Chapter 085 Reaching the Standard of Second-Class Soldier

  （0085）

  Liu Cheng bluntly said, "Wei Shi-hong and Chen Yan-gao. They lost about 280 million star coins because of your bet, I'm sure they hate you to the bone."

  Xia Xing Xiao laughed and said disdainfully: "That's what they deserve!"

  Li Yuzi said with some concern: "They will probably join forces with Yan Baoqing to deal with you. The financial groups of their two families still have some influence in Baihe Xing, so it's best for you to be careful. In this era, money can make ghosts grind mills. Where there is great reward, there must be brave men."

  Xia Xingxiao still said with disdain, "If it's Yan Baoqing who plotted, I would have some danger. But if it's Wei Shihong and Chen Yangao who took action, I don't need to worry at all. They say I'm not capable, but those two are even more incapable than me! With their abilities, the most they can do is plan a plot to hire someone to kill."

  Liu Cheng said frankly: "Anyway, you'd better pay close attention to Yan Baoqing. He will definitely make some trouble for you."

  Having said that, he didn't wait for Xia Xingxiao to speak and turned around to leave.

  Xia Xingxiao looked at the background of Liu Cheng, his eyes flashing with doubt, and said: "Isn't this Liu Cheng Yan Baoqing's confidant? What is the purpose of running to inform on him like this?"

  Li Yuzhi shook his head and said seriously, "Liu Cheng is not Yan Baoqing's confidant. His strength is even above Yan Baoqing's, how could he be Yan Baoqing's confidant? It's just that Yan Baoqing has a bigger background, so he temporarily relies on others for support. To put it accurately, the two of them are a typical example of combining interests. Yan Baoqing has a background and Liu Cheng has strength."

  "What does he mean by doing this?"

  Li Yuzi said slowly: "You conquered him with your strength, he wants to surrender to you."

  Xia Xing furrowed his brow. As for Liu Cheng's goal, he had also thought of it. However, he didn't trust Liu Cheng at all. A guy who abandoned his original companions and secretly betrayed them was somewhat like a turncoat. To put it bluntly, this was just selling out one's master to gain favor, a three-surname slave! Seriously speaking, he wasn't even as good as Ma Peng.

  Li Yuzi said, "We cultivators have always been respectful of strength. Whoever has the strongest power is the boss. It's precisely because you showed off your strong fighting skills that Liu Cheng changed his stance towards you. All in all, this is a good thing."

  Xia Xing said with a frown: "Actually, I'd rather he stayed by Yan Baoqing's side. Just give me some small reports from time to time."

  If Liu Cheng leans over, he will not be able to grasp Yan Baoqing's actions in time. If Yan Baoqing really has a plan, he will still be confused. If he is not careful, he may really get trapped. If Liu Cheng continues to stay by Yan Baoqing's side, he will naturally understand all of Yan Baoqing's actions clearly. As long as he sends out some valuable information at critical moments, it will be enough. Moreover, Liu Cheng may even grasp Song Haicheng's actions.

  Given Song Haicheng's character, once he found out that Yan Baoqing was in trouble, he would definitely get in touch with Yan. Yan probably needed someone like Song to help him out. He needed Song to be the fall guy and take the blame while he manipulated things from behind the scenes. Therefore, it wasn't strange at all for these two people to team up. As long as Liu Cheng was by Yan's side, it was equivalent to being by Song's side.

  Li Yuzi thought for a moment and said, "This should be no problem. Let's find a time to have an open and honest talk with Liu Cheng, give him some benefits, and he will definitely agree. The key is that we must give Liu Cheng some real benefits. This person has no sense of loyalty, only cares about personal gain."

  Xia Xing nodded thoughtfully. Of course, he wouldn't believe that Liu Cheng would betray him because of his overbearing nature and suddenly switch sides. What he valued was tangible benefits. In other words, only if he gave Liu Cheng enough benefits would he be willing to devote himself to him wholeheartedly. However, what exactly did he have to offer that could attract Liu Cheng?

  Money? That's definitely not going to work. Cultivators themselves don't place much importance on money. Given Yan Baoqing's background, he would probably give Liu Cheng a lot of money too. Therefore, making a move in terms of money is completely impossible. Merit points? He doesn't even have a single merit point himself. Martial arts chip? He hasn't even seen what a real martial arts chip looks like yet.

  He suddenly thought of expanding the meridians. If he had a way to help Liu Cheng slowly expand the number of meridians, would he accept this benefit? Liu Cheng was a speed-type cultivator, and his dependence on meridians was more severe than that of strength-type cultivators. In other words, his desire for expanded meridians was more urgent than that of other cultivators.

  Especially the Ren and Du two meridians, for speed-type cultivators, the restriction is very large. Whether the Ren and Du two meridians are opened or not, it's a completely different feeling. If Liu Cheng opens up the Ren and Du two meridians, other meridians will also be improved to some extent, his speed and strength will both make a qualitative leap. Such benefits, Liu Cheng should not be able to refuse, right?

