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

【"Cool!"】

[Feeling the pain, tingling, and gradual numbness as my body sank into the medicinal soup.]

You couldn't help but cry out.

The medicinal power, in wisps and strands, surged once more into your body.

[Streams of heat, like tadpoles, seeped into your pores, tempering and strengthening your body according to your strange posture!]

Your experience gained from the Shennong Deadwood Stump has increased. Current level: Level 1, 20% (Beginner)

【…】

This speed isn't slow.

Shennong's Dead Tree Stance is, in essence, a top-tier Earth-level body-refining stance training technique. The speed of cultivation, combined with the preparation of medicinal soup, is much faster than ordinary stance training techniques.

However, Chen Xuan was clearly not satisfied.

Last night's life-or-death chase made him realize that his current situation is at most a little better than his initial disability, barely qualifying him as a normal person who can freely adjust his strengths and weaknesses.

It's still a long way from being truly powerful!

So, almost the instant the experience points and the subtitles on the screen appeared, he immediately opened his martial arts status bar!

[Do you want to consume Potential Points to increase the experience of "Shennong's Deadwood Stump"? At the current level, 20 Potential Points increase the learning progress by 1%.]

[Please note: This stance training can only be enhanced using Potential Points while soaking in the secret "Strengthening the Foundation and Nourishing the Vitality Soup." After Potential Points are used, the absorption of the medicinal soup will be accelerated and increased. Once the medicinal soup loses its effectiveness, Potential Points cannot be used to enhance it again.]

【Please select the value to increase!】

Chen Xuan glanced at his potential points.

Previously, when I first learned the Shennong withered tree stump, I used 500 points, leaving me with only 1094 points.

However, the later encounter in the Monkey Wonderland, which triggered the mysterious offering, rewarded a full 2000 potential points.

Last night, after completing that "self-enrichment," I gained another 150 potential points and 20 "combat experience points."

Therefore, Chen Xuan now has a total of 3244 potential points.

With this potential point, Chen Xuan could cultivate the "Five Animal Frolics" to the third level.

However, it is clear that the immediate improvement is more important at this time!

Give me the full scoop!

You didn't specify a concrete value!

However, as you consume potential points, the originally thick, dark green foamy medicinal soup is becoming clearer at an unimaginable speed.

Your Shennong Deadwood Stump experience points have increased! Current experience points: Level 1, 35% (Beginner)

"This isn't over yet!" you yelled.

[The rapid consumption of potential points, while significantly increasing the leveling speed of your Shennong withered tree stump, also intensifies the tingling and numb pain!]

You experience this pain, yet try every means to find enjoyment in it.

You know, this is true power.

The rest of the martial artists, relying solely on their own diligent practice, would experience inconsistent performance due to their physical condition and mental state, resulting in extremely unstable strength.

However, by rapidly increasing your potential points, you can achieve permanent certification, as stable as a mountain!

[Under such stimulation, you feel the energy within your body surging even more fiercely!]

[You have consumed 400 potential points to train the Shennong Drywood Stump to level 1, 40% (Beginner).]

Your "Strengthening and Nourishing Soup" has been fully absorbed!

Clearly, you're not satisfied with this kind of promotion!

Following the established path is a process only a failure goes through; the definition of genius is making rapid progress!

You poured all the prepared medicinal soup into the wooden tub once more.

The medicinal power, in wisps and strands, coiled and once again frantically cleansed your somewhat stiff and numb flesh.

【"Shennong's withered tree stump, let me see your limits!"】

[You shouted in your mind, and began to draw upon your potential points again!]

[You have consumed another 700 potential points, and you have trained the Shennong Drywood Stump to level 1, 75% (Beginner).]

[Your tonic soup has been fully absorbed...]

You feel every muscle fiber in your body becoming more active due to the powerful effects of the drug; the initial soreness and numbness are replaced by an indescribable sense of relaxation and exhilaration!

[The Shennong Dead Tree Stump's "Forced Life Through Death" effect is activated. During the training process, your "Agility" will permanently increase by 1 point, and the corresponding attribute's "Maximum" will also increase by 1 point.]

The tempering of your flesh and blood has allowed your cultivation level to rapidly rise alongside the improvement achieved through the Shennong withered tree stump.

[Your current cultivation level: Body Refinement Level 1, Flesh Refining Realm 70%]

This makes you overjoyed! However, you're clearly not satisfied yet.

[You bought enough medicinal herbs for several uses on this trip!]

[Taking advantage of this momentum, you plan to directly advance to the second level of martial arts body refinement, entering the 'tendon refining' stage, and give this martial arts world a little shock with your 'genius'!]

However, just as you, harboring contempt for this martial world and preparing to leap out of the bathtub with the attitude of "a minor realm every three days, a major realm every five days, ranking lower than a roadside dog in three months, and offering a toast to those on the Earth Ranking in a year,"

You felt a sudden numbness in your legs, stumbled, and fell to the ground.

[After looking at it, I realized that your muscles had an eerie, deathly gray color with dark green spots, almost unlike your own.]

Now you understand why Cao Qing told you to cultivate at least once every three to five days before leaving.

Fortunately, you realized it wasn't too late. The uncontrollable tingling and numbness that made it almost impossible to stand up gradually subsided after an hour.

You feel helpless and can only lament that this world is far too harsh on a genius like you.

Fortunately, although your plan to directly break through to a higher realm has failed, you still have another option that you don't particularly like.

You glanced at the time; it was just past 1:45 PM.

You nodded, took the sesame seed cake you'd bought on your way to buy medicine that morning, and some leftover braised meat from last night, and ate a bite.

[Save the money where you should, spend it where you should; Cao Qing's teachings still echo in my ears.]

Having filled your stomach, you didn't hesitate any longer. Grabbing your fishing rod and some dry rations, you headed straight out of the city, once again towards East Lake.

You can't help but sigh, "It's fucking awesome to live like this when nobody cares."

And so, you continued your practice of the "Azure Wave Stabilizing Stake" in East Lake.

Finally, as darkness fell, the Canglan Dinghai Stake, after several rises and falls, reached level 1, 75% completion!

【Gurgle!】

[Unbeknownst to us, the sky above had become completely dark.]

You know, you're going to visit your "good steward" again...