122 Physical Strength (1/2)
Elder Zhang smiled when he heard what He Ji said, and nodded his head approvingly.
”You will become a great soldier for the Chaos Vulture Tribe in the future!” he exclaimed as he stepped forward and placed a hand on He Ji's shoulder.
He found a few items that he gave the stunned young man. ”Take this as a reward for the tribe!” the elder said, and handed it over to He Ji, surprising everyone present.
When they looked at what it was, jealousy was evident in the eyes of everyone present.
”This is… those are medicinal pills!” someone exclaimed, and even Xue Wei and Hei Gou were curious.
Medicinal pills were common in the center of the continent, but they were increasingly rare here in the outskirts. In fact, they were so rare that the only pills that Xue Wei had seen were those of very low purity.
Low purity pills were not very useful, as consumption of them, while providing you with an increase in strength, would infuse you with all of the impurities left over inside from the poorly done refining process. It was like ingesting poison for a boost in strength, which was temporary at most.
In the end, the medicinal properties would not make up for the impurities incurred from eating low purity medicinal pills.
The pills in He Ji's palm were not low purity pills. In fact, it seemed as if they were at around fifty percent purity.
Although this might not sound like a lot, it was still considered a rare treasure in the Flowing Blood Prairie. In the Kingdom of Heping, there might not even be more than ten such pills totally in circulation at any given time.
Xue Wei frowned. He was curious about the pills because he had only seen low purity pills before, but that did in no way mean he would consume pills of fifty percent purity himself.
Even though half of it consisted of medicinal properties that benefited one's cultivation, there were still impurities in the pills that would linger in the body if one did not have a way to expunge them.
Medicinal herbs could decrease the amount of impurities one had in the body, and one could also to a certain degree cleanse one's body with Qi.
But these methods only got you so far, and eventually the impurities would stack up.
The more impurities in the body, the less pure one's Qi would become. At the same time, it would also affect your constitution.
The more impurities there were in one's body, the longer it took to refine Qi. Also, if these impurities stacked up, one's body would become weaker and weaker to the point that it would become unsuitable for cultivation.
Someone like Xue Wei, who had a very pure Qi, could consume a lot of medicinal pills before it would become as irreparably grave as that, but he also knew that if he started consuming these low purity pills, then his high purity Qi would become ordinary in no time.
Since this was the case, Xue Wei did not envy He Ji for having been gifted those pills. Even the slightest impurity would significantly lessen the purity - and by proxy the advantage - of Xue Wei's Qi.
The experts of the Chaos Vulture Tribe all had Qi with slight impurities. To them it was not a big problem to consume pills, as they would need to consume a vast amount to have their Qi tainted with enough impurities to make it unstable.
He Ji would be capable of breaking into the Sky Warrior rank by relying on the pills he had been given, and this was something that made him ecstatic.
The eyes of the Sky Warriors narrowed. There was great competition between the cultivators of the Chaos Vulture Tribe, and to have another expert becoming a Sky Warrior meant one more competitor for their positions and their privileges in being prioritized first for the distribution of medicinal herbs and plants to the tribe members.
In the Chaos Vulture Tribe, the strong were revered. The stronger one was, the more resources one could enjoy.
Xue Wei went next to Hei Gou and Elder Zhang. His clothes were messy, and strands of hair had gotten loose from the bun of hair he had on top of his head. He looked rather attractive in a very disheveled manner. Many of the girls present felt their hearts sway.
However, when he stood next to Hei Gou, his attractiveness was quickly overshadowed. This primordial beast was truly too handsome!
”Well done,” Hei Gou grinned at Xue Wei and nodded his head, ”but now it is my turn!”
He stepped forward, and a savage aura spread from his body. He retrieved a set of claws from his robes and attached them to his hands.
”Who wishes to spar with me? I would suggest only the strongest of the Sky Warriors to step up! Or does this crappy tribe not contain any true experts? It would be so embarrassing for you all if I ended up wiping the table clean with your most outstanding geniuses!” he called out. The Sky Warriors frowned. This challenge was really too brazen.
”What? Are you unconvinced? Well then bite me, a small tribe like yours wishes to have this young master taking you seriously? Be honest, you just want to wash away the shame from Xue Wei beating your Earth Warriors and now you want to take it out on me! But tough luck, I am not just going to let you stomp all over me. In fact, I am going to stomp all over you!”
Although what Hei Gou said was rather outrageous, no one dared to look down on him. They had seen Xue Wei's abnormal display of power, so what would they do if this person was as monstrous, if not more?
Xue Wei hid his face in his hands. He had been rather condescending when he was fighting for the sake of rousing the opponents, and now it seemed as if Hei Gou was doing the same, except he was taking it to a completely new level.
It was not only him who seemed to think so. The Elders that were present all looked ugly, their faces were a sight to behold, but neither of them dared act. These two were guests of Elder Zhang and they respected him, but even so they felt that Hei Gou had gone over the line.
Even Xue Wei felt that Hei Gou had gone over the line. The tribe had treated them kindly ever since they came to their tribe. Xue Wei had done some slight insulting of the younger generation to rouse their battle intent and allow him to thoroughly test his abilities, but it seemed as if Hei Gou was insulting them just for the sake of insulting them. As to why Xue Wei was rather puzzled, but for now he would trust his friend and not question him. He felt as if Hei Gou had a reason to act as he did.