Chapter 15: A Small Red Packet

【Hearing Pang Bo: @Lu Qingshan, Group Owner, I'm about to arrive on Mars right now. What should I do?】

Although Hearing Pang Bo is usually a bit careless, he is still quite worried about what is about to happen.

Although in the novel he and Ye Fan were always safe despite the dangers on Mars and even gained great opportunities, who knows if they will remain safe this time?

Moreover, according to the records of Covering Heaven, many of their classmates died on Mars.

Although the bond between those classmates and him was far inferior to that with Ye Fan, if it were possible, he was unwilling for those classmates to die like that.

【Lu Qingshan: This... regarding the matters on Mars, it is very difficult for me to help at the moment!】

Although Covering Heaven did not mention the detailed realm of the Crocodile Ancestor, since it could be suppressed by Shakyamuni, even if it was not a Great Sage, it was at least a Saint King.

Such a terrifying powerhouse with such strength was far beyond the ability of a mere Immortal Army Lord like Lu Qingshan to resolve.

【Cao Cao: Even the Group Owner is powerless? Hearing Pang Bo, have you encountered some danger?】

At this moment, Cao Cao had completely accepted the wonders of the chat area, so after seeing Hearing Pang Bo's words, he naturally wanted to know more information.

【Hearing Pang Bo: I will open the permissions for everyone; you can take a look yourselves!】

【System Notification: Hearing Pang Bo changed the viewing permissions for Covering Heaven; all group members may view it!】

Seeing the viewing permissions for Covering Heaven changed, Cao Cao, Yue Buqun, and Han Li quickly clicked in to watch.

【Cao Cao: Truly an incredible and powerful world; I never thought there would be such unimaginable powerhouses in the world!】

【Yue Buqun: Although I have cultivated a bit of Martial Arts, facing such terrifying demons and monsters, I am merely an ant, completely unable to help you!】

【Han Li: This junior is currently only at the Qi Refining realm and similarly cannot help!】

【Hearing Pang Bo: Sigh, if there is truly no other way, we can only take it one step at a time! At most, Ye Zi and I will be careful, and try to take care of a few classmates with relatively good relationships.】

【System Notification: Group Owner Lu Qingshan uploaded a group red packet: four jin of Thousand-Year Spirit Marrow.】

【Lu Qingshan: Although I cannot help you deal with that Crocodile Ancestor, this Thousand-Year Spirit Marrow should be able to slightly enhance your physical constitution and improve your survival ability a bit.】

【Lu Qingshan: As for the other three portions, consider them my welcome gifts to everyone. @Cao Cao, @Yue Buqun, @Han Li.】

【Lu Qingshan: Everyone check first to see if there is any effect; if there is an effect, I will send some more later.】

【System Notification: Hearing Pang Bo claimed the Thousand-Year Spirit Marrow.】

【Hearing Pang Bo: Thank you, Boss. JPG】

【System Notification: Cao Cao, Han Li, and Yue Buqun claimed the Thousand-Year Spirit Marrow.】

【Cao Cao: Thank you, Group Owner!】

【Yue Buqun: Thank you, Group Owner!】

【Han Li: Thank you, Group Owner!】

【Lu Qingshan: The effect of this Thousand-Year Spirit Marrow is gentle; simply consume it directly, and it can cause your bodies to undergo a transformation within a short time.】

In fact, this Thousand-Year Spirit Marrow was merely the lowest tier of things for Lu Qingshan; in his inner world, it was just a lake used for decoration.

This was not because Lu Qingshan was unwilling to offer better items, but at the current stage, the strength of Hearing Pang Bo and others was not very high, so this Thousand-Year Spirit Marrow was the treasure in Lu Qingshan's hands most suitable for them.

Covering Heaven World, inside the Bronze Ancient Coffin.

After claiming the red packet, a message immediately appeared in Hearing Pang Bo's mind—he could extract the red packet he claimed with just a thought.

So, after seeing Lu Qingshan explain how to use it, he quickly walked to a corner and, without anyone noticing, extracted the claimed Thousand-Year Spirit Marrow into the mineral water bottle in his hand.

This Thousand-Year Spirit Marrow was a milky-white liquid that looked like milk, except its density was much greater.

One jin of Thousand-Year Spirit Marrow occupied only one-fifth of the mineral water bottle's volume, about two hundred milliliters.

"I want to see what effect this Thousand-Year Spirit Marrow sent by the Group Owner actually has!"

Thinking this, Hearing Pang Bo quickly drank half of the Thousand-Year Spirit Marrow in the bottle.

Within just a moment, Hearing Pang Bo's body had already begun to heat up.

He himself had not cultivated any technique, so after the Thousand-Year Spirit Marrow entered his body, it could only slowly change his body.

Yet even this slight change had already begun to cause a noticeable improvement in his physical constitution.

Ye Fan, who was nearby, noticed the heat rising from Hearing Pang Bo and quickly asked with concern: "Hearing Pang Bo, why is your body so hot? Are you sick?"

"Nothing! I am very well right now!"

Looking at Ye Fan nearby, Hearing Pang Bo handed the remaining half of the Thousand-Year Spirit Marrow in his hand to the other without hesitation: "Ye Zi, drink this Spirit Marrow quickly!"

"Spirit Marrow?"

Ye Fan had originally thought the mineral water bottle contained milk poured in by Hearing Pang Bo, but as soon as he took it, he discovered something special.

However, out of trust in Hearing Pang Bo, he quickly swallowed the remaining Thousand-Year Spirit Marrow into his stomach, and only then asked: "Hearing Pang Bo, what exactly is this thing you made me drink?"

"Of course it is something good!"

Hearing Pang Bo asked with a smile: "Ye Zi, do you feel your body heating up and your strength greatly increasing?"

