I Can Upgrade Everything Infinitely-Chapter 38 - 37: Flesh Lingzhi! Perfecting the ’Sword of Death

Chapter 38: Chapter 37: Flesh Lingzhi! Perfecting the ’Sword of Death

Xu Qing pondered for a moment. He had originally planned to ask Du Cangying for the Middle Chapter of the Cyan Eagle Force Cultivation Technique after reaching the Huajin Realm. Now, it seemed he would have to think it over carefully.

’It’s all because I didn’t fully understand the details of the Huajin Realm,’ he thought. ’If I’d known my physical strength would take a quantum leap after the breakthrough, I wouldn’t have planned to ask Du Cangying for the Middle Chapter of the Cyan Eagle Force right after.’

Xu Qing sighed with some regret.

As things stood, he could only abandon his original plan.

[Blood Curse Beast Taming Technique LV4: 80/80 (Upgradeable!)]

"Upgrade Blood Curse Beast Taming Technique," Xu Qing said.

VMM!

The Encyclopedia of All Things flashed with a fluorescent light.

The next moment, in a daze, his consciousness seemed to enter a mystical space once more. Within this space, he continuously comprehended and deduced the Blood Curse Beast Taming Technique.

Finally, BOOM!

Like a sudden epiphany, Xu Qing had already mastered the upgraded Blood Curse Beast Taming Technique.

[Blood Curse Beast Taming Technique LV5: 0/160 (...)]

At Level 5, the Blood Curse Beast Taming Technique could now control sixteen beasts simultaneously.

"Not bad."

Xu Qing nodded in satisfaction.

[Life-taking Thirteen Swords LV2: 60/60 (Upgradeable!)]

"Upgrade Life-taking Thirteen Swords."

CLANG!

The ring of a sword seemed to echo in his ears.

In fact, the sound of the sword originated from the bottom of Xu Qing’s heart.

VMM!

The Encyclopedia of All Things flickered with fluorescent light.

Xu Qing’s consciousness gradually entered a mystical space. Just like the previous upgrades, his consciousness continuously deduced and comprehended the Life-taking Thirteen Swords within that space.

The upgrade was complete.

[Life-taking Thirteen Swords LV3: 0/120 (This was originally an exquisite form of Swordsmanship with thirteen swords, each containing one hundred and eight variations. It emphasizes speed, precision, and ruthlessness, with every sword move imbued with a ferocious aura representing a Swordsmanship of death and destruction. Through further deduction and evolution, a Fourteenth Life-taking Sword has been created, named: Sword of Death.)]

Level 3 of the Life-taking Thirteen Swords further refined the ’Fourteenth Life-taking Sword: Sword of Death’. At Level 2, the ’Sword of Death’ only had thirty-six variations.

Now, after upgrading to Level 3, the variations of the ’Sword of Death’ had increased to seventy-two.

"Not bad."

Xu Qing nodded, reasonably satisfied.

’Since it’s become difficult to obtain the subsequent Magic Gate for the Cyan Eagle Force from Du Cangying, I’ll give up on it for now and focus wholeheartedly on cultivating Baji Fist.’

Xu Qing thought, ’As long as I keep upgrading Baji Fist, I can still improve my Realm and strength. There’s no need to risk being discovered by Du Cangying.’

Originally, Xu Qing had thought that if he could become a True Disciple of the Cangying Martial Arts Hall, he might have a chance to see its Fundamental Skill.

Now, it seemed he would have to put that off for later.

In addition, after Xu Qing broke through to the Huajin Realm, his appetite had soared. The three pounds of Tai Sui Spirit Meat he ate for his three daily meals were no longer enough to support his daily Cultivation.

For a normal lifestyle, three pounds of Tai Sui Spirit Meat per day would have been sufficient.

However, Xu Qing was cultivating and performing Martial Arts Demonstrations every day. With the explosive growth of his Realm, his required daily intake of Tai Sui Spirit Meat had suddenly increased three to fourfold.

