Chapter 13 (1/2)
Translator: Nyoi-Bo StudioEditor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
A body enhancing pill could only support Lu Yu’s morning training. When it was close to noon, he could already feel the temperature on his skin dropping.
After practicing the fist technique a few more times, the pill completely lost its effect. He felt the pain again, but it was much weaker.
He looked at his skin, which was slightly red and still emitting steam. The red color was fading, and his entire body was covered in sweat. Even his shoes were wet.
Lu Yu went to the bathroom to take a shower and change his clothes before lunch.
He ate as much as usual. Two roast chickens, three stewed pork trotters, five bowls of porridge, and a big bowl of stewed pigeon with ginseng.
While eating the pork trotters, Wang Qiang sat in front of Lu Yu with food in his hands. Seeing that Lu Yu had eaten so much, Wang Qiang sighed, “You guys are still young, and your bodies are still developing. When you have enough nutrition, your qi-blood will be different every day.”
“Unlike me, I have already past the best time to cultivate. My qi-blood are like a pool of stagnant water. No matter how much I eat and cultivate, my qi-blood will not increase at all.”
Lu Yu swallowed the pig’s trotters and drank a few mouthfuls of pigeon soup to refresh himself. When he saw that Wang Qiang had only taken a roast duck and three big bowls of rice, he asked the question that he had been bothering him, “Isn’t the higher your cultivation, the more qi-blood you consume every day? Is this all you can eat?”
Wang Qiang tore off a duck leg and said, “It’s definitely not enough.”
After taking two bites, Wang Qiang saw the confusion on Lu Yu’s face and explained, “You’re thinking that the higher your cultivation, the more you’ll eat, right?”
Lu Yu nodded as he ate.
“That’s what I thought at the beginning, until I found out that there’s another thing in the world called the marching ball.”
As he spoke, Wang Qiang took out a bag from his waist and showed Lu Yu what was inside. It was an earthy yellow ball the size of a longan fruit.
He threw a marching ball to Lu Yu and said, “After taking one ball, you won’t be hungry for the whole day.”
Lu Yu curiously put the marching ball in front of his eyes and examined it carefully. It looked like an ordinary ball made of flour. It was very similar to the color of the compressed biscuits in the supermarket.
“I only need to eat one ball every day when I eat. In some emergencies, the marching ball can also be used as a reserve grain. The marching ball was originally a soldier’s reserve grain.”
“After they improve it and reduced its price, it become the supplement that body refining realm martial art cultivators used to increase their daily nutrition.”
Lu Yu put away the marching ball. He was already half full and did not plan to eat the marching ball.
After Wang Qiang finished eating, he stood up and said, “I will move into the inner courtyard today, but I believe you will also come in very soon.”
After the meal, Lu Yu went to the logistics department and asked about the marching ball. The marching balls were five silver coins per pill, and one gold coin could buy twenty marching balls.
Every month when they received their monthly salary, each courtyard guard could receive a certain number of marching balls. There were only three days left until the next monthly salary.
In two days, Lu Yu had used up all the body enhancing pills that Butler Zhang had given him.
The strength of his body had increased by a level, and his skin had become tougher. Even when he punched the wooden stake with all his strength, he only felt a slight pain.
Lu Yu felt that the toughness of his skin was almost as tough as cowhide. An ordinary person might not even be able to cut his skin with a dagger.
But even so, he was still vulnerable to the martial art cultivators that were same level as him.
A martial art cultivator could use tremendous strength to cut open the cowhide easily with a sword, and they could also easily hurt Lu Yu.
This was also the reason why very few courtyard guards were willing to spend money to buy body enhancing pills to increase the toughness of their bodies.
Lu Yu cultivated at full speed, not even sparing the patrol time at night. Coupled with the body tempering pills he received every day, Lu Yu’s qi-blood had already risen to 49 points.
It surpassed many courtyard guards who had already worked in the Han Residence for a year.
Today, Lu Yu was cultivating Eight Steps Chasing Cicada when he suddenly heard the sound of an argument. He subconsciously turned his head to look.
Wang Can was surrounded by a group of courtyard guards. He had already become an official courtyard guard. He was the second person among the rookies to do so.
It was normal for someone like Wang Can to spend more than ten days to break through from the mortal realm and become a martial art cultivator. It was inevitable for him to become an official courtyard guard.
It was not normal for Lu Yu to do so in just five to six days. This was also the reason why Butler Zhang had high expectations for Lu Yu.
If people knew that Lu Yu only spent two days to become a martial art cultivator, even Han Yaozu would be interested in him. The Han Residence had to pay great attention to such a genius.
On the surface, Lu Yu had only spent one day less than the eldest young master to become a martial art cultivator. However, before the eldest young master had even started cultivating, he had already eaten countless medicinal herbs that could replenish his qi-blood.
The condition of their bodies before the cultivation were different.
Before the eldest young master started cultivating, his qi-blood were already very close to becoming a martial art cultivator. Even so, it still took him two days to break through the mortal realm.
As for Lu Yu, after his parents died, he had not eaten a good meal. His body’s Qi-blood was severely depleted.
Under such circumstances, he was still able to become a martial art cultivator within two days. It could only be said that his cultivation talent was many times greater than the eldest young master.
In other words, the cultivation efficiency of the AFK mode of the game system was many times greater than that of an ordinary person’s cultivation speed.
After all, an ordinary person would still need to familiarize themselves with the cultivation method after learning it. They might even make mistakes in their cultivation, resulting in more effort to learn the technique.
The AFK mode did not have these problems at all. It allowed Lu Yu to execute the most standard movement with the highest efficiency at the same time.
“Newbie, after becoming official courtyard guard, you must understand some of the rules of the outer court.”
“First, you must respect your seniors, and greet them when you see them. Second, during the meal, let the senior take the food first, you have to wait. Third, every month when you receive your monthly salary, remember to treat the senior to a meal.”
The person who spoke patted Wang Can’s shoulder. Every time he patted, Wang Can’s body would tremble, and his face would turn red.
“Do you understand?”
Wang Can clenched his hands tightly and nodded while gritting his teeth. The unwillingness and anger in his heart caused his qi-blood to surge, and his face turned even redder.