After Su Hao finished dealing with the blue - striped tiger alone, he wrapped the valuable parts of the blue - striped tiger with the tiger skin into a package twice as big as himself, carried it on his back, and soon came to the stone where he had stood before. He said to Wu Yuntian, who was still standing on the stone, "Father, let's go!"
Wu Yuntian retracted his gaze from the distance, nodded without saying a word, jumped down directly, and walked ahead. Su Hao tightened the tiger - skin package on his back and quickly followed.
Back in the village, he greeted the familiar villagers along the way. The villagers were not surprised to see Su Hao carrying a large tiger - skin package. They just teased, "Yo, Xiangwu had a good harvest today!" "He's really amazing~"
Su Hao just kept smiling: "Not really. Father helped a lot." "If it weren't for father, I would have been eaten by the tiger."
Su Hao's figure disappeared around the corner.
He Qingqing, who had become more lively and agile, still stared intently in the direction where Su Hao had disappeared, biting her lips tightly.
Xiaopang, who had now grown tall and big, no longer had the chubby look of three years ago. Instead, he looked powerful and robust, and his height was already the same as Bititao's.
Now they couldn't call him Bititao because he no longer had a runny nose all year round, so everyone changed to call him Shatao.
Xiaopang retracted his gaze and said enviously, "Xiangwu has been out hunting with his father for three years. I'm so envious of him."
Shatao nodded and said, "Yeah! When will we be able to go out once?"
Xiaopang sighed and said, "I heard that Xiangwu became a martial artist a long time ago. The adults say he might be a mid - level ordinary martial artist now."
Shatao said dejectedly, "I still don't understand what blood - qi is... Do I not have the talent to be a martial artist?"
Xiaopang comforted him, "Don't be sad, Shatao. I only became a martial artist a year ago. You still have a chance to catch up. Keep working hard!"
Shatao: "Well... Xiaopang, tell me again how you found your blood - qi."
"Stop calling me Xiaopang. Look, I've already changed to call you Shatao." Xiaopang first pointed out Shatao's mistake dissatisfiedly, then proudly shared his experience, "Actually, it's very simple. It's always been there. You just look for it like this, and then you can see it..."
Shatao pondered: "So that's how it is..."
Xiaopang's eyes lit up: "You understand?"
Shatao shook his head: "No!"
Xiaopang snorted, turned to look at He Qingqing, and praised, "Qingqing is really amazing. She only took a year to find her blood - qi, even faster than me. She's really a genius. Only Qingqing might be able to catch up with Xiangwu, right?"
He Qingqing turned her head and glared at Xiaopang fiercely, then turned around and left stomping her feet.
Xiaopang was confused by the look. Seeing He Qingqing leave, he quickly followed and asked, "Qingqing, where are you going?"
"To practice martial arts!"
...
After returning home, Su Hao took off his equipment, took a nice bath, and then his consciousness entered the Marble Space to check his own condition.
"Age: 8 years and 3 months;
Height: 146cm;
Weight: 45KG;
Body condition: Healthy;
Level: High - level ordinary martial artist;
Blood - qi: 5;
Combat skills: Basic Saber Technique (Proficient), Basic Footwork (Proficient); Slip Shadow Step (Skilled), Horizontal Slash (Skilled), 诡刺 (Skilled), Strong - force Fist (Skilled), Charge (Beginner), Shield Bash (Beginner), Leaping Downward Slash (Beginner);
Variable control: Blood - qi Enhancement Function (Proficient), Muscle Enhancement Function (Proficient), Bone Enhancement Function (Beginner), Viscera Enhancement Function (Uninitiated), Five - sense Enhancement Function (Uninitiated).
"
The above was a small program that Su Hao had specifically written according to his own situation in the past two years. It was mainly used to observe his basic condition at any time. What he was most concerned about was actually the "Body condition" column, which was also the item he had spent the most effort on. He didn't allow himself to die from some inexplicable diseases like in his previous life.
The "Body condition" seemed to be a simple item, but its detection scope was by no means simple. It included many standard measurements, such as blood sample testing, heartbeat testing, urine testing, and organ testing, etc., covering all parts of the body in the scope of real - time detection.
