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What is a surprise?

That's what you call a surprise!

In the instant he turned his head, Mu Yang was still wondering whether he should just go outside and get a grill to roast the rat demon's corpse.

Unexpectedly, it was usable right away.

After the initial surprise, Mu Yang immediately examined the rat demon corpse, an equipable item.

"Complete, meaning a larger portion of the body is needed to make equipment? That doesn't make sense either; that dried pork was just a small piece. Following that logic, it can't be made into equipment..."

Mu Yang pondered for a moment.

After thinking for a while and still not figuring it out, he simply gave up.

If you can't figure something out, put it aside for a while. Maybe you'll get inspiration when you stop thinking about it.

This was something the old constable had told him.

Mu Yang thought it made a lot of sense.

Instead of just daydreaming, let's try out the effects of the two pieces of equipment first.

Mu Yang strode to the mahogany table, picked up the piece of dried pork, about the size of an adult's forearm, and silently recited in his mind.

Equipment, air-dried pork!

[Ding! The dried pork is ready!]

White label: Muscle Growth, boosted!

[Muscle Growth (White): A slight increase in strength.]

As the dried pork disappeared from Mu Yang's hands, a familiar warm sensation flowed through his body once again.

However, compared to the newly acquired "Tiger-Taming Knife Technique," the warmth from the dried pork is now very weak.

If the former is an erupting volcano, then the latter is at most a hot spring.

Mu Yang clenched his fist; his strength had indeed increased.

But just as the entry describes, it really is a "minor range," only about ten or twenty kilograms.

Before he entered the next level, the effect was acceptable, but for him now, it was almost negligible.

The Skin and Flesh Realm is the first realm of a martial artist's cultivation, and it is also his current realm.

Normally, one should constantly temper the body, strengthen the skin and flesh, and supplement with meat until qi and blood are generated in the body, which is considered to have entered the realm.

This stage is not divided into early, middle, and late stages, but rather by the degree to which qi and blood fill the skin and flesh.

From low to high, the percentages are 10%, 20%, 30%, ..., up to the highest 100%.

For every ten percent increase in muscle mass, an arm can gain a hundred pounds of strength.

When the physical body reaches its peak, the strength of a single arm exceeds a thousand jin.

Ordinary, untrained strongmen, even if they are fully armored and armed, are nothing more than clay chickens and earthen dogs in front of such masters, and can be wiped out with a wave of their hands.

Now, with the blessing of the perfected "Tiger Subduing Saber Technique", Mu Yang's blood and qi are abundant, his skin and flesh are already 70% full, and the strength of his single arm has long exceeded 700 jin.

A mere increase of ten or twenty kilograms is hardly worth mentioning.

However, though the amount may be small, it is something that can be increased permanently.

Dried pork, an item that doesn't qualify for higher ranks, can be converted into permanent equipment after being equipped for one hour.

Based on a twelve-hour day, that's about two hundred pounds of force, equivalent to the added strength from the fullness of the skin and flesh.

While others toil away for one or two years, needing a constant supply of meat to reap the rewards, Mu Yang only needs to wait patiently for one day.

In comparison, the effect of air-dried pork seems to be quite good.

Let's use it for now.

Mu Yang placed the dried pork in the first empty equipment slot, then quickly walked to the headless rat demon corpse and placed his hand on it.

The dried pork, which slightly increases strength, only adds about 10 to 20 pounds. It's unknown how much a small increase from the rat demon's corpse would be.

If it's less than 100 jin (50 kg), then it's more cost-effective to use dried pork.

Thinking about it, Mu Yang silently recited it in his heart.

"Equipment, Rat Demon Corpse!"

[Ding! The Rat Demon Corpse has been equipped!]

......

boom!!!

An unexpected, intense heat suddenly erupted within Mu Yang's body.

The muscles are swelling, and the blood and qi are surging wildly.

This is thanks to the combined effects of the terms "strong physique" and "abundant qi and blood"!

The blood and qi that had been filling 70% of the skin and flesh and had almost disappeared were regenerated from nothing and replenished the skin and flesh according to the skin and flesh tempering method of the "Tiger Subduing Saber Technique".

75%!

80%!

Ninety percent!

100%!

After all the new blood and energy had been absorbed into his skin and flesh, Mu Yang reached out and pinched his arm.

The texture is tight and solid, with a heavy, resilient, and fine feel, just like finely polished leather.

Skin and flesh are tight and leathery, which is a characteristic of perfect skin and flesh.

"Is this the perfection of the physical realm?"

Mu Yang was somewhat stunned.

Isn't it supposed to be a slight increase in Qi and blood? This increase is already half of what he had before, and you call that a slight increase?

As expected of a cheat code that took twenty years to load before it was finally released, it's amazing!

Mu Yang was very happy.

What's even more exciting is that, in addition to the immense strength brought by the abundant blood and qi in the flesh, the robust physique attribute of the rat demon's corpse also brings an additional boost to its power.

Three hundred jin!

It weighs a full 300 jin!

It's twenty times more effective than air-dried pork!

The permanent solidification time of the rat demon's corpse is only ten times that of dried pork, but the effect is twenty times greater.

Sit down!

The dried meat was indeed too weak.

And this is only in terms of strength!

In addition to increased physical strength, the attribute also enhances effects such as reaction speed.

However, the effect of this thing is not as obvious as the increase in strength, so Mu Yang can't judge it for the time being.

He had only one thought in his mind right now—

Slay the demon! Slay the demon! Slay the demon again!!

The condition for equipment to become permanent is that the equipment has been equipped for a certain period of time, or that a monster has been killed while the equipment is equipped.

While the former is certainly safer and more convenient, the latter offers significantly higher returns.

Slay demons, solidify equipment, collect new demon corpses, equip again, continue slaying demons, and complete the solidification process...

A perfect positive cycle, getting stronger indefinitely!

With such a rapid pace of progress, the Wang family is nothing special.

Demon, I need your help in my cultivation!

......

"Should we take the rat head back with us?"

After calming down a bit, Mu Yang suddenly thought of a very real problem.

The question is whether or not to take the rat's head back to the government office and exchange it for merit points.

The Great Jing Dynasty had a saying: anyone, regardless of origin or background, whoever slays a demon and delivers its head to the local government will receive a reward.

Outsiders are usually rewarded with silver or medicine, while insiders like Mu Yang are rewarded with merit points.

It can be exchanged for both silver and martial arts skills.

Mu Yang wasn't too concerned about money. Although the old constable had died young and hadn't left much of an inheritance except for a house, he could live comfortably on his constable's salary as long as he didn't indulge in brothels or visit theaters.

What he lacks most right now is martial arts techniques that he can continue to practice.

The "Tiger-Taming Saber Technique" is, after all, a low-grade martial art. It only records the methods for filling the skin and flesh with qi and blood, but it does not contain any techniques for strengthening the tendons and bones with qi and blood.

It's not that you can't continue practicing without martial arts skills, but the efficiency will be drastically different.

If we compare the process of cultivating qi and blood to walking, then having a systematic martial arts technique is like walking on a smooth asphalt road. Conversely, it's like carving out a path in a desolate wilderness overgrown with weeds. Which is faster or slower is obvious at a glance.

"I remember that a demon that has reached the next level receives at least one hundred merit points, which is worth one hundred taels of silver, enough to exchange for a mid-grade martial art."

As for whether the rat's head would attract the attention of Wang Dianshi?

It wasn't that he looked down on himself; he was just a lowly constable, while the other party was a prominent figure in Qingxi County, and had no time to keep an eye on him.

What he needs to do is to develop as much as possible during this time, and then...

Wipe out his entire family!