Chapter 81

Lu Buqi was very happy, even a bit excited. The reason was simple: aside from acquiring a powerful mystic beast as a female slave, just the fact that he had obtained a storage ring was enough to make him grin from ear to ear. It allowed him to completely摆脱 the awkward situation of carrying a huge bag everywhere.

Moreover, there was the cultivation experience of a great expert and quite a few other treasures...

With Bu Hui's help, Long Buli divided the items left by Wuhen into several small parts. She glanced at two qi techniques and tossed them to Lu Buqi: "One is a technique for controlling objects with qi. I already have something like this. The other one is probably the main qi cultivation method of that itinerant cultivator. The name doesn't suit me, so it's a good deal for you."

Lu Buqi took them and glanced at them: "Toad Chant Qi Absorption Technique... Indeed, no woman would like this kind of cultivation method..."

Seeing Lu Buqi quickly put away the two qi techniques, Long Buli was a bit surprised: "Why don't you take a look? That's not like you."

Lu Buqi knew she was referring to his previous fascination with the sheepskin notebook. He shrugged slightly: "I haven't forgotten what you said, that many qi techniques have conditions and restrictions, and they are marked in red with the words 'Not for non-enthusiastic martial artists.' I don't think the person who wrote this qi technique was trying to scare me."

"Oh, that's the basic condition. All qi techniques have this note. The real cultivation restrictions are written at the beginning of the technique..." Long Buli suddenly changed the subject: "How come, from what you said, it seems you haven't reached the Enthusiastic stage yet?"

Lu Buqi naturally shrugged: "Of course not, I only broke through to the Bone Roar stage a month ago..."

"What?" Long Buli suddenly stood up: "Your Body Tempering stage is only at the Bone Roar stage? How is that possible... Your strength is even stronger than a Black Jawed Ghost Tiger. Even a martial artist skilled in strength would need at least the second level of the Enthusiastic stage to have such strength!"

Not only was she incredibly surprised, but even the obedient Bu Hui looked disbelieving. In her understanding, Bone Roar stage martial artists were as fragile as mountain pigs. Even if she was in the molting stage or had been struck by lightning, a Bone Roar stage martial artist wouldn't make her feel fear from the bottom of her heart.

Beasts are always much more sensitive in their senses than humans, let alone mystic beasts. For them to feel fear, it must be due to the pressure of death. This means that at that time, Lu Buqi's aura and displayed strength were enough to threaten a weak mystic beast, which was already an impressive ability.

"These past few days, I've watched you practice martial arts. Without reaching the third level of the Enthusiastic stage, it would be impossible to steadily win against you. How can you be a Bone Roar stage martial artist?" Long Buli stared at Lu Buqi, her brows lightly furrowed, her confusion and frustration inadvertently revealing her youthful innocence.

Lu Buqi lightly pinched his nose: "I have no reason to lie to you, right? I indeed only have marrow strength, and I'm at the seventh level of the Bone Roar stage. As for my strength being comparable to that of a first-level Enthusiastic stage martial artist, it might be because my body is quite talented... Buli, you don't need to be so concerned about my Body Tempering stage, right? Even Bu Hui isn't concerned."

Long Buli's lips twitched: "I'm just annoyed. I'm at least an Enthusiastic stage martial artist, and even though I just broke through, how can my combat power be lower than yours?"

"You're an Enthusiastic stage martial artist!?" This time it was Lu Buqi's turn to be surprised. Although he had always suspected Long Buli's strength, hearing it from her mouth still gave him a big shock.

A nineteen-year-old Enthusiastic stage martial artist! If this were in the Wang family, it would be a terrifying martial arts genius. From the fact that the major steward Wang Jianglong was so arrogant because of an eighteen-year-old Bone Roar stage martial artist from Zhutan Town, it's clear that the standards for geniuses vary from person to person and from time to time.

"How about that? I was just chased by a Black Jawed Ghost Tiger once. That's not embarrassing, right?" Long Buli pouted: "You know, a sixth-stage essence beast, even a third-level Enthusiastic stage martial artist wouldn't dare to guarantee they could kill it. I'm only at the first level. If it weren't for my decent speed, I might not have been able to hold out until I met you..."

