The First Marquis of Daxuan

Chapter 34: Small Success in Tempering Skin (Please read, collect, and vote for the monthly ticket)
Inside the humble room, Su Mu let out a suppressed growl.

He clenched his fists and gritted his teeth to persevere.

After applying the spiritual liquid to his skin, Su Mu felt as if he had fallen into a boiling pot.

The burning sensation on his skin made him feel like it was about to fall off his skin.

pain!
And it itches!
It was as if countless ants were trying to drill into every pore of the skin, causing a mixture of piercing pain and numbness and itchiness.

Working hard is never an easy thing.

Su Mu gritted his teeth and endured it.

After about a quarter of an hour, the pain, numbness and itching began to gradually subside.

A cool feeling came out from under his skin, and Su Mu felt vaguely comfortable.

First bitter, then sweet. This skin tempering method is really a cycle of hell and heaven.

Su Mu took a short breath and reapplied the remaining spiritual fluid onto his body.

…………

This was repeated three times, and finally the prepared spiritual liquid was used up.

Su Mu sat on the edge of the bed, breathing heavily and sweating profusely.

After resting for a while, the numbness and weakness all over his body gradually disappeared, and he felt that he had regained some strength.

At this time, he couldn't wait to call out the system panel.

[Name: Su Mu]

[Identity: Constable (officer)]

[Points: 60 points]

[Kung Fu: Golden Scale Skin Tempering Method (Not yet started/+)]

[Martial Arts: Fubo Sword Skills (Perfect), Archery (Beginner)]

Looking at the extra line of words on the panel, Su Mu finally smiled.

Martial arts techniques are indeed just like martial arts, they can be improved by adding points.

Moreover, a “+” sign has appeared after the Golden Scale Quenching Method.

So what's there to hesitate about?
"A golden scale cannot stay in a pond. Once it encounters wind and clouds, it will turn into a dragon. Come on, use the Golden Scale Skin Tempering Technique. Let me see your effect!"

Su Mu said to himself, and as soon as he thought about it, he clicked on the "+" sign behind the Golden Scale Skin Tempering Method.

In an instant, Su Mu felt as if a ball of fire suddenly exploded inside his body.

His skin suddenly turned red and he looked like a cooked shrimp.

Then his skin began to fall off and new skin began to grow.

Indescribable pain spread throughout his body. Su Mu opened his mouth wide and breathed heavily as if he was drowning. He wanted to scream but no sound came out.

After an unknown amount of time, Su Mu finally woke up.

The pain that almost made him faint disappeared, replaced by waves of cool feelings.

Su Mu stood up and shook himself slightly.

The skin that had fallen off his body fell down one after another, and the ground was covered with dandruff, which looked like it could drive someone with trypophobia crazy.

Su Mu touched the new skin and felt that the skin seemed to have become tougher.

The side effect is that my skin color has become much darker than before.

Su Mu's original skin color was too fair for a man, but now it is just right, making him look healthier and stronger.

[Name: Su Mu]

[Identity: Constable (officer)]

[Points: 50 points]

[Kung Fu: Golden Scale Skin Tempering Method (Beginner)]

[Martial Arts: Fubo Sword Skills (Perfect), Archery (Beginner)]

After examining the changes in his body, Su Mu called up the system panel again.

I have already gotten started with the Gold Scale Skin Tempering Method. After focusing my thoughts on it, the panel also gave a prompt.

It takes 100 points to go from entry level to minor success. "I still have 50 points now, I just need to earn another 50 points to get 100 points."

Su Mu smiled.

He was originally worried that since the skin hardening method and swordsmanship were different martial arts, it might be more difficult to improve.

Now it seems that the system panel is still very powerful.

It only takes 100 points to get from entry level to minor success in the skin hardening method.

"I am now working as a constable. The basic points I get every day are 10 points. If I include performance, I can get 15 or 50 points sometimes. That only takes four or five days."

Su Mu was very calm about using the system panel to improve his strength.

The points didn't come out of thin air; they were earned through hard work every day, in all kinds of situations.

If you don't do your job, you will have no gains.

Isn't it only natural to use the points you've worked hard to earn to improve your strength?

"But the Body Tempering Method is different from martial arts after all. The improvement of the Body Tempering Method is too painful. It is equivalent to inflicting the entire process of body tempering on me in an instant. I have not been spared any of the suffering I should have endured. On the contrary, because I have to endure it all at once, it is much more painful than normal training."

Su Mu thought to himself, and his scalp still tingled when he recalled his initial experience of learning the skin tempering method.

Just now he had tempered his skin dozens of times in a very short period of time. The pain was indescribable to outsiders.

“No matter how hard it is to practice, it is much better than the pain of being powerless when the time comes.”

Su Mu said in his heart.

He got up and cleaned the room, then fetched some well water to wash his body before going to bed.

…………

Four days passed quickly.

During these four days, Su Mu continued to perform his duties as a constable diligently, without any slackness, and even took the initiative to patrol twice.

Sima He Yuxing and acting chief constable Zhao Ji seemed to have forgotten about him, and the worries about trouble did not happen.

As a small constable, he actually didn't have many opportunities to meet Zhao Ji and He Yuxing.

In his spare time, Su Mu used up the remaining two portions of golden scale beast scale powder.

His main purpose was to accustom himself to the pain of skin tempering, so that next time when he used the system panel to upgrade, he might not be in so much pain.

"call!"

After using up the last of the spiritual liquid, Su Mu collapsed on the bed, gasping for breath.

Compared to the first time he practiced the Golden Scale Skin Tempering Method, he felt much better this time. At least the pain, numbness and itching were bearable.

"I'm almost used to it, and we can move on to the next step."

Su Mu said to himself.

Then the system interface was called out.

[Points: 110 points]

[Kung Fu: Golden Scale Skin Tempering Method (Beginner/+)]

On the system interface, the two most critical lines have quietly changed.

As he performed his duties diligently, he had accumulated 110 points, which enabled him to upgrade the Golden Scale Skin Tempering Technique to "Minor Success".

After preparing himself mentally, Su Mu thought about it and consumed points to upgrade the Golden Scale Skin Tempering Technique.

boom!
Su Mu's body suddenly arched up and his expression instantly became distorted.

Even though he was prepared, the sudden pain still almost made him faint.

He felt as if he was thrown into a frying pan, with boiling oil all around him. The hot oil caused his skin to blister, erode, and heal over and over again.

Months or even a year of skin-hardening experience are all superimposed in this moment.

The severe pain finally exceeded Su Mu's tolerance limit. His consciousness came to a standstill and he fainted.

But even though he fainted, the transformation of his body did not stop.

His skin peeled off layer by layer, just like a snake shedding its skin, and soon he had a thick layer of dandruff under him.

His skin color darkened again, his fair skin turned into wheat color, and faintly revealed a metallic luster.

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