Immortal Martial: Pushing Through Two Realms From Reality Chapter 28

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

After a few exchanges, Yuan Chengcai retreated further and further. Jiang Shu's fists and kicks were fierce. Having already killed someone, he understood that the Tiger Form Three Styles required an inherent killing intent.

The Tiger Form Three Styles were more restrictive the more hesitant and self-bound one was!

In just a few breaths, Yuan Chengcai was forced back three steps by a fierce punch from Jiang Shu, exiting the drawn white circle.

"The winner is Jiang Shu."

Half an hour later.

The sparring match at the martial arts school concluded.

It seemed Jiang Shu's words had an effect. After stepping onto the stage, Luo Yongcheng fought with increasing vigor, winning his sparring match and successfully obtaining a set of secret medicine.

"Thank you, Junior Disciple Jiang."

When Elder Qiu finished instructing the apprentices and returned to his room to rest, Luo Yongcheng, as if having made a decision, walked up to Jiang Shu.

"Junior Disciple Jiang, is it convenient to go out..."

"Yes."

Not bothered by losing this bit of martial arts practice time, Jiang Shu nodded, stretched his body, and followed Luo Yongcheng out of the martial arts school.

The two walked and soon arrived at the Luo Family's pharmacy.

The once bustling pharmacy was now deserted. Only a few ruffians were guarding the entrance as usual.

"Junior Disciple Jiang. You've seen the situation. If I want to keep my family's pharmacy, there's only a slim chance if I become a martial artist."

"Elder Qiu praised you last month, and this month you directly won the sparring match. I know you need to practice martial arts and urgently need the Hungry Tiger Secret Medicine. But, brother... if I can get more than two sets of secret medicine a month... perhaps within two months, I can reach the Full Body Vital Energy Circulation."

"At that time, even if I still can't catch Elder Qiu's eye and become a formal disciple, I'll still get one set of Hungry Tiger Secret Medicine each month. My martial arts progress will greatly accelerate."

"I know that for us martial artists, offering silver to buy the secret medicine is an insult to you, Junior Disciple Jiang. Therefore, I am willing to offer our Luo family's secret recipe in exchange for your support of secret medicine for the next year."

Inside the pharmacy.

Luo Yongcheng took out a brush, dipped it in ink, and quickly wrote on a piece of paper.

Soon, a secret recipe was completed.

At the very top of the recipe were four characters:

Blood Nourishing Medicinal Cuisine.

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"I also know that this Blood Nourishing Medicinal Cuisine secret recipe offers no help to you, Junior Disciple Jiang. In Pingling County, any medicinal ingredient with even a little value is monopolized by the wealthy families. You can only buy a very small amount from the pharmacies. After making it into medicinal cuisine and selling it, the silver earned is far less than the Hungry Tiger Secret Medicine itself."

"Moreover, doing so easily attracts the attention of the wealthy families, leading us down the same path as the Luo family."

"I only need you, Junior Disciple Jiang, to promise me one thing. Within a year, keep the existence of the Blood Nourishing Medicinal Cuisine secret recipe hidden. If I, Luo Yongcheng, cannot become a martial artist within a year, the Luo family pharmacy will naturally cease to exist. I will quietly take my family and flee Pingling County."

"At that time, you can do whatever you want with the Blood Nourishing Medicinal Cuisine."

Luo Yongcheng picked up the Blood Nourishing Medicinal Cuisine secret recipe and took a deep breath.

His grandfather was old, and due to great joy and sorrow, he had fallen ill and could not get up.

His father and mother took turns caring for him day and night, and the pharmacy's business declined day by day.

If things continued like this, within a year, his family would be no different from commoners, with barely any silver savings left, struggling for three meals a day.

With things having come to this, he had no other choice.

As Junior Disciple Jiang said, he was like a bird without feet, staking everything on one throw, destined to die if he landed.

He prayed for ancestral blessings that after consuming enough Hungry Tiger Secret Medicine, he could successfully advance to the Skin Grinding Realm within a year.

If that truly happened, he would not only solve his family's pharmacy issues but also redeem the Blood Nourishing Medicinal Cuisine secret recipe from Junior Disciple Jiang, minimizing the losses.

As for Junior Disciple Jiang's martial arts progress, although it would be a little slower temporarily, he would compensate him with some extra silver later, which should be sufficient.

Thinking this to himself, Luo Yongcheng looked at Jiang Shu, his eyes filled with hope.

He couldn't wait to hear Jiang Shu readily agree and say "Alright" in the next sentence.

However, even after several breaths had passed.

Before him, Jiang Shu still stood calmly, showing no intention of taking the secret recipe from his hand.

"Brother Luo."

After a long pause, Jiang Shu shook his head and said, "If the Hungry Tiger Secret Medicine were just my martial arts resource, I would definitely help you with your request. Unfortunately, this Hungry Tiger Secret Medicine is far more complex than it appears on the surface."

"Have you ever considered why Elder Qiu makes us spar every month? As a strong practitioner of the Bone Forging Realm, does he find it interesting to watch us martial artists, who haven't even reached the Skin Grinding Realm, spar? He could have simply not appeared. He only needed to prepare the Hungry Tiger Secret Medicine and let us spar, with the winner taking the medicine. Why go through all this trouble?"

