Chapter 23: Medicine Bath

Hearing Wang Minglang's voice, Li Bo came back to his senses, but he still couldn't hide the shock in his eyes.

Twenty practices! Doesn't he know what pain is?! This is twenty practices! Even if he had mastered the second layer of the Iron Arm Fist, he absolutely couldn't achieve this level! That kind of heart-piercing pain is definitely not something an ordinary person can endure! Especially being able to do this while knowing it would be very painful—he is definitely a ruthless person! A ruthless person who is particularly ruthless to himself!

He couldn't help but feel that the idea of letting Li Lang kneel and apologize to Qin Jiang was becoming stronger.

*Pat, pat. *

"What's wrong? I asked you a question."

Wang Minglang spoke; he hadn't seen Qin Jiang's process of practicing the Iron Arm Fist and only thought it was the completion of daily training.

Li Bo swallowed when he heard this. "Master... Master Wang, just now, just now Brother Jiang completed twenty practices!"

*Huh? * Wang Minglang looked at Li Bo, tilting his head. "What the hell?"

"I'm saying, just now, Qin Jiang, Brother Jiang, completed twenty practices!" Li Bo said again.

*Inhale—! * Wang Minglang's eyes widened, Li Bo's words were no different from a thunderclap on flat ground in his ears! Without stopping, he strode directly toward Qin Jiang.

Walking up close, he wanted to lift Qin Jiang's arms, but stopped when he saw the layer of medicinal liquid, and bent down directly, his head close to Qin Jiang's arms.

It looked like he couldn't wait to gouge out his own eyeballs and stick them on.

"Something's wrong, something's wrong, something is twelve parts wrong."

He muttered to himself, feeling more and more that something was wrong.

I created the Iron Arm Fist myself, why can't I understand it myself? No one should be able to do twenty practices! Let alone twenty practices, even if one mastered the third layer of the Iron Arm Fist, one would do at most sixteen practices! That kind of pain is unimaginable without personal experience! There was no way; the true martial arts of the Red Tiger Gang were not allowed to be passed on to outsiders, so he had to create a true martial art himself to sell for money.

Therefore, although it didn't improve his strength much, he would try it himself; he couldn't just create a true martial art that couldn't be practiced to cheat people, right?

"Can you still lift your arms?" he asked.

Qin Jiang lifted his arms directly and replied affirmatively, "Yes."

"Lift them for a while."

As he spoke, Wang Minglang looked up directly at Qin Jiang's armpits, observed carefully for a moment, and showed a knowing expression.

Standing straight, he put one hand behind his back and stroked his beard with the other, smiling. "Sure enough, you've already mastered the first layer."

As the words fell, the few students around exploded.

"Mastered the first layer?! How is this possible?!"

"Yeah! Didn't he just learn it yesterday?! One day, he mastered it in one day?!"

"Wrong! Not one day! It was one night!"

Several students looked at Qin Jiang in unison, their eyes filled with shock, confusion, and a trace of fear—a kind of inexplicable fear of an existence they couldn't understand.

Wang Minglang looked at Qin Jiang, his eyes gratified.

He had been further away last night, and after Qin Jiang killed those two guys, he directly scattered the corpses, which led to his inability to judge the specific strength of those two grave robbers.

Looking at it this way, that one person and one demon should also have had the strength of real martial artists.

Just thinking of this, he felt a sense of frustration again.

As the creator of the Iron Arm Fist, he couldn't achieve Qin Jiang's level, which really made him lose face.

*Tsk*, this kid's aptitude is definitely not inferior to his sister's by half; I really don't know how good it is! "Alright, stop looking, go do what you need to do! Xiao Jiang, come in with me."

He waved his hand and walked toward the main house.

The two arrived in the main house, Wang Minglang closed the door, and the room suddenly darkened, but there was still sunlight shining in from outside the window, so it wasn't dim.

He walked to Qin Jiang. "Lift your arms."

Qin Jiang lifted his arms, and the cool sensation of the Arm Washing Secret Medicine gradually faded, and he felt warmth on the surface of his arms.

"Lifting your arms after applying the Arm Washing Secret Medicine can speed up the absorption of the medicinal liquid." As he spoke, Wang Minglang grabbed Qin Jiang's scapulae on both sides with both hands.

