In recent days, the Qin Family disciples at the Martial Hall have been utterly bewildered, unable to comprehend what has been happening in the armory.
Every morning they arrive, the armory is completely empty. Then, Lin Qingshan orders people to purchase weapons to replenish it.
At night, the armory is full, but by morning, it’s empty again.
This happens every day. With the armory being repeatedly robbed, everyone believes that Lin Qingshan must be furious. Yet, strangely, Lin Qingshan acts as if nothing has happened, personally paying out of pocket to restock the stolen weapons.
"When did Lin Qingshan become so tolerant? Could it be... he’s the one stealing the weapons and then bringing them back? But what’s the point of that, just for fun?"
Seeing everyone looking at him as if he were a fool, Lin Qingshan felt extremely aggrieved. Could he really say that this was Qin Li’s way of warning him?
"Uncle, I will perform well and understand your good intentions." Lin Qingshan felt grateful in his heart, as Qin Li’s warning indicated he didn’t intend to punish him severely.
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During these days, for the first three days, Xu Wuzhou was familiarizing himself with Sword Intent and Vital Energy and Blood.
The sudden acquisition of power was exhilarating, but... his body wasn’t fully accustomed to it yet, and he needed time to familiarize and master it.
Fortunately, three days were enough for him to fully adapt.
On the fourth day, after accumulating over three hundred drops of liquid in the Black Bowl, Xu Wuzhou began attempting to break through the Yang Qiao Meridian among the Eight Extraordinary Meridians.
Xu Wuzhou sat quietly to the side, as no one was willing to approach someone with his notorious reputation. He cultivated quietly on his own.
He gathered the Vital Energy and Blood within him, crashing wave after wave against the Yang Qiao Meridian.
The Yang Qiao Meridian was like a river blocked by silt, and under the impact of the Vital Energy and Blood, the silt was gradually cleared away. The process was slow, often requiring dozens of impacts to clear a small section.
Each impact consumed Vital Energy and Blood.
However, this was nothing to Xu Wuzhou.
The blood-colored liquid from the Black Bowl slowly integrated into his body. Whatever amount of Vital Energy and Blood was consumed with each impact, the blood-colored liquid replenished it.
This meant he could continuously maintain a peak state to impact the Yang Qiao Meridian.
Ordinary people might only manage a few impacts before they were exhausted and had to wait for the next opportunity, let alone maintain the strongest impact state each time.
This uninterrupted impact had a noticeable effect. Although each impact only cleared a small section, the continuous accumulation allowed the Yang Qiao Meridian to be cleared at a visible pace.
What would take others months to achieve, Xu Wuzhou accomplished in an hour.
Throughout the day, Xu Wuzhou sat there impacting the Yang Qiao Meridian. The Vital Energy and Blood flowed endlessly, wave after wave, until only the last small section of the Yang Qiao Meridian remained.
Of course, the consumption of the blood-colored liquid was enormous, with over three hundred drops nearly depleted.
"One final push, break through it!"
Xu Wuzhou took a deep breath, absorbed more blood-colored liquid, and the Vital Energy and Blood surged violently against the Yang Qiao Meridian once more.
After hundreds of impacts, the last small blockage in the Yang Qiao Meridian was completely cleared.
"Boom!"
Xu Wuzhou felt as if he had transcended, with a roaring sound emanating from within his body. He sensed a new river within him, with Vital Energy and Blood flowing turbulently, like a river breaking its banks.
The mighty Blood Qi surged, producing a thunderous roar within him. Lin Qingshan and the others had already left, otherwise, they would have seen Xu Wuzhou’s body enveloped in a layer of blood color, with a drum-like sound emanating from within him.
"The River of Blood Qi!"
Xu Wuzhou murmured to himself, feeling the immense Blood Qi within the Yang Qiao Meridian.
Legend has it that a sufficiently powerful River of Blood Qi could pierce the heavens, strike the sun and moon. The River of Blood Qi could transform into an arrow, piercing the stars, the sun, and the moon.
