Chapter 140: Invisible Threshold

"Lu, the items have all been distributed. If there is anything else later, as long as it is something we can help with, just say the word." Yuan Chen's face was full of a respectful expression.

It was not just him; the few people following behind him also had eyes full of reverence for Lu Yu.

"There is nothing for now." Lu Yu shook his head gently, "You have worked hard, all of you go back and rest."

"Not hard at all, truly not hard!" Hearing this, the few people all revealed a look of being flattered.

"Lu, how could such a small matter be considered hard work? When Li Meng was here before, that was what you would call miserable." One of them said with a wry smile.

"Exactly, worked to death, and so many people..."

"Ahem!" Yuan Chen coughed lightly, interrupting that person's words, then looked at Lu Yu and said, "Well, Lu, we will head out first. If you need anything, just come find us outside at any time."

Lu Yu glanced at him, as if he had suddenly remembered something, and instructed: "You must arrange for people to guard the entrance. If anyone comes, notify me immediately."

"Yes!" Yuan Chen hurriedly agreed and led the others out of the room.

After they left the door, their conversation could be heard faintly.

"Brother Wu, did I talk too much just now? Lu wouldn't be unhappy, would he?"

"Rest assured, Lu is not the kind of narrow-minded person you think he is." Yuan Chen's voice came through.

"That's good. I was just too happy; I didn't expect to not only regain my freedom but also suddenly receive so much grain."

"If only this day could have come sooner, my brother wouldn't have been worked to death."

"Sigh..." The voices gradually grew softer until they disappeared.

Hearing this, Lu Yu couldn't help but sigh softly.

The series of actions he had taken today should have successfully stabilized the current situation.

Even if some people were still unwilling and wanted to stir up some trouble, they wouldn't be able to make any big waves.

Once his father and the others brought people over, everything would be settled.

Now that the number of people in the Zhai had increased several times over, they could barely achieve self-sufficiency.

If that really didn't work, they could further reclaim land and grow grain.

Moreover, there were quite a few young and strong people in the Zhai; with a little training, they could be incorporated into the Hunting Team or participate in the work of defending the Zhai, unlike before when manpower was tight and he couldn't attend to everything.

Overall, everything was developing in a good direction.

Of course, as the backbone of the Zhai, he himself had to constantly improve his strength as well.

Otherwise, a slight change could destroy the hard-won, excellent situation he had now.

"It is also time to convert this harvest into my own strength." Lu Yu pondered to himself, then took three bottles of Blood Qi Pill from his pocket and placed them on the table in front of him.

At the same time, he looked at the attribute panel:

Realm: Refining Flesh Realm (Late Stage)

Level: 10

Constitution: 206.97

Strength: 221.95

Agility: 131.76

Spirit: 104.28

Potential Point: 1652

Experience Value: 155

To ensure this operation was foolproof, Lu Yu had raised his realm from the middle stage of the Refining Flesh Realm to the late stage before setting out at dawn.

At this moment, both his Constitution and Strength attributes had exceeded 200 points, especially the Strength attribute, which had reached 220 points.

This meant that he had once again arrived at a critical node for a realm breakthrough.

Lu Yu couldn't help but swallow, his gaze fixed tightly on the plus sign behind the realm, his heart filled with excitement as he tapped it lightly.

【Breakthrough threshold: Constitution, Strength, and Agility attributes, any one reaching 200 points, threshold value reached】

【Average of the three attributes of Constitution, Strength, and Agility exceeds 170 points, Body Strengthening Level reaches 15, breakthrough success rate reaches 100%, current breakthrough success probability, 78%】

【Break through?】

Looking at the three familiar lines of information in front of him, Lu Yu's gaze fell on the second line, and a look of surprise couldn't help but appear in his eyes.

There were actually two conditions?

The first condition was that the average of the three attributes of Constitution, Strength, and Agility had to exceed 170 points.

Lu Yu calculated silently in his heart; the average of his three attributes was 177 points, which clearly met the requirement.

The second condition was that the Body Strengthening Level had to reach 15.

And his current level was only 10, but this didn't seem impossible to achieve, after all, he possessed a full 1652 Potential Points.

If these thousand-plus Potential Points were not enough, there was no need to worry too much, because there were still three bottles of Mid-grade Blood Qi Pill right in front of him that had not yet been used.

If the first condition was within his expectations—even if he included the Spirit value, he felt it was reasonable—then the second condition truly caught him off guard.

Without a doubt, the further one went, the more Potential Points were consumed for body strengthening.

Therefore, he had always thought about trying to use Experience Value to improve attributes and save the Potential Points, because the higher the realm, the higher the cost-effectiveness of using Potential Points for strengthening.

But now it seemed he had thought about things too idealistically.

Breaking through from the Body Tempering Realm to the Refining Flesh Realm had no special requirements for the strengthening level, yet breaking through from the Refining Flesh Realm to the Rujin Realm clearly required the strengthening level to reach 15.

Following this logic, would the requirement for the strengthening level be even higher when breaking through from the Rujin Realm to the next major realm?

"This situation is not looking good." Lu Yu smiled bitterly in helplessness.

It was fine when the level was low, but when the level was high in the future, the Potential Points required for each level increase would likely be an extremely massive number.

He certainly didn't want such a threshold to exist for a realm breakthrough, but since it had already appeared, there was no other way but to accept it.

Recalling carefully what Wang Shu had once said, it seemed to explain this phenomenon.

Wang Shu had said that for ordinary people, even if their talent was not particularly brilliant, as long as they were willing to put in the effort and had sufficient financial support, reaching the Body Tempering Third Layer or even becoming a Martial Artist in the Refining Flesh Realm was not a difficult task.

