Chapter 4: Three, Six, Nine Grades

On a sunny day.

The military powerhouse arranged by the Divine General Mansion came to the Shanhe Courtyard to establish the foundation for Li Hao.

This was a short and capable middle-aged man with dark skin, but he wore an elegant green shirt, named Lin Haixia, like a girl's name. Li Hao later called him Lin Shu.

Following Lin Haixia back, there was also a little girl.

The little girl was the same age as Li Hao, only two months younger than him.

Heard that she was the orphan of a comrade-in-arms of his father, General Xing Wu Hou, who was on the Yanbei battlefield.

Before the little girl's father had an accident, he entrusted his young daughter to General Xing Wu Hou, and before he died, the two set up a betrothal.

For this heaven-sent marriage, Li Hao expressed speechlessness.

Good fellow, you go to war, and you don't come back.

Such a big thing, did you ask for my opinion?

Resentment was resentment, but Li Hao didn't vent the accumulated resentment on this little girl.

So.

In the huge Shanhe Courtyard, besides Li Hao, there was another little figure from then on.

The little girl was named Bian Ruxue, carved from jade, pink and tender, like a porcelain doll.

In a strange place, the little girl was timid, asking everyone she caught every day, where is my daddy, where did my daddy go.

The little girl wanted to find her daddy.

But no one in the courtyard dared to answer. Some soft-hearted maids only secretly wiped tears in the corner when they heard this.

The little girl didn't want to eat or drink, getting thinner day by day. Li Hao saw that none of the servants in the courtyard knew how to coax a child, and he was also angry in his heart. It seems that he had performed too well and didn't cultivate these guys.

He had to go out in person, half-scaring and half-coaxing the little girl:

"Your daddy is hiding in a place, you have to be good and listen, eat well, and your daddy will come out."

The little girl opened her innocent teary eyes and asked, is it because Xue'er is not good, why does daddy want to hide from Xue'er, where is he hiding?

Where is he hiding?

Li Hao looked at the little girl's pitiful appearance and couldn't help but soften his heart, so he said a cliché sentence, pointing to the sky:

"Your daddy is right there, on one of the stars."

Since then, every night in the courtyard, there was a little figure looking up at the sky.

The starlight fell, shining on the lonely little back.

And the little guy lying on the chessboard in the room ordered the servants every day to fan the little girl, driving away mosquitoes for her, so as not to be bitten all over.

Half a month passed, and the military powerhouse Lin Haixia also prepared the foundation-establishing medicinal liquid for Li Hao and Bian Ruxue.

The two established their foundation in the same year.

The so-called foundation establishment is the foundation of martial arts!

Using foundation-establishing medicinal liquid refined from countless precious medicinal materials, soaking the body every day, bathing in medicinal baths, casting a martial arts child body! The Divine General Mansion is one of the top famous families in Great Yu, with a deep foundation. Since Li Hao established his foundation, countless precious medicinal materials and exotic treasures have been sent to the Shanhe Courtyard like snowflakes, used endlessly.

Foundation-establishing medicinal liquid is divided into three grades.

Ordinary, Rare, Supreme!

Li Hao naturally used the top-tier foundation-establishing medicinal liquid, using thousand-year precious medicine as a guide, supplemented by countless other precious medicinal materials, which could nurture a seventh-grade battle body.

Once stepping on the road of practice, one can break through the First Realm in just two or three years! Martial arts is a money-burning cave. This top-tier foundation-establishing medicinal liquid, consuming one portion every day, lasting for half a year to a year, can only be used at will by a top-tier noble family like the Divine General Mansion.

In the courtyard.

Li Hao and Bian Ruxue were soaked in two huge medicinal barrels respectively.

It's just that there were curtains covering the surroundings of the little girl's medicinal barrel, and there were female attendants taking care of her inside.

Female attendants are different from maids; they are people with some practice, equivalent to the mansion's female personal guards.

And Li Hao's side was taken care of by Lin Haixia himself.

At this moment, the dark purple medicinal liquid symbolizing nobility was impacting Li Hao's body, burying even his chin in the medicinal liquid, only exposing his nose to breathe.

The strange smell of the medicinal liquid that was hard to describe filled his nose, like swallowing bitter lotus, keeping Li Hao's spirit awake at all times.

Li Hao asked: "Can I drink it?"

Lin Haixia said: "Better not."

The medicinal liquid's effect is powerful, and a child's stomach cannot absorb it, but will be ravaged instead.

Moreover.

This is for external application.

Just as Li Hao was concentrating, a line of characters suddenly appeared before his eyes: 【Unknown substance detected, parsing...】 【Parsing failed, automatically isolated.】 Li Hao:??? What's the situation? Damn! It wouldn't be the situation I understand, right?

Li Hao was suspicious.

Beside the medicinal barrel, Lin Haixia's calm face was gradually becoming solemn at this time. As time passed, his brows slowly wrinkled into a "chuan" shape.

Li Hao noticed his expression, and couldn't help but feel a thud in his heart, asking:

"Lin Shu, is there... any situation?"

Lin Haixia was not surprised by Li Hao's attentiveness. He had long seen that this young master was earlier-witted than his peers, very smart, equivalent to a five or six-year-old child.

It's just that he was in a bad mood at the moment and didn't think much, suddenly lifting the curtain quickly to look at the situation on the other side. Soon, he returned to Li Hao's side, but his face was extremely ugly.

"Lin Shu?"

Lin Haixia reached into the edge of the medicinal barrel, felt it carefully, and his eyes became complex. He looked at the child in the medicinal barrel, wanting to speak, but stopped.

"Lin Shu, if you want to say something, just say it." Li Hao couldn't help but say.

