Eight Treasures Blood Replenishing Powder!

Eighty percent of the pharmacies in Nanyang City were owned by Miraculous Garden.

Naturally, Lu Changsheng would not buy Medicinal Cuisine from pharmacies under Miraculous Garden, lest he expose his identity.

He went to a small privately owned pharmacy.

The pharmacy owner was a small-town Doctor who made a living by seeing patients, writing prescriptions, and selling medicinal herbs.

Lu Changsheng walked in, and the Doctor asked mildly, "Are you feeling unwell somewhere?"

Lu Changsheng shook his head. "I'm not here to see a doctor. I'm here to buy medicine."

"Oh? Do you have a prescription?"

"No. I'm here to buy Medicinal Cuisine for martial arts training."

"Medicinal Cuisine?"

The Doctor seemed thoughtful. He looked Lu Changsheng over, then nodded. "Martial arts training mainly strengthens qi and blood. The Medicinal Cuisine from Miraculous Garden is famous far and wide in Nanyang City."

"But this old man has an ancestral ancient prescription, one no worse than Miraculous Garden's Medicinal Cuisine."

"My family's ancient prescription is called Eight Treasures Blood Replenishing Powder. It requires eight precious medicinal herbs and is greatly beneficial for strengthening qi and blood through martial arts training."

"Still, since it is an ancient prescription, it is naturally expensive. That depends on whether you are willing to part with the silver."

Lu Changsheng's eyes lit up.

"Is its effect truly better than Miraculous Garden's Medicinal Cuisine?"

"Of course it is true. This old man has run this pharmacy here all along. Would I deceive you?"

Lu Changsheng nodded. That was indeed true.

The Doctor had an ancestral pharmacy, so he absolutely would not dare falsify anything.

"How much is your Eight Treasures Blood Replenishing Powder?"

"One dose costs nine taels of silver, and one dose can be taken for three days."

"Nine taels of silver? Miraculous Garden's Medicinal Cuisine costs only seven taels per dose."

"But this old man's Eight Treasures Blood Replenishing Powder works better!"

Lu Changsheng hesitated for a moment.

The other party probably would not dare lie about something like this.

Though it was somewhat expensive, he did not dare buy Miraculous Garden's Medicinal Cuisine.

"Fine. Give me two doses to try first."

Lu Changsheng directly bought two doses of Eight Treasures Blood Replenishing Powder.

The Doctor was also delighted. After all, he knew that once martial artists began using Medicinal Cuisine, they would use it long-term. This was a long-term major customer!

After buying two doses of Eight Treasures Blood Replenishing Powder, Lu Changsheng went straight to look for a martial arts school.

If he wanted to learn some Martial Skills, he could only seek out a martial arts school.

Lu Changsheng found a "Flying Crane Martial Arts School."

The moment he entered, he saw a middle-aged man eagerly come forward to greet him. "You want to learn martial arts? Our Flying Crane Martial Arts School is one of the largest martial arts schools in Nanyang City, with many experts in our ranks..."

The man bragged on and on by himself, but Lu Changsheng paid him no heed.

He saw that in one of the rooms inside, someone seemed to be teaching martial arts to the school's students.

After thinking it over, Lu Changsheng asked, "May I go in and watch?"

"Of course."

The middle-aged man led Lu Changsheng into a room in the martial arts school.

The room was spacious. There were twenty or thirty disciples inside, while a burly man was demonstrating martial arts.

"This is Master Meng of our martial arts school. His Adamantine Fist is fierce and tyrannical, rarely meeting an opponent," the middle-aged man introduced.

Lu Changsheng automatically filtered out such boasts as "rarely meeting an opponent."

His eyes narrowed slightly as he stared intently at Master Meng.

Master Meng threw a punch, and Lu Changsheng sensed a terrifying surge of qi and blood, like rolling heat waves. A faint "warm wind" even seemed to sweep through the entire room.

This was qi and blood!

Master Meng before him clearly possessed extraordinarily formidable qi and blood.

Master Meng's punch struck a Boulder, which instantly shattered into pieces.

This was strength enough to split steles and shatter stones!

The disciples below all widened their eyes, their gazes brimming with eagerness.

Master Meng smiled faintly. "Did you see that? This is the power of qi and blood!"

"The First Realm of the Martial Path is Body Tempering. Body Tempering is further divided into Three Stages of Body Tempering: Blood Strengthening, Bone Forging, and Organ Refining."

"The essence of the Three Stages of Body Tempering is to temper the fleshly body and lay a solid foundation for it. The more solid the foundation of these three stages, the higher one's future achievements on the Martial Path."

"Above Body Tempering lies the Divine Strength Realm! As the saying goes, 'Cleanse the marrow and change the blood, and Divine Power is born of itself.' Once one reaches the Divine Strength Realm, one stands on an entirely different level from ordinary people."

