Chapter 9: Blood Qi Technique


    Under Yuan Ming’s gaze, the ck tumor suddenly began to wriggle rapidly, and ck threads began to split and extend towards his chest.


    Yuan Ming’s eyes widened in horror. He would rather die than be possessed by this thing and suffer.


    In his struggle, he found that although his arms were still tied up, his wrists were still free to move. He immediately twisted his wrist and threw the bone short spear that he had been holding in his hand up into the air.


    Without hesitation, Yuan Ming used all his strength and headbutted the spear, causing it to fly out like a javelin and pierce into the ck bear’s rib cage just before it closed.


    The ck bear roared in anger, and the ck threads that had been extending towards Yuan Ming slowly retreated. Then, the ck bear’s chest cavity slowly opened again, and the bone spear that represented Yuan Ming’sst hope was stuck in the ck bear’s heart, just a hair’s breadth away from the ck tumor, but ultimately it missed.


    The ck bear’s heart continued to contract, and the ck threads went crazy, rushing towards Yuan Ming’s chest.


    Yuan Ming stared intently, his face tense to the extreme.


    Just as the ck threads were about to touch his skin, the ck bear’s heart suddenly stopped beating, and the ck tumor wriggled frantically as if it had encountered a ghost, trying to break free from the ck bear’s heart.


    The ck threads that had been extending towards Yuan Ming also instantly lost their strength and fell lightly to the ground."Great, I made it in time!" Yuan Ming was so excited that he almost cried.


    At the critical moment of life and death, the poisonous fruits he had eaten yesterday had saved his life.


    Before setting the trap, Yuan Ming had crushed all the fruits and smeared the juice on the tips of all the bone spikes and two short spears.


    Perhaps because he had only hit the ck bear’s body earlier, the poison did not affect the parasite, but this time it directly affected the heart, and the ck tumor lost its strength due to the poison.


    The vines that had been entwined around Yuan Ming’s body suddenly fell off, and the strangerge flowers on the ck bear’s body also withered and turned into dust visible to the naked eye. Yuan Ming’s body and the ck bear’s body almost fell to the ground at the same time.The ck tumor that had parasitized on the heart of the ck bear finally fell off and dropped to the side. Its color quickly faded and soon turned into a grayish-white color, looking no different from an ordinary stone.


    Yuan Ming didn’t dare to dy and quickly climbed up to the side of the ck bear’s corpse.


    While the ck bear was not yetpletely dead, he quickly took off the animal skin bag from his body, cut open the ck bear’s neck with a bone spear, and collected its remaining blood.


    After a while, all the ck bear’s blood had been drained, and he had only collected about half of the bag.


    "Wild animalse in all sizes, and their blood volume varies. The man didn’t say to collect it all, so this should be enough." Yuan Ming sealed the bag and shook it, muttering to himself.


    After that, he put the bag back on his shoulder and looked at the bear’s corpse next to him. His stomach growled again.


    Faced with such arge piece of meat, Yuan Ming was reluctant to throw it away, but when he thought about it being parasitized, he felt disgusted.


    But the disgust in his heart was no match for the hunger in his stomach.


    To be on the safe side, Yuan Ming did not directly eat the ck bear’s meat this time. Instead, he found a pile of twigs and dry leaves, imitating the ancient people by drilling wood to make fire, and finally managed to start a fire and roast the bear meat.


    During the roasting, Yuan Ming went to the side of the parasitic tumor and saw that it had turned into a fist-sized gray-brown stone that looked lifeless. He couldn’t help but poke it with his bone spear.


    As a result, he found that the stone was extremely hard,pletely different from when it was a ck tumor.


    Yuan Ming became interested.


    He waved his hand at the stone, but it showed no reaction. He then reached out to touch it, but still found no movement.


    "It seems to bepletely dead."


    Just as Yuan Ming was about to give up, a drop of animal blood fell from his animal skin bag andnded on the gray-brown stone with a "plop."


    The corpse that had no vitality suddenly swelled up, and the surface once again transformed into the appearance of a ck tumor.


    But soon, the power of that drop of blood was exhausted, and the ck tumor dried up again, turning back into a stone.


    "This little thing is quite interesting." Yuan Ming couldn’t help but feel surprised.


    He found a few leaves, wrapped the stone in them, and put it aside.


    After the bear meat was roasted ck and emitted a strong meat fragrance, Yuan Ming tore off a piece and started to eat it.This meal was the most satisfying one Yuan Ming had eaten in these days, but he was a little puzzled that the cooked meat could fill his stomach, but it didn’t give him the same feeling of being invigorated as when he gnawed on the bones yesterday.


    "Could it be that the ck bear’s blood was drained, causing a great loss of qi and blood? Or is it that only raw food has such an effect?" Yuan Ming wondered.


    He looked up at the sky and found that it was already mid-afternoon, so he didn’t dy any longer. He took the unfinished meat and the stone that could host parasites, and put them in the cave where he had hidden before. Then, he followed the route he remembered and went towards the direction of the giant stone boundary monument.


