Gou Zai Wudao Shi Lian Shen

A new month begins.

As usual, Wangji Yam Shop distributed monthly salaries.

Early in the morning, a queue formed outside the tent.

The guards stood in twos and threes under the eaves. Some leaned against the pillars and yawned, some quietly calculated their expenses for the month, and others touched their empty money pouches and couldn't help but sigh.

"This money really goes by very quickly."

Zhou Li rubbed his shoulder and said with a bitter face, "I bought two bottles of Qujianghong wine last month, and in the blink of an eye, there are hardly any coins left."

A guard nearby laughed and scolded, "You drank yourself into oblivion, who's to blame?"

Qian Ming leaned against the wall and said lazily, "Old Zhou, if you drank two fewer times a month, you could save enough to buy an apartment in the county town."

Zhou Li retorted dismissively, "You don't drink a drop of alcohol every month, but what about the house you bought in the county town?"

Lu Chen stood in the crowd, listening to their conversation, and couldn't help but smile.

Before long, it was his turn to step forward.

Mr. Meng, the accountant, was wearing glasses and slowly making notes in the ledger. He looked up at Lu Chen, his expression serious.

"Lu Huyuan".

He took a small bag of silver from the drawer and pushed a sealed porcelain bottle to the table.

"Your monthly salary is six taels, plus a Blood Qi Powder, which has been prepared for you as instructed by Manager Wang."

Lu Chen reached out and took it: "Thank you, Mr. Meng."

Hearing this, the guards queuing nearby all looked over.

Someone said enviously, "Six taels a month, twice my monthly salary, plus a Blood Qi Powder, tsk, Manager Wang is really biased towards Lu Chen."

However, Zhou Li, who had witnessed Lu Chen's prowess, said, "Lu Chen is only sixteen years old. He just joined Wang's company and was already able to defeat Liu Heng. If you had that ability, Manager Wang would also favor you!"

Clearly, after a month of getting to know each other, everyone has witnessed Lu Chen's progress and strength, and has begun to acknowledge this rising star.

The man gave an awkward smile and said nothing more.

Lu Chen put away the silver and blood-qi powder and left the accounting room.

After returning to his dormitory, he closed the door and took out all his belongings, placing them on the table.

Wangji Yam Shop's monthly salary is six taels of silver and one Blood Qi Powder.

The Chen family provided four taels of silver as a donation.

The five taels of silver I won from Liu Heng at the herb garden last time.

For his meritorious service in escorting the medicinal herbs, Wang Shouyi was awarded an extra tael of silver.

In total, it amounted to sixteen taels of silver.

On the table, silver ingots and broken silver pieces gleamed faintly in the morning light.

Lu Chen's eyes lit up as he watched.

"It feels good to have money."

He stroked the gleaming silver with his hand, feeling the unique cold, hard texture of the precious metal with his fingertips, and sighed inwardly.

However, Lu Chen did not intend to save it.

Money is just an external thing; Lu Chen felt more at ease exchanging it for his own vital energy.

Lu Chen reached out and divided the silver into several piles.

"The monthly medicinal baths cannot be stopped."

"Without medicinal baths to cleanse the body, fatigue and hidden injuries accumulate, which actually slows down cultivation."

"I can't skimp on meat either. I'm building up more and more muscle now, and even if I just lie around doing nothing all day, I still burn a lot of energy. Plus, I practice standing meditation and boxing every day, so if I don't eat enough, my body will easily become deficient."

"at last……"

Lu Chen looked at the last pile of silver, "Exchange all the remaining money for Blood Qi Powder!"

"This month, we'll go all out to achieve the minor success rate of blood transfusion."

He had about nine taels left. Each Blood Qi Powder was worth two taels on the market, but Lu Chen could get a 30% discount at Wang Ji's shop. So, he could buy six more Blood Qi Powders.

Including the extra one supplied by Wang Ji, there are a total of seven.

