Chapter 92: Chapter 88: Yan’er, don’t overwork yourself_1
When Lu Yan heard the news, he was not shocked but, in fact, delighted.
It was his plan to have both sides entangled with each other.
If the Liu Family were to be exterminated so quickly, it would be unfavorable.
He needed the time to grow while both parties were engaged, he would have the chance to grow.
Similarly, if the Liu Family was held in check, they would not be able to dispatch more skilled fighters to deal with him. He would be safe for some time.
At least, until the balance is disrupted.
"It seems that in just half a month, the Ancestor of Liu Family had already adapted to the path of Martial Spirit. Otherwise, if he went into battle against the Grandmaster, he would end up exposing his weakness," Lu Yan contemplated.
The Ancestor of Liu Family must not have used his full strength, or at least he didn’t dare to use the power of the Martial Spirit, he only dared to use the force of Martial Arts.
"I must break through to the Martial Marquis realm as soon as possible," Lu Yan murmured.
His current strength was far from sufficient. Without reaching the Martial Marquis realm, it would be hard to even protect himself in the tumult of the Feudal Lords.
But to make the leap to Martial Marquis, he must first obtain a first-rate Martial Art.
How could he get hold of such a Martial Art?
At present, he could only think of two ways.
The first method involved the Zhou Clan in Qingyang City.
Perhaps they were having some run of bad luck, last time they had a mutated alien beast that yielded ten pounds of Mutated Heart Meat, of which they kept three pounds.
Then after rallying the whole clan’s strength, they successfully cooked two portions of Mutated Nine-section Heart Meat which was consumed by two peak Zhou Clan members who had undergone Limit Breaking five times. Yet both of them failed.
One died, and one was injured.
Therefore, there is still only one Martial Marquis in Zhou Clan currently.
If he could kill this Martial Marquis, he could obtain the first-rate martial arts and the Divine Intent Diagram from the Zhou Clan.
However, it’s not possible for him to achieve this solely by his own power, he would have to ask Shen Yinuo for aid.
But Shen Yinuo had just saved his life, and he felt it difficult to make such a request.
The more he got to know Shen Yinuo, the more he realized that Shen Yinuo was a person of principle.
Only someone with strong principles could keep their promises so impeccably.
Therefore, even if Lu Yan did ask Shen Yinuo for help, Shen Yinuo might not necessarily agree.
Even if she did agree, she might not succeed.
The rank of Martial Marquis has five levels, and Shen Yinuo, having only recently broken through, was only at the first level of the Martial Marquis. She could perhaps kill someone of the same realm, but what if the opponent is a level two Martial Marquis or higher?
Also, Lu Yan had another concern.
The Zhou Clan was renowned for its Martial Chefs, with the number of higher and lower tier Martial Chefs and apprentices in the Clan exceeding one hundred.
This was an extremely important force that Lu Yan wanted to control in the future.
But he lacked the strength to take it now.
If the Zhou Clan were left without a Martial Marquis now, they would surely be divided and swallowed up by the other Feudal Lords, leaving Lu Yan without even a sip of soup.
Therefore, for now, the Martial Marquis of the Zhou Clan couldn’t die yet.
So he had to put this method aside and turn to the second method for the time being.
That is to continuously practice second-rate Martial Arts until he has enough to hopefully merge them into first-rate Martial Arts.
As for exactly how many second-rate martial arts it would take is unknown; he would have to try and figure that out during his practice.
Lu Yan found Shen Yinuo, and after they disguised themselves, they headed towards Changfeng City.
To cook Martial Food, they needed meat from Alien Beasts, so they were heading back to the Blood Land Vein to hunt some.
As they approached Changfeng City, they saw the city was under high alert. After a brief inquiry, they discovered that not long ago, the Liu Family and Wei Family had another battle, ending without a victor, each side leaving behind about ten bodies before retreating.
They bypassed Changfeng City and entered the Blood Land Vein, where they hunted a Blood Armor Lizard and an Ironclad Lizard. They sliced the meat into pieces, wrapped it in leather, and once night fell, they each carried a few pieces and left the Blood Land Vein.
When they reached Jiuqu City, they put the meat into a prepared cart and headed towards Baicao City.
By the time they moved the Alien Beast meat into the Martial Chef kitchen, it was already the morning of the third day.
