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

[You have activated "Defying Fate," and your eyes are now filled with a faint golden light. Destiny, time, and cause and effect are as clear before your eyes as the lines on your palm!]

[A special adventure will be triggered based on the special item: the martial arts manual "Azure Sea Stabilizing Stake"]

【The Lost Treasure of Canglan (1): Canglan Sea-Stabilizing Stake, this martial art, which is only at the 'mortal' level, seems to hide some unimaginable amazing secret. However, to see through this secret, one undoubtedly needs to have achieved some success!

If one can cultivate it to the level of "First Glimpse of the Path (3)", one may discover some extraordinary aspects of this seemingly insignificant but intimidating stance training. At the same time, it will trigger subsequent adventures!

(Note: This martial art cannot be improved using potential points, but it does not affect the practice of other stance training techniques! Also, practicing this stance training technique requires entering the water; the deeper the water, the higher the water pressure, and the faster the training speed!)

That's all?

Chen Xuan frowned slightly. He knew that the triggered random encounters did not have their grade displayed directly.

The same was true of the dragonfish leaping over the dragon gate.

But he really didn't expect that such an inconspicuous skill would have such a development.

Most importantly, this stance training cannot be improved using potential points? Moreover, practicing this stance training does not affect the practice of other stance training?

Didn't Lao Cao say that practicing two stance training methods at the same time would have a poor effect?

Apart from the special mental cultivation technique of "Fish Leaping Over the Dragon Gate", Chen Xuan had never seen anything that could not be improved with potential points!

Thinking of this, Chen Xuan let out a breath and looked again at the withered tree stump of Shennong beside him:

[Shennong's Dead Tree Stump (Site)]

[The secret of Medicine King Valley! The stance training based on the concepts of forcing life through death, stimulating life through desperate situations, and bringing withered trees back to life. During practice, it needs to be stimulated and activated with medicinal soup!]

Each breakthrough to a higher realm enhances physical attributes and innate talent. With even modest success, one's life force becomes inexhaustible; reaching mastery grants immunity to all poisons! Upon completion, one can cultivate the Medicine King Valley's top-grade Earth-level internal skill, "The Everlasting Spring of Withered Wood," to break through to the Acquired Realm.

[Cultivation Requirements: Medical Skill ≥ Level 4, Physical Constitution ≥ Level 5]

Clearly, the real treasure is this withered tree stump of Shennong standing before us.

However, Chen Xuan's gaze kept involuntarily drawn to the Canglan Sea-Stabilizing Stake!

This kind of martial art, which has a sequel, is considered trash by others, and is difficult to master, isn't it the ultimate classic, a divine skill exclusively for the protagonist?

As for whether I am the main character?

Damn it, I've defied the heavens! Damn it, I've changed my fate!

If I'm not the main character, then who is?

Chen Xuan rested his chin on his hand, clicked to add both martial arts techniques to his inventory, and made up his mind!

I can't rest easy without trying it! Besides, the fact that the Canglan Dinghai Stance can be used to practice other stances at the same time is enough to prove its special nature!

[You're ready. This Azure Sea-Stabilizing Stake is clearly a martial art tailor-made for you!]

Besides, you have advantages that others don't have; it would be a shame not to give it a try.

[You have reopened the Azure Sea Stabilizing Stake, and memorized its contents and postures perfectly!]

[System notification: You have initially mastered the stance training: Canglan Dinghai Stance!]

[System Prompt: This stance training requires submersion in water. Current level experience: 0 (Not yet mastered)]

[As you were experiencing the power of the Sea-Stabilizing Stake, the door reopened, and Cao Qing walked in carrying a steaming bowl of fish soup.]

[You can tell from the taste that Cao Qing's cooking skills are pretty good.]

Moreover, the quality of the raw materials is truly exceptional! The flesh of the golden pufferfish is incredibly fresh and delicious, and this cooking method makes it even more irresistible!

