Professionals of the Starry Skies - Chapter 687

Chapter 687: Qilin Blood

The next day.

On the training ground.

“Those who can move Qi and blood, come forward!”

Coach Xiong glanced at the young men and women.

Xun Heihu took a deep breath and took a big step forward under the shocked, astonished and envious gaze of his companion Zhao Daniu.

Just then, he noticed that the girl next to him, who had a great figure and whom he often peeked at, also took a step forward.

“Xun Heihu, Jiang Dayan… stand on the white deer stake!”

Before Xun Heihu had time to think about it, he heard the voice of Coach Xiong.

He subconsciously obeyed the order, stood out from the white deer stake, and his body floated slightly, like a little deer leaping lightly in the woods.

At the same time, a big hand pressed directly on his lower abdomen: “Circulate Qi and blood!”

Xun Heihu immediately gathered his qi and blood towards his lower abdomen.

“Very good, I can now move my Qi and blood and make pills and take medicines. I will proceed to the next step to try to break through to the next level.”

Coach Xiong withdrew his hand, looking quite satisfied.

Next to her, a female coach also withdrew her hand. There was a scar on her cold face and she said without any emotion: “Pass!”

Xun Heihu and Jiang Dayan looked at each other, and a hint of relief appeared on their faces.

“The rest of you continue to practice the White Deer Pile, and you follow me.”

Coach Xiong brought Xun Heihu and Jiang Dayan to another square.

Here, there are only about twenty young men and women, all of whom have achieved breakthroughs through their cultivation.

Xun Heihu discovered that Ye Fengchun was among them.

But the genius Yuchi Gang, who had always been talked about by everyone, was not there.

The male coach took the two to a new place and left. Instead, the cold female coach with a scar on her face stayed behind: “My last name is Yu, you can just call me Coach Yu… Xun Heihu, Jiang Dayan, next, I will teach you a set of methods to move gastrointestinal qi and blood and assist in digestion of the ‘Copper Lead Pill’. Those of you who have trained qi and blood can get a ‘Copper Lead Pill’ every day… Next, you have nine months to practice martial arts. If nine months have passed and you still can’t break through after taking the pill…”

“You will be kicked out, right?” Jiang Dayan answered quickly.

“No, I will get stomach problems and poisoning… If I don’t have a skilled doctor to treat me, even if I barely survive, my second half of life will be miserable.”

Coach Yu said, “It’s not too late to regret now.”

“I won’t regret it.”

Jiang Dayan was very determined.

In comparison, Xun Heihu seems ordinary.

“Yes, I like your character very much. If you can reach the level, you can become my disciple.”

Master Yu forced out a sinister smile: “But your name is too vulgar, I don’t like it. If you become my disciple, you have to change your name to ‘Jiang Yuyan’…”

Xun Heihu nodded repeatedly, feeling that this name sounded much better than Dayan.

Master Yu glanced at him and said, “Don’t worry about it. I don’t accept male disciples…”

‘Actually, I can call you Yuhu.’

Xun Heihu looked at Jiang Dayan with some regret, extinguishing the feelings that had just sprouted in his heart.

He followed and learned the Qi and Blood Moving Method for a while, then glanced at Master Yu, and suddenly came to Ye Fengchun and asked, “Why don’t I see Yuchi Gang?”

“Yuchi Gang?”

Ye Fengchun was a skinny boy who looked like a monkey. He smiled bitterly when he heard this. “He is a true genius from an aristocratic family. He broke through the Bronze Gate three days ago and became a true ninth-grade warrior… Now he doesn’t have to follow us. Instead, he can worship a master and practice on his own… Alas, Master Yu said that he will definitely be able to cultivate internal strength and officially join the Five Animals Sect. In comparison, we are simply…”

Xun Heihu was fine, as he already had a real treasure and never felt that he could not catch up.

After a day of serious practice, he returned to his new dormitory with a strange pill in his hand.

The apprentice who has cultivated Qi and blood needs a quiet space to swallow pills and practice every day, so his dormitory was moved to an independent shed. Although the space is not large, it provides greater privacy.

He lay down on the bed and soon fell asleep.

In the Zhenwu space.

“Copper lead pills? Did you really bring them in?”

Xun Heihu opened his mouth wide as he looked at the brass-colored pill in his hand, which was not much bigger than a grain of rice.

“Since this place can store blood and flesh, naturally, we can also bring in elixirs…”

Fang Xing sneered. To him, who had already mastered the truth and illusion, the boundary between reality and illusion was actually very vague.

“And… if you swallow the elixir here, the effect will be the same as swallowing the elixir outside. Similarly, you can swallow the flesh and blood of ancient beasts in the Zhenwu space…”

With a wave of his hand, the ‘Copper Lead Pill’ fell into his hand: “This pill contains lead, copper, and many herbs… If you can’t break through after taking the medicine for several months, it will be too harmful to your body, even for a warrior.”

Fang Xing flicked the pill casually, and it landed in Xun Heihu’s hand. “What’s your decision?”

Xun Heihu didn’t hesitate much. He put out the White Deer Stake and swallowed the Copper Lead Pill in one gulp.