  More crucially, this meridian expansion is somewhat like drug addiction. Any cultivator who learns the method to expand their meridians will definitely repeatedly try it out, repeatedly hone their skills, and repeatedly attack the problem. It's impossible for them to stop. No matter how great the cost, they will continue to expand their meridians non-stop.

  The extension of the meridians is limitless. Generally, a cultivator can only extend a few meridians at a time, and wanting to fully extend all 88,000 meridians in the body would be impossible even if one spent their entire life trying, unless they had a heaven-defying cheating device. This means that I have a way to control Liu Cheng for an extended period of time. Without my help, it's unlikely that Liu Cheng will be able to smoothly expand his meridians.

  In fact, as long as the number of meridians in Liu Cheng is extended to one-tenth of the total number of meridians, which is more than 8,800, and the Ren and Du two meridians are opened up, his strength will surpass that of more than 99.9% of cultivators, becoming the most dazzling and eye-catching existence. Such glory, Liu Cheng is definitely unstoppable.

  As for whether Liucheng will become powerful and turn against himself, Xia Xingxiao is not worried at all. Liucheng's meridians are only about 10% unblocked, while his own meridians are 100% unblocked. This gap is absolutely impossible for Liucheng to make up for. He can't even handle himself now, let alone be a match for him in the future.

  Xia Xingxiao said with determination: "Find an opportunity, I'll have a private talk with Liu Cheng."

  Li Yuzi nodded and said: "Alright, I have a secret channel to keep in touch with him, and I guarantee that Yan Baoqing won't find out."

  "Desert thief!"

  "Down into the gorge!"

  Suddenly, Fo Tou cried out urgently.

  Xia Xingxiao and Li Yuzi hastily turned around, looking at the canyon below.

  Sure, here is the translation:

  As expected, in the valley below, thirty or so sand bandits appeared. These sand bandits had originally been hiding well within the valley, but presumably thought that Xia Xingxiao and his group were easy to bully, so they gave up their hiding and charged towards them.

  "Looking for your own death!" Li Yuzi sneered.

  You Xia Xingxiao was by his side, full of confidence, looking down on this group of sand thieves with disdain.

  As for Xia Xingxiao, he didn't have any expression, just like a mechanical person, facing those rushing sand thieves, was a series of cold and gloomy internal skills, freezing them. Then, another series of finger winds, blinded their eyes. Such things, Xia Xingxiao did too skillfully, without even needing to go through his brain.

  Actually, for these desert bandits, Xia Xingxiao and his team have already gained experience in killing. Each person knows what to do and what not to do at different times. To be honest, nothing trains a team's combat effectiveness better than cruel actual combat. After several cruel battles, the coordination between each member is absolutely not something that can be simulated by drills. Even the Starry Sky Football Match, no matter how intense, cannot compare to real combat.

  At this time, Sha Ze actively rushed over, purely to send himself to death. Including Xia Xingxiao, they were all waiting for Sha Ze to come and kill them. Only by continuously experiencing actual combat could their cultivation speed be improved. Compared to those greenhouse flowers, the current group was undergoing the test of wind, frost, rain, and snow. The fighting experience they gained every day far exceeded others in terms of understanding martial skills.

  "Crack!"

  In the midst of battle, Xia Xing suddenly felt a voice coming from somewhere.

  This sound is not coming from outside of the body, but rather from inside the body.

  A clear message flashed through his mind, telling him unmistakably that his various internal skills had all transcended the small success realm and entered the great success realm. This also meant that his explosive power should exceed 1,000 kilograms. In other words, he was now at a level where his raw explosive power had already reached the standard of a second-class soldier without using any martial arts moves or burning true energy.

  This is absolutely progress.

  "Watch me!"

  Xia Xing condensed his true energy and punched out with one fist.

  Four times the strength, on the spot, a sand thief was beaten to the ground and rolled continuously.

  Xia Xing Xiao slowly withdrew his fist, and he was quite satisfied with his performance. Not bad, indeed it exceeded 1,000 kilograms of force. Under the premise of burning true energy, his maximum explosive force could reach 4,000 kilograms. This value is only 1,000 kilograms away from Li Yuzhi's 5,000 kilogram explosive force. In a real fight, he can completely defeat Li Yuzhi.

  The intense battle had indeed greatly accelerated his cultivation speed. On the battlefield, the ubiquitous and free-flowing heavenly energy allowed his dantian to absorb it at an incredible rate, several times faster than before. It seemed that he didn't need to search everywhere for heavenly energy. Because the heavenly energy on the battlefield was the most abundant. In other words, his best way to upgrade was through battle. The more battles he fought, the fiercer they were, the faster his upgrading speed would be.

  "Congratulations! Honorable Corporal Xia Xingxiao!" Li Yuzhi said with a smile.