Now that he has mastered the Panlong Zhuang Gong, he is only a little short of mastering the Canglong Tongbei Quan. The two complement each other, greatly improving his efficiency in refining and absorbing the medicinal power of the Blood Qi Powder.

It takes at least three days, and at most five days, to completely digest a Blood Qi Powder.

Seven Blood Qi Powders were just right for him.

Having planned everything, Lu Chen didn't delay any longer and immediately entered cultivation mode.

He picked up the porcelain bottle containing the blood-activating powder from the table.

The stopper was pulled out, and a faint medicinal fragrance immediately wafted out. The pill was no bigger than a thumb, dark red in color, with a layer of fine blood-like lines on its surface, and it seemed to be slightly warm when it landed in the palm of the hand.

Lu Chen glanced at it, then tilted his head back and swallowed it.

The pill entered the throat, and within a few breaths, its medicinal power, like a long-suppressed ember suddenly ignited by the wind, burst forth from the stomach and abdomen.

A scorching heat burst forth from his chest and abdomen, rapidly spreading to his limbs and bones.

Lu Chen dared not delay and immediately went to the courtyard, spread his feet apart, lowered his knees and hips slightly, and assumed the Panlong stance.

My breath hitched.

His mind then calmed down.

After mastering the Panlong Zhuang Gong, his control over the circulation of Qi and blood in his body was significantly stronger than before, making it easier to control the flow of medicinal effects.

In the past, when I took the Blood and Qi Powder, the medicinal power would run rampant in my body like a wild horse. Now, once I start practicing standing meditation, my blood, flesh, and meridians are like an invisible net, binding the scattered medicinal power layer by layer.

A surge of heat coursed through my body, and with each flow of qi and blood carrying the medicinal properties, it felt like a warm spring was washing over me, which was extremely comfortable.

Half an hour later, his clothes were soaked with sweat, his skin was slightly red, and his breath was hot.

After finishing his practice, he didn't rest, but instead took advantage of the heat to start practicing his boxing.

Panlong Zhuang Gong and Canglong Tongbei Quan complement each other. When the two are properly connected, the refining of medicinal power is twice as effective.

Lu Chen took a deep breath, stomped his foot, and started with the Azure Dragon Claw attack.

The right arm extends, the shoulder leads the elbow, the elbow leads the wrist, and the fist strikes like a dragon's claw breaking through the sea.

The heat inside his body surged to his arm with the punch, his muscles tensed instantly, and the air whistled slightly as the fist passed through.

Then, he twisted his waist and back, connecting with the Azure Dragon Coiling its Body, and then piercing through the clouds and entering the sea.

The fist suddenly lunged forward.

Lu Chen burst forth like a dragon lying in the abyss. The force of his fist rose from the soles of his feet, passed through his calves, waist, hips, and back, and flowed segment by segment to his shoulders and arms, finally crashing down on his fist.

boom!

The air suddenly exploded with a loud bang.

Lu Chen's eyes lit up.

"I see……"

Immediately afterwards, a transparent light screen suddenly appeared in front of them:

[Azure Dragon Tongbei Fist: Mastery]

[Progress: 0/1000]

Lu Chen looked at the light screen, his heart trembling slightly.

It's finally complete.

As the light screen changed, countless images of boxing practice flashed through his mind.

From the first time I watched Qin Wuhe practice boxing at Canglong Martial Arts School, to later becoming a beginner and achieving some success, to fighting Liu Xiaolou in the martial arts school, and knocking Liu Heng down with one punch in the yam garden... scene after scene of boxing experience flowed into my heart like a stream.

Those previously vague details of how the force was applied have now become clear.

Lu Chen closed his eyes for a moment, and when he opened them again, his eyes were full of sharp light.

At the early stage, he had only mastered the variations of the Canglong Tongbei Fist.

After mastering the technique, it had truly become integrated into his body and became his instinct.

Without even a thought, one can unleash a punch as powerful as a dragon, capable of breaking through a thousand pounds!