However, it is extremely difficult to break through from the Refining Flesh Realm to become a Clear Force Martial Artist.

Some people may reach the late stage of the Refining Flesh Realm within a year or two after the mutation occurs, but from then on, no matter how hard they try, even if their Constitution and strength have improved to a certain extent, they are never able to touch that threshold of breakthrough, and they are slow to develop internal energy.

This is a helpless yet realistic situation.

Wang Shu calls this the "Invisible Threshold."

Those with high talent, after reaching the late stage of the Refining Flesh Realm, may only need a year or six months to perceive the existence of internal energy, thereby breaking through this Invisible Threshold and becoming a Clear Force Martial Artist.

As for those with slightly inferior talent, they are blocked outside this Invisible Threshold for the rest of their lives, remaining at the late stage of the Refining Flesh Realm forever.

Although their pure physical strength may exceed that of some Clear Force Martial Artists, once they truly engage in combat, they often suffer because of the lack of internal energy.

This is the case from the Refining Flesh Realm to the Clear Force Realm, and it is the same from the Clear Force Realm to the Dark Energy Martial Artist realm, and from the Dark Energy Martial Artist realm to the Transformation Energy Realm.

"So, for an ordinary Martial Artist, this invisible and intangible Invisible Threshold can be crossed as long as I raise my Body Strengthening Level. Of course, the price is consuming a large amount of Potential Points."

Lu Yu nodded inwardly, feeling that this speculation was likely the truth of the matter.

"Since that's the case, let's raise the level to 15."

Although doing so would make his heart ache for the Potential Points, it is undeniable that after raising his level and then making a breakthrough, his various attributes would likely far exceed those of an average Clear Force Martial Artist, and he might even be able to contend with a Dark Energy Martial Artist.

To avoid running out of Potential Points, he opened a small bottle in front of him, poured out a Mid-grade Blood Qi Pill, and swallowed it.

As soon as the Pill entered his mouth, it melted instantly.

A surge of majestic medicinal power flowed rapidly through his blood to his entire body.

【Potential Point +2000】

Looking at the notification appearing in his mind, a flash of excitement crossed Lu Yu's eyes.

As expected of a Mid-grade Blood Qi Pill; although the price is five times that of a Low-grade Blood Qi Pill, the Potential Points it provides are about 7 times that of a Low-grade Blood Qi Pill! It is simply worth more than its price!

If it were a Superior Blood Qi Pill, one would cost 20,000 yuan, which is four times that of a Mid-grade Blood Qi Pill, then the Potential Points provided would very likely be close to five times, which is about 【number missing in source】 points.

Thinking of this, Lu Yu could not help but feel moved.

Clearly, the higher the grade of the Pill, the higher the cost-effectiveness.

It seems that in the future, he must save up all his money; if he wants to buy Blood Qi Pills, he should buy Superior ones directly, as buying Mid-grade ones is a bit of a waste.

Next, he did not pause at all, and like eating sugar beans, he threw the Mid-grade Blood Qi Pills into his mouth one by one.

He was still a little worried about whether a notification about a consumption limit or something similar would appear.

Fortunately, no such situation occurred.

In the end, all twenty-six Mid-grade Blood Qi Pills were converted into Potential Points.

The number of Potential Points on the panel surged from the initial 1652 points to 【number missing in source】 points!

A smile appeared on Lu Yu's face, but the smile soon stiffened.

He understood in his heart that this seemingly huge number was actually not enough to last long.

When it really gets to the later stages, when the Body Strengthening Level is high, what will Potential Points matter? I'm afraid it won't even be enough for one upgrade.

"Let's satisfy the conditions for the current breakthrough first, and keep the remaining Potential Points for the next breakthrough. Perhaps after raising the level, I will be able to know the various thresholds for breaking through to Dark Energy."

Lu Yu's gaze fell on the level column, and he clicked it five times in rapid succession!

【Potential Point -300】

【Potential Point -500】

【Potential Point -800】

【Potential Point -1300】

【Potential Point -2100】

An unprecedented hot current surged violently from his heart.

Lu Yu felt as if his body had been thrown into boiling water like a cooked shrimp, burning intensely. He hurriedly rushed into the bathroom, took off his clothes, and turned on the cold water to cool down physically.

Fortunately, this intense reaction did not last too long; after only three or five seconds, the hot current gradually dissipated.

"Hoo..." Lu Yu let out a long breath, thinking to himself that he had been a bit too impulsive just now and should have raised it level by level slowly.

He turned off the showerhead and looked at his body, only to see muscles bulging high, like hard granite, each one seemingly containing infinite explosive power.

He couldn't help but reach out and poke it; it was incomparably hard.

"With my current physical strength, even if I were hit by a Rifle bullet, there shouldn't be much of a problem. If I succeed in breaking through again..."

His thoughts had just moved.

"Crack!"

A crisp cracking sound suddenly rang out inside his body, and the sound was so loud that it far exceeded any previous time.

An incomparably powerful hot current, like river water breaking through a dam, erupted surgingly.

A sound like popping beans came from all over his body, and the muscles all over his body tightened one by one, with veins bulging, looking incomparably ferocious.

It is unknown how much time passed before this violent movement gradually became smaller and finally disappeared without a trace.

Lu Yu slowly opened his eyes, and two rays of sharp light shot out from his pupils.

Immediately after, he suddenly raised his right arm and threw a punch at the air in front of him with lightning speed.

"Bang!"

The air in front of him seemed to be directly blasted by this punch, emitting an astonishing explosion.

So much so that Yuan Chen and the others waiting outside the house suddenly heard this movement and were so frightened that their faces turned pale instantly.

After hesitating for a while, they rushed into the living room in a panic.