Chapter 231: Body and Bloodline

A blue panel materialised in front of Lu Zhen.

[Your Wood Qi has successfully advanced to Plant Qi]

Boom!

His body seemed to grow exponentially as well, reaching new heights he had never expected he could.

At that moment, the final step that Lu Zhen needed to take to become a second-stage martial artist finally completed.

The Plant Qi, which was converted from the Wood Qi, reached its maximum level of condensation. Basically, it couldn't be condensed anymore, creating a strange reaction in his body.

His body started to become strengthened as he delved into deep thought.

The vision of the verdant tree finally became clear as day to him, which he had previously always visualised when he was deep in meditation.

The tree's branches took on the shapes of the weapons he had learned until now: sword, saber, spear, and many more.

However, there were extra things as well. Now, there was a statue of his mother carved in one of the branches, almost looking vivid. There were also little statues of Lily and Xia Mei.

Three statues were present, carved like almost real people themselves.

"Hmm," Lu Zhen touched the tree, and instantly, memories of the tree flashed in his eyes.

For one to train after reaching the second-stage martial realm was to thoroughly understand the technique that one cultivated to its core.

If one could resonate with the core form, then they would be able to reach the middle tier of the second martial realm. If they were able to combine the core form with their Qi, they could reach the peak tier of the second stage martial realm.

And lastly, if they wanted to break through to the first stage martial realm, they needed to form intent. One needed to incorporate their physique with the combined Qi and form, creating a harmony between these three and creating the revered, terrifying intent.

Since the verdant tree was Lu Zhen's core, he needed to thoroughly understand everything about it and comprehend its nature and how it could be applied to empower himself.

This was a gradual and lengthy process that took some time, even though, to Lu Zhen's surprise, he found it relatively easy to understand his visualization of the verdant tree.

As time passed, Lu Zhen quickly comprehended the tree, and his condensed plant Qi seemed to gradually resonate with his form.

Suddenly, Lu Zhen opened his eyes.

Cough! Cough!

He directly vomited blood onto the floor.

"This... I am seriously injured..." Lu Zhen thought as he assessed his body, feeling the countless internal injuries that ruptured.

However, still, a smile graced his lips.

"The next time I can recover, I can directly reach the middle tier of the second stage martial realm..." Lu Zhen's eyes glinted with astonishment.

He could guess why he could comprehend the true form of the technique so quickly; it was all because of his charm which has levelled up. Although it was called charm, the actual increase was his very being.

As Lu Zhen slowly recovered, he opened his system with a thought.

The wood Qi has now changed to plant Qi.

"Hmm..." Lu Zhen thought of something.

"System, what can you control in my body?"

[Host, what do you mean?]

The cold metallic voice of Lu Zhen's system rang in his ears again, causing him to frown.

"I meant, which attribute of mine can you directly control so you can upgrade it."

[If you are talking about that, host, then every attribute is controlled by the system so that the host could level up, including your mind and Qi.]

"What about my soul?"

[The system cannot directly level up your soul, host.]

Lu Zhen's eyes lit up when he heard this, but he maintained an expressionless face.

"What about my bloodline?"

[That too isn't affected by the system; the host needs to increase that by himself.]

Lu Zhen nodded his head. "So if this system ever went away, the only things I am left with are my body, bloodline, and soul."

He didn't know anything about the soul and had never touched his soul before; the reason he even knew there was a soul in his body was because just now his system mentioned it.

So the soul could be taken out of the equation for him now.

The only two things left were the body and the bloodline. Lu Zhen is already focusing on his bloodline and has trained his body quite hard too.

"Let's stop cultivating Qi." He came to this conclusion after thinking carefully, as he could become a powerful martial artist and even stronger than the average realm that martial artists had with his body.

Lu Zhen would rather focus on his body rather than Qi, which could be taken away at any time by the system. Although it was unlikely to happen, he didn't want to take any chances.

But that doesn't mean he will completely stop his Qi cultivation; he will still cultivate his Qi but at the bare minimum needed.

"Young master, I have contacted the madam."

Suddenly, Lu Zhen heard the cold voice of his little assassin girl, which made him promptly end his thinking.

He had already faintly recovered from the internal injuries, and even his physique was faintly strengthened by it.

"Yes." Lu Zhen opened the door, seeing a blushing girl who was staring at him.

"Let's go. Where is my mother at?"

"She is in the main hall, young master." Suddenly, her expression turned professional as she replied with an expressionless face.

"Okay."