Translator: AnubisTL
While these blood-replenishing and vital energy-restoring pills couldn't repair the tendons and ligaments of the injured Martial Artists, they quickly replenished the Vital Energy they had lost during the battle.
Some Martial Artists, whose blood had nearly been drained, soon regained a healthy flush in their cheeks after taking the pills Li Qing had given them.
"What a miraculous healing pill! Thank you, righteous hero!"
"Righteous hero, please ask whatever you need. We will answer truthfully and completely!"
"Benefactor! Thank you for saving my life! Otherwise, I fear Gao would have..."
Li Qing did have questions to ask. He was particularly curious about the newly formed martial alliance in Giant Rock City. He wanted to learn more about it.
Moreover, the rumors he had heard about the eighth vital energy transformation and the martial alliance leader forging a new path in the vital energy martial dao had piqued his interest.
"Tell me about the martial alliance in Giant Rock City. I seem to recall that the Green Gang used to rule the city. What happened to them?"
At Li Qing's question, the Martial Artists from Giant Rock City exchanged glances before one of them quickly replied, "Benefactor, we didn't expect you to know so much about our city!"
"It's like this: The Green Gang disbanded over twenty years ago. Rumor has it that their mysterious Gang Leader An, who was cultivating the Red Moon Secret Manuals bestowed by Tianliang Mountain, suffered a mishap. Seeking a longer lifespan, she lost her sanity during a ritual to absorb Red Moon Secret Power and descended into complete madness."
"Grandmaster Zhao eventually intervened, leading all the Green Gang's Martial Artists. After paying an extremely heavy price, they managed to kill the mad Gang Leader An."
Hearing this, Li Qing's eyes dimmed slightly.
That Grandmaster Zhao must have been Zhao Kou, the martial arts fanatic.
"Continue," Li Qing asked, his voice devoid of emotion. "What happened next?"
"Afterward, the elderly Grandmaster Zhao became the Green Gang Leader. But already severely wounded, he didn't live long. Before his death, he disbanded the Green Gang and passed everything he owned to his disciple."
"That disciple is now our martial alliance leader, Miao Xi. I heard he was once a key figure in the Green Gang."
When he heard the name Miao Xi, Li Qing felt a vague sense of familiarity, but the memory soon surfaced.
Miao Xi was Miao Jiu's son, the young man with unusually thick arms and two bumps on his head.
When Li Qing first met him, he was a straightforward, hot-tempered young man.
"The martial alliance?" Li Qing shook his head, sighing inwardly.
From the Tian Long Righteous Gang to An Xuan, Wei Tian, Miao Jiu, and Zhao Kou's Green Gang, it had now evolved into the martial alliance under Commander Miao Xi.
With each generation's rise and fall, and the relentless passage of time, the gangs that had once been close to him were now almost completely estranged.
"Tell me more about the eighth and ninth vital energy transformations. Is this a new martial path pioneered by your Alliance Leader Miao?" Li Qing asked, his interest piqued.
This was a topic the martial artists knew best.
The bald martial artist laughed heartily. "Haha, Benefactor, you don't know! This vital energy martial dao was actually pioneered by Grandmaster Zhao!"
"Grandmaster Zhao once underwent a prolonged period of seclusion. It seems he suddenly gained some enlightenment, directly achieving the Divine Intent Realm and becoming a Grandmaster of the Martial Dao!"
"Traditionally, that would have been the end of the Martial Dao journey. But in the years that followed, Grandmaster Zhao drew inspiration from the Red Moon Secret Power. He began by tempering his physical body, then refining his vital energy, using this method to continue improving his strength. He unexpectedly forged a new path."
"This realm is called the Qi Blood Nine Revolutions. With each revolution of the Qi Blood, one's strength will undergo a massive leap!"
The bald martial artist spoke with the familiarity of an expert, his expression alight with excitement. Clearly, he was a fervent advocate of this new path in martial arts.
