Chapter 32

After Hao Qi jumped down, his internal energy surged and surged, his speed, strength, and nerve reaction all reached the highest level he could currently achieve. At the moment of the jump, his internal energy expanded wildly, forming a thin film outside his body, and he glided toward the running figure like a kite in the mountain wind.

Although internal energy is intangible but substantial, relatively speaking, the internal energy outside Hao Qi's body was too weak and illusory, and under the fierce mountain wind, Hao Qi could only glide down a hundred meters before the internal energy outside his body was blown away and destroyed. At the same time, Hao Qi felt a tightness in his chest, almost unable to catch his breath.

This was a symptom of internal energy being completely dissipated. Simply put, Hao Qi had slightly injured his vital energy. Although it wasn't much and he could recover with just a good night's sleep, this was the limitation of using internal energy outside the body. According to the martial arts books Hao Qi had read, it was said that only when internal energy was extremely solid and could be transformed into qi, reaching the Internal Qi Realm, would the internal energy outside the body not easily dissipate and harm the vital energy. However, the Internal Energy Realm was not capable of this, so it was rare for those in the Internal Energy Realm to use internal energy outside their bodies.

But now, Hao Qi didn't have time to worry about these things. Over the past few days, he had become somewhat familiar with the Yijinjing internal skill. The internal energy cultivated through the Yijinjing was superior in both quality and recovery speed compared to the internal energy that people in this world generated through their bodies. Although it couldn't be used outside the body for long, he had more internal energy to use than ordinary people in the Internal Energy Realm.

Hao Qi kept jumping and gliding down the mountain, letting his internal energy dissipate, but his speed kept increasing. In just a few seconds, he had glided down a kilometer, and his speed was still increasing. He had caught up with the tail of the avalanche, then the middle, and at this point, his internal energy was once again depleted, and he fell toward the middle of the avalanche.

Hao Qi was not at all panicked. While still in mid-air, his internal energy surged to his brain, and everything around him seemed to slow down, becoming incredibly slow, even the surging avalanche. Hao Qi seemed to be suspended in mid-air, and his eyes fixed on the surface of the avalanche where he was falling. After a careful look, he finally found what he was looking for.

Just as Hao Qi retracted his internal energy back into his body, time seemed to speed up. He landed on the surging surface of the avalanche and used his internal energy to stomp hard on a large rolling rock. Using this force, he jumped up more than thirty meters and glided again. At this point, he was only two to three hundred meters away from the figure rolling down the mountain.

But the front of the avalanche was now less than a hundred meters away from the figure, and Hao Qi was extremely anxious. At this rate, he might not be able to save the person. It seemed that the gliding speed was still too slow...

Hao Qi, in mid-air, let out a loud roar, and his internal energy reached another level. If before he had retained two-tenths of his internal energy for emergencies, now he used all ten-tenths, with no reserves left. Then he jumped directly into the front of the avalanche, stepping on snow, ice, and rocks, using his immense strength to force them apart. With the force of his steps, Hao Qi shot forward like a cannonball, breaking the sound barrier with a loud boom, and in an instant, he reached the figure.

At the same time, the front of the avalanche also swept over the figure, covering it in a continuous wave of snow. But just as it was covered, a hand burst through the layers of snow, forcibly dragging the person out. Not only that, the immense force lifted and spun the person, and after several spins, it was thrown far away to a thick layer of snow that had not been affected by the avalanche. After doing all this, the owner of the hand was buried in the snow and rolled down the slope, causing a massive avalanche with tens of thousands of tons of material.

A few minutes later, the figure that had been thrown out stood up, trembling. It was a boy of about sixteen or seventeen, wearing a thick cotton coat, but the coat was old and patched. The boy seemed unharmed, but he was still trembling all over, his legs shaking, whether from fear or from being thrown. As soon as he stood up, he shouted loudly, "Sir! Sir! Are you okay? Wait for me, I'll come to save you!"

As he shouted, the boy ran unsteadily toward the snow pile left by the avalanche, but after a few steps, he stumbled and fell to his knees, vomiting profusely.

