Chapter 38 Genius
In a blink of an eye, three months have passed since Qin Ziling broke through to the cowhide level , and the season has entered early winter.
A cold wind blew, blowing up the fallen leaves.
On the road, the refugees wrapped their thin and tattered clothes tightly, looking at the Fangqiao City in the distance crouching on the ground like a giant beast, with expectations, fear and uneasiness.
The bodies of refugees who died of starvation or freezing could be seen on both sides of the road from time to time, but many people had become numb and quickly walked past them as if they had not seen them.
The same is true for Qin Ziling.
In this era, with his current abilities, he can't change anything at all, and this is not something a commoner like him should consider.
Qin Ziling strode towards Fangluo City.
Last night he hunted a Fire Cloud Leopard, which is a fierce beast that is very difficult to hunt because of its fast speed and strong attack power.
Its meat and bones are very nutritious ingredients, and its fur has beautiful patterns, which makes it a favorite of wealthy aristocrats.
Qin Ziling now exercises and polishes his muscles, bones and membranes every day, and the amount of meat he needs to consume is very large. Especially as the corpse power integrated into his blood and qi increases day by day, he finds that his gastrointestinal digestive power is increasing at a terrifying rate, as if it is a bottomless pit that can never be filled.
Originally, Qin Ziling wanted to keep the Fire Cloud Leopard, such a rare and nourishing beast, for himself. However, the expenses for the Yuan-replenishing Pills he had to take every now and then, the Xuanhan Iron Chicken Secret Pills required for practicing the Cold Iron Palm, and the special potions for nourishing his body were all very huge.
The income from selling the prey Qin Ziling caught every other day was just enough to break even.
Today, he needed to purchase the Xuanhan Iron Chicken secret pills and special secret medicine for nourishing the body, so he had to reluctantly sell half of the Fire Cloud Leopard. As for the fur, it was of no use to him and he had been planning to sell it anyway.
After entering the city, Qin Ziling went to "Shanye Suju" to sell half a fire cloud leopard and its fur, which was intact except for the head, for forty taels of silver. Then he went to the martial arts gym.
Nowadays, Qin Ziling basically goes to the martial arts gym once a week, and the rest of the time he goes to the cliff cave in Xisheng Mountain alone to train his body.
Everyone in the martial arts gym thought it was normal for Qin Ziling to come once a week.
After all, his family is of average financial status, and practicing martial arts at the mere skin level consumes more energy. There is also a big man like Liu Xiaoqiang who eats for free at home. If he wants to support himself, he can only rely on his membrane-level cultivation and take more jobs outside.
"Master Zuo, Ziling greets you!" After entering the martial arts hall, Qin Ziling went to greet Zuo Le first.
"Well, let's go practice martial arts." Zuo Le nodded slightly and waved his hand.
"Yes." Qin Ziling turned and walked away.
Zuo Le looked at Qin Ziling's back and shook his head slightly.
He is a martial artist at the strength realm, with a sharp eye. Qin Ziling has entered the cowhide level for three months, but his blood and energy are like a stagnant pool of water, without much change. He learned from the account book that Qin Ziling has bought a lot of Xuanhan Iron Chicken Secret Pills and potions for preparing potions in these three months. Obviously, in order to practice martial arts, he has worked hard to make money outside, and has also practiced martial arts hard in his spare time.
"Just as I expected, this guy is smart, very insightful, and practices diligently . But it's a pity that he has no talent for martial arts. It's all in vain!" Zuo Le sighed secretly, then slowly closed his eyes.
Zuo Le still had a good impression of Qin Ziling, especially the fact that he rescued and took in Liu Xiaoqiang, which made him secretly look at him differently. It was a pity that Qin Ziling was not really suited to martial arts.
It took him nearly three years to break through to the membrane realm, which had almost exhausted all his potential and luck. After reaching the membrane realm, there was almost no visible progress.
