Skin Tempering Perfection

Name: Lin Feng

Cultivation Method: Formation Breaking Art

Cultivation level: Outer Refinement Realm—Skin Tempering (52/100)+

Supernatural Ability 1: Ingestion

Divine Ability 2: Avert Calamity

Techniques:

Tiger Roar Fist (1/20)+

Butcher Ding's Ox-Slicing (1/20)+

Enhancement Points: 17

That mouthful of Great Drunken Immortal Brew had actually given him 5 Enhancement Points outright.

The six dishes and pot of Little Drunken Immortal Brew he had just consumed had only given him 10 Enhancement Points!

Yet a single cup of Drunken Immortal Brew gave half that amount!

"No wonder a pot of Great Drunken Immortal Brew costs fifty taels of patterned silver! Ten times the price of Little Drunken Immortal Brew! Sure enough, the only flaw with expensive things is that they're expensive!"

Lin Feng sighed.

After eating and drinking his fill, he carried the packed food and wine toward the Shantytown.

The brightly lit Inner City and the dark, chaotic Shantytown were simply one heaven and one hell.

At the entrances of many wealthy households with towering walls and grand courtyards, the dogs tied outside had meat in their bowls—meat that poor families might not get to eat even once in a year.

Yet those dogs seemed to disdain it, barely sparing the food a glance.

Before long, Lin Feng returned to the Shantytown.

Mother Lin and Little Sister were just about to eat.

Lin Feng set all the food down on the table.

Mother Lin and Lin Man's eyes widened enormously!

"Big Brother, am I dreaming?"

Lin Man pinched her little cheek. Seeing such fine dishes, she thought she was dreaming!

The past few days had felt like a dream. Ever since Big Brother had failed to join the constables, every meal had contained meat. They could even eat their fill every time!

For several days in a row.

She was so afraid that it was all a dream!

Afraid that when she woke up, everything would be gone!

Mother Lin also wore an expression of utter disbelief.

Later, Lin Feng explained that he had passed by the tavern, where some young master from a wealthy family had booked the place to treat guests. Only then did Mother Lin believe him.

Lin Man, meanwhile, had already stuffed her cheeks full.

Lin Feng discovered that the stronger his cultivation level became, the more absurd his ability to digest food grew!

The meal he had eaten at the tavern earlier had already been digested seven or eight tenths of the way.

So he sat down and ate with his family.

The family savored this rare delicacy.

However, Mother Lin and Lin Man did not eat much.

First, there was too much food, and it was too good. After only a few bites of each dish, they already felt stuffed.

Second, it was too nourishing. They had endured hunger and cold all year round; suddenly taking in too much nourishment could easily make their weak bodies unable to bear it!

Naturally, all the remaining food and wine ended up in Lin Feng's stomach.

After eating, Lin Feng came to the courtyard and, as usual, practiced several sets of punches.

He loosened up his muscles and bones.

Then he opened the panel. The meal he had just eaten had once more been converted into 10 Enhancement Points.

He then frantically added them to the cultivation level section of the panel!

Name: Lin Feng

Cultivation Method: Formation Breaking Art

Cultivation level: Outer Refinement Realm—Skin Tempering (79/100)+

Supernatural Ability 1: Ingestion

Divine Ability 2: Avert Calamity

Techniques:

Tiger Roar Fist (1/20)+

Butcher Ding's Ox-Slicing (1/20)+

Enhancement Points: 0

Once he finished adding points, Lin Feng felt a stream of energy course through his entire body before spreading over the skin all across him!

Then a scorching sensation rose from his skin! It was as though he had been placed inside a furnace and hammered without cease!

Unable to restrain himself, he threw a punch. A muffled bang! rang out!

Lin Feng followed the motion and began practicing Tiger Roar Fist. His fists were like two fierce tigers descending the mountain, continuously erupting with deep, powerful sounds.

It was as though even the air had been torn apart!

Then he stomped both feet. The earth sank deeply into a pit, while his body shot three zhang into the air!

Not long after, Lin Feng finished practicing Tiger Roar Fist and withdrew his stance.

Looking at the panel again, he found that the progress of his Tiger Roar Fist had actually increased by one point!

Tiger Roar Fist (2/20)+

Ordinary hard training could naturally improve the progress of his martial arts and techniques as well.

But compared with the two great abilities, it was naturally insignificant!

"Xiao Feng! You... you've actually reached Skin Tempering Perfection too!"

Mother Lin covered her mouth, her face full of disbelief!

When Lin Feng had thrown that punch just now, the commotion it caused was exactly the same as his father's.

Mother Lin knew that this was a manifestation unique to Skin Tempering Perfection.

Moreover, her son had leaped several zhang into the air. He had clearly already stepped onto the martial path!

"Yes, mother! This absolutely must not become known to outsiders!"

Lin Feng walked over and warned his mother.

"Mhm, of course I know! You've only trained for a few years, yet you've already cultivated martial arts to such a level.

If others learn of it, fortune or disaster would be impossible to predict!"

Mother Lin handed over a towel for Lin Feng to wipe his sweat.

She naturally knew that her son had to be a genius! Though she herself did not understand much about martial arts.

Her husband had spent more than a decade cultivating before reaching Skin Tempering Perfection.

But how old was her son? And he had already reached the peak his father once attained!

Seeing how promising her son had become, Mother Lin's heart was filled with excitement!

At the very least, as long as Lin Feng was around, their family would no longer have to go hungry!

But in this world of Monsters, Skin Tempering Perfection was merely a somewhat stronger ant!

"Your father was once at Skin Tempering Perfection too, yet he still died in a monster's jaws. When trouble comes, you must never force yourself into the forefront!"

Thinking of this, Mother Lin could not help warning Lin Feng.

"Don't worry, mother. I know my limits!"

Lin Feng promised.

Lin Feng had always been steady and prudent; she naturally knew that. With that, she returned to the inner room and no longer disturbed Lin Feng's training.

Lin Feng wiped away the sweat on his body, set down the towel, and let his thoughts turn in his mind.

Now that he had entered Skin Tempering Perfection, he should, in theory, be able to take the assessment for the Demon Purging Division Reserve Camp and try to enter it!

If he got in, many of his troubles could be solved!

At the very least, he would no longer be at the mercy of others!

It would not be as though any stray cat or dog could stomp on him!

And the Formation Breaking Art he cultivated was merely a common military technique. It could only be cultivated to Skin Tempering Perfection and could not support him in breaking through to the next realm!

Those resources were all controlled by powerful factions.

Could commoners rise to prominence? Difficult!

"I can start looking into the Reserve Camp's assessment rules. I never imagined before that one day I would be qualified to take its assessment!

And it will give me a few more days to settle myself, raise my cultivation level a little further, or improve Butcher Ding's Ox-Slicing Technique some more.

The more skills, the better!

My techniques are only at the beginner level. They are enough to deal with ordinary people, but against someone who is also a martial artist, they would not be enough!"

With that, Lin Feng sorted out his thoughts.

Then he began practicing Tiger Roar Fist again.

"Father! That mud-legged Lin Feng actually dared to ignore me today!

I was kind-hearted enough to only want to keep him from getting into the county yamen!

But he actually dared to look down on me!

I want to kill him!"

"Father, you must help me!

Isn't Cui'er's area under the Green Snake Gang's control?

Have Second Uncle find someone to kill him and throw his corpse to the dogs!"

Xu Xiong returned home and cried and made a scene before his father.