Chapter 31: Xiao Dingguo Becomes a War God

In Yangzhou City District Mingyue Community, inside the Xiao family villa.

In the corner of the living room coffee table sat a metal password box; when opened, it held only two items: a black plant root already shaped like a human, and a test tube filled with golden liquid.

"Xiao Yu, could this test tube contain dragon blood?" Father Xiao Dingguo said doubtfully.

"Dad, this is dragon blood, which I exchanged specially with the hall master; although the amount is small, just this bit can let an intermediate war general rise to become a war god." Xiao Yu explained.

"Really dragon blood?" Mother Xu Jingyi was even more doubtful; although she had heard of such treasures, she had never actually seen one.

"Where in this world are there so many dragons? Dragon blood is refined from the blood of a King‑level monster using the Hong method; its effect is very good." Xiao Yu laughed.

"Legend says this dragon blood can double a gene warrior's power, but how should it be used?" Father Xiao Dingguo asked.

"Dad, this dragon blood only needs to be applied to the skin; it doesn't have to cover the whole body, but note that it must not be taken orally, and when the body strengthens there may be some pain." Xiao Yu said solemnly: "This dragon blood is your gift."

Xiao Yu picked up the black root from the metal box and said: "Mom, this thousand‑year black root is my gift for you."

"A thousand‑year black root? Plant spirit?" Mother Xu Jingyi asked.

"Yes, the way to use this thousand‑year black root is to soak it into three kilograms of medicinal wine, then take 100 grams each day; it not only strengthens the physique but also tightens the skin." Xiao Yu said, "Mom, I'll go prepare the wine; after it's ready, you can use it."

"Good son, the New Year is coming soon; then Mom will make you something delicious." Mother Xu Jingyi laughed.

In the living room, the three of them were all delighted.

That afternoon Xiao Yu bought a large glass bottle of white liquor weighing three kilograms from the wine shop, plus a large pile of medicinal herbs, all purchased according to the instructions for the thousand‑year black root.

This medicinal wine only needs to be soaked for a month, after which its potency is fully released.

After receiving the dragon blood, Father Xiao Dingguo could not wait to use it.

While Xiao Yu was downstairs accompanying his mother, he heard Xiao Dingguo in the upstairs training room constantly howling.

"Xiao Yu!" Mother Xu Jingyi was very worried.

"Mom, don't worry, these are normal phenomena." Xiao Yu explained: "The transformation of dragon blood on the human body is at the genetic level—removing useless genes and enhancing perfect ones. It is an internal‑to‑external change affecting not only tendons, bones, membranes, muscles, skin, and the five viscera and six bowels, but these changes occur in a short time, naturally extremely intense."

"Normal is fine, normal is fine." Mother Xu Jingyi said so, yet her eyes remained filled with worry.

"Mom, later I'll exchange more mild‑power‑boosting items like plant spirits for you." Xiao Yu also felt some regret; he should have exchanged more plant spirits instead of being decisive when trading for dragon blood, to give his father a power boost.

Only after Xiao Yu returned in the afternoon with the liquor and herbs and finished the wine‑making process did the upstairs training room fall silent.

In the evening.

"Dad, he's awake." Xiao Yu said, then quickly went to the upstairs training hall.

A foul smell entered the nostrils; Father Xiao Dingguo's loose training uniform was completely stained black‑red with blood.

Xiao Yu quickly covered his nose.

"Sorry, should I go take a shower?" Father Xiao Dingguo rarely showed an embarrassed expression in front of his son.

"No!" Xiao Yu stopped him, preventing Father from getting up.

"Be careful, don't damage the floor!" Xiao Yu laughed.

"You little brat, you've got guts!" Father made as if to get angry, but carefully rose and walked.

Xiao Yu pointed his left‑hand auxiliary light‑brain at his father and said: "Check my father's strength."

On the surface of the auxiliary light‑brain appeared the text: "Combat Power: Gene Primordial Energy (Apprentice Eighth Rank)."

In just one afternoon, Father Xiao Dingguo's strength already surpassed that of his uncle Xiao Guohua, who had been a war god for over a year, by a considerable margin.

Uncle's path as a junior war god is not yet finished, let alone breaking through to mid‑war god.

After washing up, Father gave off a completely different aura—sharp and exposed; perhaps he had not yet fully adapted to his new strength, at meals he snapped five or six pairs of chopsticks and broke seven bowls, causing Mother to keep her distance, fearing she might be implicated.

During the past ten or so days before the New Year, Father Xiao Dingguo had been continually adapting to his newly gained strength.

At the same time he also gave advance notice of his promotion to war god to his close friends and siblings, agreeing to gather after the New Year.

The day after Father finished using the dragon blood, Xiao Yu bought some gifts and went to visit Luo Feng's home.

In the Mingyue Community, inside the Luo family reception room.

Luo Feng, sweating profusely and panting, kept laughing and chatting with a young man in casual clothes.

"Madman, I've heard about your exploits; you made a lot of money in City 003, right?" the young man laughed.

Luo Feng frowned: "Not much, less than ten billion!"

Luo Feng's apparent gains really are like that!

"Do you need me to take care of that couple for you?" Xiao Yu exposed Luo Feng's secret.

