Chapter 10: Rapidly growing refining progress!

"Is it the White Jade Ginseng King?!"

Qin Shuo reacted for the first time, where the warm current that eliminated his fatigue came from.

"This White Jade Ginseng King actually has the effect of eliminating fatigue!"

Qin Shuo was surprised.

If it was really as he guessed, then his speed of refining the iron-fetal bow would increase by more than double.

"This time I really picked up a treasure!"

A look of joy appeared on Qin Shuo's face.

He tried it several times, carefully sensing his body.

Sure enough, every time he felt his muscles sore and weak, the White Jade Ginseng King would refine a medicinal power, eliminating his fatigue and replenishing his physical strength.

"Too good, this way I don't have to worry about the bow-drawing intensity being too high, and my body won't be able to take it, which can greatly improve my refining progress."

Qin Shuo was overjoyed, realizing the wonderful use of this White Jade Ginseng King.

At the same time, he also had an understanding of the refining conditions of this White Jade Ginseng King.

That was physical training.

Every time he performed physical training and needed replenishment for his physical exertion, the medicinal power of the White Jade Ginseng King would be refined, and the effect would be to help him eliminate fatigue and replenish physical strength.

In this way, he could not only perform high-intensity bow-drawing training but also use this to temper his physique, increase his strength, and not worry about insufficient nutrition and practicing himself to death.

"Continue practicing!"

With the help of the White Jade Ginseng King, Qin Shuo's motivation was even greater, and his whole person was glowing.

*Bang! Bang! Bang! *

Qin Shuo drew the bow one after another; he found that it was completely different.

Every time his arms felt tired, sore, and swollen, the White Jade Ginseng King would refine medicinal power, eliminating his fatigue and muscle discomfort.

He drew the bow faster and faster, but his spirit was getting better and better.

It was as if he wasn't performing high-intensity bow-drawing practice, but bathing and resting in a hot spring, his whole person glowing and full of vitality.

"Different, completely different!"

Qin Shuo was immersed in joy.

If the previous bow-drawing training was the hardship he had to endure to improve his strength, then now, it was completely enjoyment.

Yes, it was enjoyment!

Every time after drawing the bow, his arms would be nourished by the medicinal power, and his muscles would become tougher and more powerful.

He could clearly feel his arms strengthening, and drawing the one-third bowstring was becoming less and less effortless.

In the end, he could even draw the iron-fetal bow to one-third with a casual pull, until it was close to one-half before feeling the effort.

This kind of progress was very obvious, making Qin Shuo both surprised and happy.

Besides his arms, his spine was also becoming solid and powerful.

These two places were where he exerted the most force during bow-drawing training.

At this moment, under the nourishment of the White Jade Ginseng King's medicinal power, they were growing rapidly.

Like a desert that had been dry for many years, finally waiting for the nourishment of rain, every inch of muscle was becoming solid and powerful, no longer shriveled.

A short half-hour.

Qin Shuo felt that the strength of his arms had increased by a large margin.

"No wonder even a great master like the City Lord of Black Water City was tempted by the white jade ginseng; this efficacy is truly heaven-defying."

Qin Shuo clicked his tongue.

He now truly understood why the City Lord of Black Water City was willing to lower his status to buy the white jade ginseng.

It was really because the efficacy of this white jade ginseng was too extraordinary.

Qin Shuo, an ordinary person who had never studied martial arts, had such significant improvement and growth after simply absorbing the medicinal power of the white jade ginseng.

If supplemented with some other precious medicines and made into pills.

Its efficacy would likely increase by several times, or even dozens of times.

After all, such heaven-defying treasures as white jade ginseng were truly a waste to eat directly.

Only by refining them into pills could their greatest value be exerted.

It's just that Qin Shuo didn't know how to refine pills, and didn't have the money to buy other precious medicines, so he could only use it like this for the time being.

*Bang! Bang! Bang! *

The iron-fetal bow refining training continued until the second half of the night.

Qin Lan next to him was already asleep, but Qin Shuo was still full of spirit, with no fatigue on his face.

"Too much is as bad as too little, let's stop here for today!"

Qin Shuo didn't intend to eat a fat man in one bite.

After all, the ten thousand bow-drawing training was not something he could finish by staying up late for a day or two.

【Ingredient: Iron-fetal Bow】

【Current Refining Progress: 8.5%】

Although he had expected that today's refining progress would be very amazing.

But when Qin Shuo saw the prompt under the Taotie Cauldron, he couldn't help but be shocked in his heart.

Yesterday, he practiced until he was exhausted, but he only barely drew the ox-horn bow three hundred times.

Today, with the help of the White Jade Ginseng King, he drew the bow over five hundred times, not only without a trace of fatigue, but his arm strength also surged, nearly doubling.

"The medicinal efficacy of this White Jade Ginseng King is too amazing!"

Qin Shuo couldn't help but sigh again.

According to this progress, in at most twenty days, he would be able to completely refine the

This was nearly one-third shorter than his initial estimate.

But this was not the true reason Qin Shuo held the White Jade Ginseng King in such high regard.

He had a premonition that once he fully refined the entire White Jade Ginseng King, his arms would undergo a earth-shattering transformation, and his strength would grow to a terrifying level.

"This wave wasn't a loss! It was worth the life-and-death struggle I had in the mountains."

Thinking of the jungle shootout during the day, Qin Shuo still felt lingering fear.

