Back in the tree hole, the first thing Leng Shiqi did was to recover his spiritual energy.
About an hour later, Leng Shiqi stopped. He felt that the spiritual energy in his body had increased a little, which was a pleasant surprise.
Leng Shiqi checked his injuries. The numbness in his left shoulder and left arm had subsided a little. It seemed that it was only temporary and would disappear completely in about a day.
The most troublesome part was his internal injuries. He had forcefully used two spiritual techniques at the same time, and the spiritual energy had reversed and damaged his meridians. This could only be slowly healed with spiritual energy. It would probably take ten days to half a month.
During this time, he couldn't use too much spiritual energy. In normal battles, he might only be able to use seventy to eighty percent of his strength.
"There's still half a month before the next resource fight. I'll cultivate here in peace," Leng Shiqi thought.
Then, Leng Shiqi called out the system and looked at his information.
Name: Leng Shiqi (Liu Xingzhi)
Cultivation: Spirit Gathering Level Eight
Technique: Level One Technique "Mountain Crushing Force"
Spiritual Technique: Unranked Spiritual Technique "Three Fold Water Palm" (Perfect)
Unranked Spiritual Technique "Basic Sword Technique" (Perfect)
Level One Spiritual Technique "Enigmatic Footwork" (Perfect)
Level One Spiritual Technique "Willow Swordsmanship" (Proficient)
System Coins: 21
Leng Shiqi's eyes were fixed on the "Willow Swordsmanship" and the system coins.
He remembered that before he left, he had a negative number of system coins. Now, he had accumulated so much without realizing it.
He thought about it and realized that they were all from weapons that were inconvenient to carry around but couldn't bear to throw away.
Now, it seemed that it wasn't that hard to obtain system coins.
At first, Leng Shiqi didn't plan to feed the system, nor did he plan to do a lottery.
However, after being stimulated by Delta Aurigae and Blood 36, Leng Shiqi realized that his strength was far from enough.
Since he had the System Coins now, it would be a waste to leave them lying around, so he might as well give it a try.
He opened the lottery interface. The beginner lottery was lit up. Leng Shiqi casually clicked "Start". He didn't have much hope in his heart.
After a flash of light, the system prompt also arrived: "Congratulations to the host for obtaining the beginner prize: one steel ingot."
Then, Leng Shiqi's hand sank, and a palm-sized steel ingot fell into his hand.
Leng Shiqi couldn't help but twitch his mouth. Even though he was mentally prepared, he still had the urge to smash this thing.
Do you want me to make a living as a blacksmith on Bloodmist Island?
Or was he relying on this to defend himself?
"Alas."
Leng Shiqi shook his head and sighed softly. He threw the iron ingot aside and opened the lottery again.
"Congratulations to the host for obtaining the primary prize: Card – Lightning Arrow (Can be used by activating spiritual energy)."
"Oh?"
Leng Shiqi curiously picked up a pale gold card in his hand. He was very familiar with the picture on it. It was an item from a game called "Hearthstone" in his previous life.
"I remember that this card is a Shaman card. It's not very applicable. How powerful will it be in the real world?"
Leng Shiqi whispered. However, he only had one card in his hand and couldn't casually experiment with it. He could only put it away and try it out when he had the chance in the future.
This time, he was quite satisfied with the lottery draw. Perhaps it was because his expectations had been lowered.
After putting the card away, Leng Shiqi opened the spiritual skill interface again. He clicked "Level Up" and his consciousness entered the gray space.
After three times, "Whisking Willow Swordsmanship" finally reached the level of perfection!
There were many more insights in his mind. His arms and wrists were more powerful, and hard calluses had formed on his palms.
Feeling the increase in his strength, Leng Shiqi was very satisfied. Then, he began to carefully reflect on today's actions.
At the beginning, he was lucky to encounter the powerful Delta Aurigae in the fight for the Spirit Stones. Otherwise, it would have been very troublesome to steal from the three-man team.
Because of this, Leng Shiqi felt a sense of urgency.
This Blood Fog Island wasn't very big, but it wasn't small either. There were at least dozens of areas like dense forests and wastelands, and this was only the periphery!
Were there other people who had also broken through to the Pure Spirit Realm?
How many people were there?
