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What's with the weird expression on your face ? .
Seeing that I wasn't moving, he turned to me only to see that I had a weird expression currently on my face as I looked at him, he seeing my reaction couldn't help but ask this question, I replied to him, saying :
" Senior Brother won't be just wanting to teach me the same lesson you taught eldest senior brother Gu Chu right ?.
After you reminded me of this and in consideration of the rude comments that you just said, you really did earned the qualifications to be taught a lesson, but luckily for you, Master had already warned me against it, now let's go .
As he said this, he seem to be reminded of something that was quite painful and he shuddered then began to enter the Main Hall, I seeing him like this, couldn't help but chuckle to myself and shower the image that I had of Master in my mind with praises .
Seeing how bloody Gu Chu looked just now, I already understood that this guy wasn't from the kind of people who would pull up their punches when things get serious, I didn't want to be at the receiving end of those hands of his .
These kind of thoughts were currently what were holding me back from following him, no matter how much more skilled I was in term of mastering my skills, I had enough clear mind to understand that I would get quite a beating once I go inside .
But those thoughts were fought back by another group of thoughts that seemed to appear out of nowhere and their only purpose was to push those other thoughts away, those new group of thoughts were urging me to go inside the Main Training Hall and agree to spar with my senior brother .
In this world, only those who are capable of fighting are eligible to live longer than their opponent, it was indeed as my Senior Brother said, what I lacked most now was something that other people could consider as the basic requirement to advance in the Martial Arts Path .
Combat Experience, this was connected completely to how strong I was and how much of my strength I was able to use and how effective was my way of making use of it, all these things were what I currently associate with combat experience, there were other things that I might not know, but currently this wasn't a concern .
So let's see, I had fought 4 to 5 times already after arriving to this world, I wasn't a fighting expert, I was just using what I was forced to learn just so that I can survive in my previous world, the set of skills I learned from fighting other drug addicts and beggars for food, those skills weren't even enough to be labeled as Beggar Kung Fu .
So I was no expert regarding this, this hadn't changed much after I arrived to this world, but Tian Long was indeed quite diligent in his pursuit of Martial Arts, he left me a body that seemed to have keen senses and quite good reflexes as well, those things allowed me to survive until this point of time .
Not to mention that guy seemed to have quite the bright mind that helped me quite a lot, for some reason as I continued to talk about that guy, I couldn't help but miss him, miss his resentment at least .
As I thought like this, I couldn't help but frown and shook my head trying to discard that damn thought right away, I'm going to spar against my senior brother whose strength was like heaven while mine was at most like mud in comparison, yet, I was already planting the seeds of bad omen around myself .
I might as well write my will and let the resentment that I will be leaving in this body to read it to the next person who will be going to inhabit this body after me .
Jokes aside, those 4 or maybe maximum 7 fights that I had was all either short or quite easy to deal with, so in the end I wasn't able to gain much experience from .
Using my wit against Lu Jiu, I was able to win by default after that guy burned his own Blood Qi and Vitality for a short-lived boost in strength that ended up in killing him instead of his opponent who was me, if I had met him head on, I would have died instantly and all this happened for one Flesh Tempering Pill, if that guy had friended me instead, he might have been able to get it for free, pity .
My second fight was with Lu Sun, the usless older brother to Deacon Lu, my fight with him ended in two exchange, the first exchange I tried my best to force him back and give myself some space to think of a method that should be able to help me out .
Then I came up with an idea that I could use in the second change and luckily it worked just as I imagined and even exceeded my expectations, I at that time expected that he might directly chase me, but he kept standing there completely dumbstruck and unable to think of anything that he might be able to use or do, his old bones might be also part of the reason .
But all in all, my wit and quick reflexes and focused mind once again helped me in escaping my doom and achieve victory over that old man .
Then my third fight happened with Deacon Lu being the opponent, it was a quite short exchange but quite leathal one, it was also the day that I had killed someone for the first time in these two lives of mine, I learned a few good lessons from that fight, even though it was quite short, like always using my full strength, not lowering my guard against an opponent .
