Chapter 121: Experience Points Maxed Out, Xiao Peng Enters the Ninth Stage Martial Dao!

Chapter 121: Experience Points Maxed Out, Xiao Peng Enters the Ninth Stage Martial Dao!

Five days later, in the morning, Jiang Ning was in his courtyard, repeatedly practicing his Five Beasts Fist.

[Five Beasts Fist Experience +1]



[Five Beasts Fist Experience +1]



[Five Beasts Fist Experience +1]



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As he practiced, the experience points for the Five Beasts Fist slowly increased.

He also felt his qi and blood becoming increasingly robust.

After a while, he stopped and stood with his fists clenched.

[Skills]: Five Beasts Fist (Perfect Mastery 1000/1000)



"It's full!" Jiang Ning exclaimed, looking at his status panel and letting out a sigh of relief.

The next moment, his eyes narrowed slightly.

As the experience points for the Five Beasts Fist reached a thousand, his status panel did not show the familiar change he had seen before; there was no plus sign appearing after the skill.

He looked at his status panel again.

[Name]: Jiang Ning

[Essence Energy]: 37.8

[Skills]:

Scholarly Skills (Secondary Limit Break 1043/3000) (Characteristics: Photographic Memory, Enhanced Senses)



Five Beasts Fist (Perfect Mastery 1000/1000)



Firewood Cleaving Blade Technique (Quadruple Limit Break 5000/5000) (Characteristics: Broad Understanding, Swift Blade, Sword Handling Like a Deity, Blade and Person as One)



Inner Alchemy Vitality Technique (Proficiency 1243/2000)



River Wave Blade Technique (Great Proficiency 48/1000)



Invincible Body (Proficiency 266/2000)



Water Mastery (Primary Limit Break 187/2000) (Characteristics: Underwater Breathing)



"That's right!" Jiang Ning thought to himself. "Over the past seven days, the pill coating of the Tiger Cub Transformation Body Strength Pill in my stomach has been gradually dissolved by my gastric juices, allowing my body to absorb its medicinal power, resulting in a significant increase in my essence energy points."

"In these few days, my essence energy points have accumulated to nearly thirty points, reaching 37.8."

"However, despite having such a high number of essence energy points, my experience points for the Five Beasts Fist have reached a thousand, but the familiar plus sign hasn't appeared yet."

"It seems my premonition was correct!"

"To break the limit for the first time in the Five Beasts Fist, a lower-tier martial art, requires more essence energy points than for Water Mastery and the Firewood Cleaving Blade Technique, which are non-mainstream skills."

"I wonder how many essence energy points are needed for the Five Beasts Fist to achieve its first limit break, fifty or a hundred?"

Jiang Ning pondered silently.

He took another look at his status panel.

[Skills]:

Five Beasts Fist (Perfect Mastery 1000/1000)



Firewood Cleaving Blade Technique (Quadruple Limit Break 5000/5000) (Characteristics: Broad Understanding, Swift Blade, Sword Handling Like a Deity, Blade and Person as One)



He thought to himself, "Now that I've maxed out the experience points for two skills, as long as I have enough essence energy points, I can immediately break through with these skills."

"My strength will surely increase significantly."

He calculated that there were approximately ten more days until the opening of the Inspection Bureau.

In such a powerful organization, strength is undoubtedly of utmost importance.

I need to find a way to gather enough essence energy points to break the first limit of the Five Beasts Fist before then.

With this in mind, Jiang Ning turned and walked into the house.

After a while, he took stock of his finances and found he had a total of 1,800 taels.

He then took this money, along with his previously kept spoils of war, and headed towards Wan Hua Tower.

Having experienced the benefits of the Blood Lotus, Jiang Ning knew that to rapidly increase his essence energy points in a short time, he needed what were known as natural treasures.

Ordinary medicinal herbs like wild ginseng and astragalus were not enough.

There was a limit to how much of these supplements one could consume daily.

The human body had its limits, and overindulgence could lead to adverse effects.

The same was true for Qi and Blood Pills and Herb Essence.

Medicine was inherently toxic.

Taking a small amount daily was fine for Jiang Ning's current physique and internal organs.

However, excessive consumption would lead to a buildup of medicinal toxins, eventually causing irreversible damage to the body.

This was an unavoidable fact for everyone.

This was also why natural treasures like the Blood Lotus, with its powerful medicinal effects, were so highly valued.

They seemed to have no cost-effectiveness.

As a result, the value of the Blood Lotus increased exponentially with each additional decade of its age.

The longer the medicinal effect lasted, the stronger the medicine, and the higher the value.

Jiang Ning was heading to Wan Hua Tower to sell some of his previous spoils of war, gather some silver, and see if he could purchase some natural treasures with potent medicinal power.

He had also figured out the pattern of his essence energy point growth.

The amount of energy consumed daily determined the increase or decrease in essence energy points for that day.

Initially, when he wasn't practicing martial arts and ate simple meals, his essence energy points grew very slowly, typically increasing by 0.1 per day.

On rare occasions when he had meat, his essence energy points would increase by 0.2.

After joining the martial arts academy and having access to meat, his essence energy points began to grow more rapidly.

When he acquired the wild ginseng, his essence energy points skyrocketed daily.

The Qi and Blood Pills also contributed to some additional essence energy point growth.

In recent days, his essence energy points had been increasing significantly through two main sources.

