Chapter 25: Medicinal Power
Chapter 25: Medicinal Power
"The Skin Grinding Technique's experience is separate from swordsmanship skills."
Chen Mu observed the altered system interface, his expression thoughtful. Previously, his Gale Swordsmanship and Blazing Wind Blade Technique shared experience, but the Skin Grinding Technique did not.
However, upon reflection, this wasn't surprising. The Skin Grinding Technique and swordsmanship were indeed unrelated disciplines, and perhaps only similar types could share experience. The Skin Grinding Technique, compared to swordsmanship, belonged to an entirely different category.
Moreover, the rate of experience gain for the Skin Grinding Technique surprised Chen Mu. No matter how he calculated it, the time he spent cultivating this time didn't exceed an hour, yet he gained a substantial 11 experience points.
To raise the Skin Grinding Technique to Rank 2, he only needed 100 experience points! This meant that with practice twice a day, in just five days, he could elevate the Golden Jade Skin Polishing Technique to Rank 2!
"The Skin Grinding Technique is indeed different from swordsmanship. The entire cultivation process relies purely on internal and external medicinal powder. The accumulated experience points likely come from the medicinal power of those infusions..."
Chen Mu suddenly gained a new understanding.
Normally, even with exceptional constitution and perfect adaptability, one couldn't possibly absorb all the medicinal power during Skin Grinding Technique cultivation and utilize every bit of it perfectly.
But if the system could ignore such concepts and directly convert all the medicinal power he endured during the process into 'experience,' it would make perfect sense.
As the saying goes, medicine is three parts poison.
For ordinary people, absorbing even one-tenth of the medicinal power from both internal and external medicinal powders would be impressive. Someone with a good constitution like Chen Mu might only absorb two or three-tenths.
Furthermore, this two or three-tenths of medicinal power is influenced by the body's adaptability, resulting in varying degrees of effectiveness based on adaptability. With average adaptability, perhaps only one-tenth of the medicinal power could be utilized for 'skin grinding,' while the rest would be metabolized by the body, rendering it ineffective.
Hence, the skin grinding process is incredibly lengthy for ordinary people, and the saying of 'three years of skin grinding' is not an exaggeration.
However, if the system panel could directly extract medicinal power and convert it into experience points, it would undoubtedly achieve 100% absorption and 100% adaptability.
Perhaps, across the entire Daxuan Dynasty, with its millions of people, no one possesses such an absurd physique. But with the system panel, Chen Mu could achieve this effect.
"Excellent."
Chen Mu smiled.
Previously, he had worried that the Skin Grinding Technique, being so different from swordsmanship skills, might not be affected by the system panel. If that were the case, he would have to rely solely on the system panel to master various advanced swordsmanship skills to improve his strength, and the Skin Grinding Technique, as well as the subsequent Muscle Training Technique, would have to be cultivated slowly, step by step. But now, things were much better.
Moreover, according to reason, this wasn't cheating. After all, every level of advancement came from solid 'medicinal power,' not out of thin air, and these 'medicinal powers' were all earned with the silver he had made himself.
Just like swordsmanship skills, they were all hard-earned.
Chen Mu felt very reassured.
...
Four short days passed in a flash.
During these four days, aside from some local gentry paying visits and Zhang Tuhu coming to 'catch up,' everything remained calm. Chen Mu still went to the City Guard Headquarters daily, but as a Senior Patrol Officer, he no longer needed to collect and display his identification badge. Even if he didn't go to the City Guard Headquarters, it wouldn't matter; he was just there in name.
Chen Mu accepted all the gifts from the local gentry who came to congratulate him on his new home, not refusing a single one. Knowing that his progress in Internal Cultivation was linked to the potency of his medicinal power, and that this power was directly tied to his financial resources, he welcomed any silver that came his way.
He didn't give much thought to the potential consequences of accepting these gifts.
He was no longer just a lowly patrol officer.
As one of the five active Senior Patrol Officers in the City Guard, and a direct subordinate of Min Baoyi, he could afford to take gifts from the gentry. If any trouble were to find him in the future, he could choose to get involved or not, depending on the severity of the matter.
As for Zhang Tuhu, his uncle who hadn't visited in years, he was far more polite than Chen Mu remembered, speaking in a softer tone and appearing more cautious. Chen Mu couldn't help but sigh at the fickleness of human relationships. When Chen Mu's father passed away, Zhang Tuhu had only paid a symbolic visit.
Now, he was trying his best to curry favor with this relative.
"Let's talk about Youying another time." Chen Mu responded indifferently when Zhang Tuhu brought up Zhang Youying again.
Indeed, Chen Mu had little interest in such matters. Most of his energy was focused on his cultivation. If not for his body's inability to endure more, he would have liked to undergo Skin Tempering more than twice a day.
The rest of his time was spent practicing his swordsmanship, determined to quickly perfect the Blazing Wind Blade Technique and master the second Blade Aura, thereby enhancing his prowess.
Sensing Chen Mu's disinterest, Zhang Tuhu tactfully changed the subject. After some time, he bid farewell to Chen Mu and Chen Hong, and Chen Mu escorted Chen Yue to see them off.
After seeing Zhang Tuhu and Chen Hong out, Chen Mu returned to the back yard to boil water and prepare medicine.
The Skin Tempering process remained the same.
After five days of Skin Tempering, Chen Mu could feel some changes. Firstly, his skin seemed tougher; the pain from touching rough stones was noticeably reduced.
Secondly, within his body, there seemed to be a faint flame, making him feel stronger when exerting force. According to the Skin Tempering Technique, this was the result of refined Qi and Blood from the Body Tempering Technique.
"Huff..."
Chen Mu crawled out of the sandpit, his limbs feeling a bit weak. He sat by the pit, catching his breath for a moment.
Compared to his first cultivation session, when he could barely walk after Skin Tempering, he felt much better now. Although his body still felt weak, he could manage to move around without Chen Yue's support.
"Just five days of cultivation, and there are already effects. If I reach Rank 2..." Chen Mu muttered.
He summoned the System Interface.
[Jade-Gold Skin Polishing Technique (Rank 1)]
[Experience: 108]
On the interface, the experience points for Skin Polishing Technique had accumulated to 108, just enough to advance to Rank 2.
(End of Chapter)
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