Chapter 13: Essence of Life
"Hmph..."
A wild boar with bright red hair, more than one meter tall and three meters long was running wildly in the jungle.
This beast is called the red-haired wild boar. Although it is not a first-level monster, it is very close. Sometimes some weaker first-level monsters are not even willing to provoke this beast.
There is a wound on the neck of this red-haired wild boar, which is bleeding at the moment. As it ran wildly, it spilled a lot of blood.
"The skin of this beast is really hard." Luo Xiu jumped and landed on the branch of a big tree.
"Bang!"
The red-haired wild boar's eyes were scarlet, and it hit the tree directly with its head. Two sharp fangs broke through the bark and inserted into the trunk.
The tree shook for a while, but Luo Xiu stood on it without moving at all, without any shaking.
"A beast is a beast, so stupid."
Luo Xiu jumped down from the tree and raised his sword to chop at the wound on the red-haired wild boar's neck.
The wound was caused by his previous sword, but because his sword was just an ordinary weapon, although it could hurt the beast, it could not kill it with one blow.
"Puff!"
The sword fell with accelerated slashing, with great force and heavy power, and with the infusion of internal energy, the wild boar's head was chopped off, and blood was spilled all over the ground.
The two most valuable fangs were stuck in the tree trunk, and Luo Xiu took great effort to get them out, then collected a piece of pork, and then left quickly.
The smell of blood can easily attract other beasts nearby, and quickly resolving the battle is the wisest choice.
Unknowingly, the sky has darkened, and because of the lush branches and leaves, the light in the forest is even dimmer.
"There are no dangerous beasts nearby."
Somewhere in the forest, Luo Xiu first sensed the situation nearby, and then began to count today's harvest.
During this day, he did not encounter any demon beasts. He hunted wild beasts, whose strength was comparable to that of a martial artist at the sixth level of body training at most.
Therefore, Luo Xiu did not use any special means, and relied on his own strength to kill, which was also a kind of tempering for himself.
Although directly damaging his life veins allowed him to easily challenge higher-level enemies, relatively speaking, his fundamental strength was the most important.
Although Luo Xiu was young, he knew more about survival principles because of his family background.
"Generally, there are not many valuable things on wild beasts, but I killed seven or eight of them this day, and I can probably sell them for two or three thousand taels of silver." Luo Xiu smiled.
Although two or three thousand taels of silver is just a drop in the bucket for cultivation, it is his own money after all. He believes that as long as his strength is strong, he will definitely be able to earn more resources.
"At night, the vision is affected, and it is not suitable for hunting. Find a place to rest first."
After a while, Luo Xiu found a tree hole. The space inside was not large, but it was enough. This was the place he found half an hour ago. It was relatively hidden and not easy to be discovered.
Taking off the Qingfeng Sword from his body, Luo Xiu reluctantly put it aside, thinking to himself: "Although I have been using the sword to kill wild beasts all day, I have never practiced swordsmanship. It would be great if I could get a swordsmanship secret book to practice."
Sitting cross-legged in the tree hole, Luo Xiu began to practice the modified Yijing bone-strengthening technique.
No matter when and where, one must never slack off in one's own practice. This is the rule Luo Xiu set for himself.
In the state of practice, Luo Xiu used the Life and Death Pearl to sense the movement nearby. Even if an ant quietly crawled over, he would clearly sense the fluctuation of life.
The vitality of heaven and earth gathered and entered the body through the pores of the body through breathing. It condensed into internal energy during the operation of the technique and then refined into the tendons and bones.
"Although I have reached the peak of the fifth level of body refinement, if I want to break through to the sixth level, according to the current situation, it will take at least three days." Luo Xiu secretly estimated that since he reached the fifth level of body refinement, he began to find that his practice speed had slowed down.
The influence of the level of the technique is secondary. The improved second-grade internal energy is completely sufficient for his current cultivation. The main reason is that there is not enough vitality for him to absorb and refine.
"In addition to the use of elixirs and formations, how can I get more vitality?" Luo Xiu's heart was full of desire. He wanted his strength to improve faster.
"Buzz!..."
Suddenly, a trace of throbbing came from the life and death beads in his soul. Although it was very weak, Luo Xiu was clearly aware of it because of the subtle induction between the life and death beads.
Then, a stream of pure life breath gathered towards him, accompanied by the breathing of cultivation into the body, and the cultivation began to rise at a very fast speed!
"This is..." Luo Xiu was surprised and happy. Through the induction of the life and death beads, he got the message that what he absorbed at this moment was the essence of life!
Life essence is also a kind of vitality, but it is of higher quality than the ordinary vitality in the world. Absorbing and refining, the effect is naturally incomparable.
"Crack!"
Just a moment later, the muscles and bones in Luo Xiu's body made a crackling sound, and a stronger force than before surged in his body.
"Sixth level of physical training, I actually broke through to the sixth level of physical training so quickly!"
Luo Xiu opened his eyes, his face full of surprise. The sixth level of body refining is the last realm of tempering tendons and bones. Going further, it is the seventh level of body refining to temper the internal organs.
"What I just absorbed was the life essence of the nearby plants and trees?"
At the same time, Luo Xiu also found that the vitality of the plants and trees within a range of more than 100 meters nearby had weakened a lot.
"This is a practice method that is almost plundering!"
Life and death are two extremes. Depriving other creatures of their lives is actually the power of death.
