Just as I was about to turn around and leave, Wakado grabbed me with one hand. I turned my head back in puzzlement, could it be... didnt I give him hematite?

  Only Vakados eyes shone brightly as he stared at the mineral in my hand, its color redder than other hematites. He muttered to himself: "Heavens! What is that in your hand?! Could it be... could it be?!"

  I looked at the ore in my hand with a puzzled expression, but there was nothing special about it. It just seemed to be redder than other ores, thats all.

  Wakada snatched the ore from my hand, quickly cutting his finger and dripping a drop of blood onto the ore. Suddenly... a bright light flashed, and the entire ore burst into flames.

  "Wakada exclaimed excitedly: "Oh heavens! Its really him... Kid, tell me, was this ore found together with those hematites?"

  I nodded hesitantly and said, "Right... theyre all from the same ore, whats wrong with that?"

  Shaking his head in dismay, Wakada exclaimed: "No... of course not, you know? This is the legendary Azure Bloodstone! You know? The Azure Bloodstone!"

  I looked at Wakado in confusion, its just a Bi Xue Shi, why was he so excited? Its just a stone, is there a need to be that excited?

  Upon seeing my unimpressed expression, Wakado hastily explained: "What? You dont even know about the Azure Bloodstone? The power of the Azure Bloodstone is incredibly strong! As soon as it comes into contact with fresh blood, it will ignite and can increase the firepower of your weapon. Most importantly... while burning the fresh blood, it can also increase your own physical strength!"

  Physical strength!

  I stared at Wakadonna in surprise, completely not understanding what increasing physical strength meant. With a sigh... Wakadonna explained: "You know, whether its dwarves, beastmen, elves or humans, although their physical strength is different, they all have a limit, and will always get tired at some point, right?"

  I nodded blankly. Isnt this a tautology? Who can never get tired? Ive never heard of anyone who can rest forever.

  When I nodded, Wakado raised the Bi Xue Shi in his hand and excitedly said: "But... if you really use the Bi Xue Shi to forge a weapon, when you use the weapon to injure the enemy, as long as the weapon comes into contact with blood, the Bi Xue Shi will burn the fresh blood on the weapon. In addition to increasing the flame damage, it will also convert the fresh blood into physical energy and add it to your body. That is to say... as long as you are willing, you can fight forever without worrying about running out of physical strength!"

  He stared with his mouth agape, completely disbelieving that this was true. Its just a piece of stone, isnt it? Could it really make people never feel tired again? Was that believable?

  He shook his head in admiration, and Wakada casually threw the Azure Bloodstone back, sighing: "You little guys luck is too good, now almost all of our tribes precious minerals accumulated over thousands of years are in your hands. I really want to see what kind of weapon youre going to forge."

  Stunned for a moment, thinking carefully, indeed... I now have quite a few good ores, including that mysterious silver crystal ore, the xuan iron ore that can make weapons extremely sharp, the refined copper ore that makes weapons exceptionally hard, as well as the silver marrow ore, bi xue stone, and golden snake stone. Adding them up, there are about 60-70 kilograms, almost enough to start forging my final, and lifelong, true hundred-battle knife!

  But... this matter cant be rushed, my forging skills have not yet reached a mature stage. If I were to forge my final treasured sword with my current technique, it would be a waste of good material. As the clan elder said, I dont even qualify to use those precious ores at their peak value. My current forging skills arent worthy of using such fine ores; some ordinary iron ore would be sufficient for me.

  First, I went back to the house and threw the ore into the box, then turned around and walked out of the village. On one hand, I wanted to pick some papayas on the way back, as those at home had grown moldy after being left for so long and were no longer edible. On the other hand...I also wanted to see if I, who had reached the first level of the Nine Suns Divine Skill, possessed the strength of a top-notch warrior!

  Quickly picked a few melons, poured out the inedible seeds inside, quickly sliced them, and put them in the Slime Pouch I brought with me.

  After handling everything, I slowly drew out the Hundred Battle Blade, adjusted my breathing slightly, and then slowly closed my eyes to start circulating my inner energy. Suddenly... a vortex in my dantian suddenly flung out two sparks of energy like fire, which flowed into my arms separately. Suddenly... my arms were filled with power!

  Haha!

  With a loud shout, I wielded my knife with all my might and made a diagonal cut. The blade landed on a calabaza tree as thick as a bowl, and with a cracking sound, the tree was severed by me on the spot. The trunk quickly fell to the ground.

