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Chapter 121: Experience Points Maxed Out, Xiao Peng Enters the Ninth Stage of Martial Dao!
Chapter 121: Experience Points Maxed Out, Xiao Peng Enters the Ninth Stage of Martial Dao!
Five days later, in the morning, Jiang Ning practiced his Five Beasts Fist in his courtyard over and over again.
[Five Beasts Fist Experience +1]
[Five Beasts Fist Experience +1]
[Five Beasts Fist Experience +1]
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As he practiced, his experience in the Five Beasts Fist gradually increased.
He could feel his vital energy growing stronger with each passing moment.
After a while, he stopped and stood with his fists clenched.
[Skills]: Five Beasts Fist (Perfection 1000/1000)
"It's maxed out!"
Looking at his panel, Jiang Ning exhaled a sigh of relief.
The next moment, his eyes narrowed slightly.
As the experience points for the Five Beasts Fist reached a thousand, the panel did not show the change he had seen before, and there was no familiar plus sign after the skill.
Then, he looked at his panel again.
[Name]: Jiang Ning
[Essence Energy]: 37.8
[Skills]:
Book Knowledge Mastery (Double Limit Break 1043/3000) (Characteristics: Memorize at a Glance, Extraordinary Senses)
Five Beasts Fist (Perfection 1000/1000)
Firewood Splitting Blade Technique (Quadruple Limit Break 5000/5000) (Characteristics: Broad Understanding, Blade Like Gale, Divine Blade Operation, Blade and Body As One)
Inner Alchemy Cultivation Technique (Mastery 1243/2000)
Canglang Blade Technique (Major Mastery 48/1000)
Indestructible Body Technique (Mastery 266/2000)
Aquatic Respiration (Single Limit Break 187/2000) (Characteristics: Underwater Breathing)
"That's right!"
"Over the past seven days, the pill coating of the Leopard Embryo Transformation Body Pill in my stomach has been dissolved by my stomach acids, and my body has absorbed its medicinal power, causing a significant increase in my essence energy points."
"In these days, I've accumulated nearly thirty essence energy points, reaching 37.8."
"However, even with so many essence energy points, my experience in the Five Beasts Fist has reached a thousand again, but the familiar plus sign hasn't appeared yet."
"It seems my previous premonition was correct!"
"To break the limit of the Five Beasts Fist, a lower-tier martial art, requires more essence energy points than those needed for non-tiered skills like Aquatic Respiration and Firewood Splitting Blade Technique."
"I wonder if the first limit break of the Five Beasts Fist requires fifty or a hundred essence energy points?"
Jiang Ning thought to himself.
Then, he looked at his panel again.
[Skills]:
Five Beasts Fist (Perfection 1000/1000)
Firewood Splitting Blade Technique (Quadruple Limit Break 5000/5000) (Characteristics: Broad Understanding, Blade Like Gale, Divine Blade Operation, Blade and Body As One)
He thought to himself again, "Now that I've maxed out the experience in two skills, as long as I have enough essence energy points, I can immediately break through with these two skills."
"My strength will surely increase significantly."
Jiang Ning calculated that there were about ten more days until the opening of the Patrol Bureau.
In such a powerful organization, strength was undoubtedly crucial.
He needed to find a way to gather enough essence energy points to break the first limit in the Five Beasts Fist before then.
At this thought, Jiang Ning turned and walked into the house.
After a while, he took stock of his finances and found he had around 1,800 taels.
He then took this money, along with his previously kept spoils, and headed to the Wanhua Tower.
Having experienced the benefits of the Blood Lotus, Jiang Ning knew that to rapidly increase his essence energy points, he needed to rely on those so-called treasured natural substances.
Ordinary supplements like ten-year ginseng and wild herbs were not enough.
There was a limit to how much of these supplements one could consume daily.
Exceeding that limit would strain the body.
The same was true for Qi and Blood Pills and Herbal Essence.
Medicine had its side effects.
Taking a small amount daily was harmless to his current physique and internal organs.
But consuming too much would also lead to the accumulation of toxins, causing irreversible damage to the body.
This was an unavoidable fact for everyone.
Therefore, natural substances like the Blood Lotus, with its potent medicinal properties, appeared to have no value for money.
The older the Blood Lotus, the more its value increased exponentially.
This was because the medicinal properties remained constant, and the stronger the medicine, the greater its effect.
Its value would naturally rise accordingly.
At this moment, Jiang Ning went to the Wanhua Tower to sell some of his previous spoils, gather some silver, and see if he could buy some potent natural substances.
He had thoroughly understood the growth pattern of his essence energy points.
The daily intake of energy determined the increase or decrease in essence energy points.
When he wasn't practicing martial arts, his diet consisted of simple meals, resulting in minimal growth in essence energy points, typically around 0.1 per day.
On rare occasions, when he had meat, his essence energy points would increase by 0.1.
Later, when he joined the martial arts studio and could eat meat regularly, his essence energy points increased significantly.
After obtaining the ten-year ginseng, his daily essence energy points skyrocketed.
The Qi and Blood Pills also contributed to some additional essence energy points.
In recent days, he had two main sources of rapid essence energy point increases.
One was the fifty-year-old Blood Lotus.
Jiang Ning roughly calculated that the Blood Lotus had brought him over twenty essence energy points.