Even though they both had strong bodies, they were covered in sweat and planned to bathe.
As soon as they left the room, however, they ran into Lu Qingshan and Wang Cui.
The elders looked at Lu Yan and Shen Yinuo with deep, meaningful smiles.
"Yinuo, you want to bathe, right? Come, Auntie will heat some water for you. Little girls shouldn’t bathe in cold water, it’s not good for the... I mean, your health."
Wang Cui led Shen Yinuo to the kitchen.
"Ahem, my son, I still need to advise you. Although you are young and a martial artist with vigorous Qi-blood and strong foundations, you should restrain yourself, combine work with rest, and not... overexert yourself."
Lu Qingshan quietly advised.
Lu Yan: "..."
What the hell? The elders’ imaginations sure are wild.
After their bath, Shen Yinuo started to prepare the martial food.
And Lu Yan moved to the practice room, taking out the Vajra Fist manual to continue his studies.
These days, Lu Yan was far from idle. Whenever he had time, he would study the Vajra Fist. He was not far from mastering it.
Five days later, he successfully mastered the Vajra Fist and formed his Martial Arts Avatar. With the aid of martial food, he was improving rapidly.
Time passed silently, like grains of sand slipping through his fingers.
Lu Yan spent his days practicing martial arts and accumulating Qi-blood, researching Martial Chef techniques in his spare time, and consulting Shen Yinuo with any difficulties.
Although he was only an average talent in martial cooking, with the guidance of Shen Yinuo, who was about to become a master chef, he improved quickly. He gradually mastered the basic knowledge of martial cooking and formed a system of knowledge in his head.
Shen Yinuo’s cooking technique for ’Yinuo Lizard Meat’ had greatly improved. Combined with the use of a complete set of martial cooking utensils, the production of Yinuo Lizard Meat had greatly increased.
Lu Yan almost didn’t need to buy additional martial food—the ’Yinuo Lizard Meat’ alone was enough for his cultivation.
It could be said that this was the most leisurely time he had since coming to this world.
Money wasn’t a problem, and neither was food—frankly, it was awesome.
He truly enjoyed this lifestyle.
After mastering the Vajra Fist, he advanced to the state of Unity of Man and Martial Arts in just over two months.
As expected, he received no blessings from nature this time.
His Qi-blood capacity and physical strength hadn’t increased, nor had the thickness of his Qi-blood.
The second-tier martial arts had completely lost their effect on the Acquired Martial Body.
However, it was still necessary to practice the second-tier martial arts.
Lu Yan went back to the Baicao Commerce Association again, buying several second-tier martial arts techniques.
Vajra Palm, Vajra Leg, Vajra Finger.
These three appeared to be related to the Vajra Body, so naturally, Lu Yan bought them first.
These were all widely circulated second-tier martial arts, not expensive among their tier, costing 3000 two each.
Lu Yan was an old client, and so he received a discount of 20%, paying only 7200 two for the three techniques.
As for the Sky Eagle Eye, he decided to buy it later.
In a blink of an eye, they had been in Baicao City for half a year.
One day, Wang Cui secretly gave Lu Yan a few packs of herbal medicine, quietly saying, "Yan, take these herbs, brew them with hot water and drink twice a day."
Lu Yan was baffled, "Mom, what’s this for? I’m not sick, why should I drink herbal medicine?"
Wang Cui hesitated and said, "Look, you and Yinuo have been together for half a year, and there’s no sign of her being pregnant. I heard that this herb is effective. Some people even got pregnant a few days after drinking it."
Lu Yan was greatly shocked, "Mom, you’re mistaken. Yinuo and I are just friends, not the way you’re imagining."
"Mistaken? You two often stay in the same room and don’t come home all night. What do you think you’re doing, acting as if your mom doesn’t know? Just the two of you, spending all day together, what else could you be doing? Yan, you’re an adult now, stop being so shy, hurry up and drink the herb. I want a grandson as soon as possible."
Wang Cui gave Lu Yan the herbal medicine.
Lu Yan was speechless for a moment.
When he stayed in Shen Yinuo’s room, he was consulting her about martial cooking, or sometimes helping her prepare the ’Yinuo Lizard Meat’.
No matter what world it is, parents’ dreams of having grandchildren always ran deep.
In his previous life, he was afraid of his parents urging him to get married. It was the same after coming to this world.
