Only after the moves were used together with the incantation did the magic actually happened, I felt that there was a weird strange energy gathering at my touch, the weird thing about this energy was that it was neither hot nor cold, neither hard nor soft .
It was weird and quite difficult to explain, but one thing was certain, the cost of keeping this energy running was as high as the sky, it had been merely a few seconds since that strange energy appeared but I'm almost at my limit, my Blood Qi was being sucked dry .
Forgetting about everything else, I directly put my hand on the reddened body of Bu Fan and as Heaven was sending its blessings, the guy body seemed to be getting back to normal, not only that but his body seemed to get back to before he was even injured .
His arm began to heal and in less than a few seconds, his whole body was completely healed and he opened his eyes, I couldn't help but stare at my hands in wonder, the energy like flame had already began to dissipate on its own, but not without burning my Blood Qi .
Hurry and stop repeating the incantation .
I heard Li Fu's reminding voice, telling me to stop saying the incantation, urging me to stop using this weird method, I was shocked to know that I was still saying the incantation, I wasn't aware that I was still repeating it if not for his warning .
Doing as he told me, the flame like energy on my hands just now dissipated and with it came a sense of weakness that had enveloped me, using that method just now made me lose all my Blood Qi, luckily there was some leftovers from the food earlier .
Eating it should be able to replenish my depleted reserves, seeing the content of the notifications in front of me I was able to know one thing for certain, if not for the Panel I would have died the moment I started using that weird method .
Another thing that I was able to confirm, it was nothing but a guess before but even though some techniques and skills that are considered forbidden and damaging to me the user of the Panel, with the help of the Panel I can still use them as I liked, but I will still need to use my Blood Qi as the cost just as I saw just now .
This is still uncertain, but I already believe that it's quite close to the truth, but I wonder why was the technique still able to took effect even though I had no vitality in me to give the other, that Panel is really heaven-defying .
That method effect is the same as well, to think that it can heal a dying person back to their peak form like this, the cost of some Blood Qi loss is nothing, if we compared it to the effect, I can't help but imagine how many lives would be saved with the use of this method, what a powerful method that was, it's almost like Magic, its effect was certainly is .
Li Fu helped me up on my feet and directly helped me with getting out the Azure Wood Pill from my Beast Pouch, intending to have me swallow it directly, but even though I allowed the pill to enter my mouth, I still didn't dare to swallow it .
After all how expansive was such a pill cost was clear to me, I didn't need to swallow such a pill to heal, I would be fine after getting a few mouthful of Monster Meat later on, there was really no need to waste such a precious pill currently .
I didn't swallow the pill and instead acted like I did, but it was a quite difficult thing to do, after all my Blood Qi reserve was empty and even breathing was difficult, struggling to act as if I was beginning to heal, I told Li Fu to fetch the bagged food in the pouch and with a raised eyebrow and still shocked face, he luckily didn't ask questions and directly did as he was told .
Bu Fan :
You two are dead .
Huh, aaaah, how is that possible ?.
I should have expected Bu Fan to take action the moment he sense us showing the slightest bit of weakness and he indeed did, he held a metal stick in his hand and was about to jump from the bed on us, but just as he flew in the air, a needle stuck itself in his stomach and his movements were instantly suppressed and he lay on the floor like a dog, unable to make any moves .
I at first thought he was dead, but seeing that his breathing was still quite steady, I understood that this thankfully wasn't the case, but how skilled was Li Fu with the needle just now stunned me to the core .
Seeing my surprised face seemed to have awakened him from his own shocked state as he pulled the food bags, I directly stuffed my face in the food and still focused on hearing him say :
This method was taught to you so that you can be able to stop his Blood Qi from being ignited, I never expected that you would completely heal him, are you stupid, you could have killed yourself due to the loss of vitality, even a Viscera Refinement expert would die if he consumed that much of Vitality, let me check on you .
He said this and he reached for my hands, for some reason his Blood Qi seemed to have undergone a weird transformation, it gave me a weird feeling compared to when Master and Lu San did check my pulse .
You, what did you do ? .
