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"If the human body is viewed as a plane, then with the addition of the limbs, the various meridian patterns within it automatically acquire three-dimensional properties. Altering those three-dimensional properties produces different types of Dou Techniques, much like how changing molecular structures in materials science ultimately yields substances with different properties."

If Jiang Lin had previously lacked any concrete understanding of Dou Techniques on the Dou Qi Continent, then after linking the energy patterns of Dou Techniques with molecular structures, he instantly gained a clear and thorough conceptual understanding of those patterns.

Certain tangible things might differ across different worlds, but if the conceptual understanding of two things overlapped, it largely indicated that the thinking logic behind those concepts shared strong common ground.

"So, if molecular structure is a compatible concept, then it isn't hard to understand why there are so many different kinds of Dou Techniques."

"If the theory holds up, I can try it out on the Explosive Step pattern."

"And the difference between carbon and diamond may be the difference in Dou Technique grade... 'structure.' 'pressure.'"

Clang!

Clang!

Clang!

Having suddenly grasped the principles behind Dou Techniques, Jiang Lin spent the following week doing nothing but eating and cultivating each day, while spending all his remaining time tinkering away in the forging room. Even when Mr. Yao and Xiao Yi Xian came over out of curiosity to investigate, they could not make sense of what he was doing. They only knew that Jiang Lin had set up a straw dummy in his courtyard.

Until—

Boom!

A muffled thunderclap suddenly rang out from the forging courtyard, followed by a violent explosion. Even the front courtyard of Myriad Medicine Zhai could hear that thunderous blast.

"Uh... Miss Xian'er, did lightning strike your back courtyard?" In the bustling pharmacy at the front of Myriad Medicine Zhai, a young man dressed in Wolf Head Mercenary Group attire and wearing a faintly wicked expression tossed the medicine packet in his hand. Hearing the commotion from the rear courtyard, he subconsciously looked up before turning his attention back to the white-clad girl in the pharmacy.

The white-clad girl's expression beneath her face-concealing veil froze for a moment. Then her lovely brows lifted, and her grayish-purple eyes coldly fixed on Mu Li, the young leader of the Wolf Head Mercenary Group. At last, she said blandly, "There is no need for Young Leader Mu Li to concern himself with Myriad Medicine Zhai's affairs."

Mu Li merely shrugged. After looking Xiao Yi Xian up and down, he sneered, "I'm just afraid the furnace of that fool Mr. Yao brought back from outside exploded. This world lacks everything except idiots. Of all things, that kid had to learn blacksmithing and pick up such a vulgar trade. Tsk, tsk, tsk."

Xiao Yi Xian's face turned completely cold. "If Young Leader Mu Li has no other ailment or injury, then please do not block the way of other patients seeking treatment."

Others in the Myriad Medicine Zhai pharmacy, who had long found Mu Li unpleasant, immediately chimed in. "If you're sick, get treated. If you're injured, get treated. If you're here to flirt with Xiao Yi Xian, I advise you to get lost!"

"Move! My brother's arm is broken. We don't have the mood to listen to your nonsense!"

"If you don't want trouble, then get out of the way! Don't block the path!"

Though the others in the pharmacy were also curious about the explosion behind Myriad Medicine Zhai, they were far more willing to step forward in support of Xiao Yi Xian.

Seeing the people behind him glaring at him viciously, Mu Li was still young and alone. He wanted to glare back, but ultimately lacked the confidence.

Just then, an elderly man dressed like a steward suddenly emerged from the inner room of the pharmacy and softly said into Xiao Yi Xian's ear, "Mr. Yao asked Miss not to worry. The furnace in the rear courtyard exploded, but Young Master Jiang Lin was not injured."

The old man was Uncle Fu, the manager of Myriad Medicine Zhai and Mr. Yao's trusted confidant.

Although Uncle Fu's words were meant for Xiao Yi Xian, he did not speak quietly, and many sharp-eared people in the pharmacy heard him.

Mu Li snorted coldly, dropped a harsh remark, and turned to leave.

"Miss Xian'er, you'd better keep an eye on that foolish brother of yours. He won't be so lucky every time!"

Under the angry glares of the crowd, Mu Li forced a stiff expression onto his face and swaggered out of Myriad Medicine Zhai as though no one in the world mattered to him.

"I understand, Uncle Fu." Xiao Yi Xian first gave the departing Mu Li a cold glance, a trace of concealed disgust flashing through her grayish-purple eyes. She immediately resumed her smile and nodded to Uncle Fu, then gently said to the other mercenaries in the pharmacy, "I'm sorry for delaying everyone."

"Please quickly carry that injured man with the broken arm into the inner room, Captain. Emergency treatment is Myriad Medicine Zhai's tradition. I hope all of you uncles can understand."

"Hahaha! It's fine, we know the rules. Treat that unlucky fellow first. If he's lucky, he might still save that arm!"

"Go on, go on! Everyone has times when they need urgent treatment. It's no trouble!"

These fierce-looking mercenaries, who dealt with magical beasts all year round and lived with their heads on the line, were surprisingly kind toward Xiao Yi Xian.

While Xiao Yi Xian continued busying herself in the front courtyard, the forging courtyard where Jiang Lin was in the rear had already become a complete mess.

Mr. Yao had rushed over early. After discovering that Jiang Lin was unharmed aside from his soot-covered face and exploded hair, he looked at the scene in the courtyard with flickering eyes, dismissed the servants, and instructed Uncle Fu to maintain order in the front courtyard.

Within the forging courtyard, Mr. Yao used a stick he had casually picked up to poke through the pitch-black explosion wreckage. From it, he dug out blackened, charcoal-like objects resembling human limbs that had not been completely destroyed.

Mr. Yao turned to look at Jiang Lin, who was fussing with his hair and eyebrows beside the garden pond. If this brat had not been standing right beside him, Mr. Yao might truly have thought Jiang Lin had been blown to death by a Magic Core explosion.

That was right. The explosion in the forging courtyard had not been caused by any furnace explosion. That was merely Mr. Yao's excuse for fooling the others. The true explosive had been a low-grade, first-tier fire-attributed Magic Core. But an ordinary first-tier Magic Core could not create such a huge blast. It was like the propellant in an Armor-piercing Round: under normal combustion, it was no more than a brilliant little spark. Yet Jiang Lin had done something extra—he had put the "propellant" into a "cartridge case."

"You little brat, what are you messing with this time?" After examining the explosive remnants, Mr. Yao finally looked toward Jiang Lin, who was laughing and crying by the pond. His tone was rarely somewhat stern.

Mr. Yao deeply suspected that he had spoiled Jiang Lin too much in ordinary times. If he kept indulging this brat, would the boy one day set off a firecracker and blow the entirety of Myriad Medicine Zhai into the sky?

Hmm... now that he thought about it, Mr. Yao absurdly felt that Jiang Lin really did have that damn talent!

"I made the dummy use Explosive Step. I didn't expect to lose control of the Magic Core's Dou Qi... My handsome eyebrows... sob, sob, sob!"

"..."

Mr. Yao felt that letting Jiang Lin blow up Myriad Medicine Zhai might not be such a bad idea after all.