Of course, that’s just a legend.
Having reached the Postnatal Realm, Xu Wuzhou had completely transformed, with power within him far surpassing before. His Yang Qiao Meridian was vast and resilient, and despite the turbulent surge of Blood Qi, his meridians easily withstood it without the slightest tremor.
"The deeper the foundation, the stronger the breakthrough. I feel that even against an ordinary Third Postnatal Layer, I wouldn’t be weak."
With these thoughts, Xu Wuzhou restrained his aura, and the drum-like sound of surging Blood Qi disappeared. All the Blood Qi was contained within his body.
Dai Yaoyao watched from the side, her sparkling eyes shimmering with light.
"He’s broken through to the Postnatal Realm. That scene just now indicates his River of Blood Qi is very strong." Dai Yaoyao was quite surprised.
"How interesting, could it be that Lin'an City is about to produce another prodigy?" Dai Yaoyao examined Xu Wuzhou, who was sitting cross-legged, her smile growing ever brighter. "A man who wants to be the King of Lin'an, the stronger he is, the more interesting it becomes."
As Xu Wuzhou opened his eyes, Dai Yaoyao’s expression immediately turned into one of soft, adorable charm, her voice sweet and tender, "Young Master Xu, can you help me heal my heartache? Only you can heal it."
Dai Yaoyao blinked her watery eyes, her face full of a cute, endearing look, paired with her stunning beauty, enough to melt anyone’s heart.
"All these days, I’ve been racking my brains to heal your heartache, just so you won’t be sad anymore." Xu Wuzhou continued with Dai Yaoyao’s words, teasing her with sweet talk, as if anyone wouldn’t know how to.
"It’s so nice to have you!" Dai Yaoyao looked touched, "If you didn’t charge me two hundred and ninety-nine taels, I’d think even more highly of you."
Xu Wuzhou inserted a silver needle for Dai Yaoyao while saying, "Between two people, just right is the most perfect way. Wanting more is an excessive luxury. One shouldn’t be too greedy."
"Sigh, just a bit of silver, and you think I’m greedy." Dai Yaoyao’s eyes were like water, blinking as she looked at Xu Wuzhou. Her luscious red lips were like rose petals in the morning mist, with an extremely tempting curve, speaking words of grievance.
"One should be pure, not always hoping to get too much. Just like me, I only want your body, not your heart. Isn’t it nice to be a simple person? Why do you expect me to heal your heartache and not charge you silver?" As Xu Wuzhou spoke, he placed a needle on Dai Yaoyao’s slender, long leg, making one’s gaze involuntarily slide upwards.
Dai Yaoyao showed a sweet smile, thinking to herself that he probably didn’t know who she was, daring to tease her like this.
"It seems you’re really having a tough time at the Qin Family, caring so much about a few hundred taels. How about I take you to earn some money?" Dai Yaoyao said with a charming smile.
"How do we earn money?"
"Someone’s been poisoned. If you detoxify him, how about a hundred taels?"
"A hundred taels, who do you think you’re looking down on? At least five hundred taels!" Xu Wuzhou demanded exorbitantly.
"Three hundred taels, take it or leave it." Dai Yaoyao replied.
"Deal!" Xu Wuzhou grinned, thinking this woman was really foolish, setting a high price just to be bargained down.
Three hundred taels, enough for him to break through another meridian.
However, Xu Wuzhou thought again, his original ten thousand taels seemed like a lot, but now it didn’t seem worth much. One meridian costs three hundred taels, and the Ren and Du Meridians are harder to break through, requiring three thousand taels for the Eight Meridians.
"I need to get more metal, can’t let all the silver be consumed, need to save some for enjoyment." Xu Wuzhou thought to himself, feeling quite relaxed now. With Postnatal Realm strength, he was among the top of the younger generation in Lin'an City.
Of course, he couldn’t be too arrogant, as people like Qin Li were in the Innate Realm.
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