Chapter 79: Times Are Different, VIP Status
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studiosn
On the way back to Blackrock City, Han Zhao used the Bone Shrinking Technique to return to his original appearance.
According to the information in the simulation, today was the day Xu Ling successfully broke through to the Blood Tempering Realm. She had to celebrate
WWhen he arrived at the entrance of the martial arts school in Yejiang District, he could hear the cheers from inside.
“That’s great!”
“Senior Sister Xu has also broken through!”
“Our martial arts school has another expert at the Blood Tempering Realm!
Han Zhao walked into the martial arts school.
Just like when Zhang Tianwen broke through back then, the apprentices of the martial arts school gathered in the outer courtyard and surrounded Xu Ling.
However, there was also a difference. Zhang Tianwen was usually arrogant and domineering. Although many senior and junior brothers celebrated his breakthrough, that was only relying on the strong. A considerable number of apprentices only smiled because they did not want to offend him.
Xu Ling was different. She was usually more straightforward and popular.
There were not many female disciples in the martial arts school to begin with. Moreover, she was a beauty and her family was very rich. Now that she had broken through, she received the sincere congratulations of most people.
“Junior Brother Han!
Xu Ling, who was in the middle of the crowd, looked around and saw Han Zhao standing at the door. She immediately skipped and waved at him.
“Congratulations !
Han Zhao walked forward.
“We’re just waiting for you!” Xu Ling went up to him and hugged his arm generously.
“Roar!
The apprentices cheered.
“d.a.m.n it! I didn’t even suffer such serious injuries during the gang war!” “Senior Brother Han really deserves to die! I’m not envious at all!” “Ah! M/hy doesn’t any rich girl like me?! It’s not fair!”
“You’re so ugly. You should work hard and cultivate. Stop dreaming!’ Some apprentices who had a good relationship with Han Zhao shouted.
“Hmph!” A cold snort came from the entrance.
Lu Yi, whose beard and hair were all white, walked in with steady footsteps. He said with a straight face, “All of you don’t practice hard and only know how to M/hen the apprentices saw Lu Yi arrive, they stood with their hands by their sides, looking obedient.
“Very good! Very good!”
Lu Yi looked at Xu Ling and smiled in satisfaction.
Although everyone knew that Zhang Tianwen’s death was caused by a Martial Master, it was still a disciple of his martial arts school who was killed in the inner city. In the end, even the murderer could not be found, which had a huge impact on the martial arts school.
Now that Xu Ling had successfully broken through, Lu Yi was very gratified.
Xu Ling had just turned 22 years old and had broken through eight to nine months earlier than Zhang Tianwen. The possibility of grasping Internal Force was even higher than Zhao Yuantu, who had just reached the second Blood Qi Breakthrough.
Although Xu Ling had broken through to the Blood Tempering Realm and was already stable in inheriting the Xu familys family business, in order to prevent the Xu familys old man from being muddle-headed, as soon as she broke through, Lu Yi went to the inner city to inform a few large families.
The Martial Masters of the Martial Master Alliance were not allowed to partic.i.p.ate in any conflict between factions, but it was not as if he did not have other methods.
As long as Xu Ling had a good relationship with the big families in the inner city, the matter of becoming the family head would be settled.
“What about you? You’ve been out a lot recently. Are you prepared to break through the bottleneck?”
Lu Yi glanced at Han Zhao.
Han Zhao smiled and blinked at Lu Yi.
“Kid, you’re…” Lu Yi could not help but scold jokingly. He suddenly recalled the scene when Han Zhao broke through to the Bone Tempering Realm and could not help but widen his eyes. Could it be that this kid had already…
Lu Yi glanced at Han Zhao deeply, but his expression remained unchanged.
“Xu Ling, congratulations!” Su Yun, who had not appeared for a long time, rushed to the martial arts school.
Ever since the Taoyuan Village mission, the Su family had lost two Blood
Tempering Realm experts. Although she had recruited another Blood Tempering Realm martial artist after that, the Su familys business was still affected.
Furthermore, the newly recruited Blood Tempering expert had a big appet.i.te and came from one of the five great families in the inner city. Su Yun also had a headache, so she didn’t come to the martial arts school for a long time.
Xu Ling walked forward and held Su Yun’s arm. She smiled and said, “Su Yun! If you hadn’t come, I would have gone to look for you!’
