Chapter 71: Chapter 68: The Blood Land Vein Was Discovered_1
"Elder, the strength of the Liu Family and Wu Family is growing day by day. Now they’ve obtained a hidden Blood Land Vein, getting large amounts of resources. Their strength can be quickly enhanced, and the Blood Land Vein, unrevealed for many years, has a rich Energy of Earth Blood. It’s easy to breed Mutated Beasts and give rise to Mutated Heart Meat. Given some time, I’m afraid it’s going to be hard to counterbalance."
The Store Manager said worriedly.
"What you said is not wrong. Currenty our Wei Family is at war with the Qiu Family in Da’an County, it’s the peak of the battle, we simply cannot afford instability."
The elder of the Wei Family said, his face calm, without a hint of concern.
"Does the elder already have a plan?"
The Store Manager asked tentatively.
"Hmm!"
The elder of the Wei Family nodded, "Before coming to Changfeng City, the Clan Elder provided two strategies. The first one is to let these Martial Marquis level Feudal Lords kill each other, weaken their power, and nip the unstable factors in the bud."
"And the emergence of the hidden Blood Land Vein is just an opportunity. It’s actually to our advantage."
The Store Manager listened very attentively.
Wei Family’s elder continued, "Send people to other Feudal Lords, reveal the secret that a hidden Blood Land Vein was found in Changfeng City."
"Should we reveal the matter about the Mutated Beasts?"
The Store Manager asked.
"It’s well known that a hidden Blood Land Vein can easily breed Mutated Beasts, there is no need for us to reveal it. Revealing too much might seem fake. Whatever we do, we always need to grasp the degree of things, understand?"
The elder of the Wei Family said calmly.
"Thank you for your teaching elder, I’ve learned a lot."
The Store Manager quickly expressed his gratitude, which gratified the elder of the Wei Family. He nodded and said, "Once those Martial Marquis level Feudal Lords hear about the discovery of the hidden Blood Land Vein in Changfeng City, they are bound to flock here. The Liu Family and Wu Family are not like the Zhou Clan of Qingyang, they are powerful. They will never compromise like the Zhou Clan, there is bound to be a battle. Let them kill each other."
"Very wise, elder."
....
Time passed, and another month passed in a blink of an eye.
The Tyrant’s Spade made rapid progress, and with the daily heavy cultivation of Martial Food, they were close to achieving the Unity of Man and Martial Arts.
But Lu Yan stopped practicing Tyrant’s Spade, adjusting the energy absorbed from the Dao Book to the Shape-shifting Technique.
Because his Cultivation Level was about to reach full Qi-blood, and it would not take long for him to break through the fifth Sealed Door.
If he practices the Martial Body now, the capacity of Qi-blood will increase, and it will take longer to reach the state of full Qi-blood.
Breaking through the Cultivation Level is more important, reaching the Fifth Breakthrough, his overall amount of Qi-blood can directly double, and his strength will skyrocket.
Let’s leave the Unity of Man and Martial Arts of Tyrant’s Spade to after the fifth breakthrough.
After dispersing, Lu Yan changed his appearance and headed towards the entrance of the Blood Land Vein.
But as he approached, his face changed because he heard voices speaking.
Someone’s there!
Lu Yan’s heart sunk, he held his breath, crouched down, and quietly got closer using the cover of vegetation, then looked ahead.
There were at least a dozen figures.
Males and females, with more males than females, some resting, and some chatting in groups.
These people had one thing in common, they were tall and thin, with pale complexions and gentle natures.
"This physical characteristic, could it be the people of the Ge Family from Snake City? So many people from the Ge family have come all at once."
Lu Yan’s face was gloomy.
These people weren’t far from the entrance of the Blood Land Vein. From their looks, they probably hadn’t discovered the crack acting as the entrance to the Blood Land Vein.
But if they were to stay here for a long time, it’s uncertain they wouldn’t discover it.
Moreover, Lu Yan had another worry, Shen Yinuo.
Although Shen Yinuo is currently engrossed in studying Martial Food, who knows when she will come out to take a break.
Once she does, the Blood Land Vein will be exposed.
"What should I do?"
Lu Yan’s mind raced.
Directly killing these people is not an option.
It’s because there is an elder among them that made Lu Yan hesitate.
This elder was particularly tall, even taller than Liu Yuansong, about two and a half meters tall.
