Chapter 50: Chapter 50: The Hardship of Sixth Grade Innate
The next day, early morning.
Xu Guang walked out of the room, and Wang Jun’s party was already waiting outside, as General Wei’s meal had arrived today.
He checked carefully. Due to General Wei’s massive size, ordinary poisons would struggle to affect him, but given the current madness of the Wei Family and the remnants of the Four Directions Guard, who could guarantee that neither had rare poisons?
He remained cautious about this.
The early summer wind swept across Qingshuo County, causing thousands of flowers and trees to rustle.
Xu Guang opened the panel, looking at the accumulated 2840 experience points. He spent 800 experience points to raise his Martial Artist Profession to level 7, enhancing the profession bonus effect, and he could noticeably feel some change in his Overwhelming Talent.
Combined with the tremendous strength feedback from the Elephant Contract, he truly did not feel weaker than an ordinary Seventh Grade.
Thinking about the impending backlash from the two families and the upcoming sword and blade scenario, for his own safety, Xu Guang didn’t mind the consumption and spent another 800 experience points to upgrade the White Crane Longevity Technique to level 7.
The level of Seventh Grade Minor Cultivation was enough to handle most crises, so even if a Seventh Grade Great Cultivation expert attacked, he might not win, but escaping should be possible.
However, as the situation became chaotic, Sixth Grade experts had already started to appear.
In troubled times, people are indeed pushed to progress.
By consuming three Blood Calming Pills refined from Blood Coral, he finally felt his strength completely solidified.
General Wei, standing guard nearby, felt a bit aggrieved.
The pills refined from Blood Coral carried a strong taste, making them somewhat unpleasant for humans, yet perfect for General Wei, who liked these as candy. Seeing Xu Guang consume so many at once, General Wei felt distressed.
"Was this necessary? I haven’t mistreated you, and these pills are even of my own making."
Xu Guang also felt aggrieved. With such a big eater to nurture, one indeed felt a heightened sense of security, but sometimes, it truly was exasperating.
Seeing him retort, General Wei flipped over the celestial gang and nudged him with his nose.
Xu Guang was almost knocked off his feet.
"Alright, alright, I give up. I’ll save all the pills refined from Blood Coral for you, okay?"
Simultaneously, he took out the demon beast flesh that Su Yan had given to secretly enjoy himself, in order to pacify General Wei.
Growing more rebellious with age.
General Wei was great in every way, but anything related to food was never enough for him.
After playing around with General Wei for a while, Xu Guang sent the always-eating, endlessly energetic creature off, practicing a set of Celestial Serpent Transformation Sword techniques, then took out Feng Shui books, practicing Lightweight Skill while studying.
At times, he felt like a master of time management.
Once the Iron Armor Sect had completely asserted control over Qingshuo County, he would remain dormant for a long time, as he currently had a lot on his hands.
Opportunities obtained from slaying Wei Shuangnian, the treasure hidden within the Turtle Shell, the Celestial Register, and the Hundred Beasts Secret Record gained from slaying Wang Ran were all treasures he could exploit.
Gathering the Turtle Shell Fragments relied on fate and opportunities.
As for the Celestial Register, during this time, he had also acquired the Qingshuo County Chronicle.
The county chronicle recorded a case of ghost trial during the 13th year of Fengyuan, but the record was too fantastical, leaving people awestruck. Xu Guang thought it might relate to the Celestial Register.
As for the Hundred Beasts Secret Record...
He leaned towards not cultivating it for now. There weren’t many demon beasts around that caught his eye; most possessed average abilities. Truth be told, General Wei indeed was a great target.
But with the talent from the Elephant Contract, once the Elephant Envoy level increased, the effect would far surpass this so-called secret technique. He would seek cultivation later, once there were clues about powerful demon beasts. For now, he could only put it on hold.
Furthermore, due to the external cheats, he currently didn’t have much demand for qualifications.
Then there was the matter of breaking through to Sixth Grade.
In the Jianghu, Sixth Grade was referred to as Innate. It was said that in the mother’s womb during the innate phase, one’s chest and abdomen contained Primordial Qi. Martial Artists cultivate to reverse train the innate, nurturing this breath of Primordial Qi.
Relying on this breath, a Martial Artist’s blood could be refined to True Power, exiting the body, thereby achieving the effect of inner strength and Gang Qi as in martial arts novels of previous lifetimes.
Imaginable, the importance of this realm.
The difficulty of breaking through was naturally great. Otherwise, for such a large number of sects and families in Qingshuo County, being able to break through to Innate was already someone who could be recorded in the county chronicle.
Xu Guang was clueless about this. Although the White Crane Longevity Technique was one of the best Acquired Techniques, the hope of breaking through to Sixth Grade Innate was still slim.
