I can push my cultivation progress to the end

“I, Guo Huaijin.”

After the robust old man simply introduced his name, he lowered his gaze to Li Hai, who stood quietly at the courtyard entrance, and slowly said, “Young friend, do you know… why I saved your life?”

Li Hai remained silent, not answering Guo Huaijin's question.

Or perhaps, it could be said that he didn't even notice what the other party had said.

Because at this moment, Li Hai's attention was completely drawn to Guo Huaijin's personal interface—

Character Name: Guo Huaijin

Level: Orthodox Martial Arts → Vigor Body Circulation

Skills: 《Tiger Claw Saber Fist》

Trait Attributes: 【Stout Soul Level 1】 【Finger Claws Level 1】

Strong Fragment: None

Level, Skills, and Attributes—Guo Huaijin actually possessed all three.

This was simply a delightful surprise for Li Hai.

He, who severely lacked a sense of security, was worrying about not having any skills to rely on when Guo Huaijin came to his door on his own accord.

Wonderful.

Secretly pleased, Li Hai immediately and imperceptibly shifted his gaze to the 《Tiger Claw Saber Fist》 in Guo Huaijin's skill column.

As before, under his gaze, this martial art entry immediately expanded, presenting a message:

《Tiger Claw Saber Fist》 consists of six levels. This character has already completed all six levels. Learn this technique—Yes/No?

Li Hai immediately chose 【Yes】 without hesitation.

Instantly, a torrent of information, far greater and more complex than that of 《Five Animal Qi Gong》, appeared out of nowhere in the depths of his mind.

At the same time, Li Hai also quickly and thoroughly understood all the mysteries and essence of this technique, as if he had seen it thousands of times.

Judging from the essence of this technique, it was completely different from the gentle and peaceful nature of Five Animal Qi Gong.

And once this formless and intangible mystical inner force was stimulated, the practitioner could step into the first realm of the so-called Orthodox Martial Arts system—【Vigor Eruption】.

According to the information contained in the 《Tiger Claw Saber Fist》 technique, even without any skills, someone at this level could easily suppress ten ordinary people who did not know martial arts with just a burst of inner force.

This kind of combat power was already equivalent to the level of those elite martial artists in Li Hai's previous life.

But from the information Li Hai obtained, this level was only the first step in the Orthodox Martial Arts system.

After this, if one cultivated 《Tiger Claw Saber Fist》 to the fourth level, one could step into the second realm of the Orthodox Martial Arts system—【Vigor Qi Circulation】.

Those at this level could convert vigor into qi, making it flow like streams of mercury, covering all parts of the body inside and out, and continuously tempering and strengthening their skin, muscles, and bones through specific breathing and resonance methods, thereby continuously increasing their strength, even eventually reaching a magnitude of seven or eight hundred pounds.

And when one completed the last two levels of 《Tiger Claw Saber Fist》, one could reach the third realm of the Orthodox Martial Arts system—【Vigor Body Cycle】.

Those who entered this realm could elevate the mysterious vigor flowing between their bones, skin, and muscles, as well as the formless force erupting from within the body on this basis, to a higher level.

Moreover, martial artists in this realm could also integrate the relationship between their qi, vigor, and body, combing and constructing them into a perfect and solid vigor-body cycle, stimulating a massive surge in their qi and strength, thereby possessing a force of several thousand pounds.

This kind of power could easily crush a person's head, or grab their internal organs, and even yank out the human spine and skeleton.

Terrifying… simply like a demon.

While possessing such great power, the physique of those in this realm could also reach a level of being as strong as old tree hardwood and as flexible as aged rubber.

Therefore, for martial artists in the three realms, unless they were surrounded by swords and spears or shot by a volley of arrows, even if more ordinary people attacked together, they could not do anything to them.

And now, Guo Huaijin, who was directly in front of Li Hai, was precisely a terrifying existence in this realm.

Of course, relying on the system's seemingly unrestricted learning and upgrading ability, Li Hai would not be afraid of him at all.

As long as Li Hai was willing, he could completely advance to the same level of strength as the other party in the blink of an eye.

But…

Li Hai imperceptibly glanced at the dozen or so strong men with guns standing quietly on Guo Huaijin's left and right sides, and secretly complained:

“They even have proper firearms. Could it be that this world… has already developed to a stage similar to the late Qing Dynasty and early Republic of China? Tsk, this is troublesome.”

Unlike the relatively peaceful 《Five Animal Qi Gong》.

Li Hai guessed that the movements when breaking through realms for this 《Tiger Claw Saber Fist》, whose power had obviously increased by several levels, would definitely not be small.

At that time, if it attracted Guo Huaijin's attention, leading to the firing squad focusing their fire on him, wouldn't he be finished?

“It seems that…”

Li Hai thought to himself, “I can only bide my time for now.”

Just then, a burst of laughter containing a murderous aura came, interrupting his thoughts.

“Heh heh heh heh～ Why, why don't you speak?”

Guo Huaijin said with a smile, “Are you mute?”

“Master Guo.”

Li Hai composed himself and said calmly, “I guess you saved my life because you need me to do something for you.”

“That's right.”

Guo Huaijin stroked his beard and said leisurely, “I have a grandson, nineteen years old this year. He has suffered from a serious illness since birth. This illness cannot be cured, only alleviated. Every half a year, a person with a specific fate must be found to assist in the treatment in order to forcibly prolong his life.”

“The so-called person with a specific fate that Master Guo is talking about.”

Li Hai raised his hand and pointed at himself, “Is it me?”

“Yes.”

Guo Huaijin sized Li Hai up and down, nodded slightly, “It is you.”

“Then how do you treat it?” Li Hai spread his hands, “I haven't learned any skills of Qi Huang?”

“Hahaha～ Don't worry.”

Guo Huaijin laughed to the sky, “The method of treatment is extremely simple. You only need to take a large handful of hot blood from your heart while you are conscious and your soul is active at dawn when the sun rises, and give it to my grandson to drink to complete the treatment.”

“Oh～”

Li Hai was not afraid at all, but smiled sarcastically, “In that case, your grandson has been drinking human blood for nineteen years? Killing more than thirty people?”

“It's about the same, okay, let's not talk nonsense.”

Guo Huaijin said calmly, “There are still two hours before the sun rises. In these two hours, no matter what you want to eat, drink, or play with, even if you pile gold and silver into a bed, wash yourself with fine wine, and burn delicacies as firewood, I can satisfy you, so that you can finish the last leg of your journey well, so… what do you need?”

Unexpectedly, facing Guo Huaijin's question, Li Hai shook his head calmly:

“I don't need any of these. I just want to know one thing.”

“Oh～”

Guo Huaijin frowned, “Tell me, what is it?”

“I just want to know…”

Li Hai said in a deep voice, “What method are you going to use to take the blood from my heart?”

“Interesting.”

Guo Huaijin shook his head and smiled, “This is the first time I've seen someone as concerned about their own way of death as you are, okay, good! I'll satisfy you.”

After laughing, he said in a low voice:

“In two hours, you will be tied to a tree stump with ropes, your clothes will be lifted to reveal your chest, and then my grandson will personally take action, inserting a hollow copper tube into your heart and sucking the living blood from your heart.”