he immediately felt like he ran out of air, and ran straight to the door and opened it!
SWOOSH a large amount of air, immediately filled the room, he stepped fully outside, fell to his knees and started breathing heavily.
‘why the hell did that happen!’ “oh Junior brother!
were you practicing your Pile Skill indoors?!” the Senior ran up.
“um, yeah?
why did that happen?” the Senior brother sighed, “using a Pile Skill requires one to breathe, intensely to suck up the remnant energy flowing in the air, so being in a room is very stupid, and very dangerous.” he patted Ma Qing’s back.
“next time, use the training areas ok?” he nods, thanking his senior brother before heading to the training grounds.
the training grounds are rather large.
since most of the buildings are placed underground, away from sight, only the living quarters and meal hall above.
a large part of the compound were training areas.
he found an untaken spot, and started using the Copper Blood Nourishing skill.
this time, with air constantly flowing, it didn’t feel like his lungs were going to implode, but explode!
but he tightened his chest and core and endured.
[Copper Blood Nourishing Skill:3/10 Uninitiated] ‘come on..’ he pushed harder, recalling the texts, harder, and constantly executing the Heart Mantra, over and over.
all just to boost the speed.
eventually…
[Copper Blood Nourishing Skill:1/100 Beginner] ‘Lets go!’ he felt Qi Blood for the first time, it was barely a sliver of a sliver, but it was still Qi Blood!
this officially made him a martial artist, but barely any stronger than a regular human.
think of Qi Blood as a simple boost of sorts, in certain anime, manga, web novels, there is tangible energy, when brought to a specific body part enhances it greatly.
since no External Training has happened yet, they barely are considered above human.
one of the main reasons he was able to beat Liu Yung, because he believed he didn’t need Qi Blood until for a sneaky kill.
this means, basic exercise was still best to currently build up martial strength.
with that, he stretched and head back to the living quarters to eat a rather large fill of Rice and the Beans.
he went back to hitting the books, reading so much that words no longer looked like words, until he grasped the Heart Mantra till it became completely ingrained into the memory before heading to the training area again.
this time, he got back into the posture, relaxed and started reciting the Heart Mantra excessively in his mind, and speeding up the breathing technique part as much as he could.
immediately he felt like his lungs were burning, and about to explode, but he persevered!
but this time, he could only try for only half of the first time.
[Copper Blood Nourishing Skill:5/100 Beginner] he sat down, and breathed in shallow breathes.
he didn’t know it was going to be this intense!
‘how the hell am I suppose to train like this!?’ with how much he gained, he barely understood how everyone else stayed using their Pile Skill for so long??
‘is my potential low?
maybe..’ he only knew his comprehension was amazing, but not his potential, but, he did become a Qi Blood Nourishing Martial Artist within a Day?
‘I should ask senior brother Lu.’ he looked around.
and found Senior Brother, talking to another Senior.
“oh?
what is it Junior Brother?” I ask my question.
“well, I just Started using my Pile Skill, and I was wondering when would someone usually get their Qi Blood?” “well, it depended on ones potential and technique.
it could take weeks or days, and since we have a plethora, no one can tell?
why?” “well, I am using the Copper Blood Nourishing skill, and I just got my first bit of Qi blood.” he raises an eyebrow.
“that’s a very hard technique to use to progress, yet you managed to get Qi Blood so quickly?!” he grins.
“I guess your mining endurance is wasn’t a fluke!” “so it isn’t natural?” Ma Qing raises the question.
“well, the Copper method is the most violent method to pull in Qi Blood, so you use less external help, but requires large amount of endurance.” the Senior grabs his own chin and ponders, “maybe yours lungs are rather trained already since you worked in the mines?” that made plenty of sense, he was always breathing heavy and deep, just so he wouldn’t pass out, so his lungs were already trained to hold plenty of air.
“thank you for your wisdom Senior” He bows gratefully.
The Senior brother than states though, looking more serious, “don’t push your body too hard ok?
using your Pile Skill is especially taxing on the body, take plenty of rest and take it slow, if you don’t you’ll pop your lungs.” a shiver runs down his spine and he bowed immediately and head off.
the Senior Brother Sighs, after watching the shrinking back of Ma Qing before continuing his previous conversation.
this time, he decided to practice the Earth Shattering Saber.
‘who knows, this might be a perfect match to add to my Pickaxe Skill~’ he started swinging the stolen Saber, and practiced the normal moves of the technique.
‘so the technique is separated in 2?’ Qi Blood Nourishing Martial Arts had 2 different sets.
1 set didn’t require the use of qi blood, and the other set actively used Qi blood.
this is because, the techniques here , are capped at Qi Blood Nourishing.
only after proving yourself, and reaching the peak of Qi Blood Nourishing, you are able to get a upper tier weapon skill.
so, not wanting to lose the little Qi blood in his body, he decided to only using the basic moves.
*** 2 hours [Earth Shattering Saber Skill:3/10 Uninitiated] this time, it was much slower, having practiced 6 times more, his progress was rather slow.
‘maybe its because I’m not using the Qi Blood set?’ to him, that made the most sense, since that what made a martial art, a martial art.
but he sighed and continued on the Basic Set.
after All, even though he had Qi Blood, it was still considered a sliver of a sliver.
no longer barely a Sliver of a Sliver but still a sliver.
‘only when I reach beginner, I will train the Qi Blood Set.
but than he remembered the gang.
and decided to head out for it, explaining to the Agency and his siblings he won’t be back for a few days.
it was a 30 minute walk, but since he wore the uniform of the agency, no one tried robbing him.
and when he arrived he was still surprised it remained civil?
‘I mean..
Civil as a Gang is..’ they had a Cage match going on, with one toppling on another, and in a small corner, sitting on a desk was Liu Qin, dried tear marks on her face.
he walked over quickly and asked, “sister?
you feeling better?” then immediately her sharp glare was now focused on his face.
a knife immediately pulled out to stab you, but you caught it with ease.
“look sister, I didn’t mean to kill your br-”