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    When it was evening, Yuan Ming finally returned to the giant stone boundary monument, but he did not see the figure of Elder Hu Huo, only a magnificent tiger lying across the stone with its back facing him.


    Hearing the sound of Yuan Ming’s return, the tiger suddenly turned around, but it sat up in a human posture and looked over at him.


    Yuan Ming also looked at him, and neither of them spoke, nor did they make any extra movements. They just kept arge distance from each other, watching each other vigntly.


    Just then, a "rumbling" sound of galloping came.


    Suddenly, a brown-ck wild boar rushed out of the dense mountain forest and ran towards them.


    Yuan Ming immediately held the white bone short spear in his hand, and the tiger also turned its head and stared at the wild boar with its eyes wide open.


    The wild boar was covered in scars, and its tusks were covered in blood. The animal skin bag hanging on its body looked bulging.


    When it was close to them, it also saw Yuan Ming and the tiger, and its speed slowed down quickly, finally stopping not far away.


    The three half-human and half-animal guys surrounded the giant stone boundary monument, guarding and watching each other.


    After waiting for a long time, no other figures appeared.


    It wasn’t until the sun was about to set that the huge eagle falcon flew over, and Elder Hu Huo was standing on its back.


    Afternding, Elder Hu Huo patted the leather bag at his waist, and then a green light flew out, enveloping the mighty and domineering giant eagle falcon, and then it flew back into the bag and disappeared.


    Even though it was the second time he had seen it, Yuan Ming still felt that this scene was particrly magical.


    "Give me the blood storage bag." Elder Hu Huo nced at Yuan Ming and the other two, and said.


    The three of them understood and took off the animal skin bags on their bodies and handed them over.


    Elder Hu Huo opened each one and sniffed at the nose, carefully inspecting them.When Hu Huo Elder saw that Yuan Ming’s bag was only half full, he didn’t say anything, but when he opened it and smelled it, his eyebrows wrinkled involuntarily.


    "Did the ck bear you killed get parasitized by Blood Soul Vine?" Hu Huo Elder looked at Yuan Ming and asked.


    "What Blood Soul Vine?" Yuan Ming looked puzzled.


    Hu Huo Elder frowned but didn’t say anything else. He waved his hand and collected all the blood bags.


    "Not bad, three people passed the test," Hu Huo Elder nodded and then pointed his finger.


    Three thin white threads shot out from his fingertips andnded on the chests of Yuan Ming and the other two, disappearing into their bodies in a sh.


    Before Yuan Ming could react, he felt a warmth in his chest, and then the white ape fur on his body became soft. The blood-colored lines like roots in the fur were forcibly pulled out of his body, pulling his muscles and organs.


    Yuan Ming’s face twisted in pain, his whole body trembling, and he knelt down on the ground, biting his teeth and not making a sound.


    The other two were in a simr situation, but they couldn’t endure the pain like Yuan Ming and fell to the ground, screaming in agony.


    Fortunately, the process didn’tst too long. After a few breaths, the fur on their bodiespletely fell off.


    Yuan Ming and the other two sat on the ground, panting heavily, their skin turning red, and their clothes were torn.


    After putting on the fur, their strength greatly increased, but the pain they endured was really intense.


    "When an outsider performs the Fur Technique on you, you will experience considerable pain, but when you cultivate your own magic power, the situation will be much better," Hu Huo Elder’s voice came, interrupting their thoughts.


    "Really?" The three of them were delighted.


    "Whether it’s true or not, you’ll know when you try it! Now I will teach you the Blood Qi Technique, listen carefully!" Hu Huo Elder said impatiently.


    The three of them sat down quickly and listened attentively."The so-called ’Blood Qi Technique’ is a method of enhancing one’s blood qi through meditation and qi refining. Once you enter the path, you are truly stepping into the enviable path of cultivation, bing a Qi Refining Period cultivator. When you umte enough mana, you can perform the Hair Cloak Technique. The mantra goes like this: Earth’s lungs hold fire, entering from the deep spring, rising into the abdomen, shining brightly like a torch..." Elder Hu Huo said slowly.


    The entire Blood Qi Technique mantra was about two to three hundred characters long, and the content was quite convoluted and difficult to understand. However, Yuan Ming found that after listening to it once, he had effortlessly memorized it word for word.


    "My memory is actually this good." He was quite surprised in his heart, but more than that, he was delighted.


    The other two people kept scratching their heads and cheeks, their faces full of anxiety, obviously not remembering the mantra.


    "Elder Hu Huo, could you please say it again?" The wild boar Hair Cloak Beast ve hesitated for a moment before pleading.


    "I will only say it one more time." Elder Hu Huo looked at him indifferently and recited the Blood Qi Technique mantra again.


    The two hurriedly memorized it with all their heart, and this time they finally managed to remember it.