47 Preparation Begins! 2 (1/2)
”A Warrior Grade Qi Vein? This is an amazing finding! If we managed to harvest them, it will be beneficial to the people of the Apprentice Hall!” Zhang Wu Ji was delighted with the news he heard and immediately prepared his people to enter the Southern Bamboo Forest. As these findings is a great matter to himself and his people, Zhang Wu Ji put them into the first issue to handle first, before anything goes wrong.
Luckily, he read through some of the records related to the Qi Veins during his time compiling the books to be supplied to the Study Hall and also his Apprentice Hall. The Qi Veins are similar to a spring of water that was only found in place with a high concentration of Qi or Natural Energy. Their category is differentiated to many grades, starting from Fighter Grade Qi Vein that's beneficial to those non-cultivators, Warrior Grade Qi Vein for the Fighter Tier cultivators, and so on.
To harvest the concentrated Qi in the Qi Vein is nothing difficult, but proper preparation is required to reduce the losses during their harvesting moment, as the previous woven Qi can dissipate if they were to be disturbed. For each grade of Qi Vein, a different material is required. Luckily, the item that can work as the storage is Firestone that widely used in their day to day Blacksmithing tools.
Still, no matter how easy it was, the way to process them are slightly ”Difficult” before they were ready to become a container for the concentrated Qi. In order to begin with,Zhang Wu Ji first needed a high amount of water to starts with. Hence, he gave the order to clear all available Fire Stones and also the available source of water. But due to the secrecy about the Warrior Grade Qi Vein has to be protected, the available disciples in the Apprentice Hall can only use the reason that they needed to craft a batch of minerals urgently, hence the need to clear their available stocks of Fire Stones and water.
As a cultivator himself, Zhang Wu Ji did become petty with himself, where through providing the Fighter Qi into the Longfeng Jade Ruler, he created a pure source of water out of thin air. Best of all, the Pure Sapphire Water's density is ten times better than normal water from the mountain and other places, thus, for each 100ml of the water he created, they were comparable to a liter from what the disciples collected from the Northern, Eastern, and North-Eastern side.
With only a hundred and forty-seven strands of Fighter Qi, Zhang Wu Ji created fourteen liters of Pure Sapphire Water to be diluted with the water they gathered inside of the Water Tank used by the Blacksmithing Department. With all of the disciples gathered at this particular department, the crowd begins to cook the Fire Stones in fifteen cooking cauldrons, and continuously adding cold water into the cauldron nonstop.
This way, they can help exhaust all the flame energy within the Fire Stone, but allow them to remain their initial shape before they were used. Their combined strength allows the Apprentice Hall to prepares fifteen hundreds of the empty Fire Stone, which it was carried to the Southern Bamboo Forest in over a hundred batches. This was done under the reason of secrecy again because a large quantity of moving of Fire Stones will end up revealing the intention of their previous collection.
Following the team, Zhang Wu Ji reaches the entrance to the Southern Bamboo Forest within a few hours journey and took the privilege to protects them as they entered deeper into the forest. The previous disciple that return with the news leads them as they reach the location about an hour after entering the forest with caution. It was weird to not encountered any Wild Beast as they march forward, but this only leads to more caution as they step deeper.
”Master Senior! That's where the Warrior Grade Qi Vein is located, all we need is...” the disciple exhales a deep breath he holds for quite long the moment they reach. But before he completes his sentence, a few sounds of metals clashing against each another can be heard.
”This is a great haul! Who will think that by purposely sneak into the forest, we will stumble across a Warrior Grade Qi Vein? And the heaven is putting the people from Seven Star Sect as the sacrifice for our brothers, how good is his lord!” one of the attackers reveals their own identity as they were trying to fight against the disciples from the Apprentice Hall for the Warrior Grade Qi Vein.
”Everyone prepares to fight! Our enemies should be from the Orchid Mountain's Bandits!” Zhang Wu Ji gave the others his instruction as they prepare to engage with the bandits. Inside the forest obstructed by the trees and shrubs, Zhang Wu Ji's method of battle by utilizing the air blades is completely disrupted. If he insisted to fight through that way, perhaps before the enemies are defeated, he would be completely exhausted.
