He also understood that he had indeed been overly ambitious. Li Changsheng was right; he was only a First Rank Martial Artist.
Zhang Haoran nodded, indicating that he had learned his lesson. Then he said to Li Changsheng, "Remember to put the Medicinal Pills in the Qiankun Bag. Don't bring a whole cartload; I can open the Qiankun Bag."
Seeing that he had no more questions, Li Changsheng directly sent him away.
After sending Zhang Haoran away, Li Changsheng took the Qiankun Bag himself and went to find the Snake King, Wu Kuishan.
Upon meeting, Li Changsheng immediately took out the Qiankun Bag and had Wu Kuishan perform the blood-binding ritual to make it his own.
He also told Wu Kuishan that the Qiankun Bag contained 200 energy fruits and that they needed to be exchanged for 1000 bottles of First Grade Qi and Blood Pill. Other Medicinal Pills of equivalent value would also be acceptable.
In addition, the Qiankun Bag itself was worth 1000 bottles of First Grade Qi and Blood Pill. If he didn't want it, he could return the Qiankun Bag.
After listening to Li Changsheng, Wu Kuishan did not ask Li Changsheng who he had traded with. The fact that the other party gave the items to Li Changsheng first was a favor. It would be inappropriate to press the matter further.
Moreover, only his own people would trust Li Changsheng so much. And the other party immediately asked for 2000 bottles of Qi and Blood Pill. They would know where these 2000 bottles of Qi and Blood Pill went later.
Such a large sum of Qi and Blood Pill would be conspicuous no matter where it was placed. So there was no need to investigate excessively now.
After Wu Kuishan performed the blood-binding ritual as Li Changsheng instructed, a room the size of a living room immediately appeared in his mind. This was considered large among the storage equipment in the entire high-level martial arts world.
With a thought, an energy fruit appeared in Wu Kuishan's hand. Li Changsheng had already explained its effects to Wu Kuishan earlier.
But Wu Kuishan still wanted to try it himself. He took one out, threw it directly into his mouth, and swallowed it. He closed his eyes and sensed for a while.
It was effective even for him, an Eighth Rank Martial Artist, but the effect was not obvious. Even eating dozens of them would not be of much use. Even if given to a Seventh Rank Martial Artist, the effect would not be great.
But the most valuable thing was that this energy fruit was of a fundamental nourishing nature.
For normal people like Wu Kuishan, eating it would certainly not have much effect.
However, for the Magic Martial Arts University elders or people like the Old Principal, who were nearing the end of their lives, the effect was very good.
Some people, for various reasons, had basically lost the possibility of further Breakthroughs.
But if they ate some of these energy fruits to nourish their bodies, they might be able to make a further Breakthrough.
For example, if the Old Principal could eat more, he might still have hope of entering the Ninth Rank.
As for Zhang Haoran's concern about the origin, that was not an issue for Wu Kuishan.
Wu Kuishan discussed with Li Changsheng for a while, and then Li Changsheng returned to the Logistics Department.
Wu Kuishan, on the other hand, went directly into the underground cave. After staying there for two days, he returned with a sack of energy fruits.
These peiyuan fruits were different from most energy fruits in the underground cave.
That is, they did not have much energy fluctuation. Everyone saw Wu Kuishan return with a sack, but the energy fluctuation was not very strong, so they didn't pay much attention.
The origin of the peiyuan fruit was resolved; the next step was the issue of distribution and compensation.
However, these were currently not his concerns. He only needed to wait for Old Li to notify him to pick up the items.
After two days of recuperation, Zhang Haoran's injuries had mostly healed.
He decided to make a Breakthrough today and become a Second Rank Martial Artist. He chose the Trading Square as the location for this Breakthrough.
The energy here was concentrated, and generally, when people saw someone Cultivating, they wouldn't disturb them.
Zhang Haoran arrived at his stall.
He took out a Second Rank Viscera Protecting Pill and a Second Rank Bone Tempering Pill.
He then spent 60 value points to optimize them a bit and then ate them all directly.
There are 64 bones in the upper limbs; to Breakthrough to Second Rank, one must open up 64 Meridians.
Having had a previous experience, Zhang Haoran was not flustered at all.
The Breakthrough was very smooth, succeeding in less than half an hour.
