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Chapter 18 I've Crippled Him
Fang Yue was completely dumbfounded. Before cultivating martial arts, he had 11 days and 10 hours of lifespan, but now it had been directly burned to 10 days and 5 hours.
This is unacceptable…
Fang Yue was on the verge of tears. He knew that at this stage, no one had mentioned how to obtain lifespan. He had only practiced martial arts for a short time, and more than a day of lifespan had been used up. Was he even supposed to live?
Trash cultivation method! Trash martial arts!
But cursing was cursing; he still had to practice martial arts.
Fortunately, only cultivating the heart technique consumed one’s human soul lifespan.
Running the heart technique only consumed internal energy.
And the saber technique only consumed lifespan when used.
“I should practice the internal energy technique, but as for the saber technique… I should put it aside for now.”
Fang Yue was a little scared. It was only because he had a lot of lifespan that he could afford to consume it like this. If it were any other player, they would have practiced themselves to death.
He sat down cross-legged, and Fang Yue circulated the Xinghuo (Sparkfire) Heart Technique, burning his human soul. After a few major cycles, his internal energy was restored to full value.
He continued to circulate the technique, waiting for his maximum internal energy value to increase bit by bit.
Time passed by, and when his internal energy reached 25/25, Fang Yue’s expression suddenly changed, and he vomited a mouthful of blood onto the ground with a "wah" sound.
“System prompt: Internal energy disrupted, meridians disarranged, internal energy cleared, severely injured.”
How could his internal energy be disrupted? Wasn’t he fine just now?
Fang Yue blankly opened his attributes.
“Name: Ye Se Liming (Night Color Dawn).”
“Realm: Houtian (Acquired) Third-Rate.”
“State: Meridians disarranged, severely injured.”
“Health: 100/100 (severely injured).”
“Internal Energy: 0/25.”
“Force Control: 1 (-20) (severely injured) [12].”
“Force Dissipation: 1 (-20) (severely injured) [12].”
“Talent: Night Breathing (Human Grade High-Quality).”
“Skills: Analysis (Human Grade Low-Quality), Xinghuo (Sparkfire) Saber Technique 1st Level (Houtian (Acquired) Third-Rate) [Red], Xinghuo (Sparkfire) Heart Technique 1st Level (Houtian (Acquired) Third-Rate) [Red].”
“Lifespan: 9 days and 3 hours.”
Pfft!
Fang Yue almost spat out another mouthful of blood.
Damn it!
How did my attributes become 1?!
What kind of devilish debuff stacking is [-20] + [Severe Injury] + [Meridian Disarrangement]!
And why are those two cultivation methods displayed in red text?
He focused his gaze, and the Analysis Eyes activated.
“Xinghuo (Sparkfire) Heart Technique: Does not meet the requirements, cannot be used.”
“Xinghuo (Sparkfire) Saber Technique: Does not meet the requirements, cannot be used.”
“Meridian Disarrangement: A consequence of Qi Deviation, meridians disarranged, unable to learn internal energy techniques, unable to circulate internal energy, practically a cripple.”
Fang Yue: ?!!
The first two didn’t matter, but what was that Meridian Disarrangement!
Was his martial arts path about to end just as it had begun?
Fang Yue’s face was blank.
Suddenly, a faint warm light shone down from the horizon, passed over his forehead, and illuminated the ground.
Light?
Wait! What time is it now?
He subconsciously looked up and out, only to see a wisp of warm yellow light emerging from the distant horizon. It was dawn, and the mao hour had just arrived.
It was getting light.
I’m crippled…
Fang Yue instantly understood everything.
[Night Breathing] increased his attributes by 20 points at night and decreased his attributes by 20 points during the day.
He had relied on the attributes boosted by [Night Breathing] to meet the requirements for learning the Xinghuo (Sparkfire) Heart Technique and Xinghuo (Sparkfire) Saber Technique.
