104 More Training (1/2)

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”Hooo…”

Raven exhaled a mouthful of foul air, he glanced at the vast space before before him and stood up. This action should've been easy and simple, but inside the Crown Space, this is anything else except easy.

It had been a few hours since he came back to his dwelling. He finished his matters in the Pill Saint Pavilion and is now resuming his training inside the Crown Space.

His demonstration in front of Richard and Jacob went without a hitch, afterwards he demanded a Level 1 Alchemist badge from Richard. In all honesty, the old man was prepared to give him an Elder Badge should he asked for it, and in fact he even directly offered it to him which didn't surprise Raven at the very least.

Richard wasn't really breaking any law within the organization by placing Raven in the Elder Position, this is because of the recipe for the Healing Salve, by giving this to the pavilion, it could be said that he completed a mission already which rewarded him with that position.

But for the sake of staying low profile, Raven refused the position and said that it would be better if he follow the common fact, he wasn't lacking any time and he could always give support to the pavilion as long as he remained as a member.

After he left the place, Richard immediately sent a letter towards the Chief Director of the main branch. He didn't reveal much on the letter because he knew that it's better for the chief to see it directly and he was also afraid that some unwanted people might discover it early and he didn't want that to happen.

As expected, the Chief Director came and became extremely stunned by this news. He immediately performed several tests using live subjects and the elixir worked fantastically! As he was planning to order some servants to empty the market with ingredients they need, Richard stepped forward and gave him a better idea.

They will hoard in secret, it's better to remain rather discreet about it. The idea was to order some clueless civilians to buy the materials needed. This method would be a bit slower but it's more stealthy. After that, they will concoct as many healing salves as they could and take their competitors by surprise with a sudden announcement. That way, the profits they will receive would be much bigger. Find authorized novels in Webnovel，faster updates, better experience，Please clickfor visiting.

This ingenious plan was received well by the Chief Director and they decided to follow it. On the next following days, the Pill Saint Pavilion should remain peaceful on the surface but silently preparing for their massive comeback, until then nothing new should happen.

While the Pill Saint Pavilion was busy, the one who caused this was inside a spacious land filled with flora, if it weren't for this ridiculous supression, he might've been able to appreciate this view even more.

Sitting down is already a pain in the ass, literally, much less trying to move around. But Raven knew that his precious time here shouldn't be wasted by just sitting down. Obviously, he has other plans.

He stood up with great difficulty, gnashing his teeth to endure the supression, he went into a horse stance and conditioned his mind to polish his fist art under this mighty supression.

The [Iron Mountain Blows] has several moves listed such as: 'Iron Fist', 'Tremors', 'Iron Mountain Supression', 'Hardening', 'Return' and 'Grand Iron Collapse'.

So far, Raven mastered the first three techniques, it's just that he had been occupied with other things that prevented him from mastering more. Nevertheless, he figured that since he's facing an incredible pressure right now, might as well go all the way when it comes to strengthening himself.

Still on a horse stance, Raven summoned a good chunk of his energies for him to knead, using his delicate control, he evenly applied this energies onto his body to form a thin layer of defense. But that's just the first step, next he has to condense each part of that outer layer, similar to how he would perform an Iron Fist, but for his whole body.

This process is incredibly taxing for multiple reasons. One, he is an awkward position where the threat of giving into the pressure is always present. Two, the pressure itself is powerful enough to disperse any foreign energy just by existing. And finally, he has to endure and resist the pressure whilst performed a very tedious task.

It's not a an understatement to say that this kind of training is downright insane, but Raven wanted to do it since he knew above anyone else that there are no shortcuts to strength. He will have to eventually face more challenging enemies and circumstances, if he doesn't have enough strength to back him up, then all would be for naught.