22 Saving the Ladies (1/2)

Xue Wei was unaware of whatever the citizens were speaking about. He did not know that they were aware of him consuming Primordial Beast Blood, and even if he knew, he would not pay it any attention.

Xue Wei was in the concoction for a full week this time before the water turned crystal clear again. During this whole week, his entire body seemed purified and strength seemed to multiply.

The Qi within his pearl-like dantian grew denser by the minute, and he felt how his body was strengthened. He could feel that his body contained an explosive strength that it had not had before, and he knew that although some of this power came from the Primordial Beast Blood, some of it also had to come from his own body.

He was aware that his strength was superior to others at the same layer as him, but it was not until now he realized that he could enhance it further by absorbing Primordial Beast Blood.

Having finished the concoction in the bath, Xue Wei could feel how his body was revolving with energy. It was as if he was a rocket ready to explode, and he knew that he needed an outlet for some of this energy or else he really would damage his meridians.

As a result, he quickly got dressed and went to the back of the mansion to the training field where he started training.

He felt as if he was an overflowing fountain of energy, and he could continuously release one Azure Light Finger after another. He then tried the Shattering Mountain Palm, and the result was the same.

One attack after another flew around Xue Wei as he attacked the dummies time and time again.

The dummies were broken but restored themselves in a continuous cycle, and it was not before the night turned to morning that Xue Wei felt how the energy finally started to ebb out of his body.

Although some of the energy was vanishing, a lot stayed within him, and he felt a power unlike any he had ever felt before. He had broken through to the sixth layer of the Ordinary Warrior rank just by absorbing a fourth of a drop of Primordial Beast Blood!

It was going to take a bit of time before Xue Wei could once more consume the concoction, or his body would not be able to handle the sheer amount of medicinal properties that he would be taking in. So, instead, he returned to his old schedule of fighting the dummies and training his Qi the same steady way.

After spending another week doing nothing but training, Xue Wei decided to go to town. He had no actual purpose for going, but he wished to see the Wayfarers. He had a hard time forgetting about the young miss Wang Xiaoyun that he had seen there.

As he left the mansion, he saw that a lot of people were looking at him strangely. As soon as they saw him, they started whispering together, and some even tried to stretch their necks further to get a better glimpse of Xue Wei.

Some looked depressed, while others seemed excited, but everyone was looking at him as if he was a maniac.

Although Xue Wei did not care about what others thought of him, he noticed the glances, and only after a bit of time did their whispers enter his ears.

”So he consumed Primordial Beast Blood, but why is it that he seems perfectly fine?”

”Do you think that his meridians are broken now? Do you think he has gained some severe injuries that cannot be cured?”

”I hope he will be okay even though it is rather reckless to consume Primordial Beast Blood at such a low cultivation level.”

From these whispers, Xue Wei quickly understood that the city had found out about him buying Primordial Beast Blood, but he just shook his head and continued forward. It was not like he had ever planned for his purchase to be a secret.

As he reached the Wayfarer's camp, Xue Wei's eyes roamed across all of them, and he found the group of seniors he had purchased the book from previously.

Seeing them, Xue Wei instantly walked towards them and cupped his hands and once more bowed deeply. ”Greetings Seniors,” he said sincerely.

Xue Wei had always had great respect towards the seniors that had been hunting Primordial Beasts most of their lives, and these Wayfarers were no exception.

”If you are looking for the little miss, then she is out looking at the city with a few of her friends,” one of the old ladies cackled with a high-pitched voice that rung with undertones of laughter.

Hearing her, Xue Wei was slightly stunned, but then he gave a wry smile. It was apparent that these experts could see through most of what others were hiding. They were great experts after all, and thus he just bowed again. ”Thank you for your help,” he said before he turned around to leave.

”He is a good boy,” the old woman said after he had left.

Xue Wei had come to town for the sake of seeing Wang Xiaoyun. He was not sure of what he wanted to say to her, but he wished to see her again. There was something about her that had made him unable to forget her, but at the same time, he also knew that they would have to part soon.

Wang Xiaoyun was a Wayfarer. It was in her blood quite literally. She was the same age as Xue Wei, which meant that when she turned sixteen, she would not be joining the army, but she would have her bloodline activated and become a fierce cultivator that lived for the sake of hunting Fierce and Primordial Beasts.

Xue Wei, on the other hand, had no other option than to enter the army. He was a regular human being, and although he was a young master, it was his responsibility to join the military and fight for humanity.