FVN Chapter 18 Fourth Rank
Chapter 18 Fourth Rank
Main tower.
Alkaid had returned here.
And step by step, he made his way to the top floor of this nine-story building.
Just as he reached the top floor, an argument broke out above.
Immediately afterwards, a gunshot was heard.
"Bang!"
The argument ceased.
Before long, a forty-something man wearing glasses, carrying a suitcase, hurriedly ran out.
The moment he stepped out the door, he faced the barrel of Alkaid's raised gun.
The man quickly put down the suitcase and, as if by instinct, dropped the gun in his hand, raising both hands.
"Inside here is the money and supplies Mr. Xu has accumulated over the month, yet to be turned in, just the cash alone amounts to over three million..."
As the man spoke, he quickly added, "I'm talking about Star Currency. When you include the other items, the total value in the suitcase is more than four million."
Star Currency.
The currency of the Red Star Empire.
It is also the most mainstream currency of the present day.
In this world, there's no such thing as one superpower; there are only two vying for dominance.
Apart from the emerging powerhouse, Snow Dragon, and the world hegemon, Red Star, other nations are insignificant.
At best, some countries can serve as pawns during the power struggle between the two, while others can't even garner enough interest to be noticed.
Four million Red Star Currency, when converted to Dayu Currency at the exchange rate, is equivalent to forty million.
"Now, all these things are yours..."
As the man spoke, he kept his hands raised and carefully backed away.
But the next second...
Gunshots sounded.
"Bang bang bang!"
Several blossoms of blood surfaced on the man's body.
With eyes reddened and filled with hatred, he fell unwillingly.
Alkaid's expression was calm.
He had seen this man when he infiltrated the park; he was one of the high-ranking executives of the park.
And for all the deeds of this park...
Every high-ranking executive killed, none were innocent.
He picked up the suitcase.
He glanced at the luxurious office the man had come out of.
The office was clearly ransacked.
There was also a corpse on the floor.
Obviously, it was the loser of the recent argument.
Alkaid withdrew his gaze and said, "I've avenged you. The deal is done."
He then stripped off his blood-stained clothes, took the suitcase, and left the building.
Once he saw the danger was no longer present, he did not keep fully armed.
Ditching his firearms, he blended with the crowd and left Qingyu Industrial Park.
Within half an hour of his departure from the park, dozens of armed pickups with mounted machine guns and a few armored personnel carriers entered the area, swiftly conducting an "anti-terror" drill.
Further away, police cars from Feiyu Country with sirens screaming also rushed to the scene.
But by this time, Alkaid had already reached the outskirts of Guangming City.
His walking speed did not seem fast, but in half an hour, he had covered a distance of five or six kilometers.
When he arrived at the outskirts of Guangming City, he hitched a ride, heading straight for the border checkpoint.
It wasn't until he reached the checkpoint that something occurred to him.
He seemed to have traveled through irregular channels.
"The nutrients obtained from being a Businessman, plus those from demon hunting..."
Alkaid's gaze concentrated on the [Martial Artist] branch.
In the next moment, the nutrients from both branches poured in simultaneously.
The branch representing [Martial Artist] instantly experienced vigorous growth, causing the ancient tree itself to break through the height of four meters and continued to grow to four meters one, four meters two...
Only at four meters three did the growth slow down a bit.
As the [Martial Artist] branch underwent growth and transformation, a multitude of information also surged in Alkaid's mind.
This time, the information was not confined to Grandmasters but revolved around Martial Saints!
What is a Martial Saint?
Blood Replacement and Marrow Cleansing, that is a Martial Saint!
Once this step in cultivation is complete, the cultivator is no longer human.
They can achieve many things deemed impossible by the so-called human limits.
Strength, speed, impact resistance, and organ robustness will all climb to an entirely new domain.
And...
At first, his mind was filled with methods for efficient Blood Replacement and Marrow Cleansing, but later on, the information that came from the ancient tree even touched on nourishing the spirit with qi.
Since ancient times, the Martial Arts World has had the saying, "Externally cultivate the flesh, bones, and skin; internally cultivate a single breath of qi."
Martial Path cultivation is all about cultivating a person's essence and qi.
That is, the physical body and the vitality.
Before the Grandmaster Realm, strengthen the physique.
Within the Martial Saint Realm, temper the blood and qi.
However, according to Taoist theory, the human body has three treasures: essence, qi, and spirit.
Only when these three are unified can the human body evolve.
The way of the Martial Saint also initially touches upon this concept.
It pertains to the obscure "spirit."
Nourishing the spirit with qi.
If one is successful in nourishing the spirit, it will not only maintain constant mental vigor and more sensitive reactions, but it will also enhance the individual's perception and may even bring about all sorts of marvels hard for ordinary people to imagine.
If Blood Replacement and Marrow Cleansing, no matter how much one practices, is still dealing with the physical strike abilities understandable by ordinary people, then after achieving great success in nourishing the spirit...
What is performed will be the "Divine Skills," techniques beyond scientific explanation to the common folk.
"Nourishing the spirit."
Alkaid said to himself in his mind.
Is this the key to touching the realm above Martial Saints?
Unfortunately...
His current [Fourth Rank Martial Saint] had only just sprouted and not yet bloomed, converting into progress, it was barely at 30%, clearly not enough to acquire more "spirit nourishing" information.
To grasp the marvelous use of "spirit," it seems one would need to push the Martial Saint's progress to over 70% before there's hope.
"Soon."
Alkaid whispered to himself.
At the same time, he looked in a certain direction.
Yulong International.
There...
There was another demon!
"Ding-a-ling-a-ling!"
Just then, Alkaid's phone rang.
He glanced at it...
It was a call from "Lin Xiaowei"?
An inspector from the Yunmeng City special case team?
He was puzzled, but after some thought, he still answered the phone.
As soon as the call connected, Lin Xiaowei's voice came through, "Where are you in Shanlong City right now? I think... it's time we met."