"I speculate that Elder Qiu is definitely observing our martial arts progress to gauge our martial arts talent. The faster our martial arts progress, the greater the chance of becoming a formal disciple of the martial arts school when we break through to the Full Body Vital Energy Circulation!"

"Based on my two months of studying at the Hungry Tiger Martial Arts School, Elder Qiu values talent first, and insight second."

"Just like Han Dali. Although his talent is not bad, his insight is too low. If he hadn't sold himself to the Zhou Family Restaurant and been greedy for the three catties of meat daily. If Elder Qiu had appreciated him, he might have even reached the Full Body Vital Energy Circulation and become Elder Qiu's formal disciple within a year, and in the future, become a martial artist and reach the Skin Grinding Realm."

"At that time, what kind of restaurant couldn't he go to? What kind of meat couldn't he eat?"

"If your vision is too narrow and your perspective too limited, you'll be trapped in a small establishment like the Zhou Family Restaurant your entire life. No matter how hard you try, you'll never become a martial artist."

Jiang Shu paused here, his meaning quite clear.

He was referring to Luo Yongcheng, and he still held some regard for their past friendship.

If Zhou Yang had said this about buying his Hungry Tiger Secret Medicine, Jiang Shu leaving immediately would have been a considerable act of politeness.

"Actually, if you want to save the pharmacy, Brother Luo, I think you should give the Blood Nourishing Medicinal Cuisine to Elder Qiu as a teacher's gift and ask him to intervene. Elder Qiu is the only Bone Forging Realm martial artist in Pingling County who established his martial arts school independently, without relying on any major families. He can definitely speak up for you in front of them."

"As for you and me, even if we become martial artists, what does it matter? Are Skin Grinding Realm martial artists that powerful? A martial artist with the strength of ox hide is merely an attendant to a major family. How many attendants does a major family even have?"

"Brother Luo, your family's approach has been wrong from the start. Your family only knows how to treat illnesses; you don't understand business, martial arts, or monopolies. Would a major family covet your family's humble Blood Nourishing Medicinal Cuisine? What are major families? Which of their disciples hasn't consumed medicinal cuisine or used medicinal baths since childhood? How does the Luo family's Blood Nourishing Medicinal Cuisine compare to their martial arts resources?"

"What major families have always wanted is not the Blood Nourishing Medicinal Cuisine, but to monopolize all martial arts paths for ordinary people. If you want to practice martial arts, you can only pay respects to the major families and be exploited by them."

His faint words were earth-shattering.

Luo Yongcheng had never considered any of this. He had always believed that the major families felt his pharmacy was profitable and coveted their Blood Nourishing Medicinal Cuisine.

The pupils of his eyes widened significantly.

He didn't believe it.

He refused to believe it!

If what Jiang Shu said was true, then what was the point of everything he had done this past year?

Practicing martial arts?

If all he had to do was give the secret recipe for Blood Nourishing Medicinal Cuisine to Elder Qiu as a teacher's gift.

Why would he still need to practice martial arts?

He could have done this on the very first day he joined the martial arts school!

His palms clenched, Luo Yongcheng's breathing became erratic. He gasped for air, staring intently at Jiang Shu, "How do you know Elder Qiu won't just take my family's Blood Nourishing Medicinal Cuisine like the Yao Family did!"

"Brother Luo, how does your family's Blood Nourishing Medicinal Cuisine compare to the Hungry Tiger Secret Medicine? Elder Qiu holds the prescription for the Hungry Tiger Secret Medicine. Does he need your family's Blood Nourishing Medicinal Cuisine to enhance his martial arts school?"

"Only if you catch Elder Qiu's eye, combined with this gift, will he have even a slim chance of helping. If you directly give him the secret recipe and expect Elder Qiu to help, are you looking down on Elder Qiu, or are you looking down on those major families?"

He feared Elder Qiu would abscond with the Blood Nourishing Medicinal Cuisine, yet he didn't fear Jiang Shu absconding with it.

He didn't trust the master-disciple bond they had shared for a year, but he would trust a friendship of two months?

Jiang Shu frowned slightly, his tone now filled with coldness.

"Jiang Shu! You're spouting nonsense! You don't want to give me the Hungry Tiger Secret Medicine! You're afraid it will affect your martial arts path! You're selfish!"

"I've done nothing wrong! If I were a martial artist, I could easily become an attendant for any major family. If the Yao Family wants the secret recipe for my Luo family's Blood Nourishing Medicinal Cuisine! I'll find another family; one of them will surely stand up for me!"

"I just want to protect this secret recipe, what have I done wrong!"

"You can't protect it."

Looking at Luo Yongcheng, who had become hysterical, who was given the most reliable advice but completely refused to listen, lost in his own world.

Jiang Shu shook his head, spoke his final words, and turned to leave.

The world bustles, all for gain; the world rushes, all for profit.

The severance with Luo Yongcheng brought no negative emotions.

Instead, it made Jiang Shu's martial heart even more resolute.

He strolled through the inner city of Pingling County, observing the prosperous scene.

Busy streets and bustling markets, carriages like dragons. Clusters of buildings, towering pavilions.

It was a pity that none of it had ever belonged to the common people.