Longevity Martial Arts: Starting from Inner Core Skill

Chapter 65: Chapter 65 Two Goals (Seeking Yue Tickets, Seeking Recommendation Tickets, Seeking Follow-Up Reads!)

Since the last snowfall, almost a month had passed.

The people of Qingshan Village returned to clearing the wilderness after the snow melted, and after more than two months of hard work, they had initially cleared those fields.

But after all, it was mountainous terrain, and no matter how cultivable, it wasn’t as good as the plains, so the work ahead was still a significant undertaking.

All in all, everything was moving in the right direction.

Wang Sheng, too, had improved during this time.

Those skills that had broken through several times didn’t make much progress, but those that hadn’t broken through yet advanced considerably.

Five Elements Fist and Yijin Scripture reached “Five Elements Fist: 9 (12%)” and “Yijin Scripture: 8 (10%)”

Although they had not broken through yet, they were getting close, a matter of time within this period.

But even as they reached levels nine and eight, neither Five Elements Fist nor Yijin Scripture provided the significant boost to physique as when he first started practicing Ba Duan Jin.

With the Martial Artist’s robust constitution as the basis, the improvements that Five Elements Fist brought to the internal organs and that Yijin Scripture brought to the body could essentially be disregarded.

Besides that, the most significant progress was in Iron Wood Planting.

“Iron Wood Planting: Breakthrough +1 (5%)”

Iron Wood had always been important to Wang Sheng, after all, it was the material needed for his Six Harmonies Spear.

So, after ensuring he had enough medicine, he devoted quite a bit of time to planting Iron Wood, and “Iron Wood Planting” had successfully broken through the first limit.

Just like with Chrysanthemum Planting and Medicinal Plant Cultivation before, the newly broken-through “Iron Wood Planting” didn’t transform the trees but accelerated their growth.

But by now, he actually no longer needed a large supply of Iron Wood.

His practice with the Six Harmonies Spear was more about technique than strength, so he usually controlled his power.

At first, he wasn’t quite used to this sort of training, but as practice time increased, he found that using the relatively “fragile” Iron Wood was beneficial.

Not being able to use his full strength actually resulted in a significant improvement in his skill.

In order not to damage the Iron Wood, he had to control his strength with incredible precision, so after practicing the Six Harmonies Spear for so long, his control over his power was incalculably stronger than before.

Stronger power control meant he could precisely handle the maximum strength the Iron Wood could withstand, thus virtually eliminating any consumption of the wood.

The mature Iron Wood he had brought down from the mountains before was still in supply. Breaking through once or even twice wasn’t as important as he’d initially believed.

Perhaps only after breaking through three times would there be a real change, and of course, reaching three breakthroughs in “Iron Wood Planting” would take no short amount of time.

After all, upgrades after breaking through were not as fast as those before, and he had made plans according to the skill’s progress.

“Two provisional goals, within a month, to breakthrough in Five Elements Fist and Yijin Scripture, to strengthen my physique, and also—”

Wang Sheng looked at another of his progress bars.

“Blood Qi like Mercury: 65%”

This represented the strength of his Blood Qi and was a new ability that came with Ba Duan Jin having broken through three times.

Originally, this progress had always lagged behind “Qi Rushing to the Disease, Reducing the Disease.”

But as Qi Blood Power began to repair those “injuries” caused by severe illnesses, even though Qi Blood Power was continually increasing, the pace of the disease reduction gradually slowed down.

And with Blood Qi strength facing no obstructions, with the continuous enhancements from Ba Duan Jin and the consistent supply of Ten-Complete Great Replenishing Pills, its strength gradually surpassed the progress of “Qi Rushing to the Disease, Reducing the Disease: 50%.”

With Blood Qi like Mercury at 65% progress, the aura it emitted under introspection was astonishing even to him.

His other goal was to raise the progress of “Blood Qi like Mercury” to one hundred percent and reach the next realm.

Of course, this was not a goal that could be achieved in a month, as the increasing strength of Blood Qi was progressively slowing down.

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However, based on his estimated progress, the strength of his Blood Qi was the skill that, aside from the Five Elements Fist and Yijin Scripture, could achieve a transformation in quality the fastest.

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So, Wang Sheng set it as his second goal.

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“The second realm of Blood Qi strength, Blood Qi Smoke, just what level is that? And the third realm, Blood Qi like Dragon, what kind of realm is that?”

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Not to mention Great Grandmasters, it probably shouldn’t be a problem to contend with Grandmasters, right?

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Plus, the realm of Inner Core Skill will be enhanced too, and once the two are combined… the resulting power is hard even for Wang Sheng to estimate.

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Of course, to achieve all this—

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“You still need to grind!”

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A goal is a goal, but to achieve these goals, one needs to exchange time for them, that is, relentless “grinding.”

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He had thought that time would pass by peacefully.

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But Qingshan Village was visited by a group of people, not enemies, but a group of refugees.

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This group of refugees, about twenty-some in number, were all in poor condition, with the worst being at death’s door.

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Naturally, these people weren’t discovered when entering Qingshan Village but rather were intercepted on the way by Zhou Gu and Li Yongfeng.

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The main reason these people were brought back was that among them was an acquaintance of Li Yongfeng.

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His former master at the escort agency.

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When Wang Sheng arrived upon receiving the news, he saw Li Yongfeng and a fair and lovely girl exchanging shy glances.

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Simply put, they wanted to communicate, but there was no suitable opportunity.

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At this time, he had already learned from Zhou Gu that it was Li Yongfeng’s master and others who had come seeking refuge, so he immediately guessed the girl’s identity.

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She must be the junior sister Li Yongfeng had on his mind.

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Before, Li Yongfeng had mentioned that the two of them had a mutual affection, Wang Sheng thought he was boasting, but now it seemed to be true.

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Fortunately, his heart was set on the pursuit of immortality, and he didn’t have a shred of envy for these affairs.

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He glanced at them only briefly before moving on, focusing instead on the newly arrived group of more than twenty people.

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It can only be said that these were real refugees; regardless of their past status, they were now quite pitiful.

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Surrounded by the villagers of Qingshan Village, each of them was filled with fear.

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There was one exception, a middle-aged man who appeared to be in his forties. Although slightly disheveled, he was barely maintaining his composure.

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And acting as a representative for the refugees, he was communicating with the village chief.

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Wang Sheng didn’t speak. Instead, he found a spot to sit down and listened to the exchange between the village chief and the others.

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Now, whatever happened in the village, the village chief would inform him. Whether or not he attended was up to him; it was a matter of attitude.

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He would occasionally come by to check on things when he had time. This time, he came because he heard it was Li Yongfeng’s master from the escort agency, so he decided to have a look.

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The communication between the two parties was smooth. The gist of it was about the reason Li Yongfeng’s master had come here.

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They had originally planned to escape from Shuzhou but ended up not being able to leave due to various military disasters. They had no choice but to return and find a safe place.

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Later, after meeting a Scholar who informed them about the existence of Qingshan Village, they came here seeking refuge. In the end, the outcome was simple; the group stayed as Qingshan Village still had vacant places.

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Of course, the primary reason was that the village chief took a liking to that Scholar.

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Don’t get the wrong idea; the village chief mainly wanted the Scholar to enlighten the village children…

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Wang Sheng didn’t express any opinions. He was primarily here to observe during his rest time, but he still signaled to Zhou Gu.

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They might stay, but it was necessary to have some deterrent in place to prevent people from causing trouble…

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