I was wondering what was, he won't just be scamming me, right, luckily my confusion didn't last for long, as he began to say :
Your Blood Qi seemed to be high, but your Blood Vitality seemed to be quite low, in fact a lot weaker than before, your body is also quite cold, did the damage that Lu Si did to you caused this what a vicious guys, but what exactly did he use to almost turn you into a corpse .
Even though i didn't understand most of what he was saying, i was able to tell that he was beginning to get somewhat suspicious of me, due to not being like before, my heart almost fled from my chest at him saying this, but luckily he attributed this happening to the injuries i had earlier .
At him mentioning being like a corpse, i couldn't help but be reminded that i got this body after the death of the original owner, seeing the frown on his face, my face became a bit ugly as i asked :
" Will that affect me practicing Martial Arts ? .
He stared at me with a weird expression as if he was looking at an idiot and he even almost raised his hand to hit me, this faint action of his made my hair stood on end, then he began to say :
Of course, it will, did he hit you on your head after he beat you or something, did you forget about all that i told you about Marital Arts and how it was practiced ? .
He said angrily and seeing his expression, i tried to remember anything that could be of help, but no matter how hard i tried to recall anything about this subject, i just can't seem to be able to recall anything about it, cursing my mind and luck .
" I'm sorry instructor Lu, but i don't seem to recall anything about this in mind, can you help in enlightening me one more time, i would forever grateful to you .
I said in a hurry while once again bowing down to him, i spouted no lies just now i would be indeed in his debt, even though me being in his debt really didn't worth much to him at this point .
I also felt no sense of discomfort in bowing to him as this was what people were commonly doing in here as a way to show respect to one another, not to mention that the guy in front of me could kill me barehanded, so for that reason too .
Another reason, i was following the examples of the ancients, they said : When In Rome, Do As The Romans Do, that was exactly what i was currently trying to do, living or working in another place force you to become flexible, it was more so when you live in a complete new world, where the strong prey on the weak, a dog eat dog kind of world .
It seemed that at least my humble attitude earned me a few points from him, enough to be at least on his good side, he snorted and even him just snorting like this sounded like lightening inside my ears, he then began reminding me of what i allegedly forgot, saying :
A person training in Martial Arts had one purpose and that to keep on Improving himself, through the learning of Martial Arts one can gain an explosive amount of increase in his strength, speed, resilience and endurance, if he was diligent enough in training and in seeing his way through to the end, self-discipline was a must have for that person to achieve his goal .
What different Martial Artists from any cats and dogs on the street was the fact that they began harnessing the Blood Qi in their bodies more efficiently, boosting their bodies overall strength and speed by two to dozen of times that of a normal people, not only that their bodies over time will become more resilient and their endurance in battle and other areas as well .
For some reason as the instructor said the last part, he kept winking at me, making me completely uncomfortable due to the fact that i understood what he meant .
I was also disgusted with the way he kept emphasizing on it, i also noted that the statue of dignity i built for him in my mind began to completely crumble .
That majestic man that people who stood in front of him couldn't help but become in awe to him, seemed currently quite ludicrous, at that i couldn't help but chuckle a little, but he gave me a knowing look and smirked himself and looked to be caught in his own thoughts for a while, i'm afraid that he seemed to have misunderstood my chuckle just now as me agreeing with him, just by purely looking at his face, i can tell that he was thinking of something lustful .
But that gave me some time to reflect on the information he just gave me, i wasn't able to make much sense of what he was saying still, but i was able to note down a few things which i think were the important parts .
First : being a Martial Artist was more of a lifestyle here than it being a job, it was a description given to those who had succeed in taking the first step in their training of Martial Arts, to achieve that a lot of hard work was needed alongside a good self-discipline, noticing the expression of the instructor, i began to doubt that even if you didn't have that much of discipline, you can still succeed in your practice .
