This martial arts tournament is time-stopping.

The next day, at the crack of dawn,

Ye Chu was startled awake. He felt his body bulging, as if the blood and energy within him were surging to the point that his body could not bear it, like a balloon being blown to its limit and about to explode.

He quickly checked the origin of his immortal body:

[Base Bone: 24→26]

[Technique:]

Tiger-Taming Stance (Beginner: 30/40 → (39/40))

Tiger's Lackey Skin Analysis (Beginner: 15/100 → (21/100))

"Wait a minute, how come my root bone stat suddenly increased by 2 points?"

Ye Chu spread his spiritual energy throughout his body. He discovered that the Blood Nourishing Pill, which was stored in his stomach and intestines and still had about three-quarters left, was continuously releasing its warm power that was transforming his physique and increasing his blood and qi limits.

"Good heavens, after not cultivating for a night, my qi and blood have increased so much that they've filled my body to the brim."

Ye Chu got up and went to the courtyard to start practicing the "Tiger Subduing Stance," which was about to reach the minor completion level, in order to hone his entire physique and digest the increasing amount of qi and blood in his body.

"I just don't know if this Blood Nourishing Pill helps you grow stronger with each pill, or if it only works once?"

I'll check at the martial arts school's pharmacy around noon...

Fifteen minutes later,

【Tiger-Taming Stance (Beginner 39/40 → Minor Success 1/100)】

Roar!

Ye Chu's lungs suddenly roared with a tiger's roar and thunderous sound, but this time it was not just a shockwave.

Instead, it drew Ye Chu's mental energy into it, amplifying the oppressive aura of the Tiger's Roar and Thunder Sound on a mental level.

This truly transformed it into a method that could invigorate the spirit, strengthen the internal organs, and strike at the mind of others!

And the body, nourished by abundant qi and blood, grows taller and taller, thus becoming able to bear even more qi and blood!

"That felt great!"

At the same time, the spiritual patterns originating from the "Wolf Smoke Treasure Pill" also connected, completely linking together the individual strands of Qi and blood that were floating in Ye Chu's blood, turning them into a large whole rooted under the skin!

There was a vague, indistinct feeling that I could fly away with my physical body.

"Only by mastering the 'Tiger Subduing Stance' or the 'Tiger's Skin Appearance Method' can one accumulate enough Qi and blood in their body to support them for a moment and achieve true lightness like a leaf, allowing them to drift with the wind."

"Only by perfecting the 'Tiger-Taming Stance' or mastering the 'Tiger's Pathological Appearance Technique' can I levitate three feet off the ground..."

In addition, the improvement in the quality of Qi and blood also indirectly leads to a further refinement of the Tiger's Fury.

Furthermore, due to the minor success of the Tiger-Taming Stake, the Tiger-Emperor Skin Appearance Method also directly advanced by two points.

The tiger stripes that started as the character "王" (king) on ​​his forehead have spread across his head, cheeks, and neck, and now both arms are covered with these colorful black and white tiger stripes.

The areas covered by tiger stripes will also have the added power that originally belonged to the "Tiger Transformation" completely solidified, becoming a normal power.

"When I have completely refined the 'Tiger Transformation' into my own normal power, the first layer of the tiger skin will be perfectly polished."

Afterwards, Ye Chu instructed Ji Meng to set off for the Yang family with the village elders who rented rooms in Qingniu Village, Liuwan Lane, at noon.

He started from the martial arts school.

The two eventually met at the Yang family home and ate at Madam Yang's banquet together...

Ye Chu hurriedly toured all eight butcher shops in the county town again, and gained a little more than yesterday, obtaining a total of 6 points of Time Dao Rhyme.

【Time and Rhythm: 21.5】

This time, Ye Chu didn't rush to improve his cultivation techniques or comprehension.

Because things haven't been peaceful in the city these past two days!

Regardless of whether the Wang family is collaborating with the White Lotus Sect to perform some kind of resurrection ritual tonight,

We're having a banquet at the Yang family's house today, and Madam Yang's funeral is tomorrow, etc.

