Body Strengthening Soup! The Miraculous Effect of the Ancient Profound Pearl! Elder Ji of the Pharmacy!

After breakfast, Su Mo and Xie Baolin went to the martial arts school's pharmacy.

The pharmacy was located at the back left of the school. As soon as they entered, a rich herbal scent wafted towards them. The person in charge of the pharmacy was an old man in purple robes named Elder Ji.

It was said that Elder Ji was invited by Master Yu Guande to join the school, manage the pharmacy, and be responsible for preparing medicinal meals for the disciples.

The Body Strengthening Soup provided for free by the school was Elder Ji's creation.

"Elder Ji, we've come for the Body Strengthening Soup."

Su Mo and Xie Baolin stated their purpose. Elder Ji, who was resting on a chair, didn't even lift his eyelids. He merely pointed in a direction, indicating the location of the Body Strengthening Soup and telling them to go get some.

Soon, they arrived at the spot behind the pharmacy. A medicinal apprentice brought them two bowls of Body Strengthening Soup.

The efficacy of this Body Strengthening Soup was to strengthen muscles and bones, nourish qi and blood, and allow the user to improve their cultivation progress while training.

Xie Baolin picked up the Body Strengthening Soup and drank it in one gulp. After drinking it, he felt refreshed and invigorated, with an inexhaustible supply of energy. He just wanted to rush to the training grounds for a good practice session.

After greeting Su Mo, Xie Baolin went directly to the training grounds in the front courtyard of the school.

"Huh?"

Seeing this, Su Mo also drank the large bowl of Body Strengthening Soup in one gulp. However, unlike Xie Baolin, the Ancient Profound Pearl, which had been dormant within him for a long time, suddenly emitted a faint glow. The medicinal essence of the Body Strengthening Soup was stripped and extracted, while the remaining medicinal residue was expelled by the Ancient Profound Pearl.

"The Ancient Profound Pearl can actually refine medicinal soup and herbs, expelling useless and harmful medicinal toxins, and stripping and extracting pure medicinal power for my use."

Su Mo was first astonished, then delighted at this sight. This was because medicine always had some toxicity; even the best medicinal soup would contain some residual toxins. With continuous consumption of medicinal soups and pills, a large amount of medicinal toxins would accumulate in the body. Although these toxins were not fatal, as they accumulated, if not refined and expelled from the body, they would hinder future martial arts cultivation.

This was also why some people could not advance further once they reached a certain realm.

The medicinal essence of the Body Strengthening Soup, stripped and extracted by the Ancient Profound Pearl, began to circulate throughout Su Mo's body, nourishing his qi and blood, and even causing his cultivation realm to loosen slightly. This amazed Su Mo.

He had a premonition that as long as he continued to consume the Body Strengthening Soup, the time it would take for him to break through from the middle stage of the Body Tempering Realm to the late stage of the Body Tempering Realm would be significantly shortened, perhaps in less than half a year.

"Thank you for the Body Strengthening Soup, Elder Ji."

Su Mo respectfully bid farewell to Elder Ji in the pharmacy. Then, with a movement of his body, he also went directly to the training grounds in the front courtyard of the school to cultivate.

"This kid is quite polite."

In the pharmacy, Elder Ji, who was resting on a rattan chair, slightly lifted his eyelids and glanced at Su Mo's retreating figure. So many people came and went from the pharmacy every day, but very few greeted him, an old man. They all went straight for the Body Strengthening Soup, drank it, and left.

Front courtyard of the martial arts school, training grounds.

When Su Mo arrived at the training grounds, there were already over a hundred disciples of the martial arts school practicing martial arts. Guande Martial Arts School did not have an age limit; as long as one had enough tuition fees, they could join the school and practice martial arts.

This led to Guande Martial Arts School recruiting over a hundred disciples and some apprentices in a short period.

More than half of the disciples in the training grounds were practicing the Azure Origin Body Tempering Art, either practicing its moves or comprehending its incantations. Some disciples were practicing other martial arts techniques.

Xie Baolin had told him that besides teaching the Azure Origin Body Tempering Art, the school would also teach some offensive martial arts later to enhance their strength.

On the training grounds, Xie Baolin had already taken off his shirt and was practicing the Azure Origin Body Tempering Art bare-chested. Su Mo also saw his roommate, Senior Brother Yue Haofeng, who had brought them breakfast.