Second : the moment a person become a Martial Artist, he would already begin to shed his humanity, he would become something akin to a superhuman with increased speed and strength, he could be able to do anything he want, at least that was what i was beginning to believe .
Third : the existence of Blood Qi, something that i wasn't able to associate with any kind of term that i heard before in my previous world .
But here from what i'm able to understand from his previous words about me and the words he just said, it seemed that this power exist in the bodies of all people, not only Martial Artists .
I got a sudden realization, i remember hearing about something similar to this in my past world, it was called (Shi), if i was recalling correctly, they seemed to be quite similar to one another, but i hadn't heard about someone becoming dozen of times stronger than normal people using that ( shi ), so even though they were similar, they were also quite different .
I also realized that the main difference between normal people and Martial Artists laid in the fact that the latter were able to harness Blood Qi more efficiently than the first, those were all the points that i currently understood, i hope that i'm correct about all of this .
Seconds became minutes, time was passing in a fleeing manner, yet the instructor in front of me, seemed to be completely oblivious to this even happening, i wanted to wake him up from the state he was in, but i was afraid of provoking him by doing so, luckily he seemed to be walking up from the state he was in on his own, i really wanted to punch the guy in front of me .
As i was thinking of this, i got slapped on the face, a slap so fast that i was only able to react to it, after the burning like pain began to assault me, i was about to scream from the pain, but i aware of where i was, i gritted my teeth and forced myself to endure .
He seeing me like this, put his hand on my shoulder and said :
You showed a malicious intent towards me just now, i don't care about the reson you did so, i will only tell you this, try doing something like this again and i will kill you, also good job with what you just did .
The guy in front of me was saying that he will kill me with a smile on his face, but that same smile to me looked like the most terrifying thing in the world, i kept nodding my head while reminding myself to be more careful with my actions and even intentions from now on, he was able to sense my intention of wanting to hit him, if that wasn't similar to mind reading, i don't know what was .
The compliment he gave me was on me choosing to endure all of the pain i was feeling in silent, i kept nodding my head as if indicating that i learned my lesson, i also kept reminding myself of what world was i currently in, this was a world where the weak can be killed on the whims of the strong .
I overstepped my boundaries and become too friendly with the man in front of me, i should have known better than to think that we became friends with one another, just because he was talking to me in a somewhat friendly manner, that slap and the pain it brought me were like a wake-up call, a cold shower that once again allowed me to comprehend my situation more clearly .
He then cleared his throat and probably his mind from the awkward thoughts he was having just now and began to say while completely disregarding of me who was still in pain :
Where were we, oh right, do you still remember the realms and the rankings of Martial Arts ? .
Still in pain, i still tried to muster all the willpower i could and shook my head, he shook his head at me and began saying :
There are currently 5 main realms, stages of Martial Arts, they are called the 5 stages of Foundation Building, due to the practitioners at this stage laying the foundation which will they later depend on to open their own door to the heavens and ascend, at least that what was written on the historical texts, but it had been 230 year of the Qin calendar and no one had opened the so-called door to heaven, most of the people are beginning to think that it was nothing but a myth, but neither i nor my master believe that to be true, anyway the five stages are like this ( Flesh Tempering - Organs Quenching - Bone Forging - Marrow Cleansing - Viscera Refinement ) .
Those were the five stages of Building The Foundation of Martial Arts and the current known realms that allowed someone to cultivate his strength .
Each one of those 5 realms in itself was a Great Realm, the first 4 Great Realms each is divided into 9 layers or 9 smaller levels that the practitioner had to go through in order, starting from the 1st layer all the way to the 9th layer before he can advance to the next Great Realm, Refining, Tempering and Forging every part of his body to its utmost limit, gaining a considerable amount of strength and other benefits in the process .
Each and every one of those 5 Great Realms hold grand secrets to the human body that was believed to be quite the treasure trove and all of those secrets regarding the way to cultivate in each Great Realm were being monopolized by Martial Art Sects, The Imperial Palace and the Wealthy and Influential Families, due to this monopolization rarely normal people such as yourself or those stupid guys there would be able to get a chance to practice Martial Arts in their lifetimes .
