Chapter 31: Chapter 31: Dragon Blood
In the courtyard.
Xu Guang was throwing punch after punch at a prepared sandbag in front of him, his speed increasing, and his power growing.
Until at one moment, the sandbag completely burst open.
Xu Guang slowly withdrew his fists, exhaling a deep breath.
He took out a ginseng pill and swallowed one.
Having reached the eighth-grade muscles and bones stage, he could clearly feel that this rapid increase in a short period significantly consumed more elixirs.
Cultivation is a gradual process, and although adding points is equivalent to his cultivation,
after all, feedback is instantaneous. He didn’t have the means to refine the elixir, and without immediate refinement, combined with resistance, much would be wasted, with a single leap across multiple realms wasting over five times as much.
According to Xu Guang’s calculations, with his current strength, breaking through once every half month was the best situation, saving him a lot of money and elixirs.
Forcing a breakthrough was possible, but it would consume even more.
Breaking through once every half month, in just a little over a month, he could reach seventh grade, not a big deal.
But it would save quite a bit of elixir.
Should any major change occur, he would storm into the East City Pharmacy’s warehouse and enhance his strength to above the seventh grade at once.
’Since that’s the case... General Wei’s promotion is now the priority.’
Compared to his breakthrough to seventh grade, he felt General Wei’s breakthrough was even more important.
Xu Guang thought to himself.
General Wei’s appetite is massively large, and as it gets closer to promotion, its appetite has started to grow again.
Xu Guang patted General Wei’s ear with a smile, watching the scene cheerfully.
Once General Wei was full, Xu Guang took out ginseng pills and fed three to General Wei.
The Kunlun Beast, being an exotic beast from Kunlun, had a natural instinct to recognize that Xu Guang held something good, rubbing Xu Guang with its long trunk like a spoiled child.
Yet every time it acted spoiled, Xu Guang couldn’t help but sway.
"If you’re going to act spoiled, don’t use so much force! You rascal."
General Wei had an innocent expression, looking somewhat puzzled.
Xu Guang was speechless; he hadn’t tested this guy’s strength limit, but he figured it was at least over fifty thousand pounds.
If it weren’t for General Wei’s slow speed, Xu Guang thought, even a seventh-grade martial artist would stand no chance against General Wei.
Despite the playful antics, Xu Guang took General Wei’s promotion seriously.
The three ginseng pills were like sweets swallowed by General Wei, and Xu Guang watched General Wei expectantly.
He had personally consumed these highly potent elixirs recognized by Fang Cheng.
But as for General Wei...
It let out a low hum, flicked its trunk, and walked towards the little river behind the courtyard.
Just... finished?
Xu Guang felt speechless and decided to use the Elephant Cuisine Skill to adjust General Wei’s diet again.
[Growth Elephant Cuisine: 200 pounds of Green Flower Fruit daily, 800 pounds of Elephant Ear Grass, three ginseng pills, growth rate of 170%
Note: The current Giant Elephant has consumed Dragon Blood Stone, not digested yet. You may choose to add 200 pounds of Dragon Beard Grass daily to accelerate the refinement of the Dragon Blood Stone, which can also increase the refinement speed when the giant elephant is stimulated.]
Xu Guang was taken aback, what on earth could Dragon Blood Stone be?
And when did General Wei swallow this Dragon Blood Stone?
Xu Guang connected mentally with General Wei, and suddenly, a child-like chorus echoed endlessly in Xu Guang’s mind.
He rubbed his temples, feeling a headache.
This ability emerged after acquiring the Unity of Man and Elephant skill upon slaying Zhu Huai, but General Wei truly felt like a teenager, brimming with questions, always spouting ’ten thousand whys,’ sometimes it was truly unbearable.
Yet, this time being crucial, he continually soothed General Wei’s active spirit, waiting for it to settle down. Xu Guang finally raised the matter of Dragon Blood Stone.
As soon as the question was asked, a chattering erupted in the mental realm, as if hundreds of ducks were discordantly quacking.
They both seemed to be talking past each other, General Wei ate a lot of pebbles, and even said the ones by the river tasted better, asking Xu Guang if he wanted to try some.
Thankfully, the spiritual connection between the two was quite strong, and they finally understood each other.
Xu Guang’s expression turned odd as he unilaterally severed the psychic connection with General Wei, his gaze drifting to a corner far off.
There was originally a stone there, a gift from Tie Xiong upon their first meeting, claiming it was a Cloud Sea Stone purchased from Ancient Treasures Street in Songjiang Prefecture...
Who would have thought, it truly was a treasure. Could it be he had misjudged Tie Xiong? Is he truly a good person valuing his potential?
Dragon blood... Regarding dragons, such creatures are just as legendary in this world.
Xu Guang couldn’t understand and planned to ask Tie Xiong next time whether he still had such stones.
