One sword cheat

Chapter 8 Gathering Qi and Blood, Conditions for Upgrading the Calamity Sword

One dose of medicine costs a thousand yuan...

It's all about money again, damn it!

This was only the amount for one day. When Chen Ren heard this number, his legs were shaking.

No wonder they say the poor study literature and the rich study martial arts. Practicing martial arts is really not something ordinary people can do. If it were immortal cultivation, there wouldn't be so many complicated procedures. All you need is the Luo Qi Pill.

Chen Ren did the math: 1000 yuan a day, that's 30000 yuan a month, and 360000 yuan a year.

One year's training is equivalent to buying a house in a county town, not to mention who knows how many more years he'll need to train!

In martial arts, if you don't advance, you regress; achieving immortality seems even more difficult than achieving financial freedom.

Zhang Yunqing had already helped him resolve his debts and even taught him martial arts techniques, so no matter how thick-skinned Chen Ren was, he would never ask for the money back.

With his master's help, he successfully sensed the Qi and blood in his body three days later.

[Ding: You have entered martial arts training; the conditions for upgrading the Calamity Sword have been unlocked.]

That very night, Chen Ren introspected and found his Qi and blood intertwined with the Calamity Sword.

[Upgrade Requirements: Draw your sword ten times, reach the first-rate martial arts realm, and obtain ten jin of Qingbai jade!]

Greenish-white jade? Jade? That stuff is much more expensive; you have to pay for it!

How do I make money?

Chen Ren's mind raced, and after saying goodbye to Zhang Yunqing, he quickly turned his attention to Wang Chengxian.

"Brother Wang, I heard you're from the Wang family?"

Chen Ren rubbed his hands together as he spoke to Wang Chengxian through the door:

"Brother Wang, do you know any ways to make quick money?"

Wang Chengxian inside the gate: Sword Drawing Value +5 +5 +5 +5...

He didn't respond, leading Chen Ren to believe he had already left.

All the quick ways to make money are written in the criminal law, and for him, apart from lending money, there really isn't one.

Borrowing money is precisely why he keeps contributing to his sword-drawing points.

On the other side, Ren Renren also guarded the door, not daring to make a sound, and kept sending out contribution points of +2, +3, and +5 for drawing swords.

She was afraid that Chen Ren would ask her for money, and she also felt guilty for hurting her junior brother. Moreover, she felt even more sorry for him when she remembered how her junior brother had been tricked by her senior sister Su.

Besides, I wonder how Senior Sister Su is doing after leaving the sect. How could such a thing happen?

The two of them increased their sword-drawing value by a total of 61 points. Seeing that the speed was slowing down, Chen Ren decisively found an excuse to withdraw and stopped asking questions.

"It's a pity you're not here, so I'll head back now."

Everything has its limits. You have to play the long game. Don't be greedy when it comes to gaining sword points. You can't let them lose their sensitivity, or you'll lose more than you gain.

In addition to giving him the prescription, Zhang Yun also gave him a booklet containing everything about the skin-refining stage.

According to the methods in the book, skin training mainly involves using fist techniques, leg techniques, and stance training to mobilize qi and blood to circulate throughout the body, and then using external objects to train the skin and flesh to resist blows.

Once the wounds are numerous, a soak in medicinal soup at night will allow for maximum absorption of the medicinal properties, thereby increasing qi and blood.

Fortunately, in the early stages, one can use the waterfall on the back of Qingcheng Mountain for cultivation. The intensity is just right for ordinary people, and if they can't stand it, they can run away.

Zhang Yunqing told him that these waterfalls are effective until the triple wave is reached.

What's even more remarkable is that his kidney energy doesn't interact with the heavens and earth, and the cold and dampness in the waterfall water, being water vapor, cannot enter his body, thus preventing any hidden damage in this area.

That's just luck!

Over the next few days, Zhang Yunqing guided Chen Ren in his cultivation practice. After confirming that he had memorized all the correct postures, she took him to buy a month's supply of medicine.