”Enemies backup is here! Splits up and fight in two different directions!” it seems that the leader of this bandits team is more experienced compared to the previous three Lan Shan Clan members. But based on their speech earlier, they must be treating the incident related to the imprisonment of their members as a disgrace. No wonder their behavior towards his people are much more aggressive compared to what he'd seen.
”WUJI Long Fist!” Although he did not have the air blades to use, he did not lack Martial Arts to activates their skills. With the skill from his Entry Class Physical Strengthening Compilation. Fist of Destruction Qi, and the Fighter Grade Collapsing Fist. Armed with this three mere fist fighting technique, the crowd looks at the god of fighters for the first time.
He hunts the bandits like a death god, chasing each of them as they try to escape or retaliates. With each strike carrying the strength of a 2nd Stage Inner Qi Fighter, his perfect attainment fight attack decimates the opponent, until only the three strongest fighters of the Orchid Mountain Bandits remain standing. Their situation now was ”Wanted to escape but can't, wanted to fight but dare not”.
”Xiao Jing, Xiao Yan, let's combine our strength and break through their defense! We will return to the usual meeting point!” the strongest of the three of them, with a 5th Stage Inner Qi Fighter strength, instructed the other two to fight for an escape route, but they completely underestimate Zhang Wu Ji's ability.
He activated the Orchid Assassination Art and vanished from their sight. This sudden trick leaves everyone speechless for a split second before Zhang Wu Ji appeared in the middle of the three. ”Daydreaming during a fight is the most fatal mistake one can do. Make sure you guys remember to remain calm no matter what happened.” Zhang Wu Ji's voice was heard again when the crowd finally noticed his appearance between the three bandit leaders.
”How can we remain calm with you vanishing out of sudden!” the crowd wishes they can scream the lungs out with this sentence, but following from his words, Zhang Wu Ji landed three Fighter Grade Collapsing Fist on the three of them, and throws them lying on the ground, vomiting a mouthful of blood. By handling the group of hundreds in the time less than ten minutes, Zhang Wu Ji and his team protected the Warrior Grade Qi Vein, while capturing the hundred and three bandits.
”Master Senior, what are we going to do with them?” the hunting department leader asked. According to their situation now, if they allow the group of bandits to leave or drag them back to the Wen Wu City, the secret about the Warrior Grade Qi Vein will be exposed to the public. By that time, they might attract more threats from different parties due to the preciousness of the treasure they obtained in their hand.
Maybe the patriarch of the Lan Shan Clan, Lanshan Lanyue will come personally to retrieve the harvested Warrior Grade Qi Vein from the Apprentice Hall because of the assumption it belongs to them, no matter they're the first or the last to found the Warrior Grade Qi Vein.
”I hope everyone here will maintain the secrecy of what happened here. All of you will remain here to harvest the concentrated Qi available in this vein, and I need two people to help me lead these people to a place where I can handle them.” the moment Zhang Wu Ji completed his sentence, all of them felt a hint of fear from the restrictive aura he gave to the crowd.
As for the bandits, the feeling of them will end up meeting their end came even harder into their conscience, as they struggle when the two disciples helping Zhang Wu Ji to drag them to a secluded place.
Dragging the group to somewhere deeper inside the forest, Zhang Wu Ji stops as they found a deep crater that leads downwards into an open cave where it barely can protect on from the droplets of the rain. The two disciples drag the group of bandits here and left the area before they were presented with something they wished they did not see.
With only himself and the 103 bandits remained here, Zhang Wu Ji gave them the last chance to speak everything they wish. The group of bandits know it was their end as well, thus, they begin to curse as it will soothe their nervous heart before they met their ends. Zhang Wu Ji allows them to continue with their anger for ten full minutes before he withdraws his Longfeng Jade Ruler out from in the open.
In his another hand, Zhang Wu Ji holds a piece of White and Red colored Jade in his hand.