Lord of the Five Elements Tribulation Chapter 54

Lu Qing had originally wanted to push through and see if he could directly cultivate the Four Directions Blade to minor mastery.

Unexpectedly, his wooden blade broke, which made him feel a bit regretful.

As for the eventual major mastery and complete mastery of the blade technique, he didn’t dare to think about them for now.

Those were realms that only experts above the Muscle-Bone Realm could touch, not something a small Qi-Blood Realm cultivator like him could aspire to.

Although he understood the key points and insights of those blade techniques in his mind, he dared not attempt them.

Because the extremely violent method of exerting force was simply more than his current body could withstand.

Perhaps only experts above the Muscle-Bone Realm could so recklessly abuse their bodies.

In reality, with Lu Qing’s current initial entry into the Qi-Blood Realm, it was unlikely he could cultivate the Four Directions Blade to minor mastery.

His Qi and Blood were not enough to sustain so many consecutive explosive bursts.

Realizing this, Lu Qing’s head, which had been a bit heated from his progress in cultivating the blade technique, also cooled down.

He looked at the wooden blade in his hand, shook his head, and threw it into the woodpile under the eaves, then turned and went back into the house.

The next morning, Lu Qing prepared breakfast, practiced several rounds of the Body-Nourishing Fist, smoothed out his breathing, and completely vitalized his Qi and Blood.

Only then did he take out a snow-white porcelain bottle, pour out a pill from it, swallow it, and continue to practice the fist technique, absorbing the medicinal power.

According to his master’s instructions, one Blood-Nourishing and Qi-Boosting Pill per day was best.

Any more, and the body would not be able to immediately digest all the medicinal power, only leading to unnecessary waste.

The hundred-year-old wild ginseng given by the black small beast had been refined into a total of twenty Blood-Nourishing and Qi-Boosting Pills, enough for Lu Qing for more than half a month.

Once these twenty pills were consumed, he would undoubtedly make great progress in the Qi-Blood Realm.

As for the ginseng brought by the black small beast last night, Lu Qing planned to save it until after he had finished this bottle of Blood-Nourishing and Qi-Boosting Pills.

The medicinal power of the Blood-Nourishing and Qi-Boosting Pill was much gentler than yesterday’s Golden Loach Great Tonic Soup.

Lu Qing practiced the Body-Nourishing Fist for a while, slowly absorbing and refining the medicinal power, before stopping.

Feeling the surging Qi and Blood within him, Lu Qing was delighted.

Then he went to wake up Xiao Yan, who was still in bed, for breakfast.

“Xiao Yan, have you grown a little taller?”

While helping the little one wash her face and brush her teeth, Lu Qing suddenly noticed that her sleeve was a little short, and couldn’t help but ask.

“Really, big brother?”

Xiao Yan, who had still been a little sleepy, immediately woke up.

“I’ll measure you.”

Lu Qing wiped the little one’s face, made her stand in front of the doorstep, and measured her height.

After measuring, he found that she had indeed grown a little bit.

“You’ve grown taller, see, this is where we measured last time, and this is where you are now.”

Lu Qing pointed to the marks on the door.

Every time he measured Xiao Yan’s height, he would make a mark on the door, and this time’s mark was a little higher than before.

“I really have grown taller!”

Xiao Yan looked up at the marks with a happy expression.

Lu Qing ruffled the little one’s head.

Not only had she grown taller, but her health had also improved a lot.

Her hair was no longer yellow and dry, and her complexion was rosy, much better than how she looked when he first woke up.

“Alright, go inside and eat. As long as you eat well, you’ll grow even taller very soon.”

Seeing Xiao Yan still smiling foolishly at the marks on the door, Lu Qing chuckled and urged her.

So the little one ate half a bowl more for breakfast.

After breakfast, Lu Qing took Xiao Yan to the mountainside courtyard to greet and learn from his master.

Lu Qing did not tell the old doctor that he had already begun to master the Four Directions Blade. Everything had to be done in moderation. The fact that he had mastered the Body-Nourishing Fist overnight had already shocked his master enough.

At that time, he could use “enlightenment” as an excuse.

But he couldn’t keep having epiphanies, that would be truly too astonishing.

So Lu Qing decided to be low-key and keep this matter a secret for now.

This morning, nothing special happened.

Instead, the old doctor began to formally teach Lu Qing some medical theories and knowledge about drying medicinal herbs.

Soon, a morning passed.

After Lu Qing finished his studies, he left Xiao Yan at the mountainside courtyard, and he found an excuse, saying he wanted to go out and buy some things at the market.

Now that Lu Qing was a Qi-Blood Realm martial artist and intelligent, the old doctor naturally had no worries about him.

Seeing that he wanted to buy things, he readily agreed.

After leaving the mountainside courtyard, Lu Qing went straight home, took out some silver, put it in his pocket, slung a large bamboo basket over his back, tied a red string around the sacred tree at the village entrance, and then headed directly to the market.

Before long, Lu Qing’s figure appeared in front of the market.

He smiled as he saw the bustling crowd coming and going.

That’s right, today was market day.

Since his last extensive shopping trip with Brother Da’an, Lu Qing had not returned here.

Because he knew that his performance during that shopping trip had been a bit too eye-catching.

To avoid being targeted by anyone with ill intentions, he simply stopped showing up.

Now, he had become a Qi-Blood Realm martial artist, possessing some self-preservation ability.

Coupled with the fact that the rice and meat at home were almost finished, he decided to replenish some supplies.

However, he came here today not just to buy some daily necessities, but for a more important purpose.

Entering the market, Lu Qing wandered around, and before long, he saw his target, Old Master Ma.

He was about to step forward to greet him, but suddenly, he stopped and retreated to the side.

Because he saw that there was another person next to Old Master Ma.

That was a richly dressed, arrogant young man.

Behind him followed several steady-footed, burly men, who clearly looked very formidable.

Moreover, Lu Qing also saw that Old Master Ma, who had been quite imposing last time, was now looking ingratiatingly at the richly dressed young man.

He decided to wait and see, assessing the situation before acting.

Seeing Old Master Ma and his group walking towards this direction.

Lu Qing quietly hid to the side, lowering his presence, and perked up his ears.

He did not use his unique ability to probe the information of those people.

After entering the Qi-Blood Realm, he already knew that martial artists were very sensitive to the prying gazes of others.

If he used his unique ability and accidentally alarmed the other party, it might cause trouble.

So he only intended to listen, to see if he could get any useful information.

Fortunately, the richly dressed young man was very arrogant and did not try to mask his voice at all.

“Ma Gu, your place is truly dilapidated, just like those alleys where beggars sleep in the west of the city, stinking beyond belief.”

Walking through the market, the richly dressed young man’s face was full of disgust.

“Young Master Wei is of noble birth, so he naturally isn’t used to my rustic village. I hope you’ll forgive me.”

Ma Gu bent halfway, his face full of humility.

“If I weren’t planning to go into the mountains this time to find a good birthday gift for my father, and didn’t have a place to stay temporarily, I would never come here. It really stinks!”

The richly dressed young man saw that there were still people selling pork at the market, and the pile of pig offal directly turned his face pale, almost making him vomit.

How could anyone sell such lowly meat in this place!