Chapter 5

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

Now that Lu Yu’s qi-blood had reached 17 points, he could clearly feel that his strength had been greatly increased, and the speed of his punches had been greatly increased.

After thinking for a while, Lu Yu understood the meaning of qi-blood. In this game, qi-blood should be the same as the battle strength in traditional games. It was a comprehensive reflection of the overall strength of the character.

The higher the qi-blood, the stronger the battle strength.

In this way, if he thought of a way to increase his qi-blood, he could increase his own strength.

Although he could use his experience points to increase his qi-blood, this was not the best choice because he could increase qi-blood when he was cultivating in AFK mode. Besides, leveling up the cultivation technique could also increase qi-blood.

The Fierce Tiger Fist Style required only 100 experience points to upgrade from the first level to the second level, and he could get 5 points of qi-blood bonus. Breaking through the realm only required 100 experience points, and he could get 2 points of qi-blood bonus. 

Moreover, leveling from the second level to the third level required 500 experience points. By that time, his qi-blood would exceed 5 points. 

Moreover, when the cultivation technique was upgraded, it could also increase one’s realm. This way, one could save another 200 experience points to increase one’s realm while still getting qi-blood bonus.

With this calculation, using the experience points to increase qi-blood directly was the least efficient way, followed by using experience points to increase one’s realm.

The most cost-effective method was to use experience points to level up the cultivation technique. The more qi-blood he gained, the more experience points he could save to increase their realms. He could also obtain new skills. It was simply killing three birds with one stone.

Lu Yu decided on the next small goal, to accumulate enough experience points to level up the Fierce Tiger Fist Style (second level).

He did not know if Yang Xiu was still shopping with Miss Han, but he did not appear in the martial arts practice field for the entire afternoon.

After an entire afternoon of cultivation, Lu Yu’s qi-blood had increased by one point, reaching 18 points.

After his qi-blood had increased, he ate a lot more during dinner. After eating six bowls of porridge, Lu Yu felt full. When he wanted to eat the seventh bowl, there was no more porridge in the bucket.

After eating, those who were on patrol duty went on patrol. Those who were not on patrol duty continued to cultivate at night, then took a bath and went to sleep.

It was the same for three consecutive days. Lu Yu had not seen Yang Xiu appear in the martial arts practice field after that. He had also become familiar with the inner court guard who was taking over his shift, so they could chat a little when they were changing shifts.

He knew that his name was Zhang Lun, and he seemed to be Butler Zhang’s nephew.

After the cultivation technique had been upgraded, Lu Yu could increase his qi-blood by two points every day. However, when his qi-blood broke through 20 points, the speed of the increase in his qi-blood began to slow down. He could only increase his qi-blood by 1.5 points every day.

Lu Yu walked on the dirt road that he patrolled every day while the other three patrolled on the other side. They did not want to have too much interaction with Lu Yu.

Over the past few days, Lu Yu realized that his performance seemed to be too outstanding. He was ostracized by others, and no one wanted to interact with him.

However, this was also good to him. Lu Yu was too lazy to talk to them. They were just a bunch of NPCs after all.

Suddenly, he wanted to pee. Lu Yu saw that the three of them were still far away, so he walked into the forest and peed under a big tree.

“Did you found what I said last time?”

A familiar voice sounded. Lu Yu subconsciously turned his head to look in the direction of the voice and saw a familiar figure in the forest.

“Isn’t that Yang Xiu? The person opposite seems to be Han Yu. What are they doing here?” Lu Yu showed a hint of confusion.

Lu Yu knew from the conversation with Zhang Lun that Miss Han’s name was Han Yu. As for the relationship between Han Yu and Yang Xiu, Zhang Lun did not want to say much. However, Lu Yu could hear from his tone that he probably liked Han Yu.

“The thing you mentioned, I found it in the study room when my father was not around. My father hid it in the secret room of the study room. However, there is a mechanism inside, so I can’t take it out. Otherwise, my father will definitely find out.”

Han Yu deliberately showed a troubled expression. Then, her expression changed, and she said in a relaxed manner, “However, if you are willing to marry me, I will definitely be able to persuade my father to give that thing to you.”

Hearing that, Yang Xiu remained silent and did not answer.

Seeing his attitude, Han Yu’s face was full of indignation. She shouted, “Why don’t you want to marry me? Why? Do you like other women?”

Yang Xiu quickly covered her mouth. “Shh! Be quiet. Don’t let others find out. It’s not good for your reputation.”

“Wu wu wu…”

The voices of the two became softer, so Lu Yu couldn’t hear them clearly. Not long after, he saw Han Yu rush out of the way. Her speed was much faster than Lu Yu’s.

Han Yu rushed out of the forest with tears in her eyes. Her back disappeared into the distance, and Yang Xiu also appeared on the road.

Lu Yu looked at Yang Xiu with a face full of surprise. When Yang Xiu saw Lu Yu standing by the wall, he was surprised as well. Yang Xiu was sure that Lu Yu did not see what had happened in the forest.

“Instructor Yang, why are you here?” Lu Yu asked.

He looked at Lu Yu. “It’s none of your business. Don’t ask.” With that, he turned around and left. In just a dozen seconds, Yang Xiu’s back disappeared on the road.

Lu Yu looked at Yang Xiu getting further away, and his expression returned to normal. Yang Xiu and Han Yu’s relationship did not seem to be that good. Moreover, Yang Xiu seemed to have his own motives.

