saint of the blood
Inside the ring, time went by, then the first year arrived
Bai Qi looked at Nobara with a face full of envy
Nobara was standing, on her back a huge straw doll stood like a shadow behind her, this is Nobara's martial spirit, voodoo doll spirit
"You don't need to make that face, Bai Qi, so you should also break the level 9 iron body barrier... soon I think" Nobara, she tried to comfort Bai Qi, but her face had an air of happiness.
During that year, Bai Qi's cultivation speed was much faster than Nobara's, in just 1 month he reached the peak of the iron body, but he never managed to surpass that level, he was always stuck in the iron body stage.
Nobara though slower, she kept progressing and at the end of 1 year she reached level 3 of martial spirit, her martial spirit allows her to connect her puppet with the enemy through Qi, the damage that the puppet takes the enemy will receive, a strong martial spirit
"That doesn't make sense, my talent is very good, my mind and body are fine, my progress is being impeded by something I don't understand" Bai Qi
Bai Qi got up and decided to leave the ring, the relationship between him and Nobara became very good, they both created a strong friendship, Bai Qi even forgot that she is subordinate, but still feels her honor hurt for being weaker than Nobara
Nobara looked at Bai Qi leaving, she sighed at the end, she is not good at consoling, she herself doesn't understand why Bai Qi gets stuck in the first stage
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Outside the ring, Bai Qi prepared to receive the system's annual gift.
#annual gift activated, 3 amazing gifts were randomly drawn;
first gift; bottle of 10 Qi Pills, Grade 3 Stars (pill used to aid cultivation)
second gift; mad cat martial skill, grade 1 star (crap, but works for iron bodied martial artists)
third gift; book with knowledge of a master refiner of 2-star equipment (useful for beginners in the art of refinement)#
Bai Qi analyzed his things, although disappointed he didn't complain, he didn't think he would be as lucky as the first draw.
After packing his things, Bai Qi went to relieve himself, in a state of meditation the body doesn't need to defecate or urinate, but after leaving it's always good to do that.
Bai Qi was relieved, then decided to train the ogre punch movement, Qi meditation is useless, he feels he is full of Qi but still can't progress in cultivation, so he concentrates his time on perfecting his martial skill
As in every cultivation world, there are levels of improvement in martial skills, here they are divided into percentages from 0 to 100%, above 100% is considered the level of great perfection, achieving great perfection in any martial move is very difficult
Bai Qi only controls 30% of the ogre's punch and already feels absurd strength, in fact 7 star skills are very rare
Bai Qi's punch pierces the cave wall
"this punch should reach 3 tons, as far as I know the average strength limit of the peak of the iron body is only 2 tons and that for geniuses, really training high level martial arts is very privileged" Bai Qi, he said alone
"only 3 tons and already has arrogance... pathetic" resounded a sinister voice
Bai Qi, who thought he was alone, went into a state of alert, he never felt a presence
"who are you, where are you!!" Bai Qi shouted
The cave wall began to bleed, an eye formed from the blood, Bai Qi finally saw the owner of the voice.
'one eye?'
"As I was saying, 3 tons is not the limit of the iron body, true geniuses can reach up to 5 tons, I've seen one that had 7 tons" sinister eye
"...senior who are you?" Bai Qi
Bai Qi didn't feel any pressure from the eye, in fact he didn't feel anything, but his instinct told him that this eye was much more dangerous than anyone he had ever seen, including the elders of the Flower Sect.
"my name is Qin Shi, or otherwise known as saint of the blood" sinister eye
Bai Qi doesn't remember any of the names, even in his old memories, however all those who receive the title of saint were martial artists who reached the ninth and last stage of cultivation, the stage of the martial saint.
"it's normal that you don't know, I already disappeared from the world more than 100 thousand years ago, since then I live in this hole they call the valley of hell, or rather, I command this hole" Qin Shi
"senior, junior pay respect" Bai Qi bowed slightly
Bai Qi didn't question if what the eye said was true, but hardly anyone would dare lie about a martial saint, these are the most respected beings in the known world.
"Enough nonsense, I watched you this year, even inside your ring, you are trapped in the iron body, quickly pay due homage and accept me as your teacher, I will guide you" Qin Shi
"The disciple respects the master" Bai Qi
Bai Qi was excited, although it is a space ring of only 5 stars, to be able to see inside it is necessary to have a divine sense, which only martial kings have, even if Qin Shi is not a saint, he is at least a martial king
"hehehehe great, after so long, finally someone useful, stay seated, i'll teach you" Qin Shi
"The reason you don't reach the martial spirit stage is simple, your body can't take it" Qin Shi
"the spirit and the body although they are different, both are intertwined, very strong spirits cannot awaken in weak bodies, their spirit is a 7 star red ogre, a high level rare spirit, but that's not the problem" Qin Shi
"your body is very good and strong enough to awaken your spirit, however this is where your soul comes in, there are 3 pillars for all cultivators, body, spirit and soul, your soul is abnormally large and robust, a mutated soul almost a freak, even a strong body is impossible to have such a great spirit and soul" Qin Shi
Bai Qi left some doubt he had about Qin Shi, now his mind was just worried, he knows why he has such a big soul, it's actually a soul made of the fusion of two souls, Nero and Bai Qi, actually a freak
"this...so I'm trapped in the iron body?" Bai Qi
"not with me here....to solve your problem is simple, just refine your body" Qin Shi
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