Chapter 6

My strength and speed have clearly reached the attribute range of a Second-stage Martial Apprentice.

Gu Han stroked his chin, his eyes filled with doubt,

But why does the display still show the attribute range of a First-stage Martial Apprentice?

Just then, the system's notification tone suddenly sounded, answering Gu Han's question.

A Martial Practitioner's cultivation is the foundation of training; once the host's cultivation reaches Second-stage Martial Apprentice, it will display the attribute range of a Second-stage Martial Apprentice.

Hearing this, Gu Han suddenly understood and nodded.

It seems the system doesn't want him to neglect one thing for another, but rather hopes he develops evenly.

Increasing cultivation can drive overall attribute development; I've heard that some powerful Martial Lords can even make enemies unable to resist through sheer intimidation.

Under absolute realm suppression, having attributes alone is useless.

It seems worried that Gu Han might have missed something, the system suddenly reminded,

Detecting that the host possesses martial skill experience, would you like to use it immediately to upgrade your current sole martial skill: Blazing Fist?

Gu Han naturally wouldn't overlook any point that could be improved; he hadn't used it before only because his attention was on the Status Panel.

Upon hearing the system's reminder, he immediately noticed on the illusory Status Panel that an experience bar appeared behind Blazing Fist, with a '+' after it.

Blazing Fist (37/100)+

37 was the proficiency he had mastered in Blazing Fist before crossing over, from his previous incarnation.

As long as the proficiency reaches 100, his Blazing Fist will achieve a slight minor accomplishment level.

Gu Han clicked the '+' with his thoughts.

The martial skill experience on the panel dropped at an extremely fast speed, decreasing by 63 points.

And in Gu Han's mind, scenes of practicing Blazing Fist appeared, where the one performing Blazing Fist was none other than himself!

The images played like a movie in Gu Han's mind, letting him feel as if he were there, deepening his understanding of Blazing Fist.

These insights were just like the results of his diligent study and hard training.

This feeling is really great!

Gu Han couldn't help but grin.

For most Martial Practitioners, while cultivating to increase Qi Blood, they also have to divert attention to practice martial skills, consuming a lot of time.

If one puts all effort into refining Qi Blood, the increase in Qi Blood cultivation might be swift, but then they'd face the dilemma of lacking martial skill proficiency.

Against opponents of equal cultivation, one could say they have no power to fight back!

After Blazing Fist's proficiency reached the slight minor accomplishment level, its experience bar changed to: 0/500!

Martial skill proficiency is divided into six levels: initial glimpse, slight minor accomplishment, entering the hall, merging and penetrating, furnace-fire pure, and peak of perfection.

To go from slight minor accomplishment to entering the hall requires a full 500 points of martial skill experience.

And Gu Han currently only has 137 martial skill experience; to continue improving, he must keep accumulating.

However, the slight minor accomplishment proficiency is already enough for him to surpass most Logistics Soldiers.

After finishing tallying the spoils, Gu Han's gaze fell upon Li Xuan's corpse.

He first retrieved the dagger whose poison had been exhausted.

Although the dagger had no poison left, this dagger given to him by his elder brother Gu Chen was much sharper than the worn-out battle knife he had received from the logistics department.

Afterward, Gu Han's gaze fell upon Li Xuan's corpse.

He crouched down, searched Li Xuan's body, and felt out two blood-red pills.

Relying on his previous incarnation's knowledge, Gu Han instantly recognized these two pills.

Though called pills, they are actually just medicinal pellets.

This fellow actually had two Blood-Tempering Pellets and didn't want to use them, ending up cheap for me.

Gu Han hehehed a laugh and directly stuffed them into his bosom.

Blood-Tempering Pellet is one of the lowest-grade medicinal pellets.

A Martial Apprentice wanting to increase Qi Blood often has to spend a lot of time, painstaking effort.

But the Blood-Tempering Pellet can help a Martial Apprentice refine Qi Blood, assisting their cultivation.

With the aid of Blood-Tempering Pellets, the speed of increasing Qi Blood through tempering the body can be several times faster than mere training!

Presumably Li Xuan also painstakingly obtained these Blood-Tempering Pellets, but hadn't had a chance to use them before falling into his hands.

After confirming nothing was missed, Gu Han dragged Li Xuan's corpse to an open plain.

Immediately afterward, he hid in the dark, waiting for the bloody scent to attract carnivorous beasts.

Not long after, four starving green wolves were drawn by the bloody smell.

Li Xuan's corpse was quickly devoured to the bone, leaving many tooth marks even on the bones, making it impossible for anyone to recognize it as Li Xuan.

Only then did Gu Han feel at ease and hurry back along the way he came.

Along the way, Gu Han didn't forget to hunt some relatively weak beasts to absorb attributes.

……

In the woods not far from the camp.

Ma Tie and a few others, bringing Lei Li, hurried to the place where they had previously hunted the green wolves.

But here, Gu Han and Li Xuan had long since disappeared.

Could Gu Han have already fallen victim to Li Xuan's poisonous hand?

Ma Tie, seeing no one around, was instantly filled with self-reproach.

He had brought Lei Li as fast as he could, but he hadn't expected to still be a step late.

Go ask the logistics soldiers that Li Xuan brought.

Lei Li's face looked terrible; he immediately took Ma Tie and the others and left.

Gu Han has five Combat Soldier elder brothers; if Gu Han gets into trouble here, the person in charge will absolutely not get away scot-free!

Although he is a veteran, in front of Combat Soldiers he is merely an ordinary Logistics Soldier!

Fang Yan and the others hadn't gone far; they were lying in ambush nearby for prey, waiting for wild beasts to come to them.

Li Lei followed the traces and quickly brought Ma Tie and the others to them; Ma Tie stepped forward and grabbed the leader, Fang Yan, by the collar,

"You fellows, do you know where Li Xuan took Gu Han?"

Fang Yan slapped Ma Tie's hand away angrily,

"I advise you not to get handsy; that kid isn't here, do you think you few are a match for our brothers?"

Saying that, the others beside Fang Yan either limped or let their hands hang, staring at Ma Tie and the others with ill intent.

Having been defeated by Gu Han before, they've all been holding a grudge!

Now Ma Tie and the others have come to their doorstep—perfect timing for revenge!

Li Lei's face darkened,

"I advise you to tell me Gu Han's whereabouts; otherwise, if something happens to him, you won't be able to bear this responsibility!"

Only then did Fang Yan notice that behind Ma Tie and the others, there were also veteran Logistics Soldiers following.

Seeing Li Lei's resentful expression, Li Lei's face suddenly changed dramatically.

He hadn't expected Ma Tie to bring reinforcements; he hurriedly said in a fluster,

"Greetings, Senior Li."

"Cut the nonsense here; tell me quickly—where exactly is Gu Han?"

Li Lei is now frantic, fearing that any delay on his part will put Gu Han in mortal danger.

Fang Yan didn't know why Li Lei was so tense—he was merely a Logistics Soldier; according to him, disappearances among Logistics Soldiers here were common.

But Li Lei asked so anxiously that he could only steel himself and say,

"I don't know either; at that time the kid fled, Senior Li Xuan pursued him, and never returned."