If he really does have more, and is willing to give them to me, then I’ll truly regard him as a brother.
...
What Xu Guang didn’t expect was that after he went to Tie Kuang and lamented, he seemed to become top-tier within the Iron Armor Sect overnight. Almost everyone knew his name, and knew of General Wei’s strength.
Unlike establishing prestige before, this time they encountered an ambush and genuinely fought, killing dozens of people at once!
Even the best pig butcher would need several days to kill sixty pigs, but according to the scene and the accounts of surrounding villagers, Xu Guang and General Wei killed those people in just half an hour!
To cause such terrifying destruction and lethality in a short time, this was on par with the destructive power of a Seventh-Grade Martial Artist.
Within just one afternoon, neighboring Aunt Wang delivered several invitations, all wanting to invite Xu Guang for a meal.
Faced with this situation, Xu Guang merely continued his previous life, even hinting at himself to remain obscure, not wanting to attract attention.
However, due to his breakthrough to the eighth grade, Xu Guang became braver, doing things differently.
In the evening, Sect Leader Tie Kuang sent someone to summon Xu Guang.
Xu Guang brought General Wei again to Tie Kuang’s courtyard, but this time he did not bring General Wei inside, instead letting him wait outside.
Tie Kuang sat in the courtyard, holding a letter.
"The people who ambushed you were indeed from the Wei Family, but they were just small figures."
Xu Guang stood still. After a moment of silence, he softly said, "What did the Wei Family say?"
Tie Kuang shook his head, "Wei Ping said nothing, only mentioned they would investigate the matter and give you an explanation."
Xu Guang’s face showed a trace of anger, "Explanation? What kind of explanation can they give me?"
Outside, General Wei sensed Xu Guang’s anger and timely let out a low roar, the sound of the elephant deep and powerful, like beating drums.
Tie Kuang stood up, gently patted Xu Guang on the shoulder, "This matter can also be considered as a negligence within the sect, the sect will make it up to you."
Xu Guang looked at Tie Kuang for a long time, his face showing a hint of bitterness, then softly said, "The sect doesn’t owe me anything. My aptitude is too poor, resources given to me won’t have much effect. You might as well hand them over to Zhu Cheng.
He may be dissatisfied with me for not willing to join him against the Wei Family, but he’s Master Zhu’s son, and Master Zhu has been kind to me, so consider it repaying a favor."
Tie Kuang was taken aback, not expecting Xu Guang to say such things.
In an instant, an unusual emotion rose in his heart. Repaying kindness, loyal and righteous, this kind of character, even someone who believes in the innate evil of humans, and always likes to scheme, such as Tie Kuang, couldn’t help but feel a bit fond of talent.
"Dharma Protector Xu is loyal and righteous, a blessing to the Zhu Family and to my Iron Armor Sect."
Speaking cliché words, Tie Kuang had said many times, even he didn’t really believe them, but for some reason, this time when he said such words, his tone carried a bit more sincerity.
After a moment of silence, Xu Guang asked to take his leave.
As Xu Guang was about to leave the courtyard, Tie Kuang called out to him.
"Dharma Protector Xu, I, Tie Kuang, swear here that this grievance will not be endured by you in vain."
The tone became increasingly sincere.
Xu Guang nodded and left directly.
...
On the way out, Xu Guang met Tie Xiong, surrounded by a group of people. Seeing Xu Guang, Tie Xiong’s smile widened.
"Dharma Protector Xu!"
Xu Guang dismounted from the elephant’s back.
"Brother Tie."
"Come on, come on, we were just planning to challenge the Four Directions Guard in a fist fight, let’s go together."
Observing martial artists fighting? In the past, Xu Guang would be interested, but he just shifted the blame of what he did onto the Wei Family, and needed to lay low, so he wouldn’t join in the excitement.
Went straight to the main topic.
"Brother Tie, the Cloud Sea Stone you gifted me last time, where did you get it from?"
Tie Xiong’s expression slightly changed, his eyes carried appraisal when he glanced at Xu Guang. He didn’t know if Xu Guang was speaking ironically, but upon confirming Xu Guang truly wanted that so-called Cloud Sea Stone, Tie Xiong’s heart grew more scornful.
Possessing such a powerful force as General Wei, yet with shallow insight, indeed was laughable.
"That thing is unique."
Tie Xiong provided the answer.
Xu Guang’s face showed a hint of disappointment, yet he didn’t think Tie Xiong was deceiving him. After all, it is a treasure that could elevate General Wei’s bloodline, containing the legendary Divine Dragon Blood. Tie Xiong being lucky to obtain one was already fortunate.
From the movements of Tie Xiong and others, it seemed there was an increasing tension in the city, with Iron Armor Sect disciples, Four Directions Guard soldiers, and Wei Family disciples having frequent conflicts, as martial artists are accustomed to resolving issues with their fists.
Qingshuo County, the chaos began to reveal itself.