Ye Chu had no idea whether any unexpected things might happen.

In short, let time and the Dao be prepared first.

If you have nothing to do after these two days, you can keep the 10+ points of Time Dao Rhyme and add more points as needed.

Mid-morning,

Taking advantage of a break from practicing martial arts, Ye Chu went to the pharmacy.

The six doses of medicine that came with the apprenticeship ceremony for three months were all consumed during the two days of breaking through the blood barrier.

Ye Chu came to the pharmacy this time mainly to inquire about the price of things like "Blood Nourishing Pills".

If it's not expensive, then buy another one to try and see if it can further improve your constitution.

This is also in order to find another way to increase one's innate understanding and comprehension, besides the Daoist principles of time.

When Ye Chu went to the pharmacy to ask Dr. Zhang, he learned that the cost of materials for just one Blood Nourishing Pill was ten taels of silver!

The most expensive material:

It requires a complete and fresh heart and blood from a mythical beast as the main ingredients to refine it.

Then, Ye Chu pulled Dr. Zhang aside and asked him to introduce the other types of pills in the pharmacy.

Examples include blood-nourishing pills, qi-blood-nourishing pills, and some blood-activating medicinal baths that help improve the skin-refining process.

However, overall, the most cost-effective resource for Ye Chu at this stage is:

Low-level exotic beast jerky.

Once you've passed the major stage of skin refining and reached the stage of flesh tempering, the energy and nutritional value provided by jerky made from scraps of low-level beasts will no longer be sufficient.

However, the price of high-grade exotic beast jerky would quickly rise from one tael of silver to tens of taels.

That's when pills, which were much cheaper than high-grade exotic beast jerky, appeared on the market.

As noon approached, Han Heng finished his practice, walked over to Ye Chu, and said with a smile:

"Did your family receive an invitation from Steward Niu yesterday to attend a banquet at the Yang family's house today?"

Seeing that Han Heng also intended to go, Ye Chu was delighted and said:

"Niu Da notified the village elders, who then notified us on his behalf."

Han Heng laughed heartily, "Then it's an invitation! It's rare for tenants like us to have the opportunity to eat at the Yang family's white flour feast... Shall we go together?"

Ye Chu nodded and left the martial arts school with Han Heng, heading straight for the Yang family in the eastern part of the city.

When we arrived at the gate of the Yang family's residence, we could see a huge banquet spread out inside, with the sky covered in plain white cloth.

This also secretly alarmed Ye Chu.

Logically speaking, after being robbed twice by him, the Yang family wouldn't have much money left.

But the many white cloths that decorate Yang's gate and courtyard cost a lot of money.

So, the Yang family is rich again?

Just as Ye Chu was starting to think about Madam Yang's secret stash of money,

Han Heng took out a copper coin from his sleeve, and when presenting the gift, he only handed over this one copper coin.

It made people around it not know whether to laugh or not.

But Han Heng wasn't afraid of losing face, so the shameful gossip fell on the Yang family.

Yang Heng, who was greeting and seeing off guests, glared angrily at Yu Hanheng, but ultimately suppressed his anger and let Hanheng and Ye Chu in.

As Ye Chu brushed past Yang Heng, he took another look at Yang Heng's face. He noticed that the blood and deathly pale complexion from his failed attempt to break through the Blood Barrier had returned to a normal, warm red.

Furthermore, Yang Heng's vital energy was not exuberantly radiating outwards, but rather possessed an inward restraint.

This is undoubtedly a manifestation of successfully condensing Qi and then using that Qi to bind the free Qi and blood from all directions, preventing it from evaporating outwards. This is the manifestation of breaking through the Blood Barrier and entering the Skin Polishing Realm!

What made Ye Chu's eyes narrow even more was that Zhu Hongxuan, the eldest son of the Zhu family whom he had met once before at Jin Yu Lou, was also helping the Yang family!

Furthermore, at Madam Yang's memorial hall, Taoist priests from Huangtian Temple came down the mountain to chant scriptures and pray for blessings.