Qi and Blood Value: 108

"My classmates only let me have it. That's how I got first place."

Ning Yue smiled calmly.

In the final match, Wang Xueqing really had let him win.

Thinking of Wang Xueqing brought her father to mind. He happened to be a member of the Resistance War Hunting Team.

He wanted to ask, but didn't know where to begin.

"Kid, you're being too modest. I know Xinyuan Martial Arts High School well enough. It's the pride of Xinyuan City, and every student there has the aptitude to cultivate. If you took first place, you must have earned it fair and square." Lei Zhan laughed heartily.

"Modesty is a good quality, but too much of it is hypocrisy."

"Ning Yue, if you've got something to say, just say it. A martial artist needs some fire in his blood. Seeing you holding something back is making me uncomfortable."

Listening to Lei Zhan, Ning Yue realized that the man, rough and brawny on the surface, also had a side as fine as a hair.

Everyone who became a captain had different sides to them.

A leader might not be the strongest, but their emotional intelligence would certainly not be low.

"Uncle Lei, a friend's father happens to be a member of your hunting team. I heard he was badly injured, so I wanted to ask what happened," Ning Yue said after weighing his words.

"The friend you mean is Wang Xueqing, right? I know her. That fellow Wang Lin brags every day about what a genius his daughter is, first in the whole school. Sure enough, birds of a feather flock together. A genius's friends are often geniuses too." Lei Zhan exclaimed in admiration, then continued:

"This time, our hunting team took a heavy blow. It wasn't just Wang Lin-Chen Chong and Li Xuqiang were badly injured too. Even the few of us who remained all suffered injuries of varying severity."

"But luckily, none of us are in danger of dying. We'll recover after a while."

At that, Lei Zhan looked relieved, unconcerned about the injuries.

"Old Lei, was it really that dangerous this time?" Ning Baichuan looked astonished.

Then he called out, "Honey, bring out that bottle of Vitality Pills we've been saving at home for Old Lei and Old Zhao."

"There's no need for Vitality Pills. Don't go to the trouble. For our hunting team, injuries are commonplace." Lei Zhan hurriedly stopped him.

Vitality Pills were healing pills of the fifth rank, each worth several million.

Afterward, Lei Zhan, Ning Baichuan, and the third man talked about what had happened on the hunt.

Listening from the side, Ning Yue learned just how perilous Lei Zhan's hunt had been.

He also learned about the condition of Wang Xueqing's father. He was badly injured, but his life was not in danger.

How badly injured?

His limbs were broken and his internal organs displaced. He wouldn't wake up anytime soon, but he wouldn't die either.

Ning Yue fell silent when he heard that.

With injuries like those, in his previous life, all that could be done was buy a burial plot.

On Blue Star, he would only be left disabled and unconscious for a while.

At the same time, Ning Yue felt reassured.

As long as Wang Lin didn't die, that was enough. As it happened, Ning Yue also needed the Golden Body Pill to cultivate.

That afternoon.

After taking a Vitality Pill, Lei Zhan's qi and blood were much better than they had been that morning, and some color had returned to his face.

He said to Ning Yue:

"Ning Yue, judging by your condition, you shouldn't be far from breaking through to the First-Rank Realm. Let me give you a piece of advice: once your qi and blood value reaches a hundred points, don't rush to break through."

"Mm, I know. Uncle Lei, there's something I'd like to ask you. How many points of qi and blood can someone reach at most in the Qi and Blood Realm?"

Ning Yue also knew that the more qi and blood he accumulated, the greater the benefits he would gain from breaking through to the First-Rank Realm.

But his qi and blood value had already reached 108 points, and there was still no sign of a breakthrough.

"Do your best to reach your own limit. No matter what that limit is, you have to reach it." Lei Zhan looked at Ning Yue seriously and continued, "I once met a genius who reached eight hundred points of qi and blood in the Qi and Blood Realm. As soon as he broke through, he entered the peak of the First-Rank Realm. And at the first rank, he could fight someone in the Third-Rank Realm without falling behind."

"He told me it wasn't that he couldn't break through to the Second-Rank Realm. He stayed at the First-Rank Realm to solidify his foundation."

"For a prodigy like that, everything below the Sixth-Rank Realm is just a foundation. Becoming a seventh-rank grandmaster is where his martial path begins. He's not like me-the Seventh-Rank Realm is the end of my road."

Ning Yue nodded repeatedly. This was all advice drawn from Uncle Lei's experience.

For him, it was also a dose of chicken soup with some flavor to it.

He glanced at his panel.

Character: Ning Yue

Physique: Iron Yang Physique

Realm: None, qi and blood value (108 points)

Techniques: Basic Body Tempering Formula (great accomplishment), Ninefold Thunder Saber (first layer), Bitter Bamboo Scripture (first three layers, status: sealed)

Special: Bitter Bamboo Scripture Cultivation Experience Crystal (First-Rank Realm-divine level)

Inventory: Jade Blood Saber, Golden Body Pill

Simulation attempts: 0

His own qi and blood value had only reached 108 points. There was no hurry.

By his estimation, the maximum qi and blood value in the Qi and Blood Realm was one thousand points.

If someone else could fight a third-rank martial artist at the first rank, why couldn't he strike down a third-rank opponent once he reached one thousand points of qi and blood?

He thought about how cultivating the Bitter Bamboo Scripture every day currently gave him around 20 points of qi and blood.

It would take nearly another 45 days to reach one thousand points.

If he took the Golden Body Pill, he should be able to shorten that time.

He made up his mind.