049 Strengthening Three

Bearing the weight, 'The heavier the load, the greater the power'

Yu Hong carefully memorized the key points of this leg technique, got up, struck a pose, and began to practice.

The training method was simple, a total of three moves, divided into three levels. The first move only practiced the Low Sweep Kick.

It was the action of kicking someone's calf. It seemed that because it was extremely compatible with Yu Hong himself, he practiced it quite smoothly, as if every movement was in line with his usual habitual actions.

It was just that the visualization diagram needed to be practiced in conjunction.

Everything went quite smoothly after that. Yu Hong trained the High Body Method and the first move of the leg technique every day, from morning till night, until seven days later, Li Runshan's mushrooms sprouted. The two traded some fresh mushrooms, mixed them with other food to make soup, and the taste was much more delicious, before pausing for a while.

Post Office Stone House, in the yard.

The sky was covered with dark clouds, and it looked like it was about to rain.

Yu Hong and Li Runshan stood in the yard, looking at the yellow paste that had been stirred into a pile of mud on the ground.

"This is almost successful." Li Runshan put down the wooden stick and looked at the pile of stuff with satisfaction, and said in a low voice. "Next is cockroach breeding. Cockroaches are still very fast, and they lay a lot of eggs. One egg case can have dozens of them, and they grow fat quickly. I brought a lot of egg cases this time, which will come in handy."

"What's mainly in here?" Yu Hong frowned and asked from the side.

"Mushroom crumbs, some moss I found, roots, rhizomes, oily plant fruits, feces." Li Runshan said a few casually, "Just like growing mushrooms requires adding some wood chips and the like, raising cockroaches also requires adding some extra things, otherwise you can't raise them well if you just raise them casually."

Yu Hong's expression was wooden. He originally wanted to raise them himself, but now it seems... he definitely didn't want to raise them himself until the single room was dug out.

"I understand why everyone prefers to eat lizards." he sighed.

"Well, there's still a big difference between eating shit directly and eating it indirectly." Li Runshan laughed.

He tilted his head to look at Yu Hong, and asked again.

"How's your training going recently? Pay attention to eating, drinking, and sleeping. Just training without paying attention to other things will hurt your body instead, and it's considered overdrawing your body."

"It's okay. I sleep for ten hours a day, eat and drink enough, absolutely no problem. But when are you going to teach me Slingshot shooting?" Yu Hong asked.

"Wait a while, you make a Slingshot handle yourself first, I can give you some elastic tendons here. Then practice it yourself first."

Li Runshan smiled, "Also, I'm planning to go to the Glowstone Mine in a few days, are you familiar with that place?"

"Not very familiar..." Yu Hong frowned.

"Then where did your Large Glowstones come from? It's okay to fool others, but it's not so easy to fool me." Li Runshan laughed.

"." Yu Hong closed his mouth and said nothing. He had now cultivated four strands of Cooling Qi with the High Body Method, and the leg technique had slowly begun to feel a bit like something after a week of hard training, because he only practiced one move.

He could be said to be training from morning till night, except for eating, drinking, shitting, going out to pick up firewood, find water, and dig vegetables, he put all his thoughts on the leg technique.

The Black Mark was constantly strengthening the Silver Symbol Array. Now, he had four Silver Symbol Arrays, including the one he made before, not counting the one behind the door.

The Silver Symbol Array had a great advantage, that was, it could be replenished and restored after use, and it would be complete again.

There were even more ordinary Symbol Arrays, and he didn't count the number. Anyway, he strengthened them whenever he had time, and threw them all in the corner of the wall. Ordinary Symbol Arrays were consumables, and could not be replenished. They would be damaged after use, but fortunately, the strengthening time was short, and they were very good for emergency use.

"Large Glowstones and the like are okay against Eerie Shadows, but they are not enough against Evil Shadows, and need to be piled up in quantity." Yu Hong said in a deep voice.

