2: What a shame, after tasting beef tendon, my blood and qi are surging like the sea

"beef tendon? Let me try some!" Han Lie said.

Watching Han Lie reach for the snack, Cui Dazhi looked like he had seen a ghost, quickly reached out to stop him, and then looked up at the teacher.

Seeing Old Ban still rattling offPrecautions, he lowered his head and urgently said in a suppressed voice:

"No, buddy!"

"Are you crazy?"

"What's wrong?"

Han Lie thought, with a brotherhood where Black Horned Horse Essence Blood could be given away, a bag of beef tendon should be fair game, right?

As his memories merged, he already knew that his predecessor and Cui Dazhi had known each other since they were very young, a brotherhood that was as strong as could be.

"What's wrong?!"

Cui Dazhi only felt helpless and a bit bewildered. "Lie Zi, you're not yourself today. You weren't like this before. When did you ever eat junk food like this?

Besides, Old Ban is still up there. If he sees you eating junk snacks, he'll swallow you whole!"

"?"

Han Lie slowly typed out a question mark, but then relevant memories immediately surfaced in his mind. Only then did he understand why a bag of beef tendon was like an R-rated item in Cui Dazhi's eyes.

It was still related to the martial arts culture of this world. Everyone practiced martial arts andpile to temper their bodies and increase their vital energy and blood. A very important part of this was dietary intake.

The daily diet of martial arts practitioners usually consisted mainly of meat protein, so small snacks like these, which had little nutritional value and contained various additives, were the kind that even dogs wouldn't eat.

There was even a saying in society that consuming too many varied and messy things could affect the purity of one's vital energy and blood, thereby affecting one's ability to become a martial artist.

Oh, right,

One of the hallmarks of becoming a martial artist was reaching a vital energy and blood value of one hundred.

"I see!"

Han Lie understood. This was like the wuxia novels of his previous life; reading this in school was like disrespecting the teacher's authority.

As for Cui Dazhi having this in his desk, it was entirely a young man's desire to be unconventional, a deliberate act of showing off.

In reality,

This bag of beef tendon was an old prop.

"Then I'll eat it later."

Han Lie wasn't in a rush at this moment. After calming down a bit, he also felt that he had been too hasty. What if this really was Mighty Bull Essence Blood? How should he react?

Although he didn't know what it was, seeing Cui Dazhi's reaction made it seem extraordinary, which could involve the question of whether his body could handle it.

He took this time to ask:

"Dazhi, what is Black Horned Horse Essence Blood?"

"? Don't you know?"

Cui Dazhi glanced over, then seeing Han Lie's eager-to-learn expression, he immediately understood that the latter probably only knew the name, but not its specific effects.

He immediately became interested.

He lowered his head and whispered,

"That's a long story. I'll tell you simply: hundreds of years ago, when our ancestors fought against other races, they discovered that in the early stages of cultivation, we always couldn't beat them!

How could that be allowed?

So they came up with ideas, tried and tried again, and discovered a way to break through human limits during the Martial Apprentice stage!"

Han Lie nodded slightly. The stage they were currently in was the unranked Martial Apprentice, and the next visible and desired breakthrough stage was Martial Artist.

"Among the Universe of Myriad Races, there is the Fiend Clan. Their blood can be absorbed and utilized by humans. Initially, that stuff was quite violent, but fortunately, after hundreds of years of research, they finally developed a method to condense Fiend Clan blood into Essence Blood. Fiend Clan Essence Blood is much milder!"

Han Lie seemed to understand.

"So, taking Fiend Clan Essence Blood can break human limits. For students like us who haven't taken Fiend Clan Essence Blood, the threshold to become a Martial Artist is one hundred vital energy and blood!

And those who have taken Fiend Clan Essence Blood can break this limit?

Then your..."

Han Lie didn't finish his sentence. It was clearly something meant to break human limits, yet it was being used to increase his vital energy and blood!

Wasn't this like feeding a pig an immortal elixir?

This was too wasteful.

