he truly held no thoughts toward Lin Jinyu, his parents finally felt at ease and went off to work.

Leaving Su Zhan alone at home.

He glanced at the system notifications popping up frantically:

"Ding! Jade Body wishes to devour 1 of your Blood Nourishing Pills. Allow?"

"Ding! Basic Qi and Blood Method wishes to devour 1 of your Blood Nourishing Pills. Allow?"

"Ding! Nine Fire Saber wishes to devour 1 of your Primary Spirit Weapon Longsword. Allow?"

"Ding!..."

Clearly, the techniques couldn't wait any longer—they were going crazy.

Su Zhan: "Alright, no need to rush. One by one, everyone gets a share!"

Su Zhan: "Basic Qi and Blood Method is the big brother; he goes first!"

Jade Body: "No problem, let big brother go first!"

Basic Qi and Blood Method: "Boss, many thanks!"

The excitement of Basic Qi and Blood Method was plain to see between the lines.

"Allow!"

With a thought from Su Zhan.

"Ding! Basic Qi and Blood Method has devoured 1 of your Blood Nourishing Pills. Cultivation accelerated by 3 times. Current Cultivation Multiplier: 4!"

Sss—

One Blood Nourishing Pill, directly accelerating by 3 times?!

Even though Su Zhan had anticipated the boost would be large, he was still genuinely shocked when the result came out, sucking in a breath.

After all, one bottle of Qi and Blood Enhancer only brought a 10%, 0.1 times boost.

Going by the ratio of 20 Silver Coins per bottle of Qi and Blood Enhancer and 1 Gold Coin per Blood Nourishing Pill... even 10 bottles of Qi and Blood Enhancer, 2 Gold Coins, could at most achieve 100%, a 1 times increase.

But one Blood Nourishing Pill directly accelerated by 300%, 3 times—completely overspeed!

A pill really was a pill.

Fierce as hell!

Jade Body: "Big brother, how is it? Is the Blood Nourishing Pill's effect strong?"

Basic Qi and Blood Technique: "Strong! Very strong! Extremely strong! Based on my own feeling, my current cultivation speed is at least 4 times what it was before!"

Basic Qi and Blood Technique: "At the current pace, I only need about 25 days at most to break through to Intermediate!"

Nine Fire Saber: "Holy shit?!"

Jade Body: "Holy shit?!"