Before you know it, it's almost midsummer!
Just as when he first arrived in this world.
Cultivation does not know the years and passage of time, Xun Xie worked hard at the third level of the ruling-spirit technique, practiced all kinds of martial arts with fists and feet, and ate exotic meat...
Tiger roar boxing, footwork, self-defense, tiger whip leg, exploding heart palm technique, steel claw technique, explosive claw technique, tiger claw technique, phantom finger technique!
It can be said that these are the basic skills of a whole set needed to handle all situations and walk the rivers and lakes but still a lot to digest.
Xun Xie learned one by one, not only did he learn it, but he practiced very well to the point of mastery. In a short time, he had caught up to Old Man Hu in terms of pure skill.
It's not over yet!
Ssssss~
Pop~
The clear white blood energy which had hints of blue-gold within, quickly churned and with a roar the energy surged through the invisible bottleneck keeping it at bay like a broken dam, the quality and density increasing rapidly, elevating to the next level, the mercury like energy grew thicker and thicker and it was almost like actual colored mercury was being produced from the body like sweat, the blood energy’s qualitative change turned the clear white energy with hints of blue-gold to blue-gold with hints of clear white reversing the situation.
The blood energy surged throughout his body covering every corner strengthening his physique by several notches, becoming stronger and more durable.
Obviously, this blood energy was several times more powerful than it had been before and most importantly, lasted a lot longer.
Unconsciously, after continuously accumulating blood energy these few months, on this day, the total amount of blood energy in Xun Xie's body had increased again surpassing the bottleneck, and it was already able to maintain the complete body coverage for twelve sticks of incense.
The fourth level of blood power, breakthrough!
Time taken: ten and a half months!
Xun Xie has repeatedly asked Old Man Hu in a roundabout manner whether there is anyone who can break through from the third level of blood energy to the fourth level within a year.
Old Man Hu said that there are.
Those children of noble families, those peerless geniuses, those aliens with special physique...
In short, such a case is 1 in 100 000!
"I'm also one in a hundred thousand now."
Xun Xie smiled. In Blue Grain Town, apart from the few coaches, and hidden masters he should be the strongest.
It had only been a little over two years since he came to this world no less, from a skinny powerless stick child to a strong man!
What? a dragon, a phoenix, a north leopard, it's all rubbish! Snake, sparrows and cats!
Then……
Crrrr!
A pang of hunger struck, and Xun Xie was hungry.
"After breaking through the fourth level of blood strength, it seems that my appetite has increased again. It is estimated that I can eat three catties of exotic animal meat every day. If I use the chewing gum grass again..."
Xun Xie's mouth twitched, he could imagine that no matter how much money he had, he couldn't afford to continuously spend like this. More importantly, his chewing gum grass was almost finished! Just a dozen or so between 100-150 years old remained.
In no more than a month, his beloved chewing gum grass will disappear forever.
It’s not that he hasn’t tried to grow it himself, but he released such an act was foolish, only the 100 year old and above grass had enough potency to work on him as a fourth level blood strength martial artists as at the third level the effect of the younger grass was already a bit weak. Grass several months or weeks old had little to no effect.
Sigh, the days of rapid growth and advancement were slowing down.
Although in his opinion ten months was already long but in this world view it was incredibly short, others took a decade or so and he only took ten months so there was solace in that fact!
"Go buy some exotic animal meat."
Xun Xie was very sad, the good days were leaving, and although it was definitely a good thing to break through now before the grass had finished, he took the money and went out to the market to buy exotic animal meat.
Riding a donkey da da.
This fellow Abao had become quite fat with a bit of muscle from his care and regular use.
Fully capable of bearing his weight at the current 1.78 meters. It helped that his martial arts didn’t affect bone density or fat to the same degree as the black nails and elongated arms of the Diao bunch or even his own increasingly pale and lustrous snow like skin.
Still, he was fine for casual rides but soon he would likely have no need for the fellow unless he somehow evolved, his fitness was already strong enough to casually cover several metres in seconds as easily as breathing so an ordinary donkey had little use in reducing his physical exertion although he didn’t know if such a thing was possible in this world much less for ordinary animals, he would have to ask around.