Yang Xiu’s motives had nothing to do with Lu Yu. He only wanted to AFK every day, increase his qi-blood, and quietly level up. When he had enough strength, he would go to the Tianfeng Academy to look for Su Peng.

After many days, the time he spent in the game far exceeded the time he spent in the real world. Lu Yu had begun to think of this game as the real world.

Other than eating, going to the toilet, and sleeping, Lu Yu had spent almost all his time in the game these past few days. He had completely integrated into this world.

He also learned about a small part of the game background of the Divine Martial World.

From Zhang Lun’s information, Lu Yu learned that the Han family was in a very unremarkable small town under the Tianfeng Province, Windmill Town.

The good news was that he was in the Tianfeng Province that Su Peng had mentioned.

The bad news was that it was as difficult as ascending to the heaven to enter the Tianfeng Academy.

When Lu Yu asked, “How do I enter the Tianfeng Academy?”, Zhang Lun’s face revealed a huge smile, as if an eagle had seen a tortoise and said, “I want to fly higher than you.”

In order to let Lu Yu know how hard to get into Tianfeng Academy was, Zhang Lun told him what he knew.

In order to enter Tianfeng Academy, Lu Yu first had to become a free person. A servant of the Han family was not qualified to enter the academy. When they were brought into the Han Residence, they had already become part of the Han family’s property.

Only by becoming a free person would the law recognize you as a commoner, and only then would you be qualified to enter the academy for further studies.

And to become a free person in the Han Residence, there were two ways: one was to make a great contribution to obtain the Han clan’s favor and then become a free person. The second was to break through the body refining realm to a high level and become the Han clan’s squire. Then, one had to work hard for the Han clan for ten years to redeem the indenture.

The former was unlikely to happen as he was a small fry who had just entered the Han Residence. As for the latter, if he wanted to cultivate and break through from body refining realm to a new realm, it would be difficult for him to do so without eight to ten years.

After becoming a free person, he would first have to leave Windmill Town and head to Bei Feng City. If he could be accepted by the academy in Bei Feng City, he would have a slight chance of entering the Tianfeng Academy.

Every year, Bei Feng City would have a few spots to recommend talents to the Tianfeng Academy. Only the most outstanding few would have the chance to be recommended. Whether or not they could enter would depend on whether they could pass the Tianfeng Academy’s test.

“The eldest young master and second young master of the Han clan are both cultivating in Bei Feng Academy. They have the support of the entire Han clan behind them. The eldest young master and second young master are only at the middle and lower levels of the academy and have no chance of being recommended at all.”

“But even so, the eldest young master’s strength is not something that people like us can imagine.”

“As for you, there’s no point to even think about it! Eldest young master had already cultivated to the seventh level of the body refining realm at your age and could be considered a famous genius in Windmill Town. But in Bei Feng City, there were countless people who were even more powerful than eldest young master.”

“It’s better for you to just be a courtyard guard! Don’t overthink things. Being a courtyard guard in the Han clan is probably the luckiest thing to you. No matter what, you won’t have to worry about food and clothes when you’re old. Furthermore, you will have your descendants who will inherit your bloodline.”

Therefore, when he knew that strength was the most important factor for him to achieve his goal, Lu Yu began to cultivate even more seriously (AFK). Whenever he had the time, he would cultivate. Even when he was on patrol, he would still cultivate under AFK mode.

With Lu Yu’s unremitting efforts, his Fierce Tiger Fist Style’s experience bar was already over half. His experience points had also accumulated to 150 points. After another day of patrolling, another day of cultivating would allow him to level up his Fierce Tiger Fist to the third level.

The Fierce Tiger Fist-Hungry Tiger Pounce had also leveled up. It had been upgraded from a skilled to a highly skilled, and the Fierce Tiger Descending had also been trained to ‘slightly skilled’ level.

[ Name: Lu Yu ]

[ Realm: Body refining realm (first level) ]

[ Qi-blood: 23 ]

[ Cultivation Technique: Fierce Tiger Fist Style (second level) ]

[ Skills: Fierce Tiger Fist- Hungry Tiger Pounce (highly skilled), Fierce Tiger Fist- Fierce Tiger Descending (slightly skilled) ]

[ Experience Points: 150 ]

After the skill level reached the ‘highly skilled’ level, it was much more difficult to level up again. It required a total of 500 experience points.

In the afternoon, after everyone’s training time ended, Yang Xiu appeared at the martial arts practice field and said to everyone, “You have been practicing the Fierce Tiger Fist for almost a week. Blindly practicing the fist technique will not bring out the best effect. We will start the sparring training tomorrow.”

“Only a fist technique that can defeat the opponent is a good fist technique. It’s useless to never put your technique in use. From tomorrow onwards, the winner will receive a body tempering pill as reward. One pill a day.”

When they heard about the body tempering pill, everyone’s eyes lit up with excitement. It was as if they would definitely be the winner tomorrow.

Lu Yu had heard from Zhang Lun that official courtyard guards would usually save money to buy body tempering pills in the logistics department to speed up their training. Body tempering pills were quite effective for people below the third level of the body refining realm.

“You guys prepare yourselves tonight! We’ll start sparring tomorrow morning.”

After saying that, Yang Xiu left quickly as if he had something urgent to attend to.

Lu Yu went AFK for a while more before returning to his room to log out of the game. After washing up, he went to bed.

There was finally a chance to battle in the game tomorrow. Lu Yu was also a little excited. He would sleep early today to rest up for the battle tomorrow.

As a fantasy wuxia background game, it was too boring to keep grinding and not able to battle..