"Of course, our Alliance Leader Miao is also incredibly impressive. He began pondering the next step in new martial arts even at the seventh vital energy transformation."
"Moreover, he's already started promoting new martial arts throughout the city, aiming to have all citizens practice martial arts. This way, even if a newborn is born with a mutation due to the Red Moon, it won't matter. As long as they begin cultivating the vital energy martial dao, they can suppress the mutation caused by the Red Moon!"
"Most importantly, Alliance Leader Miao has a long-term vision. He believes that for new martial arts to truly flourish, we must involve more people. Hoarding knowledge is a dead end. Only by pooling ideas and encouraging more citizens to practice martial arts can we hope to produce more martial arts geniuses and forge a broader path for new martial arts."
Hearing this, Li Qing was deeply moved. He couldn't help but murmur to himself, "Miao Jiu, you've raised a remarkable son."
This was an extraordinary feat. Even in a world bathed in sunlight, such as Maple Country, universal martial arts practice would be impossible.
The saying "Martial heroes disrupt order with force" isn't just a saying. Once too many people gain martial power, it becomes a major threat to the dynasty's rule.
Of course, there are many other factors at play.
Yet, in this harsh world, he had witnessed such a thing happening.
To confront the challenges of this difficult era, Miao Xi sought to create a world where everyone could become a dragon!
"Survival of the fittest!"
Li Qing exhaled deeply, taking a long moment to calm his shock before offering a fitting and objective assessment.
Life is the world's greatest miracle!
It was foreseeable that as more people in Giant Rock City began cultivating the vital energy martial dao, this path might truly expand indefinitely, potentially becoming a storm that swept across the entire World of Eternal Night.
Of course, all of this was still in the future.
For now, the men before him were merely Inner Strength Martial Artists, not yet having reached the stage of transforming their vital energy.
Therefore, Li Qing couldn't gauge the true combat power of the so-called qi blood nine revolutions realm.
"All of you stay here. I'll come back later to lead you away," Li Qing said, summoning the wind spear into his hand as he prepared to leave.
"Benefactor, where are you going?" the bald martial artist asked urgently, fearing for Li Qing's safety. "The Tianliang Mountain leader's strength is unfathomable. Even our alliance leader wouldn't dare claim victory."
Li Qing simply smiled. "Tianliang Mountain has become a major threat. If we don't eradicate it, it will inevitably hinder the development of new martial arts in the future."
"I haven't contributed much to this newly emerging Martial Dao. Now, I don't mind serving as a protector daoist for new martial arts."
To become a new martial arts protector daoist?
Hearing this, the few martial artists were stunned. A strange feeling welled up within them, stinging their noses.
Ever since its emergence, new martial arts had been constantly suppressed by Tianliang Mountain, its path fraught with obstacles.
Not only did it face constant oppression, but Martial Artists practicing new martial arts were often secretly abducted to Tianliang Mountain to be used as blood slaves. In the future, it might even face devastating destruction.
Now, from nowhere, an unfathomably powerful expert had appeared, declaring his intention to protect this fragile new Martial Dao, which could be extinguished at any moment.
The feeling was like that of a child who had been bullied since birth, suddenly finding a master who would stand up for him and clear obstacles from his path to growth.
In truth, if new martial arts were a child, Li Qing was indeed the irresponsible father who had sown the seed and then largely abandoned it.
The fact that new martial arts had come this far was due to a casual move he had made long ago, a move he had never expected to bear such fruit.
Now that some progress had been made, Li Qing refused to watch this tender sprout be snuffed out before it could truly flourish.
He might not be able to extend the path of new martial arts further, but he could certainly clear some of the massive boulders blocking its way.
"Benefactor! Be careful!"
Several men whose tendons had been severed struggled to move their bodies, kneeling before the tall, resolute figure holding a cyan bone spear.
"Hahaha, worry not for me. I'll be back before you know it!"
With those words, Li Qing's figure vanished into the stone hall.
(End of the Chapter)
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