"Take me, for example. I have trained in martial arts for decades, yet I have only barely reached Bone Forging and am still far from Organ Refining. Divine Power is hopeless for me in this life. But if you lay your foundations firmly, you may yet have hope of attaining the Divine Strength Realm!"

Lu Changsheng's eyes lit up.

From Master Meng, he had learned some common knowledge about the Martial Path.

For the first time, he learned that the First Realm of the Martial Path was Body Tempering, which was divided into three stages. The sturdier one's foundation, the easier it would be to advance to the Second Realm, the Divine Strength Realm!

Master Meng said he is at Bone Forging. No wonder his qi and blood are so powerful. I'm only at Blood Strengthening right now. I'm still far behind...

Countless thoughts flashed through Lu Changsheng's mind.

"Well? Master Meng is impressive, isn't he? As long as you pay the silver, you can immediately become Master Meng's disciple..."

Seeing Lu Changsheng's thoughtful expression, the middle-aged man beside him assumed that Lu Changsheng was considering it.

Yet Lu Changsheng directly turned and walked out. Then he asked, "I only came this time to ask whether it's possible to buy some Martial Skills."

"Buy Martial Skills?"

The middle-aged man carefully sized Lu Changsheng up and down, then shook his head. "The Martial Skills of our Flying Crane Martial Arts School are not for sale. But if you truly want to buy Martial Skills, there is a place you can go."

"What place?"

The middle-aged man merely smiled without speaking.

Lu Changsheng understood at once. He immediately took out a tael of broken silver from his robes and slipped it into the middle-aged man's hand. Only then did the man reveal a satisfied expression and say, "You can go to the Black Market in South City during the Hai Hour tonight."

"The Black Market has everything. So long as you have silver, you can buy anything there. Martial Skills are naturally no exception."

Lu Changsheng understood.

Then Lu Changsheng turned and left Flying Crane Martial Arts School.

However, Lu Changsheng would not take the one-sided word of someone from Flying Crane Martial Arts School.

He made further inquiries about the Black Market through various means, and what he learned was roughly the same as what the people from Flying Crane Martial Arts School had said.

Only then was Lu Changsheng at ease. After returning to Miraculous Garden, he quietly waited.

Seeing that it was still early before nightfall, Lu Changsheng decided to try the Eight Treasures Blood Replenishing Powder.

Thus, he used one-third of a dose of Eight Treasures Blood Replenishing Powder and dissolved it in boiling water to drink.

After taking the Eight Treasures Blood Replenishing Powder, Lu Changsheng clearly felt as though there were a ball of fire in his stomach.

He hurriedly circulated his qi and blood using the Great River Blood Strengthening Technique.

Normally, Lu Changsheng's circulation of qi and blood had almost no effect.

But this time was different.

Each time he circulated his qi and blood, he could clearly feel a warm current arise from that fiery heat in his stomach, rapidly flowing throughout his entire body. Moreover, the mass of qi and blood within him was actually growing stronger at a visible rate.

Lu Changsheng was exhilarated and continued circulating his qi and blood.

Once, twice, three times...

Lu Changsheng circulated his qi and blood again and again.

This time, he actually continued for several shichen.

Normally, even when he circulated his qi and blood, he could do so for at most half a shichen before his body became sore and swollen, making it impossible to continue.

Yet this time, he circulated it for several shichen. Only when the warm current from that fiery heat in his stomach disappeared did Lu Changsheng stop.

"This Eight Treasures Blood Replenishing Powder truly has miraculous effects!"

"After just one session, my qi and blood has increased by more than what I gained from several months of painstaking circulation before. It has nearly strengthened by half!"

Lu Changsheng clenched his hand and felt his entire body brimming with strength.

He now understood why martial artists all needed Medicinal Cuisine.

With Medicinal Cuisine and without it, the difference was as vast as heaven and earth.

No wonder so many people said that scholarship impoverished while martial arts enriched.

Martial arts training required Medicinal Cuisine to progress by leaps and bounds, while Medicinal Cuisine was not cheap. Those without wealth simply could not practice martial arts.

"I need to keep using Eight Treasures Blood Replenishing Powder."

"The only flaw of expensive things is that they are expensive!"

Lu Changsheng finished his practice and looked at the sky. It was nearly the Hai Hour.

"Time to go."

Lu Changsheng left Miraculous Garden and hurried toward the Black Market in South City.

PS: There will be two chapters updated every day, at 12:00 and 12:30 respectively. If there is no update during those times, then the chapter has definitely been blocked, and you can only patiently wait for it to be released around five in the afternoon. Bill was blocked today and was only released at five in the afternoon. During the public period, the two daily updates are set in stone and will never be fewer!