socalfunplaces Chapter 24: Obtaining the Huayang Acupuncture Technique, Camping Around a Campfire
Chapter 24: Obtaining the Huayang Acupuncture Technique, Camping Around a Campfire
"Brother Jiuyou!"
Li Jiuyou responded with a faint smile, and then the two walked outside.
This is probably the aspect of their relationship that he is most satisfied with during this period.
Only after ensuring his own complete safety did he have the mind to guide Ning Rongrong to change her original way of addressing him.
After all, adding the word "small" before a name can make people feel a little uncomfortable.
"Is everything ready?"
"Uh-huh!"
Li Jiuyou turned around and closed the door, then walked outside with Ning Rongrong.
Today is the day to participate in the competition.
According to Ning Fengzhi, all four academies sent people, who arrived in Tiandou City just a few days ago.
The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan was also invited, but none of them came, and the same was true for the Spirit Hall.
Then there are some smaller sects and families.
The Royal Academy in Tiandou City also sent people, and Li Jiuyou learned about the participants from Ning Fengzhi.
At this moment, the entire area outside Tiandou City, extending to the mountains at the edge of Sunset Forest, is the competition venue.
The competition lasted for half a month.
In the end, the winner will be determined by who eliminates more bandits.
The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School is located slightly closer, so they don't need to go to Tiandou City to gather and depart like the others. Instead, they can go directly into the mountains. Therefore, they can depart half a day later and have more time to rest.
Although it is not the Soul Beast Mountain Range, there are still some hundred-year-old soul beasts in it.
Occasionally, more powerful ones would appear, but they were all driven away before today.
In the end, this match was just for show.
The young talents gained fame, the empire won the hearts of the people, and Xue Qinghe and Ning Fengzhi made a small test.
Of course, Li Jiuyou and Ning Rongrong were not the only participants from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School.
Behind them were six people, not inner disciples, but shadow reserve officers.
They were all fifteen years old, with cultivation levels of Great Soul Masters, and all at level 25, the upper limit for the competition.
Once you become a Soul Master, you can become a full member.
Li Jiuyou turned his head and said to them:
"When you're out in public, pretend to be an ordinary disciple and don't let anyone notice anything amiss. When it's time to play and joke around, you should also put on a show."
"yes!"
The six people's unanimous reply gave Li Jiuyou a headache.
The cultivation of the shadow was both a success and a failure.
They only cultivate tools for carrying out tasks; they can't make the disguises look real.
Li Jiuyou secretly noted this down; this was something the Bad People needed to be careful about.
He then took out a book from his storage soul tool and began to read it.
His other arm was being held by Ning Rongrong, and they were swaying as they walked.
"Brother Jiuyou, what are you looking at?"
"On the merits and demerits of plant bloodlines and their evolutionary trends... This is also a medical topic. This is the last book on it, and I want to finish reading it today."
Ning Rongrong looked on with admiration upon hearing this.
"Brother Jiuyou is amazing! He's read so many books!"
After that, she stopped shaking Li Jiuyou's arm and would occasionally lean over to take a look.
But I only glance at it once; I lose interest in anything more.
Although Ning Fengzhi relaxed her requirements after running away from home, she still had very little entertainment time each day, only about three hours.
Excluding eating and sleeping, the cultivation time is a full three and a half hours.
Therefore, she also admired Li Jiuyou for being able to persist in reading books in addition to cultivating.
If it were her, she definitely couldn't do it.
The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School has a large collection of books, and Li Jiuyou has the authority to read all of them. In the six months since he returned from his first Soul Hunt, he has finished reading all the books.
After turning to the last page, Li Jiuyou finished reading and put the book down.
The next moment, he went through all the herbs he had learned about and seen in his mind.
He didn't understand it and couldn't yet combine different herbs; he just memorized them.
However, it's sufficient for normal use.
Even if some of them are not recorded by the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, there probably won't be too many.
Just as he opened his eyes, the system panel appeared.
[Performance Enhancement +1%]
[Current role-playing level: 15%]
[Congratulations, host, you have received a reward of 15% role-playing progress: Huayang Acupuncture Technique, one set of Huayang Acupuncture needles!]
Li Jiuyou raised his hand, pretending to take something from his storage soul tool, but in reality, he took out the Huayang Needle from the system.
The Huayang Needle can save lives, but it can also kill.
Detoxification, neutralizing internal energy, sealing acupoints, recuperation, assassination, and breaking through enemy defenses.
The Imperial Needle Technique has eight techniques: "insertion, twisting, shaking, kneading, flicking, scraping, flying, and vibrating," which are performed according to the rhythm and strength of the movements.
How to use Huayang needles requires Li Jiuyou to learn slowly based on the Huayang needle techniques provided by the system; it is not something that can be directly imparted to him.
"Brother Jiuyou, what is this?"
"Just some small gadgets."
Li Jiuyou didn't say much, but first put it into his storage soul tool.
……
In the mountains.
At this moment, the participating teams were clearly divided into different camps.
Some smaller sects and families either form teams or wander around the perimeter, while more powerful forces act alone.
For example, both the Four Elements Academy and the Heavenly Dou Royal Academy operate as academies.
There are four students from the Heaven Dou Royal Academy participating in this competition.
They are Oslo, Yufeng, Ye Lingling, and Dugu Yan.
Among those below level 25 in the academy, and who are considered the face of the academy and can be trusted, they are the ones.
Ye Lingling is younger, currently a little over 12 years old, while the others are all 13 years old and their soul power is close to level 25.
The group had been in the mountains for half a day, but had not yet found their target.
On the contrary, they caught and ate more than ten of the rampant soft-boned rabbits.
"Sister Yan, I'm begging you, please don't help me, okay?"
Yu Feng squatted on the ground, holding a purplish-red soft-boned rabbit in his hand.
"The moment you made your move, this rabbit was covered in poison, and we wasted quite a bit of our resources."
"Well... that's fine! Rabbits reproduce quickly anyway, so killing a few more won't hurt!"
Dugu Yan forced herself to refute.
She instinctively wanted to help, but this is how it turned out.
Having gotten used to fighting humans before, and even fighting spirit beasts before, I really couldn't control the number of rabbits I killed.
We can't exactly let Lingling treat them, can we?
"Someone's there!"
As Oslo spoke, the four of them suddenly tensed up and stood together.
Their gazes locked onto a direction, and soon the bushes were parted, revealing a group of eight people.
"People from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School?"
Seeing the clothes worn by the six people behind them, the four of them relaxed.
Although Xue Qinghe did not publicize his preparations, the bandits must have received some information.
What they fear most is being caught off guard and surrounded.
Li Jiuyou's gaze fell on the four people, finally settling on Dugu Yan.
Purple hair and green eyes, and the air smelled of snake venom.
This person is Dugu Yan.
Once Li Jiuyou confirmed the other party's identity, he naturally recognized the remaining people as well.
"It is fate that we have met. It is almost nightfall, so why don't we set up camp together and look out for each other?"
Dugu Yan and the other three exchanged glances and then nodded.
They were already few in number, and now with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School members looking after each other, they were safer at night.