Freaking out and saying this, Li Fu rose up from beside me on the ground quite frightened as if he saw a ghost, I began to really wonder if something was wrong with my body, but now that I have recovered most of my Blood Qi, I circulated it a few times and felt that there was no issue .
You, you, you have no more Blood Vitality .
So that was why he was so startled, I thought it was something serious, I nodded my head at him calmly and he almost crashed on the floor seeing my calm reaction, then tears began to accumulate in his eyes and he seemed to be on the verge of crying, seeing him like this, I almost smacked him to the side .
What's with the pitiful glances he keep giving me, as if not convinced that I already know he continued to say that it would be impossible for me to practice Martial Arts to a higher level from now on .
Was it really necessary for you to save him at the cost of dooming yourself like this, no, no, it wasn't your fault, I should have know that this might happen .
I shouldn't have allowed you to use that method, I'm the one who deemed such a genius to fall, Heaven might come at me for retribution, I'm sorry, I'm really really sorry .
For over a 5 minutes, Li Fu kept kowtowing in front of me and apologizing to me, I wasn't clear on what was he doing at first but soon I realized something, another misunderstanding on that Li Fu guy's part, he isn't aware that I already had severe lack of Blood Vitality to begin with .
Now he most likely misunderstood my lack of vitality and actually attributed it to me using that weird method he taught me, looking at him weeping like this, I almost couldn't hold my laughter at how this strange situation kept turning more and more stranger .
But seeing that he seemed to have no intention of stopping anytime soon, I helped him up and told him that he doesn't need to worry much about in a quite nonchalant and completely relaxed tone of voice, probably it was that kind of tone and attitude that made him weep even harder while yelling that he wanted to be like me one day .
I once again tried to calm him down but mostly to no avail, after the 5 minutes in this weird state passed, the guy finally began to dry his tears and he suddenly asked me to search for any paper he can write on .
I was quite dumbfounded at his sudden request so I asked what he needed the paper for, but his next words made me unable to decide whether to laugh or cry, he said :
Since your pursuit of Martial Arts was halted because of you trying to give me a hand, I will give you an opportunity that should allow you to amass quite a fortune and have your name spread across Mountains And seas .
I will also right a few prescriptions for you that might help you recover some of Blood Vitality, when you have enough money later in life, you can try and acquire them .
Looking at how serious that guy looked, I wondered what would his reaction would be if I were to tell him that I was completely fine, just exhausted and that I already suffered from this case before this incident happen and yet I was still able to achieve the 3rd layer of Flesh Tempering .
But this thought merely appeared on my mind and I discarded it instantly, there was no need to correct him, so in the end I just shook my head and said :
" Well let's finish the matters at hands first, after that I will be counting on you .
He nodded resolutely and I couldn't help but have a few doubts about whether was that guy still the hot-headed Li Fu from before, he directly helped me up and I offered him some food to share, he showed no interest at first, but after sniffing the food and he realized what I was offering him .
His eyes widened in shock and he directly grabbed a piece of meat and began to munch it, I couldn't help but wonder what might senior brother will think if he were to know that I used such a precious resource to restore my Blood Qi .
While Li Fu started to eat, I began to walk towards the guy who was laying with his face on the ground, I raised his head up and said :
" Ready to honor your promise ? .
But other than his lips shuddering there was no voice that came out, I knowing what might have caused him to be like this reached for the needle in his stomach, ignoring the cries of Li Fu who was telling me not to, I removed the needle and the moment I did, I heard Bu Fan murmur the words ' Bull Demon Fist ' .
Then a fist that was coming towards me like thunder appeared, but without even panicking in the slightest I reached out for his hand with a palm, I already expected his actions so I wasn't taken by surprise, in front of his eyes, the move he was so proud of was completely stopped by me .
I caught his fist in the palm of my hand and after completely locking it down, I told him :
" I guess you are still unwilling to say anything, well I guess you will need to live with only one arm from now on .
Without any hesitation, I pulled the hand held in my fist a bit strongly and directly broke his hand, then went for the rest of his arm and shoulder, ignoring his cries of pain, I told him :
" Previously you mentioned that you have no problem with dying, well how about I let you live, it's just that I can't let go of you that easily, after all you might come for revenge later and I quite appreciate the live I have .
