Chapter 265: Complete Battle Qi Cycle!
Snow Bird Harbor Mercenary Guild.
The vice branch president received Men Shi and Tripleblade.
“I have read about your mercenary corps, and as a small mercenary corps, you’re quite fearsome.”
“But you’re only ranked at one star, this rank is too low. Based on our rules and regulations, the Mercenary Guild can only offer limited support to you.”
“I don’t believe your corps should be at this star ranking.”
“If your corps can increase your star rating, then the support you will get will be considerable.”
“When you attain a five star rating, your corps can become a permanent resident of Ice Sculpture Kingdom. The treatment of your mercenaries will be nearly identical to that of our citizens. This Mercenary Guild branch will also provide a mercenary encampment here free of charge.”
Men Shi was moved somewhat by those words, so he asked, “How can we get out mercenary corps’ star rating to five stars?”
Men Shi didn’t know much about the Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps, and he really believed that he had joined an actual mercenary corps. At most he knew the mercenary corps had a rather deep background, and that it involved arms smugglers, something that should be mentioned excessively.
That question didn’t need to be answered by the vice branch president, Tripleblade could do that.
“The base standard to be a five star mercenary corps is to have a gold level transcendent. The second standard is that the mercenary corps needs to have at least two people.”
This was the world of the strong.
Regardless of any power, when considering how powerful one was, it depended on the individual transcendents in them were, the scale of the power was secondary.
When the vice branch president heard Tripleblade’s answer, they smiled, “Indeed.”
Apart from that, there is another short cut.”
“For example, recruiting a snow elf clan’s transcendent can obtain the Ice Sculpture Kingdom’s royal family’s favor.”
“Through gaining the royal family’s special official approval, one can reduce the criteria in the Mercenary Guild Branch.”
“The Snow Cotton Mercenary Corps did that back in the day, at the time, they didn’t have a gold level, their head was only silver level. But through the royal family’s special approval, their just established mercenary corps became a five star mercenary corps.”
“Of course, nowadays, the Snow Cotton Mercenary Corps is worthy of being a five star corps. Their head and vice head are both gold levels.”
“Now, they are publicly known to be the strongest mercenary corps in all of the Ice Sculpture Kingdom.”
Men Shi curiously asked, “Then, what are the requirements to become a six star mercenary corps?”
The vice branch president replied, “Very simple, six star mercenary corps need to have a saint level transcendent.”
Men Shi clicked his tongue, “Is a saint level willing to be a mercenary?”
The vice branch president bitterly laughed.
Tripleblade answered, “That is the reason why six star mercenary corps are quite rare.”
Meanwhile.
The Snow Bird Harbor Thief Guild Branch.
Chi Lai, Lan Zao, and the vice branch president were conversing.
They were discussing the specific price of all kinds of information.
Chi Lai and Lan Zao were buying a large amount of information, and this naturally involved a great sum of money, causing the vice branch president to come out themselves to haggle over the price.
As both parties were talking, Chi Lai’s communication device rang.
After Chi Lai connected, the dragonman youngster gave him a new order.
“The commander wants us to gather information on the Bayonet Gang.” Chi Lai told Lan Zao.
The information trade began apace.
The dragonman youngster put away the communication device.
After they had left the Secret Medicine branch store, they immediately contacted Chi Lai, Men Shi, and Zong Ge, warning them to pay attention to possible trouble.
“Someone is shadowing us.” Said Zi Di.
The dragonman youngster nodded slightly, he looked around and saw three rogues stop in a second.
When the rogues saw that he had found them, they didn’t run. One even sneered at him and cut his hand across his throat in a threatening fashion.
It was clear these people had been dispatched by the old elf man, Bing Xiao.
They were all transcendents, two were bronze, one was iron level. When facing the silver level dragonman youngster, they didn’t fear him at all, brazening tailing him with reckless abandon.
Zi Di couldn’t help but worry, “With this attitude, the Bayonet Gang seems to be a huge power in Snow Bird Harbor.”
The dragonman youngster’s gaze was calm, “No need to burden yourself, since the other side is this arrogant, it instead divulges that they won’t be attacking at least for the time being.”
Of course, the dragonman youngster wasn’t scared of a mere iron level and two bronze levels.
Zi Di wasn’t worried about her safety either.
Because she was a ghost, immune to physical harm. If it were not for the fact she was acting like a normal person, she could walk through walls.
Zi DI looked at the magician tower in the distance, regretfully saying, “We can’t attack either. Although there isn’t a magic prohibition environment here, that magician tower must be supervising the entirety of Snow Bird Harbor at all times. If we attack, magic images are bound to be recorded, and when it is investigated in the future, it will be impossible to disavow.”
“Since the Bayonet Gang is Snow Bird Harbor’s local bully, they must have secret relationships with officials large and small here.”