Even Cao Qing couldn't help but nod in praise several times.

The two of you devoured a whole pot of fish soup in no time.

[You're feeling all warm. This time, your strength didn't increase again, but you can feel that the shoulder wound, which was still a little painful, is now numb and itchy. The pink new flesh is healing at lightning speed.]

"Several medicinal herbs are missing here, so I can't brew that 'Rejuvenating Tree Soup' for you! Come with me; you'll have to learn how to brew this soup yourself!"

You have no room or reason to refuse Cao Qing's words.

So, instead of wandering around the large pharmacies in Jinling City for a while, by the time you returned, the sun was already high in the sky.

[Concocting medicinal soup is, in essence, much simpler than alchemy. With both your alchemy and medical skills at the fifth level, this kind of concoction will not be difficult for you.]

Seeing that you had perfectly prepared this tonic soup according to the method I just taught you, Cao Qing nodded in satisfaction, his eyes filled with pride.

Upon learning that you had completely mastered the "Green Book," Cao Qing's face showed even greater joy and surprise.

Your talent has once again exceeded his expectations.

Cao Qing's favorability towards you increases by 2, current favorability: 71 (Close Friendship)

He praised with great satisfaction: "The way of medicine may seem to be just about treating illnesses and saving lives, but the art of medicine itself is about regulating and deeply understanding the human body! And the more advanced one's medical skills, the smoother the progress in martial arts will be. Those who can establish their own schools of thought in medicine are at least martial arts grandmasters!"

After saying that, he thought for a moment, then took out another book and handed it to you. This book, relatively speaking, was much more well-known.

The book is titled "The Inner and Outer Canon," and it's available in bookstores throughout Nanjing; it's considered a relatively common medical text.

However, what Cao Qing gave you was clearly different. Besides more detailed annotations, it also included diagrams of the meridians and acupoints.

[Internal and External Classics]

[General Books (Medical Books)]

This record contains Cao Qing's detailed explanations of numerous internal medicine and surgical cases, as well as his detailed explanations of the location of the dantian, acupoints, and meridians.

[Studying this book requires an aptitude of ≥4 and a medical skill of ≥4. It can be learned through idle gameplay or by using 'potential points'. The total study level is 3, with a maximum medical skill level of 7.]

Clearly, this "Inner and Outer Canon" is equivalent to an advanced version of medical books!

Although the study level is only three, the progress can be increased to the highest level of seven! This level is already considered a master of medicine!

In reality, more clinical experience and consultations might be needed to summarize lessons learned, but in martial arts, the effect of a single certificate being valid forever is quite absurd.

You accepted it, bowed to Cao Qing, and acknowledged that Cao Qing had indeed done right by your guidance and instruction.

Cao Qing didn't seem to mind. He waved his hand and told you to summarize and learn from this experience yourself. You'll begin formally practicing the 'Shennong Withered Tree Stump' first thing tomorrow morning.

You glanced at the time with a sigh. Today is August 13th, tomorrow is August 14th, and the day after tomorrow, the Earth-level adventure 'Mysterious Offering' in the dilapidated temple at your birthplace will be triggered! You don't know if you'll have time or even make it there by then...

However, there's no rush. We can always figure something out on the first day of next month. What you're really looking forward to is what comes next.

After thinking it over, you told Cao Qing, and with two hours left before nightfall, you took your fishing rod and went to the shore of East Lake for the first time!

The Zijin River isn't very long, and its depth is only about ten meters. Compared to the depths of the East Lake (which is tens of meters deep) and its much larger size, this place is undoubtedly more suitable for you.

Before you begin cultivating the Shennong withered tree stump, you should try out this Canglan Sea-Stabilizing Stump to see what makes it so extraordinary!

You removed your outer clothing, glanced at the wound that was mostly healed and the rest had scabbed over, then took a deep breath and plunged into the water!

You have begun your first attempt at 'cultivation'.