Martial Arts: Starting from a Seemingly Real System

"what?"

Hearing Qiao Rui's exclamation, everyone stopped and looked back, confused.

Qiao Rui ignored other people's reactions and slowly approached the stone platform with a torch in hand.

The original cold jade bed on the stone platform was smashed into pieces, and the large pieces had been taken away, leaving only some emerald green cold jade fragments and remnants.

"What did you find?" Zhuo Yifei came over and asked. He knew that Qiao Rui was not a boring person, and he must have discovered something to react like this.

"I just saw a reflection, it's quite special." Qiao Rui didn't look back, but held the torch and shone it on the stone platform.

"Reflection? What reflection?" Others also came over with torches, and for a moment, the stone platform was as bright as day.

"Wait, don't wander around!" Qiao Rui shouted softly. Everyone was stunned and their hands holding the torches froze.

"What are you looking for..." Zhuo Jingwu was a little impatient, but he stopped talking before he finished speaking because he saw it too.

When Qiao Rui's torch moved to a certain angle, a purple light suddenly flashed from a palm-sized piece of cold jade in the center of the stone platform. It was very faint, very short, and very dreamy.

"The green cold jade reflects purple light, which is really special." Everyone gathered together and carefully observed the fragment.

The front of the cold jade fragment should be the surface of the original cold jade bed, which is a bit rough and blurry, but the broken edges on the side are very pure and clear.

Qiao Rui carefully turned the fragment over so that it was facing sideways. Everyone discovered that there was an air bubble the size of a pigeon egg inside the fragment. There was a milky white liquid inside the bubble. As Qiao Rui turned over the cold jade fragment, the milky white liquid was still shaking slightly.

"What is this?" Cai Ling'er asked curiously.

"Chalcedony?" Zhuo Yifei was a little hesitant. He was not sure whether such a thing existed, but he had only heard of it before.

"The cold jade bed was found by Master Chongyang from the ten-thousand-year-old ice in the far north. It has existed for tens of thousands of years. Perhaps chalcedony really was produced from it." Qiao Rui nodded. He had also heard of chalcedony, but he used to think it was a man-made invention. He never thought that such a thing really existed.

"Heavenly materials and earthly treasures?" Zhuo Jingwu's eyes lit up, and he asked excitedly, "If I eat it, will I gain a sixth of a century of power?"

"Maybe he can ascend to heaven in broad daylight!" Zhuo Hongtao tapped Zhuo Jingwu's head with his orchid finger and said with a sweet smile.

"Old Four, go get a bowl. I remember there were some ceramic bowls and jars in the utility room over there." Zhuo Yifei ordered.

"Okay!" Zhuo Jingwu agreed and left excitedly.

"Qiao Rui, try to see if you can cut off the excess cold jade without damaging the chalcedony."

Among everyone's weapons, only Qiao Rui's knife was suitable for cutting.

"it is good!"

Qiao Rui chopped a piece of debris next to him in two with lightning speed. "Not bad, it didn't break." Jade is easy to break and difficult to chop directly, so he tried it with other fragments. Seeing that the effect was good, he slightly adjusted the direction of the blade.

"Shhhhh!"

With several quick and accurate cuts, he cut off the excess jade flesh of the cold jade fragments, leaving only a thin layer wrapped around the chalcedony.

Not long after, Zhuo Jingwu came running over with a large bowl. Zhuo Yifei put a small piece of cold jade containing chalcedony into the bowl, then silently used his internal energy, controlled the strength, and used his finger-snapping magic to flick it lightly.

"Boom!"

With a crisp sound, the cold jade block broke and the chalcedony inside flowed out.

"Oh, why is it purple?" Cai Ling'er opened her mouth slightly and exclaimed softly.

Zhuo Yifei took away the cold jade fragments, leaving only chalcedony in the sea bowl, barely covering the bottom of the bowl. It was quite sticky. It was originally milky white in the cold jade block, but now it has a charming purple color, dreamy and gorgeous.