Tall and thin, with long, narrow, and soft eyes, a sharp and long chin, he looked like a human-shaped poisonous snake.
Moreover, the other people treated this elder with utmost respect, not daring to offend him at all.
This elder was likely a Martial Marquis.
Because even among the limit-breaking warriors, a first-breakthrough martial artist would not be this respectful toward a fifth breakthrough warrior.
Only a great chasm of levels would result in this.
The martial marquis of the feudal lords has actually come in person.
These people must be repelled, but for the moment, Lu Yan could not think of a good strategy.
In the face of absolute power, any plan seems so futile.
But he would never let go of the blood land vein easily.
This is a second-level blood land vein, its value is not only in the mutated beasts, but in the blood land vein itself, which could continuously breed mutated beasts in the future, and from there forge a powerful martial army.
The blood land vein is the foundation of the feudal lords.
Without the blood land vein, they can’t be called feudal lords, but are just rootless ducksweed.
Its real value is incalculable and it’s the land where Lu Yan will establish himself in this turbulent world.
"Break through five times, I must break through five times as soon as possible."
Lu Yan muttered through gritted teeth.
He can’t expect others to either not discover it or leave voluntarily, he needs to take the initiative into his own hands.
Lu Yan discreetly retreated and arrived at the Linglan Chamber of Commerce.
This time, Lu Yan purchased a hundred pounds of dried martial food in one go, he was going to strive hard to make the fifth breakthrough.
As for whether he might attract attention due to overdoing it, Lu Yan didn’t care.
Moreover, with his current combat power, he could protect a few thousand silver, after all, he had done deals worth tens of thousands in Baicao City.
With the dried martial food purchased, Lu Yan headed for a mountain peak some miles away from the blood land vein.
Standing atop this mountain peak, he could clearly see the area of the blood land vein entrance, and he could hide himself amongst the trees and boulders of the mountain, practicing martial arts in secret.
Lu Yan ate five pounds of dried martial food in one go, starting with cultivating Gale Hand, followed by Antelope Hand, Vajra Body, Broken Sky Blade...
After rounds of cultivation, the dried martial food in his stomach transformed into pure energy, absorbed by the Dao Book and his body.
The energy absorbed by the body constantly circulated in the twelve main veins and thousands of subsidiary veins, each circulation turning it into Qi-blood, accumulated for later use.
"I wish I could control the Dao Book flexibly, it always competes with me for martial food at key moments."
Lu Yan muttered to himself.
Every time he ate martial food, the Dao Book absorbed half of it, and he had no control over this.
If he could control it, he could halt his progress in martial arts and focus on increasing his cultivation level, reaching a state of overflowing Qi-blood more quickly.
Does it have to wait until it’s fully fed?
A few hours later, when his stomach felt more comfortable, Lu Yan ate another five pounds of dried martial food.
Half a day later, Lu Yan ate another five pounds of dried martial food for the third time.
Normally at this rate, eating ten pounds of dried martial food a day would feel comfortable, any more would overburden his stomach.
After all, dried martial food is not as easily digestible as fresh martial food.
But now, he could only give it a shot.
After one day and night, Lu Yan consumed a full 20 pounds of dried martial food, the shape-shifting technique was rapidly advancing, and the accumulation of Qi-blood also sped up a great deal, he was on the brink of overflowing with Qi-blood.
Meanwhile, the people from the Ge family of Snake City were still lurking around and had not left.
From time to time, some people would leave and report back.
It was obvious to them that their target was the Forbidden Land.
It was evident that they wouldn’t leave in a short time.
The second day, Lu Yan ate another 20 pounds of dried martial food.
Overeating continuously made his stomach ache slightly.
"Not good, they found the entrance."
At this moment, Lu Yan’s face changed.
From his high ground, he could see everything clearly.
One man from the Ge family, when chasing a wild hare, accidentally discovered that the hare had fallen into a crack. The man from the Ge family also discovered the crack and began to investigate the vicinity, but he didn’t rush to go down.
After a while, he reported to the man who seemed to be the martial marquis, occasionally pointing in the direction of the crevice.
Then the martial marquis of the Ge family brought people over to the vicinity of the crevice to investigate personally.
After a moment, one man from the Ge family began to move and tried to enter the crevice.
"This is bad!"
Lu Yan’s heart sank, eating large mouthfuls of dried martial food.
