Chapter 1: Life and Death Pearl

In every city of the states and counties of Tianwu Kingdom, there is a martial arts hall. As long as you are ten years old and have the qualifications to practice martial arts, you can become a martial arts hall student and learn martial arts.

These martial arts halls are established by the sects that control the states and counties, aiming to select outstanding talents for the sects and enrich the fresh blood of the younger generation.

Yunlong County, Qingyun City Martial Hall.

"Hiss..."

Waking up from a deep sleep, Luo Xiu took a breath and felt the tearing pain from his body.

Then, Luo Xiu seemed to think of something terrible. He quickly reached out to touch his chest, opened his clothes, and screamed, "The beads are gone?"

This scream affected the broken ribs in his chest, causing him to grimace in pain again.

Luo Xiu frowned and recalled what happened before he fainted.

He remembered that Liu Yuxin, whom he had always secretly loved, was harassed by Zhang Hao, a notorious playboy among the students of the Martial Hall. He rushed forward in a fit of rage.

Needless to say, Luo Xiu was severely beaten by Zhang Hao and his companions, and it seemed that he wanted to show off his strength in front of Liu Yuxin, so he hit him hard and fainted on the spot.

Before he fainted, Zhang Hao stepped on his chest with a powerful and heavy kick, and his ribs were broken on the spot. The bead that was placed close to his body was also squeezed by the heavy blow and embedded in his flesh and blood. Then the bead slipped into his body with a sound of "swoosh".

Luo Xiu was born in an ordinary civilian family. His parents were ordinary people without martial arts qualifications. He also had an older sister at home. His daily livelihood was also maintained by his father Luo Songlin's going into the mountains to collect herbs.

The bead was picked up by Luo Xiu's father when he went into the mountains to collect herbs when he was very young. The bead was black and white, crystal clear, and very beautiful. Whether it was summer or winter, the skin would feel a faint warmth when it touched the bead, so it was his favorite toy when he was a child. Even when he grew up, he kept it close to his body.

But at this moment, the bead disappeared!

"Did it really get into my body?"

Just as Luo Xiu was thinking about it, his head suddenly swelled violently, and he felt like his skull was about to explode.

"Boom!"

It was as if the soul was shaking violently, and then the eyes went black, and Luo Xiu felt that he appeared in a dark and empty world.

"Where is this place?"

Derived from the fear of unknown things, this phenomenon beyond his own cognitive scope made Luo Xiu extremely nervous.

Suddenly, a ray of light appeared in the dark space. It was a bead emitting black and white light, crystal clear, unpredictable and mysterious.

Luo Xiu recognized it at a glance. This bead was his favorite toy since childhood.

Then, without waiting for Luo Xiu to react, the bead suddenly flew towards him, then crashed into his body and merged with him.

At the same time, a huge amount of information emerged in his mind.

After an unknown amount of time, Luo Xiu, who had fainted in the room, opened his eyes. He clearly felt a slight throbbing in his soul, and he also sensed that the bead was in his body, as if it had merged with his soul.

"The treasure of life and death, the eight wastelands of the universe, the heavens and the worlds, billions of lives... the life vein map... what kind of mess is this?"

The extra memories in his mind made Luo Xiu almost crazy, but they were full of mystery, which gave him some enlightenment.

After a long time, until he gradually calmed down, he sat cross-legged on the bed, and with a thought, he visualized another self in his mind, but the self in his mind had veins emitting faint white light connected to each other, covering every part of his body.

According to the enlightenment he got from the treasured Life and Death Pearl, these white light veins are called life veins. The life veins are connected to each other to form a life vein diagram.

By visualizing his life vein diagram, Luo Xiu found that there are many life veins in his body that are much dimmer than other places.

And these dim life veins are the injuries he suffered when he was beaten by Zhang Hao and others.

These injuries are very serious. At least for Luo Xiu, who is at the second level of body refining, if there is no good healing pill, it will take at least more than a month to recover, and it will also leave hidden injuries in the body, affecting future martial arts practice.

"As long as the internal energy is circulated to repair the dim places in the life vein diagram, the injury can be recovered?" The information that emerged in Luo Xiu's mind made him a little unbelievable and completely beyond his cognition.

"Whether it works or not, let's try it first."

Thinking of this, Luo Xiu sat cross-legged on the bed and began to practice the exercises. His cultivation is at the second level of body refining. The internal energy is hidden in the skin and flesh. With the operation of the exercises, the internal energy begins to run in the meridians in the body.

He felt himself immersed in a mysterious state. The internal energy was transforming in his body into a rich vitality. The serious injuries in various parts of his body began to recover rapidly.

In Luo Xiu's visualization, the dark areas of his life veins gradually became clear and bright.

"Is this the mystery of the treasured Life and Death Pearl? Directly repairing the life veins, the injuries on the body can be automatically restored? This is too magical..."

Luo Xiu was shocked by the changes that happened to him. The mysterious life and death pearl merged with him, as if he had some special abilities beyond the secular world!

