Old man Hu began to teach the new practice.
The third layer of ruling spirits is based on the second layer, which perfects a more complicated blood force movement method. It is profound and obscure, and the difficulty of understanding is more than doubled, and the cultivation is even more difficult.
But this third level has to be cultivated and there’s no getting around it.
After Xun Xie broke through the third level of blood energy, his blood energy has accumulated to a certain extent, and even if he continues to practice the second-level exercises, he will not be able to bring about any new blood energy growth.
So, he must master more subtle and deeper methods of building blood momentum.
Therefore, if the third level cannot be mastered, Xun Xie will not be able to refine more exotic animal meat and it would be a waste of food.
Fortunately, Xun Xie has a solid foundation. He was also lucky this time around and didn’t have to wait for a while to pay to learn, He won Great Clarity two days in a row at double and ten times critical respectively! became a super martial arts wizard again. In two days, he understood it thoroughly and learned it!
He didn't hide this matter and let Old Man Hu know. After all, his previous performances had already established the image of "the arrogance of heaven" although he only recently found out.
Sure enough, Old Man Hu didn't have too many surprises about this. Instead, he seriously instructed Xun Xie to guard against arrogance and not be complacent.
when!
when!
On this day,
The mystical ancient stone wheel spun and landed on a circular ribbon.
“So, no prize huh.”
The corners of Xun Xie's mouth twitched slightly. His luck seemed to be used up for now.
Whatever, let’s go eat.
"After breaking through the third level of blood energy, my appetite has greatly increased, and I can eat more than a pound of exotic animal meat every day."
Xun Xie guessed that after adding the new 110-year-old chewing gum grass, he could eat at least six to seven catties of exotic animal meat, which means that the nourishment for one day can last for five or six days.
Of course, the accounts are not so simply calculated.
The exotic animal meat eaten in the stomach also needs to be refined and absorbed.
This process requires a lot of time to practice the exercises and insist on doing so every day.
Ordinary passive digestion is not enough for exotic animal meat, so this daily physical exertion is necessary to avoid problems after eating.
But many people simply can't stand it.
Xun Xie is different, he has the chewing gum grass with strong potency after growing for so many years, and he can digest and absorb meat immediately after mixing the exotic meat with the grass, so it couldn’t be any easier.
"With such a quick nourishment, it takes five to ten years for others to break through the fourth level of blood energy, and but I may be able to accumulate enough blood energy a lot earlier than that."
Xun Xie had heard old man Hu mention special help and ‘noble methods’ which were too far away from them as common folk. He suspected his own chewing gum grass was one such method, further prompting him to be more wary and keep it a secret.
Martial arts were high-powered weapons, and anyone would jump at the chance to get more guns and a lot more bullets which is essentially the effect of the chewing gum grass.
To avoid being plotted against he should keep mum.
Xun Xie took some money, walked out of the Song Mansion, and went to the supplier to buy exotic animal meat. He planned to buy more.
After buying it so many times, he already knew where the source of the exotic animal meat was, the sellers’ guards weren’t always up and he picked up clues here and there, plus a lucky day with Invisibility as insurance. He found it was in an alley next to the market. There were no middlemen, and he bought it directly, which was cheaper.
Xun Xie went on a trip and bought five kinds of animal meat from five stalls, more or less, and collected about ten catties.
After buying it back, he passed by a store on the way and bought some toothbrush and toothpaste in the form of bush guava leaf paste and its plant stems, which were very effective.
Xun Xie took advantage of the chef’s lunch break to cook all the meat of the beast by himself in the Song manor's kitchen.
To the room and closing the door.
Then, eat!
The meat of different animals is actually very delicious. Some are soft and glutinous, some are sweet, some are delicious, and some are slightly spicy. All kinds of wonderful tastes burst on the tip of the tongue, bringing people indescribable happiness.
He was infected by the local culture and also ate some apricot, green corn and sunflower seeds as well, although he wasn’t eating them to keep healthy the slight bitter and sweet taste added to the taste of the meat was heavenly and quite gourmet.
So delicious!
He slowly savored each bite, coating honey on the meat ever so often.
He found it was especially delicious with two types of exotic meats.
Mix some chewing gum grass in between and continue, continue!
Xun Xie kept eating, and before he knew it, he ate seven catties of exotic animal meat.
I touched my belly!
"Hey, I can still eat it!" Xun Xie was overjoyed, he continued to eat and ate another pound, only then did he feel his stomach bloated and stretched.
"Eight catties, that's the limit." Xun Xie was very satisfied, satisfied with the delicious taste, and satisfied with becoming stronger again. (*Catty as a unit of measurement varies from 16 taels to 20 taels depending on time period, here to make it easier it is being used as the equivalent of a pound.)
