Madam, don't do this!

Chapter 51: Murdering My Brother-in-Law
Song Yan didn't expect that the first words his sister-in-law said when he saw her in the morning would be so explosive.

He looked up at the sky.

It's still broad daylight.

Then Song Yan put one hand on his chest and took two steps back: "What do you want to do?"

Is he planning something bad to me?
As expected, being good-looking brings trouble. Even his sister-in-law, who has always been like a fairy in a painting, is greedy for his body.

There is nothing I can do. There is nothing I can do!
Thinking of this, I couldn't help feeling a little proud.

Luo Tianyi was stunned for a moment, and a layer of black lines seemed to appear on his smooth forehead, revealing a pair of big black eyes. The look in his eyes also looked particularly strange. In anime... well, it was probably the so-called look of looking at garbage.

"What are you thinking? Even if all the men in the world died, I would not be interested in you at all." Luo Tianyi snorted: "It's better to say that I don't like men at all."

"lily?"

Perhaps because he had vented his emotions yesterday, Song Yan felt more relaxed both physically and mentally, and even joked with his sister-in-law more casually.

The little head tilted, "Lily? What does it mean?"

"It means that you are as pure and beautiful as a lily." Song Yan nodded: "So, what exactly are you going to do?"

Luo Tianyi looked suspicious. She didn't really believe what Song Yan said. She felt that the meaning was not that simple. However, her sister-in-law was simple and talked about business, so she temporarily forgot about it. She pointed to the large vat behind her and said, "Didn't I say yesterday that I would help you polish your body?"

Song Yan then walked to the big vat. He could smell the strong aroma of Chinese medicine from a distance. When he looked up, he saw that it was full of inky black medicinal juice.

It’s not surprising, as novels often feature plots about boiling medicine to temper the body.

I felt a little warm in my heart. It was early morning now. When did Luo Tianyi prepare these medicinal herbs and even boiled the medicinal juice? Looking at the obvious dark circles under Luo Tianyi's eyes, I was afraid that he had not slept all night.

However, looking at the residue suspended in the medicinal juice, Song Yan frowned. The vat was seven feet tall, cast in copper. Judging from the residue and the smell, the herbs used included at least atractylodes, earthworms, aconite, tripterygium wilfordii, sulfur, and strychnine...

"Are you sure that these herbs are used to temper the body?" Song Yan's face looked strange. He no longer suspected that his sister-in-law was greedy for his body. He suspected that his sister-in-law wanted to murder his brother-in-law.

Although he is my brother-in-law.

Many of these medicinal herbs are poisonous.

"Of course, there are hundreds of body-tempering methods, and my sect's secret method of body-tempering should be among the top five." Luo Tianyi raised the corner of his mouth.

Although he knew that many poisons were considered medicinal herbs in traditional Chinese medicine, for example, arsenic was a Chinese medicine that was said to cure hemorrhoids, Song Yan still frowned and looked away from the medicinal juice with difficulty to the bottom of the vat. The ground around the vat was piled with firewood.

"What's this for?"

Song Yan seriously suspected that his sister-in-law might have some deep hatred against him. She not only wanted to murder her brother-in-law, but also wanted to cook him in the most cruel way.

"To make a fire." The answer seemed so natural.

She was indeed planning to cook herself.

Although Luo Tianyi has a cold personality, he is extremely cautious about matters related to cultivation. He slowly explained: "Since ancient times, warriors have relied on medicinal herbs to assist their cultivation."

"These medicinal herbs are often expensive. The amount of money spent on cultivating a high-level warrior is an extremely high figure. As the saying goes, the poor learn literature, the rich practice martial arts, and so on."

"Just like this jar of medicinal juice, the cost of the medicinal materials is dozens of taels of silver."

Dozens of taels of silver...According to the current situation in Ningguo, the living expenses of an ordinary civilian and a family of five would not exceed ten strings of coins a year, which is equivalent to ten taels of silver.

A warrior would need dozens of taels of silver to temper his body once.

It’s no wonder that the vast majority of warriors are stuck in the top three ranks their entire lives.

Even if Luo Tianyi hadn't mentioned it, Song Yan knew that tempering the body wasn't something that could be done just once or twice. It would likely require years of continuous effort. Perhaps as a warrior's realm rose, the herbs needed for tempering would become increasingly valuable. Just look at Yang Hua, whose head was chopped off by his sister-in-law yesterday. A seventh-rank warrior like Yang Hua, the cost of herbs alone would likely have cost thousands, even tens of thousands, of taels of silver. Practicing martial arts was truly beyond the reach of ordinary families.

Seeing that Song Yan was quite concerned about cultivation, Luo Tianyi continued to popularize knowledge in this area to him: "Although there are hundreds of methods for tempering the body, they can generally be divided into two types: one for internal use and the other for external use."

"So-called internal use means boiling the herbs needed for body tempering into juice and drinking it."

"This method consumes fewer medicinal herbs and is suitable for warriors who are short of money. However, its disadvantages are also very obvious. Toxins can easily accumulate in the warrior's body, which may affect the warrior's physical health and become a barrier when breaking through the realm."