If the human body is injured, the life veins will be damaged. If the injuries are repaired, the life veins will also be repaired, and vice versa!

With a leap, Luo Xiu got off the bed. The broken ribs in his chest had recovered and there was no pain.

He moved his body, and all the injuries were actually restored to their original state.

"Although the internal energy is exhausted, I am originally a second-level body refinement cultivator. I can only store a small amount of internal energy in my flesh and skin, and I will recover soon." Luo Xiu checked his body.

This time he sat cross-legged on the ground, intending to practice the technique to restore the lost internal energy.

In the process of practicing the technique, his mind would naturally visualize his life veins, and the route of the internal energy running in the meridians would be clearly visible.

There are nine levels of martial arts, from the first grade to the ninth grade, divided into techniques and martial arts.

The higher the grade of the technique, the more meridians and acupoints will be involved in the running of the internal energy, and the better the effect of practice. If the technique is of a lower grade, it is the opposite.

Luo Xiu was born as an ordinary civilian, and he practiced the lowest-level first-grade technique, which only involved a few meridians and acupoints in the body. He entered the martial arts hall at the age of ten and has practiced for three years, but he has only reached the second level of body refining.

It can be seen how poor the effect of practicing the first-grade martial arts technique is. As far as he knows, some of his peers with superior family backgrounds have practiced high-level martial arts techniques, and some have reached the fifth or even sixth level of body refining!

In Luo Xiu's cognition, he only knew the first three realms of martial arts practice, which were the body refining realm, the qi sea realm, and the innate realm. Each realm was divided into nine levels, implying that martial arts practice was like ascending to the ninth heaven, and each step was more difficult than the next.

The body refining realm was for martial artists, and only those who reached the qi sea realm were true martial artists, while the innate realm was called martial arts masters!

Martial artists like him who were in the second level of body refining were at the bottom of the students in the martial arts hall, and in the eyes of those disciples from aristocratic families, they were trash and pariahs!

Suddenly, Luo Xiu's attention was attracted by the life vein diagram visualized in his mind. A thought was like an instinctive trend, which made him feel that perhaps the route of the internal energy could be improved and optimized.

The second level of body refining was very low, so Luo Xiu quickly recovered the lost internal energy, but the thought that grew in his heart could not be shaken off.

All his attention was attracted by the life vein diagram in his mind. With a thought, the internal energy of the technique changed its route according to his idea.

Unconsciously, the first-grade internal energy, which originally only involved a few meridians and acupoints, ran through more and more meridians, far beyond the scope of the first-grade technique.

"Puff!"

Suddenly, the life vein diagram in his mind collapsed, and Luo Xiu woke up from that mysterious state.

"The route just now was wrong, so the life vein diagram collapsed." Luo Xiu muttered to himself.

Meridians and acupoints are crucial to martial arts practice, especially when practicing internal energy. If there is a slight mistake, the meridians will be damaged at the least, and the meridians will be broken at the worst, becoming a disabled person, or even going crazy and dying directly is normal.

The martial arts techniques that have been passed down in the world have been confirmed to be correct and there are no problems. No one dares to rashly change the route of the technique, otherwise it is easy to make a big mistake and regret it too late.

Luo Xiu also knew this very well, so he did not try it himself, but visualized the life vein diagram in his mind. With the help of the insight of the life vein, he knew every meridian and acupoint of the human body, and tried to improve the luck route of the practice.

Although the life vein diagram collapsed due to a mistake in the end, the original first-grade internal energy had been improved by him, becoming more complicated than the route recorded in the first-grade internal energy he had been practicing, and the effect of practice must be much better.

Frowning slightly, Luo Xiu touched his chin and said to himself: "The first-grade internal energy itself is poor, so even if it is improved, there is a limit. I wonder how effective it is for me to practice this practice now?"

At this moment, Luo Xiu was convinced of the enlightenment he got from the life and death beads, and immediately began to practice the improved practice.

The vitality of heaven and earth penetrated into the body through the limbs and pores of the whole body, condensed into internal energy under the operation of the practice, and refined into the flesh.

There are nine levels of body training. The first three levels are to temper the skin and flesh, and store a small amount of internal energy in the skin and flesh. The fourth to sixth levels are to temper the tendons and bones, the seventh level is to temper the internal organs, the eighth level is to refine the blood, and the ninth level is to refine the bone marrow.

After a long time, Luo Xiu opened his eyes and felt refreshed. When he clenched his fists, he could feel the internal energy in his skin and flesh, which was a little stronger than before.

But in the past, with the same amount of training time, there would not be such obvious effects.

"The improvement of the technique was successful!" Luo Xiu was surprised and delighted.

Not only that, Luo Xiu also discovered that the internal energy he cultivated now contained a magnificent vitality, but also concealed the breath of death and destruction.

"Life and death?" The treasure Life and Death Pearl that was integrated with himself gave Luo Xiu inspiration, and he knew that the fate of his life began to change...