Martial Arts: I Have a Wilderness World

Chapter 493: Chapter 268: Sudden Increase in Lifespan

About ten minutes later, Cheng Zongyang finally came to his senses.

While in that state, he hadn’t felt a thing. He’d had only a single thought: ’Consume the excess Spiritual Qi!’

But now, feeling the Spiritual Qi that had vanished from his body, his True Qi nearly depleted, and his qi and blood completely drained, he realized he had nearly crippled himself.

Pushing through the weakness in his body, he willed himself onto the wooden bed for a diagnostic scan.

The results were unexpected. Though his True Qi and lifeblood were drained, his meridians were not damaged at all.

He then realized he had managed to control the Spiritual Qi. It had repaired and nourished his body, and any excess that couldn’t be used was simply expelled.

In the next moment, he moved to the wooden stool to restore his Essence, Qi, and Spirit.

Instantly, he was back in peak condition!

Now full of energy and brimming with vigor, Cheng Zongyang summoned his Attribute Interface to see how much progress half a Qi Gathering Pill had given him.

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Name: Cheng Zongyang

Age: 17

Lifespan: 16/105 (-1908 days; +324 days)

Realm: Third Grade (Opening the Acupoints)

Talent: Extraordinary Adaptation

Points: 162,500

Skills:

Archery (15135/20000, Specialization); Medicine (2031/3000, Middle Level); Array (764/1000, Beginner Level)

Cultivation Technique:

Innate Qi Technique (9360/50000)

Martial Arts:

Basic Saber Technique (3500/15000, Divine Skill)

Wind-Stepping Step (9654/15000, Divine Skill)

Great Strength Vajra Palm (5312/7000, Refined and Masterful)

Illusionary Blade (2309/10000, Peak of Perfection)

Acupoint-Sealing Hand (423/3000, Entering the Hall and Chamber)

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"That’s absolutely terrifying!"

Cheng Zongyang stared at the progress of his Cultivation Technique. It had skyrocketed from single digits to over nine thousand in just half an hour! The very thought was terrifying.

But when he saw the progress of his Illusionary Blade, from Beginner’s Practice to the current Peak of Perfection, his eyes almost popped out of his head!

’Cultivating Illusionary Blade on half a Qi Gathering Pill gives such an insane result... No, that’s not it. It’s the Spiritual Qi!’

’The Spiritual Qi repaired the damage from my insane training intensity, allowing me to constantly break through my limits. That’s how I made such terrifying progress!’

Cheng Zongyang understood the reason.

Normally, as long as he didn’t push past his limits, he wouldn’t gain more than 100 points in half an hour, no matter how fast he trained.

So, to make rapid progress in a Martial Art, you need two things: first, to constantly push past your physical limits during training, and second, to have a controllable supply of excess Spiritual Qi for continuous repair. It was basically turning a Martial Artist’s body into a machine for constantly absorbing Spiritual Qi!

But he was also well aware that only he could pull off such an extreme method—or someone with a powerful expert standing by to intervene at a moment’s notice.

’No wonder Martial Artists can’t take this pill. The side effects are genuinely terrifying! At this intensity, a whole pill is still too much. Taking a full one would lead to disaster. I’ll stick to using half a pill for my cultivation. At this rate, I should be able to break through to Second Grade in about seven days!’

’And the wooden stool can be used three times a day. If I don’t worry about the stability of my Martial Arts foundation, I can train three times daily. That’s twenty-seven to twenty-eight thousand points of progress a day! Seven days could be shortened to just two!’

At this thought, Cheng Zongyang’s mood brightened.

His foundation wasn’t an issue. He could solidify it through simulated combat training in the Cultivation Room.

Next, he continued to examine the changes in his attributes. Since Illusionary Blade used moves from the Basic Saber Technique, his Basic Saber Technique had also leveled up in succession.

However, his smile didn’t last. It vanished the moment he saw the change in his Lifespan, and his brow furrowed instantly.

The bonus to his lifespan had been +114 days a month ago and had stayed that way for a long time. He hadn’t checked his Attributes at all in the last month. To his shock, it had now increased by another 210 days!

He quickly did the math in reverse. The result: 35 people who had signed a contract with him had died!

He didn’t know if the dead were core members of his faction or people from the village. But thirty-five deaths in a single month could only mean one thing: something had gone wrong in the County Town or in Cheng Family Village!

He got up and walked out, going straight to Luo Daoist’s Array Hall.

He still didn’t see Luo Dingran. Spotting Luo Daoist crafting an Array Plate, he couldn’t help but ask, "What’s the total count on the Array Plates?"

Seeing Cheng Zongyang’s sudden arrival, Luo Daoist hurriedly put down his work. "Sir," he said quickly, "not counting the one you have, we now have seventeen."

Cheng Zongyang did a quick mental calculation and knew that amounted to 42,500 kilometers.

’This distance should be enough.’

He had been sailing this whole time with no way to measure the distance by sea. His speed had varied, and he had made several stops, so he could only estimate the distance he’d traveled.

But he felt that forty thousand kilometers was a solid estimate.

He decided to make some preparations while observing the changes to his Lifespan for another two days. If it didn’t change again, the situation probably wasn’t too serious. But if it continued to increase, he would have to hurry back.

Regardless of what happened, he had to make the trip back. He could set up the Teleportation Array while he was there.

That way, next time he could just make multiple jumps.

Over the next two days, Cheng Zongyang had the Mole Beast clear out an underground space several hundred square meters in size. After telling it to temporarily stop digging deeper, he set up the Teleportation Array.

He then spent 2,300 Spirit Stones on a Tier Three Hidden Array to conceal the Teleportation Array’s location. With this, not even a Foundation Establishment Cultivator would be able to find it—unless a Golden Core Cultivator were to show up.

In those two days, he noticed his Lifespan still increased occasionally. This told him that while the situation was likely stabilizing, people were still getting injured and dying!