"Extortion?"
The moment those words were spoken, Jing Zhengqi and Jing Yunshan both realized something, their eyes lighting up.
"Martial artists wield great force. With a weapon in their hearts, murderous intent naturally arises. Every martial artist is an unstable factor in society, and public opinion keeps strict watch over them."
Jing Gufeng said unhurriedly, "Compared to a Level 2 Martial Artist like Li Pin, an ordinary person like you is completely part of a vulnerable group."
Jing Yunshan hurriedly nodded. "Right, right, right, I'm part of a disadvantaged group... ah!"
He spoke too hastily and seemed to pull at his wound, letting out an involuntary scream.
"As a vulnerable group, you naturally need to learn to wield the weapon of the law to protect yourself. You were beaten up by a Level 2 Martial Artist, went to seek peace, yet he opened his lion's jaws and demanded Sky-high Compensation. Fearing his martial force, you had no choice but to agree, then spread the matter around..."
Jing Gufeng said blandly, "Forget Fang Lingjue—even if the president of the Martial Arts Association stood behind him, he still wouldn't dare protect him."
"Brilliant, Dad, truly brilliant! Wasn't the law established for Vulnerable Groups like us?"
Jing Zhengqi added from the side, "Anything over a hundred thousand counts as an especially enormous sum. That means at least ten years—he'll definitely go to prison. Once he's behind bars and the uproar dies down, we can pull a few strings and cripple him. Wouldn't that be as easy as turning over a hand?"
Jing Yunshan, standing nearby, nodded forcefully with an excited expression.
He seemed to have already foreseen Li Pin's miserable, sunless days after being thrown into prison for extortion.
Li Family Courtyard, Sanshun Town.
"Ah... it hurts... it hurts so much..."
From upstairs came Li Yunyao's panting and her uncontrollable cries of pain.
Li Pin glanced at her, speechless.
Wasn't this just bone feeling before practicing martial arts?
Did she need to cry out so dramatically?
Bone feeling naturally caused some pain.
If she couldn't even endure this much pain, what martial arts was she supposed to practice?
Still...
Li Pin admitted it.
He had kept at it a little too long.
He was conducting an experiment.
He could precisely sense his own condition, so could he sense the circulation of another person's qi and blood?
The facts proved that with direct physical contact, it was indeed possible.
The sensation was simply weakened countless times over.
"Done."
Li Pin finished feeling along her shinbone, withdrew his hand, and said, "Your Bone Foundation..."
"Am I a One-in-Ten-Thousand Martial Prodigy? Was the only reason I didn't become a Star Refiner because I lacked enough Calming Incense for visualization and got delayed?"
Li Yunyao asked, her eyes brimming with anticipation.
Li Pin had intended to say she was average, but he had just confirmed that his Insight talent worked on others as well. Even weakened countless times, it was still enough for him to precisely grasp every minute change in their qi and blood.
With this ability, Li Yunyao's cultivation progress definitely would not be slow.
He immediately smiled and nodded. "Very good. You're still a little short of being one in ten thousand, but you're still a genius chosen from a thousand. As long as you work hard and stay disciplined, you'll definitely become a martial arts expert someday."
"Great! I knew I was a genius."
Li Yunyao's excited little face flushed red.
"Come on, I'll first teach you a cultivation method to strengthen your qi and blood."
As he spoke, Li Pin taught Li Yunyao the Mysterious Gate of Profound Yin cultivation method.
It was the cultivation method he was most familiar with, and it also made it easier for him to grasp Li Yunyao's changes in qi and blood more precisely.
After they had practiced for half an hour, voices came from outside.
Soon after, Lin Xiaolu arrived with her father, Lin Zhensan.
"Xiaolu's here! Come, come, practice with me. Let's see who becomes a martial artist first."
Li Yunyao hurriedly called out.
Li Pin glanced at Lin Xiaolu.
That morning, Li Yunyao had wanted Lin Xiaolu to practice martial arts with her.
Since teaching one was teaching and teaching two was also teaching, he had not refused.
Besides...
Some experiments left him somewhat constrained when performed on Li Yunyao, but he had no such concern with Lin Xiaolu.
At that moment, Lin Zhensan stepped forward somewhat awkwardly. "Li Pin... Brother Li, I know that with your status, taking disciples must require a great deal of tuition. Our family truly can't afford much. This is an old herb I received while purchasing goods in the mountains three years ago. Teach her as you see fit—however many days it lasts, so be it..."