One was the fifty-year-old Blood Lotus, which had contributed over twenty essence energy points.

The second pill, the Tiger Cub Transformation Body Strength Pill, provided a surge in Essence Energy Points each time a portion of its medicinal power was absorbed by the body.

Based on the frequency of the pill's coating damage over the past few days and Jiang Ning's observations through his inner vision, it would take at least six months for him to completely absorb the pill without actively refining it.

From his observations, it took approximately five days to dissolve a single layer of the pill's coating.

Just by estimating, Jiang Ning realized the sheer power of the Tiger Cub Transformation Body Strength Pill.

If he were to refine the pill within his body, this single pill could provide him with several hundred Essence Energy Points.

Furthermore, he had another pill.

If he were to refine both pills, he estimated a potential increase of nearly a thousand Essence Energy Points.

This alone demonstrated the preciousness of the Tiger Cub Transformation Body Strength Pill and the immense medicinal power it contained.

Not to mention, this was just the additional effect of the pill.

The most crucial effect was the improvement of one's root bones.

With enhanced root bones, the body's growth and absorption of various medicinal meals, pills, and natural treasures would significantly increase.

This was the true value of the Tiger Cub Transformation Body Strength Pill.

Compared to these effects, the hundred taels of gold offered by Medicine King Valley as a reward seemed insignificant.

Afterward, Jiang Ning left the house with those items and headed straight for Wan Hua Tower.

On the other side, at Canglang Martial Academy—

"Brother Zhou Xing is here!"

"Brother Zhou Xing is here!"

"Brother Zhang Tie Sheng is here too!"

". . ."

As the carriage came to a stop, Zhou Xing stepped into the martial arts academy.

The crowd was visibly excited by Zhou Xing's arrival.

With Zhou Xing and Zhang Tie Sheng's presence, the front courtyard became even livelier.

Everyone greeted Zhou Xing and Zhang Tie Sheng.

"Where's Junior Apprentice Jiang Ning?" Zhou Xing scanned the entire hall before asking.

Someone replied, "Junior Apprentice Jiang Ning hasn't arrived yet, but Brother Cheng Ran has gone to find him!"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Xing nodded, "Are there any other brothers who haven't arrived?"

Zhao Hu, standing nearby, couldn't help but scoff at this.

"Other than that brat, who else could be later than you?"

Hearing Zhao Hu's words, Zhou Xing acted as if he hadn't heard them, showing no intention of engaging.

There was no point in getting entangled with someone as obtuse as Zhao Hu; it was beneath him and meaningless.

Just then, Wang Jin and Li Qing's figures slowly appeared before the crowd.

With Wang Jin's arrival, the entire hall fell silent.

"Is everyone here?" Wang Jin asked, his voice deep and resounding throughout the Heavenly Origin.

Someone replied, "Junior Apprentice Jiang Ning hasn't arrived yet. Brother Cheng Ran went to call him, so he's not here either."

Wang Jin nodded slightly and then said to Zhou Xing and the others, "Don't worry about him. It's fine as long as you're here."

Zhou Xing clasped his hands and asked, "Master Wang, what's the matter?"

Wang Jin said, "Tomorrow, the County Governor will arrive in Luoshui County and will also be preparing for the opening of the Inspection Bureau. So, you few who are participating in the assessment will become my direct disciples in three days. Everyone will witness this, and you will also represent me in the Inspection Bureau's assessment."

Upon hearing this, Xiao Peng slowly stepped forward from the crowd.

"Master Wang, I have an objection!"

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone's gaze fell on Xiao Peng.

"What is your objection?"

Xiao Peng clenched his fists and said, "I have already entered the Ninth Stage Martial Dao, and both my fist techniques have reached Great Proficiency! I also know that Master Wang currently has only five slots, and I want to compete for one of them."

"To compete with Junior Apprentice Jiang Ning!"

Upon hearing this, the entire hall erupted in an uproar.

"Did I hear that right? Brother Xiao Peng has actually done it, he's really entered the Ninth Stage Martial Dao!"

"I said so before, Brother Xiao Peng has come this far, no wonder he's speaking up."

"Yes! If it were me, I wouldn't be content either!"

"That's right! Although Junior Apprentice Jiang Ning is favored by that Shen Louzhu, it doesn't mean he can't be wrong! Whether Junior Apprentice Jiang Ning has entered the Ninth Stage Martial Dao or not is still uncertain."

"That's true! After all, Junior Apprentice Jiang Ning has been practicing martial arts for a very short time. Even if his martial talent is truly exceptional, it's uncertain if he can enter the Ninth Stage Martial Dao in such a short time."

"In my opinion, even if Junior Apprentice Jiang Ning has entered the Ninth Stage Martial Dao, he may not be Brother Xiao Peng's match, as Brother Xiao Peng's combat experience is far richer than Junior Apprentice Jiang Ning's."

"If Master Wang agrees, and Junior Apprentice Jiang Ning loses to Brother Cheng Ran, then..."

At that moment, everyone expressed their opinions, all conveying their skepticism about Jiang Ning.

Because Jiang Ning hadn't been coming to the martial arts academy to practice with them for some time, many had already harbored resentment.

So, at this moment, they took the opportunity to vent their grievances, belittling Jiang Ning and praising Xiao Peng as a direct way to express their feelings.

(End of Chapter)

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