"Brother, please prepare two Xuanhan Iron Chicken secret pills and ten portions of medicinal powder for making potions for me." Qin Ziling returned to the martial arts training ground, found Zheng Xinghan and whispered.
"Zi Ling, if you don't plan for the future, you will have immediate worries. You should try to save some money for emergencies." Zheng Xinghan hesitated after hearing this and kindly reminded.
The truth is that Qin Ziling has purchased a large amount of secret pills and medicines in the past three months. In Zheng Xinghan's opinion, he must have worked hard to take on jobs and make money in the past three months, and then used all the money he earned to buy secret pills and medicines in order to achieve a breakthrough.
But the problem is that Zuo Le can see clearly that Zheng Xinghan is a martial artist at the Iron Skin level, and he can also see that his blood and qi have not changed much. It is not difficult to guess that Qin Ziling is not a martial artist. He has put all his money into martial arts training. If something happens in the future, he will have no savings at all, and he will end up like Liu Xiaoqiang.
"Thank you, senior brother. I understand." Qin Ziling said.
"What do you understand? You understand! Okay, I'll prepare it for you later. By the way, the guy from the 'Hua Yun' powder and rouge shop came to see you these two days and asked you to take time to go there." Seeing that Qin Ziling didn't listen to him at all, Zheng Xinghan said unhappily.
"Okay, I'll go there at noon." Qin Ziling nodded and replied, thinking, after taking money from others and helping them get rid of disasters, he finally has to work.
"Breakthrough! Senior Brother Nangong, you actually broke through, that's amazing!" As soon as Qin Ziling finished speaking, Wu Cheng's exclamation was heard in the training ground.
Nangong Yue came from a wealthy family and was a talented inner court disciple, so he was highly valued by Zuo Le. Naturally, he had gained some trusted followers in the martial arts hall.
Wu Cheng is considered to be Nangong Yue's most loyal and trusted younger brother in the martial arts hall. As to whether he is sincere or not, outsiders don't know, but at least on the surface, Wu Cheng is Nangong Yue's lackey.
"What, Nangong Yue actually made a breakthrough!" The whole martial arts hall was in an uproar. Even Zuo Le, who was sitting under the shade of a tree, stood up suddenly and strode towards Nangong Yue with excitement.
"This, this Junior Brother Nangong is truly a martial arts genius. He broke through to the membrane realm after four months of training, and only spent six months honing and tempering himself at the cowhide level, and actually broke through to the iron skin level. It seems that if nothing unexpected happens, he will most likely become the second strength master in our martial arts school." Zheng Xinghan said with a complicated expression when he heard this.
According to the experience left by our predecessors, three years is the maximum time required to train muscles to the membrane level. Those who have trained hard for three years but have not yet broken through to the membrane level are basically considered to have no talent for martial arts. Even if they later barely break through to the membrane level, their potential has basically been exhausted and they can only stay at the cowhide level. It is unlikely that they will be able to break through to the iron skin level.
After reaching the cowhide level, five years and twenty-five years old are the thresholds. Within five years, if one is no older than twenty-five, one can break through to the iron skin level and hopefully reach the power martial artist level. The shorter the time and the younger the age, the greater .
When it comes to the iron skin level, once the age is over 30, the Qi and blood begin to decline, and it is basically hopeless to reach the realm of strength.
It took Zheng Xinghan three years to break through from cow skin to iron skin. He was 22 years old that year, and his blood was surging. But no matter how hard he tried after that, he failed to develop strong strength. Now he is 32 years old, and there is basically no hope.
But it only took Nangong Yue six months to break through from cow skin to iron skin, and he is only seventeen years old this year. This means that he is not only extremely talented, but also has plenty of time to impact the realm of strength, so there is great hope.
"It's really amazing!" Qin Ziling said calmly, without showing any shock or uneasiness.
"You should be more careful with him next time. If things really don't work out, I'll act as a peacemaker and you can apologize to him." Seeing Qin Ziling's calm face, Zheng Xinghan frowned slightly, hesitated, patted Qin Ziling's shoulder and said.
