Chapter 22: Seize the Day

Early in the morning, Li Fei took a pill and began to practice the Heavenly Gang One-Qi Stake.

The pill he took was called 'Embryo-Nurturing Pill', which was the most commonly used pill in the embryo-nurturing stage and could provide nutrition for the implant.

And the Heavenly Gang One-Qi Stake was the most suitable stake method for the growth of the steel armor implant at the current stage; Hao Yi asked Li Fei to practice this set of stake methods after taking the 'Embryo-Nurturing Pill'.

Half an hour later, Li Fei's body became hot and he began to sweat all over.

He wiped the sweat clean and took out a box of ointment to apply on his body.

This ointment was called 'Jin Kui Ointment', which was a medicine specifically for metal-attribute implants like steel armor, and could promote the accelerated growth of the implant.

Yesterday, when Li Fei bought medicine at the material building, a whole set of medicines for the embryo-nurturing stage like 'Embryo-Nurturing Pill' and 'Jin Kui Ointment' was 95 yuan and could be used for a month.

Li Fei bought one set first, and the money left on him was not much.

After applying the 'Jin Kui Ointment', Li Fei sat quietly in place and began to employ a breathing technique.

Ten minutes later, his skin had absorbed all the ointment clean.

Looking at the Ten Thousand Blood Pearl, Li Fei discovered that the Blood Soul had dropped a bit, but the energy had also increased a bit.

This showed that whether it was the 'Embryo-Nurturing Pill' or the 'Jin Kui Ointment', they would cause a certain amount of damage to the human body.

"Martial artists are usually short-lived, either dying in fighting or on the path of cultivation."

Li Fei recalled this sentence Hao Yi said to him yesterday, and now he had more understanding.

He put on his clothes and ran to the Lecture Hall.

Just like before, he first soaked in a medicinal bath in the medicinal bath room, and waited for Hao Yi to come over after it ended.

The cultivation of the Heavenly Gang Overbearing Body also helped the steel armor implant in the body grow rapidly, so Li Fei's cultivation focus next was still the Heavenly Gang Overbearing Body.

After Li Fei finished the medicinal bath, Hao Yi walked into the medicinal bath room on time.

Next was the same Qi-conducting training and strike-withstand training as before.

"You are now in the embryo-nurturing stage, and the pills you take every day will cause a certain amount of damage to your body, so it's best not to practice the Heavenly Gang Overbearing Body as frequently as before; change it to once every two days."

After finishing the morning training, Hao Yi said to Li Fei.

If Li Fei's Blood Soul was only 10, he would definitely listen to Hao Yi's suggestion, because the daily consumption of Blood Soul was already more than the recovery. But now he had 16 Blood Souls, and the Ten Thousand Blood Pearl was absorbing energy every day and would continue to upgrade, so he decisively said to Hao Yi:

"Teacher, I want to try practicing the Heavenly Gang Overbearing Body twice a day like before; if I feel unwell, I will reduce the practice frequency."

Hao Yi pondered for a moment and nodded: "Okay."

So after the noon break, the training continued.

After completing the second practice of the Heavenly Gang Overbearing Body, Hao Yi handed Li Fei a very thick book, on the cover of which was written "Complete Illustrated Guide to Implants".

"You have now stepped onto the path of the martial artist, and some common sense should be mastered; this book records the relevant information of hundreds of common lower three-grade implants, so read more when you are free."

Hao Yi said to Li Fei.

"Okay, thank you, Teacher."

Li Fei took the book.

Afterward, he said goodbye to Hao Yi, carried his backpack, and ran back home.

At night, after finishing today's physical training and embryo-nurturing training, Li Fei read the "Complete Illustrated Guide to Implants" given to him by Hao Yi in his bedroom.

This book classified implants according to the five elements of gold, wood, water, fire, and earth, and recorded various implants as well as corresponding characteristics, abilities, and matching dao foundations.

Li Fei found grade two steel armor in the book and discovered that there were only two dao foundations that this implant could match: one was 【Earth Kunlun】, and the other was 【Steel Core】.

"【Steel Core】 should be the dao foundation that the teacher practices; yesterday that Wang Qitai said the teacher wanted to rebuild the dao foundation, could it be that his dao foundation had a problem?"

Li Fei thought to himself.

It's a pity that this book only mentioned the names of the matching path foundations and didn't introduce the situation of the path foundations in detail, and Li Fei didn't find the 【Primordial Heavenly Metal】 that Hao Yi wanted him to cultivate in the book.

As for the 【Qinghua Linglong】 that Wang Qitai's granddaughter Wang Fengqing wanted to cultivate, it wasn't in the book either.

"That is to say, the implants needed for these two dao foundations are not common implants, so they are not recorded in this book."

Li Fei naturally thought of this point.

Then he saw a sentence in the information about the grade two steel armor implant: "Taking 'Withered Fire Pill' can accelerate the growth speed of the steel armor implant."

"Withered Fire Pill, I wonder if the material library of the Lecture Hall has this kind of pill?"

Li Fei felt that if there was, he could buy this kind of pill.

His own aptitude was only B-minus; although the bearing capacity part could be infinitely improved by the Ten Thousand Blood Pearl, there was no way for the compatibility with the implant.

The best aptitude could complete the embryo-nurturing stage in one month, while the B-minus compatibility might take several months to complete.

Although practicing the Heavenly Gang Overbearing Body twice a day could speed up this process, Li Fei was still not satisfied.

He entered the Lecture Hall on July 9th this year, and the Lecture Hall determines the quota for the university Zhige Academy every May, so he actually didn't have a whole year to prepare, at most only ten months to strive for next year's quota.

Lu Zhangwu had told him that the quota for the university Zhige Academy required assessment, and one of the important indicators of the assessment was the monthly exam results.

That is to say, Li Fei had at most ten opportunities to prove himself; if he wasted too much time in the embryo-nurturing stage, he would waste his few opportunities.

So Li Fei wanted to complete the embryo-nurturing stage as quickly as possible.

If possible, he wanted to achieve a good ranking in the monthly exam at the end of this month!

The next day, after finishing a day of cultivation, Li Fei suddenly asked Hao Yi:

"Teacher, I saw in the book that Withered Fire Pill can accelerate the growth speed of the grade two steel armor implant; can I take this kind of pill?"

Hao Yi was startled when he heard this, looking at him seriously:

"Any kind of pill will cause damage to the human body; pills like Withered Fire Pill that catalyze implants are even more so. And if the implant accelerates growth, you need to accelerate taking embryo-nurturing pills, which will also accelerate the damage to your body; with the two superimposed, the vast majority of people's bodies cannot bear it."

"That is to say, as long as the body can bear it, it can be taken."

Li Fei thought to himself, nodding to Hao Yi:

"Teacher, I understand."

Hao Yi stared into his eyes:

"You seem very eager to speed up your cultivation progress; why?"

Li Fei was silent for a moment, deciding to confess, after all, this matter still needed the other party's help:

"Teacher, I want to get the quota for the university Zhige Academy!"

Hao Yi was not surprised when he heard this, his eyes softened a bit, and he said with a bit of pride:

"Since you are my student, you should naturally strive for this quota, but the difficulty is very great. Follow me for three years of cultivation; in three years, you should have the ability to strive for a quota."

"Three years?"

Li Fei shook his head, looking directly at Hao Yi, word by word:

"Teacher, three years is too long, the student only seizes the day!"

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 23 =====