"You're right, the use of Large Glowstones is indeed not mainly to fight against Evil Shadows and Eerie Shadows. It is more of an additive, a catalyst, used in the production of other things. Since the discovery of the Black Calamity a few years ago and the establishment of the joint organization Silver Tower, Sunshine Series things are the real rare items." Li Runshan's face showed his habitual smile again. "I will soon have Sunshine Series Materials in my hand, which is an excellent coating that can dispel ordinary Blood Tides and hide your aura to avoid Eerie Shadows. Even Evil Shadows can be resisted for a long time, as long as you electrify it."

"Sunshine Series, is it really that strong?" Yu Hong was a bit skeptical.

"Hope City was the first to be attacked by the Black Calamity, and the Evil Shadows too. There were even more monstrous Evil Shadows much stronger than the ordinary Blood Tide. What do you think the country relied on to hold on?" Li Runshan said matter-of-factly. "The things you encounter in big places are far more than you imagine."

"By the way, when will the supply team arrive?" Yu Hong asked finally.

"Tomorrow, that's the notified time, but the exact time is unclear. If you have enough supplies to trade, you can come to me. You can also exchange for some food and useful tools," Li Runshan replied.

Yu Hong nodded and turned to leave. The purpose of his trip was to ask if the cockroaches had been cultivated. Now that everything was going smoothly, he was relieved.

Returning quickly to the Safe House Mountain Cave, he practiced his leg techniques and High Body Method for a while, then began to choose new things to enhance.

Standing at the entrance of the Mountain Cave, he took a saw and axe, and began to make some new thick wooden planks bit by bit.

These wooden planks were not for making Symbol Arrays, but were intended to be made into barrel-shaped full-body protective gear.

He couldn't make a cylinder, and it was easier to just find a ready-made big tree and cut it down.

But this thing was too difficult to make, and he easily cracked it several times. Therefore, if there was a supply team tomorrow, he planned to try to exchange for equivalent bulletproof vests and other suits.

After doing some carpentry, Yu Hong returned to the Mountain Cave and confirmed that the Symbol Array had been enhanced once again, adding another ordinary Symbol Array.

Then, he took out all the things he could enhance now, with the most important ones placed at the front.

Solar Power Generator, dagger, Handgun, boots.

Putting these things in front of him, Yu Hong first took out the boots, Jenny's women's boots. He didn't know who wore them, but they were waterproof boots, with hard leather.

Looking at the dagger again, the boots and the dagger together... Yu Hong had some ideas in his mind.

He took the two separately to one side and reached out to press them.

'Enhance the spiked boots I can wear, direction...'

He had in his mind the image of the martial arts movies he had watched before, those long boots with sharp knives protruding from the feet.

Soon, the Black Mark gave feedback.

'Enhance Spiked Boots?'

Generally, the appearance of this feedback meant that the Black Mark could enhance it, and the integrity was sufficient.

Yu Hong breathed a sigh of relief and looked at the countdown on the boots: 1 day, 3 hours, 05 minutes.

"The time is okay." He affirmed the feedback from the Black Mark in his heart.

Immediately, the countdown began to count down, and the boots and dagger also flickered, with numbers appearing on the surface at the same time.

"So it seems that things combined together and placed together can also be synthesized and enhanced using the Black Mark. This is an additional synthesis function."

Yu Hong was thoughtful.

'If it's combined synthesis, the uses are much greater...'

After sleeping in the Mountain Cave for a while, he got up and began to practice his leg techniques again.

He gave this enhanced leg technique a fitting name—Heavy Leg Technique.

The name was easy to understand and highlighted the key points.

For a time, inside the Mountain Cave, Yu Hong continuously performed Low Sweep Kicks with his left and right legs, while simultaneously visualizing the pattern in the manual in his mind. He also controlled the Cooling Qi within his body, circulating it along the meridians and blood vessels depicted in the diagram.

With this multitasking, Yu Hong wasn't very proficient at first, but after practicing diligently for a full week, he could now execute the movements with ease.

