I began to understand the myriad things by chopping wood

Chapter 106 Rapid Improvement

Purple dragon vine, no more than one foot long, has tough vines that are impervious to water and fire. It has purple veins tangled on it, along with branching vines and light purple leaves, which looks quite strange.

Just to get this piece of vine, which is less than the length of your forearm, you need a first-class merit.

What is the value of the first-class merit? According to the classification of the escort agency, you must involve four levels of enemies and make corresponding contributions to obtain this kind of merit.

A fourth-level martial arts master can open a big martial arts school in Yunzhao, but it is not easy to find one everywhere. Even for a few escort leaders, it is difficult to accumulate such merits. Even a few third-level escort leaders such as Lu Zhenyu, Zhao Xingyang and Xu Mo before, have not won a few first-class merits. They still rely on accumulating contributions and exchanging quantity for quality.

Therefore, the A-grade merit is almost the limit in the escort agency, and the skills, treasures, and elixirs open to the escort members for exchange can be freely selected based on the A-grade merit.

And this Purple Dragon Vine is obviously the most precious one among them. Even if one has Grade A merit, one can only exchange for a small one.

"There are only two purple dragon vines in the escort agency. They are precious and hard to get if you want them."

The old pharmacist in the pharmacy introduced:

"The description is simple, but the effect is unparalleled, and it is not an exaggeration. This thing can not only improve the blood and qi, but also unclog the meridians and strengthen the tendons, killing two birds with one stone. If you warriors who practice tendons take it, your cultivation will be directly improved without further tempering. It is the top-level precious medicine at this stage. Even warriors who have already practiced the third or even fourth level will take this medicine for tonic. This medicine has always had the effect of replenishing blood, and even if you have practiced the tendons to the great success, you can go a step further and strengthen yourself a lot."

The old pharmacist took out the purple dragon vine and showed it to the public. It was dotted with purple leaves, and the vine itself looked more crystal-like. It was obviously different from ordinary herbs at first glance.

Xie Yuan looked at it and nodded:
"It seems that there is a reason why it is expensive."

"You get what you pay for. The escort agency's pricing is not to cheat its own people, and there is still a subsidy. Xiao Xie, you chose this, and I think it is suitable."

The old pharmacist stroked his beard and commented.

Xie Yuan had been choosing for a while and felt that this one was the most in line with his expectations, so he made the decision:
"Then it's Purple Dragon Vine! I'd better trouble you to fry it for me."

"Of course. Come and get it tomorrow morning. It will be ready by then. Divide it into three portions and drink it once a day. Then stay at home and practice hard to make the medicine work."

"Thank you, sir."

"You're welcome. The materials and labor cost a total of 107 taels of silver."

The old pharmacist said with a smile.

Xie Yuan closed his mouth, took out a few large silver ingots and some change, and handed them to the old pharmacist.

Auxiliary medicines naturally cost money, but they are definitely much cheaper than outside. They are not very expensive and can be exchanged directly for silver, just a mere one hundred taels.

This also emptied Xie Yuan's family assets.

If he hadn't made another great contribution this time, he probably wouldn't even be able to afford the money for the auxiliary medicine.

After all, first-class merit is already a huge reward, priceless, and the escort agency just gave Xie Yuan some money as a token of appreciation.

But Xie Yuan secretly complained that the escort agency could be more considerate, as the money would never be enough to spend.

Xie Yuan just complained about the 100 taels of auxiliary medicine he bought casually. He didn't feel much in his heart, and he no longer exchanged it for a few times of tea at Tieyimen. The next morning, Xie Yuan came to the pharmacy to get the medicine and returned to his room.

After shaking a portion of the purple liquid medicine, Xie Yuan tilted his head back and drank it all in one gulp.

"call!"

As the medicine entered his stomach, Xie Yuan exhaled a breath of hot air, and his stomach felt as if it was burning.

It felt like there was a hot spring in my stomach, emitting unbearable heat that instantly penetrated the internal organs, muscles, and bones, and radiated to all parts of the body.

Xie Yuan felt that his blood and energy were surging involuntarily, and his hands and feet were full of energy. He couldn't help but directly set up the Arhat Post and practiced it over and over again, training his blood and energy over and over again, feeling the blood and energy growing visibly with the naked eye.

"It feels so good! It replenishes my essence and blood. It's true!"

Xie Yuan was excited. The effect of this medicine was too obvious!

In just this short moment, just a cup of tea, his progress in cultivation was greater than that of a whole day!
The increase in blood and energy was only one of the factors. Xie Yuan could also feel that the tendons between the bones and flesh, the blood and energy, and the places that were difficult to be tempered by ordinary precious medicines were also slowly but noticeably becoming tougher under the heat of the medicine, as if they were soaking in warm water, warm and comfortable, and slowly becoming flexible and strong.

Xie Yuan had plenty of blood and energy but was worried about where to use it, so he used the heat from the medicine to temper his muscles.

With these two approaches, the progress in stretching the muscles, which is the most troublesome and requires the most patience among the four stages of external training, increased rapidly.

Although strengthening the tendons is only the third stage, and is not as critical, connecting the previous and the next stages, and providing a huge improvement as the fourth stage of strengthening the bones, but in terms of the level of detail and the test of patience, this stage is the most important.

The tendons are attached and interspersed between the muscles and bones, wrapped in layers, and are not very large. It is difficult for martial artists with external training to accurately control the blood and qi to allow them to exercise the tendons steadily. If you are not careful, the blood and qi will spread into the muscles and bones, and only one in ten can be used by the target.

Therefore, even though the blood and energy required for tendon training is not sufficient and is far less than that required for bone strengthening, it is still a relatively delicate job that requires effort in terms of difficulty.

But after the tendon training is completed, the benefits are equally huge. Compared with before, the warriors who have practiced the third level have greatly increased their ability to withstand and exert more strength, not to mention the changes in physical fitness brought about by the improvement of the blood and qi realm, because their tendons are expanded and tough and strong.

An ordinary warrior has 100% strength, but due to flexibility and force-generating posture, he may not be able to fully utilize it. A warrior who has mastered tendon training has greatly utilized the potential of his body and can basically exert as much strength as he has, and he has fast bursts of power, strong force, and excellent flexibility. Even if his posture is not correct during battle, or he is hit with great force, he is not likely to injure his tendons and bones, which also increases his defense.

There are four levels of external training, and each level brings a transformation. This is not an empty statement.

Other warriors, when training their muscles, would temper them as if they were carving a treasure, for fear of wasting blood and energy or accidentally hurting themselves. It can be said that slow work produces fine work, and it is impossible to speed up even if they want to.

Xie Yuan was different. He drank a portion of purple dragon vine liquid, which was a large amount and enough to make him full. The sufficient blood and energy, combined with the boiling power of the medicine, extended directly to the bones and flesh to train the tendons. Combined with the health-preserving exercises, it nourished the whole body in an endless stream, highlighting a simple and crude approach.

Careful? Annoying? Not true, I didn’t feel it.

In addition, the Golden Bell Cover is one of the magical powers of Buddhism, and the external training method is quite advanced, so Xie Yuan's practice efficiency is self-evident.

The blood and energy were rising rapidly, and the muscles were constantly strengthened. This was reflected outside in the fact that the Golden Bell Cover was making continuous leaps in progress. Xie Yuan's strength was increasing rapidly, until three days later, he broke through directly.

[Golden Bell Cover, Level 1: (1000/)]

(End of this chapter)