“I really can’t leave recently. You know my situation. You’re the youngest Blood Tempering Realm cultivator in the martial arts school now. I’m really envious of you.” Su Yun looked envious.
She was sincerely happy for Xu Ling, but when she thought about how she clearly had better apt.i.tude and resources, but showed no signs of breaking through, she could not help but feel a little sad.
“Don’t be anxious. You’ll break through too. Take it slow.” Xu Ling comforted her, but her gaze glanced at Han Zhao beside her.
In terms of the youngest… Junior Brother Han had broken through last year. He was probably close to the second Blood Qi Breakthrough now.
The Life Nurturing Technique played a huge role in her successful breakthrough this time.
After she mastered the First Level, her blood qi increased by 50%.
The blood qi of a perfected Bone Tempering Realm martial artist was at most
1.5 times that of an ordinary Skin Tempering Realm martial artist.
Because there was a limit to the human body.
A person’s innate blood qi was limited, and the blood qi that could be cultivated postnatal was also limited. Their foundation and resources would affect the improvement of their blood qi.
She had never broken through because she felt that the total amount of blood qi was not enough. There was a high chance that she would fail if she forcefully broke through, so she was stuck at the bottleneck for two to three years.
Not to mention 50% more blood qi, even 10 to 20% more could greatly increase the probability of breaking through the bottleneck.
One could imagine how precious the Life Nurturing Technique was.
“Xu Ling, actually, I came this time to invite you to…” Su Yun’s expression was a little unnatural. She wanted to invite Xu Ling to the Su family to help her share some of the pressure.
“The Wu family of the Anye district has arrived!
“The w.a.n.g family of the Yonghe District has arrived! A disciple’s voice suddenly came from outside the door.
“The w.a.n.g family?!
“The Wu family! ! ”
The apprentices in the field exclaimed.
The five great families in the inner city all had Force Tempering Martial Masters.
Among them, the Wu family was the strongest, and the w.a.n.g family was second.
The w.a.n.g family had always been on good terms with the Wu family. It could almost be said that they were in the same boat. Therefore, Blackrock City was actually the world of the Wu family and the w.a.n.g family.
Only by joining forces could the other three families barely resist the Wu and w.a.n.g families.
“Could it be that he’s here to invite Senior Sister Xu?” “Senior Sister Xu has such a great reputation?
The apprentices discussed.
When they realized that the people who walked into the martial arts school were actually the eldest son of the Wu family, Wu Bi, and the second son of the Wa_ng family, w.a.n.g Xie, they exploded.
“The eldest son of the Wu family and the second son of the w.a.n.g family?!” “Don’t tell me he’s here to propose marriage again?
“Martial Master Lu, long time no see.” Wu Bi cupped his fists at Lu Yi.
“Greetings, Martial Master Lu.” w.a.n.g Xie, who was beside Wu Bi, was also polite.
“Young Master Wu, Young Master w.a.n.g, I wonder why the two of you are here… Lu Yi returned the greeting with a smile and a puzzled expression.
These two people were the most outstanding geniuses of the current generation of the Wu and w.a.n.g families. They were already experts at the third Blood Qi Breakthrough in their early thirties. Their Internal Force was about the same.
Twenty to thirty years ago, he was still at his peak. Someone in the martial arts school had broken through to the Blood Tempering Realm, so it was still possible for the Wu and w.a.n.g families to recruit him.
Now, why would the two families send someone over for Xu Ling? Moreover, the future patriarchs of the two families were present at the same time.
“The two of us came uninvited. Sorry to disturb you.” Wu Bi smiled and said, “We heard that someone from your martial arts school has broken through to the Blood Tempering Realm again, so we specially came to congratulate you.”
“Junior Sister Xu, you’re not inferior to men. I’ve heard a lot about you.” w.a.n.g Xie’s face was filled with joy, and he looked like a graceful young master.
“We’ve already booked a private room on the top floor of the Drunken Moon Pavilion. I wonder if Junior Sister Xu is willing to do me the honor of gathering.
w.a.n.g Xie’s words were basically saying that the Wu family and the w.a.n.g family were going to rope Xu Ling in.
“This must be Junior Brother Han, Junior Sister Xu’s sweetheart, right? He’s indeed imposing and extraordinarily handsome! w.a.n.g Xie changed the topic and smiled at Han Zhao beside Xu Ling.
