From breaking the limits of archery to achieving martial arts godhood

Luo Qiufeng was skilled in making medicines, not only blood-activating powder and blood-tonifying powder, but also blood-boiling powder and bone-tempering pill.

The reason for not revealing this is naturally to avoid attracting attention.

His medicine-making skills were passed down through his family.

His original family was very skilled at making various medicinal powders and pills.

There was even a real alchemist.

An alchemist is someone who can refine elixirs.

Such individuals are usually fawned over and respected by all sides.

After all, compared to consuming the elixir raw, refining it into a pill is far more valuable.

Of course, hiring an alchemist is not cheap.

Often, alchemists even receive a portion of the elixirs as payment.

The Dragon Elephant Skill was a reward given by a down-on-his-luck martial artist to the alchemist in the Luo family.

The Luo family originally thought this was the beginning of their family's growth and prosperity.

Unexpectedly, their clan was wiped out in the end.

Therefore, often, misfortune may be a blessing in disguise, and a blessing may be a misfortune in disguise.

There were two reasons why Chen Xun was able to obtain the "Compendium of Herbal Medicine" from Luo Qiufeng.

First, Luo Qiufeng provided financial assistance to Chen Xun.

In addition to the "Compendium of Herbal Medicine," he was also given ten Bone Tempering Pills.

Luo Qiufeng's aptitude is very poor. Reaching the Bone Forging Realm is already his limit, and there is basically no possibility of him breaking through to the next level.

These ten Bone Tempering Pills are the culmination of his years of honing his skills.

Secondly, Luo Qiufeng did not want his family's tradition to be cut off.

However, he also instructed Chen Xun not to focus his energy on medicine making; it was enough to just understand it, but not to delve too deeply into it.

We should still focus our energy on improving our cultivation.

Chen Xun readily agreed.

After returning home, he took a thick book, "The Compendium of Herbal Medicine," and began to read it.

He read very quickly, finishing the entire contents of the "Compendium of Herbal Medicine" in less than half an hour.

After reading it, Chen Xun's eyes lit up.

It turns out that many medicinal prescriptions are recorded in the "Compendium of Herbal Medicine".

There are as many as seven or eight kinds of medicinal powders.

At least two of them are more than 30% more effective than Feixue San.

There are five kinds of pills in total.

They are respectively Bone Tempering Pill, Bone Refining Pill, Golden Bone Pill, Blood Activating Pill, and Blood Replenishing Pill.

The first three are for use in the Bone Forging Realm, with their medicinal effects increasing in that order.

Bone Refining Pills are generally given to Silver Bone Realm martial artists, while Golden Bone Pills, as the name suggests, are clearly prepared for Golden Bone Realm martial artists.

The latter two are for use in the Blood Exchange Realm, and their effects increase sequentially.

Finally, there are two more elixir formulas: the Essence and Blood Pill and the Five Qi Pill.

The Essence Blood Pill is suitable for martial artists at the Blood Exchange Realm. For those at a lower level, one pill can complete a blood exchange, and its effects are powerful.

The Five Qi Pill is suitable for martial artists in the Internal Organs Realm, as it can nourish the five internal organs and accelerate cultivation.

"It seems I'll have to put some effort into accelerating the progress of pharmaceutical manufacturing."

As his cultivation level increases, the number of pills suitable for Chen Xun will only decrease.

At that time, his cultivation progress will inevitably slow down significantly.

Even the most skilled cook can't make a meal without rice. No matter how talented Chen Xun is, without sufficient resources, he can only progress slowly.

Of course, this slowness is in contrast to his own.

For others, it's still progress as fast as a rocket.

Soon, it was New Year's Day, and Chen Xun spent it at his aunt's house.

Dinner that day was plentiful, with chicken, duck, fish, and meat.

The two children ate happily, but Chen Xun didn't eat much.

If he were to eat freely, all the food on the table would end up in his stomach.

Even so, the amount of food he ate was equivalent to that of two adults.

In this world, there is also a custom of keeping vigil.

Chen Xun then stayed with his aunt and uncle all night.

That night, he didn't waste any time, but instead studied the "Compendium of Herbal Medicine".

He discovered that reading books could also increase experience points, but it was a slow process.

Even if you read it carefully once, you'll only gain two or three experience points. If you lose focus halfway through, you'll gain none at all.

When Chen Xun got tired of reading, he would practice standing meditation for a while to stretch his legs.

Finally, after enduring until dawn and having breakfast at his aunt's house, Chen Xun went home.

On the second day of the Lunar New Year, Chen Xun packed his luggage and prepared to return to the Medicine Gang.

He didn't have many relatives to visit. If it weren't for Chen Yumo's family still being in Chenjia Village, Chen Xun wouldn't have come back for the New Year.

It is worth mentioning that Chen Xun's cousin, Chen Feng, suddenly fell into a coma and was on the verge of death.

Chen Xun took a look and gave Chen Ye's wife three taels of silver, which made her very grateful.