In other words, Xu Qing needed to eat more than ten pounds of Tai Sui Spirit Meat every day.

He had become a complete glutton.

One could only imagine. The daily food intake of a Martial Artist was immense, and this was just for a Huajin Martial Artist. Above Huajin were the Dan Jin and Gang Qi Realms.

Just supporting one Martial Artist’s daily meals was a huge expense. The Great Zhou Martial Country had suffered from various natural disasters for years, leading to complete crop failures in many areas.

The common people were on the verge of starvation, so where would they find so much food to feed Martial Artists?

It was a known fact that Martial Artists wielded powerful martial might and did not engage in production at all. Only the ordinary commoners at the bottom of society were engaged in production.

As a result, it was inevitable that the populace of the Great Zhou Martial Country would be destitute and the times turbulent.

Of course, Spiritual Food like Tai Sui Spirit Meat came from a special Demon Fiend, the ’Tai Sui’. Once tamed, this Demon Fiend could become a ’Flesh Field’, capable of producing a fair amount of Tai Sui Spirit Meat daily.

However, the growth of a ’Flesh Field’ didn’t come from thin air. It still needed to be fed so that it could produce enough Spiritual Food each day.

’Eating more than ten pounds of Tai Sui Spirit Meat a day takes up a lot of time.’

Xu Qing mused, ’It seems that after entering the Huajin Realm, Tai Sui Spirit Meat should be removed from my diet. In the Cangying Martial Arts Hall, Tai Sui Spirit Meat is just a ’Level 1 Spiritual Food’. Besides that, there’s another Spiritual Food called ’Flesh Lingzhi’, which is a ’Level 2 Spiritual Food’. Even for a Huajin Martial Artist, one pound a day is enough.’

’Also,’ he continued his thoughts, ’’Level 2 Spiritual Food’ is far superior to ’Level 1 Spiritual Food’ in every aspect. It can even enhance a Martial Artist’s Cultivation progress and is quite beneficial to their practice.’

’However, the price of ’Level 2 Spiritual Food’ is naturally twenty times that of ’Level 1 Spiritual Food’. One pound of Tai Sui Spirit Meat costs only ten taels of silver, while one pound of Flesh Lingzhi costs two hundred taels of silver.’

After some thought, Xu Qing decided to switch his future Spiritual Food to Flesh Lingzhi.

The first reason was that Xu Qing currently had tens of thousands of taels of silver on him. He wasn’t short on money and should convert it into personal strength as quickly as possible.

The second reason was that Flesh Lingzhi was much more effective than Tai Sui Spirit Meat. One pound a day was enough, which would save him a lot of time on eating.

Afterward, Xu Qing made a trip to the Cangying Martial Arts Hall, entered the Inner Courtyard, and went to the Resource Tower. He took out three thousand taels of silver in silver notes and bought fifteen pounds of Flesh Lingzhi.

"Xu Qing, a word of advice. The Energy in Flesh Lingzhi is highly pure. Don’t ever eat too much at once. If your body can’t handle it, you’ll explode and die," the person at the Resource Tower reminded Xu Qing.

"Understood, thank you for the reminder," Xu Qing said, cupping his hands.

Time flew by.

In the following days, Xu Qing fell into a simple, repetitive routine. He would eat a pound of Flesh Lingzhi in the morning and head out to White Dwarf Mountain to farm Experience for his Blood Curse Beast Taming Technique using the ants there.

At the same time, Xu Qing practiced Baji Fist and Life-taking Thirteen Swords every day.

Generally speaking, a full day of Cultivation would increase his Baji Fist Experience Points by about fifty, and practicing Life-taking Thirteen Swords at night would add about ten Experience Points.

Other than that, Xu Qing rarely practiced other Martial Arts, dedicating most of his time to Baji Fist and Life-taking Thirteen Swords.

「In the blink of an eye, twelve days later.」

Only three pounds of the fifteen pounds of Flesh Lingzhi Xu Qing had bought from the Cangying Martial Arts Hall remained, enough for three more days. His Life-taking Thirteen Swords was ready to be upgraded.