"The most expensive ingredients in this prescription are ginseng and deer antler, both of which have been nurtured with spiritual energy. Ordinary ingredients don't have this effect. A thousand yuan per dose is indeed not expensive."

"Your kidney qi is not leaking, so you can greatly replenish your kidney yang. Every little bit helps. As long as you have enough resources, you will soon reach the fifth wave. At that time, I will take you to the ancient realm, which is the foundation of our Shangqing Palace."

She gave the potions to Chen Ren: "Consider this the first month's worth of potions as a gift from your master, but you'll have to rely on yourself for your cultivation afterward."

Zhang Yunqing didn't say much, but mentioned the Ancient Realm again.

Chen Ren seized the opportunity to press for answers, but the latter always shook his head and remained silent, occasionally sighing, "The Ancient Realm is very dangerous."

Opportunities and risks coexist, and Chen Ren has already begun to look forward to what the real ancient world is like.

But the premise is that he has to be fully prepared. Zhang Yunqing said it was dangerous, and it is probably different from what he imagined.

The conditions for upgrading the Calamity Sword are: a first-rate martial artist, drawing the sword ten times, and ten catties of Qingbai jade.

A first-rate martial artist means that one must have at least reached the seventh level of Qi and Blood Refinement stage.

Once he successfully upgrades the quality of the Calamity Sword, he will only need one hundred sword-drawing points to kill Su Rentong, no, or even any enemy at the Qi Condensation stage!

Instead of now, breaking through limits to kill people only costs 400 points at the fourth level of Qi Condensation, 500 points at the fifth level, and 600 points at the sixth level, which is too disadvantageous.

That evening, a month's worth of medicine was placed in front of Chen Ren.

If he were to buy it, he would need to spend at least 30,000 yuan a month.

This is just the initial resource. Once it gathers a wave, the quality and quantity of the corresponding potion will need to be improved, and the price will need to be higher.

He might have to sell the Luo Qi Pill that he had drawn from the sword.

Putting everything else aside, Chen Ren began his simple and unpretentious path of cultivation.

On the first day, his blood and energy increased significantly, especially after soaking in the herbal soup, he could clearly feel his strength increasing.

The effect was slower on the second day than on the first day, but it still increased steadily.

On the tenth day, Chen Ren discovered that the longer he practiced, the better the effects of the herbal soak were.

Ten days was a time limit. He tested his strength and was able to lift a 120-pound stone lock!

As he exerted his strength, his robes billowed slightly, and his qi and blood successfully surged forth in a wave.

Before, with his frail physique, he would have been lucky to lift 80 pounds. This is a growth that can be seen with the naked eye!

This is more addictive than anything else!

However, when Chen Ren wanted to extend his practice time on the eleventh day, he found that his body could not take it anymore. The longer he persisted, the heavier the burden on his body became.

After all, he is human.

So when he couldn't hold on any longer during the eleventh day of cultivation, Chen Ren had a sudden inspiration and drew his sword to cut off the negative status effects on himself.

The effect was surprisingly good. He cultivated like an old ox without stopping until he was exhausted for the second time. That night, he even soaked in two packets of herbal medicine!

The results are encouraging.

On the 12th day, he lifted a 140-pound stone lock!

I gained a full 20 pounds of strength in just one day!

Ren Renren and the others who are at the Qi Condensation stage only have about 100 jin of strength when breaking through to the first level, and it takes at least a year on average to break through to the second level of Qi Condensation.

He does the equivalent of two months' work for other people in one day. If you told me that, even a dog wouldn't believe it!

But he did it. Perhaps this is the body without leakage. No matter how much he eats, his body stores it all.

Of course, according to the book that Master Zhang Yunqing gave him, although there was no leakage of water in his body, the water generated the wood energy of the liver, so there was still leakage from the wood energy side.

But this leakage is not much, it is a normal consumption. If he could cut all five elements into a body without leakage, then he could increase his cultivation by eating a piece of wood!

The only thing that pained him was the 100 sword-drawing points; it hurt to spend them.