"How would you know that?" Luo Feng said, startled and doubtful.

"Haha, a mountain person has his own schemes; that couple still doesn't know it was you, so for now you're safe." Xiao Yu laughed: "But how did you, with your strength, kill that pair of high‑rank war generals? Perhaps you have other means—let me guess what they are."

Xiao Yu pointed his left‑hand auxiliary light‑brain at Luo Feng and said: "Check Luo Feng's strength."

On the surface of the auxiliary light‑brain appeared the text: "Combat Power: Spiritual Mental Power (Apprentice Seventh Rank), Gene Primordial Energy (Apprentice Fifth Rank)."

"Well, are we still friends? You awakened spiritual mental power and even hid it from me!" Xiao Yu made as if to get angry: "And it's even early‑war‑god‑level spiritual mental power, with your gene warrior rank reaching mid‑war‑general level."

"What are you using? It's not a communicator watch—how can you check others' strength?" Luo Feng asked.

"This is an auxiliary light‑brain; I obtained it from an ancient civilization relic." Xiao Yu said.

"An ancient civilization relic?" Luo Feng asked worriedly: "Are there many of these auxiliary light‑brains?"

Xiao Yu understood Luo Feng's concern and said: "Not many. Worldwide there are only 31 ancient civilization relics; the easiest is the No. 9 relic, yet failing its assessment has a 72% probability, and even if you pass and get a reward it's only ordinary items—those who can obtain an auxiliary light‑brain are the elite among the elite."

"Then I can rest easy." Luo Feng said.

"If you hadn't concealed the fact that you're a Spiritual Mind Master from the start, the Extreme Martial Arts Hall would have given you better training." Xiao Yu said: "But looking at things now, it's better to keep it hidden for the time being."

"Yeah! A bounty of 100 billion Huaxia currency is no easy task!" Luo Feng said ruefully.

"No, it's not that; the Extreme Martial Arts Hall has two major training camps: the Basic Training Camp and the Elite Training Camp. If you could enter either, that couple wouldn't dare to move against you inside the camp." Xiao Yu laughed: "Besides, what level have you cultivated your Nine‑Thunder Blade to?"

"I've already cultivated it to the third level; I just bought the manuals for the first five levels, but I still have no clue how to proceed further." Luo Feng laughed.

As for his accomplishment with the Nine‑Thunder Blade, Luo Feng remains quite confident.

"Not bad at all—you've become a martial artist in less than half a year, under nineteen years old, your gene warrior strength has already reached intermediate war general, and you've cultivated the Nine‑Thunder Blade to the third level; your talents are excellent, I can recommend you to train in the Elite Training Camp."

"Elite Training Camp?" Luo Feng asked, a little puzzled.

"The Elite Training Camp, also called the War God Preparatory Camp, as the name suggests, is a camp that trains War Gods. Inside the camp there are abundant cultivation resources, such as a gravity cultivation chamber, etc. The program lasts five years, and anyone whose battle performance is rated War God level can graduate. Many War Gods, to enjoy the camp's resources, basically never hunt Lord Monsters even after becoming War Gods, waiting until the five years are up to graduate," Xiao Yu explained.

"Our Extreme Martial Arts Hall's Elite Training Camp is the world's number‑one camp; every slot is priceless! Even the super‑conglomerate families, with their networks, spend hundreds of billions and still can't buy a slot."

Luo Feng was astonished. One slot worth hundreds of billions, and it might still be impossible to obtain?

"I'll speak to Hall master Hong about this later; I'm sure he'll agree, though you'll probably still need to pass certain trials," Xiao Yu said with a smile.

Luo Feng was confused; he hadn't seen such information on the Martial Artists Forum.

"Let's go upstairs first; I'll demonstrate the fourth tier and Fifth Tier of the Ninefold Thunder Blade for you."

"Alright." Luo Feng smiled and nodded.

The two went to the second‑floor training hall; Luo Feng sat cross‑legged watching as Xiao Yu began the demonstration from the first tier of the Ninefold Thunder Blade, proceeding through to the ninth tier.

Since perfectly comprehending all nine tiers of the Ninefold Thunder Blade, Xiao Yu felt each practice was different.

A vague sense of regret lingered in his heart; he always felt the Ninefold Thunder Blade could be faster and stronger, sometimes even as if he were about to pierce that layer of separation, but he always failed at the end.

Luo Feng's impression was different; even the first tier of the Ninefold Thunder Blade yielded abundant insight for him.

He realized that the first three tiers of his own Ninefold Thunder Blade still had many aspects to refine.

Xiao Yu demonstrated five times before finishing; although he didn't pierce that layer of cellophane, he still gained a lot.

Luo Feng's gains were substantial as well; he not only now had a direction for cultivating to the fourth tier, but also better methods for perfecting the first three tiers of the Ninefold Thunder Blade.

After the demonstration, the two chatted idly.

"Luo Feng, I heard your brother Luo Hua previously slipped and fell into water," Xiao Yu began.

"Yes, he had some misunderstandings with his girlfriend Xiao Nan." Luo Feng said. "His girlfriend's parents despised his leg disability, so they secretly approached Xiao Nan, found my brother, and spoke harshly. My brother couldn't stand it after hearing that, and then—"

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