As for why Chen Ye suddenly fell into a coma, it can only be said that he brought it upon himself.

Chen Xun is not one to hold grudges.

There was also Chen Ye, who ultimately failed to stay with the Medicine Gang and returned to Chen Family Village.

That same night, he had just finished drinking with some people and was walking home when he was attacked with a club.

Not only was his head broken, but he also had injuries all over his body, with fractures in many places.

To fully recover, it will take at least six months of rest.

Afterwards, Chenjiabao made great efforts to find the murderer, but found no clues and had no choice but to give up.

Before leaving, Chen Xun bid farewell to his aunt's family and then went to the Medicine Gang alone.

Unlike Chen Xun, who was a loner, Chen Hu had many relatives and friends, and he drank countless amounts of alcohol during the Spring Festival.

Halfway there, it started snowing.

Soon, the earth turned into a vast expanse of white, but a black dot moved across this white sheet of paper.

This black spot is Chen Xun.

The journey back was also smooth, without any unexpected incidents.

That's normal; even robbers need to celebrate the New Year.

After a year of hard work, isn't it all for a good New Year?

Back in Ping'an Town, the town was filled with a festive atmosphere and was very lively.

Upon arriving at the medicine shop, one finds it similarly decorated with lanterns and red lanterns adorned with the character "福" (fortune/blessing), hanging everywhere.

After greeting some familiar senior and junior brothers on the way and exchanging a few words, he finally returned to his room.

After putting his things away, he didn't linger and went to the Qingnang Pharmacy.

Fortunately, even though it's Chinese New Year, there are still people on duty here.

Chen Xun bought some common medicinal herbs here.

He was going to refine a medicinal powder, specifically the most basic blood-strengthening powder.

This is an even more basic medicine than the Blood-Activating Powder, used to lay the foundation for children who have not yet become martial artists.

It has mild medicinal properties and is easy to prepare.

Of course, this simplicity is relative.

For the average person, it is still quite troublesome and difficult to make.

Chen Xun bought thirty portions of medicinal herbs to make the Blood Strengthening Powder and began making it.

To make a dose of Blood-Strengthening Powder, you need five kinds of medicinal materials, the main one being a year-old red-veined ginseng.

Red-veined ginseng is yellowish-brown all over with red veins on its surface. It matures in one year, but the maximum medicinal age can reach 20 years.

With each additional year of medicinal use, a ring of red lines will appear on the skin. Once 20 red lines have appeared, the medicinal effect will no longer increase.

At this time, it must be harvested within a month, otherwise the red-veined ginseng will begin to rot rapidly, and its medicinal properties will return to the earth.

A 20-year-old red-veined ginseng is an extremely precious medicinal material, and is also the main or auxiliary ingredient in the refining of various elixirs.

However, a year's worth of red-striped yellow ginseng is very cheap; one tael of silver can buy several roots.

Chen Xun bought dried red-veined ginseng, which he ground into powder to get a small pile of yellowish-red powder.

Next, the other four dried medicinal herbs were ground into powder.

Afterwards, Chen Xun began to prepare the formula for the Blood Strengthening Powder.

A special medicinal oil is used in the preparation process.

Chen Xun had a bottle in his hand, which was given to him by Luo Qiufeng. If he ran out, he would need to mix it himself.

This medicinal oil is the key to refining the Blood Strengthening Powder.

It can stimulate the medicinal properties in the powder, causing two powders that would normally not react to produce a special chemical reaction, thus condensing new medicinal properties.

In this way, Chen Xun used the red-veined ginseng powder as a base and mixed in powders of other medicinal materials.

Each time it is added, a certain amount of medicinal oil needs to be poured in and then stirred.

The proportions, the timing of adding the ingredients, and the force and method of stirring are all important.

If even one detail is not done properly, all previous efforts will be wasted, and the refining process will fail.

After all five powders are mixed together, they must be roasted over a fire.

This step requires activating the medicinal properties and drying out the moisture.

This step is even more important. If the heat is not controlled properly, the medicinal powder will burn, or the medicinal properties will not be fully activated, resulting in poor powdering effect.

Chen Xun carefully roasted and constantly stirred the medicinal powder in the pot.

But soon, he still smelled a slight burnt smell.

Immediately afterwards, a line of text flashed before his eyes.

[Pharmacist Experience +5]

"Did it succeed?"

Chen Xun quickly checked it, and finally looked disappointed—it had failed; some of the powder had gone bad.

"In other words, failures can also increase experience points."

This made Chen Xun quite happy.

However, for entry-level pharmaceutical skills, it takes twenty experience points to advance even one point.

Five experience points weren't even enough for Chen Xun to improve his progress by one point.

After that, Chen Xun continued refining medicine.

After numerous failures, they finally succeeded once.

After his success, Chen Xun never failed again.

This is the power of Chen Xun's golden finger—one proof that lasts forever.

[Pharmacist Experience +10]

Each successful attempt grants an additional 10 experience points.

As a result, Chen Xun's progress in medicine production began to accelerate significantly.