As I heard what those two messages were saying in my mind, I wasn't able to contain my expression of shock, but soon I was able to compose myself thanks to the interference of my senior brother, he seemed to have mistook my shocked face for something else entirely, he said :
It had quite an immediate impact on the Blood Qi, I too felt as much shock as you when I tried it for the first time, I also got almost beaten to death by my father after I swallowed it thinking that it was some kind of candy, the look in the eyes of that old man as he saw suddenly beginning to glow was really amusing to watch .
My Senior Brother suddenly began sharing his personal experience with me, he was still thinking that I was reacting this shocked only because the pill had taken me by surprise, but in fact this wasn't the case at all, maybe the pill effect surprised me yes, but my shock was mainly because of the two messages that appeared one after the other, after I had swallowed that pill .
I also couldn't help but notice that Senior Brother Fu seemed to be a bit sad as he was mentioning his interaction with his father, so I couldn't help but feel that there might be something wrong with him, but it wasn't my time to be worrying about Senior Brother's troubles, my try to intrude could backfire on me and make Senior Brother displeased with me .
I nodded my head at his words and then continued to contemplate about what was going on with the panel, did it got an update or something like that, I was already familiar with the effect it had on the Martial Techniques and Skills that I was practicing, but I would have never expected it to be so effective with consuming pills like this as well .
Well, it was never mentioned that it wasn't effective with pills, it's just that I was too poor to be able to test, what a huge surprise that was, the effect the Panel have on the consumption of Medicinal Pills could be said to be going against the heaven .
I believe that if any Martial Practitioners were to be asked about what he wish for the most, he 90% of times will answer that he would wish to be able to practice and make progress in his Martial Path through the consumption of pills .
But what prevented most if not all Martial Practitioners from doing that was either because they were afraid of the wastes in the pills that might lead to severe consequences or them developing a pill resistance which will prevent them from taking the pill or will might make the same pill lose its desirable effect on them .
Making that dream of progressing through the use of pills an impossible one to achieve, but in my case, the Panel made it possible, not only would I be able to consume as much pills as I wanted, but I won't be accumulating neither wastes nor developing a pill resistance from consuming those pills .
Those things that were considered to be severe side effects, were completely dealt with by the Panel in mind, making my heart ease a lot and my Path in Martial Arts to be more clear than ever before .
There was still the need to run a few tests, to see if there was a Pill that the Panel can't deal with its side effects, but if things went well as intended, I believe that my practice speed will skyrocket from now on and even faster than before .
You should sit in a meditative position to fully digest the effects of the pill, to make sure that the Medicinal Energy inside won't go to waste .
Senior Brother suggested that I do this suddenly and I was reminded that the Panel had already helped me solving the wasted energy problem by helping me fully digesting the said pill, but just so that I not stand out of place, I still sat down and began to breathe in and out as if processing the pill in my body and refining it .
After a few seconds, I opened my eyes and stood up again, senior brother looked at me and shook his head a little then said :
You really should have stayed down for a bit more time at least for a few minutes to fully absorb the Medicinal Energy in the pill, you standing in a hurry like that must have wasted a lot of Medicinal Energy .
" Senior Brother's eyes are sharp, there was indeed some energy that I feel to have dissipated, but I was still able to regain much of my Blood Qi, so we can start sparring any second now .
I wasn't able to tell him that I had fully absorbed the Medicinal Energy inside the pill and made an instant recovery of my Blood Qi on the spot, so the best thing to do was make him think that I had indeed wasted some of the Medicinal Energy in the process of refining the pill .
Well, there's no way around it I guess, after all it was perhaps your first time using such a pill, so I should have been more considerate and told you how to effectively absorb the Medicinal Energy inside of it .
" I'm already thankful for senior brother help and I can't think of a way to declare my gratitude other than bow to you, please accept it Senior Brother .
I already told you that there was no longer need for you to do such a thing, we are brothers after all, but if you truly wanted to repay me, then I hope you can grow stronger enough to achieve Master's wishes .
As he said this, I couldn't help but notice that Senior Brother Fu had a difficult to describe expression on his face as he said this, which made wonder about the wishes of master .
