Both techniques were stunned.
Directly accelerating to 4x—this speed boost far exceeded anything they understood!
Nine Fire Saber: "Boss, hurry and give me the Spirit Weapon! I want to speed up my cultivation too!"
Jade Body: "That's so, so, so freaking awesome, Boss! I'm begging on my knees for a Blood Nourishing Pill!!"
The techniques were beside themselves with excitement.
Su Zhan: "There is an order of seniority. Why the rush?"
Su Zhan: "Once big brother is done, it will be second brother's turn."
Nine Fire Saber: "Boss is wise!!!!"
Unfortunately, he could only see the text and not the techniques' expressions or movements. Otherwise, Su Zhan would have witnessed how Nine Fire Saber wept tears of gratitude, bawled its eyes out, and screamed until its voice cracked.
"Approved!"
The next second.
"Ding! Nine Fire Saber has devoured 1 Azure Edge Longsword. Cultivation speed increased by 3x. Current Cultivation Multiplier: 4x!"
Awesome!
The smile on Su Zhan's face could no longer be suppressed.
Just like the Basic Qi and Blood Method, it had gained an additional 3x.
And that was only from devouring a Primary Spirit Weapon.
What if it devoured an Intermediate Spirit Weapon, a High-grade Spirit Weapon, or even a Top-grade Spirit Weapon?
Wouldn't that speed soar straight into the heavens?!
Nine Fire Saber: "Awesome! So awesome! Boss, I've never eaten anything so delicious in my life—it's simply incredible! And my improvement is enormous. By my estimation, it's about the same as big brother 'Blood Consumption,' roughly a 4x speed boost!"
Basic Qi and Blood Method: "Congratulations, second brother! Hahaha..."
This "eldest brother" clearly had yet to recover from his excitement.
Jade Body: "Congratulations, second brother... Waaaah!! Second brother, you're at 4x too! Boss, seeing how pitiful I am, just let me eat it!"
Su Zhan: "Alright, alright, it's your turn now!"
"Approved!"
The next moment.
"Ding! Jade Body has devoured 1 Blood Nourishing Pill. Cultivation speed increased by 3x. Current Cultivation Multiplier: 4.1x!"
All three techniques had exactly the same multiplier.
Su Zhan now roughly understood that Primary Spirit Weapons and Level 1 pills produced exactly the same cultivation speed boost!
These two items, though differently priced on the surface, brought exactly the same effect.
Jade Body: "Boss, you still have another Blood Nourishing Pill on hand. Give me one more! I need 22 days to level up now, but if I get another one, I can shorten the time even more!"
Basic Qi and Blood Method: "Third brother is right. A permanent speed boost will greatly benefit the future. The sooner it is improved, the better."
Nine Fire Saber: "Boss, one speed boost brings endless benefits!"
Jade Body: "Big brother is wise, second brother is wise, Boss is mighty!"
Su Zhan: "It's a good suggestion, but I said there is an order of seniority and status. You received the Qi and Blood Enhancer just now, so this Blood Nourishing Pill should go to your big brother."
This time, Su Zhan did not blindly follow the techniques' advice.
After thinking rationally, he chose the Basic Qi and Blood Method.
Though everyone knew this technique, that was precisely why it was an absolutely indispensable foundation!
It could simply and brutally raise the upper limit of Qi and Blood, increase Qi and Blood recovery speed, enhance Qi and Blood power, strengthen Qi and Blood, and more...
For those who cultivated martial arts, Qi and Blood was everything.
Both the Nine Fire Saber and Jade Body were built upon having Qi and Blood to consume... Once Qi and Blood ran dry and was exhausted, they would all become mere decorations!
Therefore, its level also determined the height of a Martial Artist's realm!
Jade Body: "Boss is right. I was being greedy. This one should go to big brother! Please forgive me, Boss and big brother!"
Su Zhan chuckled softly.
This fellow had a good personality. It was lively when it should be lively, proactive when it should be proactive, and it could truly admit its mistakes when it should. Easy to get along with!
Basic Qi and Blood Method: "Thank you, third brother!"
"Ding! Basic Qi and Blood Method wishes to devour 1 of your Blood Nourishing Pills. Approve?"
Both sides had spoken, and eldest brother did not stand on ceremony either.
"Approved!"
"Ding! Basic Qi and Blood Method has devoured 1 Blood Nourishing Pill. Cultivation speed increased by 2x. Current Cultivation Multiplier: 6x!"
2x?
Less than before.
Now Su Zhan understood.
Clearly, if a technique continuously devoured the same type of pill, the subsequent effects would gradually diminish!
"Looks like I was thinking too much."
"I was even hoping to buy Blood Nourishing Pills in bulk, stack 4x boosts pill after pill, and directly pile the Cultivation Multiplier into the heavens... But where in this world could there be such a bargain?"
"The more it eats afterward, the smaller the gains will be."
"But at least one thing is certain: as long as it takes the first pill, it will receive the maximum benefit!"
"Besides..."
Su Zhan's eyes flashed. "This multiplier is already outrageous enough!"
The Basic Qi and Blood Method now had a 6x speed boost.
101 days had been directly reduced to only 16 days!
At this speed, he was only 3 days slower than the school's number one genius, Yu Yanbin... Once Su Zhan continued shortening it, the time needed would become even less, his advancement would become even faster, and surpassing Yu Yanbin would be a matter of minutes!
"System, display the panel!"
At Su Zhan's thought.
The Information Panel swiftly unfolded in his mind:
Host: Su Zhan Realm: Beginner Quasi-Martial Artist Beginner Grade Technique, Basic Qi and Blood Method (Primary Grade): 6x Beginner Grade Technique, Nine Fire Saber (Primary Grade): 4x Beginner Grade Technique, Jade Body (Primary Grade): 4.1x ...
"16 days... 21 days... 22 days..."
"The time has all been shortened to less than a month!"
The corner of Su Zhan's mouth curled up, revealing a delighted grin.
Advancing all three Beginner Grade Techniques from Primary Grade to Intermediate Grade within a month... Even Yu Yanbin would have to bow in defeat, wouldn't he?
And not only that.
Even Lin Jinyu, his childhood sweetheart with Commander Rank aptitude, was probably only around this level!
"And this still isn't my limit!"
"Within a month, they will only be Intermediate Grade. After that come High Grade, Minor Accomplishment, Major Accomplishment, and even Perfection!"
Su Zhan's gaze burned fiercely. "The speed boost is permanent. Once increased, it will never fall, which means this technique will keep advancing at an extremely rapid speed until it reaches Perfection!"
"I still have 320 Gold Coins on hand. I can completely keep buying pills and Spirit Weapons, then go on another mad round of improvement!"
At the thought of lying down and growing stronger as quickly as a genius, Su Zhan felt as though he were floating on air, swelling with excitement.
However...
He still had one enormous shortcoming: all these techniques were merely Beginner Grade!
Whether it was Yu Yanbin or Lin Jinyu.
The techniques they cultivated started at Elite Grade at the very least. Lin Jinyu might have already begun cultivating an Earth Grade Technique!
Once Lin Jinyu casually mastered even one Earth Grade Technique.
Even if all three of his Beginner Grade Techniques reached Perfection, Lin Jinyu could still hang him up and hammer him to pulp in minutes!
"Right, I remember there are four seats in the Chat Group, aren't there?"
Su Zhan suddenly remembered. "I can still learn another new technique and pull it into the group! This time, I can get an Elite Grade Technique!"
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