38: Breakthrough
Time flew like a white steed passing through a gap, and in the blink of an eye, three days had passed.
Han Yi spent these past few days trying to Cultivate the 'Thunderclap Palm' to the introductory level, but he made no progress whatsoever.
【Name】: Han Yi (16/86)
【Realm】: Mid Bone Refinement Stage (74/100)
【Cultivation Methods】: Yang Yuan Skill (Incomplete, Proficient 3/20, can be upgraded); Jade Bone Skill (Mortal Rank, Trait: Strong Bone, Minor Accomplishment 2/20, can be upgraded)
【Martial Arts】: Mountain Shattering Fist (Mortal Rank, Traits: Stone Shattering, Earth Splitting, Great Accomplishment); Basic Knife Technique (Mortal Rank, Trait: Knife Dance, Minor Accomplishment 6/20, can be upgraded); Flying Swallow Kick (Yellow Rank Low Grade, Trait: Gale, Proficient (3/20), can be upgraded)
【Essence Power Value】: 29
Perhaps, it's time to add some points... Han Yi looked at the information on the panel, his thoughts turning.
'Yang Yuan Skill' add points!
In an instant, he felt new insights surfacing in his mind.
He seemed to have officially become an Inner Sect Disciple of the Crimson Flame Sect, but he had not chosen the Inner Sect cultivation method, 'Huoyuan Skill'.
Some people mocked him, saying that he was truly a shallow-minded Outer Sect Disciple, craving temporary pleasure, cultivating a cultivation method without a visualization diagram;
Others advised him, urging him to change his cultivation method as soon as possible to achieve something in the future.
But he was unmoved, insisting on cultivating a cultivation method called 'Yang Yuan Skill', which was said to have no future path and was a common commodity. Just like that, he cultivated 'Yang Yuan Skill' day after day.
At first, there were still instructors who could give guidance.
However, a year passed, two years passed...
As the time he spent cultivating 'Yang Yuan Skill' grew longer, it seemed no one could surpass his understanding of 'Yang Yuan Skill'.
He seemed to have cultivated 'Yang Yuan Skill' to a new Realm.
Immediately after, Han Yi snapped back from his daze, feeling as though his abdomen had suddenly become scalding hot.
But this heat was like the temperature next to a stove in winter, just enough to make one sweat but also feel exceptionally comfortable.
Han Yi took a deep breath and slowly exhaled.
Although it was morning, it was the height of summer, and white mist spewed out from his mouth like arrows, like a red-hot anvil in a high-temperature forging furnace, causing waves of heat to rise when touched by water.
Under the gentle morning sunlight, his entire body, from head to toe, was emitting heat.
Following this, the hot current within his body began to flow slowly. At first, it was like a small stream flowing gently through his limbs and bones. Gradually, the scalding blood and qi surged violently, as if a small stream had turned into a great river, ferociously impacting a dam.
"Pain!"
Han Yi grunted, gritting his teeth tightly. He felt that as the surging blood and qi within his body impacted, it was like a dike breaking. The blood and qi violently penetrated deep into the bones of his body. This was a pain that reached the marrow.
It was not a simple adjective. The violent blood and qi were tempering his bone marrow. Han Yi endured pain like ten thousand ants gnawing at his bones. He was bent over, curled up on the ground, his face as pale as gold leaf, and large beads of sweat streamed down like rain.
Under the relentless washing of the blood and qi, which was like a river, gradually, tiny drops of blood appeared on Han Yi's skin. The blood drops became denser, forming layers of blood blossoms.
The next instant!
The air around Han Yi suddenly turned red, and waves of bloody mist rose around him.
From a distance, Han Yi looked as if he was wearing a blood-colored robe, his Aura incredibly astonishing!
At this moment, Han Yi had already stood up from the ground, feeling his entire body relaxed and comfortable. His physique seemed to have been significantly strengthened, and he was filled with power!
In addition, he felt that the blood and qi, which he previously had to carefully sense to grasp, could now be felt flowing within his body with just a slight effort.
Both the quality and quantity of his blood and qi had greatly increased, making his overall physical condition much stronger!
Han Yi looked at the faint blood-colored robe on his body, feeling the explosive power within his body, and murmured, "Did I break through to the Lianxue Stage?"