He put the remaining cooked meat in the ice cellar and saved it for tomorrow.
The next day.
Xun Xie won Great Clarity from the lottery wheel once more.
In the evening, under his soft grind, Old Man Hu finally agreed to teach him a new martial art, "Tiger whip leg"!
As the name suggests, after practicing whip legs, the legs are a tigers tail and iron whip, attacking the enemy like the wind, unstoppable.
"The legs must be fast, and the feet must be steady."
Old Man Hu pointed out Xun Xie's mistake, "You kick out with one foot, and the strength is very strong, but the swaying upper body makes it easy for the enemy to take advantage of it."
Xun Xie improved with humility, and he could do well in just a few strokes. With the blessing of blood energy, he kicked horizontally and sideways. He made a steady stroke. He practiced a leg that swept freely through the air like an iron whip, and the power was fierce and majestic.
But Xun Xie also noticed a problem.
Old Man Hu taught him his martial arts, including smashing tiger roaring boxing, footwork, self-defense, steel claw, explosive claw and whip leg. They are very good yet why did the disciples lose so easily to bald head four?
Compared with Eastern Dragon and others' "snake-shaped tricky hand", their martial skills are obviously a grade lower since they lost.
After learning to whip his legs, Xun Xie couldn't help but express his doubts.
“You're right, they shouldn’t lose. You are actually the best in terms of skills remaining, the others unfortunately are now gone. Di Renjie was actually the worst in terms of skill comprehension, even Si Luoyan was bull headed and only liked to use steel claw, but the weakness is obvious, only the claws are like steel, the palm and body are vulnerable. Also, you must have noticed that the Diao bunch use poison arts and they had prior knowledge of the gangs and my apprentices, so they were out in the open and Diao four were in the shadows which is why it only took some effort. They should use those martial arts together seamlessly for max effectiveness.
However, with great power to ignore defenses our Ruling Spirit School is naturally no pushover, combined with our explosive muscle strength even with the loss of the core soul attacking ability we are special.
This unique advantage is not comparable to other martial arts.
As for the snake-shaped venomous tricky hand, it is a martial art that matches the "Venomous Snake Art".
The two complement each other, and the power is naturally good.
Our matching move doubles as the fifth exercise method or perhaps the reverse is more accurate, pity no one can use it.
With the normal martial skills I taught, you are about even with the snake bunch if used properly. Even so, we have the other set of matching arts which are a more traditional martial skill complement, compared to the esoteric fifth move of the spirit.”
So, the 5th move is so awesome, I must practice it more and discover its intricacies.
Xun Xie saw no point in revealing he could practice the 5th move to Old Hu other than to brag, he couldn’t teach him anything since he or the more recent predecessors couldn’t practice it in the first place.
He would find the right time to casually mention it.
Xun Xie raised his eyebrows and said, "It's a set? does "Ruling Spirit" also have another set of martial arts?"
"Of course there is."
Old man Hu couldn't help showing a proud look on his face, "My "Ruling Spirit" is good at close combat, ignores defenses just this is powerful enough, but for maximum lethality, you have to be able to intricately control the force like threads to target the internals more accurately with no wasted energy and bypass their subconscious blocks with their blood energy.
This is called ‘Tiger Hair like Thread Palm’. It is very complicated to get the feel for this move, like controlling the movement of your hair without touching it, without high comprehension it might take a while, it’s even more difficult than the four moves and slightly exceeds the complexity of the third level of blood force circulation. Your comprehension isn’t bad so I will now teach you this method, be ready.
In addition, in order to expand the attack range, other supporting arts with weapons were made with the strongest being Nine Tigers Broken Door Knife."
Speaking of this, Old Man Hu remembered something and said solemnly: "It is rumored that my "Ruling Spirit" is not as good as "Venomous Snake", humph, it's just fart, blinding their dog's eyes. If you practice a weapon or master your blood energy attribute, my students, anyone can beat Diao’s Venomous Snake Arts practitioners."
Xun Xie's spirit was so high that he couldn't help but want to learn weapons immediately.
But Old Man Hu waved his hand and interrupted: "Don't worry, if you want to practice martial arts well, you have to do it step by step, first practice your fists and then your weapons. If you haven't practiced your fists and feet well, can you play weapons well? The ‘Tiger Hair like Thread Palm’ can also be used with weapons and is essential for actively driving our blood energy attribute."
In fact, Old Hu failed to mention something and was deliberately guiding Xun Xie, the moves were indeed powerful but the ‘Nine Tigers Broken Door Knife’ had varying effects depending on comprehension, only when comprehended to a decent level could it show its worth, moreover one needed a saber to practice it, a decent saber was very expensive since iron and other ores were semi-controlled and regulated by the Hei Yun family. This money would be paid but not to him.
