Chapter 23

But after the next one, he was still able to squeeze out the potential in his body.

If he hadn't upgraded the 【Strength Like an Ox】 entry yesterday, he would absolutely not have been able to complete six hundred lifts while holding a one-hundred-catty stone.

A stone is not a dumbbell; holding it itself is not as convenient as holding a dumbbell.

So every lift was very strenuous.

And one hundred catties, lifted six hundred times in a row.

This had already broken the limits of humanity.

"Six hundred and one..."

Duan Yu still gritted his teeth and persisted.

Strength.

Is the source of everything.

Only with enough strength can one pull a stronger bow and hold a stronger weapon.

Being good at archery alone is useless.

Two people who are equally good at archery.

One who draws a thirty-catty strong bow and one who draws a sixty-catty strong bow are clearly different.

The range and power are not just a little bit different.

That is why he was not in a hurry to practice archery now, but was increasing his strength first.

"Hus... Husband..."

In front of the room door, Diao Chan stood at the entrance.

She called out to Duan Yu in a soft and shy voice.

Husband...

Duan Yu smiled and threw the stone in his hand onto the ground with a bang.

【Ding, 【Tenfold Entry】 effect triggered, host is tempering strength, effect increased tenfold, congratulations to the host for obtaining experience, 【Strength Like an Ox-Blue 628/1000】】

Carrying hot water with a silk cloth draped over it, Diao Chan walked gracefully to Duan Yu.

Then she put down the water basin and washed the silk cloth in the hot water.

"Didn't I tell you to rest more? Why did you get up so early?"

Duan Yu wanted to take the silk cloth from Diao Chan's hand.

But Diao Chan had already taken the silk cloth and pressed it against his chest muscles, then wiped them gently.

Last night was their first night.

The two of them now had no barriers.

After deep communication, they could be considered husband and wife as one.

"Husband is tired..."

"Husband was tired all day in the mountains yesterday, yet today you are still working so hard to temper your strength."

"Husband, wait a moment, Chan'er will prepare meat for you."

"I heard my father say before that those who practice martial arts should have three meals a day, and every meal should have meat to temper a strong physique."

Duan Yu nodded in agreement.

"Father-in-law is right."

"Practicing martial arts is different from studying, where talent and intelligence are enough."

"Those who practice martial arts need constant nourishment to temper a strong physique."

This is what later generations call "poor scholars, rich martial artists."

Let alone in later generations.

Even in the current era, ordinary people simply do not have the conditions to practice martial arts.

Even if they have talent, it is useless.

Not to mention meat, they can't even get enough coarse rice, so what can they use to practice martial arts?

Like those fierce generals in the Three Kingdoms who could fight a hundred, like Xu Chu, Zhao Yun, and Zhang Fei, which one of them was not from a wealthy family?

"Husband, rest for a while, Chan'er will go cook for you."

After a gentle wipe, Diao Chan turned to go cook.

Duan Yu let out a loud laugh.

Then, while Diao Chan was turning around, he grabbed her from behind.

Then he carried her in a princess carry.

"Your husband has plenty of strength."

"Cooking is not urgent; let me show you your husband's ability first!"

Saying this, Duan Yu smiled and carried Diao Chan toward the room.

"Husband~" Diao Chan let out a soft moan as she was held in Duan Yu's arms.

"Husband, don't mess around, your health is important."

"Chan'er... Chan'er will go cook for you, Husband, you should rest for a while."

Although she had become a wife last night.

She still couldn't hide her maidenly shyness.

At this moment, Diao Chan leaned in Duan Yu's arms, feeling her hands and feet go weak.

Thinking of the feeling last night, her body couldn't muster any strength.

But more than that, she was worried that Duan Yu's body couldn't take it, so she couldn't help but worry:

"Husband was running around in the mountains all day yesterday."

"And at night..."

Just as she was thinking.

Diao Chan found it dark before her eyes, and she had already been carried into the room by Duan Yu.

"Husband..." Diao Chan let out a soft call.

Duan Yu gave a chuckle: "Wife, your husband is coming..."

More than half an hour later.

Diao Chan, with a pink face and even the skin below her neck flushed pink, walked out of the room, gently tied the silk ribbon at her waist, and used her fingers to tuck a few messy strands of hair behind her ears.

After breakfast, Diao Chan diligently cleaned up the bowls and chopsticks and then began to settle her aunt, Lady Ren.

Duan Yu began to pack the things he was going to sell in the city today.

A complete leopard skin.

And the furs of two fire foxes and one white fox.

Two rabbits and the long feathers from the tail of a pheasant.

These things were of little use to ordinary people.

But they were things that those high-ranking officials and nobles liked.

Fox fur and rabbit fur could be made into fur cloaks for keeping warm in winter.

The leopard skin could be hung in the house to show majesty or spread on the bed, which was also very warm.

After Diao Chan finished cleaning up the bowls and chopsticks, Duan Yu also packed all the furs and carried them on his back.

Then the two of them walked out of the courtyard gate together and joined the large group heading into the city.

Wucun Township was only about ten miles away from Jinyang City.

On the third and fifteenth of every month, there would be a market in the city.

People from surrounding villages would go to Jinyang to attend the market.

Now that it was the spring sowing season, the people also had to enter the city to purchase seed grain or sell some grain stored at home to exchange for seed grain for spring sowing.

Therefore, for this market on the third of the third lunar month, people from surrounding villages all set out with goods and money.

In the village where Diao Chan lived, almost every household had people heading to Jinyang.

Because Duan Yu had hunted so much game at once yesterday.

Coupled with his act of distributing meat, Duan Yu was quickly known by everyone in the village.

People passing by greeted Duan Yu kindly.

Especially the young men in the village. ===== CHAPTER 25 =====