Cultivating for Immorality: I Evolved Martial Arts into the Immortal Path – Chapter 12

Chapter 12: Sensing Qi and Blood, Greatly Increased Strength

Wang Tuozi was crippled, and his little followers didn’t fare any better.

Some had broken legs, some had broken arms, and they were all beaten bloody. In the end, they were all dragged away by Second Uncle and the others and thrown into the dilapidated hut at the entrance of the village.

From then on, the good days of this group of village bullies were over.

The surrounding villagers cheered.

It wasn’t until the sun had completely set and there was no light left in the sky that the crowd gradually dispersed.

Chu Liang’s relatives wanted to stay and chat with him for a while, but Chu Liang, using the excuse of not feeling well, sent them all back.

In the end, only Second Uncle and his son, Chu Shan, stayed behind.

“A-Liang, are you alright?”

Hearing Chu Liang say he wasn’t feeling well, Second Uncle couldn’t help but worry.

Chu Liang smiled, “I’m fine, Second Uncle. I just didn’t want to deal with Fourth Uncle and Fifth Uncle.”

“But you don’t look so good.” Second Uncle’s concern was not without reason.

If he forced himself to use his strength before his injuries had healed, he might end up with a chronic illness that would never heal.

There were precedents for this kind of thing in the village, and quite a few of them.

“For the next few months, you need to rest well. Don’t exert yourself,” Second Uncle advised earnestly. “It takes a hundred days for bones and tendons to heal, A-Liang. You have a good constitution, but you can’t just waste it. You need to be careful when you’re young.”

“I know, Second Uncle. Don’t worry.”

Chu Liang smiled, looking relaxed.

After chatting for a while, Second Uncle and Chu Shan went back, leaving Chu Liang to rest quietly.

After today’s commotion, ordinary villagers should no longer dare to bother Chu Liang.

“Continue training!”

Chu Liang naturally wouldn’t waste time.

He ate a large piece of meat and swallowed a small piece of blood ginseng, then began to practice his martial arts.

For the next three days, Chu Liang didn’t leave the courtyard, taking some blood ginseng each time he practiced.

On the third night.

The moon hung high in the sky, and a gentle breeze blew.

Chu Liang practiced as usual.

The medicinal power of the blood ginseng flowed through his body, making him feel hot all over, as if he had endless energy.

“Whoosh—whoosh—”

Chu Liang practiced a set of movements from his cultivation technique, his fists whistling through the air, his movements like a dragon, constantly moving around the courtyard.

He could feel subtle changes happening in his body.

After an hour, Chu Liang stopped.

He was drenched in sweat, his face flushed, his body burning hot, and wisps of white steam rose from his head.

“Hoo…”

He exhaled sharply, and a small white dragon-like mist came out of his mouth and nose.

Chu Liang felt it.

A powerful force was surging in his body!

It seemed as if there was a membrane between him and that force, and he only needed to gently tear it to possess that force.

“Qi and Blood Power!”

Chu Liang was overjoyed. After so many days of tempering, along with the help of food and medicine supplements, he had finally reached this step!

Without any hesitation, he immediately ate several pieces of blood ginseng and continued to temper.

Boom boom boom!

The sound of his fists became even more astonishing.

White mist rose from Chu Liang’s entire body, his skin red, like a cooked shrimp.

His muscles bulged, sweat pouring out like waterfall, and with the help of the blood ginseng’s medicinal power, he continued to sense that force.

Crack—

It was as if something had broken.

The next moment, Chu Liang’s speed increased explosively, the power of his fists multiplied several times, and he seemed like a humanoid beast, moving around the courtyard, wielding this powerful force!

The Qi and blood in his body surged like a great river, each punch containing terrifying power. He felt as if he had been reborn, no longer a mortal!

“I’ve sensed Qi and blood, I’ve succeeded!”

The cultivation manual stated that sensing Qi and blood was the most crucial step.