Always stay focused on the fight at hand, those were some very valuable lessons that I was able to get from the fight, I also got a taste of the guilt that came with taking the life of someone, something that was still quite troubling me until I took my second life, something that I had yet to come in terms with, but I was beginning to feel that it was becoming more and more acceptable to me, so that unnerved me a bit .
But I was managing somehow, the next few fight that I got into were again either short or just not up to standards, they weren't enough to allow me to gain anything from them .
My first opponent was a show off, a guy that by using bit of wit and skilled Martial Skills, together with implementing some of the experience and lesson that I had gotten overnight, I was able to beat him without much of an issue .
My second opponent with much more skillful but he was still beaten due to my huge advantage in Martial Skills and the vigorous amount of Blood Qi that I possessed, his blade and strange footwork created some real trouble for me at first .
No, if we were both equal to each other in terms of raw strength, I might have been the one to lose, if even our Martial Skills were close or comparable to one another, I can understand that clearly now, if not for the fact that Lu Duan, that was his name I believe. If Lu Duan hadn't consumed a lot of Blood Qi, after a few rounds, if I were still using the same method to fight .
I could very much see myself lose in the next round directly, but my advantages were what allowed me to win over him, recalling that fight, I can't help but be reminded again by another important lesson, never underestimate anyone .
The reason I believed that this lesson was an important lesson was because I thought deeply about somone out there in the world that might have a weak Martial Arts Realm, but his combat strength and experience might allow to close the gap between him and those more powerful than him .
I couldn't help but find this thought a bit amusing, as I could be said to be that person that I was thinking about, using the advantages that the panel in my mind gave me, I could be able to burst with much more stream than what I really have and not only cross the gap to fight with those stronger than me, but killing them wasn't that much of an issue .
But letting that aside for now, after all, I wasn't really using my combat experience, I was just using raw strength to cruch my opponent with it, so I was still a bit far from comparing myself to the person I had imagined .
If I had enough combat experience, I might have been able to anticipate the attack that guy launched at me and wouldn't have suffered much as well in the hand of my last opponent, even though the first was just a sore loser, that I might have not been able to learn anything from, the last opponent was a guy that was a layer above me in terms of Marital Arts Realm .
Fighting against such a guy would have allowed me to accumulate a lot of experience without a doubt, but due to the lack of my combat experience and even though I had the upper hand in term of the amount of Blood Qi, which allowed me to be able to withstand his kick and only getting slightly injured .
I rashly used another trump card in my sleeve, when I could have been able to try and gain some combat experience out of him first, once again using raw strength to beat my opponent .
I wasn't effectively able to use the strength that I owned nor was my mind able to pick the best course of action I could do, all of this was due to the severe lack of Combat Experience, that shortcoming was shown clearly in my last fight with Lu Sun .
Even after I activated my secret technique, I was only able to dodge and do reckless attack, my choices of what attack should I use and when I should even attack was completely random, even though the guy that was fighting me at that time was walking like a mindless corpse .
I can't say that I would have won if my Combat Experience was more refined and without the use of the Dragon-Tiger Transformation secret technique, but what I could say was that I would have been able to have much easier time in dealing with him and might have not needed to use Life-Severing Sword to contain him .
I had already decided that my fighting style would be using my overwhelming strength to deal with an enemy, but I can't just go on and use the same method when sparring, I need to increase my ability to fight, or I might do something that I would regret later on .
In the brief exchange that I had with Gu Chu, all my advantages were completely rendered useless and I was forced to a corner and even almost used the secret techniques I have to kill my opponent, without even having a clear understanding or mind on what might be the consequences of doing this .
I should have been a little more cooperative with that guy, that thought appeared on mind as he was shocking me, but I don't think that doing something like this would have made any difference, but if I got something from that exchange .
It would be trying to keep a cool mind and try to think clearly about the consequences of every action I take, I need to fight with a bright mind, if possible I need to keep my mind clear always and be more patient as well,
There might be some situations where I will need to be impulsive like when I'm trying to evade getting captured by someone, do or die kind of situations, but even in those situations, I need to keep at least a sense of clarity to what I'm doing, those were yet a few other important lessons which I had learned in those last two days .
There was other incident that I had almost forgot about, even though it was important to my survival and even helped in teaching me another essential method, some time bluffing could work effectively like magic in solving conflicts .
