High-Martial World: System Arrives 30 Years Late

Chapter 399 - 319: Earth-Shattering—The Qi and Blood of an 11-Refined Grandmaster. Which Martial Saint Came to Test?

In the wind and snow, a jeep traversed the mountain range, driving out of the military zone in the mountains.

Inside the car, Su Mu rested with his eyes closed, though not entering a cultivation state, but merely a state of introspection, researching in his sea of consciousness how to let the black smoke divide and proliferate.

The driver’s hands on the steering wheel trembled slightly, and he occasionally glanced at the rear seat through the rearview mirror.

In the back seat, Gaoshan City had four people, three of whom were Grandmasters. Just a stomp from them would cause tremors in Gaoshan City, and the person who had not yet become a Grandmaster had an even greater background.

The driver felt immense pressure, little knowing at that moment that the three superficially calm Grandmasters were under even greater pressure.

If one looked closely, all three were uncontrollably trembling slightly. In the dead of winter, all three Grandmasters had beads of cold sweat on their foreheads, and their backs were soaked through countless times, leaving a layer of salt stains.

The jeep stopped outside the airport.

"I’ll drop you here. Grandmasters, please return."

Su Mu got out of the car, Lin Heyuan and the other two exchanged glances, their mouths opening and closing, but the invitation words stuck in their throats, remaining unsaid until Su Mu’s figure disappeared at the horizon.

The three felt a sense of regret in their hearts, yet secretly sighed in relief.

For no other reason...

Being by Su Mu’s side was simply too tormenting.

Walking into the airport, Su Mu shook his head. He actually sensed it; after coming out of the yellow sand, the terror on the Grandmasters’ faces was evident to him.

At that time, it was not intentional; he was researching the immortal cells and inadvertently scared the three Grandmasters.

So afterwards, even when his Qi and blood were depleted, Su Mu suppressed the impulse to cultivate in the car, just to avoid putting too much pressure on the three Grandmasters who had come from afar to welcome him.

But things turned out contrary to what he wished...

"I have done my best..."

Entering the airport, the bustling crowd churned; Su Mu felt a bit unaccustomed, having always been in a rush whenever he came to the airport.

But this time, the three Grandmasters from Gaoshan City didn’t book the earliest first-class flight for him.

"There are still two hours."

With ample time left, Su Mu watched the bustling crowd with interest.

At some point, he couldn’t help but utter a soft exclamation.

"I hadn’t noticed before, but the airport actually has a dedicated Qi Blood Testing Room. It’s been a while since I’ve had my Qi and blood tested; might as well try it out."

Su Mu stood up and walked towards the Qi Blood Testing Room. The testing rooms were all empty with doors wide open; most people at the airport were in a hurry, hardly having time to eat, let alone test their Qi and blood.

Moreover, even if they were to test their Qi and blood, most people would choose to go to local Martial Arts Associations.

Su Mu entered the Qi Blood Testing Room, closed the door, and instinctively scanned the room with his Spiritual Power to confirm there were no cameras. He then looked inside; the equipment was simple, the room could be seen at a glance, with just a Qi Blood Detector and a cabinet with disposable blood collection needles.

The last test had been at the Guangshen Province selection competition; Su Mu hadn’t really tested his Qi and blood since then.

"I remember my Qi and blood at the competition was... 45,767 calories. I wonder how much is left now?"

"Probably just under a quarter remaining, somewhere around ten thousand."

As a martial artist progresses, the enhancement of Qi and Blood as well as Qi Blood Purity slows down in the later stages.

30,000-40,000 calories are within the range for a First Forging Grandmaster. Each time the Golden Body is refined, the Qi and blood increase by about ten thousand, with the Fifth Forging Title Grandmaster’s Qi and blood reaching between 80,000-90,000.

The base Qi Blood Purity for a Grandmaster is 4, and further Golden Body refining increases it by no more than 1, with the exact figure given by the Huaxia National Martial Arts Association being around 0.8, so the Qi Blood Purity for Fifth Forging Grandmasters is generally below 8.

As for a Martial Saint’s Qi and blood, Su Mu couldn’t find any specific data, but from the Titled Grandmaster, one can glimpse a corner, at least existing above a hundred thousand.

