28: Chapter 28: Taking the Blood Nourishing Pill, one can quickly master the Dao in a week, and the Opening Aperture Realm is within reach!

After a while, seeing Lu Qingyun remove the bandages by himself, revealing a body that had long since scabbed over.

Jiang Yanqiu stared blankly.

She reached out, her slender, pale fingers resting on Lu Qingyun's chest.

Gently sliding across, it was smooth and unblemished.

The terrifying bloody hole that was originally there had actually healed.

An injury that would be considered severe even for a Xiantian Realm powerhouse like her.

Yet in Lu Qingyun's case, it took less than half a day to be completely repaired!

"A Physical-type Awakened's self-healing ability is actually this exaggerated?!"

Jiang Yanqiu was shocked by this terrifying self-healing ability. Her lips parted slightly, and the look of deep shock in her eyes did not fade for a long time.

But soon, it was replaced by absolute excitement!

Such a powerful self-healing ability, along with an exaggerated speed of cultivation progress!

All of this proved one thing to her!

Lu Qingyun truly had the potential to rank in the top ten of the Tianjiao Camp!

If he didn't die young, his future achievements were bound to be astonishing!

After exhaling a deep breath, Jiang Yanqiu's eyes flickered. She looked directly at Lu Qingyun and responded straightforwardly, "Cash it out! Aside from the compensation I promised earlier, I will personally... invest thirty million as an investment in you."

"Originally, that spot in the Tianjiao Camp was meant as a guarantee for you to enter a Top-tier Martial University. But now... I admit, I have a bit of selfishness. I need you to rank in the top ten during the final assessment of the Tianjiao Camp! This matter is closely related to my future, so I promise..."

"If you achieve this, I will owe you a favor. In the future, if you need help with anything, feel free to come to me, and I will do my absolute best!"

Jiang Yanqiu spoke directly and openly, which perfectly suited her personality.

And Lu Qingyun also liked dealing with this type of person—all the benefits were laid out clearly, and what needed to be done was made plain.

Instead of wasting time on beating around the bush, it would be better to practice another martial technique!

Besides, from the words of Principal Mu Mingsheng and Jiang Yanqiu alone, it was clear that the Tianjiao Camp was no dragon's den or tiger's lair.

Rather, it was a place that ordinary people had absolutely no right to even hear of, and only those with deep backgrounds and peerless talent were qualified to enter.

"Pleasure working with you."

Lu Qingyun extended his hand toward Jiang Yanqiu.

Right during this pause, the Out-of-Combat Recovery activated once again.

On his arm, at the wounds, new granulation tissue constantly spread, healing the wounds at a speed visible to the naked eye!

In the end, not even a single scar was left, and his skin was as fair, tender, and smooth as a peeled egg.

Seeing this scene, the shock in the hearts of Principal Mu Mingsheng and Jiang Yanqiu, who were watching from the side, intensified once again!

A Physical-type Awakened's performance in the early stages could only be described as monstrous!

Their advantage over Awakened of other types was far more than just a little!

Especially an existence with a self-healing ability as exaggerated as Lu Qingyun's; he was completely unmatched in the two stages of Mortal Shedding and Aperture Opening!

Unfortunately, once they reached the Innate Realm, the Awakened of other types would begin to exert their power.

By then, the shortcomings of Physical-type Awakened would become extremely obvious.

This was precisely why Jiang Yanqiu had paid special attention when she first heard of a Physical-type Awakened.

Because what she needed was strength in the early stages of the cultivation path, allowing him to more easily enter the top ten!

That was an assessment standard that belonged to her!

"Director Jiang, those blood nourishing pills of mine... can you give them to me now?"

Lu Qingyun did not dwell on future benefits.

Instead, the hundred or so blood nourishing pills that were currently not far from him, visible and tangible, were the most important!

Hearing this, Jiang Yanqiu walked out quickly, and before long, she returned carrying an exquisitely packaged box engraved with the mark of a jade bottle.

Once opened, there were a total of thirteen jade bottles inside.