He checked his System. He had cultivated at Peak First Rank for so long, but it only increased his Qi and Blood by ten points.
Of course, cultivating at the Peak was not just for Qi and Blood. It was to lay a solid foundation for the next stage of Cultivation.
Host: Zhang Haoran
Qi and Blood: 369 points
Mental Energy: 359 Hz
After Breakthrough to Second Rank, his Qi and Blood increased by 19 points. Of course, it would continue to increase later, as this was just after the Breakthrough.
And his Mental Energy also increased quite quickly. He was not in a hurry to leave. Anyway, his Qi and Blood still needed to be nourished.
He casually picked up a book and continued reading.
During this period, he had gradually finished reading over 30 Elementary combat techniques.
Zhang Haoran planned to finish reading all the Elementary combat techniques before selling them all at once.
The next day, he came to the Martial Arts Arena.
He first checked his account.
He originally had over 14,000 value points.
But he spent 6,000 on peiyuan fruits, so now he only had over 8,000 left. However, a large sum of value points was about to be credited to his account.
Zhang Haoran contacted the System. Through the System, he managed to contact Huang Shang, the author of the Nine Yin Manual.
His Martial Arts School from the Nine Yin Manual had been slow to improve.
Currently, Nine Yin White Bone Claw, Great Demon Subduing Fist, and Spiral Nine Shadows were all stuck at Minor Achievement.
He could only try to summon Huang Shang through the System to guide him.
The System's fees were quite high: 1000 value points per hour.
If it weren't for the large sum of funds about to be credited, Zhang Haoran wouldn't dare to spend so much.
After contacting Huang Shang, the System asked him to choose a venue: either teleport Huang Shang to his Martial Arts Arena or go to Huang Shang's Martial Arts Arena himself.
Did he even need to ask? Of course, he chose to go to Huang Shang's Martial Arts Arena.
The scene shifted, and Zhang Haoran arrived at Huang Shang's Martial Arts Arena. He felt it. It was about the same level as Li Rui's family's Martial Arts Arena, perhaps slightly inferior.
A middle-aged man stood in the middle of the Martial Arts Arena. Of course, he only looked middle-aged. Huang Shang didn't waste words with Zhang Haoran. He told him to demonstrate the Martial Arts School he intended to learn.
He successively demonstrated Nine Yin White Bone Claw, Great Demon Subduing Fist, and Spiral Nine Shadows.
After he finished demonstrating, Huang Shang gave him a few simple pointers.
Then, he demonstrated the three Martial Arts Schools at the same speed.
Then he began to explain the Nine Yin White Bone Claw to Zhang Haoran in detail.
He explained and demonstrated simultaneously, then had him practice along.
Whenever he practiced incorrectly, he would immediately stop and explain it to him in detail.
Zhang Haoran's understanding of the Nine Yin White Bone Claw increased linearly.
He learned very intently, and Huang Shang taught very diligently.
In this process of teaching and learning, Zhang Haoran felt that he had already touched the threshold of Major Achievement in the Nine Yin White Bone Claw.
Just then, Huang Shang suddenly stopped teaching and said to him, "You are very good. You can practice the Nine Yin White Bone Claw to this extent so quickly. I have almost taught you everything I can. Let's stop here for today."
Zhang Haoran quickly bowed in gratitude. As soon as he finished thanking, he was teleported back to his Martial Arts Arena by the System.
He checked his account and immediately understood why the lesson ended today. It had to be said that Huang Shang's character was quite good.
He didn't completely drain him, leaving him over 1000 value points.
He had just thought that the value points were insufficient, and the System was about to forcibly kick him out.
He didn't expect that Huang Shang had left him a little bit.
Zhang Haoran did not return to his dormitory. Instead, he continued to practice in the Martial Arts Arena. While Huang Shang had just finished teaching, and his mind was still very active, he continued to practice Nine Yin White Bone Claw.
Now, when he struck with his claws, there was no longer any change in his hands; the white glow disappeared, and his pale fingers returned to their normal color.
The reason for these anomalies before was that he could release but not retract the power.
Moreover, when performing the Nine Yin White Bone Claw, there was no need to first form his hands into a claw shape.
That was only helpful for Cultivation when first starting to practice.
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