Chapter 192: Chapter 168: Did the Liu Family Discover the Hidden Blood Land Vein?_1
Spring passed and autumn arrived. In the martial arts school, the leaves of the jujube tree turned yellow and then green, green and then yellow again.
In the blink of an eye, two years had passed.
During these two years, Lu Yan didn’t focus on improving his martial arts. Instead, he had used all the energy from martial food to increase his bone strength.
Now, he had achieved the Unity of Man and Martial Arts in nine top-tier martial arts, thus his cultivation speed had significantly increased, bolstering his bone strength rapidly.
Yes, it was nine of them.
The final second-tier archery martial art had also achieved Unity of Man and Martial Arts long ago. The integration of nine second-tier archeries had created a top-tier archery martial art, which Lu Yan named the Chasing Star Arrow.
With the Unity of Man and Martial Arts in nine top-tier martial arts, Lu Yan was far ahead of his peers at the same level of Martial Marquis.
Even though he was cultivating eleven bone strengths, his cultivation speed far exceeded that of the Martial Marquis at the same level.
Furthermore, the second-tier martial food was sufficient for him.
His digestion abilities had improved, therefore, Lu Yan consumed nearly thirty pounds of second-tier martial food each day on average.
With such a combination, it was hard for his improvement speed not to be rapid.
In the first half of the year, he mainly used it to promote two new bone strengths. Half a year later, after the two new bone strengths were on a par with the other nine bone strengths, all eleven bone strengths progressed simultaneously.
In a year and a half, his cultivation level had been raised to the peak of Martial Marquis Level Four.
Having eleven bone strengths and breaking the bone space node was exceedingly simple for him. He broke through effortlessly and reached Martial Marquis Level Five ten days ago.
And now, his cultivation level had completely stabilized.
"So, I am at Martial Marquis Level Five now, how about facing a Grandmaster?"
A confident smile appeared on Lu Yan’s face.
However, the smile on Lu Yan’s face quickly disappeared, replaced by a look of worry.
He had finished eating the second-tier martial food, so he had to go again to the Hidden Blood Land Vein to hunt the second-tier Blood Armor Lizards.
The consequence of his rapid improvement in cultivation was a rapid decrease in the population of the second-tier Blood Armor Lizards in the Hidden Blood Land Vein.
In these two years, Lu Yan had eaten twenty second-tier Blood Armor Lizards.
In addition to the sixteen he had killed before, there were only ten second-tier Blood Armor Lizards left in the Hidden Blood Land Vein now.
Only ten left. There were no more. All the crisscrossing Ironclad Lizard and Blood Armor Lizard caves beneath the ground had been fully explored by Lu Yan.
Ten Blood Armor Lizards were far from enough for him to reach the peak of Martial Marquis Level Five.
"I still need my own second-tier Blood Land Vein and raise a batch of Exotic Beast Breeders to have a constant supply of second-tier martial food."
Lu Yan pondered.
When could he gets his hands on Changfeng City?
It was not very realistic to directly lead people to attack Changfeng City.
He was confident about dealing with ordinary Grandmasters, but he was not confident at all about dealing with the Ancestor of Liu Family, who was a Martial Spirit.
After pondering for a while, Lu Yan set off and headed towards the Hidden Blood Land Vein in Changfeng Mountain.
In less than half a day, he arrived at the Hidden Blood Land Vein.
After many years of hunting, the number of Alien Beasts in the Blood Land Vein had greatly reduced. Only a few dozen first-tier Ironclad Lizards and ten second-tier Blood Armor Lizards were left.
Lu Yan didn’t know whether it was due to a decrease in the number of Alien Beasts, which had caused the energy of earth blood to become more intense. Over the years, these Ironclad Lizards and Blood Armor Lizards had somehow given birth to more than a dozen small Ironclad Lizards and Blood Armor Lizards.
Among them, there were ten small Ironclad Lizards and four Blood Armor Lizards.
"I have to keep these small ones as seeds. In the future, I need to study how to better breed them so that they can grow faster and reproduce constantly. Only in this way can I have a sustainable supply."
