Holy Fist

Chapter 54: 054 Blood Salt and Fierce Bird Boxing Manual
 

His gaze settled on the professional panel.

[Profession: Fighter LV.2 (74/200)]

[Talent: Pure Heart]

[Skill 1: Sandbox Mastery (101/400)]

[Skill 2: Boxing Mastery (87/400)]

[Skill 3: Jujutsu Proficiency (92/200)]

[Skill 4: Wrestling Proficiency (50/200)]

By following a planned selective training in combat skills, Bai Xiao had successfully grinded the experience of Sandbox Mastery to one hundred, and only needed the potential points to raise it to perfection. That would certainly bring an exaggerated enhancement.

On the field, he slowly retracted his fists and stood in silence.

Now, Bai Xiao had learned the White Bird Breathing Technique and the Blackbird exercise frame, and it was almost time to approach the instructor and request to practice the Visualization Boxing Manual.

The training in the elite class was different from the regular class; the instructor wouldn’t slow down the progress to cater to those who were falling behind. If you learned quickly, you could totally ask the instructor to move on to the next stage of the curriculum and pull away from the others.

Bai Xiao’s eyes swept across the venue and he headed straight for Instructor Liu Yang.

“You’ve learned the breathing techniques and the exercise frames?”

“Alright, wait outside for me. I’ll take you to the transmission room.”

Liu Yang nodded with satisfaction.

As instructed by Liu Yang, Bai Xiao walked outside.

Inside the gym.

Liu Yang’s gaze turned to the remaining eight students in the elite class and he said, “Practice on your own, I will return before the end of the class.”

Then, he too left.

“So fierce, huh? The elite class only started a few days ago, didn’t it?”

“Bai Xiao’s learning speed is among the very best in the elite class. Can’t catch up, better to keep your feet on the ground and focus on your own training…”

In the crowd, Zhou Bing and Kang Li shook their heads with wry smiles and continued to train.

Chu Ming watched Instructor Liu Yang’s departing figure, clenching his fingers tightly.

He punched the wooden mannequin hard.

Outside the gym.

Liu Yang led Bai Xiao to another building on the training base.

It resembled a warehouse.

At the entrance, an elder dressed in black regular clothes lay in a chair with his eyes closed, resting. A hand fan was lightly placed on his stomach.

“Master Chen, I’ve brought my student to perform the Boxing Manual Visualization.”

Liu Yang spoke.

The elder’s eyes opened a sliver, squinting towards Liu Yang and Bai Xiao.

Bai Xiao instantly felt as if a gaze had thoroughly sized him up from the inside out. It was as if he were standing naked under the sunlight.

“This boy has mastered the breathing technique and the exercise frame?”

Liu Yang replied, “He’s mastered them.”

“Then he’s the fastest one in recent years.”

The elder’s eyes opened fully, and he stood up from the chair in an instant.

“Very good.”

He glanced at Bai Xiao and praised him, then said,

“Come with me.”

Thus, the elder led the way, taking the two into the warehouse, where they came to a sealed compartment. The transmission room had nothing inside but a meditation cushion for sitting in silence. Bai Xiao, puzzled, was asked to sit in the middle. Then, the lights went out, and it was pitch-black, so dark you couldn’t see your hand in front of your face.

The wall straight ahead suddenly lit up with fluorescent lines.

The entire wall was covered with all kinds of jumbled, messy lines stacked on top of one another, creating a strange pattern. Bai Xiao instantly understood – it was the Fierce Bird Boxing Manual that Instructor Liu Yang had mentioned during a lesson.

With a click, the lights turned back on.

“Bai Xiao, you are ranked first in the practical combat class,”

“I’ll tell you about the benefits of being first directly,” Instructor Liu Yang stood by the side and spoke to Bai Xiao, “There are two benefits for the student ranked first in the class. First, you can have the opportunity for a medicinal bath, anytime you want. But I suggest that you do it after passing the Fierce Bird Boxing Manual Visualization, as the effects will be better…”

“Second, during the Fierce Bird Boxing Manual Visualization, you will be assisted by two blood salt crystals. Whereas normal students only get one…”

“Blood salt? What’s that?” Bai Xiao lifted his head and asked.

“A very precious thing that can enhance your mental will and learning capability in a short time,” explained Liu Yang. Just as he finished explaining, the elder who had left earlier came back in, holding a glass bottle in his hand.

“Take both at once, and then perform the visualization of the Boxing Manual.”

“Otherwise, without the protection of the blood salt, your will might be impacted. The unlucky ones could even possibly suffer unknown damage to their spirit…”

The elder handed the bottle to Bai Xiao.

Afterward, he and Instructor Liu Yang left the transmission room.

At that moment, Bai Xiao was alone in the entire space.

He opened the bottle, and a faint blood scent hit him. Looking down, he saw two dark red crystals the size and shape of sugar cubes.

“This is… blood salt?”

After hesitating for a moment, Bai Xiao tried picking one up and put it into his mouth. Unexpectedly, it melted as soon as it touched his tongue, and his body absorbed it instantly.

The taste wasn’t as bloody as he had imagined, but just a faded flavor of salt. Smelling bloody but tasting only slightly salty, no wonder it’s called blood salt.

Next, he tossed another piece into his mouth.

Then he turned off the lights, keeping the entire room dark.

Bai Xiao sat quietly cross-legged on the cushion, feeling the subtle changes in his body. A faint heat flow seemed to be silently steaming within him, slowly passing through his muscles and bones to reach his brain. His senses became sharper, and he could easily enter a state of concentrated focus.

“Quite an impressive effect…”

“Although, still not comparable to the talent of Pure Heart State.”

Bai Xiao came back to his senses, his gaze fixed straight ahead. That was the only bright fluorescent pattern in the darkness, capturing all his attention in an instant. According to Instructor Liu Yang, at this moment, Bai Xiao needed to focus his breath and mind, as if performing the Dao Jing Ceremony, fully visualizing the pattern with his whole being.

He did just that.

In the dark, his sense of time was blurry, and he had no idea how much time had passed. Suddenly, Bai Xiao noticed that some fluorescent lines in the entire pattern started to brighten gradually, seemingly forming a logical shape. His gaze sharpened, and his focus intensified even more.

The first combat movement seemed about to appear before his eyes.

But as time ticked away, those fluorescent lines brightened only slightly, and there was no sign of forming into a combat movement.

Bai Xiao understood that even the boost from two pieces of blood salt couldn’t save him.

He had meant to prove himself, but the Fierce Bird Boxing Manual didn’t seem to give him that face. So, Bai Xiao had to activate his talent of Pure Heart State!

Hum!

He instantly entered the Pure Heart State, discarding all unnecessary information, leaving only the core parts behind. The Fierce Bird Boxing Manual before Bai Xiao’s eyes changed visibly fast. Lines of fluorescent light lit up, gradually forming into an extremely fierce combat movement. A muscular figure seemed to leap out from the pattern.

His feet were widely planted front and back, one hand thrust forward, the other lifted high to the rear, both tightly clenched in fists. His entire large frame formed a fighting stance reminiscent of a king bearing the weight of a cauldron, exuding a rich air of dominance.

“Fierce Bird Fist, starting position, Demon Bird!”