Medicinal Bath Training

"Twenty minutes. My physical constitution still isn't strong enough. Even though I'm naturally fire-attributed and highly resistant to fire, staying in an environment with such a high concentration of fire elements for too long is still hard to bear."

Amid the biting cold wind, once Yan felt that he had temporarily reached his limit, he decisively suppressed the urge to continue absorbing energy. Cultivation required moderation; too much was as bad as too little.

He stepped out of the flames. His formerly pale skin was now a terrifying shade of crimson. Liya had long since prepared a bath barrel beside him, its medicinal bath brewed from herbs suited to his constitution giving off wisps of steam.

Yan plunged into it, submerging himself entirely in the medicinal bath. White vapor immediately rose from the barrel, while a strange tingling sensation made every muscle in his body tremble.

Taking a bath after every training session not only relaxed his body, but also relieved muscle fatigue, improved his constitution, and provided some benefit to his cultivation.

As for why he did not simply complete the previous training process in the bath barrel, just imagine continuously igniting flames in a barrel of warm water. He would basically be stewing himself in an iron pot.

His martial soul gave him great fire resistance, but flames and scalding hot water were different things, all right? He had no desire to boil himself alive.

"Little Yan, are you all right?"

Liya stood beside the bath barrel, watching Yan inside with concern. At that moment, he slowly surfaced. His skin was still bright red, making him look rather frightening.

"Ding~~~"

The moment Liya saw Yan's head emerge, she released her martial soul. After activating her soul skill, a warm healing light enveloped Yan, rapidly healing the minor injuries within his body.

The cultivation method he had chosen was efficient, but it was also like dancing on a tightrope. One misstep could easily lead to overexertion. If Liya, a healing-type soul master, had not been at his side to look after him, he would not have dared push himself to such extremes.

"Phew~~~"

Yan sat back in the bath barrel and let out a long breath. Then a faint gleam flickered in his eyes as a stream of information swiftly compiled the data he needed.

"This time, my constitution only improved by half a tenth from the original foundation. It looks like this formula will soon become useless as well. What a headache."

Yan lightly clenched his fist. His physical constitution, far beyond that of others his age, gave him astonishing explosive power. One arm alone possessed the strength of over a hundred jin. This was purely physical strength, not counting an eruption of Soul Power. Yet he was not even a strength-type soul master.

Yan's intelligent brain, Dawn, could gather all sorts of information through big-data calculations and deduce what he needed, including things such as medicinal bath formulas. In the new era of his previous life, such things were not exactly everywhere, but if one searched carefully online, it was still possible to find some useful information.

Everyone had a different constitution. An herb that worked for one person might be poison to another. Although there were some universally applicable formulas, those were more precious.

Dawn collected all kinds of data, especially data on plants. Yan needed to personally "taste a hundred herbs." After the information on various plants had been entered into the database, Yan combined it with existing formulas and ran deductions. That was how he came up with the medicinal bath formula he currently used.

The era of Douluo Continent One was still in a feudal age. Humanity had not yet caused serious environmental damage to Douluo Continent, so there were still some heavenly treasures and earthly treasures to be found.

Moreover, he had deliberately selected materials that were relatively common and easy to gather. That was how he had ensured the steady improvement of his constitution and cultivation over the past few months. However, the effects of medicinal baths noticeably weakened after repeated use. This was already the second formula he had replaced.

"Dawn, how effective was today's training?"

Yan asked silently in his mind, and the intelligent brain responded rather smartly.

"Testing host life energy. Short-term enhancement has reached its limit. It is recommended that cultivation be suspended for today."

Dawn's utterly emotionless voice sounded out. Yan merely shrugged after hearing it, stretched his body a little, and prepared to leave the bath barrel.

At that moment, a bath towel reached over and wrapped him up completely. After Liya carefully dried every drop of water from him, she wrapped him in a fiery red blanket and held him in her arms, carrying him back into the house just like that.

Yan had been somewhat unaccustomed to Liya's thoughtful post-training care at first, but after it happened enough times, he got used to it. Big sister's embrace was warm, after all, and this pillow... was big and soft too. He sighed silently to himself, but his head restlessly rubbed around again, finding a comfortable position to lean against.

Liya's pretty face flushed slightly as she looked at Yan resting against the pair of soft mounds before her. A strange emotion surfaced in her eyes, followed by a faint smile at the corners of her lips. She carried him back to the bedroom and placed him on the bed.

"Little Yan, go to sleep first. Big sister will go tidy things up."

After placing Yan on the bed and tucking the quilt around him, Liya lowered her head and kissed his forehead. Only after softly reminding him did she turn and leave the room.

"Days like this are pretty nice too."

Yan lay on his back in bed and turned his head to glance at Liya as she left. After smiling, he closed his eyes. Not long afterward, he sensed that familiar fragrant breeze approaching again, followed by someone lying down at the head of the bed.

Still half-asleep, Yan instinctively rolled over, found a comfortable position, and peacefully entered dreamland. Children moving around in their sleep was perfectly normal, right? Right, everyone?

The morning sunlight spilled across the land, and the various shops along the streets of Spirit City had only just opened. Yan walked down the road with sleepy eyes, feeling particularly annoyed as he listened to Tuo Ba Hong chatter endlessly beside him.

He had just been having a wonderful dream that morning, dreaming of the era of his previous life and all the varied pleasures of modern life. He had been about to round third base in his dream when this damned little fatty came outside his courtyard shouting about school, forcing him to get up early.

More than two months had passed without him realizing it. The first semester was nearing its end, Yan's Soul Power had smoothly broken through level sixteen and was approaching level seventeen, while the little fatty before him had finally reached level ten Soul Power.

After Tuo Ba Hong finished speaking on the small road paved with black stone slabs, Yan said, "Fatty, it's almost the end of term, and you only just broke through level ten. At this time of year, many soul beasts become less active. It won't be easy for you to find a suitable soul ring.

"Generally speaking, a trip to the Soul Hunting Forest takes at least half a month there and back, and that doesn't even include the time spent searching for soul beasts. Are you planning to skip classes at the end of the term?"

"Don't worry, Boss. My clan has already made arrangements for that," Tuo Ba Hong said with a smile. "After you told me about those soul beasts suitable for me last time, my father specifically looked into it. About ten days ago, he finally got reliable information. My father only returned yesterday, after capturing an Earth Dragon Lizard that was around three hundred and sixty years old."

Brothers, during the trial recommendation period, I hope everyone can vote and leave more comments. It would be best if you could check the newly updated chapters every day, so there will be more follow-up readers and the recommendations can keep advancing. That would also give the author more motivation.