Chapter 241: Chapter 239: Full Cycle "Damn it, we’re finally reaching the shore, I’ve eaten enough fish to puke!" Chu Feng laughed. "I wonder what the scenery on the shore is like, is there the existence of immortal sects and masters?" Jia Hong gazed into the distance, a glimmer of longing in his eyes. As for the others, they were all cheering, except for the boat captain. "Alas, I was hoping to take you across and then head back, but it seems it will be difficult to have another chance in this lifetime!" The boat captain’s eyes held regret, clearly there was something on the other side of the river that concerned him. "Boss, being alive is good enough, why think so much?" Second-row head advised, "Besides, once we’re ashore, we can still get a boat, if we can come across, we can go back." The boat captain shook his head and sighed, knowing that this successful crossing was a stroke of luck, unrepeatable. "Crossing the Longjiang River doesn’t seem that hard?" Zhan Weida puzzled, "Why has no one succeeded in a thousand years?" "That’s not correct." Daoist Xuanji shook his head, "If Sect Leader Liu wasn’t here, even if ten martial artists were with you, it would be certain death." The crowd agreed upon hearing this. The first encounter with the white bird flock was manageable, but the later encounters with the black fish swarm and the giant turtle group were not something ordinary martial artists could handle. However, Lou Yi was still a bit puzzled. For martial artists, it was like an insurmountable gap, but with a cultivator’s methods, it should be no problem. Why did both the cultivators from the Five Elements Sect and that mysterious black-robed immortal master find crossing the Longjiang River so difficult? There must be some unknown inside story. Lou Yi vaguely felt that the Longjiang River was not as simple as it seemed. As the shore drew nearer, Lou Yi’s attribute panel also showed new changes. During this time, he never relaxed in practicing the breathing technique, and his proficiency increased steadily by forty points each day. Today, his six-blood realm had reached perfection, and he could prepare to break through to the seven-blood realm. Not knowing what dangers awaited on the shore, and what the situation would be, Lou Yi decided to break through directly on the river to prepare for unforeseen events. He called over the Black Bear Spirit who was idly paddling in the water. Sitting on the bear spirit’s large head that protruded from the water, he had it take him to an area several hundred feet away from the Turtle King. Looking at the plus sign that seemed to appear and disappear behind the realm section of the attribute panel, he imagined a power pressing on it. The realm immediately changed to: Six-Blood Martial Artist (600/600) → Seven-Blood Martial Artist (0/600) The six strands of secret blood that previously ran in a hexagonal pattern in his body. Now, as if greatly stimulated, they grew larger and thicker, each splitting off a small part to merge into the seventh strand of secret blood. With seven strands of secret blood, linked head to tail, they formed a linear serpent, crazily circulating within his body. Flowing through critical areas such as his hands, feet, heart, lungs, liver, kidneys, and spleen, they absorbed residual energy and heat from all over the body and then fed it back. This accelerated cell division in those areas by hundreds or even thousands of times, starting to enhance and transform. Reflected in his body, his entire figure felt hot and turned red, like a heated branding iron, emitting large amounts of white steam. "Roar!" The Black Bear Spirit shivered from the heat, unable to help but let out a miserable cry. But it didn’t dare throw Lou Yi off, instead, it dove into the water to dissipate the heat. Causing most of Lou Yi, who was sitting on its head, to also sink into the river. ’Blub blub blub!’ The water in close contact was suddenly exposed to high temperatures, quickly boiling. At this moment, Lou Yi’s organs, nerves, blood vessels, bones, and muscles were continuously being strengthened and improved. He could even hear the teeth-grinding ’creak’ of bones, the ’rush’ of blood flowing like rivers, and the ’sizzle’ of tendons and flesh tearing and reorganizing... As the blood and flesh organs were almost fully strengthened, The serpent-like secret blood suddenly rushed upwards, intending to enter his head! The head, the most critical and hardest to reach area for qi and blood. The head of a martial artist is usually influenced subtly by the body’s enhancements. Such a direct and forceful transformation is exceedingly rare. As expected, as the secret blood flowed past the neck, its speed began to slow, seemingly encountering significant resistance. Lou Yi’s face started to turn red and purple, like a giant light bulb, emitting a dazzling light. Deep in his mind, new changes occurred. ’Screech!’ The invisible hawk let out an excited screech, as if stimulated by the secret blood, Lou Yi could feel positive changes occurring in it as well. As the hawk transformed, the secret blood was also drawn, dividing into dozens or hundreds of small segments, wildly circulating in his head. Lou Yi’s eyes, nose, tongue, ears, chin, and brain nerves were all being strengthened to varying degrees. It was evident that the secret blood and the hawk had a mutually beneficial and complementary relationship. ’Nourishing the spirit with blood, controlling the blood with the spirit.’ Such thoughts suddenly emerged in Lou Yi’s mind. However, although the secret blood and the hawk were mutually attracted, the accumulation was clearly insufficient for a qualitative change. Finally, after flowing through the head, the secret blood returned to the body, reverting to the original seven strains of secret blood. Lou Yi looked at the attribute panel: [Name: Lou Yi] [Age: 20/96] [Realm: Seven-Blood Martial Artist (0/600)] [Cultivation Technique: Yellow Extreme Breathing Technique (Second Stage, Grand Completion 0/10000+1 Spirit Tempering Flower)] [Skills: Lou’s Axe Skill (Perfection), Extreme Fist (Grand Completion 0/3000), Light Body Technique (Grand Completion), Secret Skill: Dragon Piercing Technique - Fragment (One)] [Magic: Sword Control Technique (Not Started)] [Talents: Petrification (Grand Completion 0/10000+1 Ice Soul), Swift (Proficient 0/100+1 Celestial Silkworm Silk), Disguise (Proficient 0/300+1 Earth Vein Spirit Marrow), Tenacity (Mastery 0/1000+1 Spirit-devouring Vine), Venom (Entry 0/20+1 Bone Decay Grass), Control (Entry 0/20+1 Soul Nourishing Lotus), Fireproof (Entry 0/30+1 Hundred-Year Phoenix Tree Core)] [Energy: 1253] The change in age was most significant, from 90 years becoming 96 years, increasing by six years, second only to the ten years gained when he broke through the five-blood realm. However, after breaking through the six-blood realm, the proficiency gain for realm advancement drastically decreased to only a tenth of the original, gaining just four points per day. This meant it would take Lou Yi one hundred and fifty days, or five months, to break through to Martial Artist level. ’I must find the Spirit Tempering Flower somehow.’ Lou Yi thought. Reaching Full Cycle to Martial Artist in just five months is a miraculous speed to ordinary martial artists. Even the fastest martial artists in history took nearly ten times as long as Lou Yi. But Lou Yi was not satisfied. Because he was destined to enter the cultivation world where his opponents would be cultivators as strong as female Daoists or even stronger. If Martial Arts were to continue being impactful, he must maintain a far superior cultivation speed than ordinary martial artists to ensure he doesn’t fall behind. After all, compared to the Daoist path, the martial path’s mechanisms are too backward, which is why he must find ways to stack the numbers. After breaking through to Full Cycle, Lou Yi began testing his strength. ...