" So I will broke your two arms and completely cripple your Martial Arts and then let you go, what do you say ? .
I said this in the most nonchalant tone I could currently muster and his cries of pain almost instantly quietened down and the defiant look he had in his eyes before began to recede, I understood that he already beginning to reassess the choices he have here more carefully now .
A cripple person in this world was a dead weight, a person like that would suffer a fate worse than death, not to mention that this guy might have also got himself in a few troubles due to being a Martial Apprentice, so he would think more than a few times about what might happen to him if he were to get crippled .
Bu Fan :
You, you, you are a Demon, I'm Young Master Lu Chiang subordinate, would you dare touch.... ? .
" What do you want to say, I didn't quite heard you .
Just as that guy was cursing me while gritting his teeth, he seemed to have thought of something and his eyes brightened up, then he began to rant about him being Lu Chiang's subordinate, so me already bored to death from having to hear his ranting and not willing to waste any more time .
I directly let go of the broken hand and held the other one, this action of mine forced him to swallow the rest of his words, as for him trying to escape, well that was even more difficult for the current him, the difference between our strength made it quite difficult for him to put even th slightest bit of struggle in front of me .
Seeing that my threat seem to reach his ears and hurt, I decided to strike the iron while it's hot and asked him one last time if he would be willing to say everything now and surprisingly this time he actually nodded hurriedly after he glanced at his broken hand and his other hand then he began to say where he hid the girl .
Or more accurately to say that he told us where he delivered her for safekeeping, a guy named Su Niu told him about a perfect place for his predicament, the guy was a disciple here in the dojo and he offered to help him due to his relationship with Lu Chiang, not only that but the pill he used to achieve a breakthrough was also gifted to him by that same guy .
He really said everything that had happened to him in the past few days and as he talked, the bad feeling in my heart grow more and more intense, until I no longer was able to suppress it any longer, I told Li Fu to use his medical skills and cripple this guy's ability to practice Martial Arts after getting the location of the girl from him .
The first seem to have been waiting for this chance since a long time and in an instant 12 flying needles shot directly into the meridians of Bu Fan and did their job silently and perfectly, Bu Fan looked at me with resentment but soon his eyes rolled back and he lost conscious .
Then I still tied him up to the bed in case we needed his testimony later on, then without the need to even say a word, both me and Li Fu began to skip our way through the location that Bu Fan gave us .
Surprisingly Li Fu wasn't only able to keep up with my pace, but I was the one actually struggling to keep up with his, I couldn't help but wonder if this was due to psychological burden he currently feel or was this guy really hiding his abilities too deep .
The Dojo gatekeepers allowed us to pass once they saw the Token in my hand and that greatly helped us in reaching the designated location ahead of the designated time, another surprising thing was the fact that the location given by Bu Fan turned out to be in the slums behind the red light district .
The familiar shady streets from yesterday came to our view, but I was no longer the same person from before, the place was bustling with people, but we weren't here without a direction to go and follow .
We were looking for the only building that had a steel door with a lantern hanging beside it that had the word 'Seal' on it, just as I was about to head there, I was suddenly pulled back by Li Fu, but due to the difference of strength, his pull only made me stop in tracks and nothing more .
Our current state seemed a bit out of place, but the onlookers here were uninterested in what was going on with us at all, so we didn't catch any unnecessary attention, I turned to the guy that no longer had glimmering purple eyes and wondered what was exactly wrong with him .
Senior Brother Tian had already suffered more than enough for me today, I would like to go in alone from here on out, I would be sure to come back and thank you sincerely after I finish dealing with everything here .
I looked at him as if I was looking at an idiot and said :
" It seem you still think that this is concerning only you and Liu'er, but you seem not still able to see the bigger picture, answer me this, why would you think that Su Niu gave Bu Fan such a big gift and even offered to help him with this .
Seeing the sudden shuddering of Li Fu's body, I was able to tell that he seemed to have finally realized things were no longer as simple as we thought it was .