"Woof woof woof." (They're back, they're back.)
"Brother Tao, you're back."
They were still quite a distance from home when the big black dog and Wu Ming excitedly ran back together.
The big black dog kept circling around Lu Tao, wagging its tail incessantly.
Wu Ming grabbed Lu Tao's hand and asked incessantly, "Brother Tao, did you go to the Axe Gang? Did you wipe them out? Will the Axe Gang never bully us again?"
They had already heard the deafening shouts from Dafeng Town and were all extremely excited.
"Yes, the Axe Gang can no longer bully us."
Lu Tao patted the little guy's head, feeling very happy, and said, "Come on, let's go home. Brother Tao has prepared a big surprise for you."
"Big surprise! What big surprise? Brother Tao, did you buy some sesame cakes?"
Wu Mingshuang's eyes were bright and sparkly; that was his favorite thing.
"Stop thinking about eating sesame cakes, guess again."
"Did you buy candy?"
No, keep guessing.
...
"How about that? Surprised?"
In the courtyard, Lu Tao placed a body-refining technique in Wu Ming's hand and asked with a smile.
Wu Ming stared blankly at the martial arts manual in his hand, his eyes instantly turning red. He suddenly hugged Lu Tao's neck and sobbed, "Brother Tao, you're so good to me, boohoo, I can finally practice martial arts."
"Alright, stop crying. A real man doesn't cry. Don't let people laugh at us."
Lu Tao gently patted the little guy's back to soothe his emotions and said, "Cultivate well in the future, and don't embarrass your brother Tao."
"Yes, Brother Tao, I will work hard in my training."
Wu Ming released Lu Tao's neck, wiped away his tears, and then, as if remembering something, asked worriedly, "Brother Tao, if I practice this technique, will the technique shop..."
"No, don't worry."
"Um."
Wu Ming nodded heavily, then carefully turned the pages of the manual as if it were a precious treasure, afraid that any rough handling would damage the pages.
Gradually, Wu Ming became engrossed in the manual, thoroughly enjoying the martial arts techniques.
Lu Tao smiled with satisfaction and began to study the cultivation technique.
However, what he was looking at was the Blood Refining Realm cultivation technique that Jiang Xiong practiced, a high-grade Yellow Rank Blood Tempering Technique, the Demonic Elephant Blood Tempering Technique.
Half an hour later, the exercise manual was finished.
Lu Tao looked at his system panel.
Name: Lu Tao.
“Cultivation level: Early stage of Blood Refining Realm”
"Cultivation Techniques: Demonic Elephant Blood Tempering Technique (0/1 Beginner), Wind-Following Step (Perfect), Tiger-Taming Saber Technique (Perfect), Heaven-Opening Fist (Perfect), Savage Bull Body Refining Technique (Perfect), Cloud-Wandering Movement Technique (Perfect), Star-Chasing Arrow Technique (Perfect), Cloak Saber Technique (Perfect), Thunderclap Fist (Perfect)"
"Skill: Lu's Hammer Technique (Perfect)".
"Fortune Points: 161".
Through continuous crafting and upgrading of chopsticks, Lu Tao gained a large number of Creation Points, allowing him to upgrade all his techniques and skills to perfection.
Of course, Wu Ming also deserves a lot of credit for this; he gained a lot of experience with chopsticks through practice.
The Demonic Elephant Blood Tempering Technique is a high-grade Yellow-rank cultivation technique, a cultivation method for the Blood Refining Realm. However, like other Yellow-rank techniques, it only requires 1 point to begin.
"System, add points."
Creation Point - 1, Beginner.
Creation Points -10, Minor Success.
Creation Points -20, Mastery.
Creation Points -30, Great Success.
Creation Points -50, Perfect.
"Demon Elephant Blood Tempering Technique (Perfect)".
"Fortune Points: 50".
In a short time, Lu Tao had maxed out the Demonic Elephant Blood Tempering Technique and could begin cultivating to improve his Blood Refining Realm cultivation.
but.