His enthusiastic appearance made people who didn’t know better think that he and Han Zhao were good friends.
“Junior Martial Brother Han shouldn’t refuse our good intentions, right?” Wu Bi was all smiles.
The extraordinary enthusiasm of the two of them confused everyone.
Xu Ling was stunned.
Not to mention her, but even her father would not be treated so warmly by Wu Bi and w.a.n.g Xie.
“It’s impolite for me to decline your kindness.” Han Zhao reacted.
It seemed that County Magistrate Wu had revealed some of his connections with the Ji family, and these two young masters did not want to point it out on the spot, so they used the opportunity of Xu Lings breakthrough to indirectly build a good relationship with him.
It could even be said to be fawning over him.
With that, Han Zhao patted the stunned Xu Ling from behind.
“Oh… Okay!” Xu Ling came back to her senses.
“The two of you are indeed straightforward! w.a.n.g Xie cupped his fists. Seeing this, Wu Bi said to the frowning Lu Yi, “Martial Master Lu, do you…
“I won’t interfere in the gathering of you young people.”
Lu Yi waved his hand.
“In that case, we’ll leave first. Junior Brother Han, Junior Sister Xu, the carriage is waiting outside. You can leave at any time.” Wu Bi cupped his fists.
Before w.a.n.g Xie left, he added, “By the way, Junior Brother Han, Junior Sister Xu, if the two of you have any relatives and friends, you can bring them along. It’ll be easier for us to get close.”
“Okay.” Han Zhao nodded.
Wu Bi and w.a.n.g Xie looked at each other and smiled before leaving the martial arts school.
Seeing that everyone was still discussing, Lu Yi said with a serious expression, “Disperse, disperse! Cultivate well. You will receive this treatment in the future!”
Then, he walked to Han Zhao’s side and reminded him softly, “After the banquet ends, come to my room.”
With that, Lu Yi walked to the backyard with his hands behind his back.
Looking at his footsteps, he seemed to be in a good mood.
“Yes, Master,” Han Zhao replied.
Su Yun stared at Junior Martial Brother Han in front of her.
She realized that she had underestimated him from the beginning to the end.
Just now, the two young masters of the Wu and w.a.n.g families seemed to be inviting Xu Ling, but their gazes were always on Han Zhao. She saw it clearly.
In the past, she did not want Xu Ling to waste her time on Han Zhao out of concern for her friend.
She felt that Han Zhao’s apt.i.tude was average, and he was inexplicably arrogant. Other than his outstanding looks, he did not seem to have any good points. His future achievements were limited.
Later on, because of Song Que, her impression of Han Zhao changed, but she only felt that he was worthy of Xu Ling.
From the looks of it today, the two strongest families in Blackrock City treated him as an esteemed guest.
M/hy was that?
“Su Yun, Su Yun?” Xu Ling called out to Su Yun twice. Seeing that she did not react, she emphasized,
“Su Yun!” “Hmm?” “Shall we go to the banquet together?”
“Mm, okay!”
At night.
Drunken Moon Pavilion.
After three rounds of wine, Han Zhao apologized and prepared to leave. Seeing this, Xu Ling also stood up.
Wu Bi and w.a.n.g Xie sent the two of them to the door.
Han Zhao said a few words to Xu Ling and rushed towards the martial arts school alone.
Su Yun walked out of the restaurant and quickly caught up to Xu Ling.
“Xu Ling, Junior Brother Han…
Su Yun wanted to say something but hesitated. She was curious, but it was not easy to ask.
“It’s actually very simple. Junior Brother Han has recently broken through to the Blood Tempering Realm,” Xu Ling said with a smile. This was because Han Zhao was already prepared to confess to Lu Yi. The news would spread very quickly, so there was no need for her to hide it.
“What?! Junior Brother Han, he…” Su Yun ‘s body trembled and her eyes suddenly widened.
A 20-year-old Blood Tempering Realm!
He was a genius-like figure even in the prefecture capital.
Moreover, Han Zhao did not have a background, unlike them who did not have to worry about cultivation resources in the early stages. Otherwise, he might have broken through at the age of 18 or 19.
No wonder…
After a long silence, Su Yun sighed faintly. “Xu Ling, in terms of judgment… I’m inferior to you..”