Chapter 73: Chapter 73 You Quan
“So it’s a record like this, this person is quite talented indeed,” Li Fei exclaid after reading the content of the small booklet he found on Ghost Wolf.
This booklet didn’t record any secret martial arts manuals, but it wasn’t like last ti—a useless novel.
It contained Ghost Wolf’s personal notes on poison research.
The crossbow arrows used by the “wolf pack” were all sared with a highly toxic substance, and this rapidly effective poison against martial artists was concocted by Ghost Wolf himself.
He initially bought poisons from the black market but found them ineffective, so he started researching bit by bit. After many years of effort, he finally developed this potent poison, which beca the “wolf pack’s” secret weapon.
The booklet in Li Fei’s hands recorded the experiences and developnt process of Ghost Wolf’s years of poison concoction.
As for the liquid in that iron pot, it was the poison made by Ghost Wolf, which he called “Nether Spring.”
Li Fei recalled the situation after he got shot by an arrow tonight.
A poisoned arrow had hit his left arm, causing a slight external wound and contaminating him with Nether Spring Poison.
However, thanks to the Myriad Blood Pearl absorbing 99% of the toxicity, the remaining poison had no effect on Li Fei.
But just because Li Fei wasn’t afraid of the poison didn’t an others wouldn’t be.
“If I used this poison for indiscriminate attacks, others wouldn’t be able to withstand it like I can.”
Several tactics for using poison in battle suddenly sprang into Li Fei’s mind.
With that thought, he suddenly found the poison to be more useful than li powder.
It was ti for his thods to get an upgrade.
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While Li Fei began studying the poison at ho, news of the “wolf pack” botching their job and their leader being killed quickly spread from Qingyuan Fist Village, shaking up the underworld of Xing City.
“You an to say, from the beginning of the clash to the very end, it all didn’t exceed two minutes?” Zhou Yuan asked in surprise after hearing the report from two of his subordinates in a room.
He had anticipated that Li Fei might encounter an ambush from the “wolf pack” when he sent people to follow him; he wanted to know the outco firsthand.
But he hadn’t expected such a result.
“Master, when we first noticed the ‘wolf pack’ preparing to make their move, we didn’t dare follow too closely. Then the two sides clashed on a street, and there were even gunshots! Not long after, the mbers of the wolf pack ran out, but they seed not to have succeeded; they looked like they were fleeing for their lives. When we got there shortly after, all we saw were corpses, including that of the wolf pack’s leader, Ghost Wolf. From the mont the wolf pack charged into that street to when they fled out, the whole process definitely didn’t take more than two minutes,” one subordinate reported.
“Tell the details of the corpses,” Zhou Yuan instructed.
The two recounted all the details they had seen earlier.
“Alright, you may go,” Zhou Yuan said after listening, dismissing them.
He sat in thought for a while before leaving the room.
He lived in a large estate with a spacious courtyard.
This was the estate of the Tiger Saber Gang Leader Yu Hu—Yu Estate.
After crossing several corridors, Zhou Yuan entered a yard.
As expected, Yu Hu was practicing his boxing in the court, an unmissable part of his daily routine.
Zhou Yuan stood by, waiting quietly for Yu Hu to finish his set of punches and slowly winding down before approaching.
“What brings you here so late?” Yu Hu gestured for Zhou Yuan to sit down and then poured himself a cup of dicinal liquid, gulping down a large bowlful.
“Tonight was supposed to be just about entertaining Zhou Yuan at Qingyuan Fist Village, but we encountered an interesting person,” Zhou Yuan began.
He then told Yu Hu about the Green-faced Ghost.
“The Ghost Wolf of the wolf pack is at the Body Breaking Middle Stage, and there’s also a Shadow Wolf at the Body Breaking Middle Stage. Plus, they had guns, a powerful crossbow, and potent poison. Such a line-up could kill a martial artist at the peak of the Body Breaking stage, but they were wiped out in less than two minutes.”
Zhang Mingze looked at Yu Hu, “Gang Leader, I suspect this Green-faced Ghost might be a martial master in deep cover!”
“Martial master?”
