95: Chapter 92: Poverty and Sickness 95: Chapter 92: Poverty and Sickness When Liu Xingruo and others were dragged away, their faces were ashen and numb, bleeding profusely from every orifice.
Several Martial Arts Instructors were unmerciful towards them, grabbing their ankles with one hand and dragging them across the ground, leaving behind a long trail of blood.
“Those who do not abide by the rules should no longer stay in the Martial Arts Academy, just expel them directly and throw them out the door,” someone declared.
Jian Cangfeng watched coldly as several people were dragged away, then smiled at Chu Xisheng, “Kid, you’re quite impressive indeed.
Since you’ve cultivated the Vengeful Blade Intent, you should focus more on this aspect.
I see that your talent in Martial Intent is good, and you should be able to cultivate Vengeful Blade Intent to the eighth level, which promises a limitless future.”
He thought that Ye Zhiqiu’s disciple was quite exceptional.
The rumors from his initial arrival at Zhengyang Martial Arts Hall more than a month ago weren’t too far-fetched.
If this young man could indeed cultivate the Vengeful Blade Intent to the eighth level, Ye Zhiqiu could be promoted to the Inner Sect Disciple of the Divine Sect based just on this achievement.
Then, as master and disciple, they could reunite at the Divine Sect’s Mountain.
“Instruct the storeroom to issue Little Chu a bottle of ‘Hui Ling Powder’ and a bottle of ‘Pure Yang God Firming Pill.’
The Academy master, Lei Yuan, took over the conversation.
He patted Chu Xisheng affectionately on the shoulder, “Cultivate diligently, you have great talent, and your future will be significant.
But remember to guard against arrogance and impatience and never slack off.
I am optimistic about you in this True Inheritor Examination.”
Ye Zhiqiu didn’t speak, but her gaze towards Chu Xisheng contained a hint of surprise.
She scratched her cheek, puzzled as to how this fellow could have progressed so rapidly in Martial Arts.
The last time she reluctantly recommended Chu Xisheng, his cultivation wasn’t even notable.
However, since entering the Inner Sect, Chu Xisheng suddenly rose rapidly, gaining a strong reputation within just two months and becoming the Inner Chief.
Could she really be such a discerning talent scout?
Otherwise, with so many Outer Disciples in the Eastern Courtyard, why did she only find Chu Xisheng pleasing to the eye?
Only Shao Lingshan and instructors from both the North and South’s faces looked somewhat ugly.
The problem was that Liu Xingruo and others had committed the serious crime of attacking their fellows right in front of the Divine Sect’s Inspector and thousands of people in the training ground, leaving them no face to plea for mercy.
Shao Lingshan was particularly furious.
Liu Xingruo, as the first of the Inner Sect in the West Courtyard, had initially been pinned with great hopes by him.
Liu Xingruo’s combat prowess was no match for Chu Xisheng, nor could it compare to those seldom-seen noble sons.
Yet, his Martial Arts understanding should have been enough to place him in the top ten of the True Inheritor Examination.
But this reckless act ruined his own future and also delayed Shao Lingshan’s promotion to the Inner Sect of the Divine Sect.
Shao Lingshan, an Outer Sect Disciple of the Formless Divine Sect, knew that promotion from Outer to Inner Sect required accumulating merit and experience.
The number of academy inheritors they cultivated was their merit and experience.
“What are you looking at?”
His eyes ablaze with anger, Shao Lingshan turned around and swept his gaze across the thousands of disciples in the training ground, “Now is the time for morning practice.
You should focus on your cultivation rather than spectate.”
Immediately, silence fell both inside and outside the training ground, and thousands of disciples grew solemn.
They all sat down, facing the sunrise, continuing their breathwork, and transforming their yang yuan.
Things became awkward for Chu Xisheng here, as this Gathering Essence Array was ‘mostly incomplete.’
Fortunately, the martial masters quickly arranged for eight three-leaf Inner Sect members to come in and activate the Gathering Essence Array once again.
However, when these fellow sect members entered, their movements were cautious, and none dared to meet Chu Xisheng’s gaze.
In their eyes, not only was there wariness but also a hint of respect.
Chu Xisheng did not pay them any heed; instead, he looked at his System Panel and then his eyes flickered with surprise.