For the next two months, Chen Ren cultivated step by step, and his qi and blood were about to successfully condense the second wave.

This is three times faster than a normal person!

According to Master Zhang Yunqing, being able to lift a 200-pound stone lock is roughly equivalent to condensing a second wave of qi and blood.

He was only a few pounds away from winning, and this was without using any more sword-drawing points.

Chen Ren checked his remaining sword-drawing points, which had been slowly accumulating since he broke through the limit to draw his sword, but he hadn't used them much.

He felt insecure with a limit of no more than 500 points of unrestricted reserves; otherwise, he would have already reached the second level of martial arts by now.

Su Rentong has already formally joined the Heavenly Master Cave not far away, and it will probably take him a long time to reach the fifth level of Qi Condensation.

Chen Ren has now accumulated 512 sword-drawing points.

He planned to proceed step by step, saving at least 500 to ensure that Su Rentong wouldn't harm him, and then investing the rest in cultivation.

But something happened soon afterward that forced him to abandon his idea of ​​developing quietly.

"Ding-dong~"

"SuSu doesn't eat cilantro, so I'm adding you as a friend."

The next day, Chen Ren was soaking in a medicinal bath when his phone rang. His hands, trembling from overexertion during cultivation, instinctively picked it up to look at it.

Su Su doesn't eat cilantro: "Chen Ren, I became an apprentice at the Celestial Master Cave. This morning, they recognized my talent and got me another Luo Qi Pill."

"You just wait. After I reach the fifth level of Qi Refining, I'll get rid of you without you even knowing. You'd better pray you're spending all your time with that bitch Zhang Yunqing!"

Upon receiving the message, Chen Ren frowned deeply and stared at the chat box for a long time without saying a word.

[Sword Drawing Value +10]

After he finished preparing the medicine, he went to move the stone lock as usual.

A normal adult has the strength to lift a 100-pound stone lock, but Chen Ren has just started practicing, so his speed is fast.

It's somewhat similar to making up for previous deficits.

But gradually, the novice protection period ended, and his cultivation speed slowed down. Even so, his internal energy and blood were sufficient.

The two-hundred-pound stone lock was lifted up in his hands in one swift motion. As he exerted his strength, his clothes were billowed with blood energy and shook violently!

A wave!

The next moment, he felt something churning inside him, and after a jolt, his clothes shook again!

Double wave, done!

Within three months, Chen Ren's strength increased from 60-70 jin to 200 jin, which is quite remarkable.

But Su Rentong kept pursuing him, making it impossible for Chen Ren to relax.

I need to find a way to quickly increase my strength. This potion is ultimately of too low quality. I need to accumulate sword-drawing points while also using it, and I also want to increase my qi and blood. So I need to get better quality potions.

If you have money, it's a different story to buy higher-end products.

This is, after all, the information age. As long as you have money, there are more and more great things online than you can use.

Unfortunately, he had no money.

Chen Ren knew that there were spiritual ginseng or rare spiritual meat sold outside that could replenish qi and blood, costing at least 100,000 per serving, but which could quickly accumulate qi and blood.

Money, it's all money. It seems I have no choice but to sell that Luo Qi Pill.

Chen Renxian took a screenshot of the message and sent it to his master, Zhang Yunqing.

The latter hasn't answered yet; he might be practicing cultivation.

So he thought about it and concluded that at this time, Su Rentong was probably still cultivating and had definitely not broken through to the fifth level of Qi Refining.

And she has another Luo Qi Pill on her body... What a coincidence!

Chen Ren sensed his more than 500 sword-drawing points, enough to break through the limit, and tapped his fingers quickly on the phone screen, afraid that if he was too slow, she would block and delete him again.

First, switch to "simp mode," he's familiar with it.

"Congratulations, Su Su. I've felt so guilty ever since I got back that day. Want to see you? I still love you, but maybe it was love turned to hate that made me do something I shouldn't have."

"I really regret what I did that day, Su Su. Can we meet one more time?"