"Uncle Lin, you're too polite. We're neighbors, and I've watched Xiaolu grow up. She's practically half a little sister to me, so there's no need for such formalities."
Li Pin said.
Yet Lin Zhensan refused to relent.
Seeing this, Li Pin did not decline again and accepted the old herb.
"Practice properly with Brother Li. Whatever Brother Li tells you to do, you do it. Understand?"
Lin Zhensan solemnly instructed her as he left.
Lin Xiaolu nodded heavily.
On the bus back from Starlight Center, she had seen Li Pin's posture when he made his move...
She had been deeply captivated by it.
She had always disliked her own personality, feeling that she was too weak, yet she had never known how to change.
Li Pin's appearance was like a beam of light illuminating her heart, clearly pointing out a direction for her.
That was why, despite knowing it was presumptuous, she had still chosen to come along.
"Let's start with bone feeling."
Li Pin said, "It'll hurt a little the first time. Bear with it."
Lin Xiaolu nodded.
Very soon, Li Pin began.
Yet unexpectedly, though Lin Xiaolu looked delicate and weak, she endured the pain throughout the bone feeling process without making a sound.
What surprised him even more was that Lin Xiaolu's Bone Foundation was much better than Li Yunyao's.
Though she did not reach the level of the One-in-Ten-Thousand Martial Prodigy Li Yunyao had spoken of, she could still be considered outstanding.
Once he understood this, Li Pin began teaching the two of them.
After teaching them for over an hour, Li Pin had the two practice on their own while he entered the main hall.
"My talent still has a great deal of potential. Its uses can be further explored."
He glanced at the medicinal ingredients and supplements Lin Zhensan had brought over.
After pondering for a moment, he first took out a Qi-Boosting Blood-Nourishing Dragon Tiger Pill.
After swallowing one, he circulated the Innate Qi Nourishing Technique and carefully sensed it.
Though he could not precisely sense the ingredients within the Dragon Tiger Pill, he could barely distinguish its strengthening effect on Life Vitality.
"Using the Life Vitality gained by one Cycle of Cultivation of the Innate Qi Nourishing Technique as the standard, the Dragon Tiger Pill... increases Life Vitality by 401%, lasting roughly... 8.6 cycles, or two days."
Two days of Fourfold Experience.
As expected of an internal special supply of the Martial Arts Association.
Next, he took out several supplements.
He consumed them one by one and tested them.
"Vitality No. 1... its effect... no effect?"
Li Pin sensed deeply and ultimately discovered...
"The Life Vitality increase rate has dropped by 14%?"
He tested several other supplements.
Their effects were all basically reductions, fluctuating between 10% and 30%—equivalent to eating a nutritious meal.
The result left him speechless.
These were called supplements?
Over the next few days, Li Pin patiently consumed all kinds of vitality-replenishing medicinal ingredients according to their recipes.
His precise senses allowed him to see the effects of every ingredient the instant it entered his body and was digested.
"Mutton and Angelica Soup: Life Vitality increased by 104%."
"Black Chicken and Poria: Life Vitality increased by 91%."
"Ginseng and Soft-shelled Turtle: Life Vitality increased by 148%."
Li Pin tested them one by one.
Using the limited raw ingredients he had on hand, he eventually came up with two optimal Medicinal Diet recipes.
The first used ginseng, dwarf lilyturf root, astragalus, lotus seeds, and black chicken as its main ingredients.
It could increase the Innate Qi Nourishing Technique's Life Vitality strengthening effect by 260% to 280%, with the exact figure affected by the cooking.
The daily cost was around one thousand Gold Yuan.
For the second, Li Pin used the Aged Mountain Ginseng sent by Lin Xiaolu's family, and the Life Vitality increase once reached 514%.
For this, he specifically looked through some books. Combined with his own precise sensing, he determined that this mountain ginseng was forty to fifty years old.
Such an Aged Mountain Ginseng could sell for thirty or forty thousand at a high price. Using only a little each time, along with other supplementary ingredients, still brought the day's expenses to over ten thousand.
"Poor scholars, rich martial artists."
Li Pin checked the balance on his bank card and unhesitatingly bought a month's supply.
He was also a very, very familiar old face. Thanks to Jiujiu Shangxuan Moxuan for the Alliance Leader reward.
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