Twelve days had passed.

...

[Baji Fist LV8: 600/1280.]

...

[Life-taking Thirteen Swords LV3: 120/120.]

...

[Blood Curse Beast Taming Technique LV5: 120/160.]

...

"Upgrade Life-taking Thirteen Swords," Xu Qing said.

BOOM!

A jolt went through Xu Qing’s mind, and the Encyclopedia of All Things flashed with a fluorescent light. His consciousness seemed to enter a mystical space where he practiced and deduced the Life-taking Thirteen Swords.

Finally, with a flash of enlightenment, Xu Qing mastered the upgraded Life-taking Thirteen Swords.

[Life-taking Thirteen Swords LV4: 0/240 (...)]

After the upgrade, the fourteenth sword of the Life-taking Thirteen Swords was perfected once more. The variations of the ’Sword of Death’ increased from the original seventy-two to one hundred and eight.

This meant that the ’Fourteenth Life-taking Sword: Sword of Death’ had been completely perfected.

「In the blink of an eye, another three days passed.」

Xu Qing had finished the fifteen pounds of Flesh Lingzhi he bought last time.

「Evening. In the courtyard.」

"Not bad."

Watching Yu Hu complete the full set of Baji Fist, Xu Qing revealed a satisfied smile and said, "Yu Hu, as of today, you have completely learned Baji Fist."

"Thank you, Master," Yu Hu said, kneeling on the ground.

"Mm," Xu Qing nodded lightly. "Starting tomorrow, you no longer need to come to my place every evening. You can practice Baji Fist at home."

"If you have any questions or confusion about the Fist Technique, you can come and find me then."

"Yes," Yu Hu said, kowtowing in salute.

"Train diligently and don’t waste your time. When you’ve practiced Baji Fist to the point of Ming Jin, I will continue to teach you," Xu Qing added.

"Your disciple will heed Master’s teachings," Yu Hu’s tone was sincere.

"You may go," Xu Qing said with a wave of his hand.

And just like that, Xu Qing’s first disciple in name had completed his initial training. Although he had only learned one Fist Technique, Baji Fist, the version Xu Qing taught contained the essence of its fighting style and a trace of a Training Technique. It was enough for him to rely on Baji Fist to achieve true Ming Jin and become a Mingjin Martial Artist.

In truth, Xu Qing didn’t know what Yu Hu’s aptitude was like, but his physical constitution was quite good, and he was very diligent in his training. If he could keep up this effort, he would have a bright future.

’But...’

Xu Qing frowned slightly. He remembered what the Witch Evil Ghost had said. There was a ’Magic Spell’ in Yu Hu’s mind. Based on Xu Qing’s deduction, it must have been planted four years ago by that old Daoist, using the Wooden Token made of Extremely Yin Wood as a medium.

’What could that ’Magic Spell’ be?’ Xu Qing pondered.

Unfortunately, Xu Qing only knew the Martial Dao. He didn’t know Daoist Divine Techniques, Confucian Means, or Immortal Sect Techniques, so he couldn’t undo this ’Magic Spell’.

Perhaps, as the saying goes, the one who tied the bell must be the one to untie it.

To remove this ’Magic Spell’, he would have to find that old Daoist from four years ago.

「The next day.」

Xu Qing went to the Cangying Martial Arts Hall again, to the Resource Tower. He took out another three thousand taels of silver notes and bought a full fifteen pounds of Flesh Lingzhi.

"Xu Qing, it’s you again. You’ve already finished the fifteen pounds of Flesh Lingzhi you bought last time? So quickly? I thought you were only at the Ming Jin Realm," the person at the Resource Tower asked doubtfully.

"Just stocking up. Just stocking up a bit more," Xu Qing explained.

"You shouldn’t stock up on Spiritual Food for too long. If you store it too long, its Energy will dissipate. Besides, the Cangying Martial Arts Hall always has a supply of Flesh Lingzhi, so there’s no need to hoard it," the person from the Resource Tower said.