bloodshed

In a garden, situated somewhere in the mountains, one could see two women seated and each had a unique temperament.

Flowers could also be seen on the sidelines, though pretty each was emitting strong spear intent.

After having visited the mountain and her master escaping, Ruruo was brought to this place by the 'crazy' Si Wanrou. Looking at this place, Ruruo couldn't help but admire it.

It seemed to contrast with the aggressive woman sitting before her. But that was not all, she could actually see that the treasures in this place were indeed everywhere.

Even the ginseng in the distance seemed very old, perhaps beyond hundred years in age. 

The next day, after breakfast, Wang went down to practice at his usual place since he had nothing to do at the moment.

He then sat on the balcony on the roof observing the situation in the street in the evening, and to his surprise, a group of people could be seen heading toward the tower.

"Hey, senior brother was punished by the master to recite the rules a thousand times but when he was still celebrating deep inside, he was told to use the pen. He is still writing and has yet to even complete half the words."

Listening to the words the guys were saying Wang had many doubts as he did not understand them at all.

"First Senior brother did not do much, he just roasted Master's pet. I heard that master was so mad that his angry roar could be heard all the way several miles from the mountain. Some people say that the soundwaves from it made some cracks on the mountain cliff several hundred meters in area."

"Can you manage to cause such damage with soundwaves, that does not seem like something that a grandmaster could accomplish right?" Wang on the balcony just listened to them talk as they approached from a distance.

"No, It was not done by the master, our faction focuses on swords, that was the sound waves from the bird senior brother killed and roasted. Do you think that master would go out of control because of one of the many beasts he has raised?"

"Cough... It's just that that is what I heard, but I admire senior brother's courage, it is said he served half to master too, only to later realize the two of them ate it together." Listening to this discussion he wanted to laugh but stopped himself.

"That, that... what level is senior brother to be capable of dealing with that beast and even roast its meat." A red-haired- young man couldn't help asking.

These words immediately caught his attention of Wang, and so he was more or less interested in the response.

"It is said that the senior brother is a genius, currently standing at the third level of grandmaster." Listening to this Wang seemed to have realized that the world was indeed more complicated than he thought.

If someone's disciple had reached the third level of grandmaster then the cultivation levels were higher than he thought.

When the group had already passed by he went back to the place of rest and thought about the information he had learned from the conversations, he especially paid special attention to the words the third level of grandmaster.

Since the level of grandmaster is also cut into several groups then he felt he was indeed very weak at this moment and perhaps what Ruruo said before might be true, 

"Adjusting my mentality is the only thing I can do. Since there are many levels then it is a good thing for me. I should try to climb and see where I can reach." Instead of being downcast, he was motivated and wondered what kind of change would happen if managed to reach that level too in terms of potential and lifespan.

On the second day, Ruruo finally came back and she seemed to have gone into retreat. Unlike the other realms, from the level of grandmaster, it seems that things like comprehension are important and thus he only met her once a day when they were having dinner.

Wang on the other hand was tired at this period for having practiced the entire day. But surprisingly, the food and other resources were being sent weekly, and Wang did not bother to find out who was involved, practicing was his major goal.

The money he had was enough considering that he had yet to even touch the gold he had.

In this way the following days allowed his strength to improve slightly when he consumed the medical herbs he purchased.

In a flash, a month has passed, and Wang had already consumed half of the taels of silver in his possession. He would take some time to listen to the discussions from the balcony, but this did not happen daily. But the information allowed him to know some things about what was happening in this city they lived in.

He did not believe that he was safe anywhere without enough capacity to protect himself. But he also learned more about the power distribution in the city which shocked him. He thought it was some huge family in charge like back where he came from before to get married.

He seemed to think that this world was more complicated than it seemed. In this way, his practice managed to reach the peak of bone forging realm and the Biyun Fist could be thanked for it as it had reached the fourth level too.

Looking at the panel he was somehow impressed since he had already reached halfway to the fourth level and with time he could enter the fifth level on the White Tiger Fist. The Biyun Fist on the fourth level and the sea calming manual he thought was a sword technique seemed not to be.

In fact, he did not understand what it was at all, the principles of this manual from being understood superficially resembled taichi in his previous life.

Name: Wang

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Lifespan: 44 years

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potential value: 29

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Martial arts: Sea Calming manual(entry), White Tiger Fist(4th level), Biyun Fist(4th level)

Realm: Body Refinement(Bone Forging)

As he looked at the attribute panel he could see that there were indeed changes and perhaps it would just be a matter of time before he could also manage to comprehend the Sea Calming Manual but he thought it best to let the exercise be used when he reached the level of grandmaster.

But during this time he also realized the consumption of medical material was becoming and thus he was forced to purchase something slightly stronger. In this way, he left the mansion and went shopping in the same place but when he was leaving he realized that he was being followed.

He tried to lose them but the guys seemed to be in the level of blood forging thus they kept up and seemed to have cornered him.

"Haha, the little guy let me see where you can run now!" As one of them approached they said with some sneer.  From the moment they forced him to this place he could already tell that this group was professionals at this. He might have just been unlucky or the shopkeeper might have collaborated with them. But this did not matter to him at all, after all the situation of the world is too complicated, and he has seen only a small corner of the world. 

To him, the current threat posed by these guys is what concerns him the most about survival in this situation. 

Wang once asked Ruruo and he knows that blood-forging realm experts are not that strong compared to those that have finished bone forging as elites. In that way, he had no choice but to try out his current strength. After all, he was told that organ refinement and bone refinement as are called might not be the real thing.

For internal organs to be refined one has to use Qi, which can only be used after one attains blood forging. But in the end, she also informed him that after blood forging one can step into the grandmaster but the threshold comes down to attaining the artistic conception of the technique one is practicing.

Without attaining that one is just a slightly stronger ant compared to grandmasters. He did not seem to want to waste time and thus just shot toward them. When the man threw a fist toward him, he shifted dodging to the side and used his right foot to kick the man forcing his leg to bend and thrusting him into the head.

The man fell down on the ground and his death and life no one could tell when people were still confused, he had already charged towards the closest one. 

'Puff'

Looking at the other guy that had been knocked in one hit, the other three showed fear and started to retreat. When they were eventually forced to retreat due to thinking that Wang was playing a pig eat the tiger.

But Wang searched the two unconscious on the ground before taking their belongings and leaving, as he did not think that anyone would dare to conduct this kind of act in the city without someone standing behind them.