This leg technique was perfectly designed for his physical and mental state, and his progress was very rapid.

By now, he could faintly feel the fifth strand of Cooling Qi within his body slowly condensing, and he estimated that it wouldn't be long before it successfully gathered.

Soon after, Yu Hong stopped to eat something, and then started chiseling stones again.

As evening approached, he continued to practice the Heavy Leg Technique.

'The first move of the Heavy Leg Technique, which is also the first level, requires one to be able to mobilize Cooling Qi at any time and unleash it in an instant. At the same time, the meridian diagram must fully cooperate before and after the leg is extended.'

With a fire lit, Yu Hong stood bare-chested in the cave, pondering carefully.

After standing for about five minutes, he suddenly swayed his right leg and kicked diagonally forward.

Whoosh! It was as if there was someone in front of him, whose outer calf was hit by the kick.

This Low Sweep Kick was fairly normal, with speed and strength only at the level of an average male.

Then Yu Hong retracted his leg and swept forward again.

Pfft.

This time, his eyes were hollow, and a thin line bulged out, rapidly flowing from his abdomen into his right leg along his skin.

This Low Sweep Kick was much faster than before, and even carried a slight whistling sound.

"The power and speed are much greater... This is the drive of one strand of Cooling Qi. Now try driving it with two strands of Cooling Qi."

Yu Hong closed his eyes and tried the same kick again.

After remaining still for several minutes, he suddenly swept his right leg forward.

Pfft!!

This time, a muffled sound echoed in the Mountain Cave, much louder than the previous one.

The sound of air being torn was also much louder than before.

Yu Hong opened his eyes, looking somewhat tired.

"Driving it with two strands of Cooling Qi is indeed much more powerful, but... it requires intense concentration to mobilize, making it far less convenient than driving it with one strand of Cooling Qi."

He tried a third time, driving the leg technique with the last strand of Cooling Qi.

Whoosh! This time it was still much faster than the initial attempt.

But this time, all four strands of Cooling Qi in his body were used up. It would take at least half a day of rest to re-condense and recover.

"The consumption is too fast. Tomorrow I can go out and test the specific power."

Yu Hong's gaze fell on the long boots that were being strengthened, and his eyes showed some anticipation.

He slept soundly that night, and the next morning, he got up early and went to the Post Office Stone House, preparing to check on the supply team.

Before he even arrived, he saw a middle-aged man with a large backpack chatting with Li Runshan in front of the Stone House.

The man had a full beard and messy hair. He was slightly thinner than Li Runshan, but exuded an inexplicable air of competence.

He stood alone outside the fence, several meters away from Li Runshan, maintaining a relatively safe distance.

Seeing Yu Hong approach, Li Runshan was the first to wave enthusiastically at him.

"Xiao Yu, come quickly, this is Old Zhou. He came with the supply team and plans to settle down here."

Old Zhou?

Yu Hong nodded, his gaze falling on this Old Zhou.

"Hello. I'm Yu Hong, the Glowstone supplier in this area. If you need anything, you can come to me to trade for Glowstone."

Glowstone manufacturer—this was the identity he had established for himself. Ever since Li Runshan tasted the problem with the Protein Bar last time, he had become more cautious, not daring to sell the things he enhanced. Selling a few could be explained as luck in finding some stock, but more would be troublesome.

On the other hand, the enhanced Large Glowstone could be ground into powder, made into ordinary Symbol Arrays, and then sold, which would be safer.

After all, many people can actually grind Glowstone into powder and draw it into a Symbol Array. The difference is that it is a consumable and requires time and effort, and doing it yourself may not necessarily be better than others.

As long as my Symbol Arrays are slightly more effective than others, I can stabilize my business and keep it flowing.

Yu Hong had calculations in his mind.

Simply selling Large Glowstone was too wasteful; Symbol Arrays were much more convenient. They were light and had better effects.