Lu Buqi understood. Before this, the only Enthusiastic stage martial artist he had seen was Wang Chengzhou. Now, his standard for strength comparison was basically based on Wang Chengzhou.

It seems that Wang Chengzhou should be at the second or third level of the Enthusiastic stage. His strength is about the same as a Black Jawed Ghost Tiger, but if they really fought, the Black Jawed Ghost Tiger would probably have a higher chance of winning.

With the same strength and speed, essence beasts have a much greater advantage than humans. After all, their bodies are at least several times larger than humans. In a desperate fight, they are absolutely not something humans can withstand.

Lu Buqi's ability to force a Black Jawed Ghost Tiger to flee alone was already a very good achievement. Of course, the Fish Gut Sword also played a role, and it's possible that the Black Jawed Ghost Tiger hadn't eaten breakfast and was hungry.

"You're really a freak. As soon as you learned the strength technique, you reached the ninth level of the Courageous Strength stage. And as soon as you broke through to the Bone Roar stage, you reached the seventh level!" After digging into Lu Buqi's Body Tempering history, Long Buli marveled: "Before, I've only seen people jump three or four levels at most when they break through..."

Lu Buqi lightly pinched his nose: "Buli, I've never seen a nineteen-year-old Enthusiastic stage martial artist before. Tell me, what's the Enthusiastic stage like?"

Indeed, compared to the cultivation of the Mystic Passage stage or the Primordial Control stage, the Body Tempering method of the Enthusiastic stage is what Lu Buqi needs most urgently now.

"Ah, it's hard to explain in a short time. I'll tell you later." A cunning light flashed in Long Buli's eyes: "First, take a look. The harvest this time is really not small. No one had been here before us... But that's also understandable, if they came, they would have been swallowed by Sister Bu Hui."

"I..." Bu Hui weakly interjected: "Sister Buli, I haven't eaten a person!"

What a pure mystic beast, Lu Buqi thought, but he didn't expect Long Buli to casually respond: "It's fine, there will be plenty of opportunities in the future..."

Feeling Lu Buqi's intimidating presence, Long Buli suddenly stuck out her tongue and changed the subject: "Uh, of course, you should eat bad people. It's said that bad people have black hearts, but their meat is better than good people's."

Bu Hui covered her mouth and giggled, while Lu Buqi looked at the items on the ground, picking up a piece of paper as thin as a cicada's wing, clear and translucent, with a strange pattern that looked like flowing mercury: "Buli, if I'm not mistaken, this is a spell pattern, right?"

Long Buli nodded: "Yes, the spell patterns are carved on the essence condensed from the heart core. A spell pattern can support a mystic cultivator to cast a certain spell about ten times. When you reach the Mystic Passage stage, you'll naturally need to learn spell patterns. Different patterns represent different spells."

"He didn't leave many, just a few dozen spell patterns. Cultivators at the Mansion Formation stage basically don't use spell patterns but use magical artifacts instead." As she spoke, Long Buli divided the dozens of spell patterns, giving half to Lu Buqi: "We agreed, one for each. This thing is almost like hard currency among mystic cultivators, and it's never too much to have for future use."

Lu Buqi nodded repeatedly. Although Long Buli was often a bit scatterbrained, she had a good understanding of mystic cultivation, suggesting she probably came from a good background.

When it came to dividing the spoils, Long Buli had a good system: "The heart core is also useful for mystic beasts. Bu Hui can enhance her strength by devouring heart cores. These thirty-seven heart cores will be divided into three parts. We each get one part, and I'll take the loss, with eleven for me!"

"No way!" Lu Buqi shook his head: "I took the qi techniques, so I won't take the heart cores. I'll decide, you take twenty, and give seventeen to Bu Hui."

Long Buli looked deeply at Lu Buqi but didn't say anything: "Then I'll give them all to Sister Bu Hui. I was planning to give them to her anyway!"

Bu Hui was a bit stunned. She hadn't thought about the distribution of treasures at all. She looked at Lu Buqi, who naturally smiled: "Bu Hui, since Buli is so sisterly, take them. And I still have a few heart cores. If you need them, just let me know."

"Thank you, Master, thank you, Sister!" Bu Hui's face lit up with a satisfied smile: "With so many heart cores, I can probably break through to the second stage and stabilize my strength soon."

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