Now that it was daytime, [Night Breathing] reduced his attributes. Instead of reducing his attributes to 0 or even negative numbers, it forcibly locked them at 1 point.
With 1 point of attributes, it was impossible to learn the [Xinghuo (Sparkfire) Heart Technique] and [Xinghuo (Sparkfire) Saber Technique], but since he had already learned them, it was like a severely injured martial arts master who possessed martial arts but was unable to use them.
Fang Yue hadn’t realized this before and had been immersed in cultivation, completely losing track of time.
When day and night changed, when night passed and day arrived, when the time came to the mao hour.
His attributes immediately became 1 point. Under these attributes, Fang Yue was still circulating the [Xinghuo (Sparkfire) Heart Technique], which his attributes couldn’t support, leading to Qi Deviation, meridian disarrangement, internal energy disruption, and severe injury.
“I played myself to death!”
Fang Yue was on the verge of tears.
He tried to move his body, and Fang Yue found that his whole body was in excruciating pain. Moreover, with his movements, ‘-1’ ‘-1’ damage notifications popped up on his head.
In this state, he couldn’t even walk.
“Help… help! Someone, please help me! Is there anyone who can come and save me!”
Helpless, Fang Yue could only shout for help.
But soon, he realized that he could ask online players for help.
However, before he could send a message, his door was kicked open.
Six burly men dressed as patrol guards, holding iron spears, cautiously stepped into the house.
They were well-trained and coordinated.
Two of them immediately dispersed to search the house, while the other four pointed the cold tips of their spears at Fang Yue on the ground. With a single thrust forward, Fang Yue would be sent to the Yellow Springs.
“Brothers, I was the one shouting for help…”
“Shut up!”
A spearman with a scar on his face shouted coldly, then said, “Check if he’s been possessed by a strange entity.”
At this time, the two who had entered the house to inspect had also come out and shook their heads upon hearing the spearman’s words.
“Brother Yong, we’re out of talismans.”
What are talismans?
What would happen without talismans?
Fang Yue was puzzled, but he soon knew the consequences of not having talismans.
He saw the person called Brother Yong raise an eyebrow and lift his spear high.
“Then according to the rules, kill him directly.”
As soon as the words fell, the spear aimed at Fang Yue’s heart and thrust down.
Damn it!
Fang Yue’s expression changed drastically in fright, and he quickly shouted, “Wait! Spare my life! I was brought into the village by Lord Han!”
The spear stopped, and the people retreated.
But they didn’t retreat because of Fang Yue’s words.
Brother Yong’s spear tip had already retreated violently before it touched Fang Yue’s heart.
The others were the same.
In the place where they had previously stood, there were now several golden money darts.
They stood back to back, looking up and guarding their surroundings.
“Who’s there?”
“Your Grandpa Lin!”
With a cold snort, a figure slowly walked out of the doorway. It was none other than Lin Ling, the second captain of the guard team.
Everyone’s expressions changed, and they quickly gathered their weapons and respectfully saluted.
“Captain Lin, why are you here?” Brother Yong said in panic.
“Hmph! If I had come any later, you would have lost your heads!”
Saying that, Lin Ling came to Fang Yue’s side and helped up the frightened Fang Yue.
“His name is Xiao Ye, and he was personally brought in from outside the village by Lord Han. Lord Han values him highly. If he suffers even the slightest injury, can you bear the responsibility!”
Everyone looked at each other, their faces filled with fear.
“We, we wouldn’t dare. We were just acting according to the rules…”
“Hmph! Seeing that you’ve been patrolling hard all night and your minds are muddled, I won’t mention this to outsiders. Now, all of you go back and rest.”
“Thank you, Captain Lin!”
Everyone quickly retreated. Fang Yue was still somewhat frightened at this moment.
Damn it, he almost died at the hands of these patrol guards.
Fang Yue realized that he still knew too little about Gu Yue Village and that rash actions could cost him his life at any time.