Therefore, he was looking forward to the one month agreement that Delta Aurigae had mentioned.
In addition, what was more worthy of reflection was that he wasn't careful enough and exposed his position by bringing the steel sword and staff.
If not, he would have already cultivated "Whisking Willow Swordsmanship" to perfection, and the subsequent battles wouldn't have been so difficult.
When he thought of that hoarse young man, Blood Thirty-Six, Leng Shiqi couldn't help but feel a trace of fear. That ability to predict his position was too terrifying!
There were almost no mediocre people who could survive until now on Blood Fog Island. They also had endless means.
Leng Shiqi secretly warned himself not to underestimate any opponent!
Three days later, in the dense forest.
Leng Shiqi held his sword and faced a thick, unknown tree.
He raised his hand and the light on his sword revolved. At the same time, his feet moved and he instantly arrived in front of the tree. He stabbed out with his sword, leaving a deep sword mark on the tree trunk.
At this moment, there were dozens of sword marks on the tree trunk.
Leng Shiqi frowned and muttered to himself, "Failed again!"
In the past three days, Leng Shiqi had been trying to recover the move that killed Blood Thirty-Six.
However, so far, Leng Shiqi could only use "Confusion Footwork" and "Whisking Willow Swordsmanship" once.
Of course, if this spread out, it would be enough to shock everyone, but he was still not satisfied.
"This doesn't make sense. Back then, I could only use" Whisking Willow Swordsmanship "at the Proficient Realm. Now that I've reached perfection, I can still use it?"
Leng Shiqi shook his head and was puzzled. At the same time, he secretly rejoiced that he had used "Whisking Willow Swordsmanship" at the time. Otherwise, he would have most likely been the one to die!
There was no other way. No one could help him, not even the System. He could only try again and again.
Just like that, day after day passed. Leng Shiqi had been trying to recreate that move. He would only stop to replenish himself when he was hungry or when he ran out of spiritual energy.
On the seventh day, Leng Shiqi was already able to use the Confusion Footwork twice while stabbing out with the Wind Blows Willow!
On the tenth day, he was able to stab out twice and teleport twice.
On the fifteenth day, he could stab twice and teleport thrice!
It was also on this day that the Blood Mist Island once again erupted with cultivation resources, but the Leng Shiqi didn't care about it and didn't fight for it.
At this moment, his eyes were red and he looked a little crazy. However, deep in his eyes, there was a frightening clarity.
He could feel that he was getting closer to that step. He was already very close!
It was so close, but it seemed to be separated by an invisible barrier. It could be seen but could not be touched.
Leng Shiqi didn't know how many times he had tried. The tree in front of him was already covered in scars and he couldn't bear to look at it.
The closer he got, the more he had no clue. Thus, he stopped and returned to the tree hole to sit cross-legged. He began to recall the state and feeling at that time.
It definitely wasn't as simple as the Willow Sword Style and the Confusion Footwork. Otherwise, he would have already mastered that move.
Instead, there was something that had cleverly fused the two spiritual techniques together!
If two things could be fused, then at the very least, there had to be a common element between the two.
Then what was the common element between the Willow Sword Style and the Confusion Footwork?
Leng Shiqi frowned as he thought …
Thinking about it, two days had passed, which was the seventeenth day.
At this time, Leng Shiqi's eyes were sunken and his lips were white. That's right, he hadn't eaten or drunk for two or three days.
However, his eyes were shining brighter and brighter, as if they were about to burst out.
"Crack."
An invisible sound suddenly appeared in Leng Shiqi's mind. It was as if something had cracked.
Then, more and more cracking sounds could be heard.
In the end, Leng Shiqi only felt that the clouds in front of him had cleared. He turned around, grabbed his sword, and jumped down the tree hole.
Leng Shiqi's Willow Sword Style stabbed at the tree in front of him. Just as he was about to stab the trunk, he actually went through the trunk?!
"Puff puff puff."
Leng Shiqi's figure appeared behind the tree. He still maintained his current posture, but three sounds came from the trunk at almost the same time.
Looking carefully, there were three deep sword marks on the left, right, and back of the tree!
"Finally, I finally succeeded …" Leng Shiqi said softly, but his voice was weak.
Then, he staggered and almost fell to the ground!