‘It smells like copper rust and is a little sweet…’

He felt the changes in his abdomen and immediately began to move his Qi and blood and digest the pills…

Fang Xing silently watched Xun Heihu practice, but secretly thought: “This Jiuzhou martial arts is a bit extreme… Although it takes the path from the outside to the inside, the lower three levels are all hard work, but directly swallowing metal pills, destroying the body and promoting regeneration… Aren’t you afraid of heavy metal poisoning in the end?”

…

Time goes by day by day.

Soon, it was nine days later, the last day of the three-month deadline.

Xun Heihu and others had a rare day off and came to the original training ground, looking at those pale-faced friends.

After three months, only a few people can control their qi and blood.

Most apprentices paid five hundred taels of silver for a chance to change their fate, but in the end they could only stop there.

The handsome coach’s eyes were like lightning as he swept through the remaining students. “Today is the last day of the deadline. Is there anyone who can control the Qi and blood?”

He asked twice before a timid disciple came out.

Coach Xiong took a step forward: “Practice the pile method…”

He put his palm on the young man, and after a moment, he sneered and slapped him.

Bang!
The young man was slapped to the ground, blood oozing from the corner of his mouth, with an expression of disbelief on his face.

“You used the ‘Blood Rage Pill’, but unfortunately, this drug can induce subtle changes in the energy of qi and blood. It can be hidden from ordinary martial artists, but not from me.”

Coach Xiong sneered: “Do you think that the people from our one temple, two sects and six major schools will be like those people from ordinary martial arts schools and second-rate sects and be smuggled in by you? Get out of here!!!”

At the end, his voice was like thunder.

The eyes of the young men and women were red, and some even burst into tears. They were led by the servants to pack up their things and leave.

“Watch carefully and remember this scene well.”

The cold voice of Master Yu sounded beside Xun Heihu’s ears: “On the road of martial arts, this is the fate of losers! If you don’t want to be treated like this, you have to keep improving and keep… fighting!”

…

After a moment.

“Daniu?!”

Xun Heihu found his little friend.

“Wow… five hundred taels! My father will beat me to death when I get back.” Zhao Daniu cried with tears in his eyes: “How many cows do I have to sell for this…”

Xun Heihu was silent for a moment, thinking that Zhao Daniu’s family was a landlord and raised a lot of cattle…

After returning, I will probably inherit the family business and become the stupid son of a landlord…

“Take care of yourself!”

After so many words, he just bowed and clasped his hands together.
“Yes.”

Zhao Daniu nodded and stuffed something into Xun Heihu’s hand: “I know I don’t have talent, and now I’ve accepted my fate after trying, but Brother Xun, you have talent, you must keep going… I heard that learning martial arts becomes more and more expensive as time goes by, so take this little bit of money and keep going with my share.”

He gritted his teeth, picked up his package, waved his hand, and walked out of the gate of Bailuyuan.

Xun Heihu looked at the heavy money bag in his hand, looked at Zhao Daniu’s back, and clenched his hands…

…

In the Zhenwu space.

“I’m going to practice more and practice harder!”

A weak airflow was generated between Xun Heihu’s breaths.

“Daniu has financial resources but no talent!”

“And in Chuzhou, there are countless children who have talent but no financial resources… and can only starve to death on the roadside!”

“The five hundred taels my father gave me were not easy to come by… I must make a name for myself!”

Xun Heihu breathed heavily and began to practice ancient martial arts move by move.

Gradually… he felt as if warm currents were surging in his body.

This is not Qi and blood, but it is similar to Qi and blood, but it carries a more violent power that even makes his eyes turn red.

“Is this… a breakthrough in ancient martial arts?!”

Xun Heihu was delighted and felt his body growing stronger.

A drastic change is taking place in his body!

“good!”

Fang Xing appeared and looked at Xun Heihu’s rapidly growing muscles, and nodded: “People in the world misunderstand that ancient martial arts are not good because they don’t have an ancient environment and can’t eat top-level ancient beasts… Therefore, they think that the third level is the limit.”

“And you can obtain the flesh and blood of the most top-level ferocious beasts in ancient times from me as an introduction… plus ten times the hard training, and the ability to break through the bottleneck, you finally succeeded and awakened one of the twelve body abnormalities – Qilin blood!”

“Qilin blood?”

Xun Heihu was a little confused: “What’s the use? Is this also a martial bone?”

“Qilin blood… I believe you have felt it. When it is stimulated during a fight, it can speed up your blood flow, amplify yourself comprehensively, and double your strength, but it is also possible to fall into madness and murderous emotions… Blood is produced from bones, so it can also be called ‘Qilin bone’. It is naturally a martial bone, and a top-level martial bone at that!”

Fang Xing commented, and said with some regret: “I specially chose the flesh and blood of ‘Triple Halberd Pig’ and ‘Heaven-Swallowing Rat’ as the introduction, in fact, I want to bring out the ‘Gluttonous Stomach’ among the twelve special aspects… This physical ability can greatly increase your digestive ability, and the effect of taking medicinal food and pills is far better than that of ordinary people. Moreover, ordinary people can only take one copper lead pill a day, but you with a gluttonous stomach can take two or three… It’s a pity that what physical ability you awaken depends entirely on luck. Your name is Black Tiger, and it really is unlucky…”

Xun Heihu inexplicably felt that he was scolded by the spirit of the weapon, but he had no evidence.

(End of this chapter)