【Name】: Han Yi (16/106)
【Realm】: Refining Blood (8/100)
【Cultivation Methods】: Yang Yuan Skill (Incomplete, Trait: Rejuvenation, Minor Accomplishment 2/50, can be upgraded); Jade Bone Skill (Mortal Rank, Trait: Strong Bone, Minor Accomplishment 2/20, can be upgraded)
【Essence Power Value】: 12
Han Yi was a little surprised. He knew that his cultivation would break through after adding points, but he had only expected to reach the Late Bone Refinement Stage at most.
One of them was even known as the 'Two Gates' which were the most difficult to break through below the Tongmai Martial Master!
Every year, countless talented and brilliant individuals fell before the two gates of 'Generating New Blood' and 'Transforming Old Blood'. Countless people died in depression because of this, ending their lives in regret.
Originally, Han Yi had planned to exchange for 'Essence Tempering Pill' and 'Blood Transformation Pill' from the sect after becoming an Inner Sect Disciple.
But he never expected that achieving Minor Accomplishment in 'Yang Yuan Skill' would allow him to break through two Realms consecutively, directly from the Refining Blood to the Late Blood Refinement Stage.
His lifespan also increased by a full twenty years, making him a true 'centenarian'!
He glanced at his stats. Barehanded, his attack power had also changed from the previous '24~32' to '42~47'.
"Although this 'Yang Yuan Skill' is marked as incomplete, it doesn't seem simple..." Han Yi recalled the scenes in his memory when he added points, and a hint of brilliance flashed in his eyes.
"And the newly added trait, Rejuvenation. I can test it out when I test my strength later!"
Clang!
Han Yi bought a good pig leg with skin from outside Qiuzhu Alley and hung it on a rack with an iron chain.
"Hoo!"
He let out a low shout, stimulating the blood and qi in his body.
At this moment, Han Yi's tendons were like tree roots coiled around his body, his bones were like refined steel forging his physique. His entire body's six hundred and thirty-nine muscles stretched freely like living things, and his two hundred and six bones were integrated into a single, unified force.
He exerted a slight force and smashed a straight punch onto the pig leg. A dull 'bang' sound echoed.
Immediately, blood splattered, and bone fragments flew. The good pig leg with skin that Han Yi had bought for a large sum of money instantly became a bloody mess!
Clang, clang, clang
Only the iron chain swayed on the iron rack.
Lianxue Stage, quasi-Martial Master, truly lives up to its name! Han Yi thought to himself.
He felt that after becoming a quasi-Martial Master at the Lianxue Stage, he was no longer like before, where after activating his blood and qi, he would exhaust his blood and qi power after just a few punches.
Moreover, he could feel that a wisp of Innate blood and qi within his body was still slowly and continuously recovering the consumption just now.
If the Skin Refinement Stage primarily increased physical defense, and the Bone Refinement Stage trained strength, then the Lianxue Stage, after changing blood, increased stamina.
When all three act on the body simultaneously, it causes the gap between Martial Artists who have undergone Blood Refinement and ordinary people to gradually widen, gradually becoming non-human!
Han Yi took out a finely forged broadsword. He exerted a slight force, relaxing the blood and qi circulation in his arm. The sharp blade instantly cut a wound deep enough to see bone!
Han Yi endured the pain and silently circulated the blood and qi within his body according to 'Yang Yuan Skill'.
A somewhat terrifying scene occurred. With the activation of the Rejuvenation trait, the flesh and blood at the wound squirmed, and in a very short time, it returned to its original state, without any pain!
"What astonishing recovery power. I wonder if one day I can Cultivate to the legendary Realm of regenerating severed limbs..."
Han Yi increasingly felt the extraordinariness of 'Yang Yuan Skill'!
Grumble, grumble
At this point, a series of untimely sounds rang out. Han Yi subconsciously touched his belly, he was hungry again!
During the Bone Refinement Stage, Han Yi had also noticed that his appetite had increased slightly, but he hadn't paid much attention to it at the time. It was nothing more than adding two more bowls of rice.
But after breaking through to the Lianxue Stage, Han Yi felt that things were becoming abnormal.
He had just eaten breakfast, but after only about an hour, he felt his stomach rumbling and an unbearable hunger!