The pleasuring feeling that I was having disappeared the moment those notifications from the Panel sounded in head, the amount of meat that I had just eaten could have actually ended up in making my body bloated from the nutritional energy inside .
And I had only took a small bite of the food, but I'm already fill, the hunger that I had before was now completely gone, not only that, but my Blood Qi had recovered completely as well, if not for being still surrounded by people and especially my Senior Brother, I might have directly burst out laughing .
I understood that the most important thing a Martial Practitioner have to do, was to always keep his Blood Qi at its peak state, I also understood that others were able to regenerate their lost Blood Qi in a much faster rate than me .
Due to the lack of Blood Vitality, as Master had said before, I might always end up lagging behind others, this was one of the times he meant, luckily, even though I might not be able to regenerate my lost Blood Qi as fast as them, I still have the advantage of how much Blood Qi I have .
The beast meat in front of me made me sigh in exasperation, it looked so encouraging and I wanted to eat a few more spoons of it, but in the end, I decided that that it was better to not do this, as to not catch his attention and make him more suspicious than he currently was .
But what made me relieved, was that I had heard about him willing to give me some of the leftovers here, even though I first felt that this was completely unnecessary, now I think completely different, I wanted to thank him from the bottom of my heart for that kind of suggestion .
So how did you find the taste ? .
" Amazing, I'm grateful for senior brother's kindness .
Don't worry about it, you also should try the eggs, they came from a bird beast that was in top of grade 1, but like before, practice cautious with what you ate .
Here, I'm able to tell you what to eat and what wasn't suitable for your body currently, but in the wilderness, you must be prepared to pack some edible food with you, but you should also able to identify what was edible and what wasn't, else you might end up losing your life over eating something that you shouldn't .
The rice is the only thing here that can be eaten without any problem, it had a high nutritional value and also can keep your belly filled for quite a long time .
" Thank senior brother for guidance .
After hearing his advice, I understood that he might have this lesson in mind from the get go, but I very much appreciated it, he helped me quite a lot and I had tried to show my gratitude in a lot of times as well, but just like this time, he kept brushing it off and tell me not to worry much about it .
His words about need to have a sense in differing between the edible and the inedible types of the food when I'm outside was very much appreciated, but I didn't felt fully entitled to take it to the heart, senior brother's words were correct .
It is just that with the Panel in hand, I didn't feel much troubled by this, whatever the problem with what I ate, the Panel would be the one to make sure that I stay healthy and don't have any bad things happen to me .
I still not sure whether was I invulnerable to be killed by getting poisoned, but I hope when that time comes, I would still have an antidote, just in case the Panel said that it was none of its business, it would be late to say sorry at that point of time .
I did as Senior Brother said and started to dig in the rice, the spoon melted into the bowl in front of me and I directly took it into my mouth, the moment I ate the rice, I felt a strange feeling, it was as if I wasn't simply eating rice, but a full and complete meal .
The rice had this kind of effect, it allowed for a prolonged period state of satiety to be felt by the consumer, the bowl in front of you, should allow you to stay full for the whole day, which should help you in extending your period of training, help keeping you refreshed and energetic for the whole day, it also help you surviving out there in the wilderness, this is why it was very sought-after .
As I heard senior brother's explanation, I couldn't help but swallow the rice that was in my throat and as if I wasn't already feeling that this was already strange enough, the grain of rice that I had swallowed began to expand once it reached its destination in my body .
I didn't heard any kind of notifications sounding off, so I understood that there was no bad side effects was detected, which also meant that Senior Brother's words were quite correct, the rice was the safest thing to eat on the food table, I couldn't help fell in love with the absurdities that this world have, I'm beginning to like it more and more .
I finally held one of the eggs in my hand, the last thing that I might be able to get a bite off, after I had already finished the bowl of rice in my hand, in quite a hurry and as if I was a hungry ghost or something like that, my lack of manner didn't upset Senior Brother in the slightest, in fact he began to do the same as to not let me feel like I was being left out .
The table was suddenly turning into a battlefield as the two of us kept attacking the food in front of us without rest, the egg didn't look different than the normal egg back in my old world, the size was a bit different and the the outer shell was quite strong as well, I had to use my Blood Qi to break the shell, after some time suffering .
Senior Brother seeing me doing this, chuckled for a while and then was able to break the shell with a light tap on the bottom of the egg, then he said that in some old Martial Arts schools, they used to use this bird's eggs shell in tempering their Blood Qi control and improve it .
He gave me a few pointers in how were they able to do so, he said that they infused the egg with a very small amount of Blood Qi, the tap he just made was using a similar technique, the Blood Qi infused in the egg would then try to return to the body after it resonated with it .
Breaking the shell from the inside out, I let go of the egg I had already broken its shell and held another one in my hand and began trying to implement the method he just taught me, I infused Blood Qi into the egg, then I tapped it on the bottom .
The egg shell then had more cracks running alone the body of the egg, then the shell completely fell off, leaving the egg content unscathed, seeing it like this I couldn't help but smile slightly, but then I heard senior brother's voice, he was saying :
It's good that you are able to do it this quickly, the applications of using Blood Qi was quite numerous and versatile, but also needed some precise control and patience, for example what you just did, you should have used a more meager amount of Blood Qi and the egg shell wouldn't have cracked so much .
I didn't know what to say to senior brother, I had already used a meager amount, too meager in fact that I didn't know that it could be even counted, due to not wanting to spoil such an expensive dish, I didn't know how should I be telling him this, but in the end, I decided to nod my head and tell him that I would be more careful next time .
