Text-based martial arts: A nighttime rendezvous with the gang leader's wife in a dilapidated te

Chen Xuan's next three days were very regular.

After deciding on the three elixir formulas, he spent his days getting up an hour early to practice the Five Animal Frolics, refine elixirs, and study and consult medical techniques.

Chen Xuan even discovered a blind spot.

Or rather, it is a technique in the martial arts itself.

While he was practicing the Five Animal Frolics and studying medical books while his computer was AFK, he could also practice the Five Animal Frolics in real life.

That's right.

The player character in the game and the player character in real life can practice together while the game is running, which makes the experience points for the Five Animal Frolics increase faster.

Real-world changes can even have a slight impact on games!

This also meant that on the third day, without using any potential points, Chen Xuan finally mastered the Five Animal Frolics to the second level!

You can unlock another form of the Five Animals, which can permanently increase the corresponding attribute by 1 point if the corresponding attribute is ≤2 points!

Chen Xuan placed the mark on the "Deer Play" to increase his fortune.

Of course, as mentioned before, attribute points in the game can be freely switched, so there's no need to worry about improvement.

Moreover, after the fishing incident, Chen Xuan had gained a clearer understanding of Fu Yuan.

None of these five attributes are useless.

And over these three days...

Chen Xuan's progress can be described as remarkable.

First and foremost, the biggest improvement was undoubtedly in his alchemy skills, enhanced by his extraordinary comprehension. Three days of pill refining, along with Cao Qing's occasional guidance, enabled Chen Xuan's alchemy skills to break through to the third level two days ago, reaching 90% of level 3, just a little bit away from breaking through to the fourth level!

They have reached the point of "getting a glimpse of the basics".

Meanwhile, Chen Xuan gradually became more proficient in refining the three types of pills he had chosen.

Of these three pills, besides the Yang-Boosting Pill initially chosen, the other two are also relatively special. One of them is the Blood-Exploding Pill, which can increase strength and agility by 1 point for a short time, but after half an hour, it will cause blood and qi to become disordered and enter a state of internal injury.

Another one is even more special, called Bone-Eroding Powder.

As you can tell from the name, this is not a legitimate elixir, but a genuine poison.

Even Cao Qing frowned slightly after seeing Chen Xuan's choice, but in the end he just nodded and didn't say anything more.

Clearly, Chen Xuan had reasons for doing so.

His mysterious origins and the mission he was tasked with a month after his birth forced him to do everything in his power to ensure his own safety!

As for medical skills, they also improved rapidly, breaking through to level three and reaching level 3 (56%).

However, perhaps because his abilities and speed had improved too quickly, Cao Qing had been quite demanding of himself these past few days.

Originally, as he had said, he wasn't asked to refine the pills or maintain contact with the Shen family.

This was quite a pity for Chen Xuan.

Compared to improving these abilities, if possible, he would rather spend these few days exploring more adventures and gaining more potential points!

As a result, nowadays, because he has performed too well, he has been locked up at home by Old Cao like a good boy, which has prevented him from going to Shen Fu, the steward of the Shen family, to participate in the "embezzlement" adventure, which is now possible since his attributes have reached the required level.

Even the original plan to explore more than 75% of the Shen family mansion to see the fixed encounters in that scene has no chance.

Fortunately, today seems a little different:

Location: Backyard of Shen's Pharmacy, East Gate of Jinling City

[Time: 10:00 AM, the third quarter of the 9th day of the 8th month of the 4th year of Tianwu]

You let out a long sigh of relief.

[Watching the furnace gradually die down, and the 'Yang-Boosting Pill' poured out of it.]

You wiped the sweat from your brow, feeling that all your hard work these past few days hadn't been in vain.

Although Cao Qing, who was standing to the side, was quite puzzled by your choice of pill formula, he was quite impressed with your talent for alchemy!

"Very good, this time the pill production is much more stable. You have completely mastered the Yang-Boosting Pill, just like you have the Rejuvenating Pill..."

His facial expression remained unchanged, but you could still see the astonishment in his eyes.

[You silently activated a fate-defying technique, reverting your terrifying comprehension, which had reached 8 points through alchemy, back to its basic form of 3 points in strength and 3 points in agility.]

However, seeing your intention to continue cleaning the furnace, he quickly spoke again:

"Alright, stop refining for now. Come with me to the Shen family later! Shen Qiu is back, and the Shen family wants us to go over there. We can't just use their medicinal herb shop for free."

You paused slightly, "Shen Qiu? This name seems to be the one mentioned during the Shen family council meeting—the Shen family disciple who joined the Golden Dragon Society!"

You've become interested.

[After boarding Cao Qing's carriage, the two of you left the city and arrived at the Shen family's residence in less than the time it takes for an incense stick to burn.]

You followed Cao Qing all the way to the main courtyard of the Cao family. This time, however, besides the steward Shen Fu, there were three other figures in the front courtyard: the eldest young master Shen Han, a handsome young man, and a young girl of only sixteen or seventeen.

Upon seeing Cao Qing arrive, the young man made no move. Shen Han rose and bowed respectfully from a distance, saying, "Physician Cao."

Shen Fu also hurriedly came forward: "Dr. Cao, the master and the others are waiting for you in the inner room!"

Cao Qing nodded, glanced at you, and said, "Why don't you wait here for a bit?"

Watching Cao Qing go inside, Shen Fu respectfully said, "Young Master Chen, you can wait here for a moment. Eldest Young Master, Young Master Qiu and Miss Han are all your age, so you must have a lot in common."

[This guy's words seemed rather pointed, but you didn't refuse, because you were indeed quite interested in Shen Qiu and the Golden Dragon Society behind him.]

You nodded and sat down in the hall without any hesitation.

You felt the scrutinizing gazes of the other three. Shen Han wore a calm smile, Shen Qiu's eyes were filled with a thorough examination, but only the so-called Miss Han looked at you with bright eyes.

"I really don't know what Grandpa was thinking. Such a fine natural treasure, why not just have Elder Ge of the Golden Dragon Society refine it? Can our family's Guest Elder Cao really refine a 'Minor Yuan Pill'?"

Shen Qiu spoke with some impatience.

Shen Han glanced at you, his brows furrowing slightly: "Physician Cao's abilities are extremely strong, especially in alchemy; she is absolutely no less skilled than the alchemists in the sect."

At this point, he cupped his hands in a respectful gesture towards you: "Brother Chen, I, Qiu, have been practicing martial arts on Golden Dragon Island for many years and have only just returned. I am not very familiar with Doctor Cao and have offended him in any way. Please do not take it to heart..."

You waved your hand.

Shen Qiu pursed his lips, clearly not taking you and Cao Qing seriously. But then, as if he had just thought of something, he spoke with a radiant expression:

"Brother, have you heard about the big events in the martial world? Two days ago, in Yangzhou..."

Shen Han raised an eyebrow: "What?"

Shen Qiu spoke mysteriously, "The upstart 'Feng Wuyai,' who just made it onto the Earth Ranking last month, was found dead at the Wan Hua Lou in Yangzhou just two days ago! Rumor has it he was killed in the Earth Ranking battle. Tsk tsk, what a gruesome death..."

【What?】

At this moment, it wasn't just Shen Han and that Miss Han.

Even Chen Xuan froze in front of his screen.