Chapter 11: Xiao Dan

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! 

Splurt!

Zixin was currently suffering a beating of a lifetime. The person who was beating him up was a female disciple with fists covered in bandages. Her punches were so deadly that Zixin was constantly vomiting saliva. This was because she had a unique fist technique called the Hard Soft Fist Technique. 

This technique was especially made to deal with body cultivators because to those with strong physical defences, this technique could bypass them and directly your organs. And to those with strong organs but weak bodies often died before they could become something of their lives. This was because it was stupid to strengthen just internal organs and leave the rest of your body weak. 

"You…lose… Thank you for… letting me…win." said Zixin with difficulty. 

The female disciple fell on her knees due to fatigue. The whole time, she was the one on the offensive which had given her the advantage over Zixin but after fighting for so long, she was completely drained of energy. 

"Haa… haaa… haaa… there's seriously something wrong with you." said the female disciple while panting. She then threw a sack with blood pills inside. 

"Congratulations for the hundredth time Junior Brother, take a short break before your last match. You have to be in tip top condition." said Bao. 

Zixin nodded and swallowed a healing pill, his bruised body then began to heal. In fifteen to twenty minutes, Zixin had completely recovered. 

"Eldest Senior Brother Xiao Dan, I didn't expect that even you would be interested in a little game that weaklings like us prepared." said Bao while looking at the last disciple. 

Like all other disciples, this disciple was wearing red robes, a tall body with defined muscles and wild and untamable aura. He had everything, the looks, the body and even the aura. Many female disciples secretly had a crush on him but unfortunately, he was a battle junky, always seeking out stronger opponents.

"What I do isn't something the likes of you should concern yourself with. If you speak out of turn again, I'll break your legs." said Xiao Dan.

"Thank you for your mercy Eldest Senior Brother." said Bao.

Zixin and Xiao Dan stood face to face in the arena. Although Zixin couldn't tell how strong Xiao Dan was, just the looks everyone was giving him said enough. This was the type of opponent that Zixin had been waiting for and he felt like his opportunity to complete the First Volume had arrived. 

"Eldest Senior Brother Xiao Dan, don't hold back. Show me just how strong a Qi Practitioner is, show me how strong you truly are!" said Zixin in an arrogant and provocative manner. Hearing his words, Xiao Dan snorted in disdain. 

"Begin!" when Bao said this word, Xiao Dan moved so fast it looked as if he'd teleported in front of Zixin. With a palm covered in thick crimson energy, Xiao Dan slammed the palm strike on Zixin's chest before he could even react.

The force and energy of this attack spread out evenly in Zixin's body, breaking each and every one of his body. Not just that, after his bones were broken, the crimson energy laced itself on the broken bones, ensuring that Zixin wouldn't be able to heal himself and remain a cripple for life. A palm print was left on Zixin's chest as he vomited blood mixed with pieces and bits of internal organs. 

"A weakling like you dares to be arrogant in front of me. As punishment, you shall become a vegetable for the rest of your life!" said Xiao Dan before walking away. He didn't even collected his blood pills from Zixin who had already lost consciencesness.

"Oh my goodness! Senior Xiao Dan crippled him!"

"As expected of Senior Xiao Dan, ruthless as ever!"

"This is a lesson to never act arrogant in front of Senior Xiao Dan."

…

Groan*

When Zixin woke up, his body was aching all over and he couldn't move even a single finger. This was because his spinal cord was also broken so all body movements weren't possible.

'What happened? Where am I? Let me heal myself first.' thought Zixin. His broken bones tried to reattach with the activation of Zixin's cultivation technique but it kept failing. 

'What's this energy that's stopping me from healing my body? This is gonna take a while.' thought Zixin as he closed his eyes and continued to try and heal himself. 

Once in a while, someone would to check up on him to see if there was progress and would inject a liquid substance into his body. The liquid substances turned out to be some sort of painkiller because after he was injected with it, Zixin felt greatly alleviated of the pain. 

This went on for a couple of weeks and Zixin had made great progress in healing, a few days ago, he'd barely managed to reattach a few bones together. Although it looked insignificant compared to his actual situation, it was progress nonetheless. 

…

"Elder Heng has sudden woken up with a full recovery!"

[What?! How did he do it?! Where is he?!] asked Elder Heng. He was an old man with an ordinary aura.

"He's still in his room but he's fully recovered. During the few weeks, I only injected the pain killer remedy as you instructed and didn't dare to check up on his condition using my Qi as per your instructions." replied the disciple. 

[Quickly take me to him! Quickly take me there!]

…

Elder Heng barged into the room and found Zixin standing naked close to the window. He didn't care about any of that and grabbed his shoulder while using energy to check his condition. 

[How did you do it?! In your circumstances, you should have spent your entire life as a vegetable, especially since your spinal cord was completely crushed! So how did you do it?!]

"In the Cultivation World, nothing is impossible. Anyways, thank you for the treatment these past few weeks, your pain killer liquid was very helpful to my recovery. As for the costs, I haven't yet checked." said Zixin while reading his latest System Notification. 

[Ding! Successfully captured a punch from an Advanced Foundation Building Realm expert.(×1)]

'That punch really did a number on me but it has also helped me complete the First Volume of the Primordial Horned Giant Dung Beetle Technique. Fortunately, I have a lead on who to look for to complete the Second Volume.'