Chapter 24: Breaking The Limits! (2/2)
Seeing this man thoroughly covered from head to toe with injuries, Lu Xiaoqing's eyes flashed for a moment as her heart began beating quickly all of a sudden. Mei Lianhua was similarly filled with utter astonishment and amazement. Xiang Shaoyun's wounds only seemed to add to his demeanour, giving him a boundless charm.
A youth who could stay inside the second room for more than an hour, coupled with immense combat prowess and a limitless future—which young lady wouldn't be moved? At this moment, the overseer suddenly moved. Appearing before Xiang Shaoyun, he flicked a single pill at him and said, ”Take this recovery pill. Once you're somewhat healed, we'll talk about the rewards.”
Xiang Shaoyun did not hesitate and swallowed the pill at once. The moment the pill entered his mouth, its medical efficacy began to show, flowing through his meridians as it slowly healed all his wounds, making him feel much better.
”Many thanks to the revered overseer!” Xiang Shaoyun spiritedly said to the overseer.
”Haha, you're welcome. This was prepared for you in the first place. Being able to stay in the second room for a whole extra hour is the longest recorded time in the history of Martial Hall Palace, and you're only at seventh-stage Basic Realm!” The overseer enthusiastically laughed.
Xiang Shaoyun gnashed his teeth as he said, ”I'm merely lucky. Can I ask overseer to give me my points? I wish to go back and recuperate soon. It hurts so much—that d.a.m.ned boulder formation.”
Seeing the state he was in, Lu Xiaoqing was pained and said, ”Yes, quickly go back and recover!”
”Shaoyun, do you want me to accompany you back?” Mei Lianhua boldly said. Her way of addressing him had changed, as was painfully obvious to Xia Liuhui, even to Mo Buhui at the side. Through their eyes flashed very complicated emotions.
”Boss, didn't you say you were going to treat us to a feast at the restaurant?” Xia Liuhui asked. His comment, however, was rather ill timed.
”Do you not have a heart?! Xiang Shaoyun is already hurt to this point, and you still want him to go to the restaurant?” Lu Xiaoqing flared up and glared at Xia Liuhui.
”Indeed. You really have no tact,” Mei Lianhua couldn't help but add.
Xia Liuhui immediately felt a deep sense of being wronged. He just spoke a tad bit too fast with no malice behind his words.
Xiang Shaoyun waved his hand and said, ”This young master does indeed owe you a meal, but I'm afraid that if we go there now, the other customers will be scared out of their wits. I'll be sure to treat all of you within two days!” He then turned to the overseer to receive his points.
A pleased expression plastered to his face, and the overseer loudly declared, ”Since you have broken the Hall of Limits' second room's record, you will be given twice the reward! The 2,000 points are all yours!”
The group of Mo Buhui, Xia Liuhui, Mei Lianhua, and Lu Xiaoqing were all visibly moved upon hearing the number of points rewarded. In the outer court especially, 2,000 points was quite a hefty sum. Even the inner court disciples would rarely see such a large pie given to them all at once!
Clearing the Hall of Limits was undoubtedly the fastest way to acc.u.mulate points.
”Two thousand points! This was worth it!” Xiang Shaoyun laughed happily before waving goodbye to the bunch of people, heading straight back for his living premises. Although he had taken the healing pill, he lost too much blood in the room and was in a very bad state. If he neglected to heal himself just a bit longer, there would be hidden scars from the ordeal, which would have lasting repercussions for his cultivation.
Most importantly, after experiencing an all-out battle, more of the hidden energy within his body had been forced out. Not wanting to waste even a single bit of it, he had to consolidate all that strength.
Upon returning to his compound, Xiang Shaoyun immediately began and sat cross-legged, spreading the medicinal properties of the pill through his body, from his limbs and bones to his internal organs and viscera. After he finished refining the pill, his injuries all calmed down and stabilized, a sign that he was on a good path to recovery. It was obvious that this was no ordinary pill. It was at the very least a tier-2 pill, if not a tier-3 one. Tier-1 pills would not have such great efficacy.
Xiang Shaoyun sat in silent meditation for a whole day and night, the Heaven Conquering Overlord Manual constantly gathering astral energy within his body. This caused a wave of pure power to rush into the midst of his nine stars. This pure power was in fact squeezed out from Xiang Shaoyun's body. Nine years of using various solutions and medicines finally showed their worth in this form.
After this round of forcing out his strength, not only did his strength rise to that of peak seventh-stage Basic Realm, his body also became as st.u.r.dy as a peak tier-1 weapon, making it extremely difficult for normal weapons to injure him.