Either way, he planned to keep the fellow as a pet. In his old age, he would give him several female donkeys and he can be a donkey king even if evolution wasn’t possible.
Xun Xie turned into an alley, and at the end was the market street.
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As he walked…
A middle-aged woman approached, carrying a bamboo basket full of vegetables and fish.
Xun Xie didn't care about this woman at first until he was about to pass by, his pupils shrank suddenly, and his heart was shaken!
Xun Xie, who is at the fourth-level blood energy, has an exceptionally keen hearing.
Ordinary people have sounds when they walk, and he can easily hear them with his current senses like the beat of a drum. If he didn’t control it, it would be even louder.
He also has excellent eyesight and can see well at night.
He alone is equivalent to several special equipment back on earth.
Therefore, from the moment Xun Xie first saw this woman, he was convinced that she was alone.
Because she was the only one whose footsteps he heard, Xun Xie only saw her.
However, at this moment, there is actually another person behind the woman!
This person was a thin little girl with long hair that covered her cheeks, wearing a white ragged linen skirt, and followed the woman with her head lowered.
There were only a few inches of distance between the little girl and the woman.
Xun Xie tilted his head, stared at the little girl, and removed the thin layer of bloodforce filtering the sounds in his ear canal and pricked up his ears to listen enhancing his focus.
Bam bam bam...
Only the sound of a woman's heartbeat was heard!
It’s as if the little girl doesn’t exist!
Xun Xie couldn't help holding his breath, his heart awe-stricken.
Suddenly, the little girl moved her head, turned her head to look at Xun Xie, and stopped following the woman.
The woman kept walking.
Xun Xie couldn't see the little girl's face, but he could feel a cold gaze falling on him, sending chills to his very core.
The little girl looked at Xun Xie for about five seconds, then she turned her head, walked forward, and followed the woman again, still with her head bowed and keeping silent.
Xun Xie kept watching the woman and the little girl go away, and when they disappeared at the entrance of the alley, he let go of his breath.
"What's the situation?"
Xun Xie was inexplicable and confused, he quickly walked forward and came to the end of the alley.
Wakaka!
The noise, the shouting, the cries of children...
All kinds of voices came from the brain.
The market is here!
Noisy, bustling.
Since the Southern Tiger and Twelve Blades of the Viper Gang were killed, the three Eastern Dragon, West Phoenix, and Northern Leopard have not moved for a long time, and the Viper Gang has basically cooled down on their heinous acts.
Without the unscrupulous oppression of this group of bullies, the people in the town could recuperate, and the situation would naturally be much better full of life.
But Xun Xie was anxious, he hurriedly bought the exotic animal meat, and then turned around and returned to Song Mansion.
But he didn't dare to leave through that alley.
"Uncle Su, is Mr. Song there?" As soon as Xun Xie entered the door, he happened to meet the housekeeper. Was that really a ghost?
The only way to know for sure is to ask the most knowledgeable person he knew rather than checking books, it would have been his books that he checked anyways.
"Sir is admiring lotus flowers in the lotus pond." Su Bolin said.
Xun Xie nodded and ran quickly to the back garden. At a glance, he saw Mr. Song standing by the lotus pond.
This lotus is an autumn lotus. It only blooms when autumn is approaching. It is very beautiful and has a delicate fragrance.
Xun Xie stepped forward and said politely, "Sir, I'm sorry to disturb you."
Mr. Song turned his head and said with a warm smile: "Xiao Xie, it's just in time. Look, isn’t this lotus beautiful?"
How could Xun Xie be in the mood, he said perfunctorily, "It's so beautiful."
Mr. Song raised his eyebrows, looked at Xun Xie carefully, and asked with a smile, "Is something wrong?"
Xun Xie didn't know how to speak for a while, and after deliberating for a while, he described it in his original form.
After listening, Mr. Song's expression changed: "Xiao Xie, have you broken through the fourth level of blood power?"
Xun Xie was surprised, the blood energy was hidden in his body, as long as he didn't expose it, others would not be able to see it, and but he had no intention of hiding it and continued: "Yes, I just broke through today."
