Early the next morning, Ziyue followed Liu Heng to the kitchen of the Scorching Sun Gang's branch with a slightly excited expression.
"In our branch, there are over a hundred apprentices, miscellaneous disciples, official disciples, and inner disciples. Altogether, there are over two hundred people.
Although not all of them eat in the branch, they are all martial artists, so their meals must be sumptuous.
Naturally, the gang has also set up a slaughterhouse.
Cattle, sheep, and pork are slaughtered almost every day to provide food for the disciples. "
On the way, Liu Heng opened his mouth and explained a lot.
"The slaughterhouse is next to the kitchen. Master Li is in charge."
As he spoke, Liu Heng brought Ziyue to a short old man with thick elbows.
Obviously, this old man was Master Li.
"Master Li, this is Ziyue, the new disciple that the gang leader recently accepted. He likes saber techniques, so the gang leader specially arranged for him to follow you and learn for a while."
Liu Heng said directly.
"I just heard that the gang leader accepted a disciple. I didn't expect to see him today.
Alright, since it's the gang leader's order, there's no problem.
I, Old Li, have no other skills, but my saber techniques for slaughtering pigs and sheep are pretty good.
I'll definitely let him see blood and increase his murderous aura. "
Master Li smiled faintly and said confidently.
Seeing this, Liu Heng didn't say much and quickly left.
However, Ziyue said respectfully, "I'll have to trouble Master Li in the future."
… …
"I only killed two white pigs today, so I didn't get much spirit energy, only 16 points.
However, my spirit energy has finally started to increase.
I heard from Master Li that in the next few days, the Golden Mountain Pigs raised in the manor will be slaughtered. It's said that these Golden Mountain Pigs have a certain bloodline of mutated beasts. They're strong and their meat is dense. Correspondingly, the spirit energy obtained when they're slaughtered will definitely increase. "
It was already two hours later when he left Master Li's place. Ziyue pondered for a moment.
He had never seen a Golden Mountain Pig before, but he knew that in the outside world, there were also some wild beasts that evolved and became abnormally strong, thus becoming mutated beasts.
Among them, those who gained sentience and even mastered magic were called Demons.
This Golden Mountain Boar was the descendant of some kind of mutated beast and possessed the bloodline of a mutated beast.
However, because they were stupid and lazy, they were captured and raised on a large scale. Now, they were gradually becoming more and more like ordinary livestock.
Of course, since it had the bloodline of a mutated beast, the Golden Mountain Pig was much more expensive and difficult to raise than a normal white pig.
It was not something that ordinary people could enjoy.
In the beginning, Master Li did not let him use the knife. He just explained the whole process.
Master Li was not only a butcher, but also an expert in knife techniques. Perhaps because of Ziyue's identity as the disciple of the Sect Leader, Master Li's attitude towards him was very good. If he had any questions, he would be very happy to answer them. From his mouth, Ziyue had gained a lot.
At the very least, he had a new understanding of the Eighteen Consecutive Strikes.
When he was practicing the Eighteen Consecutive Strikes in his room, he did feel that he had improved. This improvement even gave him an illusion.
"Perhaps I don't even need to rely on soul energy to raise my Eighteen Consecutive Strikes to Great Accomplishment."
Ziyue pondered as he practiced.
The wooden knife in his hand was incomparably nimble.
When he slashed in the air, the sound of air being torn apart could be heard.
However, he was very clear that he was not a true martial arts genius. Others would need close to ten years to reach Great Accomplishment in the Eighteen Consecutive Strikes from Small Accomplishment. Even if he did not need that much time, he definitely needed two to three years.
If he did not want to waste time, he naturally did not need to think about what to do.
Even if he did not want to rely too much on soul energy to advance.
Because of the nature of obtaining soul energy, he always had a feeling that he was walking on an evil path.
… …
In the following period of time, Ziyue had a new arrangement of his time.
In the morning, he naturally rushed to Master Li's place to learn. He even personally slaughtered livestock.
In the morning, he practiced martial arts in the martial arts practice field. He mainly practiced the stance and the Straight Connecting Fist, which did not cause too much of a commotion.
Of course, every once in a while, Master Li would transmit energy through the air, which made him feel a sense of satisfaction.
In the afternoon, Ziyue would occasionally go to the sect's library. Naturally, there were no martial techniques or cultivation methods in there. However, there were some biographies, insights, and records of the outside world, which made him intoxicated.
Through this, his knowledge increased tremendously, and he also had a better understanding of this world.
Of course, most of the time, he stayed in his room, secretly cultivating the fifth stage of the Golden Body.
For this, he also secretly bought a bathtub.
In the end, he could not hold back and wanted to test the effects of the medicinal bath.
Although there were many inconveniences, he slowly overcame them.
It was also because he was accepted as a disciple by the Sect Leader and received a certain amount of attention.
However, he was still an apprentice after all. No one would deliberately investigate and pay attention to him.
After soaking in the medicinal bath, he finally truly experienced the feeling of his Qi and blood soaring, and the feeling of an endless stream of energy.
Lying in the bathtub, with the help of the medicinal bath's effects, he could maintain his cultivation for more than two hours. His energy would circulate four to five times before he felt that his Qi and blood were insufficient.
Based on this calculation, the effects of this medicinal bath were directly equivalent to ten Qi and blood pills.
Ten Qi and blood pills were ten taels of silver, and one portion of medicinal bath materials was six taels of silver. Calculating the two, it was still extremely cost-effective.
Moreover, after cultivating, he did feel that his strength had increased, and his skin had also become flexible and tough.
As for the night, Ziyue devoted all his energy to drawing talismans.
He was indeed obsessed with the art of talismans.
In a short period of time, he had successfully drawn three to four different talismans with different effects.
Just like this, five days later.
"The five portions of medicinal bath materials have finally been completely used up.
If I calculate it carefully, I'll have to spend six taels of silver every day. I really spend money like water. "
Ziyue sighed. The poor studied while the rich practiced martial arts. This was a true example of this.
Although studying and studying also consumed money, there was a fixed amount.
There was only the cost of books, the four treasures of the study, and at most, the cost of hiring a teacher. Even the children of ordinary families could be supported.
However, practicing martial arts was different. In a short period of time, Ziyue had used up thirty taels of silver. In addition to the twelve Qi and blood pills from before … he had already spent more than forty taels of silver on practicing martial arts.
It could be predicted that he would spend even more in the future.
It could really be described as a bottomless pit.
Of course, ordinary people who practiced martial arts would naturally not be as extravagant as Ziyue. Even when the official disciples of the Scorching Sun Gang practiced external forging, they relied more on their own Qi and blood. Very few people would be willing to use medicinal baths, pills, and other methods.
Only Ziyue was willing to spend so that he could learn the basics of external forging as soon as possible. He could really be considered an anomaly.
In terms of resource consumption, there was not much difference between him and some rich young masters practicing martial arts.