The second was the Leopard Embryo Transformation Body Pill, which, upon absorbing a portion of its medicinal power, would trigger an explosive surge of Essence Points.
Based on the damage to the pill's outer layer over the past few days and Jiang Ning's observations through inner vision, the Leopard Embryo Transformation Body Pill would take at least half a year to be fully absorbed.
This was without actively refining the pill.
According to his observations, it would take about five days to dissolve one layer of the pill's outer coating.
Just by estimating, Jiang Ning realized the sheer power of the Leopard Embryo Transformation Body Pill.
If he were to refine the pill within him, the Leopard Embryo Transformation Body Pill alone would provide him with several hundred Essence Points.
Moreover, he had another pill.
If he were to refine both, he estimated that it could bring him nearly a thousand additional Essence Points.
This also revealed the pill's rarity and the immense medicinal power it contained.
Not to mention, these were just the additional effects of the Leopard Embryo Transformation Body Pill.
The most crucial effect was the improvement of one's innate constitution.
With an enhanced constitution, the speed of one's physical growth would increase significantly, and the absorption of various medicinal meals, pills, and treasured natural substances would also greatly improve.
Chapter 131: The Most Precious Part of the Leopard Embryo Transformation Body Pill
Compared to these effects, the Medicine King Valley's reward of one hundred talents of gold was insignificant.
After that, Jiang Ning left the house with the items and headed straight for Wanhua Tower.
On the other side, at Canglang Martial Studio:
"Senior Brother Zhou Xing has arrived!"
"Senior Brother Zhou Xing has arrived!"
"Senior Brother Zhang Tiesheng is here too!"
". . ."
As the carriage stopped, Zhou Xing stepped into the martial studio.
The crowd's faces lit up with excitement at the sight of Zhou Xing.
With Zhou Xing and Zhang Tiesheng's arrival, the front courtyard became even livelier.
Everyone greeted Zhou Xing and Zhang Tiesheng.
"Where's Junior Brother Jiang Ning?" Zhou Xing scanned the entire place and asked.
Someone replied, "Junior Brother Jiang Ning hasn't arrived yet, but Senior Brother Cheng Ran has already 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 these words.
"Aside from that kid, 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 responding.
Engaging with such a crude person was beneath him, and it would be meaningless.
Just then, Wang Jin and Li Qing's figures slowly appeared before the crowd.
With Wang Jin's arrival, the entire place suddenly fell silent.
"Is everyone here?" Wang Jin's deep voice instantly echoed throughout the entire Heavenly Origin.
Someone replied, "Junior Brother Jiang Ning hasn't arrived yet. Senior Brother Cheng Ran went to call him, so he's not here either."
Wang Jin nodded slightly, then said to Zhou Xing and the others, "Don't worry about him. It's fine as long as you're here."
Seeing this, Zhou Xing clasped his hands and asked, "Senior Wang, what's the matter?"
Wang Jin said, "Tomorrow, the Mansion Lord will arrive in Lo Shui County, and the establishment of the Patrol Bureau will also commence. So, you few who will participate in the assessment, I will take you as my direct disciples in three days. Everyone will witness this, and you will represent my face in the Patrol Bureau's assessment."
Upon hearing these words, Xiao Peng slowly stepped out from the crowd.
"Senior Wang, I have an objection!"
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone's gaze instantly fell on Xiao Peng.
"What's your objection?"
Xiao Peng clenched his fists and struck them against his chest, creating a dull thud.
Boom—
A muffled sound reverberated instantly.
Xiao Peng said, "I have now entered the Ninth Stage Martial Dao, and both my fist techniques have reached Major Mastery. I also know that Senior Wang currently has only five spots. I want to compete for one of those spots."
"To compete with Junior Brother Jiang Ning!"
As soon as these words were spoken, the entire place erupted in an uproar.
"Did I hear that right? Xiao Peng has truly achieved it and entered the Ninth Stage Martial Dao?"
"I said it before, Xiao Peng has a better chance than Cheng Ran!"
"It's no wonder Xiao Peng has come forward."
"Yes! If I were in his shoes, I wouldn't be content either!"
"That's right! Although Junior Brother Jiang Ning is favored by that Mansion Lord, it doesn't mean the Mansion Lord can't be wrong! It's still uncertain whether Junior Brother Jiang Ning has entered the Ninth Stage Martial Dao or not!"
"That's true! After all, Junior Brother Jiang Ning has been practicing for too short a time. Even if his martial talent is genuinely exceptional, it's uncertain whether he can enter the Ninth Stage Martial Dao in such a short time."
"In my opinion, even if Junior Brother Jiang Ning has truly entered the Ninth Stage Martial Dao, he might not be Xiao Peng's match. After all, Xiao Peng's combat experience is far richer than Junior Brother Jiang Ning's."
"If Senior Wang agrees and Junior Brother Jiang Ning loses to Senior Brother Cheng Ran, that would be perfect!"
At this moment, everyone expressed their opinions, all showing their skepticism towards Jiang Ning.
Because Jiang Ning hadn't been coming to the martial studio to practice with them for some time, and many had already harbored complaints.
So, at this moment, they took the opportunity to vent their grievances.
And the most direct way to express this was to belittle Jiang Ning and praise Xiao Peng.
(End of Chapter 131)
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