bookandnovel Chapter 16 Greatly Increased Strength
Chapter 16 Greatly Increased Strength
Lu Yuan returned home with his belongings in his pocket. After putting down the essence blood of the Wilderness Tiger, Xiao Hua was waiting at the door. As the weather warmed up slightly, she was still wearing a cotton dress, but she had already taken off her sheepskin vest.
She stood gracefully in the courtyard. Now that her clothes were no longer bulky, her figure appeared even taller and more slender, without a single flaw.
"Brother Yuan, dinner's ready."
After putting his things away, Lu Yuan smiled and said, "Hey, you're here."
After saying that, he walked out of the room and walked side by side with Xiao Hua toward the next room.
As soon as I entered, I saw the table was full of food, including meat and vegetables.
There is also a pot of wine.
Xiao Hua's mother also sat down at the table, and when she saw Lu Yuan, she showed a gentle smile: "A Yuan, please sit down."
After spending these days together.
The relationship between the two families became even closer, and the old lady treated Lu Yuan almost like a nephew.
"Why."
Lu Yuan responded and then sat down.
Then, he took out a medicine bottle from his pocket: "Auntie, here are some pills for treating cough and asthma. Take these and they should be more effective than regular medicine."
He bought this casually from the armory for a little over ten taels of silver.
Lu Yuan was able to produce it.
If it were anything else, Xiao Hua's mother would definitely refuse, but there was no way to refuse this medicine, since no one else needed it, and even if she didn't use it herself, there was nothing she could do about it.
He could only put the money away and say, "You child, why are you buying all this stuff? Save your money and buy resources for your own cultivation. Don't waste it on me."
Despite saying that, a hint of emotion still appeared in her eyes.
After all, the mother and daughter depended on each other for survival, and only they knew the hardships they had endured.
In all these years, this is the first time that someone other than Xiao Hua has cared about my health.
"What are you saying? I live all alone, and you are my only elder. It is only right that I show you filial piety."
After Lu Yuan finished speaking, Xiao Hua's mother stopped talking about the topic.
She kept putting food on his plate, saying, "This is snow rabbit meat that we just bought today. Hua'er just stewed it. A-Yuan, you should try it."
Lu Yuan nodded and ate his food heartily.
Xiao Hua poured him a drink.
The three of them enjoyed this rare moment of warmth, just like a family.
Xiao Hua's mother was even somewhat dazed.
"It seems like things could continue like this."
However, reason quickly prevailed over emotion.
However, the way she looked at Lu Yuan had changed from probing and wary to gentle and kind.
After finishing the meal, Xiao Hua cleared away the dishes.
After helping the old lady to bed, Lu Yuan returned to his own home.
The essence and blood of the ferocious tiger of the wilderness cannot be wasted; it must be digested as soon as possible.
After buying the medicine, he probably only had a dozen or so taels of silver left.
That's enough for the normal expenses of the next few days, but if I want to get cultivation materials and speed up my breakthrough, I'll need a lot of money.
Therefore, he dared not indulge in any behavior.
After entering the house, Lu Yuan evenly smeared the essence blood of the wild tiger all over his body and began to practice the "Tiger Subduing Stance".
His body lay face down on the ground, covered in blood, his chest and abdomen heaving with muffled sounds, and his spine rising and falling.
At this moment, Lu Yuan clearly felt a series of stinging pains on his body, obviously because he was absorbing the essence of the tiger's blood.
Before they knew it, two hours had passed.
"Buzz!"
Lu Yuan's muscles trembled all over, and his bones creaked and groaned.
System data suddenly popped into my mind.
[Tiger-Taming Stance Body Tempering (10928/10000 Great Success, Breakthrough Possible?)]
[Golden Bell Cover (10271/10000 Great Completion, Has it broken through?)]
This change delighted Lu Yuan. He had originally thought that he would be able to break through after using the essence blood of the Wilderness Tiger three times.
I didn't expect it to be so effective after just one time.
"breakthrough."
The next moment, Lu Yuan clearly felt that his physical body was undergoing tremendous changes.
Although he hadn't reached the level of bone forging yet, with the improvement of the "Golden Bell Cover" technique, his muscles and bones were much stronger than before.
The most obvious thing was the skin and flesh; a metallic sheen flashed across the body.
With a gentle pull, it becomes much tighter than cowhide.
With his body tempering perfected and the added boost from the Golden Bell Shield, his strength reached an even higher level.
He felt that his muscles and bones were already comparable to the strength of an ordinary person at the minor completion stage.
In other words, although Lu Yuan has not yet broken through to the Bone Forging stage, let alone the Tendon Refining stage, his physical strength is already comparable to that of his opponent.
He can't compare to geniuses at every level, but he's no problem compared to ordinary experts, especially with his powerful swordsmanship.
He could put up a fight against ordinary practitioners.
We could even win the battle.
As for opponents of the same level, he was confident that he could defeat anyone, not even disciples trained by aristocratic families.
At this moment, Lu Yuan's confidence increased greatly.
For the next few days, he spent almost all his time practicing at home, and when he had nothing to do, he would go next door to repair the house, and he experienced a winter covered in ice and snow.
Xiao Hua's roof needs to be repaired. If the snow and ice stains are not cleaned up immediately, the roof will likely leak as the weather gets warmer. This task naturally falls to Lu Yuan.
In the blink of an eye, six or seven days have passed since the end of another shift.
After Lu Yuan's own house and Xiao Hua's house were tidied up.
Early that morning, just after finishing his cultivation.
Lu Yuan opened the system data.
Name: Lu Yuan
Age: 16
[Technique: Eight Forms of Breaking the Edge (3416/50000 Entering Posture)]
【Tiger-Taming Stance Body Tempering (12415/30000 Perfection)】
【Golden Bell Cover (13044/30000 Perfect)】
【The Wolf-Chasing Archery Technique (50123/10000 Mastery)】
[Has the "Spearhead Formation" (10983/10000 (Mastery)) been broken through?]
In the past few days, the essence blood of the Wilderness Tiger has been completely used up, and as expected, it did not disappoint Lu Yuan, as his cultivation level has increased significantly.
This made him even more eager for cultivation supplies.
"breakthrough."
Then, Lu Yuan's understanding of military formations deepened, and a faint military pattern even appeared on his body.
It resembled a sharp arrow.
This is a manifestation of perfect military formation mastery, enabling subordinates to exert twice the combat power when leading them into battle.
Furthermore, one can mobilize the strength of their warriors, transforming themselves into a spearhead, charging to the forefront, and breaking through the enemy's defenses.
It greatly increases one's strength during battle.
【"Wedge Formation" (983/30000 (Perfect))】
Lu Yuan's lips curled up involuntarily. With his current strength, entering the wasteland and dealing with some Northern Barbarian scouts should be no problem.
Even if the other side has more skilled fighters, with the military formation in place, there shouldn't be too much of a problem.
Then, he got up and walked outside.
He was going to find Lao Huang and ask him to inform everyone to get ready.
At the same time, I also went to the Hall of Merit to see if there were any suitable missions.
This time, his goal was to earn enough military merits as quickly as possible and then exchange them for supplies.
If you can reach the rank of centurion, you will have access to more resources.