Lu Tao has no plans to cultivate for the time being; he still needs to consult He Zongming.
He obtained two bottles of blood from the Axe Gang. He guessed they were items used for cultivating the Blood Refining Realm, but he needed to ask to be sure.
"What's wrong? If there's anything you don't understand, you can ask me."
Seeing Wu Ming's furrowed brows and pained expression, Lu Tao patted the little guy's head.
"Brother Tao, this is so hard! It's even harder than the books I read in school," Wu Ming complained to Lu Tao.
Lu Tao laughed and said, "Of course it's difficult. Otherwise, wouldn't Dafeng Town already be full of people refining skin and blood?
Before Wu Ming could speak, the big black dog started barking.
"Woof woof woof." (Don't pretend I don't exist.)
Lu Tao laughed and began to explain the Wild Bull Body Refining Technique to Wu Ming, letting him understand the technique first, and then explaining the movements, breathing rhythm, and timing of the mooing sound during practice...
etc.
With someone who had thoroughly mastered the Wild Bull Body Refining Technique explaining it to him, Wu Ming's understanding of the technique deepened continuously.
Subsequently, Lu Tao personally taught Wu Ming how to cultivate, instructing him to first sense the primordial energy between heaven and earth through his pores.
Once you can sense the primordial energy of heaven and earth and slowly absorb it, you've entered the beginner level.
Unfortunately, even after practicing for an hour, Wu Ming still hadn't mastered the basics.
"Don't rush, don't be discouraged. Cultivation is not that simple. Many people take months to get started, and many others stay at the beginner stage for years. Take it slow."
Lu Tao comforted Wu Ming, who looked somewhat dejected, and then began to tend the fire and forge iron.
Wu Ming also stopped cultivating and helped with the bellows.
Ding ding ding...
Soon, the crisp sound of blacksmithing echoed once again in the Lu family courtyard.
This blacksmithing work is to forge an iron suit of armor for He Zongming to pay off his debts.
With the Lu family's hammer technique at its perfect level, Lu Tao's blacksmithing speed increased dramatically, and in a short time, a rough piece of iron armor was successfully forged.
Next, Lu Tao sent Wu Ming away and started gaining experience to upgrade his armor.
Originally, He Zongming said that as long as one reached the next level, it would be fine, but for Lu Tao, there was not much difference between the lower and middle levels. It would just take a little more time to gain experience.
Of course, it takes a bit of time to get a top-quality item.
After thinking for a moment, Lu Tao took out Jiang Xiong's corpse, put the iron armor on his body, and then began to punch the iron armor again and again.
The experience gained from the armored vehicles is also increasing rapidly.
Lu Tao left Jiang Xiong's corpse behind to gain experience points.
Experience +100.
Experience +100.
...
After several battles and explorations over this period, Lu Tao discovered a pattern.
Ordinary people or dogs gain 1 experience point for each time they punch or scratch the armor, while those at the Skin Refining level gain 10, and those at the Blood Refining level gain 100.
Similarly, the same applies to swords and arrows; the experience gained from striking someone at a different level varies, seemingly by a factor of ten.
Of course, killing it will grant more experience.
As for the chopsticks, there was no difference between him and Wu Ming stirring them. He suspected that the problem might be related to the items being stirred, rather than the people using the chopsticks.
You'll understand once you try it out.
Before long, the Ironclad Armor's experience points were maxed out, and it successfully upgraded to a Tier 9 superior grade.
Lu Tao took the armor and went out, heading straight for the martial arts shop.
Upon arriving at the martial arts shop, He Zongming's face darkened the moment he saw Lu Tao. He gave him a cold shoulder, feeling that Lu Tao might seduce his granddaughter, which made him very unhappy with Lu Tao.
However, when Lu Tao silently took out the armor...
He Zongming instantly forgot all his displeasure with Lu Tao, and happily pulled Lu Tao into the shop, even asking He Yuanshuang to make tea for him...
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