He had nearly lost his life on Old Ginseng Mountain, becoming a stepping stone for those three hunters to get rich.

After tidying up and washing, Qin Shuo woke Qin Lan, and they each returned to their rooms to fall into a deep sleep.

Perhaps it was because the day's experiences had exhausted too much of his mental energy.

That night, Qin Shuo slept exceptionally soundly, without a single dream, until dawn.

The next day, Qin Shuo went into the mountains as usual.

To avoid suspicion, he did not go to his usual spots, Longshu Ravine and Shizi Hollow, and certainly not to Old Ginseng Mountain.

Instead, he headed north to open up new hunting grounds.

Although he was unfamiliar with the terrain, the harvest was quite good; he bagged a porcupine, two wild rabbits, and a black fox sable.

The meat of this black fox sable was stringy and didn't taste good, so it couldn't fetch a high price.

But its fur was very valuable; with good luck, it could sell for two or three hundred wen, equivalent to four or five wild rabbits.

When passing through Huai Tree Plaza on his way back to the city in the evening.

Auntie Zhang and the others saw him carrying the hunted game on a wooden pole and were all filled with envy.

Using a wooden pole to carry game was an idea Zhang Xiong had given him.

He said this would attract the attention of others when entering the city, helping to drum up business.

In the past, every time Old Man Qin returned from hunting, he would carry the game around Chaiyu Workshop to see if he could sell it off quickly.

If he couldn't sell it, only then would he put it in the Zhang family's meat shop for sale.

Qin Shuo felt that what the other party said made a lot of sense, so he adopted it.

"Yo~ quite a good harvest today!"

Just as Qin Shuo was preparing to leave the plaza, he heard a familiar voice coming from the alley on his right.

Immediately after, a burly youth over two meters tall, walking with a dragon-like and tiger-like gait, emerged from the alley.

The one speaking was none other than Zhang Xiong, who had bought his red-haired squirrel and lent him the Iron-Fetal Bow two days prior.

Ever since Qin Shuo had hunted an exotic beast last time and sold it for five taels of silver.

Not a single one of the half-dead old fogies who hung out in Huai Tree Plaza to cool off and brag dared to mock him anymore.

Of course, no one took the initiative to strike up a conversation with him either.

After all, these people had all, to a greater or lesser extent, offended Qin Shuo before, just not as excessively as Old Man Zheng and Auntie Zhang.

And Old Man Zheng and Auntie Zhang were now also very tactful.

Seeing Qin Shuo pass through the plaza, they immediately buried their heads low, fearing that Qin Shuo might notice them.

Among them, Old Man Zheng had even hidden at home for two days, terrified that Qin Shuo would come looking for trouble.

It wasn't until today, when he heard Auntie Zhang say that Qin Shuo didn't pay them any mind at all, that he gathered the courage to return to Huai Tree Plaza to chat and brag with his old friends.

"It's alright." Qin Shuo responded with a smile.

"By the way, where did you go hunting today?"

Zhang Xiong asked casually, but before Qin Shuo could answer, he continued on his own:

"I heard that the Old Ginseng Mountain area hasn't been peaceful lately, so you shouldn't go that way for hunting these few days."

"Not peaceful?"

Qin Shuo's heart stirred, and he vaguely had a guess.

"Yeah, I heard from a friend of mine at the Yamen that Old Ginseng Mountain has been haunted by demons recently.

Yesterday, three hunters and one ginseng collector went missing; no sign of them alive, no bodies found dead.

The Yamen's constables received the report early in the morning and went up the mountain to search, but found nothing.

Four living people, just like that, evaporated into thin air; wouldn't you say that's eerie?"

Zhang Xiong spoke casually about the news he had just received, his expression not looking very good, clearly wary of the bizarre disappearance of the four.

"Could they have been dragged away by wild beasts?" Qin Shuo guessed casually.

He naturally knew what was going on with the disappearance of those four, but he hadn't expected Zhang Xiong to show such strange emotions about it.

Could it be that this world really had demons?

Because he keenly noticed that when Zhang Xiong mentioned the demon haunting Old Ginseng Mountain, his eyes revealed deep wariness.

However, Qin Shuo didn't dwell on it.

This world was somewhat similar to the ancient times of his previous life, where people always attributed things they didn't understand to ghosts and gods.

It was normal for Zhang Xiong to think that the bizarre disappearance of those three hunters and the ginseng collector was caused by demons in Old Ginseng Mountain.

He was just glad that he hadn't gone toward Old Ginseng Mountain today, otherwise, he would inevitably have had to undergo some questioning.

"Impossible! Even if it were the work of wild beasts, they would inevitably leave behind bloodstains and signs of a struggle." Zhang Xiong shook his head decisively.

"And I can't think of any wild beast that could kill three experienced hunters without anyone knowing, without leaving a single trace; this is very unreasonable."

"In any case, try not to go that way when hunting in the future, lest you encounter something unclean."

By the end of his sentence, the wariness on Zhang Xiong's face grew even deeper.

If he didn't know the true cause of death of those three hunters and the ginseng collector, Qin Shuo would have thought that some demon was truly at work.

"Mm, I've been heading north these past two days; there's plenty of game over there too."

Although he knew there were no demons or ghosts on Old Ginseng Mountain, the other person was, after all, acting out of good intentions, so Qin Shuo couldn't very well rebuff him.