Ten blood nourishing pills per bottle, with only five in the last bottle.

The blood nourishing pill was actually not unfamiliar to Lu Qingyun.

In his memory, Lu Dacheng's family had purchased them for Lu Tianshun multiple times, hoping he could use them to nourish his Qi and blood, comprehend Qi and Blood Power, and become a martial artist.

However, every time, they would dissolve the blood nourishing pill in a basin of water to dilute its medicinal properties and prevent him from exploding and dying.

Of course, this had absolutely nothing to do with his predecessor.

Given his predecessor's status, he didn't even have the chance to smell the medicinal fragrance.

"One hundred thousand per pill, and even with a discount, it still costs eighty thousand."

"I wonder how effective it is."

Lu Qingyun tossed a blood nourishing pill directly into his mouth. It melted instantly, and a faint warm current immediately flowed into his body.

[Consumed one Cultivation Pill (White), Level EXP +20!]

"One pill adds twenty EXP. Going from Mortal Shedding Realm Tier 1 to Mortal Shedding Realm Tier 2 only requires ten blood nourishing pills."

"Normally, since I am currently at Mortal Shedding Realm Tier 8, the effect of a single blood nourishing pill shouldn't be this significant. Perhaps it's because my body has been digitized that I don't develop any drug resistance."

As Lu Qingyun thought, he stuffed the blood nourishing pills into his mouth one by one.

This method of eating them like jellybeans made the eyelids of the two powerhouses beside him twitch!

For martial artists, although pills could drastically shorten cultivation time, drug resistance and pill toxicity were factors that had to be considered.

Even if one completely ignored the unstable foundation caused by taking pills to level up, eating them the way Lu Qingyun did would likely result in pill toxicity corroding his internal organs before long, completely cutting off his future path.

Therefore, upon seeing Lu Qingyun eating them like this, Principal Mu Mingsheng hastily spoke up to warn him, "Lu Qingyun, although you are a Physical-type Awakened and naturally have some immunity and resistance to this, cultivation is about gradual progress, and pills are best used as a supplement."

Lu Qingyun's action of picking up a blood nourishing pill and putting it toward his mouth stopped.

He suddenly realized that although he could mindlessly gain EXP this way,

to others, this appeared extremely shocking and was entirely a short-sighted act of ruining his own future!

To avoid causing unnecessary trouble, Lu Qingyun put down the blood nourishing pills for now.

Then, with a calm tone and an apologetic smile, he said,

"I'm sorry, I've never taken pills before, so I didn't know much about this."

Hearing this, Principal Mu Mingsheng instantly recalled Lu Qingyun's family situation.

This caused a trace of guilt to well up in his heart.

Living in such a miserable environment since childhood.

After growing up, basically all of his resources were supplied to that untalented cousin. In the end, after he was crippled, even his compensation was embezzled by the school's dean of students and his homeroom teacher.

Had he not fortunately Awakened his Physical Type talent, the youth before him would have likely died long ago.

It was probably because of this that his personality had undergone such a drastic change.

But no matter how cold-hearted, ruthless, and decisive he was, deep down in his bones, he was still that honest and simple youth!

Immediately, overcome with emotion, Principal Mu Mingsheng spoke up, "It's fine, you'll get used to it after eating more. As the pride of our No. 7 High School, I will reward you with another hundred blood nourishing pills in the name of the school!"

"Thank you, Principal!"

Lu Qingyun's mouth almost split open from grinning.

Another hundred blood nourishing pills obtained, plus the hundred promised by Jiang Yanqiu.

A grand total of over three hundred blood nourishing pills was enough to raise his cultivation by another whole realm!

Coupled with the thirty million in funds promised by Jiang Yanqiu...

The Aperture-Opening Realm was within reach!

From the moment he Awakened the system until now, barely a single week had passed in total.

Yet he had leaped from an ordinary person to a Aperture-Opening Realm martial artist who could be considered an expert in the entire Jiang City!

This speed was truly terrifying!

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