After all, what kind of wishes that someone as strong as Master would need someone as weak as me to achieve them in his place, it might be either something really grand .
" Of course achieving Master's wishes will be put in my top priorities, but do Senior Brother know what kind of wishes did master want to achieve ? .
You're at least more sensible than that black-bellied person who already failed master quite miserably, but whether you have enough qualifications to fight for the Master's wishes to come true, will still need you to practice heartily and reach a certain level of strength, sadly the current you aren't eligible to know about this kind of stuff .
From his senior brother's words, I was able to understand that I currently don't have enough qualifications to know about master's wishes, not mention fighting for them to come true, as for that guy whom senior brother mentioned to have failed to meet Master's expectations and failed him as a disciple and in a quite miserable way as well .
I had some ideas on what might be the identity of that person, as for whether to indulge more with senior brother about this or not, I decided that it was better not to do this, the reason was quite simple, nothing good will come from talking about these kind of stuff, instead as Senior Brother said, I should be making use of every chance I got to become stronger .
For an example this chance in particular, a chance where I could enrich my combat experience by quite a large margin and learn how to effectively use my strength, if I was able to make use of this experience well enough, together with the new application the panel in my mind, I should be able to soar into heaven directly .
I nodded at my senior brother's words and said :
" I'm hoping to learn a lot from Senior Brother, I also hope to be at the level of expectations of Master and other Senior Brothers and Sisters, most of them at least .
I added the last part on purpose to declare having some bad impression about some of those senior brothers of mine and he seemed to have understood this clearly, he just smiled slightly and shook his head, but said nothing to rebuke me, he instead gave me and advice :
You shouldn't declare the dissatisfaction you held in your heart towards someone else so openly like that, you don't know who would be out there listening to every words you might be saying here, I hope you can keep that in mind, Walls Always Have Ears .
At his reminder, I understood that I had indeed misspoke just now, so I turned my head towards all the closed doors in the Hall and looked at the entrance as well, seeing that there was no trace of anyone being there, I released a sigh, then bowed my head to the Senior Brother in front of me and once again thanked him for his guidance and reminder, his lesson just now was indeed proper .
Don't mention it, just be more conscious of your surroundings like this all the time, I believe that we can start now right, what do you think ? .
I nodded and said :
" I'm ready whenever senior brother is, but how will this sparring work exactly, I mean senior brother can clearly stomp me to death without much of a problem .
The moment I said these words, for some reason that guy raised his chin up as if enjoying the praise, even though it wasn't meant as a praise, merely stating something I noted, but I guess my senior brother's really love attention to be on him, after he kept his chin raised high to the sky for a few seconds, he finally stopped boasting and said :
So you are worried about that, don't worry junior brother, this Senior Brother here will hold back against you of course, I will be suppressing my strength enough to let this spar become meaningful, but be wary from attacking recklessly .
I honed my control over my strength to a great level, but there was nothing I could do to make it possible for you to hit me, my Flesh have been tempered thoroughly, after all, my last and final advice to you, try to gain as much as you can from this sparring .
His words eased my tensed heart a little bit, but the tone in which he said his last advice to me, made me think that he was telling me to try and survive, his tone suddenly turned grave as he asked me one last time if I was ready, before we start I asked him the last question that I currently have, I said :
" Senior Brother can we use the whole Hall as the ring of our sparring ? .
He smiled at this request of mine, nodded at me then his stern expression appeared on his face again and one last time he asked me if I was ready, seeing that everything was set I nodded my head and he declared the fight starting with a loud shout saying ' start ' .
At this I took a fighting stance, then directly used Crouching Tiger to make some distance between us, thinking that I should be on the defensive for now .
But my plan failed miserably to give me any kind of an advantage, the moment I appeared almost in front of the entrance and was thinking about my next move, I heard the voice of my senior brother appearing from behind me saying coldly :
It's good that you are aware of your advantages and trying your best to exploit them, but they can only called advantages, if they were able to make you appear superior to your opponent, you using them to avoid Senior Brother Gu Chu don't mean that they will have the same kind of effect, you will need to think of something else quickly, you won't be lucky next time .
