29: Chapter 29 Breakthrough

A few more days passed.

The heat surrounding Han Ming and Li Xuewei slowly died down.

This was mainly because Han Ming hadn't gone to look for Li Xuewei once in these past few days, leading many students who hadn't seen it with their own eyes to assume it was just a rumor.

Moreover, with the Martial Dao College Entrance Examination drawing closer, many students were desperately Cultivating to prepare for the exam; who had the mind for gossip anymore?

"Hoo... System, open panel!"

In the school's Cultivation room, Han Ming slowly finished his session and muttered to the System in his heart.

Soon, a blue light screen appeared before him.

[Host: Han Ming]

[Age: 18]

[Talent: D (Fire Element Affinity)]

[Cultivation Technique: Ten Thousand Dao Scripture (Immortal Rank)]

[Martial Skill: Wind Shadow Step (Major Achievement), Mountain Crushing Palm (Major Achievement), Wind-Thunder Palm (Entry Level)]

[Blood Qi Value: 1876 points]

[Realm: One-Star Martial Artist]

[Current Disciple Quota: 2/2]

[Bound Disciples: Lin Fan (Nine-Star Martial Apprentice), Li Xuewei (One-Star Martial Apprentice · Mystic Ice Spirit Body Unawakened)]

Han Ming looked at the data on the panel, the corners of his mouth lifting slightly.

In a few days, his Blood Qi Value had risen by nearly seven hundred points. Although the feedback from Lin Fan and Li Xuewei wasn't much, he hadn't been idle either.

The Cultivation speed of the Ten Thousand Dao Scripture was far beyond what ordinary people could imagine; with sufficient resources, there were simply no Bottlenecks.

Furthermore, after the Breakthrough to Martial Artist, the speed at which he refined blood qi pills had also increased significantly. A rank 2 blood vitality pill that previously took an hour to refine now only took half an hour.

Lin Fan's strength had also reached the Nine-Star Martial Apprentice level and was about to have a Breakthrough to Martial Artist; his Cultivation progress was even faster than in the original novel.

This was because in the original novel, there was no one million he had given him, nor was there the matter of Principal Wang gifting the Wind-Thunder Palm and twenty blood qi pills.

With twenty blood qi pills to assist his Cultivation, Li Xuewei had also provided Han Ming with over twenty points of Blood Qi Value—better than nothing.

The main thing would depend on after she had the Awakening of her Mystic Ice Spirit Body.

"Soon. It seems I can have a Breakthrough to Two-Star Martial Artist tonight."

Han Ming put away the System panel, a flash of sharpness in his eyes as he muttered to himself.

Thinking of this, Han Ming stopped hesitating. He took a porcelain bottle from his storage space, poured out a dark red Medicinal Pill the size of a dragon's eye, put it in his mouth, and began to circulate his Cultivation Technique to refine it.

This was a rank 3 blood vitality pill, its effects more than ten times better than a rank 2 blood vitality pill. Each one could provide a Martial Artist with 10 to 50 points of blood qi.

Exactly how much it could increase depended on the user's talent and the Rank of the Cultivation Technique being practiced.

Like Han Ming and Lin Fan, who practiced the Ten Thousand Dao Scripture, it went without saying that they could definitely refine the Medicinal Pill one hundred percent.

In fact, because they absorbed the Spiritual Qi drifting in the air while refining the Medicinal Pill, the increase in Blood Qi Value was even more than 50 points.

Of course, the price was also ten times that of a rank 2 blood vitality pill; one pill cost fifteen thousand yuan, which ordinary people simply couldn't afford.

As the Medicinal Pill entered his abdomen, a massive surge of energy instantly exploded, rushing through his limbs and bones like magma.

Han Ming had been prepared. He operated the Ten Thousand Dao Scripture at full power, locking this violent energy firmly within his Meridians and guiding it to circulate through his body.

One cycle, two cycles, three cycles...

The Blood Qi Value climbed at a speed visible to the naked eye.

1880... 1900... 1920...

When the energy of the Medicinal Pill was completely refined, Han Ming's Blood Qi Value had already reached 1932, six points more than expected.

Han Ming opened his eyes and exhaled a breath of turbid air, a hint of satisfaction flashing in his eyes.

One rank 3 blood vitality pill had directly caused a surge of over fifty points of Blood Qi Value. This speed would be enough to scare a group of people if seen outside.

"One more."

Han Ming didn't hesitate and poured out another Medicinal Pill, placing it into his mouth.

Half an hour later, the Medicinal Pill was thoroughly refined, and Han Ming's Blood Qi Value reached 1987 points.