Lu Yan made a plan.
He didn’t immediately hunt the Blood Armor Lizards but walked all the way to the end and arrived at the ancient relics.
There were still several Dao Foods here, especially the bronze cauldron, which Lu Yan had been thinking about all the time.
Over the years, he had tried several times, even tried to use his Avatar, but he couldn’t get it.
His Avatar contains his spirit and will, which would also be attacked by the Will Power Pattern.
Now that he had reached Martial Marquis Level Five, he could give it a try.
Shen Yinuo once mentioned that the power of these Will Power Patterns had weakened a lot over time. But if he wanted to eradicate them, he at least needed the inner strength of a Grandmaster.
Although he hadn’t yet broken through to Grandmaster, the domineering power of his eleven bone strengths, all unleashed at once, was no less effective than inner strength. He might be able to eradicate the Will Power Patterns in this place.
Lu Yan took out a large hammer he had prepared beforehand. It was made of refined steel and weighed three hundred pounds.
He held the hammer handle, and all eleven of his bone strengths poured into the hammer.
Bang!
Then, he swung the hammer down heavily onto the ground.
The ground trembled violently, and stones were splashing around. One could see the densely packed Will Power Patterns emerge and fiercely confront the hammer.
"It works."
Lu Yan keenly caught that the light of the Will Power Patterns was quickly dimming, and some of the patterns that had come into contact with the hammer were dissipating.
Lu Yan was spirited, swung the hammer, and kept pounding.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Several large pits appeared on the ground.
The Will Power Patterns around each pit were completely eroded and cleaned out.
Lu Yan, by the force of his powerful bone strengths, made a safe passage to the altar. He arrived under the altar and under that bronze cauldron.
He connected to the Dao Book, and the Dao Book immediately became lively, showing its longing.
But it was not as intense as before.
It seemed that after ’eating’ a few immortal bones, the taste of the Dao Book had become pickier.
It wasn’t as eager for the bronze cauldron as before.
Lu Yan held the cauldron in his both hands and shook it hard.
Lu Yan’s strength was so great now that he could throw an elephant several tens of meters away.
Crack!
The bottom of the cauldron, where it met the altar’s feet, made a cracking sound, and the stone cracked open.
After straining for a while, Lu Yan finally plucked the bronze cauldron from the ground and carried it to an area without Will Power Patterns.
The Dao Book flew out, transformed into a beam of light, and enveloped the bronze cauldron.
Then, the bronze cauldron shrank rapidly. Eventually, it was wrapped in light and flew into Lu Yan’s forehead, disappearing out of sight.
Shortly, a surge of energy welled up. Lu Yan directed it onto the Avatar of a top-tier Knife Technique.
The progress of this Knife Technique began to accelerate rapidly.
Small Success, Integration, Mastery...
The energy of the bronze cauldron was indeed astonishing. It had elevated a top-tier Knife Technique to the state of Unity of Man and Martial Arts in one swoop.
Moreover, the energy hasn’t been exhausted yet.
Lu Yan continued to upgrade his last top-tier knife technique.
He kept upgrading this top-tier knife technique Avatar until it reached Transcendent 50%, before he finally stopped.
"The energy of the Bronze Ding is probably equivalent to that finger bone in Dingxing City," Lu Yan thought.
It was already quite impressive.
In this way, he had ten top-tier martial arts, all of which had reached the Unity of Man and Martial Arts.
Six of them were knife techniques.
There was no integration phenomenon, he didn’t know if it was due to a lack of numbers or the difficulty of integrating different systems.
Lu Yan decided to find those Martial Marquis-level feudal lords later and ’borrow’ two more top-tier knife techniques, upgrade to the Unity of Man and Martial Arts, and see if they could integrate into a top-tier knife technique.
"There are a few more pieces of small Martial food left, and they shouldn’t be wasted."
Lu Yan picked up the hammer and started clearing the way again.
Soon, he had collected all the small Dao food and made the Dao Book eat it.
