From breaking the limits of archery to achieving martial arts godhood

Chapter 27 Seeing Through and the Gift

"So hard."

Chen Xun touched his right hand and felt it was as hard as a rock.

Then I tested the defense capabilities.

He took out a small knife and gently stabbed it into his palm.

Chen Xun felt as if he had been stabbed by a hard object.

So he gradually increased the force, one-tenth, two-tenths, until he finally broke through the skin's defenses on his palm, leaving a little crimson mark in his palm.

"Their defensive capabilities are quite good."

Chen Xun nodded in satisfaction.

Shortly after breaking through to the Stone Skin Realm, Chen Xun's right hand was quickly strengthened.

This is naturally thanks to that mass of qi and blood.

Even though that mass of blood and qi had shrunk tenfold, it still contained enormous energy. It not only strengthened Chen Xun's right hand, but also used some of it to strengthen his right forearm.

It can be said that this saved Chen Xun a lot of time.

When Chen Xun practiced the stance again, he was surprised to find that the [Bull Demon Stance Skill] at its perfected state could actually gain experience points.

[Bull Demon Stance Skill Experience +1]

"Is there a realm beyond perfection?"

Chen Xun couldn't help but wonder.

"I wonder what level that is?"

With this curiosity in mind, Chen Xun once again immersed himself in the standing meditation.

Then he discovered that a perfected level of stance training only requires three minutes to condense a ball of qi and blood.

After being refined through breathing techniques, it transforms into pure qi and blood, which flows into the right forearm for strengthening.

Because the conversion efficiency of stance training is too high.

In less than an hour, the blood-activating medicinal soup that Chen Xun had drunk was completely absorbed by him.

Furthermore, he discovered that the condensed qi and blood were extremely small and used up very quickly.

It often takes less than three seconds for the right forearm to absorb such a wisp of blood and energy.

Even Chen Xun would need three or four minutes to condense such a wisp of blood and energy.

For other Stone Skin Realm martial artists, it would probably take about half an hour.

Half an hour of effort can only strengthen the body for three seconds, which is really inefficient.

This is naturally because the blood-activating medicinal soup that Chen Xun took provided low purity of blood and qi.

The solution is simple: switch to a higher-grade herbal powder, such as a blood-nourishing powder.

"I never expected that I would have to use the Blood-Replenishing Powder to cultivate so soon."

Chen Xun sighed, and then the face of Pharmacist Luo involuntarily appeared in his mind.

"I wonder how Pharmacist Luo will react if I go anywhere else?"

Chen Xun frowned as he thought of this, but he couldn't possibly not go to the medicine section of the martial arts workshop to buy medicine.

Otherwise, his cultivation would stagnate, which would be even more intolerable for him.

"Forget it, I don't want to think about it anymore."

Chen Xun shook his head, then brewed another blood-activating medicinal soup and began cultivating.

He still had half a bottle of blood-activating powder in his hand, and Chen Xun didn't want to waste it, so he continued to take it to cultivate.

Time passed slowly, and when Chen Xun counted to 200 in his mind, the progress bar after the completion of the stance training finally moved slightly.

[Bull Demon Stance Skill (2% Perfection)]

"Does it take 200 experience points to increase progress by 1 point?"

Chen Xun wasn't too surprised, since reaching the Great Perfection level required 100 experience points.

Now that things are going well, doubling the value is quite reasonable.

However, it would probably take quite some time to reach a state beyond perfection.

The next day, the blood-activating powder was used up.

Chen Xun went to Chen Family Fort to buy blood-replenishing powder.

It's snowing, and this time the snow is heavier than the first time.

After only half a day of snowfall, a thick layer of snow had accumulated, reaching up to Chen Xun's ankles.

Having arrived safely at Chenjiabao, Chen Xun headed straight for the medicine section of the martial arts ward.

The pharmacy section was deserted as usual today, with hardly anyone around.

The apothecary was treating a martial artist's external injuries and did not notice Chen Xun entering.

It wasn't until Chen Xun spoke that he said, "Give me ten doses of blood-replenishing powder."

"Um?"

"That voice? Why is he trying to replenish his blood and dispel toxins? Could it be...?"

Instantly, Pharmacist Luo recognized Chen Xun's voice and looked up abruptly.

The next moment, Luo Yaoshi stared intently at Chen Xun, his pupils slightly contracting.

In his perception, the qi and blood in Chen Xun's body had changed significantly compared to the previous few days, becoming much more intense.

"He broke through in just a few days?"

Pharmacist Luo was somewhat incredulous.

The force in his hands unconsciously increased.

"Ah!" The wounded soldier he was treating cried out in pain.

This shout immediately brought Pharmacist Luo back to his senses.

"Sorry, I used a bit too much force just now."

"It's alright, it's alright, Pharmacist Luo, please continue."

The martial artist dared not offend Pharmacist Luo, so instead of questioning him, he told Pharmacist Luo not to take it to heart.

Soon, the martial artist's wound was bandaged by Pharmacist Luo.

As soon as he had a moment to spare, Pharmacist Luo immediately went to find Chen Xun.

"Chen Xun, you've broken through?"

he asked quietly.

Chen Xun looked at him. Although Luo Yaoshi was somewhat prepared, a look of shock still flashed in Chen Xun's eyes.

He couldn't help but ask, "How did you figure that out?"

"I have my own way of doing things."

Pharmacist Luo smiled calmly.

Through Chen Xun's rhetorical question, Pharmacist Luo got the answer he wanted.

"I thought this bottleneck would hold you back for at least half a month, but I didn't expect you to break through it so quickly."

"It seems I underestimated your talent and comprehension."

Pharmacist Luo stared intently at Chen Xun.

Chen Xun didn't like that look in his eyes.

He frowned, took the blood-nourishing powder he wanted, and prepared to leave.

But he was stopped by Pharmacist Luo.

"Pharmacist Luo, what do you mean by this?"

Upon seeing Pharmacist Luo blocking his way, Chen Xun's voice immediately turned cold.

"I meant no harm," Pharmacist Luo quickly explained, "I just wanted to give you a gift."

As he spoke, Pharmacist Luo called over an apprentice and asked him to fetch something from his room.

The apprentice immediately ran away.

Pharmacist Luo then chatted with Chen Xun with a smile.

Chen Xun initially didn't want to pay any attention to the other party, but he soon realized that this Pharmacist Luo was no ordinary person.

His strength was much greater than his, and his exact strength was unknown, but he was at least at the Iron Skin Realm, or even the Bone Forging Realm.

Unable to break free from Pharmacist Luo's entanglement, Chen Xun had no choice but to stay where he was, adjust his mindset, and try to extract some information about Pharmacist Luo from him.

However, this person was more experienced than Chen Xun had imagined, and spoke with impeccable discretion, so Chen Xun did not obtain much useful information.

However, he still learned the name of Pharmacist Luo.

His surname is Luo, and his given name is Qiufeng.

I don't know if it's his real name, but that's the name he told Chen Xun.

Chen Xun didn't have to wait long before the apprentice returned.

He was also holding a box in his hand, a locked box.

Luo Qiufeng took the box, pulled out a key from somewhere, opened it, looked at it, and nodded.

Then he handed the box to Chen Xun.

"This is a gift for you, I'm sure you'll like it."

Luo Qiufeng laughed.

Why did you give me a gift?

Chen Xun didn't take it immediately, but stared into his eyes and asked.

"It's very simple, just consider it a deposit for our transaction."