He was still thirteen points away from a Breakthrough to Two-Star Martial Artist.

However, Han Ming wasn't anxious, because he knew the feedback from Lin Fan would come very soon...

"I feel it's almost time. Tonight, I will have a Breakthrough to Martial Artist."

Meanwhile, in another Cultivation room, Lin Fan felt the surging power of blood qi within his body, a sense of heroic ambition rising in his heart.

His Cultivation speed in this life was far faster than in his previous life. During the Martial Dao College Entrance Examination in his previous life, he had only just barely managed a Breakthrough to One-Star Martial Apprentice, barely making it into the local Jiangbei Martial Arts University, becoming the most bottom-tier existence.

"But I'm out of blood qi pills. After the Breakthrough to Martial Artist, I have to go out into the wilderness to hunt exotic beasts."

Lin Fan looked at the last blood qi pill in his hand and, without further hesitation, swallowed it in one gulp.

The Medicinal Pill entered his abdomen, and the energy exploded.

He operated the Ten Thousand Dao Scripture at full power, guiding this energy to circulate madly within his body. The blood qi surged in his Meridians like a river, each cycle bringing more powerful strength.

994... 996... 999...

The Blood Qi Value climbed continuously, getting closer and closer to the threshold of a Martial Artist.

"Boom!"

A roar echoed in Lin Fan's mind, as if some shackle had been broken.

The Meridians in his body instantly widened by more than double, the speed of blood qi circulation skyrocketed, and his blood qi was full, tempering his tendons and bones—this was the hallmark of a Martial Artist!

The condensation level of his blood qi was more than double that of a Martial Apprentice!

"Jiang Mingyue, Jiang Family, and Zhang Yulong, just you wait!"

Lin Fan opened his eyes, feeling the surging power of blood qi within him, a cold light flashing in his eyes.

[Ding! Detected that host's disciple · Lin Fan has had a Breakthrough to Martial Artist, synchronizing feedback to host: Blood Qi Value +15]

At the same time Lin Fan achieved his Breakthrough, the System's notification sounded in Han Ming's mind.

Suddenly, a surge of blood qi emerged from thin air within his body; his Blood Qi Value instantly broke through the two-thousand mark, reaching two thousand and two, successfully achieving a Breakthrough to Two-Star Martial Artist.

The blood qi within his body had condensed even further.

"This guy Lin Fan finally broke through."

Looking at Lin Fan, who was now displayed as a One-Star Martial Artist in the System, Han Ming showed a satisfied smile.

However, when his gaze turned to Li Xuewei, his brows furrowed imperceptibly.

Even though Lin Fan's Breakthrough was a cause for celebration, he couldn't really wait for Li Xuewei for a whole month, could he?

He remembered that it was during the college entrance examination that she had been lucky enough to consume a Rank 4 ice-attribute Spiritual Plant, which had activated the Mystic Ice Spirit Body within her.

But now, with only about twenty days left until the college entrance examination, there was absolutely no need for him to wait that long!

The original novel mentioned that eighty miles into the wilderness outside Jiangbei City, there was an abandoned cold iron mine.

Deep within the mine was a cold pool, the water of which contained rich cold-attribute Spiritual Qi, and inside it just happened to be a Rank 4 ice-attribute Spiritual Plant.

In the original novel, that ice-attribute Spiritual Plant was obtained by Lin Fan and refined for Lin Xiaoyu, allowing her to have a Breakthrough to the Martial Master Realm.

It was just that it was so much earlier now, he didn't know if that Spiritual Plant had matured yet.

And there was also a Peak Rank 3 Black Water Giant Crocodile guarding it, with strength equivalent to a Peak Martial Master, which he wasn't a match for either.

Han Ming began to feel troubled for a moment.

He couldn't just call his father, could he?

His father was also a Peak Martial Master and might not necessarily be a match for that Black Water Giant Crocodile, unless he called his second and third uncles as well.

But when the time came, he couldn't exactly let his father give the hard-earned ice-attribute Spiritual Plant to him, could he?

That was a Rank 4 Spiritual Plant, and its value was no less than the purple blood lingzhi that had caught the Zhang Family's eye earlier.

If it weren't for the fact that his father didn't have an ice-attribute talent, that ice-attribute Spiritual Plant could have helped his father directly achieve a Breakthrough to Great Martial Master.

"Forget it, let's not think about it so much for now. I'll tell my father and get the Spiritual Plant back first."

After Han Ming figured this out, he left the school immediately and rushed home.