Breakthrough

Tan You and Number One moved discretely toward their hut after tidying up the alleyway.

Due to the fact that he was under the influence of alcohol, Number One did not convey any words.

Contrarily, Tan You remained silent as a result of the terrifying scene that he had just witnessed.

They avoided any remote or abandoned sites now as Tan You didn't want to face that kind of situation again.

Just killing those five guys has put a lot of pressure on Tan You, although he was sure that they have cleaned the alley pretty well, however there was no way for them to clean up all the clues.

If anyone found out about them then it would be troublesome. Zhao Jinhai has already left the village for his sect and if anyone comes looking for him then no one would be able to save them.

Although Number One was strong, he was still at only stage one of Body Condensation if someone really strong came then they would die.

'I have to increase my power as quickly as I can!' Tan You thought and clenched his fists in determination. He wanted to live peacefully and he has understood one fact today. If he wanted to live a good and carefree life then he would need to become strong. Stronger than everyone.

As only after that he would be able to live peacefully.

Today he was lucky that those guys were not that strong and Number One was able to handle them, however if he faced someone stronger in further then his only fate would be death.

He won't even be able to run, so the only hope of him now is to grow as strong as possible.

After reaching their hut, both of them quickly entered. Since Number One was still under the influence of alcohol Tan You sent him to sleep.

Tan You sat on the wooden bed as he looked out of the window with a complicated expression on his face.

"Today was hectic. I hope no-one find out about those alley thugs." Tan You thought and sighed.

After some more thought he decided to go to sleep. After all thinking about this matter would only increase his worry and worrying is not the solution.

He needed to stay calm and think of his every move carefully.

The next day Tan You woke up and saw that Number One was sitting beside him with an innocent expression on his face. He looked gullible.

Not like the death god from yesterday.

Tan You saw his expression and sighed. 'This clone of mine really is reliable.' He thought and nodded.

'From now on I will focus on getting stronger as fast as possible.' He stood up and after bathing both of them sat in the pill room.

'First let me try the Blood Relishing Technique.' Tan You thought and nodded. Taking out the small scroll he gave it to number one.

He didn't dare try the technique himself, as according to the information written in the scroll, this technique accumulates internal injuries with each practice.

And after prolonged use, it will cripple the user or might even take their life, that was the reason why this technique was so unpopular even though it increased the cultivation speed by quite a bit.

Not only can it cripple someone, stopping their cultivation path forever, it could even take someone's life.

No-one dared to take the risk with their lives no matter how trash their spirit root is.

However Tan You was different, he dared to take such a risk since he was not the one to cultivate this technique, but his clone can do it instead. And he would also obtain benefits.

He also wanted to loot the ruffians however abstained from doing so, because if someone finds their items on him then he would be accused for their death.

He found some gold coins on Chang Wen, however they were measly. He only found two gold coins in total, telling him how rare they are.

Thinking how Heaven and Earth technique was a thousand gold coins, he considered himself lucky for getting such an amazing clone.

"Master, I have memorized this technique."

As Tan You was deep in his thoughts, Number One broke him out of his state.

Tan You looked at him and smiled. 'He truly is amazing.' Although he has previously seen his memorization power, Tan You was still stunned every time Number One does this.

Sighing he nodded. "Ok then, cultivate the Blood Relishing Technique." He said.

Number One nodded and closed his eyes, he then started breathing in a strange pattern.

His whole body turned red, as if blood wanted to come out of skin and Tan You could see a calm expression on his face.

Tan You knew that this technique was extremely painful, however seeing the calm expression on Number One's face a frown appeared on his forehead.

'He must not feel any pain. So why can't he cultivate for more than ten minutes?' He thought and decided to ask Number One after he was finished.

As he was thinking some more things, suddenly his eyes widened as if they were about to pop out of his head. "This power! It's monstrous!" He was surprised.

Previously he has felt this power when Number One cultivated with a perfect posture and at that time he though that it was already amazing.

However now the power rushing through his body was even greater, it was at least hundreds of times stronger than when he cultivated if not thousands of times!

This was too baffling for Tan You!

However he didn't know that if a normal person cultivated the Blood Relishing Technique they won't be able to absorb so much Qi, because of some slight mistakes in circulating the Qi.

No one in this world was perfect, everyone made mistakes and those mistakes draw down the power of cultivation techniques significantly.

However Number One was different. He was not like normal humans. He was a clone and each of his moment was perfectly calculated for maximum efficiency and minimum damage.

That was the reason why he was able to defeat Chang Wen so easily even though he was three stages below him.

It was only because of Number One's perfect accuracy that he was so monstrous.

If Tan You knew this then he might be even more shocked. And if other cultivators heard this then they might kill themselves because of how ridiculous Number One was.

Soon time passed and when Number One reached the five minutes mark, Tan You suddenly felt a bang from his body.

It was as if a firecracker has gone inside his stomach, however it didn't hurt but felt preasurale, as if he has consumed a cold drink in a desert.

He felt blissful.

"I have broken thought the Second Stage of Body Condensation!" A giant smile formed on his face.

He has heard of this phenomena from the Old Man.

Tan You could feel power surging in his body and could even feel his muscles turning denser.

"This is truly amazing! Hehe... That old man told me that it would need at least five months for me to break through to the second stage. I wonder what his reaction would be when he finds this out." Just imagining the shocked expression on the old man's face made Tan You happy.

'I will definitely reach Spirt Condensation stage five and meet him again.' Tan You thought.

He wanted to meet the old man again and thank him properly, after all it was only because of the old man that he is still alive. Or he might have died in that waterfall.

Although Tan You was a bit displeased by the fact that the old man left him alone, however he was grateful to him for everything he has done for a stranger like him.

'I will definitely repay the favour.'

Soon more time passed and Tan You could feel his power increasing non stop, the Blood Relishing Technique was too powerful and he could feel that he was filled with power.

When Number One crossed ten minutes mark he coughed up blood and finally stopped, he looked at Tan You and sighed.

"Boss, I can't cultivate anymore today." He said with a displeased expression.

Tan You smiled at him. "Don't force it, we have to take things slow." He said.

Number One listened to his words and nodded.

"By the way I want to ask you something." Tan You looked at Number One with a curious expression.

"Yes, master."

"Do you not feel any pain?" Tan You asked.

"I can feel pain, but I can also cut it off entirely if I want to." Number One replied honestly.

Tan You listened to him and nodded. He expected this answer, as it would be strange for Number One to not feel pain and get drunk.

"Then why can't you cultivate for more than ten minutes?" Tan You asked with a confused expression on his face.

"Because I will die if I continue for more than Ten Minutes." Number One said in a plain tone.

Tan You listened to his words and turned silent after a few seconds he opened his mouth.

"Do you feel any injuries inside your body?" He asked, Tan You can't feel any sort of injuries so he wanted to make sure with Number One that if he can feel any injuries.

"Yes Master, there are injuries inside and if we do this daily then I will die about in one month." Number One said while pointing his finger.

Tan You again turned silent and started contemplating and this time he moved his head only after a minute.

"Cut off your right hand's forefinger." Tan You said with a solemn expression. He wanted to test his theory.