Chapter 17 (1/2)

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation  Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Xu Yang followed the lead of the Mystical Warrior called Lao Liu back to his home.

Many people’s attention had been attracted along the way. Among them was Xu Zhengfei who gritted his teeth, thinking of getting revenge on Xu Yang. He was dumbfounded when he saw Xu Yang coming back with a Mystical Warrior at his side.

Although the Xu family had guards of those in the stage of Mystical Warriors and even Mystical Masters, Xu Zhengfei had no right to command them. After all, Xu Yang was still a member of Lin Yuan’s Xu family. These guards would not help Xu Zhengfei bully Xu Yang. That would break the rules.

‘Hmph. Consider yourself lucky! I will go directly to your residence and humiliate you after the Mystical Warrior is gone.’ Xu Zhengfei stared angrily at Xu Yang who disappeared around the street corner.

“Where should I place it, Mr. Xu?” Lao Liu had carried the bronze ding all the way but his face did not turn red and he was not panting. He had shown the strong physical strength of a Mystical Warrior.

“Thank you. Just place it in the house.” Xu Yang pointed to a position and said.

The Mystical Warrior named Lao Liu nodded his head and put the medicine ding down carefully. He asked, “Mr. Xu, what else can I help you with?” He knew that the Young Officer favored Xu Yang. Therefore, he spoke to Xu Yang quite politely without any arrogance as a Mystical Warrior.

“No, thank you.” Xu Yang took out two Wolf Coins from his purse and gave them to him. “Here is a token of my appreciation. Kindly accept it.”

It was an unexpected gain to get two Wolf Coins with such little effort. Lao Liu’s salary as a guardian of the Thousand-Treasure Pavilion was only twenty Wolf Coins.

Lao Liu accepted it and chuckled with a smile. “Please let me know if you have any missions in the future, Mr. Xu.” Then, he walked out of the courtyard.

Of course, Xu Yang knew that this was merely Lao Liu’s way of being polite. He would not take it seriously.

Everything was finally ready. Xu Yang was going to start cultivating Rock Body.

Cultivating Rock Body did not require an elixir but it used the medicinal bath method which absorbs the medicinal power from the outer to the inner body. This would reduce the trouble Xu Yang had to go through. He prepared a lot of firewood which he then piled under the ding. Then, he poured a few buckets of clean water and put a part of the required herbs into the water. Lastly, he closed the lid and cooked it on the burning fire.

“Unfortunately, I’m still not a Mystical Warrior. I’m unable to control the fire freely without the Fire-Extreme Mystical Power, and many exquisite alchemy techniques of later generations can’t be used…” It truly was a shame, but he then came to and recovered his spirits, “However, I know many low-grade ordinary elixirs with excellent medicinal power that I can produce. I can use them to make some money.”

Just when he was thinking about that, steam came out of the airhole of the ding’s cover and a spicy pungent smell spread around it. Xu Yang opened the cover and found that the original clear water had turned into a light black liquid.

Xu Yu had gone to the fabric shop so there was no one else at home. Xu Yang jumped into the ding after taking off his clothes. He took a deep breath and sank into the black medicinal liquid.

The mist of Mystical Energy in his Star Ocean billowed quickly. The black liquid in the ding permeated into Xu Yang’s body as he initiated the technique.

Every cell in Xu Yang’s body was vigorously absorbing the medicinal power. They condensed, compressed, and continued absorbing… and his bones became sturdier, while his flesh became firmer and his skin more flexible.

This process was undoubtedly painful, it was like scraping his bones with a blunt knife, but Xu Yang gritted his teeth and endured the pain. The pores on his skin were constantly releasing impurities, making his body stronger.

No pain no gain. This ancient proverb was also quite reasonable on the road of cultivating Mystical Power.

This medicinal bath lasted fifteen minutes. The original pure black medicinal liquid had become turbid when Xu Yang stood up in the ding. Xu Yang knew that it was because he had absorbed the medicinal power while discharging the impurities of the body.

Xu Yang immediately began to cultivate Rock Body after drying his body hastily.

After absorbing the medicinal power, the cultivation of Rock Body required one to treat his body as a weapon as it could be accomplished only after thousands of times of refining.

There was a huge bluestone in Xu Yang’s courtyard that was leaning against the wall. It was about the height of two people and weighed about a hundred juns. The shirtless Xu Yang huffed once, hit his shoulder on the bluestone and started rubbing vigorously against it.

Xu Yang’s skin was much tougher than ordinary people’s. It did not break when rubbed on the uneven bluestone surface. However, the skin that started off pale white slowly started to scrape and redden after dozens and hundreds of times of rubbing against the surface.

There were bursts of pain but Xu Yang ignored it. He continued to rub other parts of his body against the surface. Every inch of his skin was damaged but soon a refreshing medicinal power came out of his body to quickly repair the damage and make the new skin stronger.