If someone had said Su Hao’s full power strike was beginner master level, Old Liu would believe it.
Old Liu rubbed his bald head and said speechlessly: “Your blood qi does feel like an elite warriors, but the blood qi quantity is a bit much. I’ve never seen such explosive power from a high-level elite warrior.”
Su Hao nodded: “My father said my talent and it’s normal to have more than others.”
Old Liu could only reluctantly accept Su Hao’s explanation.
Su Hao added: “Elite warriors and master warriors indeed have an insurmountable gap. I used my most powerful blow just now, but it couldn’t even break through Teacher Liu’s defense.”
Old Liu nodded: “The master level isn’t a power that the human clan can use but comes from studying fierce beasts. The human body compared to a fierce beast has such a difference because of lacking a special structure.”
Su Hao concluded: “Teacher Liu, you’re saying there’s something in fierce beasts that we humans don’t have?”
Old Liu said: “That’s right. We call the special structure in fierce beasts the beast veins. Fierce beasts are born with them but humans don’t have them.”
“So to become a beginner master, you only need to implant an artificial beast vein into your body.”
Su Hao: “So it’s like that.”
Old Liu then said: “But implanting a beast vein isn’t as simple as you think. It requires fulfilling two conditions.”
Su Hao asked: “What two?”
“First, obtain a complete beast vein; second, successfully engrave the beast vein into the body.”
There was no way for Su Hao to complete the first condition because this was the first time he had heard the concept of “beast vein”, never having touched on it at all. He asked: “Teacher Liu, how do you find a beast vein?”
Old Liu smiled: “There are four ways to obtain a beast vein. First, have someone give it to you. Your father or someone else’s inheritance can all work; second, spend a lot of money and buy one on the black market; third, become an academy student and learn from the academy; fourth, go into the wilderness and hunt fierce beasts yourself. You can directly pick the third and collect it from the academy, but it will cost money.”
Su Hao felt a sweat trickle down. When poor people heard “spend money” their heart would skip a beat. Su Hao carefully said: “How much money?”
Old Liu happily laughed: “Relax. It’s much cheaper than the black market. It only costs 5 gold yuan. Didn’t you win 10 gold yuan from Warden Jin, Jin Datong? If you haven’t spent it all, just use it now.”
Su Hao let out a breath. In the past half year, he had only been studying and hadn’t wasted much money. He had only spent a bit on a few small things. He still had 9 gold yuan left which was enough. If a beast vein had costed twenty to thirty gold yuan, he would be caught blind.
At this time, Old Liu added: “The cheapest on the black market is twenty gold yuan, and it’s the kind of beast vein without strong results.”
Su Hao sucked in a breath of cold air.
Old Liu said solemnly: “Thus, after you learn of the beast veins from the academy, you must not sell it outside, otherwise the academy has the right to take it back at any time.”
Su Hao nodded: “Understood.”
Su Hao then asked: “Then for the second point. How do you engrave the beast veins into the body?”
Old Liu rubbed his bald head and said proudly: “That’s the hard part. After obtaining a complete beast vein, it doesn’t mean that it will be successfully engraved into the body.
Because beast veins were after all something fierce beasts were born with, if it was implanted into a human body as is, it won’t work.
It needs to have the core analyzed, then according to the body’s situation, then have the beast vein fine-tuned to create a new fit consistent with the self and become a new blood qi network for it to be a successful engraving.”
Su Hao expressed his understanding: “So it was like that. It looks like wanting to enter beginner master still needs a while.”
Old Liu said: “That’s for sure. This process is different for each person and you’ll need to spend between one to five years, or even longer. People with good comprehension and good luck can succeed in about a year. Those with bad comprehension and bad luck can spend an unlimited amount of time. However, don’t be too optimistic. Success is not achieved just by having a beast and and time. A large portion of elite warriors might not find a structure that is suitable for their body their entire lives and will never successfully engrave it. Thus, Xiangwu, whether you succeed in becoming a master warrior still relies on yourself.
Su Hao nodded: “Understood. Thanks Teacher Liu.”
“Did you bring money?” Old Liu suddenly asked.
Su Hao nodded. He had always brought his money on his body. It would be a disaster if it was stolen.
Old Liu rubbed his bald head, waved his hand, and began to walk out: “Come with me. I’ll bring you to pick a beast vein.”
……
Soon Su Hao followed Old Liu to the Lingyun Library third floor, greeted the administrator and entered a room.
Old Liu took out an enormous box from the top of a large cabinet and opened it. Inside were many scrolls.
Old Liu casually picked out a scroll: “These are beast veins. Each beast vein is drawn with a complete beast vein. All of the scrolls in the academy are here. You can choose a scroll that you like. For example, the one in my hand has a label written with the beast vein’s bias – Enormous Force.”
“It means that if you pick this beast vein scroll, after the engraving is successful, aside from advancing to the master level, your blood qi will gain the attribute that are biased towards enormous force, allowing your body to gain a powerful strength. In the future, lifting a house wouldn’t be a problem.”
Old Like took out another scroll: “This beast vein is labeled explosive jump and raises your ability to jump explosively. In the future to fly like a flea.”
“This scroll is hardening, a defensive nature…”
“This scroll is for manipulation, increasing blood qi control…”
“This scroll is shaping, increasing blood qi flexibility…”
“This scroll is explosivity, increases the degree of blood qi explosiveness…”
“This scroll is phantom…”
“Burning, erosion, freezing, changing, attuning, numbing, perception, attaching, recovery, healing, revolution, penetration, giant…”
In total there were thirty three kinds of beast veins.
With so many choices, Su Hao didn’t know what to choose. So he asked: “Teacher Liu, what’s your beast vein?”
Su Hao didn’t know that under normal circumstances, one should inquire a master’s beast vein effect, but Teacher Liu didn’t consider hiding it from Su Hao and directly said: “Mine is revolution. It was also learned from here. However, in the future, you cannot casually ask others about their beast veins. Aside from your future teammates who you’ll rely on, don’t easily tell others about your beast vein either. An extra trump card is extra safety.”
“Got it Teacher Liu.” Su Hao immediately nodded and asked: “Can I choose two or three?”
Old Liu shook his head: “No. More will cause conflict and our bodies can’t handle that.”
Su Hao expressed he understood and sat cross-legged on the ground and concentrated on checked the labels on the scrolls. If there were any doubts, he’d directly ask.
After thinking for a while, Su Hao picked out a beast vein and said to Old Liu: “Teacher Liu, I’ve made my decision. It’s this beast vein.”
Old Liu had been guessing what beast vein Su Hao would pick in the end. Hearing this, he immediately picked it up in curiosity.
What he saw stunned him. He confirmed again with Su Hao: “You’re sure you want to pick this? This beast vein is too complicated. Very few people can successfully engrave it. And this beast vein doesn’t have much attack power. According to those that did succeed, they can only perceive up to a range of twenty or so meters, which is almost useless. You should think again.”
Su Hao nodded seriously: “I’m sure! This is the most suitable for me.”
Old Liu nodded and didn’t say anything else. The suggestion had been given and the decision is up to the other party. It didn’t matter to him if it was a success or not. Success was best, but failure wouldn’t affect him either.
Handing the scroll to Su Hao: “Pay 5 gold yuan now. In the next year, you can keep coming to the third floor to rent scrolls to try engraving beast veins. After a year, another rental fee of 1 gold yuan is required.”
Su Hao’s eyelid twitched and inwardly said: “He’s pretty good at making money.”
He took the scroll and slowly opened it. The scroll was labeled – Perception!
TLN: Merry Christmas!
Comments