"Oh, it's nothing!"

Cui Dazhi knew what Han Lie wanted to say and waved his hand dismissively, "I can also get things like vital energy and blood dispersal agents, but they're not as reliable, right? Something that can increase vital energy and blood by five points at once is indeed hard to get!"

"How much?" Han Lie asked.

"Not much, haha!"

"I asked you how much!"

Han Lie asked very seriously, because he was very clear about his own situation: an orphan from the start, no father, no mother, and his vital energy and blood value...

As he was thinking,

A panel suddenly popped up in front of him.

"Host: Han Lie

Vitality: 59

Martial Arts: None

Divine Powers: None

Phenomena: None

.....None"

Good heavens, so he also had attributes, and his predecessor was a 'N-nothing' product, utterly useless.

He figured if the beef tendon didn't work, he would definitely have to take the Black Horned Horse Essence Blood, otherwise, he wouldn't be able to register for the Martial Exam.

He would truly become social scrap.

"...One hundred thousand!"

Cui Dazhi couldn't resist Han Lie and said.

"One hundred thousand?"

Han Lie's pupils constricted. He hadn't expected such a small item to be so expensive. According to his memory, one hundred thousand yuan could already buy a decent car in this world.

Poverty for scholars, wealth for martial artists, terrifying indeed.

He didn't say anything. Even if it was worth more, he would accept it, because the Martial Exam was the only way for him to leap over the dragon's gate right now.

He then casually asked:

"What about Mighty Bull Essence Blood?"

Hearing this, Cui Dazhi felt like laughing. He thought, 'Brother, why are you still thinking about Mighty Bull Essence Blood? Even a genius like him would find it very difficult to buy that stuff.'

"Two million!"

"? That expensive?"

Even with psychological preparation, Han Lie hadn't expected this thing to be so outrageously expensive. Two million could already buy a decent house.

"You think?"

Cui Dazhi sniffed, "Let me put it this way, Black Horned Horse Essence Blood isn't even fit to carry Mighty Bull Essence Blood's shoes.

And don't look at how expensive it is, there are tons of people who want to buy it!

Currently, there are none for sale on the market; it's a priceless commodity!"

"Is the effect very strong?"

"Extremely strong."

"Is it also taken directly?"

"The same!"

Cui Dazhi was very patient. "That's why Mighty Bull Essence Blood is so awesome. It's effective and gentle, and currently the most suitable Fiend Clan Essence Blood for the Martial Apprentice stage. Sigh, when I broke through my limits, my dad really wanted to get me a portion of Mighty Bull Essence Blood, but you really can't buy it..."

"You can't even get it?"

Han Lie was surprised. One had to know that Cui Dazhi's father was a Sixth-Rank Martial Artist. With such strength, he could already hold an important position in the municipal bureau.

"Can't get it..."

Cui Dazhi also felt a bit regretful, "If it were fifty years earlier, maybe there would still be some. Now the Mighty Bull race has almost been wiped out by humans, where would you even get Mighty Bull Essence Blood?!"

As they were talking,

Old Ban seemed to have finished. With his announcement, "Class dismissed, time to eat," everyone immediately stood up.

And Han Lie took advantage of this gap.

He directly pulled out the beef tendon, opened it, and popped it all into his mouth. This stuff looked like a large piece, but there was actually very little.

"No, you're really eating it?"

Cui Dazhi's eyes widened.

"Thump—"

"What was that sound?"

He was wondering, looking left, right, front, and back, when he turned around and met Han Lie's bright, star-like eyes, and a row of white teeth.

And that sound seemed to be coming from the other person's body.

"Dazhi, it seems to be real!"

"What?"

"Here, Mighty Bull Essence Blood!"

Han Lie fiddled with the beef tendon packaging, while feeling the rapid and gentle changes in his body. When he heard the thumping sound of his heart, he knew—

He had succeeded.

"Huh!?"

Dazhi looked at the eaten old prop, thinking to himself, even if it took off its clothes, it was still beef tendon, damn it!!

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