The moment I heard his voice behind my ears, my Blood ran cold and I felt a chill running down on my spine, yet before even waiting for him to finish talking, I remembered the lessons that I had already carved deeply in my mind, this was a do or die situation, similar to the one I had with Gu Chu, I directly moved away, once again using Crouching Tiger .
But weirdly enough even after I moved away, I still heard his voice in my ears, even though he wasn't speaking loudly or anything like that, so how in the world was this happening .
I wanted to turn around to see if he was currently behind me, but the second I do this, I would be creating an opening which he will might be able, no I believe that he will most certainly use it to strike at me, wait,why am currently looking at the ceiling .
At my bewilderment, I suddenly felt a wave of intense pain assaulting my lower body, my heels to be accurate and directly after this, I crashed into the floor, then the taunting cold voice of my senior brother began to echo in my ears again, this time he was saying :
What do you want me to handicap myself with regard of the Skills that was being used as well, I'm already only using Whirlwind Step, it's a Top-grade Martial Skill but it's still considered Yellow-grade Martial Skill, the next time I'm aiming for your chest .
My left leg was the leg that he swept with his feat just now, I was able to understand this more clearly now, I hurriedly start circulating my Blood Qi and lead it towards where the pain was while gritting my teeth to endure the pain .
Blood Qi was a Magical Energy that can alleviate the pain and even heal it completely after a certain period of time, I got up directly after I began to feel the pain go away, just now I understood that he was really going easy on me, the hit just now was a light one .
But due to how monstrous his physical body was, I almost bit my tongue out of the pain I was feeling, it felt like I used my full strength as a normal person back in my previous world to kick a steal pipe, the pipe won't even have a scratch on it, but my leg might directly get fractured .
That was how intense the pain just now was, luckily with the tight control that Senior Brother have on his strength, the pain was there, but no permanent damage of any kind happened to the body .
I hopped from the place I was in and instead positioned myself in a place where I can rest my back to the wall, I cleared any other useless thoughts that was on my mind and remembered what he said about aiming for my chest next and directly raised all my guard up, unless he was able to fly, I should be able to see him now more clearly when he is attacking .
Good job, but now I too will be getting serious .
Hearing his praise I wasn't happy in the slightest about it, the reason was because I was still hearing the voice of Senior Brother coming from directly behind me, but I was certain that behind me was nothing but the warm wooden wall, so how can that be .
Wait, can't he just be infusing his voice with Blood Qi which should be the reason to why his voice was sounding from bizarre angles and directions, even though he was most likely in some other place .
I saw a shadow appear in my sight for a second just now, so I was now more certain of my guess, but I still had no way to pick where he was, not to mention getting close to him, all I can do now was enforce my whole Body with Blood Qi and ready to parry his next attack .
Wait, I had a sudden inspiration, since he is able to infuse his voice with Blood Qi, so that he can mislead me, then can I also infuse my ears to enhance my hearing or my eyes to enhance my vision, can I do this to all my five senses, I feel like this thought of mine was worth trying .
I infused my Blood Qi into my ears, the process was slow at first, but I was indeed beginning to feel that it was working, I began to hear a few unusual sounds coming from across the room, the sound of footsteps .
As I followed the sounds closely, I found out that I was now able to see the shadow of my Senior Brother more and more frequently, able to at least react directly towards where the sounds were coming from and locking on that position instantly with my eyes .
It seemed that I have really underestimated your ability to adapt Junior Brother Tian, hope you are able to continue giving me these all sort of surprises similar to this one, but don't overtax yourself otherwise you will end up causing a severe damages to yourself .
Seeing that it was working and hearing Senior Brother words without a second to reconsider my actions, I directly infused my earse with even more Blood Qi, a risky gamble, but one that I was willing to take .
The moment I did do this, for a second there, I felt my eyes blacking out, then all kind of buzzing sounds appeared on my mind, telling me that I had indeed won the gamble this time .
Looking at where my senior brother were, my fighting spirit was ignited again, after merely a spark all that was left of it, now, now I was beginning to feel that I might really have a chance to fight head-on with my senior brother .