Peeping into the Immortal Road

Chapter 5: Boiling Medicinal Bath
"Our family's Eagle Claw Kung Fu is originally a common skill. Anyone who can reach the first level of cultivation after practicing it until death has an extraordinary physique."

"Even after my improvements, it's just an ordinary second-level martial art."

"If ordinary people practice cultivation, they will spend 20 to 30 years before they have the opportunity to enter the first level of cultivation."

"Even for a genius like your senior brother who has a good physique, it took him nearly ten years to enter the realm of skin refining."

"After more than thirty years of martial arts training, I have only just reached the second level of physical training. If I don't have the opportunity, my life will be over."

Li Ying began to sigh.

Li Gui felt shocked. He had never thought that his martial arts was so ordinary and just a common thing.

"The real core secret of our Li family is this thing."

Li Ying pointed to the bucket of medicinal bath beside him.

"Five Elements Bone Strengthening Soup, this is a secret medicine of the fourth level of refinement."

"People like me and your uncle, who were mediocre people who started practicing martial arts very late, have become masters of the third level of tendon refining by relying on the Five Element Bone Refining Soup."

Li Gui was so shocked that he couldn't speak at this time, but he caught a strange point in Li Ying's words.

"No, Dad, you said that uncle is also a master of the third level?"

Li Gui's face was full of surprise.

He had always believed that apart from the masters from those powerful families, his father was the only third-level refinement master in Heishan County.

But I didn't expect that the uncle who had always been somewhat elegant was actually a master of the third level of refinement.

Li Ying nodded, "With this fourth-level secret medicine, it won't be difficult to cultivate to the third-level."

"Your uncle has naturally also successfully entered the realm of tendon refining."

Hearing this, Li Gui complained with joy: "Dad, why didn't you tell me earlier? If I had used this medicinal bath earlier, wouldn't I have entered the first level of cultivation by now?"

Li Ying frowned and reprimanded: "This Five Element Bone Strengthening Soup can only be used after the user's bones have grown."

"If used too early, it will have disadvantages for physical development."

"Besides, you have average talent. If you become a talent at a young age, you will definitely attract the attention of others."

"I originally planned to wait until you got married and had a family, and settled down before handing it over to you for use."

"If it weren't for your uncle's efforts to give you the opportunity to marry the Liang family's second daughter, why would I have told you in advance?"

"Hurry up and strip naked and go in. With the help of this Five Element Bone Strengthening Soup, you will be able to enter the first level of training in half a year."

On the other side, Ji Chang was looking at the two people in the picture, and his heart was also very excited.

"What a secret medicine. It's really a secret medicine."

Although the Eagle Claw Skill that I secretly learned this morning is powerful, it is far inferior to this secret medicine.

According to Li Ying, if he could prepare the secret medicine, with the help of the secret medicine, wouldn't he be able to make rapid progress?

Ji Chang wished he could go into the city right now to purchase the appropriate medicinal materials to prepare the secret medicine.

However, Ji Chang still kept his temper and prepared to wait for a few more days. After confirming that there was no problem with the formula of the medicinal bath, he would purchase the corresponding medicinal materials.

Time flies, and five days passed in the blink of an eye.

On this day, Ji Chang put down the prescription in his hand and prepared to go out to buy medicinal materials.

Based on observations during this period, Ji Chang has completely mastered the recipe of this Five Element Bone Strengthening Soup.

Ji Chang noticed that before Li Ying made the Wuyuan Bone Strengthening Soup, he would always ask his servants to prepare a large amount of different kinds of medicinal materials.

Most of the herbs would not be used, but he still asked his servants to prepare them.

I think it is to avoid leaking the formula.

Such precautions are of great use.

If others wanted to secretly learn the recipe of this secret medicine, it would be extremely difficult to even obtain the necessary medicinal ingredients.

But Ji Chang was different because he could peek into the scene around Li Gui.

Not to mention the types of medicinal materials needed, Ji Chang has also mastered the order in which to put the herbs in and the time for boiling them.

Li Ying was completely unprepared for his son.

In fact, during these few days, Li Ying also personally taught Li Gui some tips and experiences on how to make the Five Elements Bone Strengthening Soup.

Li Gui didn't know what he had gained, but he knew that his gains were not small. He had almost completely mastered the Five Elements Bone Strengthening Soup.

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Following the crowd, Ji Chang paid the city entrance fee and arrived in Heishan County again.

This time when he entered the city, Ji Chang went straight to a pharmacy and started purchasing the medicinal materials for the Wu Yuan Bone Strengthening Soup.

Ji Chang did not hide the recipe of the Five Element Bone Strengthening Soup by purchasing more different kinds of medicinal materials like Li Ying did.

The main reason was that Ji Chang didn’t have much money on him, and at most he could only collect enough to buy one or two portions of medicinal herbs.

This is because the medicinal materials needed for the Five Elements Bone Strengthening Soup are not precious ones.

Where would I get the money to buy other things?

Besides, he is just an ordinary hunter. Who would care about the problems with the medicine he catches?
Even if someone was concerned about the medicine he prescribed, without the prescription in the hands of the Li brothers, the most they could tell was that he bought some kind of tonic.

Ji Chang took the packaged herbs from the pharmacy clerk, picked up the herbs and walked out of the city.

Never meddlesome.

Not long after, Ji Chang returned home.

He first took out a half-old casserole and began to boil the medicinal materials.

On the other side, he was counting the copper coins in his hand.

"I still have a dozen copper coins, which is enough to pay the entrance fee once. I should find a way to make some money."

Ji Chang sighed.

The poor are good at literature but the rich are good at martial arts. Even he can rely on the power of the golden finger to peek into the methods of martial arts and the formulas of secret medicines.

But in order to successfully cross the threshold, a lot of financial support is needed.

"Practice for two days first and see the effect."

If that doesn't work, I'll go into the mountains to hunt then.

In Ji Chang's opinion, martial arts and hunting complement each other.

The higher your martial arts skills, the easier it will be to hunt better prey.

"All right."

Ji Chang poured the prepared medicine into a large vat beside him.

This big jar was originally used to store water, and some people also use it to pickle pickles.

The only container in Ji Chang's house that could hold his body was this big vat.

After pouring the medicine in, Ji Chang also poured the boiling hot water into it, and then added some cold water.

Then he took off all his clothes and soaked in the big vat.

The next moment, as the medicinal liquid and hot water blended, Ji Chang felt a strong medicinal power penetrate into his skin.

He closed his eyes, relaxed his body, and let the medicine flow slowly over his skin.

The medicinal power of the medicinal bath gradually penetrated deeper into his body, seeming to gently nourish his meridians and internal organs.

Ji Chang felt his body gradually relax under the effect of the medicine, and his fatigue and tension dissipated.

As time passed slowly, the medicinal power in the large jar gradually became thinner.

After walking out, Ji Chang didn't know if it was an illusion, but he felt a lot lighter and stronger all over.

Ji Chang took a careful look at the skin on his arm and felt that his skin had become much tougher.

"The effect is good. It is indeed worthy of being a secret medicine of the fourth level of refinement."

Ji Chang was delighted, but his joy came to an abrupt end when he remembered that he only had one batch of medicinal herbs left.

It would be great if I could be like Li Gui, the young master of the Li family, who has no worries about food and drink and does not have to worry about medicinal baths.

"Let's go hunting in the mountains the day after tomorrow."

Ji Chang made a decision.

(End of this chapter)