Diligence System: From Servant to Martial King

Li Xian was delighted, waving the Pure Gang Qi Clothing to make the tiny fish within swim back and forth, indeed attracting the attention of the red sand fish, which slowly approached. Li Xian steadied his mind, realizing that the principles for hunting in the mountains in the past were similar to fishing in the lake today.

Seizing the right moment, he silently spread the Qi clothing. The red sand fish noticed something amiss and swiftly darted away. Li Xian quickly tightened the Qi clothing and grabbed the red sand fish. After a struggle, although it affected his injury, he had recovered enough over the past days to barely overcome the red sand fish.

Li Xian swung and slammed the red sand fish against the mountain wall. The fish convulsed but couldn’t escape. Li Xian took a bite, eating the fish raw and drinking its blood, instantly feeling warmth spread through his stomach.

[Skill Consumption, Skill Level +1]

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A rare hearty meal. Li Xian discarded the fish’s innards and bones. With the consumption strengthening him, he felt slightly re-energized, his physical condition gradually improving. Emotional wounds healed only with time. Li Xian could only try his best to consume some food to replenish his body.

He again gathered small fish as bait. After a long wait, he drove away fish species intolerant of cold. This time fortune favored him, as he encountered the "Goldblood Fish" again.

The Goldblood Fish is rarer than the red sand fish, its blood like gold, shining with a yellow brightness. Its value is extremely high! Li Xian thought to himself, "Heaven hasn’t forsaken me. These fish beasts are usually only eaten by the aristocracy outside. Now they continuously appear to fill my appetite, heal my body injuries."

Gently persuading, he repeated his skill, consuming the Goldblood Fish into his body. His originally cold body began to feel traces of warmth. The frozen hands and feet gradually warmed, emotional wounds healed faster, with significant improvement.

The fractured heart gradually mended, fostering new connections and arteries. Li Xian felt more invigorated, realizing this method was feasible. As long as he maintained strong willpower and persevered, he could find survival in death.

So he gritted his teeth and persisted until the seventh day. The lake was dark and cold, Li Xian hadn’t moved a bit. His situation was gradually stabilizing, but his energy was already depleted, and he was desperately holding on every second.

At this point, fatigue hit him immensely, making it difficult to perceive the cold. He felt everything around him urging him to sleep. A long sleep seemed the best option. He bit through his tongue, but to no avail; the slight pain couldn’t quell his sleepiness.

Even after catching rare fish, he was already fatigued. After several more days of holding on, his emotional healing was more than twenty percent complete. The injury to the heart remained crucial to his life, and its healing was extremely difficult. His life-saving Yang Qi had been exhausted, leaving the remaining healing to his self-recovery ability.

Li Xian possessed a [Perfect Appearance], and his healing power was substantial, with the potential to heal his injuries naturally. But it would inevitably be extremely slow!

Li Xian faced great difficulty, strong fatigue preceding and enduring pain following. He struggled against fatigue while contemplating a method to break through. Located deep within the lake, he lacked the strength to climb upward. The fatigue was insurmountable.

Though mastering the essentials of the "Ghost Doctor", his depth of knowledge was insufficient for self-healing and rescue.

Li Xian pondered before and afterward, finally coming to one thought: "Keep holding on!" He gritted his teeth and thought, "Even if I die with eyes wide open, it’s better than dying asleep." By refining his will, his fatigue remarkably diminished by half.

On the fourteenth day, Li Xian was catching fish when he suddenly felt an eerie chill engulf his body, with a vague sense of lethal danger revealed. Li Xian immediately released the Pure Gang Qi Clothing, allowing the small fish to escape.

He saw the waves surge, with an enormous creature chasing after it. Li Xian recognized it as the giant turtle in the lake, its body over ten yards long, resembling a mountain.

Li Xian became more vigilant, sensing the lake’s endless mysteries. When catching fish beasts, he stayed alert to avoid attracting gigantic creatures. After two more days, a blue-green snake-like python swam by.

It was about nineteen yards long, larger than the giant turtle. More ferocious! Its head was slightly raised, with small feet growing on its abdomen. It coiled around the mountain root and slept. This was the "Lake Fairy."

Dongran Lake had a rhyme. Each time it rained heavily without reason, it was the Lake Fairy coiling around the mountain root. When the Lake Fairy wrapped around the mountain root, it seemed like the world was displaying some kind of "Wind and Rain Summoning" martial arts, the world dimly operating, causing the lake waves to surge and the rain to pour.

Li Xian stayed close to the Lake Fairy, seeing it sleeping with closed eyes, and dared not to move recklessly, nor dared to fish. He could only wait silently for three days until the Lake Fairy awoke and left before he breathed a sigh of relief.

"The world’s mysteries, the Lake Fairy coiling and summoning fish. It commands fishermen’s awe, but there are martial artists specifically seeking the Lake Fairy to hunt and eat. The name Lake Fairy sounds like a gentle woman, but in truth, it has a fierce demeanor, sometimes teasing fishermen before devouring them. My vulnerable heart avoided its attention, making it a blessing in disguise."

In a twinkling, another two days passed.

Though Li Xian was exhausted, his external injuries had healed, enabling him to move his arms and legs. Although climbing ashore was difficult, he could manage to move slightly.

He had grown impatient waiting, so he lifted his hand to grasp the mountain wall, climbing along the mountain root. The mountain root suffered erosion from lake water, its surface full of potholes. Climbing wasn’t difficult, and he quickly moved three yards away.

Breaking away from the mountain wall would lead to rapid sinking. He scanned around for a suitable place to rest his feet. Suddenly catching sight of a glowing light, he focused his eyes, noticing starry specks with dozens of shellfish clinging to the rocky wall.

Li Xian was overjoyed, discovering these were "Night Clams." Clam meat was warm-toned, nourishing both body and mind. Indeed the snow’s fuel, found timely. Li Xian moved closer and picked up a stone.

Breaking open the clam shell, he dug out the clam meat. The meat was thick, tender white, and succulent. Li Xian found it hard to consume in one bite, chewing three times. Its tender sweetness refreshed him, restoring both spirit and strength.

Li Xian felt unprecedented joy, immediately cracking open another clam. He indulged in eating and drinking.

[Skill Consumption, Skill Level +1]

Unending sweetness, rare deliciousness. With consumption enhancements, threads of warm currents nourished his physique, alleviating his spirit. Li Xian’s injuries healed slowly due to the lack of external nourishment. If he obtained precious food treasures, even if the heart couldn’t fully heal instantly, it would certainly heal a few more parts quickly.