The ‘fireworks’ he saw earlier had indeed yielded an exceptionally rich haul of Martial Arts Points.
From 58 points, it had jumped to 89, a total increase of 31 points.
Unfortunately, there wasn’t anything worth exchanging in his Martial Arts Treasure Vault at the moment.
Chu Xisheng was reluctant to use Martial Arts Points to refresh the Treasure Vault.
He thought that in a few days it would be the end of the month, the time for the vault to refresh.
Since his Martial Arts Points were solidly accrued, he could just keep them in his account and use them at month’s end.
Afterward, Chu Xisheng also faced the morning sun, operated his Primordial Skill, and meditated on his breathing.
As time passed, a slight joy appeared on Chu Xisheng’s face as he fully absorbed the energy.
The speed at which he transformed yang yuan in the Gathering Essence Array was at least twice as fast as outside the array.
Coupled with the Essence Building Pill he had just taken, the transformation speed of his Inner Yuan was truly astonishing.
It was said that the Gathering Essence Array could also help purge medicinal toxins from the body, though it was uncertain whether this was true.
At the same time, he also felt intermittent pains transmitting through the meridians of his limbs and body.
This was because his physical strength was not high, and the speed of transforming yang yuan was too fast, irritating the inner walls of the meridians.
Moreover, his body possessed a ‘Pure Yang’ constitution, which made his cultivation speed much faster than that of ordinary people.
Combined, these factors made it unbearable for his body.
If it had been before Chu Xisheng reached the Third Level of the Nourishing Essence Skill, his meridians would have already been damaged.
About an hour later, Chu Xisheng felt the pain in his body intensify, accompanied by a burning sensation, and he decisively stopped cultivating.
At this moment, his whole body was burning hot, with a scorching Inner Yuan surging within him.
Chu Xisheng looked at the words ‘Nourishing Essence Skill (Third Level)’ on the System Panel.
A message appeared in his mind.
— Would you like to use 59 Martial Arts Points to raise the cultivation of Nourishing Essence Skill to the third level of perfection?
— Would you like to use 150 Martial Arts Points to substitute for the secret medicine of the Fourth Level of the Nourishing Essence Skill?
One Martial Arts Point was roughly equivalent to 30 days of his normal cultivation.
Thus, theoretically, if he did not use the Gathering Essence Array, nor the Essence Building Pill, nor any other cultivation enhancement methods, it would take him a whole five years to cultivate this skill to the Perfection Realm.
Of course, in today’s world of Martial Arts inheritance, people have long devised countless methods to speed up the cultivation of Primordial Skills.
Just like outside the Gathering Essence Array, there are also the Gathering Spirit Array, the Refining Yuan Array, and so on.
Beneath the Essence Building Pill, there are also the Spirit Nourishing Pill and the Blood Essence Pill.
Both the Refining Yuan Array and the Blood Essence Pill are very cheap and simple, needing only three taels of Demon Silver for the materials of the Refining Yuan Array, and demon beast blood for concocting the Blood Essence Pill which ordinary people can afford.
It’s said that the cultivation speed is also very fast, the only drawback being that the formations and medicines contain many impurities, leaving serious consequences that could affect one’s future.
Chu Xisheng could not possibly use these harmful substitutes.
This meant that it would be somewhat difficult for him to cultivate the Nourishing Essence Skill to the third level of perfection before the True Inheritor Examination.
The Essence Building Pill was not a problem, as he had some savings now.
But his accumulated qualification to use the Gathering Essence Array was only for a little over thirty days, which was far from enough.
Actually, Chu Xisheng could still exchange money for it.
The Martial Arts Academy charged twenty taels of Demon Silver per day.
Although the cost price of a Gathering Essence Array was only five hundred, the Martial Arts Academy still had to invest a large amount of Demon Silver daily to maintain the operation of the Gathering Essence Array, so the fee was not unreasonable.
But the problem was that Chu Xisheng also needed to prepare for the secret medicine of the Fourth Level soon, and Chu Yunyun would also need frequent use of the Gathering Essence Array.
With only 2,800 silver taels in his hands, no matter how he calculated, it was not enough.
Chu Xisheng couldn’t help but sigh inwardly, thinking that he still needed to be frugal with his money.
He hoped that Zuo Ya would soon arrange some opponents for him so that he could earn more money.
They were really too poor.