Immediately, a vibrating force burst from his fingertips, and Qin Jiang only felt his two arms go slightly numb.

After one breath, Wang Minglang withdrew his hands, his eyes showing confusion.

No hidden injuries? Even the fascia inside was very elastic, stronger than his own?

"You haven't undergone a medicine bath, how can there be no hidden injuries?"

One must know that this medicine bath method of the Iron Arm Fist is the core of this martial art.

When he created the Iron Arm Fist, it was based on this medicine bath prescription!

It could be said that the medicine bath came first, and then the Iron Arm Fist!

And this medicine bath method can only be used by soaking in the medicine bath after the body is nearing its limit. The closer to the limit, the better the effect.

It not only repairs the body but also takes the meaning of "breaking and then standing," destroying the old and casting the new, achieving a transformation! Of course, the "casting the new" part is just the prescription bragging.

There have been eighty or a hundred people who have undergone the medicine bath under him, and not one has produced a so-called transformation; basically, they were all just slightly strengthened, and the main function was still to eliminate hidden injuries.

Qin Jiang put down his arms when he heard this. "It might be because of the Five Animal Frolics. I learned the Five Animal Frolics from Baiyun Physician before, and after mastering it, the body's recovery speed increased a lot. If it weren't for the Five Animal Frolics, I shouldn't have been able to do twenty practices."

Wang Minglang nodded slightly. "So that's it. I know the Five Animal Frolics; it belongs to a type of nourishing technique. It should be that the Five Animal Frolics stimulated your own innate talent, so you could achieve this effect."

After finishing, he walked to the bed, picked up his pipe, and lit it. "However, the advantage accumulated by the Five Animal Frolics ends here; you must practice diligently."

"I understand," Qin Jiang replied.

"Alright, go to the west room and prepare; I'll give you a medicine bath in a moment," Wang Minglang said.

Thinking for a moment, he curled his lips again. "It's free. After that, do it once every half a month until you master the third layer. Before the medicine bath, you must first reach your current state; the closer to the limit, the better the effect."

Qin Jiang nodded. "Understood, Uncle Wang."

Coming out of the main house, the few students couldn't help but look at him, but they didn't take the initiative to come over and greet him.

Li Bo walked over, raised his hand wanting to put it on Qin Jiang's shoulder, but thought about it and put his arm down, saying with a smile, "Brother Jiang, shall we go? I asked the boss to make a hard dish!"

Qin Jiang smiled. "Still have to wait a while, Uncle Wang said he wants to give me a medicine bath and told me to go to the west room to prepare."

Li Bo's expression changed when he heard this. "Medicine bath? *Tsk*, no, I have to go quickly, don't let my hard dish be stewed!"

As he spoke, he turned to leave, but Qin Jiang grabbed him, and the huge force made Li Bo caught off guard, causing him to stagger.

"Is the medicine bath very troublesome?" he asked.

Li Bo looked at Qin Jiang with surprise. Such great strength! And this is after twenty practices! Is he born with divine strength?

"It's not troublesome, it's mainly because the soaking time is very long, three to five hours. Alright, I won't say much, see you tonight."

Li Bo patted Qin Jiang's hand and walked away quickly.

Qin Jiang watched Li Bo's back and turned to walk toward the west room.

Pushing the door open and entering, he smelled a rich medicinal fragrance, somewhat bitter, but more of a fragrance similar to sesame oil.

Looking inside the room, a large copper vat sat in the center, and on the wall to the left was a shelf with various herbs, about twenty or so.

On the right, more than a meter off the ground, lay a water trough, and under the water trough were several stone utensils for processing medicinal herbs, very few in variety, much less than those in the old physician's backyard.

Walking to the water trough, he washed off the medicinal liquid on his arms and looked at the panel again, Iron Arm Fist (First Layer) (15/200).

I wonder how much effect this medicine bath will have, and how many days of hard training it can replace? Less than a quarter of an hour later, Wang Minglang walked in. "Don't just stand there, take off your clothes and go sit in the vat."

(End of Chapter) ===== CHAPTER 24 =====