And Luo Xiu knew very well that after he merged with the Life and Death Pearl, he had the characteristics of both life and death.
Life is giving and dedication, while death is destruction and deprivation!
"Since the Life and Death Pearl is a treasure, it must be something amazing!" Luo Xiu didn't know what the concept of a treasure was. When he first merged the Life and Death Pearl, all kinds of information about the pearl emerged in his mind.
"Anyway, my strength can be quickly improved through this method!" The improvement of cultivation made Luo Xiu very excited. The problem that had been bothering him was finally solved.
Moreover, he discovered that he could not only absorb the life force of plants and trees within a hundred meters, but also all living things within this range would be deprived of their life force and gather towards him during his exercise.
However, unlike plants and trees, those animals would immediately flee in panic when they found that their lives were deprived. As long as they escaped from this hundred-meter range, they would naturally be safe.
That night, the hundred-meter area where Luo Xiu was located became a restricted area. Even the monsters that were rampant in Shuiwu Mountain did not dare to approach.
Reaching the sixth level of body refining meant that Luo Xiu had completed the stage of tempering the skin, flesh and bones in the body refining realm.
He could clearly feel the life and death polarity contained in the skin, flesh and bones, which was subtly changing his physique and undergoing a certain transformation.
In the next few days, Luo Xiu hunted in the Shuiwu Mountain area. Whenever his bag was full, he would return to Qingyun City to sell it. In five days, he earned more than 10,000 taels of silver.
"It's really easy for warriors to make money. If I were a warrior in the Qi Hai realm, I would definitely make more money by hunting a second-level monster."
Luo Xiu sighed a little. Ten thousand taels of silver was simply unimaginable for ordinary civilians.
"But although ten thousand taels of silver is a lot, it is not enough if I want to practice."
In the past few days, Luo Xiu has been breathing in and out in Shuiwu Mountain to absorb the essence of life. His cultivation has steadily improved, but if he wants to break through to the seventh level of body refining, it will not be achieved in a short period of time.
"Roar!"
Suddenly, a beast roar echoed in the mountains and forests. Even though it was far away, Luo Xiu's eardrums were shaken and his blood was floating.
"Monster! And it's not an ordinary monster!" Luo Xiu couldn't help but be a little surprised.
Leaping up, Luo Xiu quickly rushed towards the direction where the beast roared.
After a while, he saw a tiger beast with blue and white hair all over its body, nearly two meters tall and more than four meters long.
The tiger beast's tail swung, like steel, shattering the rocks nearby.
"Iron-tailed demon tiger!"
Recognizing the origin of this tiger beast, Luo Xiu's eyes could not help but be dignified.
At the same level, whether it is a demon beast or a warrior, the strength is also divided into four levels. For example, the first-level demon beast is divided into four levels: ordinary, medium, peak, and top.
And this iron-tailed tiger demon is a peak-level demon beast. If a ninth-level body refinement encounters it, it must retreat.
If it is a top-level demon beast, even its strength can be comparable to that of a Qi Hai realm warrior.
And in Luo Xiu's perception, the life breath of this iron-tailed tiger demon is extremely strong, like a torch burning fiercely.
At the same time, Luo Xiu also found several people hiding nearby. Although these people hid well, they could not hide their life breath, and they could not escape Luo Xiu's perception.
"Swoosh!"
A black light flew out of the air, accompanied by the trembling of the bowstring.
Luo Xiu narrowed his eyes and could only vaguely see the flying black light, which turned out to be an arrow!
"These six people should be a hunting team, going to hunt this iron-tailed tiger monster!" Luo Xiu thought to himself.
"Puff!"
The arrow had a strong penetrating power, and the iron-tailed tiger monster was not prepared. The relatively fragile neck was pierced by the arrow, and blood splattered.
"Ah!"
The iron-tailed tiger monster roared angrily, and a pair of scarlet eyes swept around, found the person who shot the arrow, and then roared and pounced at the first time.
"Die, beast!"
At this moment, a burly and strong man holding two axes rushed out from the bushes next to him and faced the iron-tailed tiger monster.
Then, the other people hiding nearby also came out one after another and besieged this peak-level tiger monster.
Five people besieged, and one person shot with a long-range bow and arrow, which is the most commonly used hunting mode for hunter teams.
"Bang!"
The tiger demon swung its tail, and the iron-like tail whipped the air with a snapping sound.
The strong man in the lead held two axes and resisted, but he flew backwards with a bang, his back hit a big tree, and blood flowed from the corner of his mouth.
"Brother!" Seeing the strongest man being knocked away in a single encounter, the other four people screamed in surprise.
"Brothers, be careful of this beast's tail!" The burly man roared and rushed towards the iron-tailed tiger monster again.
The burly man's strength was the eighth level of body refinement. He chopped with two axes and tangled with the iron-tailed tiger monster.
"Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!..."
One after another, black arrows flew out, pointing directly at the neck of the iron-tailed tiger monster.
However, the speed of the iron-tailed tiger monster was very fast. Except for the first sneak attack arrow, the other arrows either missed or could not break the tough fur on the tiger monster even if they hit it.
"Puff!"
The tiger monster pounced angrily and threw a warrior to the ground. Its claws and fangs moved together, tearing the man's body into a bloody mess, and he died on the spot.
As for the attacks of others, it was swept by its iron tail and blocked them all.
"A Fei!"
The burly man and others were so angry that their eyes were red with anger.