73 Forgotten Kings (2/2)
Xue Wei took a different route on the way back to his tent. He smoothly avoided the big group of people that had been arguing about him and managed to return to his tent without any problems.
”So, Rising Mountain Dewflowers raises one's cultivation base. The energy within it will be converted into Qi that one can claim as one's own.”
”Unfortunately, it is impossible to consume much of the medicinal properties within the herb because of the nature of human bodies. There is one other option though, to withdraw a bit more energy from each of the herbs, and that is to eat it together with a bit of Corpse Grass.”
”Corpse Grass cleanses the body, but it also mildens the medicinal properties of other herbs, which is why it is used in so many medicinal formulas. Eating a full stalk of Corpse Grass is too much and will prove detrimental to my foundation, but half a stalk of Corpse Grass alongside one Rising Mountain Dewflower should let me bring out half of the medicinal properties within the plants.”
Xue Wei had gotten used to talking with Lan the last two weeks, but now he realized that he was all alone, yet he still spoke to himself slightly while getting ready to consume the medicinal pills.
Xue Wei sat down with his legs crossed and his palms resting in his lap, one Rising Mountain Dewflower in one hand and half a stalk of Corpse Grass in the other.
He then steadied his breathing slowly, closed his eyes, and found inner calm. He felt how his entire body slowly relaxed; all his muscles, which usually were taut and ready to spring into action at every moment, were now soft and relaxed.
His breathing became steady and deep, and his body became heavy. It was not before he reached a stage just before entering a trance that he lifted the two herbs to his mouth and bit the petals of the Rising Mountain Dewflower and stuffed the half a stalk of Corpse Grass into his mouth.
He felt how the flowers at first were coarse to chew on, but as he chewed on them, he felt them turn into a liquid stream of energy that entered through his throat and into his meridians.
His entire body felt hot. Not a burning hot but a pleasant sensation. The Qi was white in color, yet as it roamed through Xue Wei's meridians and ended in his dantian, he could see with his inner eye how it gained an azure gleam.
”The azure color must be because I am studying the Azure Dragon Scripture,” Xue Wei mused. ”Everyone else I have seen have white Qi, and the Qi that I consumed from the Rising Mountain Dewflower was also white. I guess the Azure Dragon Scripture truly is as rare as Uncle and Lan said.”
Having consumed one Rising Mountain Dewflower, Xue Wei felt a rise in his cultivation base. It was not amazing, but it was still rather good considering that this improvement had come about due to eating just one medicinal plant.
”I shouldn't eat more plants until I digest this fully,” Xue Wei decided. ”If I get too much outside energy without integrating it perfectly, then my foundations will become unsteady, and that is something I cannot afford to do.”
”I can consume one herb a day, but since I already consumed the herb for today, I guess it is time for me to contemplate the Kick of Forgotten Kings.”
Xue Wei began cultivating the Kick of Forgotten Kings. The first night was spent contemplating on the ability, and after that he spent every day at the martial arts training field practicing the ability on the Black Gold dummies.
At the start, not many were interested in his training, but as time went on and they realized how magnificent the attack was, more and more came to watch him train.
Xue Wei did everything he had been taught by Lan when training, and soon he was capable of fully controlling the ability.
It was not before then that the other people in the Genius Camp realized that Xue Wei was a force to be reckoned with. The second and third layer Ordinary Warriors were all worried that now that he had learned such a strong skill, his next aim was to challenge them and take over their spots in the rankings.
Fortunately for them, Xue Wei did not seem to have this in mind, and instead he went to find the commander.
”Commander, sir,” Xue Wei greeted the commander with his fists cupped. ”I have learned a new skill and would like to train it against real enemies. Could it be possible for me to use a few enemies in the arena?”
”A few?” the commander asked with surprise. Usually, one of their geniuses would only fight one opponent in the arena at a time, but it seemed that Xue Wei had something else planned entirely.
He nodded his head, ”I fought one before, but now I would like to fight a few stronger experts. I need to challenge myself. And if I want to truly gain some experience, then I have to go through life-and-death battles. There are no forests anywhere close to the camp where I can go and hunt Fierce Beasts, so my only option is to fight in the arena.”