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Taking this step meant crossing the threshold of martial arts.

After this, he only needed to condense all the Qi and blood in his body into one strand, and reach the state where he could gather and disperse it at will, to officially become a martial artist.

Master Hu in the village was at this realm. He could condense his Qi and blood into one strand.

“The gap between me and Master Hu is no longer that big.”

After a while, Chu Liang stopped and stood quietly in the courtyard.

The night breeze was gentle, carrying a hint of coolness.

His body slowly cooled down, the redness gradually receding, returning to its original appearance.

Chu Liang let out a long breath. Although he had been tempering for a long time, he didn’t feel tired at all. He felt refreshed, and his energy and spirit had reached an unprecedented height.

Comfortable!

“Next is blood coagulation, condensing the Qi and blood power.”

Chu Liang opened the cultivation manual again and browsed it carefully.

At this moment, his Qi and blood were surging, his strength greatly increased, but the Qi and blood power was still scattered.

Condensing it into one strand would make it even stronger!

During this period, he needed to supplement with more meat and medicine to make the Qi and blood power even stronger.

“After condensing into one strand of Qi and blood, as long as the Qi and blood power is sufficient, I can condense a second strand, a third strand… until the fifth strand. Finally, I will store the five strands of Qi and blood in my four limbs and torso, stabilizing the body. Then, combined with medicinal baths, I can begin to temper the skin membrane and enter the Skin Tempering Realm…”

“If you force yourself to temper the skin membrane without sufficient Qi and blood, it will cause the skin to crack, the flesh to collapse, and eventually lead to self-destruction…”

The description in the cultivation manual made Chu Liang secretly startled.

In the martial arts novels he had read in his previous life, there were many ruthless people who practiced their skills until they self-destructed.

He didn’t want to become like that, so his Qi and blood foundation had to be solid enough.

Blood Coagulation, Skin Tempering, these were the two realms in the early stages of the martial arts path. After Skin Tempering were Tendon Tempering and Bone Tempering, and after that… was the legendary Body Tempering Grandmaster!

It was said that Body Tempering Grandmasters had immense Qi and blood, bodies like refined steel, terrifying strength, able to fight against ten thousand, and take the head of a general among ten thousand soldiers!

This kind of strength, Chu Liang could only dream of for now.

“One step at a time. First, condense the Qi and blood.”

Chu Liang slowly closed his eyes, calmed his mind, and adjusted his state.

After a moment, he opened his eyes. He had already calmed down, suppressing the excitement of his breakthrough.

He picked up the last small piece of blood ginseng on the stone table and swallowed it without hesitation.

At this point, the entire blood ginseng had been consumed by him.

With the help of the medicinal power, Chu Liang began a new stage of his martial arts path.

An hour later, the medicinal power of this piece of blood ginseng was exhausted, and he had barely condensed a wisp of Qi and blood.

“Not even ten percent, but my strength has increased a lot again.”

Chu Liang looked at his fist, deep in thought.

He could feel that by condensing this wisp of Qi and blood on his fist, he could unleash even greater power.

This was just less than ten percent of his Qi and blood power. If he could condense all the Qi and blood in his body, it would be even more astonishing.

“I need more supplements to replenish my Qi and blood.”

Practicing martial arts was like burning money.

It was really too difficult for ordinary families to produce a martial artist.

The blood ginseng that Chu Liang had consumed during this period could have been sold for at least thirty-five taels of silver in the county town.

Master Hu was also just an ordinary villager, but he was lucky enough to find valuable herbs in the deep mountains. He sold them in the county town and got enough money to practice martial arts, which allowed him to become a martial artist.

After that, many people in the village tried to go into the deep mountains to dig for valuable herbs.

But they either found nothing or ended up in the bellies of wild beasts.

Thinking of this, Chu Liang couldn’t help but feel fortunate.

“Luckily, I have the Evolutionary Appraisal Mirror.”