Lin Haixia was slightly surprised and glanced at him. Although Li Hao was earlier-witted, he was ultimately just a three-year-old child. He could actually see his hesitation?

However, he was in a bad mood at the moment and didn't think much, speaking directly, regardless of whether Li Hao could understand: "Martial arts talent, besides being able to see it directly when measuring bones at five years old, is actually already revealed during foundation establishment."

"The faster the foundation-establishing medicinal liquid is absorbed, the higher the martial arts aptitude. And young master, you... the absorption speed of the medicinal liquid is too slow!" He glanced at Li Hao in the medicinal barrel, a look of incomprehensible doubt and pity flowing in his eyes.

Afterwards, he thought for a moment and whispered to himself: "Maybe today is just an accident, a mistake in my refining. I'll look at it carefully tomorrow."

Li Hao felt cold in his heart.

The thing prompted by the characters just now was indeed the foundation-establishing medicinal liquid, right?

What slow absorption, it was isolated, and still absorbing wool!

Li Hao was speechless in his heart. Is this panel going to completely inherit the settings in the game? Over the past year, when he explored the panel, he discovered it.

There is no combat system setting in the game, so he seems to be incompatible with martial arts.

Or rather, incompatible with practicing martial arts.

Practicing combat skills doesn't give experience, only the art settings in the game have experience bars.

Although he could also improve through hard practice, in this way, it's not as good as going back to doing art.

At least the experience takes off, adding points to enter the Dao, and the cultivation method is self-formed.

Winning over decades of hard practice in one morning.

It's just that now it's a pity for the resources piled up around him. If he enjoyed them all, he could at least cultivate a first-class martial artist.

Speaking of which, since this extraordinary medicinal liquid with modern components cannot be absorbed, why did the poison before work?

Or rather, did it not work? Just that he fell asleep and didn't notice the character prompt?

Maybe, he could judge it when he awakens divine blood in the future.

But that woman said that awakening divine blood has a probability, not necessarily awakening.

Forget it, no matter what, whether it succeeded or not is your ability. This account definitely cannot be let go.

"Don't be discouraged, I'll try again tomorrow. If it really doesn't work, I'll notify the Marquis, he will definitely find a way for you."

While Li Hao was thinking, Lin Haixia comforted him, although he didn't know if Li Hao could understand.

"No need."

Li Hao waved his hand slightly and was about to climb out of the medicinal barrel.

Since the foundation-establishing medicinal liquid was isolated by the panel, it was useless to continue soaking.

"Don't get up yet, try again, soak and see." Lin Haixia said immediately when he saw Li Hao coming down.

Li Hao shook his head: "It's useless."

"Be obedient!" Lin Haixia's face straightened and he became serious.

Li Hao was speechless, and had to say: "I'll go see the little girl first."

Saying that, he lifted the curtain and came to the little girl's medicinal barrel, and immediately saw that the foundation-establishing medicinal liquid, which was poured exactly the same as before, was now almost transparent clear water, only a wisp of light purple medicinal liquid like clouds and smoke still floating.

"Brother Hao?"

Bian Ruxue looked at Li Hao suspiciously in the medicinal barrel. The little girl was too young and didn't understand concealment, just full of confusion.

"Lin Shu, this little girl's absorption speed, how is her talent?"

Li Hao didn't look back and asked Lin Haixia standing behind him.

Lin Haixia was feeling depressed and confused, and hearing this, he couldn't help but find it funny. Clearly the same age, this little guy was always old-fashioned in front of Xue'er.

"Her absorption speed is considered very good."

Lin Haixia had already seen it before, and at this moment, there was some emotion in his eyes: "If the blood melting at four years old goes smoothly, when measuring bones at five years old, with the top-tier resources of the Divine General Mansion, her battle body will likely jump to the seventh grade, or even the ninth grade, ranking among the top geniuses!"

"Ninth grade?"

Li Hao was confused.

Lin Haixia was patient with this young master of the commander-in-chief's family. Regardless of whether he understood or not, since the child asked, he, the temporary teacher, had to answer.

After listening to Lin Haixia's detailed explanation, Li Hao finally understood.

It turns out that foundation establishment, blood melting, and bone measuring have a collective term, called Three, Six, Nine Grades!

Foundation-establishing medicinal liquid is divided into three grades.

Blood melting exotic blood is divided into six grades! And the aptitude for bone measuring is divided into nine grades! First to third grade battle bodies are common aptitude, belonging to the lower grade.

Fourth to sixth grade battle bodies are the elite, the dragons and phoenixes among people, belonging to the middle grade.

Seventh grade can be called a genius.

Eighth grade is enough to be famous in a state.

Ninth grade battle body is the most top-tier martial arts physique, belonging to the peerless genius level.

This top-tier physique breaks through realms like eating and drinking, generally able to step into the Fourth Realm, Fifth Realm!

As for higher realms, besides talent, it also requires some other things, such as one's own comprehension, perseverance, luck, opportunity, etc.

Li Hao looked at the little girl in the medicinal barrel and couldn't help but exclaim.

This little girl, will she be a genius famous in the world in the future?

A picture appeared in his mind: the little girl with snot bubbles standing proudly in the crowd... he couldn't help but laugh out loud.

Lin Haixia glanced at Li Hao, but his eyes carried worry.

Sure enough, he is a child. He looks quite smart, but ultimately he is only three years old.

He doesn't understand what a big thing happened today.

The possibility of that foundation-establishing medicinal liquid being wrong is extremely small.

And this means... he is likely a martial arts waste body that cannot be practiced at all! In this family of generals, especially as a son of the Li Clan, yet unable to practice, he couldn't imagine how cruel a thing this was.

(End of this chapter) ===== CHAPTER 5 =====