He needed to find a new Cultivation Technique. Such a technique, the Black Market did not have, and the Iron Armor Sect was even more unlikely to possess.
’Take it slowly. With General Wei possessing the Dragon Vein, breaking through to Sixth Grade should not present any barriers. By then, relying on General Wei, I should be able to access the Sixth Grade level, and then the search for Innate Techniques should become much simpler.’
Apart from this, during yesterday’s battle, he noticed a significant lack of attack methods.
Although General Wei was the MVP, he did not want to simply leech off. Perhaps, he could try learning some ranged attack methods, such as bow and arrow...
In the following days, Xu Guang lived a life deep in seclusion. On normal days, he studied Feng Shui, practiced Lightweight Skill, and in his free time, he worked on Alchemy, refining Ninth Grade and Eighth Grade Elixirs in order to increase experience and gain profit.
Following his promotion efforts before the Iron Armor Sect’s battle in the Central Plaza, although the Iron Armor Sect was not well-received due to the war, Xu Guang’s personally crafted Elixirs, however, were extraordinarily popular.
Xu Guang handed over the full sales of the Elixirs to Su Yan. According to Su Yan, she had already increased the price by 20%, yet buyers still came in an endless stream.
When mentioning this, Su Yan looked at Xu Guang with eyes of admiration.
This man was exemplary in every aspect except for his Martial Arts Talent.
Such a novel advertising approach was something people of this era couldn’t conceive.
Xu Guang felt an inward sense of satisfaction from Su Yan’s gaze, yet showed no outward sign of it.
Unfortunately, this world had the Extraordinary. Otherwise, he would have directly established a trade association, becoming an ancient tycoon, raising a few concubines, building a song and dance troupe larger than that of even a belt brother. Wouldn’t it be much more enjoyable than now?
He naturally mentioned the search for Bow and Arrow Martial Techniques to Su Yan as well.
Su Yan decisively agreed and promised to send over a non-trivial Arrow Skill.
...
Time unknowingly passed by ten days.
Xu Guang upgraded his Martial Artist Profession to level 8 again, further enhancing the Overwhelming Talent. He could even faintly sense a new, unique aura about him—a kind of invisible, intangible field.
Under that aura, those of a lower realm would be severely suppressed. Even if he restrained it on usual days, a little residual strength caused Du Shizhen, a mere child, to somewhat fear him.
The White Crane Longevity Technique had not been upgraded, as feeding General Wei had become a palpable strain on his resources.
He was a generous person, and as he earned more, what went into General Wei’s belly naturally increased as well.
He had already run out of Seventh-Grade Elixirs, and importantly, he was out of materials. Even though the Black Market had some stash of Pills, he couldn’t hope for Su Yan to give them to him, could he?
Even the materials needed to refine Seventh-Grade Elixirs had to wait for Su Yan to allocate.
General Wei’s body size had grown at a pace visible to the naked eye each day. At its fastest, his shoulder height could increase by ten centimeters a day.
Nowadays, General Wei’s shoulder height reached 4.6 meters, his body length was 14 meters, and his tail alone was over two meters long; the exposed portion of his tusks outside his lips extended a full three meters!
Xu Guang hadn’t seen a Sixth Grade expert, but he truly didn’t believe one could easily suppress General Wei.
Everything was developing in an orderly manner.
Suddenly, he heard a knock at the door.
A cautious-looking woman was standing at the door, a child in one hand.
"And you are..."
Xu Guang did not approach; those mixing in Jianghu should maintain rationality towards women.
"I am Yin Lele, Tie Xiong’s wife. Iron Head, this is your uncle from the Xu Family, quickly greet him."
The young woman was extremely beautiful, resembling a Lin Daiyu type who most stirred a man’s protective instincts.
Xu Guang frowned.
"While he was alive, my Tie Xiong was closest to Dharma Protector Xu. I hope Dharma Protector Xu would take Iron Head as his disciple and teach him the ways of taming Great Beasts. If he grows up, he will surely treat you as a father."
"With Tie Xiong’s passing, Lady Wu Fengqin has been making it difficult for us, and I would gladly devote myself to serving you in the future."
Yin Lele’s gentle words made Xu Guang’s head flood with black lines.
He wasn’t surnamed Cao, nor was he the Regent King, uninterested in being a fallback guy!
Did this woman not realize, trusting Tie Xiong’s words about their relationship, she actually sought him out, wanting him to impart methods of taming Great Beasts to her child? Really...
Just as Xu Guang was about to refuse, General Wei called out with slightly urgent cries in excitement and rushed over to Iron Head from afar.
Xu Guang promptly calmed him down.
From General Wei’s agitation, however, he gathered something extremely thrilling.
It turned out the child bore something with a similar aura to the Dragon Blood Stone!
Meaning there might be a Dragon Blood Treasure on this child!