Chapter 5: Grasping Vitality and Blood

These days, Chen Yi kept a low profile practicing the standing stake and martial arts, eating fish from the Spiritual Energy World. His body kept getting stronger, and his sense of Vitality and Blood became more and more obvious.

During this time, besides practicing the standing stake and eating fish every day, he occasionally returned to The Great Swamp in this world to catch a fish that weighed several pounds, and sell it for a few copper coins.

At the same time, he often deliberately caught a bad fish from the Spiritual Energy World and brought it home for Chen Yi's mother to cook for the three of them. This type of fish especially replenishes Yuanqi. Even just drinking some fish soup has a very apparent effect.

In these few days, the faces of Chen Yi's mother and Chen Ran had clearly become much more rosy. Plus, with Chen Yi becoming better at fishing after learning martial arts, nearly a hundred copper coins had been saved at home,

bringing more and more smiles to Chen Yi's mother's face.

However, every time she went to the Pier Fish Market, the look of desire and venom in the eyes of the wretched Liu, who followed Hu Ye, made Chen Yi's mother feel as if she had swallowed a live fish,

and always scared her enough to give her chills. She didn't know when wretched Liu would explode. Perhaps she should look for a family for her young daughter to marry into if Hu Ye's support through the year couldn't make it...

She hadn't mentioned this to Chen Yi,

But with Chen Yi's careful observations, how could he not know?

During this time, Chen Yi had made some preparations in addition to practicing martial arts in a low profile and full-force way,

Just waiting for a more mature opportunity, when his own strength was a bit stronger and ensured a foolproof plan, then he would strike like a thunderbolt!

...

It was again ten days later, with only 5 days left until Chen Yi had been learning at the martial arts school for a full month,

In the Spiritual Energy World, the storm is quite big today.

The fishing boat was like being held in the hand of a giant, constantly swaying from side to side. Pots, stoves, forks and other things in the cabin were shaking everywhere.

But inside the cabin was a young man, his feet firmly planted as if rooted,

with his eyes closed, standing at odd angles. Regardless of how the small boat swayed, he was like a gravity pendulum on a skyscraper, his body moving with it, yet his center of gravity was as steady as Mount Tai,

His posture did not resemble the static pile pose, which he had learned at first. This was his own adjustment from nearly a month of standing by the cabin,

but in his mind state and the level of Vitality and Blood circulation, he was still standing in the initial static pile pose.

At this time, as Chen Yi breathed rhythmically, he could feel a surge of Vitality and Blood circulating within his body. Each time it flowed to his legs, the force of the Vitality and Blood would decrease a bit to soothe his leg muscles,

and when the power of Vitality and Blood circulated to his heart and lungs, it would increase a bit. This is the power enhanced by Breathing Techniques.

Chen Yi had a hunch that he could guide the power of Vitality and Blood straight to his legs through their intense desire for it, thereby reducing the route of Vitality and Blood in other parts of his body.

No sooner thought than done,

The next moment, that surge of Vitality and Blood from the heart and lungs rushed down towards the waist and legs through the big dragon along the spine, like a waterfall full of power!

Wherever it went, warmth spread!

Then, the power of Vitality and Blood entered the large muscle groups in both legs, like a waterfall finally hitting the ground, and exploded with a bang!

At this moment, Chen Yi only felt that his thighs were hot and seemed to be full of endless power, sweeping away the soreness and weakness brought by standing still for almost two hours!

"I can stand for another half day without moving!"

"So, is this the knack for manipulating Vitality and Blood?!"

Chen Yi realized that he had achieved a kind of control over Vitality and Blood after 25 days of standing practice. After controlling the flow of Vitality and Blood towards his legs,

He perceived the method of controlling this force of Vitality and Blood in his body. That is, now the location requiring Vitality and Blood is the waist and legs, and if other parts of the body need it, he can also bring it there.

This is the knack to control Vitality and Blood.

And this is a prerequisite for formally learning Fist Technique, and Cultivating Flesh and Blood into Strength.

