Chapter 109: The Girl Who Is About to Leave

Your voice is calm, but your words are sharp, like a sharp knife, stabbing fiercely into the inexperienced girl.

The layers of falsehood fall away, revealing the real world, a cruel and bloody reality that the girl has never seen before.

Humans and demons.

Humans and humans.

Enemies, companions, trust, betrayal.

Various concepts swirl like a chaotic vortex, crushing thoughts and occupying Wu Yingxue’s heart, leaving her confused and at a loss.

At just 16 years old, Wu Yingxue cannot bear the collapse of her worldview, but she is strong and can move forward alone with her spear.

She deeply realizes how luxurious her act of spitting out meat was.

In Qingniu Town, and in countless similar towns, many ordinary people are struggling for a bite to eat.

Though they are strangers, the kind-hearted girl feels ashamed of her wastefulness and swallows the meat she had spat out, a demand she places on herself.

Your evaluation of the girl rises.

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The entanglement between the Great Qian Dynasty and the Ten Thousand Mountains makes you wary.

You speculate whether there is a deeper connection between the two and what else is hidden in this world.

You think.

You search.

You come to a reliable conclusion: the Great Qian Dynasty may not be as powerful as it seems, at least not compared to the demons and monsters in the Ten Thousand Mountains.

Only this can explain why the Great Qian, with its army of killers, would silently tolerate the slaughter by demons and even actively assist them.

This bizarre situation fills you with a sense of urgency.

You silently increase your training intensity, punching every day, refining your qi and blood. Your Qi and Blood Tyrant Fist becomes more refined.

…

“Boom! Boom! Boom!”

The wind from your fists roars, and the sea of trees trembles.

Fresh blood flows through your organs, washing over your limbs, giving your skin a faint, moist redness.

With each punch from Xu Xi, the blood surges like a tide, back and forth through your body, transforming you and leading you into a mysterious and profound state.

This is the Blood Replacement Realm.

The key to transitioning from Postnatal to Innate.

The Martial Path is not just about muscle strength but a comprehensive transformation of bones, skin, and even deeper aspects.

Flesh ascends, the body becomes the Dao, transforming oneself into the universe.

Powerful! Fierce! Dominant!

Boom—

Another ordinary punch, Xu Xi’s force like a released bow, the wind rises and falls, creating a massive echoing explosion.

Wu Yingxue, watching from the side, is once again stunned.

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Your progress is slow, but you improve every day.

To other martial artists, this is incredibly unusual. Most can only rely on occasional flashes of insight to advance their techniques.

But you are different.

In Wu Yingxue’s eyes, you are a martial genius, naturally endowed with thick qi and blood, and possess a speed of martial progress that defies common understanding.

As days pass, the girl who was once severely injured, her body drenched in blood, finally recovers.

Before leaving, she chooses to stay a little longer to learn the true essence of the Martial Path from you.

Though you repeatedly emphasize that all you have is perseverance, not some profound martial skill.

Wu Yingxue hands you two bottles of True Qi Pills.

Your guidance to Wu Yingxue becomes more detailed.

Xu Xi’s current martial realm is the Blood Replacement stage of the Fifth Stage of Body Refinement.

The girl is also at this stage and doesn’t need much guidance.

Thus.

Excluding the differences in weapons and the inability to teach sword techniques, all Xu Xi can teach is fist techniques and movement.

Some time ago, Xu Xi had given preliminary lessons, but the girl’s injuries were not fully healed, so the teaching was limited.

Now, Xu Xi plans to delve deeper into some techniques.

“Relax your mind, clear your thoughts.”

“When you punch, don’t think about how your fist moves, but feel the flow of blood and the resonance of your bones.”

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“Your forehand is sloppy!”

“Your backhand is weak!”

“Your footwork is loose!”

“None of your movements are decent!”

“Do it again. With your punching speed, who do you think you can hit?”

In the courtyard where only the two of them reside.

Wu Yingxue, dressed in red and white robes, gasps for breath, grits her teeth, and follows Xu Xi’s instructions, mobilizing her qi and blood to punch repeatedly.

Xu Xi’s attitude is strict.

This is what the girl requested.

Returning to the capital to uncover the truth is a dangerous mission, and she wants to increase her strength as much as possible to ensure success.

“Yes, I will work hard!”

The girl wipes the sweat from her forehead and repeats Xu Xi’s movements, mechanically punching over and over.

Is this really useful?

Though she has witnessed Xu Xi’s punching power more than once, after experiencing this numbness firsthand, she can’t help but doubt.

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After teaching the fist techniques, you quickly move on to movement training.

Your movement technique has no tricks; it’s pure speed, relying solely on strength to advance.

No finesse, crude and unrefined.

Others shake their heads but dare not underestimate it.

Because your speed is too fast to see.

Just like Xu Xi’s fist techniques, honed through daily punching.

Similarly, Xu Xi’s movement technique is built through daily running.

Not just ordinary running, but a high-intensity resonance of qi and blood, organs, bones, skin, and flesh.

This astonishing way of running.

The consumption of qi and blood is incredibly exaggerated.

On the first day of training, Wu Yingxue collapses from excessive qi and blood consumption, covered in dust.

“This feels familiar?”

Xu Xi recalls teaching Cressa water magic.

Back then, Cressa lost control of her water ball due to depleted magic, soaking herself.

“Is my teaching method flawed?”

Xu Xi ponders, helping Wu Yingxue up and letting her rest until her qi and blood recover before resuming training.

Days pass.

Training intensifies.

Silent time brings real growth.

At first, Wu Yingxue couldn’t handle Xu Xi’s training, not just because of the difficulty but also the monotony.

But unknowingly, she can now train continuously all day like Xu Xi.

Where exactly has she changed?

The girl doesn’t know, but she feels stronger than before, in every aspect.

Now, she decides to bid farewell to Xu Xi and leave Qingniu Town to seek the truth behind the wanted notice.