"Did you get a concussion just now?" a voice said beside the boy. The boy looked up and saw a man whose clothes were almost tattered, with bloodstains all over his skin, but who was still smiling happily, showing no signs of suffering. Instead, his cheerful demeanor was so infectious that the boy momentarily forgot what he wanted to say.

After a long while, the boy finally straightened up and, with trembling hands, made a fist and bowed to Hao Qi, saying, "Sir, please accept my gratitude. Thank you for saving my life..."

As soon as he finished speaking, the boy fainted.

When the boy, named Zhang Heng, woke up again, he found himself lying in a warm sleeping bag inside a tent. He was still a bit dazed when he opened his eyes, but after a while, he suddenly remembered what had happened. He had been searching for herbs in the mountains between the Hundred Herbs Kingdom and the Ying Kingdom when he encountered an avalanche. He thought he was doomed, but someone had saved him. He had fainted before he could thank his savior, so this must be the savior's tent.

Zhang Heng immediately got up. If he hadn't woken up, it would have been fine, but now that he was awake and still lying there without thanking his savior, it would be extremely impolite. The favor of saving his life was greater than the sky, so he quickly crawled out of the sleeping bag and opened the tent to step outside. But what he saw was a rocky area around the tent, and the tent was actually set up in a rock pit.

Zhang Heng was taken aback and immediately climbed up the rocks. He then saw a man with his upper body bare, roasting a large animal that looked like a cow over a huge bonfire.

Before Zhang Heng could speak, Hao Qi, without turning his head, said, "You're awake? Your name is Zhang Heng, right? Are you hungry, Brother Zhang?"

Zhang Heng realized where he was. This was clearly the top of the mountain, and the strong mountain wind almost blew him away. But Zhang Heng was no ordinary person. He steadied himself and quickly walked to the bonfire, facing Hao Qi and bowing, "Sir, thank you for saving my life. Please accept my gratitude!" He then bowed deeply.

Hao Qi quickly stepped aside and said with a bitter smile, "To be honest, Brother Zhang, the avalanche was actually caused by me. You see, I wanted to set up a tent on the mountain top, but the wind was so strong that the tent wouldn't stand. So I thought, why not dig a pit and set up the tent inside? But the commotion caused the avalanche..."

Although Zhang Heng had expected that someone who could save him in such a situation and still survive must be in the Internal Energy Realm, hearing Hao Qi's explanation and seeing the pit on the mountain top, he couldn't help but swallow hard. This person was really too formidable...

Hao Qi scratched his head and said embarrassedly, "So, don't call me 'Sir.' The avalanche was my fault, and saving you was my duty. Instead, you suffered, so I should apologize. So..."

Zhang Heng immediately said, "It's fine, it's fine. An avalanche is a natural disaster. Even if it was caused by you unintentionally, saving me is a great favor, so it's fine."

Hao Qi still felt a bit embarrassed. He looked at Zhang Heng's thin frame, remembering his own thinness before he burst with internal energy. He then looked at the whole roasted cow he was cooking and said, "My name is Hao Qi. If you don't mind, just call me by my name. How about this: I caused you trouble and then saved you. Let's call it even, and I'll treat you to this whole roasted cow. What do you think?"

Zhang Heng looked at the roasted cow and swallowed hard. "I owe you, Brother Hao. This isn't a cow; it's a rare blue beast from the snow mountain, a descendant of the ancient Qingyun beast. Although it has degenerated, it still has a trace of the Qingyun beast's blood. Although it's not a heavenly treasure, it's extremely rare. Moreover, this blue beast is incredibly fierce, capable of tearing tigers and leopards. Eating its meat for a long time can... invigorate the blood, resolve stasis, nourish yin, and tonify yang."

"Phew!"

Hao Qi, who had been listening seriously to Zhang Heng's serious explanation, was about to take a sip of wine when he heard the last eight words, which sounded like a street vendor's advertisement, and he couldn't help but spit out the wine.

Zhang Heng's face turned red, and he hesitated for a while before saying softly, "Brother Hao, don't be angry. I... I forgot the effects of the blue beast's meat, but... it... it..."

"Always falls within the scope of invigorating the blood, resolving stasis, nourishing yin, and tonifying yang..."

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