Friendly Exchange Again

Blood Qi had evolved! It could upgrade the effects of medicine.

Lin Xiaotian's heart pounded wildly.

If this could continue, it meant his future path of martial cultivation would be smooth sailing all the way.

If he nourished these pills with even more Blood Qi, could they keep upgrading until they became top-grade?

After all, the Blood Qi had only nourished it for a short time just now.

Lin Xiaotian forcefully suppressed the urge to nourish it again and made himself calm down.

He looked around. Other than the sunlight streaming directly in, there was no one outside the room.

Blood Qi was a heaven-shaking secret. He had to make sure no one discovered it.

If it were truly discovered, he would be doomed beyond redemption.

That Formation Inscription...

He looked again at the place where the Formation Inscription had originally appeared.

Before losing consciousness, he remembered clearly that the Formation Inscription seemed to have risen together with its formation base, following the Blood Qi into his body.

Could it be that the Blood Qi had evolved because it had digested the Formation Inscription?

He stared strangely at the empty spot.

"I need to test it. Sister specifically said that activating the Formation Inscription after reaching Hidden Force could save her."

"If the Formation Inscription is gone, how am I supposed to save her?"

He stepped forward and was about to use the Eight Extremes Mountain-Shattering Force to have his Blood Qi stir the Formation Inscription.

But the instant he raised his hand and his Blood Qi had barely begun to churn, a wave of dizziness struck him.

"I'm anemic—my qi and blood are insufficient!"

Lin Xiaotian's eyes widened like bronze bells, then he relaxed.

Whether it was nourishing pills or repairing his body, both required consumption. It had not appeared out of thin air.

Lin Xiaotian smiled. "If there were no price at all, I'd be worried about using it! Still, I'll have to prepare more things to replenish Blood Qi in the future."

Since he could not verify it now, there was no need to do so. He must have slept in a daze for an entire night.

It looked like he would be late for the martial hall again.

Lin Xiaotian smiled helplessly.

Then he pushed open the door, lit the stove, and cooked.

Before long, he had eaten an entire pot of meat clean.

He licked the bottom of the bowl.

"My appetite has increased quite a bit. I don't have enough silver left. I'll have to pay Young Master Qin another visit."

"Pah! Since when did I become someone who bullies others? Sigh, Young Master Qin, bear with it a little more. Who asked your Household not to have a Hidden Force expert watching over it..."

"My sister has left this place too. Your invisible backer has been cut off."

After eating his fill, he headed to the Huang Family Martial Hall.

From afar, he saw Senior Brother Tao sighing and shaking his head.

"Junior Brother Lin, it looks like your habit of being late has become a habit indeed."

Lin Xiaotian scratched his head. He could not exactly tell him that his sister had knocked him unconscious yesterday and that he had only just woken up.

"Senior Brother Tao, please don't laugh at me. I received our martial hall's cultivation method yesterday, got so excited that I stayed awake all night, and then somehow fell asleep at dawn."

Senior Brother Tao rolled his eyes at him.

"Junior Brother Lin, put some thought into it next time. At least come up with a better excuse."

"Hehe." Lin Xiaotian laughed awkwardly.

Senior Brother Tao waved a large hand. "Hurry along. It's nearly noon. Practice for a while, then eat with the other junior brothers and sisters."

"Now that you've become formal disciples, aside from one pill a month, you also receive a daily meal allowance."

Then he lowered his voice.

"Martial Dao cultivation places great importance on qi and blood. Without enough qi and blood, no Martial Dao can be cultivated. This meal allowance may not be as potent as pills, but it is indispensable every day."

Lin Xiaotian's eyes stirred when he heard that.

"Senior Brother Tao, does this meal allowance contain something like what's in the pills?"

Senior Brother Tao smiled.

"How could it? The ingredients for pills are expensive, and the formula is kept secret. This meal allowance contains some essence. Otherwise, if you ate ordinary food, could you possibly eat several basins at once? That would delay everything."

Lin Xiaotian immediately perked up. He had been worrying about his ever-growing appetite.

"Senior Brother, do those at External Force, Internal Force, and even Hidden Force need to replenish themselves with pills every day?"

"Of course..." Senior Brother Tao replied. "Blood Essence Pills are used as supplements. The stronger one becomes, the more qi and blood one needs to replenish, so Blood Essence Pills are used as daily supplements."

Lin Xiaotian understood and nodded. Just as he was about to ask more, Senior Brother Tao had already grown impatient.

"Enough, hurry up. Why are you so long-winded? If you hadn't performed well at the start, an ordinary person with your attitude toward being late would have been advised to leave long ago."

Lin Xiaotian shrank his head, said no more, and took off running into the hall.

Senior Brother Tao shook his head.

"I only teased you a little, and you got scared like that! Hmm, why does that kid seem faster? Could he have reached Skin Tempering... Ah, it must be an illusion."

Soon, noon arrived, and the dining hall began serving food.

He collected a serving from the kitchen. It carried an unusual fragrance.

After drinking a bowl of soup, warmth spread through his entire body, and he quickly felt full.

"One bowl is worth a whole basin. It helps Blood Qi and is better than simply replenishing oneself by eating food."

"But aside from its obvious help to qi and blood, its other effects seem weak. In other words, drinking this soup alone isn't enough. I still need other food to supplement it."

After paying careful attention, Lin Xiaotian quickly discovered the similarities and differences in the soup.

With more energy, his observations of his fellow disciples' training that afternoon became more accurate.

"Hmm, several people's Martial Dao cultivation is clearly progressing faster. They should have taken pills, accelerating their progress."

"The other fellow disciples have also sped up to varying degrees. One of them is even about to break through."

Lin Xiaotian decided to endure for now and observe a little longer.

The next day, as before, drinking the soup made him more energetic.

However, his qi and blood felt even stronger than yesterday.

After a brief thought, Lin Xiaotian understood. Though he had eaten food yesterday morning, it had not nourished him as deeply as that soup.

It seemed he would have to find a way to get hold of this medicinal concoction in the future.

He observed again that afternoon, and by evening, he had reached a conclusion.

After taking a pill, the body could be said to take effect in one go—it had already grown stronger.

Afterward, martial cultivation still brought decent progress, but it was not as obvious as on the first day.

This showed that the second day's progress was merely natural progress after the body had grown stronger, without another leap-like enhancement.

Lin Xiaotian understood. He decided to wait until after having a friendly exchange with Young Master Qin before taking pills to improve himself.

From then on, whenever he returned in the evening, he would circle around the Qin Residence to see whether he could run into Young Master Qin.

For several days in a row, he did not see Young Master Qin, which struck him as strange.

Young Master Qin was a famous wastrel and womanizer. For him not to stroll around the town's pleasure quarters at night was truly strange.

"Could Young Master Qin have turned over a new leaf?"

Only several days later did he see Young Master Qin walking out of the residence alone.

However, his face was still somewhat pale. Clearly, his body had been weak before.

"Young Master Qin probably played himself into weakness some time ago and spent several days lying down to recuperate. No wonder he hadn't come out."

"Hehe, now that you've met your big brother today, I'll let you spend money to avert disaster. From now on, you'll be free of illness and worry."

Bang! Bang! Several punches. Young Master Qin received another friendly exchange...

Young Master Qin did not get to meet any girls. Pitiful and miserable, he returned to the residence to recuperate again.

On the way back that night, Lin Xiaotian was refreshed and invigorated as he looked at the silver in his arms.

At last, the food problem was solved. So what if he ate a whole basin at a time?

That night, he circulated his Blood Qi and began nourishing the pill.

After nourishing it intermittently for several days, the pill finally changed from a bright yellow halo into a golden halo.