His basic goal remained unchanged. Every time he had the opportunity, he would try his best to live well, eliminate potential risks. Although he was not afraid of death, he couldn't die easily. What if one day he closed his eyes and never woke up again?
The number after "Blood - qi" referred to the amount of blood - qi in his body at present. It was set based on the blood - qi intensity three years ago as a unit, meaning that the current blood - qi intensity was five times that of three years ago. One could imagine how much his body strength had been strengthened in just three years.
This physical strengthening was attributed to Su Hao's control of the "Blood - qi Enhancement Wave" and his in - depth research on various physical data.
He found that by controlling the "Blood - qi Enhancement Wave", he could control the intensity of the blood - qi in his body. By the same token, was there a certain special substance that could control the strength of the body's muscles?
He discovered that keeping the amount of blood - qi at the limit that the body could bear could quickly strengthen the body. Through long - term comparative research, he found a special substance that could strengthen the body's muscles, which he named the "Muscle Enhancement Wave".
As he continued to search and compare over a long period, he finally discovered the special substances for "Bone Enhancement", "Viscera Enhancement", and "Five - sense Enhancement".
Then, according to the nature of these special substances, Su Hao changed their names to "Blood - qi Enhancement Function", "Muscle Enhancement Function", "Bone Enhancement Function", etc.
As long as he could control the variables that produced these special substances, he could control the direction of physical strengthening. Wasn't this a function?
The variables of these enhancement functions had always been controlled by the body's instincts.
Now, Su Hao's consciousness had taken over the control, allowing him to freely control it according to his will.
So far, Su Hao had been able to proficiently control the variables of the "Blood - qi Enhancement Function" and the "Muscle Enhancement Function", and had initially mastered the variables of the "Bone Enhancement Function". Unfortunately, although he had found the variables of the "Viscera Enhancement Function" and the "Five - sense Enhancement Function", he still couldn't find a way to control them.
The current factors restricting the overall improvement of Su Hao's physical quality were the viscera and the five senses. Once he found a way to control these two variables, then Su Hao's strength would surely reach a higher level on the current basis.
The "Combat skills" column was just randomly compiled. The purpose of this compilation was to help him have a clear understanding of his combat effectiveness. They were arranged in order according to the degree of proficiency.
The proficiency order he set was: Uninitiated, Beginner, Skilled, Proficient, Unique Skill, Mastery.
It was clear at a glance. Every time he saw this, Su Hao would remind himself: "You're an assassin, not a warrior. Don't be reckless."
What made Su Hao sigh was that Xiaoguang's current intelligence level was too low, and it also lacked a large amount of data. Except for the detection of "Blood - qi", all the above data needed to be manually changed by him.
For example, Xiaoguang couldn't distinguish what was "Beginner" and what was "Skilled" and automatically classify them.
Exiting the Marble Space, Su Hao began to set his daily tasks.
"At present, the blood - qi strength and muscle strength have reached the maximum value and no longer need to be strengthened. Next, I will first strengthen the bones for one hour, and then spend another hour trying to find a way to control the methods of strengthening the viscera and the five senses."
As soon as he said it, he did it. Su Hao sat cross - legged, relaxed himself, quickly entered a state of meditation, cleared his mind of all thoughts, and focused on one thing.
An hour later, Su Hao woke up.
"Controlling the variables of bone strengthening is really difficult, which makes the progress of bone strengthening too slow." Su Hao frowned, feeling a bit helpless. When controlling the variables of bone strengthening, he really felt a bit out of his depth, not as natural and smooth as controlling blood - qi. "It's already good that I can control it. What I should be worried about are the viscera and the five senses. There's no progress at all."
After adjusting for half an hour, Su Hao entered the state of meditation again, starting to try to control the variables of viscera and five - sense strengthening.
An hour later, Su Hao opened his eyes, shook his head, and said, "Still not working. What on earth should I do?"
Since he couldn't figure it out, he didn't force it anymore. He got up and went out for some fresh air.
As soon as he went out, he saw Wu Yuntian sitting in the courtyard, drinking tea.
Wu Yuntian took a sip, put down the teacup, and said to Su Hao, "Xiangwu, I'll start teaching you the method of advancing to an elite warrior tomorrow."
Su Hao's eyes lit up: "Why not start learning now?"
Wu Yuntian held back for a long time and said, "…Habit!"