"Hmm, it took me less than a month to catch up with Yun Hu's speed, but his was thanks to his talent,

while mine should be the effect of standing on the ship and the spiritual energy of this world."

When Chen Yi guessed why he could catch up with the speed of a martial arts prodigy, there was no complacency on his face at all,

Moreover, this was but the first step in Martial Arts, and the spiritual energy world he was currently in was filled with such potent power even in the air, surely it had a more terrifying cultivation system.

At most, he has now evolved from an ant to a slightly stronger little ant that has just begun its cultivation journey.

However, what Chen Yi didn't know was that in his original world, when masters used to control their Vitality and Blood Power through standing stake meditation, they could only control a hint of their Vitality and Blood Power, slowly nourishing their flesh, skin, and muscles like a trickle of water from a cup.

On the other hand, the amount of Vitality and Blood Power that Chen Yi controlled was much more violent, like a basin of water splashing down and exploding with force, leading to a significant increase in his strength!

The spiritual energy of this world greatly enhanced the growth of his breathing techniques and Vitality and Blood Power!

Even the growth rate of ordinary ants practicing in this spiritual energy world was much faster than in the original Martial World.

After grasping his Vitality and Blood Power, Chen Yi didn't rush to report his progress to the martial arts school.

Wouldn't that be telling them outright that there was a problem with him?

He stayed on the ship in the spiritual energy world, continuing his standing stake cultivation to enhance his Vitality and Blood Power and increase his physical strength.

To go to the martial arts school and start cultivating Flesh and Blood into Strength, he must at least practice standing stake for two months, otherwise, with his talent, it would be hard to explain and invite trouble.

Fortunately, his current standing stake cultivation could also strengthen his inner Vitality and Blood Power, and uniformly enhance physical strength. This enhancement of his own Vitality and Blood Power was a part of the entire process of practicing in the Martial World,

The only difference between him and those who cultivate Flesh and Blood into Strength was that he hadn't formally started Refining Vitality and Blood into Strength or learning formal Fist Techniques.

Chen Yi decided to cultivate Vitality and Blood for another month before laying the foundation.

Regardless, after he was able to control his Vitality and Blood, using it to forge his whole body caused his strength to grow increasingly powerful.

In just half a day, Chen Yi felt that his strength was not inferior to that of an ordinary grown man who frequented workouts,

His muscles robust and vigorous, his waist and spine full of Yuanqi, his Vitality and Blood like a surge, his senses sharper. He was worlds apart from the skinny boy he was a month ago.

Of course, mastering Vitality and Blood and enhancing his bodily strength made him feel hungry faster!

An hour ago, he had just cooked a fish over two kilos, and now he was hungry again.

Thankfully his strength had increased somewhat, so his fishing efficiency had also improved.

Casting the net, holding the harpoon,

In just a few minutes, there were two black fish struggling in the net. As Chen Yi pulled in the net, he carefully watched,

In his worn-out net, there were quite a few big holes. While pulling in the net, if he wasn't careful, the fish would escape.

As expected,

One of the black fish was stuck in the gaps of the net unable to break free, and the other, a large fish slightly longer than an arm, swayed its tail and slipped out through a hole in the net.

Swish!

Chen Yi moved swiftly; his harpoon plunged down and stabbed three inches from the fish.

A resistance reached his hand, and a burst of blood exploded from the water. Chen Yi knew he had hit it.

The next moment, Chen Yi threw the net onto the boat deck, disregarding the fish that were flapping around impulsively,

He started dealing with the big fish he caught—lighting the stove, boiling the water, removing gills, descaling, gutting—all done in one go,

In no time, the small pot on the stove blubbered with bubbles, and a rich scent of fish wafted from it.

Just as Chen Yi was about to feast,

Suddenly,

A large splash broke out two or three miles away,

Chen Yi looked up only to see all the boats nearby, regardless of their sizes and the waves around, madly rushing towards the splash!

With a frown, Chen Yi turned off the stove, picked up the broken oar, and rowed against the crowd.