“We want to avoid conflict with Ice Sculpture Kingdom officials as much as possible, otherwise, we will be in a very passive state.”
The dragonman youngster nodded, “Let’s return to the ship first.”
The two smoothly returned to the dock.
Like the dragonman youngster surmised, the three following them tried to put more psychological pressure on them but never attacked.
To avoid further complications, the dragonman youngster decided to use the gold potion immediately.
He came to the ship bow house.
“Xiao Guai.” The dragonman youngster softly called out.
“Father.” The big guy happily said, but a moment later, he rushed to cover his mouth.
The dragonman youngster had told him he needed to pay attention to how he addressed him. Addressing him as father would easily expose the real relationship between them.
The big guy had forgotten this due to his delight.
“Whisper a bit.” The dragonman youngster hissed, fortunately, he had put down an acoustics case.
The alchemy device could prevent sound from spreading.
The big guy lowered his head and admitted his mistake, “Sorry, my mistake. Father, I won’t do it next time.”
The dragonman youngster took out the potion and gave it to the big guy, “Drink it.”
The big guy had complete trust in the dragonman youngster, and drank down the potion at once, till not even a trickle remained.
When the dragonman youngster saw this, a bit of worry sprouted in his relief.
“That won’t do, Xiao Guai.”
“If I was an enemy in disguise, you would be too easy to dupe.”
“We must set a countersign.”
“In the future, when it comes to important decisions and operations, you can use that countersign to state clearly who you are.”
“The countersign will also be changed every so often.”
The big guy nodded repeatedly, “Father, that is a good method, what is the countersign?”
After considering the big guy’s intelligence, the dragonman youngster said, “The first countersign is Hog’s Kiss.”
“Hog’s Kiss!” The big guy nodded, that was the ship he had spent many years on, and it naturally had a deep impression on him.
The dragonman youngster didn’t need to worry that he would forget the countersign.
However, to prevent accidents, the dragonman youngster made sure the big guy memorized the countersign.
“Now how do you feel?” The dragonman youngster reckoned that enough time had passed for the gold potion to take effect.
But the big guy still gave off the same impression as before.
The big guy clicked his tongue, “Feel, feel…a little sweet.”
When the dragonman youngster heard this, he suddenly became a bit apprehensive.
Why wasn’t the big guy feeling a bit smarter?
To be safe, the dragonman youngster decided to run a test.
He asked, “What does 33 multiplied by 7 equal to?”
“Huh?” The big guy scratched his head, showing perplexion, “Father, what is multiplied?”
The dragonman youngster: …
“I’ll change the question. How much is 48 plus 21?
The big guy scratched his check, and flicked his toes, after trying hard for a long time, he shamefully said to the dragonman youngster, “Father, Xiao Guai doesn’t know.”
The dragonman youngster took a deep breath, “12 plus 6?”
The big guy puffed hard, waggled his fingers and toes, and after a long while, he still looked confused.
Seeing this happening, the dragonman youngster’s heart chilled.
He contacted Zi Di to ask: did we really buy a gold potion?
He felt like this was a fake!
“Impossible, I already tested it.” Zi Di denied the dragonman youngster’s guess.
Then at that moment, the big guy suddenly jumped up with glee, “It is 17, 17! Father, I calculated it!”
The dragonman youngster sank into a deep silence.
“Could the giant-type intelligence potion have been replaced after Zi Di tested it?” He couldn’t help but think.
But he soon rejected that notion in his heart, “Impossible. This intelligence potion has been in my hand for nearly the entire journey.”
“Then, there is only one possibility.”
The dragonman youngster profoundly gazed at the big guy, thinking, “How great is Xiao Guai’s intellect shortfall? That even a gold level intelligence potion specialized for giants is not enough to fill it?”
“Father, did I calculate it wrong?” The big guy impatiently looked at the dragonman youngster, looking forward to the latter’s affirmation.
The dragonman youngster sighed, “That wasn’t important. Let us officially begin.”
“Ok!”
After that trouble, the dragonman youngster’s ample confidence had waned to uncertainty.
He began to guide the big guy in cultivation.
The bug guy reclined on the ground, using his most comfortable sleeping position, and began to circulate battle qi.
His cultivated battle qi technique was called the Mindless Sleeping Posture Technique.
The dragonman youngster had thought about it very much and specifically chose this one very carefully.
This battle qi technique was very easy, so long as one successfully completed internal circulation several times, their body would remember it. When they slept, their body would act on its own, refining and circulating their battle qi.
The dragonman youngster had tried many times to guide him, but the outcomes were less than ideal.
The big guy couldn’t remember or understand the fundamentals, and as of now, he was never able to complete a battle qi cycle.
The dragonman youngster took a deep breath, prepared himself mentally, and began hands on instruction.
