The item I identified is very strange.

What do you want?

"Can you figure out a way to create a basic visualization diagram?" Xia Fan asked, turning around.

This is the most important thing to him right now.

Only by embarking on the path of martial arts and continuously improving can the problem of lifespan be solved; otherwise, all efforts will be in vain.

After a brief silence, Chen Xiaoxue said, "If you absolutely need a basic visualization diagram, you'll have to join a martial arts school or the Martial Arts Association."

Xia Fan sighed; the path of martial arts was indeed not so easy.

The basic visualization diagram is the key to entering the path of martial arts, because only with the visualization diagram can one advance to the next level of martial arts.

Otherwise, having blood and qi in a reservoir is of no use whatsoever.

The visualization technique effectively shuts him down; joining a martial arts school or association won't work.

Martial arts schools have age restrictions, and the Martial Arts Association is an official organization; there's no way this old man could get a stable job there.

"There's another way. I can recommend a shop that specializes in selling basic visualization diagrams, but it might cost a lot of money," Chen Xiaoxue said in a clear and melodious voice.

Xia Fan's eyes lit up.

money?

Of course, that's not a problem. If you lose your life, all the money in the world will go to your grave. What good is it then?

"If it's available for purchase, why isn't there any information about it online?" Xia Fan wondered.

Chen Xiaoxue walked to the counter next to her, sat up, and gently swung her two jade-like feet back and forth: "This is normal. That shop is not respectable. It only relies on connections, so no one cares. It's like a black shop."

So that's how it is!

Xia Fan nodded slightly.

Chen Xiaoxue's eyes flickered.

Is Old Deng really planning to learn martial arts?

"Old Deng, let me remind you, martial arts training requires abundant blood and energy in the body. In your current state, you can't even withstand a normal punch," Chen Xiaoxue reminded him.

Don't worry, after absorbing the top-grade blood energy jar, there are no problems with the blood energy now, it's just that the reservoir is not full yet.

If it can be fully absorbed, that would be the best.

"I know, write down the address." Xia Fan stood up, took a blank piece of paper from the counter, and handed it over.

After a slight hesitation, Chen Xiaoxue jumped down from the counter, picked up the banknotes, and began to write.

After writing down the address, he took out a coin and pressed it onto the paper.

"Give this coin to the person inside when you go in. I'm leaving now. I'll send it to you at the appointed time. Remember to come back then." Chen Xiaoxue turned to leave.

Xia Fan's gaze, however, fell upon the black leather shoes Chen Xiaoxue was wearing.

[Identification: Top-grade Blood Qi Jar, containing a large amount of blood qi]

Replenished so quickly?

Xia Fan was surprised and quickly called out, "Wait a minute."

"Is there anything else?"

cough cough...

At that moment, Xia Fan felt embarrassed again. This ghost's identification method had mistaken the girl's shoes for a blood energy canister.

It's really embarrassing to make this old man ask someone for shoes again.

This could easily be mistaken for a sleazy old man.

But there's nothing we can do; it's a blood vessel.

"Ahem, I suddenly realized that there are some details on your shoes that I didn't handle well. Let me leave them here for another night, and I'll fix them up."

Xia Fan spoke seriously, at this moment resembling a master pursuing art and perfection.

"No, my mom has already found out." Chen Xiaoxue's expression changed slightly, and she took two steps back.

She had barely warmed up her clothes when the old man asked her for more.

"It's precisely because your mother found out that we need to keep it. She saw that shoe here. If you take it, and the shoe disappears from my possession, how do you explain that?"

Xia Fan's expression was serious.

Chen Xiaoxue remained silent. She looked down at the little black leather shoes she was wearing, her toes slightly upturned.

Old Deng's words make sense; it would be too coincidental to take it back now.

Thinking this, she leaned on the counter behind her, pulled her legs back, untied the straps of her little leather shoes, and smoothly took them off.

That white-stockinged, jade-like foot was once again exposed to the air, its delicate toes faintly outlined, and the arch of its foot on the side was quite perfect.

Just as Xia Fan was about to get his shoes, subtitles suddenly appeared next to the white socks.

[Identification: Blood Qi Rune, born of heaven and earth. A natural product born from the collapse of heaven and earth; it takes effect simply by being held in the mouth.]

Blood runes?

What is this? I've never heard of it before.

And you have to hold it in your mouth!

Are you sick?

"What are you still looking at?" Chen Xiaoxue noticed Lao Deng's gaze.

Xia Fan was about to look away when he suddenly realized that doing so would seem like an attempt to cover up his true feelings and could easily be misunderstood as an old man with a foot fetish staring at a young girl's feet.

"Hmm, I've noticed that your white socks have a very stylish design. Look at the interlacing threads; doesn't it resemble some kind of martial art born from the heavens and earth?"

Instead of looking away, he got up from the rocking chair, walked over to Chen Xiaoxue, and looked at her up close.

Chen Xiaoxue quickly pulled her white-socked feet back, blushing and glaring, "Old Deng, don't even think about it, I'm not giving you the socks."

Xia Fan was puzzled. Why was this girl's reaction so sudden? What difference did the socks and shoes make to her?

I don't care, I'll just trick them into coming here first.

This blood-energy rune, judging from the description, is a good thing.

"What kind of look is that? Do I look like one of those perverted old men?" Xia Fan said seriously.

Chen Xiaoxue didn't say anything, she just looked at Xia Fan.

"Hey... let me tell you, if you ever ran into one of those perverted old men, they'd be sniffing your shoes by now. An old man like me only knows how to design, you know?"

Chen Xiaoxue looked at the shoes on the counter and then at the sign for "Bao Shuang Underwear." Neither of them was convincing at all.

"Forget it, you wouldn't understand even if I told you. I'm just an old man, an ordinary person. I'm just getting old and want to find things that interest you..."

Xia Fan stood with his hands behind his back, looking up at the sky, but his peripheral vision kept glancing at Chen Xiaoxue.

Chen Xiaoxue put her hands in her pockets, showing that cool look: "Alright, no matter what you say, these socks are not acceptable."

"Why?" Xia Fan asked, puzzled.

"I...I haven't washed for two days..." Chen Xiaoxue lowered her baseball cap, her face flushed, and looked away.

Xia Fan: "..."

"What's with that expression? Is it strange? As a martial artist, I'm very busy right now, and I can't change my clothes every day!" Chen Xiaoxue immediately became anxious and explained loudly.

Xia Fan sighed: "Sigh, it seems you still don't understand. I've already said it, I'm doing this for art. Whether it has flavor or not doesn't matter."

"It already had no taste, so I'm not giving it to you no matter what you say." Chen Xiaoxue's attitude was firm.

Xia Fan was disappointed; it seemed there was basically no chance of tricking them into coming over.

This girl cares a lot about these things; in fact, all young girls care about these things. If she hasn't changed her clothes after wearing them for two days, she's unlikely to give them to him.

After Chen Xiaoxue left, Xia Fan withdrew his gaze. He didn't touch the shoes, but turned around, took out his phone, and began searching for the keyword "blood rune".

However, there is absolutely nothing related to Blood Runes online.

hiss.

What exactly is that thing?

Xia Fan shook his head. However, for him, having the blood energy jar was enough. What was important at the moment was to embark on the path of martial arts.

His gaze was firm. Thinking of the girl he had met last night, he felt aggrieved. That feeling of being on the verge of life and death at any moment was unbearable!

I'll go to that shop tomorrow morning to check things out and try to get the visualization diagram as soon as possible!