Su Mu approached the old equipment, memories flooding in, not wanting to deliberately damage public property, so instead of installing a blood collection needle, he transformed his palm into a blade and cut a mark with Blade Qi.

A drop of thick golden blood dripped down.

The equipment began to turn.

After a few minutes, the old equipment finally beeped with a crisp sound, just when Su Mu was wondering if it was broken.

Su Mu looked at it.

A set of exceptionally eye-catching golden data was displayed on the equipment.

Qi and Blood Value: 26,554 calories

Qi Blood Purity: 12.5

"26,554..."

Seeing this data set, Su Mu was slightly stunned; this result vastly exceeded his own expectations. Originally, he thought having a quarter left would already be good.

Yet unexpectedly...

In this moment, with his Qi and blood depleted to not even two tenths, there were still over twenty thousand remaining; this Qi and blood value was more than double Su Mu’s estimate.

At first glance, the number didn’t seem impressive, not even matching any of the three in the car earlier.

But thinking carefully, even disregarding Su Mu’s far exceeds in Qi Blood Purity compared to a Grandmaster or Great Grandmaster, the mere Qi and blood value was chilling to ponder.

Su Mu’s eyes subtly flickered, surprise emerging. If he were to reverse calculate according to this set of Qi and blood data, once his depleted Qi and blood recover mostly, it would easily break through the hundred thousand mark!

Fully recovering might even approach 150,000 calories in Qi and blood.

"150,000 calories, according to the martial arts civilization’s martial arts realm of this era, is the level of an Eleven Forging Grandmaster’s Qi Blood Level."

"But in reality, it probably wouldn’t reach the Eleven Forging, if breaking through a Great Grandmaster, the martial artist undergoes a transformation, so no need for Eleven Forging, maybe even Eight or Nine Forging is enough."

"That would be an Eight or Nine Forging Grandmaster advancing to a Great Grandmaster."

"Qi and blood more than doubled, mainly due to the completion of the second transformation of the Fixed Star Body Refining Technique, and the emergence of the immortal cells this time."

Su Mu mumbled, calmly analyzing.

In this world, only Su Mu could speak such words.

Eight or Nine Forging Grandmaster, how astonishing and outrageous...

If this were spoken out loud, anyone would think Su Mu was crazy, for such a thing as an Eight or Nine Forging Grandmaster had never existed in this world.

"Not bad, Qi Blood Purity has almost doubled since the last time, improving Qi Blood Purity is harder than Qi and blood, having this improvement is not bad."

Su Mu nodded in satisfaction, then erased this set of test results before quickly leaving.

Moments later.

An airport staff brought an old and a young equipment maintenance personnel outside the testing room.

"Huh, the ’Out of Service’ sign at the door has been removed, never mind, I’ll have someone put it up later."

"Anyway, these are the three testing rooms."

"Alright."

The two entered separate testing rooms, the elderly maintenance person skillfully approached the equipment to start the demonstration operation.

"First, the equipment chip needs to be inspected, for instance, checking if there are any abnormal data..."

The old master took out a chip and handed it to the young person beside him.

The young person just inserted the chip into the testing device, and instantly, his whole being froze as if seeing a ghost, pupils shrinking, stunned in place before hastily swallowing.

"Master, you’d better take a look, this shows Qi Blood Purity, not something else, right?"

"It’s Qi Blood Purity... right?" The young person, face full of terror, repeated with a trembling voice instinctively.

"How many times have I told you, don’t be so jumpy and rash when something happens, stay calm..." The old master noticed the scene, shaking his head, the young ones these days, truly weak in mental mettle.

"Hand it over, let me take a look."

The young person handed over the chip.

In the next second.

Following a brief silence in the testing room, the old master burst into fury, uncontrollably cursing.

"Good heavens, more than twenty thousand in Qi and blood achieving 12.5 Qi Blood Purity? Which Sixth Level Martial Artist Martial Saint idly came to our Gaoshan City airport to test Qi and blood?"

"This data is within the last ten minutes, meaning this ’Martial Saint’ is likely still in the airport? Seems we’re very lucky this trip... "

"I can’t believe it, letting it deteriorate to this extent, yet the airport just now called us for maintenance, really causing trouble."

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Spent the day packing, moving house tomorrow, sorry for just one update today.