Due to the fact that if someone were to try practicing Martial Arts on his own without guidance, he would be harming himself, heck he might even be risking his own life in try of entering the first Great Realm .
But i feel that anymore take about this won't be beneficial, i will now remind you of the rankings and the title those who had acquired, as for how each Realm was cultivated, once you enter the Dojo, you would be able to understand, it seems that time is running out from us as well, so i would try to be brief about this as much as i could, the rankings are :
Those that are on the Flesh Tempering Realm are called Martial Apprentice, they are stronger than normal people but not by much, they gain more strength as they reach the peak of this stage, but depending on how they tempered their flesh the increase in their defense and resilient will be much more than the increase in strength .
Second those who reached Organ Quenching, those guys are called Martial Warrior, they already have taken the first actual step in their road of Martial Arts, but they aren't proficient in using their Blood Qi, but unlike the previous Realm, this Realm can lead to a huge boost in both strength and stamina, all according to the diligence of the practitioner, those guys are also able to enhance the strength of their attacks .
Then after this Realm, come those who have reached the Bone Forging or those who have reached Marrow Cleansing, anyone who reached any of those two Realms got the qualification to be called a real Martial Artist, for now i won't be telling you anymore about them other than the fact that after reaching any of those two Realms, you will began to comprehend why those who reached any of those two Realms are called experts .
Those who reached the last final Realm of the 5 Foundation Building Realms, the Viscera Refinement Realm are qualified to be called Martial Master, for the time being and for your own sake, i won't be telling any details about this Realm, sometimes it's not beneficial to know more than you were intended to, bitting more than you can chew can be bad for your path forward, keep that in mind .
My brain was already swearing at me because of all this huge problematic information that he still has a need to process, before begining to store, but even though i was already fully absorbed in trying to make sense of all of that he said, i heard him continue to say, he was speaking about a subject that was the reason to why all this conversation even started, he was saying :
As you would have guessed already the way of practicing Martial Arts required you to have some essential things, those things were Blood Qi and Comprehension and lastly Blood Vitality .
Back to the question you asked about how the decrease in Blood Vitality affect your practice of Martial Arts, that's directly linked to how Martial Arts are practiced .
Blood Qi and Blood Vitality are more vital in the first 5 Realm than comprehension, the way Martial Artists refine their body depended completely on the degree of Blood Vitality they have in them, so it's also an indication of someone's talent and potential .
Blood Qi is born from the Blood Vitality reaching a standard level, the moment Blood Qi is born, then the person will be eligible to learn and practice Martial Arts, there's a few exceptions to that, but you don't need to know about that .
The practitioners of martial arts use their ability to sense Blood Qi and with it they will begin to refine their bodies by moving the Blood Vitality according to the Martial Techniques or skills they are practicing, so they were both essential and inseparable .
But your situation is weirdly different, i have my suspicions, but i can't say for certain that you will be able to successfully achieve great success in your Martial Arts, your Blood Vitality would probably recover over time, but how long will it take, i really can't tell, maybe when you arrive at the Dojo, something that might fix this will appear .
But currently, even if you practiced Martial Arts, your results will be quite slow compared to other, your blood Qi is high, but your Blood Vitality is low, something was very wrong here, those weird circumstances of you, would allow you to be able to circulate Blood Vitality inside your Body, but you don't have enough Blood Vitality, so even if you were to try and practice, the results will still be as i said before, meager, curse that vicious Lu Si for that .
As i heard what he just said, my heart and mind become quite heavy, was he meant that i wasn't able to practice Martial Arts, but wasn't this mean that i'm sentence to mediocrity in this new world, not to mention that if this was indeed true, then i might as well consider myself at death's door, how can i possibly be calm after knowing this .