The small Dao food had limited effect on upgrading the top-tier martial arts. Even after eating all of it, the progress of that top-tier knife technique only increased by 20%, reaching Transcendent 70%.
"The ruins discovered by the Liu family should still hold Dao Food. I’ll sneak in later tonight and see if I can get it," Lu Yan guessed in his heart.
When he was with the Red-clad Guard, his cultivation level was low, but now his cultivation level was many times higher than before, and he didn’t need to be as cautious as before.
Even if he encountered the Ancestor of the Liu family, Lu Yan was not afraid. Even if he couldn’t win, he could still escape.
Thereupon, Lu Yan left the Blood Land Vein and headed towards the ruins controlled by the Liu Family.
"Hm? This seems to be a direct descendant of the Liu family. What are they looking for?"
Before reaching the ruins controlled by the Liu Family, Lu Yan saw more than a dozen Liu family members searching for something on Changfeng Mountain.
From the distance, they were almost approaching the entrance to the other end of the second-level Hidden Blood Land Vein, that is, the side of the mountain wall with the stone door.
What had the Liu family discovered?
Lu Yan speculated in his heart.
All he needed to do was capture one and interrogate him.
Lu Yan quietly approached a person, then suddenly rushed out. Like a ghost, before the person could react, he was knocked out by Lu Yan’s palm.
Then he carried the man and quickly left.
In a secluded hillside hollow, Lu Yan slapped the man’s face to wake him up.
This man was a fat man in his fifties with five times the limit breaking cultivation level.
But in Lu Yan’s hand, he was no different than a lamb waiting to be slaughtered.
"Who.. Who are you?" The fat man looked at Lu Yan in horror.
"Don’t bother asking who I am. Next, I ask, you answer. If you don’t, you’ll die," Lu Yan said concisely and comprehensively.
"Okay, what do you want to ask?" The fat man nodded obediently.
"What are you searching for? Don’t try to deceive me, I’ll ask other people from the Liu family," Lu Yan said coldly.
"Okay, I’ll tell you..."
Just then, the fat man suddenly swung his hand, shooting out two darts.
One dart flew towards Lu Yan’s eye, and the other towards his throat.
Lu Yan flicked his hand.
The dart aimed at his eye was deflected away by him and shot dozens of meters away, piercing through a large tree that required two people to embrace.
As for the dart that was aimed at his throat, Lu Yan didn’t even bother to dodge it.
With a clang, it bounced off as if it had hit a metal wall, leaving not even a mark on Lu Yan’s throat.
The fat man looked dumbfounded, and then his face showed utter despair.
He understood that this expert was far too powerful for him to challenge.
"Speak."
Lu Yan opened his mouth coldly.
"Okay, I’ll tell you, we’re looking for the Hidden Blood Land Vein," the fat man answered honestly.
Lu Yan’s eyes narrowed slightly, "Looking for the Hidden Blood Land Vein? As far as I know, the Liu family has already found a first-level Hidden Blood Land Vein. Is there more?"
"In the ruins, we found a stone engraving. It’s very complicated, there are areas we can’t understand, but after years of research, we inferred that there is still a hidden Blood Land Vein in Changfeng Mountain, not far from the previous one," the fat man said.
"But we’ve searched for over a month and found nothing," the fat man replied.
"What level is the Hidden Blood Land Vein you’re looking for?" Lu Yan asked.
"I’m not sure. We only know that there is a hidden Blood Land Vein within Changfeng Mountain, but we don’t know what level it is," the fat man said.
Next, Lu Yan asked a few more questions, and the fat man answered them one by one.
"Senior, I’ve told you everything I know, I won’t speak a word about today’s events. Can you spare me?" the fat man asked nervously.
"No."
Thud!
With one slap, the fat man was sent flying, half of his body exploding into pieces.
Next, Lu Yan secretly captured another man and forced him to speak.
What the man said was not much different from the fat man’s words.
This matter was not publicized by the Liu family, only some of the core members of the Liu family knew about it, and only some of the Liu family’s core members were searching for it.
Lu Yan immediately lost interest in searching for Dao Food.