Despite not cultivating the Mindless Sleeping Technique, because he had taught the big guy many times, he almost knew it by heart.
After five minutes, the big guy had surmounted the first difficulty.
The dragonman youngster was pleasantly surprised.
Although the big guy had broken through this difficulty before, it usually took half an hour. This time it only took 5 minutes to break through, a truly outstanding achievement!
“Xiao Gui, you’re doing pretty good. A good beginning is half a success.”
The second difficulty was surmounted at 11 minutes.
“Xiao Guai, you’re doing great. You are making far more progress than ever before.”
The big guy starched his head and giggled gently, his father praising him this way made him feel very happy.
Then at 24 minutes, the third difficulty was broken through.
The dragonman youngster was more excited than the big guy, grabbing the big guy’s arm and shaking it, “You did it, Xiao Guai! You have never done this before.”
The fourth difficulty was surmounted.
“Quickly, Xiao Guai, avail yourself while you’re still intelligent and waste no time.”
As the dragonman youngster guided him, he noticed that the big guy’s comprehension and ability to remember was clearly declining.
The gold potion’s intelligence boosting effects was decreasing as time passed.
Then at 37 minutes, the fifth difficulty was crossed by the big guy.
But he was injured.
“Xiao Guai, how are you? Don’t give up, persevere with all you got.” The dragonman youngster encouraged.
He became irascible, and his guidance also became a little impatient.
The big guy’s comprehension and memory decline was growing more severe, and this caused battle qi to batter against his internals, consequently causing him to cough up blood.
“Father, I can do it! I can still persevere.” The big guy was unwilling to give up, and the dragonman youngster’s mood had infected him, he knew they were doing it all for his own good.
The dragonman youngster didn’t give the big guy a healing potion.
Healing potions might affect the intelligence potion.
Right now, the big guy had to bear with it.
With the big guy’s tough flesh, such an injury did not endanger his life.
Time passed, and the rate of progress grew slower.
From morning till dusk, the dragonman youngster and the big guy did not eat or drink, nor did they get any rest.
As the sunset quietly vanished from the ship bow house’s window, the dragonman youngster embraced the big guy, nearly crying tears of joy, “Success! Xiao Gui, you finally accomplished your first complete battle qi cycle!”
The big guy yelled in delight.
The giant sound wave was perfectly restrained by the acoustics case and didn’t get out.
“Cough, cough.” The big guy coughed out blood.
The dragonman youngster took out a healing potion and let the big guy drink it down.
The big guy’s injuries were swiftly stabilized.
The dragonman youngster, restless and on edge, once again had him circulate his battle qi completely.
The big guy was obedient and immediately lay down to circulate his battle qi.
“Pfff.” After a half minute, he spat out blood, the battle qi diverged, and he failed again.
The dragonman youngster’s heart skipped a beat, and he looked grave.
The big guy tried again and failed again.
The dragonman youngster suddenly felt his heart go cold.
“Father…I’m too stupid…” The big guy looked very solemn, he lowered his head and didn’t dare to look the dragonman youngster in the eyes out of shame.
“Xiao Guai, I’m sorry.” The dragonman youngster suddenly said.
“Huh?”
The big guy was just about to look up when the dragonman youngster knocked him out with a slap.
Not long after the big guy sank into deep slumber, his internal battle qi spontaneously circulated.
The anxious dragonman youngster gave his full attention into observing him.
Before too long, the big guy’s battle qi completed a complete circulation.
The dragonman youngster kept waiting patiently.
The big guy’s battle qi successfully did 2, 3, then 4 cycles.
The dragonman youngster let out his breath. Only now did he truly confirm that the big guy had successfully cultivated the Mindless Sleeping Posture Technique!
“So difficult, so ridiculously difficult.” The dragonman youngster relaxed and sat down on the planks.
He was exhausted, feeling more tired than the times he had fought gold level cultivators!
“It wasn’t easy, it really wasn’t easy, but it was all worth it.” Zi Di had been closely following the guidance secretly, sighing ruefully.
“When the big guy cultivates knowingly, he will still fail. But when he sleeps, he can succeed. This proves that his body is far more reliable than his mind, it is worthy of possessing at least a legend level bloodline!”
The dragonman youngster stood up, gratefully looking at the sleeping big guy, “In that case, from now on, let him sleep more. Based on his bloodline quality, when he sleeps, his progress will far exceed that of an ordinary person.”
The sleeping big guy was confused.
The other people on board also didn’t know the truth.
The only two who knew the truth of his bloodline was the dragonman youngster and Zi Di, they understood how bright the big guy’s future was, one they awaited with bated breath!
“This joyous news really needs to be shared with Cang Xu, I wonder how he’s doing.” The dragonman youngster lamented.
In the ghost ship.
Now just a head, Cang Xu slowly opened his eyes.
The big guy sank into unconsciousness as he regained consciousness.