"No!"

Ye Fan shook his head and said: "I just feel slightly more energetic, but I don't know if it is an illusion!"

"This..."

Seeing that the Thousand-Year Spirit Marrow had no effect on Ye Fan, Hearing Pang Bo was slightly stunned.

"Could it be that items claimed in the chat group are only useful to me?"

Hearing Pang Bo thought silently in his heart: "No, it might also be due to Ye Zi's constitution!"

Hearing Pang Bo quickly thought of Ye Fan's extremely special constitution, the Ancient Saint Body!

Although he was a descendant of the Demon God, in terms of constitution, he was far inferior to Ye Fan's Ancient Saint Body.

Half a jin of Thousand-Year Spirit Marrow could be effective for him, but for Ye Fan's Ancient Saint Body, it was definitely too little.

"I wonder if the Group Owner has a lot of Thousand-Year Spirit Marrow?"

Hearing Pang Bo planned silently in his heart: "If there is a lot, I might be able to find a way to exchange for more!"

Hearing Pang Bo did not intend to ask Lu Qingshan directly; instead, he planned to gather more Buddhist artifacts within the Great Thunder Sound Temple on Mars, then exchange them with Lu Qingshan for more Millennium Spirit Marrow.

……

In Yue State, within the Yellow Maple Valley.

"So this is Millennium Spirit Marrow?"

Looking at the small bottle of milky-white liquid that suddenly appeared in his hand, Han Li's heart stirred slightly: "It truly contains some Qi within, but I do not know if its effects are as the Group Owner described!"

"However, before using it, I must carefully examine it first!"

Thinking this, Han Li quickly began using various methods he knew to investigate the newly acquired Millennium Spirit Marrow.

In this world, even teachers would scheme for their disciples' cultivation; having experienced multiple crises, Han Li naturally had to be even more cautious.

Therefore, even though he already partially trusted the people in the chat group, the necessary vigilance must still be maintained.

……

On the other side, after receiving the Millennium Spirit Marrow, Cao Cao in the allied camp and Yue Buqun on Huashan also did not consume it immediately; instead, they similarly began finding ways to examine it.

Only after confirming that the Millennium Spirit Marrow was beneficial and harmless did they begin preparing to consume it themselves.

Within the Great Hall of Huashan.

Having consumed a small portion of the Millennium Spirit Marrow, Yue Buqun quickly sensed the strange changes within his body; then he immediately sat cross-legged and began circulating the Purple Cloud Divine Art of the Huashan Sect.

It was seen that the pure energy transformed from the Millennium Spirit Marrow within Yue Buqun's body, after he circulated the 'Purple Cloud Divine Art', directly plunged into his meridians all at once, traveling upward along the Ren Meridian which had long been completely opened, crossing the Magpie Bridge, and entering the Du Meridian.

It must be known that anyone in the Jianghu capable of opening the acupoints of the Du Meridian had already crossed into the realm of a first-rate expert.

However, opening the acupoints of the Du Meridian was truly too difficult; often, several years of hard work were required just to reopen a single acupoint.

Therefore, after martial artists in the Jianghu crossed into the first-rate realm, besides continuing to cultivate internal energy, they would also diligently study sword techniques, blade techniques, movement techniques, and so on, to improve their own strength as much as possible.

Precisely for this reason, although Yue Buqun was the sect master of the Huashan Sect, only five of the twenty-eight major acupoints in his Du Meridian had been opened previously.

However, his Huashan Sword Technique was extremely exquisite; the combination of the two made him one of the few first-rate experts in the Jianghu.

But now, after the energy contained in the Millennium Spirit Marrow entered the Du Meridian, Yue Buqun felt as if a spoonful of scalding hot oil had been poured into his Du Meridian.

With no time to think much, Yue Buqun could only exert all his strength to control this astonishing energy to travel downward along the Du Meridian.

When that astonishing energy surged to the Zhongshu acupoint he had previously been breaking through, it clearly encountered some resistance; however, this energy was truly too astonishing, and after consuming only a little, the Zhongshu acupoint was directly breached.

Afterwards, that astonishing energy continued to surge downward...

Zhongshu, Jinsuo, Zhiyang, Lingtai, Shendao, Shenzhu, Taodao, Dazhui, Yamen, Fengfu, Nao Hu, Qiangjian, Houting...

By the time the energy within the Millennium Spirit Marrow was exhausted, it had actually allowed him to open thirteen major acupoints in the Du Meridian in one breath; even the Baihui acupoint at the crown of his head had become on the verge of collapsing.

"This..."

Sensing the powerful Purple Cloud internal energy within his body, Yue Buqun was slightly dazed: "The efficacy of this Millennium Spirit Marrow is too strong; it actually allowed me to open the Houting acupoint in one breath!"

It must be known that even his teacher, the previous sect master of the Huashan Sect, Ning Qingyu, had only opened the Qiangjian acupoint before passing away!

It must be known that at that time, Ning Qingyu led the Qi Sect to victory over the Sword Sect lineage; apart from the Sword God Feng Qingyang who possessed peerless sword techniques, no one in the Sword Sect was his match.

And Ning Qingyu was also the Five Great Mountains Alliance Leader of that year; however, after the dispute over sword and qi, the Huashan Sect suffered great damage, and Ning Qingyu himself received severe injuries, so he handed over the position of Five Great Mountains Alliance Leader.

"My current skill level, even compared to Daoist Chongxu of Wudang or Master Fang Zheng of Shaolin, should be slightly superior!"

Thinking of the large portion of Millennium Spirit Marrow still remaining in his hand, Yue Buqun felt endless emotions in his heart.

He truly did not expect that merely a greeting gift from the Group Owner would instantly dissipate the pressure in his heart, and his future fate would be completely different!

(End of this chapter)