All medicines are poisonous, not to mention that this body-hardening medicine contains many poisonous herbs. It would be strange if you don’t have health problems if you drink it for a long time.

In some ways, this kind of practice is tantamount to exchanging life for power.

However, the ancients spoke in a really strange way. They loved to use inverted sentences. It was obvious that the sentence "healthy" should be said, but they insisted on saying "healthy".

Xiaoxiao complained in her heart, and Song Yan looked at her sister-in-law again, motioning her to continue.

"After taking the medicine, you need to mobilize your internal energy and hit tree trunks and rocks with your fists, feet, shoulders, chest, or even your head. This will accelerate the absorption of the medicine and also help eliminate toxins."

"The second type of external use is what we are doing. This method consumes ten times as much medicinal materials as internal use."

This can be understood by looking at the large tank of medicine liquid.

"For external use, you soak your body in the liquid medicine and let it absorb through the skin. The advantage of this method is that it greatly reduces the invasion of toxins into the body. The disadvantage is that it is expensive."

"Also, during the soaking process, the medicinal liquid must maintain a certain temperature, and the warrior needs to mobilize his internal strength to fight against it. This can also save the process of hitting the tree trunk with the body." This is the role of the firewood.

However, I didn't expect that the training of a warrior would be so troublesome. It is far different from the method shown in TV dramas where one just needs to sit cross-legged and breathe in and out to cultivate internal strength.

Luo Tianyi spent a long time teaching Song Yan some knowledge about body tempering, internal force cultivation, and application.

Before he knew it, a long time had passed, and Luo Tianyi squatted down and lit the firewood.

Song Yan also took off his outer clothes and immersed his whole body in the medicine.

Although there is a lining inside, this behavior is still somewhat against etiquette. If the old Confucian scholars saw it, they would probably write a critical article.

But this is the Luo Mansion, and from top to bottom, there are probably not many people who respect etiquette and laws.

He felt a little embarrassed at first, but seeing that Luo Tianyi was so calm and composed, he stopped thinking about it. How could he, a grown man, be inferior to a woman?
The medicine juice is over fifty degrees.

It doesn't sound high, but if you take a bath at this temperature, you might jump out of the bathtub.

The intense burning sensation stimulated Song Yan's nerves. The steam carrying the bitter smell of many medicines hit his nose bridge, then condensed on his hair, and soon fell on his cheeks like dew.

The pain was not relieved until Song Yan used his internal energy. The firewood crackled and mixed with slight creaking sounds. As the water temperature gradually rose, Song Yan closed his eyes and clenched his teeth. The skin exposed to the outside began to turn an abnormal red.

The pores all over the body seemed to open and close at the same time, absorbing the medicinal power contained in the juice with breathing.

My blood seems to be boiling.

It was almost noon when Song Yan suddenly opened his eyes and sprayed out a stream of white air.

"Okay, next time will be seven days later. During these seven days you can slowly digest the medicinal power." Luo Tianyi's voice echoed in his ears.

Nodding, Song Yan stood up from the big vat. He felt a sense of stagnation all over his body. He looked down and found that the medicine juice, which was originally normal, had become a little viscous, like some kind of semi-fluid.

There was also a lot of black paste stuck to the lining and skin, which must be the residue of the medicine.

Song Yan was a little curious, wondering how much his physical strength had increased after this body tempering, so he clenched his right hand, and his knuckles made clear vibrations like porcelain crackling.

A punch was thrown, and the wind from the fist burst out.

Although the detailed values ​​are difficult to quantify, there is no doubt that the destructive power of this punch is much stronger than before.

Behind Yu Songyan, Luo Tianyi opened her mouth slightly, and an expression of surprise appeared on her pretty face for the first time.

Bone ringing?

A first-grade warrior?
How can this be?

He looked at Song Yan, then looked at the sticky medicine juice left in the big jar, his eyes full of disbelief.

If used externally, the absorption of the medicinal power is actually quite wasteful.

Although more than ten times the amount of medicinal materials is consumed, only 200% or 300% can be absorbed. Due to the different degree of absorption of the medicinal power, the number of times of tempering required to break through to the first-grade warrior is also completely different. Even if the internal force is sufficient, ordinary people also need more than ten times of tempering before the sound of bones ringing can appear.

The sound of bones is the sign of a first-class warrior.

Even a so-called genius often needs six or seven tries.

And she also went through three rounds of tempering before the sound of bones ringing appeared.

Brother-in-law, this is just the first time, right?

Could it be that my brother-in-law is actually a genius?

Perhaps, her brother-in-law had exercised before, and now he is just accumulating strength. In short, she will never admit that her brother-in-law is better than herself in martial arts.

My sister-in-law puffed up her cheeks, looking like an angry pufferfish.

……

Aventurine.

This is the imperial city of Ningguo.

The imperial palace is also called Daning Palace.

There is another side hall in Daning Palace, named Yanying Hall.

This place is where Emperor Daning handles state affairs besides attending court.

"Cough cough..."

Accompanied by a light cough, a middle-aged man with a graceful temperament slowly raised his head. The sun's shadow at three quarters after noon made him look the most tired.

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