Yu Hu poured himself another bowl of dicine, “For a martial master to appear so suddenly, completely undetected, that’s not an easy feat.”
How many martial artists in the Qi Change Stage were there in Xing City? What kind of Implants each martial master used, what Martial Art they specialized in—these were things every major force was clearly aware of.
Because nurturing a martial master in secret was enormously difficult. Advancing from the Body Breaking Stage to the Qi Change Stage wasn’t sothing that could be achieved just by hoarding resources or secluding oneself in rigorous training.
The key to the Qi Change Stage was the Innate Qi, and the best way to stimulate the Innate Qi of an Implant was through frequent combat. Life-and-death trials were the best thod to break through this barrier.
The reason why the boxing rings of the Qingyuan Fist Village with the ‘heaven’ character were able to attract so many martial artists in the Body Breaking Stage was precisely because of this.
So before making the breakthrough, a martial artist in the Body Breaking Stage would often challenge others everywhere, leaving behind many combat records. It was difficult to achieve a quiet and unnoticed breakthrough.
“Even if he isn’t a martial master, he has the combat power of one, a valuable chess piece.”
Zhang Mingze said.
“You’re thinking of bringing this person into play?”
Yu Hu finished another bowl of dicine as he looked at Zhang Mingze.
“The Calming Sect has suffered heavy losses and has only a handful of elite left, fewer than a hundred guns from our initial estimate. Our strength is deficient. Why not bring the Green-faced Ghost into the fold?”
Zhang Mingze said.
Yu Hu pondered for a mont and nodded, “Then let’s first test the waters with this Green-faced Ghost.”
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Clang—
Inside the practice room, two blades crossed paths, forcing Li Fei to step back.
At that mont, his upper body was bare, muscles bulging and skin a bronze red, as he wielded a real saber, dueling with Hao Yi while in the ‘Overlord Body’ state.
Ali Fei’s body already bore several white marks, all of which Hao Yi had left with his saber.
After the round of sparring, Li Fei’s body began to ‘shrink,’ his skin color returned to normal, and the ‘Overlord Body’ state ended.
“That’s enough for today.”
Hao Yi said to Li Fei.
“Thank you for your hard work, Teacher.”
Li Fei bowed to Hao Yi as was his custom, then began to pack up his things.
It had been three days since he finished the ‘Dragon and Tiger Fight,’ and during these days he had gone nowhere, training every day at the Martial Arts Hall and at ho.
His training regin now involved repeatedly activating the ‘Overlord Body’ and sparring with Hao Yi, exchanging saber techniques.
He would ingest massive amounts of Power Transformation Pills in advance and then inform Hao Yi that he had already taken the Iron Essence Pill, and then during the training, he would employ the ‘Overlord Body.’ After several consecutive uses, the Steel Armor Implant would begin to ‘weaken’, then he would wait for it to absorb the drug’s power, replenish its nutrients, recover, and then use the ‘Overlord Body’ again, repeating this cycle.
This process was known as ‘Strength Training.’
It took several hours for an Implant to absorb and digest the power of dication, and the duration was related to the compatibility between the individual and the Implant. Therefore, the better the martial artist’s talent, the more tis per day they could perform Strength Training.
Currently, it took Li Fei about 150 minutes on average for each absorption and digestion of dication. Excluding sleep ti, he could perform Strength Training up to seven tis a day at the most.
But taking such a large quantity of dication every day would be too much for the body to handle, even if it was a high-grade elixir like the Iron Essence Pill. Thus, Hao Yi’s advice to him was to carry out three to four Strength Training sessions a day, which would suffice.
Yet, Li Fei chose to practice with Hao Yi four tis during the day and then complete the remaining three sessions on his own at night.
He was virtually consuming Power Transformation Pills like they were candy.
Other martial artists who trained like him would sooner or later ruin themselves, but he reveled in it, feeling the Steel Armor Implant inside his body grow stronger by the day.
This feeling was addictive.
Not only that, but because Li Fei consud a large amount of Power Transformation Pills every day, the Myriad Blood Pearl absorbed a vast amount of energy and finally upgraded from level 6 to level 7!
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