Peeping into the Immortal Road

Chapter 7 Breakthrough Leather Refining
The next day, Ji Chang went into the city to sell his prey.

As expected, the Black Mountain Gang's purchase price dropped again, about 10% lower than before.

Ji Chang saw this and asked a question.

"Why is it reduced by another 10%?"

The guy from the Black Mountain Gang glanced at him, frowned slightly, and spoke with a hint of disdain.

"What's wrong? Do you have any other opinions?"

Although Ji Chang was unhappy, he still forced a smile on his face.

He knew that this was the Black Mountain Gang's territory and he hadn't even entered yet. Given the disparity in strength, if he dared to act recklessly, he would be severely beaten.

"How could that be possible?" Ji Chang said with a smile, "I'm just asking out of curiosity."

The Black Mountain Gang member's expression eased a little, and he said, "The young gang leader is getting married, shouldn't you show some respect?"

Ji Chang was angry in his heart, but he still had a smile on his face: "Of course, I didn't expect that the young leader would be getting married so soon. It's really a cause for celebration."

After hearing this, the guy sneered and turned away.

After selling the prey, Ji Chang used the money to buy some medicinal herbs, and then returned to the village to practice.

……

In the blink of an eye, more than half a year has passed.

On this day, Ji Chang walked into the pharmacy he often went to as usual.

After more than half a year, the guys in the drugstore had already known him.

Seeing him come in, the clerk in the pharmacy handed him several packaged medicinal herbs.

"Chang'er, this is your medicine."

"Okay, thank you."

The clerk in the drugstore looked at his back with a hesitant look on his face.

He seemed to want to speak but stopped several times, as if he had something to say but couldn't bring himself to say it.

According to Ji Chang himself, and his deliberate portrayal, the clerks in the drug store always thought that he came here frequently to buy medicinal materials because someone in his family was seriously ill, and that he was running around all the time for the health of his family.

Seeing how hard he was working, his fellow worker felt sorry for him and wanted to persuade him to give up.

But every time the words came to his lips, he felt that it was not appropriate and was afraid of hurting Ji Chang's feelings.

Therefore, he never spoke the truth about the problem.

Ji Chang naturally knew what the pharmacy clerk was thinking.

This was an image he deliberately created to give himself a reason to purchase medicinal materials on a long-term basis.

Judging from the medicinal herbs he picked up alone, what Ji Chang bought were indeed tonics and there was nothing wrong with them.

But as a hunter, buying medicine every day is somewhat risky. It would be much better if he could learn the skill of disguise in the future.

Ji Chang could feel that he was about to succeed in refining his skin and enter the first level of refining.

It will probably take three or four days at most.

That’s right, Ji Chang’s physique is definitely much stronger than Li Gui’s.

Ji Chang had discovered it several months ago.

Although the time and frequency of his medicinal baths were much less than Li Gui's.

However, his cultivation progress was not much slower than Li Gui's.

In fact, the progress will be faster as you go on.

This means that my roots are much stronger than Li Gui's.

This is definitely good news for Ji Chang.

When Ji Chang was leaving the pharmacy, a middle-aged man in tight clothes happened to walk in.

He glanced at Ji Chang, as if he had discovered something, but he didn't care and continued to walk into the medicine shop. Ji Chang only glanced at the long sword hanging on his waist, and then looked away.

In his opinion, these people in the underworld are quite troublesome.

I am about to be promoted to the first level of cultivation, so I'd better not get into trouble and cause more trouble.

When leaving the county town and walking out of the city gate, Ji Chang glanced at the wanted poster near the city wall.

More than half a year has passed, and the wanted poster has become old and damaged.

Not only are the corners warping, but the text and images on it have become blurred due to long-term exposure to wind and sun.

When queuing to enter the city some time ago, Ji Chang heard from others that the flower thief Wan Tianhe on the wanted list did not appear in Heishan County.

Instead, he was spotted elsewhere in the county.

However, this has little to do with Ji Chang.

After returning home, Ji Chang began to boil water and make medicine to improve his strength.

In the past six months, although he has not yet successfully entered the first level, with the nourishment of the medicinal bath and the day and night practice of Eagle Claw Kung Fu.

Ji Chang's physical strength also improved a lot, his skin gradually became thicker and tougher, and he had some characteristics of a martial artist.

This made him more adept when hunting in the mountains and greatly enhanced his ability to deal with danger.

In the past, he could only hunt weaker prey such as hares and pheasants, but now, he is able to challenge more powerful beasts.

Even when facing ferocious beasts, he was able to fight them off with his tough skin and powerful physical strength.

This also made Ji Chang make money a lot faster, so he could buy more medicinal herbs to make the Five Element Bone Strengthening Soup to improve his strength.

However, even so, Ji Chang still only appeared on the outskirts of Black Mountain and was absolutely unwilling to go deeper.

After all, even if one becomes a true warrior, if one encounters a monster in the Black Mountains, then there is only one way to go, and that is death.

To contend with the monsters is definitely not something that low-level warriors like those at the first or second level can do.

……

Two days later, Ji Chang slowly stood up from the large vat filled with medicinal bath.

At this moment, he felt a powerful force surging in his body, as if all the blood in his body was boiling.

He closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and immediately felt the breath in his body become more stable.

Ji Chang knew that his martial arts skills had advanced to the skin refining realm and he had become a martial artist.

He walked out of the vat and changed into a clean set of clothes.

He reached out and pulled out a short knife used for cutting meat from the table beside him, and first carefully scratched his arm.

Ji Chang just felt like he was cutting on a piece of iron.

Ji Chang gradually increased the strength of his hands and continued to cut with force, but the skin on his arm was like iron and did not change at all.

Seeing this scene, Ji Chang raised his hand and slashed at his arm.

In an instant, an almost inaudible "clang" sound was heard.

The blade of the dagger actually left a faint white mark on Ji Chang's skin, but it did not break the skin, and there was no bleeding.

When Ji Chang saw this scene, his face was slightly shocked. If this knife had been used in the past, his arm would have been chopped off long ago.

But now, this dagger couldn't even break his skin.

This is the most intuitive manifestation of the Skin Refining Realm and also the most basic symbol of this realm.

Only when a warrior's skin becomes as tough and thick as iron, can he be considered to have entered the stage of skin refining and become a warrior.

And it's not just the skin. As his strength increases, Ji Chang's body and bones also become stronger.

Feeling the strength of his body, Ji Chang felt a little excited.

(End of this chapter)