If I hadn't acted strong when I first appeared in this World and made those 4 guys wary of how much strength can I still use, I might have died instantly, but due to my bluff, I only needed to deal with one instead of four, with the element of surprise, it was quite easy to deal with the intruder and I even gained something of it at that time .
There was also the fact that by acting strong, I was able to deter others from trying to cross me, that was clear in the two days that I had spent here in this world, strength or those who acts strong tend to make people wary of them .
But there was a risk in acting strong without having enough strength, meeting someone who isn't deterred by appearances might end up in that person who was acting to provoke the real strongman and the result would be him getting a huge beating, or maybe even killed directly .
Those were the thoughts that were currently coursing through my mind and pushing the other thoughts that were telling me not to follow Senior Brother in and they were quite effective in making me understand how important was this sparring session .
It was a chance to fight against someone who is stronger than me and more experienced as well, not only that but my opponent even wanted to guide and help me improving, so it was almost like a one lifetime opportunity to improve my Combat Experience, even though I would still probably getting beaten pretty badly, but at this point of time, I think that it was a small loss, affordable one too .
One of the thought that helped me to strengthen my resolve was actually linked to this, my thought was like this, since this world was this much dangerous and I will most certainly get a beating anyway if things kept on going like this, then it was better for me to get a beating by the hands of my senior brother .
At least he will probably not try to kill me and will also try to guide me, I unconsciously had a grin on my face as I thought like this and directly without wasting any more time, I directly entered the after my senior brother, feeling much more confident in sparring with him and filled with hope towards how much gains will I be able to leave here with .
As I entered the Main Hall, I sensed that it was unfamiliar to me, even though I had seen it before and even careful inspected it yesterday, but then I understood that the Hall was the same, I was the one who seemed to have changed, yesterday I was nothing but a weak lamb strolling aimlessly around, but now, now I was much more confident, a bit stronger and last but not least, filled with ambitions .
I saw that my senior brother was stretching his body in the ring that I saw disciples sparring with each other on yesterday, sensing that I was looking at him, he turned to me and smiled widely then said :
You really took your time out there, I was beginning to think that you will run away, but it seemed that I was wrong, come let's have a spar .
" I hope senior brother will be lenient, I hadn't recovered my Blood Qi completely yet ? .
I said this and directly hopped towards him, using Crouching Tiger, he nodded at my words and directly after I had appeared, he handed me a pill that was red in color and almost had me have a goosebumps and even almost a stroke .
I thought that it was the same red pill that I had only recently got ridden off, seeing my reaction, he said :
What's with your reaction, it's just a High-grade Blood Qi recovery pill, It should help you recover your Blood Qi fully .
After hearing what he had said, I released a sigh of relief after taking a sniff of the pill in front of me and found that it was nothing like the pill Lu Sun used nor the pill that was in Lu Si's hands and I calmed down, the pill wasn't smelly and its color was light red unlike the deep red of that other pill, not to mention that after I held it in my hand, my whole body felt much warmer than before .
There was no sign of some ghostly face to appear screaming at me, not to mention that the pill itself was smaller in shape to that other pill, I took the pill from him and he hurriedly encouraged me to go ahead and swallow it, I did as he told me and the moment I swallow the pill nothing happened at first .
But I felt it traveling in my body and in a few seconds, the pill reached the area above my crotch and stayed there, then as seconds went by, I was beginning to feel a strange sense of warmness wash over me, I was also able to sense a few cracks appearing on the pill inside my body .
With each crack the pill released and infused more Blood Qi into my body, it wasn't a foreign Blood Qi, the moment that Blood Qi appeared my Blood Qi was able to swallow it with quite ease, the pill was fuelling my Blood Qi in that way, just as I was relishing my first time using a Magical Pill like that .
A sound sounded in my mind that forced me to wake up from the state I was in, it was a message from the panel, saying :
( Eating a High-grade Blood Qi Recovery pill, Pill Resistance Accumulation was detected, Pill Resistance Accumulationwas removed .
( Impurities invading the body was detected, impurities were dissolved, Pill Medicinal Energy beginning to dissipate were detected, Medicinal Energy Efficiently absorbed, no Medicinal Energy was wasted .
All negative effects were detected and removed ) .