pertwk Chapter 10, Night 1
Chapter 10, Night 1
Less than two hours after everyone started cultivating, a series of noises suddenly came from the north!
"Enemy attack! Mid-grade martial artists, assemble at the North Gate to meet the enemy! Those below the fourth grade, remain indoors and are not allowed to act without authorization."
Loud shouts echoed throughout Hope City. Upon hearing this, Qin Fengqing and the others stopped working and listened intently to the commotion outside.
When someone tried to leave, Qin Fengqing immediately stopped them, saying, "You can't go out. We can't tell friend from foe. A third-grade cultivator won't be of much help; they'll only cause trouble and could easily be mistaken for someone else and killed."
Upon hearing this, the others also ceased their agitation.
"Boom! Boom!"
Explosions continued to come from the north.
All the people could do was wait anxiously, trying to distract themselves by chatting.
More than half an hour later, the roaring sound gradually subsided.
At that moment, a powerful voice shouted, "Lift alert! The enemy has retreated!"
Upon hearing this, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
As soon as the voice fell, Qin Fengqing opened the door and rushed out. At that moment, many people in the surrounding rooms also rushed out.
Qin Fengqing also saw Yao Chengjun. Soldiers are duty-bound to obey orders, so Yao Chengjun did not rush out to fight after hearing about the enemy attack.
Yao Chengjun felt a gaze upon him and turned around. He saw Qin Fengqing and nodded.
Then everyone looked towards the north gate, and Qin Fengqing glanced up at it.
There's someone in the air! At a height of at least 50 meters, this is something a mid-level martial artist can't do; it requires a high-level martial artist!
Someone was rushing towards them from ahead. The person was extremely fast, and their figure flashed by, appearing in front of Qin Fengqing and the others in the next moment.
"Everyone go back to the house!"
Luo Yichuan's voice came through: "Don't go out easily at night!"
As Luo Yichuan finished speaking, another figure flashed in, another teacher with the fifth-grade cultivation level who was leading the team.
While others couldn't see it, Qin Fengqing, due to her mental strength, could barely sense that the teacher was seriously injured.
Zhang Yu and the others asked in unison, "Teacher, were all the attacking enemies killed?"
"No, some were returned as well."
Luo Yichuan continued, "Go back inside. You're all third-rank martial artists with almost zero night vision. It's too dangerous for you to be outside."
Upon hearing this, everyone had no choice but to return to their houses.
When Qin Fengqing and the others returned to the house, a figure appeared beside Luo Yichuan.
Luo Yichuan looked at the man respectfully and said, "Principal Huang!"
The grandmaster who was in the air just now was Huang Jing. Huang Jing came to the underground cave to secretly protect them, but he did not expect that an unexpected situation would occur.
Huang Jing nodded, looking at the door to Qin Fengqing's room, and said, "That kid Qin Fengqing is a bit strange. He must have noticed me just now."
Upon hearing this, Luo Yichuan said, "How is that possible? He just broke through to the third rank, how could he possibly have discovered you, Principal?"
"You've misjudged this time. This kid has already broken through to the middle stage of the third rank."
"This kid... he's tempered his bones four times!" A hint of surprise flashed in Huang Jing's eyes.
"I have read Qin Fengqing's information. He was clearly only a martial artist who had undergone bone tempering once before. What is the story behind these four bone temperings?"
Moreover, as far as I know, the four-times bone tempering is just a legend; at least in China, no one has ever heard of the existence of four-times bone tempering.” Luo Yichuan became increasingly puzzled.
To undergo four bone temperings in the non-martial artist stage, one's maximum blood energy needs to reach an astonishing 250 calories. With a non-martial artist's physical body, it is simply impossible to withstand such a large amount of blood energy. Even the current ministers of the three departments of China have only undergone three bone temperings.
Huang Jing pondered, "He should be in a similar situation to Li Hansong and the others. Qin Fengqing not only has extremely high blood and qi values, but his blood and qi values at the middle stage of the third rank are enough to rival those of a fourth-rank martial artist. His spiritual power is also extremely high, and he is probably not far from being able to project his spiritual power. Otherwise, he would not have been able to detect me."
Tang Feng and Li Changsheng had previously reported on this kid's situation to me.
However, I didn't expect that he would go from one bone tempering to four bone temperings.
"You can only vaguely sense someone's spiritual power when it's projected outwards. If that kid hadn't been constantly projecting his qi and blood outwards to guard against potential dangers, even I probably would have misjudged him."
After hearing these words, Luo Yichuan's doubts were somewhat resolved. No wonder he had been able to sense Qin Fengqing's extraordinary aura all along the way; it turned out that Qin Fengqing, like the others from the other schools, was also a mutated martial artist.
"Go back and rest for a while, and treat your injuries. I still need to go to the North Gate to guard it and prevent those beasts from attacking again."
Huang Jing said to Luo Yichuan.
Huang Jing looked around the room.
"As for Qin Fengqing, I will report to the old principal when we leave the underground cave. Qin Fengqing is considered the old principal's grand-disciple, so we should be careful in everything we do."
Qin Fengqing's father, Qin Nansheng, was Huang Jing's junior brother. At that time, Qin Nansheng was definitely the most dazzling figure in the martial arts university; even Tang Feng was inferior to him. What a pity...
Huang Jing stopped sighing and took to the air to head towards the North Gate, while Luo Yichuan returned to his dormitory to recuperate.
Meanwhile, Qin Fengqing, who was in the room, was unaware that his four bone tempering sessions had been exposed, even though he had no intention of hiding them.
The people in the room were still not calmed down, and none of them expected to encounter such a thing on their very first night in the underground cave.
Only Qin Fengqing immediately began cultivating. She took the Body Tempering Pill again and practiced standing meditation to temper her body.
Seeing this, the others also began to cultivate, and everyone felt a deep pressure.
Everything that happened tonight made the group, who were going down into the underground cave for the first time, even more eager for strength. If they had been at the fourth rank of cultivation tonight, they wouldn't have had to stay in their rooms and worry about becoming a burden to others after venting their anger. Instead, they could have gone out to kill enemies.
The people in the other rooms were doing the same. Yao Chengjun was also practicing his cultivation technique, preparing to break through to the peak of the third rank after leaving the underground cave, and then go back down into the underground cave. If he wanted to reach the fourth rank faster, he could only sublimate through constant fighting.
While tempering his physical body, Qin Fengqing checked the system panel.
Qi and Blood Value: 1120 calories (1550 calories)
Mental strength: 545 Hz (600 Hz)
Bone tempering: 151 pieces (91%) 55 pieces (41%)
With just 50 more calories, he could break through the 1600-calorie barrier. Qin Fengqing estimated that when he broke through to the peak of the third rank, his blood and qi value would reach 2000, comparable to that of an ordinary peak fourth-rank martial artist.
Qin Fengqing's future is no longer limited to the competition between universities, but is for humanity and for the future.
Qin Fengqing must maintain his lead at every stage. He has already made plans for each of his next levels, but what he lacks most right now is time.
……
Nothing more was said that night...
Time flies when you're cultivating; in the blink of an eye, it's dawn.