The First Marquis of Daxuan

Chapter 33: Gold Scale Skin Hardening Method (Please read, collect, and vote for the monthly recommendation)

Xing Zhaofu was the chief constable of Nancheng Division. He was rich and powerful, but he was over 40 years old before he reached the third level of Body Tempering.

The leader of Black Dragon Village was a robber, so naturally he had no shortage of money. He was already over thirty years old when he broke through the third level of body tempering.

The threshold for admission to the Taiping Division is to be under 20 years old and have reached the fourth level of body tempering.

Even if the age limit is removed, among the hundreds of thousands of people in South City, no one can reach the standard of the fourth level of body tempering.

"The entire Wuling City has a population of millions. As far as I know, the number of people who have reached the fourth level of Body Tempering under the age of 20 can be counted on one hand."

Yang Jin continued, "The He family behind Nancheng Sima is a large family in the inner city. They have no shortage of body tempering methods or cultivation resources. Among the younger generation, only one person has cultivated to the fourth level of body tempering before the age of 20.

Do you understand how difficult it is to put it this way? "

"I'm only sixteen, and there are still four years until I'm twenty. How do you know that I can't cultivate to the fourth level of body tempering?"

Su Mu said calmly.

"Four years of training to reach the fourth level of body tempering? So what I just said was in vain?"

Yang Jin said unhappily, "The eldest son of the He family has been bathing his body with various medicinal herbs since he was three years old, and he began practicing the body-tempering method at the age of six. The body-tempering herbs alone cost at least a thousand taels of silver every year. Even so, he was already nineteen years old when he reached the fourth level of body-tempering. What makes you think you can do that?"

"Okay, I'm just talking."

Su Mu did not explain, "Where is the Taiping Division's office?"

"You still don't give up?"

Yang Jin sighed, "The headquarters of the Taiping Division is naturally in the capital. There are only a few people stationed in the branch office in Wuling City. It is in the inner city, so don't think too much. You can't even enter the inner city now, let alone join the Taiping Division."

Su Mu's eyes flickered and a thoughtful look appeared on his face.

He didn't care about the difficulties Yang Jin mentioned because he had connections in the Taiping Division.

However, it is a problem that you cannot enter the inner city. If you cannot even enter the inner city, you naturally cannot see Brother Taiping.

Under normal circumstances, ordinary constables are not qualified to enter or leave the inner city unless they have a document signed by Sima He Yuxing.

Given his relationship with He Yuxing, there's no need to count on that.

Alternatively, if you can become a team boss, you will also be eligible to enter and leave the inner city.

As for sneaking in, Su Mu didn't even think about it. The inner city was heavily guarded and there were many experts. If he really sneaked in, he might be beaten to death by accident, and he would have no place to cry.

"Old Yang, do you have any way to get the body tempering method?"

Su Mu asked thoughtfully.

There is another way to enter the inner city, that is to become a warrior in the Body Tempering Realm.

Even if he is at the Body Tempering Stage, he is qualified to be the squad leader. Even if the South City Division does not give him a position, there will always be a place for him in the East City Division, West City Division, or North City Division.

"Body Tempering Method——"

Yang Jin hesitated for a moment, "There is a way, but it requires money, and I don't have much money right now."

Su Mu looked at Yang Jin deeply. Comrade Yang was indeed a man with a story. He knew so much and had so many brothers who were as close as brothers in life and death to him. No one knew why he was expelled from the army in the first place.

"I have a few property deeds in the inner city. Do you think you can exchange them for a body-tempering technique?"

Su Mu said.

"can."

Yang Jin hesitated for a moment and then agreed.

…………

Yang Jin was a reliable man. He took away Xing Zhaofu's property deeds and brought Su Mu a body-tempering method in just three days.

"The Golden Scale Skin Tempering Method. This is the best skin tempering method I can find."

Yang Jin placed a booklet in front of Su Mu and said, "There are four levels of body tempering. First the skin, then the flesh, then the tendons and bones. Step by step, the first level of body tempering is skin tempering."