  Excited, I took a deep breath and with a turn of my inner energy, two sparks of energy entered the space between my arms once again. With that...my long knife swung out, "Ka Cha" sound, another thick-trunked papaya tree fell down.

  I cut down four melon trees in a row, and the Dou Qi in my Dantian was all used up. I sat on the ground helplessly, sighing... Although I can now cut off melon trees as thick as a bowl, its still too strenuous, and Im far from meeting the quota. In other words... I dont even qualify as a low-level warrior yet, because my strength is still somewhat lacking.

  Disappointment picked up the calabash bag from the ground, I slowly walked back to the village, it seems... that in the future, I will have to intensify my training, not just the Nine Suns Divine Technique, but also the power of my body.

  From the marks left on the broken melon tree, my chopping is not perfect yet. The cut surface of the tree is very rough and has many stubs, which means that the tree was not completely severed, but half was cut off by me and the other half was snapped off by my internal force, so there are stubs at the breaking point. If it were cut off with a knife, the cutting surface should be smooth.

  I returned home in low spirits, took all the dried squash to the yard to dry, then picked up my hundred-battle knife and went to forge my treasured sword at Uncle Was place next door.

  I found out from Uncle Wa that... I was actually away for over a month this time, no wonder they thought I was dead. If it werent for the Wan Jie Huo Dan, theres no way I could have stayed outside for a whole month without returning. At least I should come back and say hello to the clan elder.

  I carefully calculated that I had been meditating in that cave for over 20 days, oh my... I wondered why Silver Wolf wasnt waiting for me there, it turned out... I had been meditating for over 20 days, and it was really impressive. How did he survive those 20 days?

  I picked up the hammer and placed the Bai Zhan Dao on the anvil, starting to forge it with all my might. Ah... whether it was arm strength or control over the iron hammer, I had made significant progress, especially in terms of accuracy, which had improved greatly.

  I used to know how to hit it and where to hit it, but... when I tried my best to hammer down, I always couldnt hit the target, either to the left or to the right.

  But now its much better, although I still cant hit the exact point I want to strike, but... the difference isnt that big anymore. I believe it wont take long before I can hit my target every time.

  Watching me swing the 20kg iron hammer like a windmill, Uncle Wa sighed and said: "Ah... youre progressing so fast! Take a look at our familys little Duo, who learned with you, but still hasnt mastered the Dwarfs 18 Axes, just as stupid as his old man!"

  I smiled and looked at Uncle Wa, comforting him: "Uncle Wa is not stupid, hes very clever and learns things solidly. Although he may not be the fastest learner, hes definitely one of the most standard ones. Dont worry, Brother Wa is no worse than anyone else."

  Listen to me, and Uncle Was old face suddenly burst out laughing, stroking the yellow big beard on his chest: "En... this little guy finally has one good place, it was worth my and his mothers efforts to pamper him."

  I smiled faintly and continued to hone the weapon in my hand, oh... speaking of Dad and Mom, Im starting to miss home now. I really miss Dad and Mom, as well as my two sisters.

  The grass ended todays training, and I returned to my house with a sense of disappointment. I sat on the bed in a daze, not knowing if I could return to Earth or see my dad, mom, and two sisters again. Maybe... they all think Im dead now.

  After a moment of sorrow, I shook my head. From childhood, Dad and Mom had made me understand that as a person, one must strive to make progress, no matter the environment, always striving upwards.

  Invigorating my spirit, I sat cross-legged on the bed and started todays meditation. Now I have entered the first layer of Jiu Yang Shen Gong. Next, what needs to be done is to continuously expand that vortex group. When the vortex group expands to a certain extent, under the heart method of Jiu Yang Zhen Jing, the vortex group will naturally undergo changes. At that time... it will be the second layer of Jiu Yang Zhen Jing.

  And now the only thing I can do is to drive the vortex group in my body to circulate repeatedly in the meridians, collect the free energy in the meridians, and make the vortex group stronger and stronger!

  Many people say that Ive slowed down my updates, but what can I do? In order to accumulate some popularity on the new book charts, I couldnt update too quickly. However, please rest assured, once Im off the new book chart, my updates will definitely be high-speed, hehe... at least 10,000 characters per day. So, I hope everyone will support me, and in just one more week, Ill be off the new book chart!