Chapter 836 - 396: Great Beast Demon Owl, Heart Skill Achieves Great Success, Becomes Yu People, Boundless Horizons!

Chapter 836: Chapter 396: Great Beast Demon Owl, Heart Skill Achieves Great Success, Becomes Yu People, Boundless Horizons!

Between piecing things together, he brewed a pot of "Strengthening Body and Skin Soup." Li Xian soaked in the bathing barrel, slowly absorbing the medicated bath.

Li Xian muttered to himself, "I’ve had so much on my mind recently, I almost forgot the importance of the martial arts path. Eating, nurturing, practicing, soaking – all four are crucial."

The words ’eating’ and ’practicing’ permeate throughout and are the cornerstone of martial arts. Missing either one makes progress difficult. Li Xian deeply understands this. The word ’soaking’ is especially important, but the deeper one delves into martial arts, the more indispensable it becomes.

Basic martial arts... the medicated bath only serves to strengthen and relieve exhaustion, and protect the body. Practicing martial arts can harm the body; without the regulation of medicated baths, one’s body may collapse before achieving martial prowess.

Once one enters the martial arts realm, countless possibilities arise. The methods of "medicated baths" grow ever strange and unusual, its effects both marvelous and odd.

Encountering some advanced martial arts, entry martial arts, without the "medicated bath," their power cannot be fully unleashed. Just as Li Xian once encountered an "Iron Palm Yan Zhisan" while traversing the Jianghu.

This person practiced a martial art called "Swallow Palm." The palm technique was merely lower, but in his hands, it could dominate an area. The Swallow Palm was widely known, with many masters, yet only "Yan Zhisan" could wield it so powerfully.

Only later did it become clear that though Swallow Palm was common, the accompanying "medicated bathing" method was exclusive to Yan Zhisan. That medicated bath method soaked the hands, allowing Yan Zhisan’s palms to grow "eighty-one" sharp teeth.

Thus creating a pair of strange hands, which made the Swallow Palm wielded by these hands even more formidable.

Indeed, celestial music goes unheard by common ears; the martial artist’s art is not for common folk. The medicated bath method for Swallow Palm, only martial artists who have entered the realm, whose bodies possess more possibilities, can cultivate sharp teeth within their palms.

Common folks may soak daily, yet to no avail. Therefore, before entering the martial arts realm, medicated bathing can only strengthen the body, muscles, and bones. After entering the realm, the marvels of medicated bathing are truly beyond words.

The Setting Sun Bloodsword is already incomplete, and the medicated bathing method lies with Wen Caishang. Together bathing in Yin Yang can extend life and preserve youth, how mysterious. The Broken Demon Spear is incomplete; Only I have a Heart Skill emphasizes the mind; Finger-Flashing Golden Light requires no medicated bath...

Many of Li Xian’s martial arts are either incomplete or unique, thus he overlooked medicated baths. But in future practice of new martial arts, medicated baths will be indispensable. This is also an expense.

Li Xian counted carefully, feeling a headache approaching. He looked up and sighed long, "Money is hard to make, yet spending it flows like water. In front of martial arts, tens of thousands of taels barely make a splash. My martial arts path is indeed arduous and long."

Immediately, he clenched his fist. No matter how bitter or difficult, he will persevere!

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In this way, Li Xian wandered for two days, relaxing his mind. He heard about three locations where people were "starting the pot" and "scrounging for food," but they were some time ago, so he only observed carefully.

On the third day, Yao Yin stood charmingly at the medical pavilion’s entrance, dressed in a blue gown. She had become mud, keeping her promise to register Li Xian’s household record. Using herself as a guarantor, she helped Li Xian gain citizenship among the Yu People.

Yu People can wear a "jade talisman."

Li Xian was registered in "Tongji Square." After months of hard work, today, he finally gained a foothold in Jade City! Though he has no power, wealth, or residence... yet he’s a Yu person, and a martial artist at that!

The places he can plot are wider and greater! It is known that even in Jade City, martial artists are not overflowing! Second Realm martial artists among Yu People are especially useful.

Li Xian felt refreshed, thinking that each step is progress, he mused, "From debt slave to Yu person, taking the ordinary path would take forty years to pay off debts. With no money or power, one would still need to work for thirty years. Even if martial artists live long, squandering seventy years here is truly not worth the gain!"

Looking back at the road ahead, his ambition burned fiercely within.

Now that he is a Yu person, the world is broader, and his hands and feet can act freely!

Li Xian expressed his intention straightforwardly, with the essence of "Only I have a Heart Skill" surging, he made further progress.

[Skill Level +1]

[Only I have a Heart Skill achieved Great Success!]

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