I would only have one of those eggs, I had already become full, or so I at least thought, but after eating the third one, only then was I able to come back to my senses, I had absentmindedly eaten too many than I first anticipated and my shock was quite obvious to my senior brother, he laughed at the expression I was making and said :
Those eggs have nutritional energy that was very pure and easy to digest, unlike the Blood Qi in the meat of the Red Pangolin, this bird eggs actually will be digested effortlessly with the passage of time after they get stored in the body of the Practitioner, when they are needed .
They warming up the Internal Organs and help in soothing Internal wounds, a delicy that believe it or not, this plate of 4 eggs here, actually is the most expensive dish in the table, even though the Azure Silver Winged Bird it belonged to was a Grade 1 Ferocious Beast, but these things are quite sought-after by every Martial Artists out there .
Hearing what Senior Brother said, I was first quite astonished at this, but then my astonishment turned rabidly into embarrassment, he paid for the whole meal hear, but because of me, he only got the chance to eat one of those eggs, so I couldn't help but apologize directly for that .
Don't worry much about this, it seemed that you really have spent quite a lot of energy in your breakthrough, it seemed that you were famished before, but I didn't expect you being able to consume that much energy, without your body showing any sign of discomfort, carry on and eat to your fill .
Hearing his words, I once again felt how kind my senior brother was, the image I had of him in my mind and it was dusted before, now it had become much clearer than before and it was even filled with brilliance and blessings .
I was taken aback by the taste just now, so much that I had no sense of what was I doing, the Red Pangolin Tender Meat dish taste was great, but these eggs tasted like a pure bliss, one made my body become hot, the latter helped in cooling it down, creating a strange balance in my body .
I had no doubt that with a few more bites, I might actually be able to breakthrough right off the bat, but that will need to take a few minutes at least, I would not be trying to achieve any other breakthrough for the next period of time .
Breaking through 3 layers of Flesh Tempering in one day was already a bit much, so if I were to make another breakthrough, then it will sound quite odd, no, even odd won't be able to cut it, it will be an anomaly that will most likely spread around the whole Dojo and I wouldn't be surprised if it circled around the city .
Catching the attention of many people in this world would be something bad for my health, people here seemed to be quite keen on following the rumors to their roots, so if a few came to inspect and confirmed this to be the case, then I might be quite doomed .
I could be said to be the strongest in the Flesh Tempering Realm and might even have the ability to slay those who are at the Organ Quenching Realm, but that's about it, I can kill them and they can do the same as well, their chances of success are even higher compared to mine .
Not to mention that I'm Master's disciple now and he warned me before that he had enmity with other people who might try to target him through us, his disciples, me included, so catching more of people attention at this stage was akin to calling for a disaster .
But I also need to get stronger and with the Panel I could achieve this with quite ease, but I will need to either broke up the master-disciple relationship with Master Chen or find a skill or even a secret skill that should allow me to hide my Martial Ream without Master or even that keen Old Man Ma be able to tell .
No, that might make me look even more suspicious, I guess the method need to be able to keep my actual Practice Realm hidden while showing what I wanted others to see, I guess this is asking for too much, but in this strange world, it should be easy to find these kind of methods, I hopefully believe so .
Why you had stop, do you need more rice ? .
" No, I had already become full, Senior Brother's kindness, I will keep it in my heart and I promised to treat you to Dragon meat in the future .
Haha, well, it's a promise then .
He said this and extended his hand and I shook it, then he told a waiter of some kind to wrapp the leftovers for me and went to pay the price of the food, with me following right behind him .
We got out of the place and I had my mouth still opened wide, so stunned at the price that Senior Brother had paid for the meal inside, 78 silver teals, I ate a meal that was more pricey than the money I had on me, which filled me in awe and fear of the thought about eating such a meal again .
The eggs alone were priced at 40 silver taels, I almost went berserk after the clerk said this, that was him being considerate of our status, so he made us pay less .
A meal that almost cost the person go bankrupt, even though it was out of the world, I would still be careful not trying to stick to the idea of eating that meal again, I just can't even afford to eat those eggs with the money I currently have without feeling a heartache directly after .
My mind was engrossed in this, but then I heard Senior Brother say :
We still have the Tasks Hall and lastly Sparring Ring or as those stupid guys like to call it, the Fighting Circle .
I nodded my head and went after him without saying anything else, I was forced to hold the food that we got it wrapped in hand due to not having a space in my Pouch, I would have removed some of the few books inside to create a room, but actually this would be more troublesome to get hold to .
As we passed by a Hall that seemed to look more like an office than an actual Hall, I saw that my impression wasn't that far off, the place inside that small Hall was quite small compared to any of the other Halls .
There was an office, desks and a Wall covered with papers, those were paid tasks, meaning that accepting to do what in the task and succeeding, you would end up getting rewarded, failing, the money you paid as a guarantee won't be returned to you .
There were different colors of papers, that was how the difficulty of the task was described, Crimson Red was the highest level of difficulty, anyone could accept these tasks, but everyone need to be conscious about what he can and what he can't do, otherwise, there was no need for him to continue pursuing Martial Arts .
The difficulties level went like this from the most difficult descending :
( Crimson Red - Vermilion - Purple - Amber -Gold - Azure - Jade Green - Profound Black - Ashen White ) .
9 Difficulty levels similar to the levels of Flesh Tempering, each one had dangerous encounters and handsome rewards on them, if I wanted to accept one, all I need was to confirm my identity and then talk to the clerk there on which mission I wanted to take, he would then take the mission off or label it as already taken as to not create a misunderstanding .
I will need to pay some money as a guarantee, this was a way to limit those who got their eyes glued on the rewards without thinking for a second about the risk, the poor bunch in the Dojo .
Before I even try to take a look at the missions hanged on the wall, my senior brother pinpointed me to where the Fighting Circle was and seemed to have gotten some information from the Clerk, these details made him slightly unhappy and he even directly left after giving me directions on how to reach the final place, The Fighting Circle .