"In theory, the Body Tempering Method only requires daily hard training, and you can use the slow grinding process to accumulate step by step and move up step by step.

But in fact, any tempering of the body will cause damage to the body, and may even cause hidden injuries to accumulate, which will erupt when you get older.

The better the body tempering method, the less damage it will cause to the body. This "Golden Scale Skin Tempering Method" is a method that came from the Yulong Sect, and it is also very good, with minimal damage to the body. "Yang Jin explained a few words. The Yulong Sect was once a very powerful sect, but later it was wiped out by the Taiping Division because of a crime, and some of the martial arts in the sect were also passed down.

"But if the clan hadn't been wiped out, the Golden Scale Skin Tempering Method would not have been spread out. It was originally a body tempering method that only the true disciples of the Yulong Sect were qualified to practice."

Yang Jin said.

While Su Mu was flipping through the secret book, he was secretly amazed at Yang Jin's extraordinary skills.

He can actually get this kind of body tempering method. It seems that there are more secrets about Yang Jin than he thought.

"The Golden Scale Skin Tempering Method does very little harm to the body, and the effect is excellent after practicing it, but it has a major drawback."

Yang Jin continued.

"What shortcomings?"

Su Mu asked.

"To practice the Golden Scale Skin Tempering Method, one needs to find a rare golden scale beast, take its scales, grind them into powder, add medicinal herbs to mix it into a spiritual liquid and apply it on the skin."

Yang Jin said, "This kind of powder of golden scales is also sold in medicine shops, one tael for one gold. It takes one tael to practice once."

Su Mu: "..."

Is this a hardened skin? This is krypton gold!
The skins in online games are not that expensive.

Each time you practice, you will get at least one or two taels of gold. Lao Yang, do you have any misunderstandings about me?
Why do you think I can practice this "Golden Scale Skin Tempering Method"?
Am I worthy?
"The seller gave me three ounces of golden scale beast scale powder along with the secret book. You'll have to figure out a way to use it up yourself."

Yang Jin handed over a small cloth bag and said casually.

Su Mu blinked his eyes. Is there such a good thing?

The value of the powder of the golden-scaled beast's scales alone is probably not much less than those property deeds.

He looked at Yang Jin, and Yang Jin looked straight at him without avoiding.

That’s right, I want you to owe me a favor.

Yang Jin did this favor in an open and aboveboard manner.

For the first time, Su Mu felt that the person Yang Jin wanted him to help kill in the future might be a big trouble.

However, things have come to this point, and if he is asked to push the body tempering method out, he definitely cannot do it.

No matter what, turn it into your own strength first. As for trouble, you can deal with it later when it really comes.

…………

In the rented courtyard.

Su Mu looked through the secret book carefully and memorized it carefully.

The skin quenching method is different from the Fu Bo sword technique he practiced before. It requires the help of external objects to practice.

The powder of golden-scaled beast scales and a variety of medicinal materials are mixed into a spiritual liquid, which is applied to the surface of the skin. The skin absorbs the medicinal power and undergoes transformation, gradually becoming tough and even able to withstand blows.

This method of quenching the skin is much better than the method of quenching the skin simply by hitting or grinding.

Of course, it is also much more expensive than those methods.

"The secret manual says that for those with medium qualifications, it will take one year for the skin to be tempered to a minor degree, two years for a major degree, and three years for perfection."

Su Mu looked at the description on the spread-out secret book and muttered something in a low voice.

It takes three years for a person of medium aptitude to fully temper his skin. If one practices once a day, three years will cost a fortune.

If your qualifications are slightly worse, it will only take more time and money.

"To mix the spiritual liquid used for cultivation, apart from the powder of the golden-scaled beast's scales, it would cost three taels of silver to buy all the other medicinal materials!"

Su Mu looked painful as he began to carefully prepare the spiritual liquid.

The powder of golden-scaled beast scales has strong medicinal properties. If it is not mixed properly, it can easily burn human skin.

According to the secret book, Su Mu carefully prepared the spiritual liquid, then took off all his clothes and applied the spiritual liquid to every part of his body.

(End of this chapter)