This was why no one was proficient in this technique, the ‘Tiger Hair like Thread Palm’ had fewer restrictions other than comprehension so he preferred to teach this to Xun Xie first and let him forget about weapons for now. The only other restriction that caused the ‘top’ disciples to be unable to learn this skill was something else…
“Cough, to practice this technique you’ll need a special aide paste to recognize the ‘feeling’ need to control it. It’s quite expensive at…..10 taels for roughly 35 uses, you have to cover your palms with it each time. It’s actually not all that necessary unless you really want to improve your combat effectiveness to another level, the ordinary martial skills I've taught you are enough. You can choose not learn but….I can generously give you the first set free right now if you wish to continue.”
Old Hu coughed lightly in embarrassment. It was truly expensive and the only reason he gave the first set free was to entice Xun Xie, his Ruling Spirit School was like a beaten dog now with the wretched ‘Venomous Snake Art’ seen as superior but…10 taels that is, one session is the limit he could bare without feeling wronged.
Or at least that was the limit of his annoyance towards the bald heads.
Xun Xie was astonished.
10 taels!?
So expensive!
For only 35 uses, it had to be said no one was as monstrous as 10 or 1000 critical xie, comprehension was hard. So, it definitely would take a lot more than one session with 35 attempts to get started and even master this move, no wonder no one used this martial skill among the senior brothers and sisters.
Xun Xie rolled his eyes at this profiteer. He clearly wanted him to learn but would still charge him for the ingredients, charity was not in his vocabulary it seemed.
This was how he liked it though, no cumbersome master-disciple relationship which in ancient times like these were higher than even parent and child relationships and it was taboo to disrespect or disobey one’s master.
Xun Xie nodded saying he would learn. Thanks to his windfall from the bear cave, he was still quite rich, the trickles from the Song Mansion and some haphazard discoveries while getting the ‘Treasure Seeker’ also increased his wealth slightly.
He had looted Southern Tiger as well although he was not as rich as he had imagined, or perhaps it was because he was in a rush, he only got 46 taels from his residence. Without comparison, just that amount made him a bit wealthy solely off the plunder. Use that money first, he wouldn't a feel a thing with it gone.
Plus he had been winning ‘Great Clarity’ in 1 out of 4 or 5 days recently so his luck wasn’t bad, if his luck reversed then he would have nowhere left to cry. He could only hope it remained stable.
In a few days when!
The lottery wheel stopped on ‘Great Clarity’ at ten times critical!
Xun Xie used the time to practice the move with Old Hu who was slightly surprised by his increased speed of learning but quickly adjusted. Two days afterward and Five days afterward he did it again with 0 and 10 criticals respectively.
A few days after that, he had mastered it to an extent where it started to show some effect, pity, he had no one to test it on.
Xun Xie pondered for a while, and his eyes became cold.
In the evening, he changed into old clothes, put on a bamboo hat, and went for a walk in Dust Broken Fang Square.
He found Eastern Dragon's residence.
However, after Xun Xie inquired about it, he found that Eastern Dragon had long moved from here.
It turned out that since the death of South Tiger, East Dragon, West Phoenix, and North Leopard, the three of them were probably too frightened, and they all moved to Diao Mao's mansion.
Hide!
"Diao Mao is young and strong, and his strength is still higher than that of Old Man Hu."
Xun Xie couldn't be sure if stopping time to a defenseless Diao Mao would work, he only knew of the auto protection of the third layer of blood energy, Diao Mao had surpassed the fifth and was in a higher realm, too unpredictable and uncertain.
He couldn’t test it out on Old Hu either what if it actually had some effect? Wouldn’t that be killing him?
In this way, to get rid of East Dragon, West Phoenix, and North Leopard, the three people, he can only take a long-term approach and find another opportunity.
At least, today I can't kill East Dragon.
At this time, Xun Xie sensed that someone was praying, and a cloud of smoke appeared in front of him. He took a breath and felt refreshed.
"The villain prays to the God of Earth. The poisonous snake gang 'Twelve Blades' bullies the market folk and commits all sorts of evils. Please the God of Earth to eradicate them..."
Someone was talking about it, and they were worshipping Xun Xiewei.
"Twelve Blades..."
Xun Xie had also heard of this group of people.
When the four bald cue balls formed the Viper Gang, they recruited a group of villains to serve as their subordinates and selected twelve people from them to serve as subheads in each district.
These twelve bastards, relying on the large power of the four bald people, have done all their bad deeds and then some and they acting like humans at all.
"These twelve people are only the first and second level of blood energy." Xun Xie became murderous. Test subjects were delivered to his door. Twelve little lab rats no less.