"Maybe this is its original color. It looks like white because of the green color of the cold jade." Qiao Rui explained.

"Can this thing be eaten?" Zhuo Hongtao frowned slightly. The purple thing looked beautiful, but he was a little scared to eat it.

"Of course I can. Let me try!" Zhuo Jingwu was determined to improve his internal strength and had long wanted to taste this natural treasure.

"Wait a minute," Zhuo Yifei stopped the reckless Zhuo Jingwu and scolded him with a smile, "Heavenly materials and earthly treasures are for those who see them. There is only this much, don't let you taste it all at once."

It's not that he felt sorry for the chalcedony, but this thing was discovered by Qiao Rui, but in the end it was taken by Zhuo Jingwu alone, which was a bit unreasonable. Besides, it was still unknown whether the chalcedony was poisonous or not and could not be taken. If an overdose caused some immeasurable consequences, it would be too late to regret.

After hearing what his elder brother said, Zhuo Jingwu turned around and glanced at Qiao Rui. He also reacted, shook his head and grinned foolishly.

Qiao Rui secretly praised Zhuo Yifei for his meticulousness. This man's martial arts, intelligence and knowledge were all top-notch. No wonder he could become the big brother of these people.

"Use some wine to dilute it!" Qiao Rui pointed at the wine gourd on Zhuo Yifei's waist and said with a smile.

"That's exactly what I meant!" The two of them seemed to be in sync with each other. Zhuo Yifei nodded happily, took off the wine gourd from his waist, unplugged it, and poured wine into the bowl.

The yellowish wine was poured into the bowl and mixed with the purple chalcedony. The purple color gradually deepened and finally turned into black purple, which was enchanting and strange, like a bowl of beautiful poison.

"This……"

Several people looked at each other, wondering if this thing could be drunk?

"Let me go first!" Zhuo Jingwu couldn't help himself any longer, so he picked up the large bowl and took a sip. "Hmm, a little sweet!" He blinked his lips, then took another big sip, and when he saw that he had drunk about one fifth of the liquid, he put the bowl down.

"Uh..." Zhuo Jingwu burped and touched his stomach. Seeing that everyone was staring at him, he was a little confused, "Why are you looking at me?"

"Are you feeling unwell in any way? Or have any special reactions?" Zhuo Yifei asked with concern.

"No!" Zhuo Jingwu replied carelessly. At this moment, his face suddenly changed and he quickly sat down cross-legged and practiced Qigong.

Zhuo Jingwu's face turned red and white, and sweat broke out on his forehead. The sweat was black and yellow, and gave off a fishy and rotten smell, which made everyone very anxious.

After about a cup of tea, Zhuo Jingwu slowly finished his training. He opened his eyes, stood up, and laughed loudly towards the sky, "I've finally become a top-notch player!"

"Fourth Brother, stop being crazy and tell me what's going on with you!" Zhuo Hongtao stood three feet away, pinching his nose, frowning and saying coquettishly.

"Hey, why are you standing so far away?" Zhuo Jingwu realized that everyone was holding their noses and standing far away from him. He looked around and sniffed his sleeves, and found that he had a strange smell on his body. He didn't care and smiled: "This thing is really a treasure from heaven and earth. Just one-fifth of it has opened up several meridians for me and increased my internal strength. I have now broken through to the first-class level."

"Oh?"

Although everyone was expecting it, they were still quite happy that it came true. The four of them took turns drinking the chalcedony wine until there was no drop left.

As soon as the chalcedony wine was taken, Qiao Rui sat down to practice his internal energy, waiting for the medicinal properties to dissipate. Soon, a warm current rose from his dantian and flowed through his limbs and bones. He tried hard to guide it and circulate it around his body. With the help of this true energy, his internal strength broke through all the obstacles and opened up the remaining branches of the twelve meridians one by one, and finally returned to his dantian.

The top of the first-class, just one step away from becoming one of the top masters.