In the world of martial arts, grind your skill level to become a saint.

Whoosh!

Su Hao threw a punch, his arm surging with energy, which tore through the air with his fist, producing a sharp whistling sound.

Then his gaze sharpened and fell on a heavy wooden stake standing beside him.

With a single step, he burst forward, a crimson mark appearing on his palm as he slammed his hand into the thick wooden stake.

puff!

The heavy palm strike landed, and the combined force of the two types of blood and qi created an explosive burst of power, allowing his palm to easily sink into the tree stump!

Su Hao withdrew his palm, which now had a palm print about an inch deep, and the palm lines could still be faintly seen on it!

"Comparatively speaking, the Crimson Blood Palm's power has increased by at least 50% compared to before. It seems the Qi and Blood stacking effect of the Yue Shan Fist is indeed astonishing!"

Su Hao thought to himself.

It seems that his previous decision was correct: prioritizing the cultivation of low-level martial arts to improve aptitude, and then using high aptitude to cultivate the more difficult Yue Shan Fist, was indeed twice as effective in terms of speed.

Because of his breakthrough in Yueshan boxing, his aptitude has now increased from 4 points to 5 points.

"However, such power is still insufficient to deal with the strange beasts we encountered that night..."

Thinking of the beast attack the team encountered that night, Su Hao's initial sense of relief dissipated considerably.

If the combined effect of dual Qi and Blood is two to three times more powerful than that of an ordinary Iron-Skin Mirror martial artist, then the strange beast that night was definitely more than five times stronger than an ordinary Iron-Skin Mirror martial artist.

At least a bronze mirror would be needed to perhaps compete with it.

Within the inner city, the supply of exotic beast meat is continuous every day, demonstrating that the beast hunters of the Martial Arts Alliance are definitely no weaker than those of Copper Mirror.

After this comparison, his Iron Skin Realm strength is truly subpar in Yanshan City, even inferior to the beast hunters of the Martial Master Alliance...

"Looks like we need to work a bit harder..."

Su Hao sighed, glanced at the fact that it was already noon, got up, put on his clothes, and left his residence to head to the boxing gym.

Now that he has broken through to the second level of the Bloodline, the Blood-Strengthening Soup provided daily by the Martial Arts Academy has become much less effective.

After a martial artist breaks through to the second level of Qi and Blood, they will need more supplements and exotic beast meat to accelerate the transformation and accumulation of Qi and Blood.

The meat of exotic beasts is too precious for Su Hao to afford, so he can only focus on supplements.

He had previously inquired with Zhou Zhengtang about the supplements the boxing gym provided after the second blood.

The answer I received was that after breaking through to the second level of blood, I needed to find Master Liu to confirm it. Only after confirming it could I obtain a prescription for a medicine called Eight Treasures Soup from Master Liu.

This is also the core of Yueshanquan, and it often means that a disciple has officially received the inheritance.

As for why Su Hao didn't immediately seek confirmation from Master Liu when he broke through the Crimson Blood Palm,

That's because although he reached the second level of blood at that time, it wasn't through practicing the Yue Shan Fist that he broke through.

Therefore, even if one's true strength reaches that level, it's unlikely that Master Liu will acknowledge it.

Although Master Liu did not explicitly state that disciples of his school who practiced Yueshan Fist could not practice other martial arts.

But there's no need to test this; if you anger the other party, you'll only end up losing more than you gain.

Upon arriving at Yueshan Boxing Gym, Su Hao intended to report to Master Liu first, but his fellow disciples informed him that Master Liu had already gone out and might not return for several days.

Su Hao was somewhat helpless about this.

He hasn't come to the boxing gym for the past few days because he's been speeding up his training.

Therefore, they were unaware of this matter.

However, since Master Liu was not here, he could only wait for the time being.

I glanced at the innermost part of the boxing gym, where Tang Huang, Zhou Zhengtang, and a few others were sitting around a stone table, talking about something.

Judging from their expressions and the volume of their voices, they were discussing something quite important.

To Su Hao's surprise, Liu Jun was among the group this time.

This was the first time he had seen Liu Jun come to the men's section of the boxing gym on his own initiative.

Turning his gaze away, Su Hao stepped into his martial arts practice area and continued his daily training.

Whatever these people are discussing is irrelevant to me right now.

He has no time to care about anything else right now; his main focus is on his own cultivation and how to make more money.

Especially for tonics that boost qi and blood, and exotic beast meat, those are all expensive items. Without enough money, his cultivation progress might be affected.

After training at the boxing gym for a while, Zhou Zhengtang, who had finished his conversation, saw Su Hao arrive at the gym and came over to greet him.

"I hadn't seen you for days, I was worried something had happened to you..."

Zhou Zhengtang sat down on a chair in the training ground, looking at Su Hao who was practicing stance training, while also sizing him up.

Since the last mission to Daling Mountain, Su Hao has not come to Zhou's Pharmacy to find him again, nor has he reported to the Boxing Academy.

He once thought that the other person might have developed a mental illness due to the attack by the strange beast that night.

However, judging from the other party's appearance, it shouldn't be a big problem.

"Brother Zhou is getting better and better at chatting."

Su Hao rolled his eyes at the other person, feeling somewhat speechless.

"Things have been rather unsettled in the city lately. While my words may be harsh, they are still somewhat understandable."

Zhou Zhengtang sighed, "We've also investigated the strange beast you encountered last time. It's a beast called the Black-Scaled Viper, which is highly venomous and extremely aggressive. When it grows to adulthood, it's much larger than a python. It's also one of the famous nutritious beast meat ingredients around Yanshan City."

After the last mission went wrong, the Zhou family paid a lot of money in compensation and made proper arrangements for the deceased.

At the same time, they also determined the type of strange beast that everyone encountered that night from the testimonies of everyone present.

It is a strange beast called the Black-scaled Viper.

It is an extremely ferocious and dangerous beast, but also a great tonic!

In response, the Zhou family later dispatched a team with three-blood warriors to hunt down the beast.

But they gained nothing.

At the same time, the beast-hunting team of the Inner City Martial Arts Alliance also went there.

However, the final result was that although the nest of the black-scaled serpent was found, the serpent itself was not seen.

Around its nest, a large number of human, livestock, and wild bird remains were discovered.

It is evident that the black-scaled serpent has become a scourge and the greatest hidden danger in the Daling Mountains.

"Black-scaled viper?"

Su Hao nodded slightly.

However, considering that his knowledge of vipers was limited to the animal world of his previous life, he realized that his understanding of vipers was limited to that of vipers.

I've never seen an individual like the one I met that night before.

It's hard to imagine that a viper species could grow to the thickness of a bucket.