"No wonder..."
Mr. Song sighed softly, "After breaking through the fourth level of blood energy, the blood in our bodies has almost been alienated by 80%. The body is already different from ordinary people, and naturally, we have abilities that are different from ordinary people."
Xun Xie: "What does that mean?"
Mr. Song: "Simply put, after breaking through the fourth level of blood energy, our eyes have undergone a little transformation, and we can see some 'abnormalities' that walk on the edge of this world’s reality."
This alienation was not transforming the blood completely to foreign animals but merely granting the blood certain qualities related to that animal.
"That little girl is abnormal?" Xun Xie panicked, "Is she dangerous?"
Mr. Song nodded: "Of course there are dangers. Anyone who is followed by that little girl has their essence sucked up by her little by little, ranging from depression in mild cases to illness and death in severe cases."
Xun Xie groaned in his heart, isn't this a ghost sucking people's yang qi?
Your sister!
What the hell is going on in this world? Bodhisattvas, demons, and anomalies aka ghosts, are you trying to gather demons, ghosts, and monsters?
Moreover, these abnormalities didn’t play according to the routine, casually walking the streets during the day, was biology not a thing anymore! How could ghosts walk during the day!
“I heard about Yin God before in my village since there is a temple, the elders say that this is a real spirit that blesses the land, are they anomalies too? Are there good and bad anomalies?” Xun Xie slyly inserted.
Mr. Song chuckled, “No. Yin Gods are quite rare and are said to have flourished in ancient times, they are not anomalies and are different beings of the spirit that originate from this world and touch upon the higher realms which is why they are called gods, although they typically have little influence on us martial artists and can only play tricks the ordinary folk.
Anomalies are different and touch upon another realm called the Spirit Realm, there are several realms said to be connected to this world but the Spirit Realm is one of the largest and consists of several realms itself not much is known about them though. Interestingly enough Yin Gods are said to have some special deterrent on these other spiritual type beings they are natives after all and these abnormalities are outsiders.
Unlike anomalies, Yin Gods are different spiritual beings, even martial artists cannot see them, there is naturally a reason the ancients called them god despite their limited abilities, unless you are in the refining spirit realm you cannot see their appearance."
Xun Xie asked, "Then, is there any way to eliminate the 'abnormal'?"
Just as Mr. Song was about to speak, Uncle Su suddenly ran over and handed him a letter.
Open it with a foot and take a look.
Suddenly, Mr. Song showed a look of joy on his face, and he didn't have to think about it to know that it was the lover he was thinking of replying to.
"Xiao Xie, I have something to do and must leave. I'll tell you more later. No need to worry too much, this is our world after all, the influence they can have is not that terrifying in common cases." Mr. Song left Xun Xie and ran away.
Xun Xie shook his head speechlessly and waited anxiously until the evening.
Old Man Hu is here.
Xun Xie said directly: "Mr. Hu if we encounter an abnormality, how can we deal with it?"
Old Man Hu was stunned for a moment, his eyes widened a little, and he exclaimed, "Have you seen anything abnormal? You, you have you broken through the fourth level of blood power?!!"
Xun Xie nodded.
"..." Old Man Hu's chin dropped, shocked!
Xun Xie hurriedly urged: "Mr. Hu, abnormal, how to deal with abnormal?"
Old Man Hu retracted his chin, was silent for a while trying to digest the speed of this little monster, then spread his hands and said, "I don't know."
Xun Xie was dumbfounded.
What do you know then silly old man!
Old man Hu blushed and said, "It’s like this, not everyone who has broken through the fourth level of blood energy can see the abnormality. Like me, even if they have broken through the Tendon Changing realm, they still can't see it. There are not many people who can see the anomaly, we call you 'walkers'. True walkers are said to actually be able to harm the abnormalities but those like you who see it early are just well…basically strictly speaking you barely fall into the same category."
Xun Xie saw his meaning at a glance, usually, they would see it later and likely had means to destroy them or could destroy them based on other reasons other than being strong, but he definitely didn’t fit in either category.
Does that mean he could do nothing!?