What surprised him, however, was that although Senior Brother Yue Haofeng had joined earlier than them, he had already broken through to the early stage of the Body Tempering Realm. It seemed that Senior Brother Yue Haofeng not only had a strong family background but also had good talent, aptitude, and comprehension.

Otherwise, it would have been impossible to get started with the Azure Origin Body Tempering Art so quickly.

However, Senior Brother Yue Haofeng, like Su Mo, had a fatal cultivation problem: he started too late. This caused his cultivation speed to plummet after becoming a Martial Artist in the Body Tempering Realm, becoming very slow.

It wasn't just Yue Haofeng; many people in the training grounds had this problem. This made it difficult to escape the drawback of their martial arts potential being almost locked, even with the Azure Origin Body Tempering Art.

Not to mention, the Azure Origin Body Tempering Art could only be cultivated to the peak of the late stage of the Body Tempering Realm at most.

If you didn't practice the Azure Origin Body Tempering Art, you would almost certainly not become a Martial Artist due to your age. But if you practiced it, you would have to endure the slow cultivation speed and the reality of only being able to cultivate to the peak of the late stage of the Body Tempering Realm.

The disciples of major sects and families, once they entered the Martial Artist Body Tempering Realm, would not only not slow down their cultivation speed but would also break through realms rapidly due to their superior aptitude and talent.

This was also why prodigies only emerged from major forces and sects.

"Azure Origin Body Tempering, condensing the whole body..."

Su Mo held his breath and concentrated, quickly entering the state of cultivation. The Azure Origin Body Tempering Art tempered his body, combined with external martial arts moves, to achieve the effect of internal tempering and external training.

Thus, for the next period, Su Mo stayed in Guande Martial Arts School to cultivate. Every day, he would go to the pharmacy to drink a large bowl of Body Strengthening Soup. In this way, his cultivation realm began to slowly improve and loosen.

Su Mo guessed that he would break through to the late stage of the Body Tempering Realm in at most three months.

However, once his cultivation reached the late stage of the Body Tempering Realm, he would face another practical problem: the Azure Origin Body Tempering Art would reach its limit, and there would be no follow-up cultivation technique.

"Hahaha! Su Mo, I've broken through to the early stage of the Body Tempering Realm! I'm a Martial Artist!"

One day, Xie Baolin excitedly told Su Mo that he had become a Martial Artist. Su Mo was happy for him. After all, learning martial arts was not easy. If Su Mo was diligent, Xie Baolin was no less so.

Every day, he followed Su Mo's cultivation pace.

"Baolin, then Senior Brother congratulates you. Since you've broken through to the Body Tempering Realm, I'll treat you and Su Mo to a meal at the biggest restaurant in Qingshan Town to celebrate."

Senior Brother Yue Haofeng, also a roommate, was happy for Xie Baolin upon hearing this. He even invited them to eat at Tianxiang Tower, the biggest restaurant in Qingshan Town, to celebrate.

Xie Baolin was deeply moved by this. He was just a cowherd boy from a remote mountain village and had never been to the biggest restaurant in Qingshan Town, Tianxiang Tower. At most, he had heard of it during his time at Guande Martial Arts School.

Xie Baolin quickly refused Senior Brother Yue Haofeng's kind offer, and even Su Mo shook his head, not wanting Senior Brother Yue Haofeng to spend money, as dining at Tianxiang Tower was too expensive.

"It's alright. Senior Brother is older than you, and he joined the martial arts school earlier than you. It's fate that we share a dormitory in the back courtyard. Moreover, although Senior Brother's family is not as wealthy as the big families in town, it's more than enough to treat you to a meal."

Yue Haofeng was twenty years old this year. Although he came from a good background and his family was wealthy, he was very straightforward and honest. He took good care of these two junior brothers who joined later, knowing that their family backgrounds were not good.

Therefore, Yue Haofeng often invited Su Mo and Xie Baolin out to eat, and he would pay. But each time, Su Mo and Xie Baolin refused.

Su Mo and Xie Baolin still wanted to refuse Senior Brother Yue Haofeng's kind offer this time, but Senior Brother Yue Haofeng's attitude was firm. He even said, "Junior Brothers, this is my treat this time. If you don't go, you're not giving me face."

In the end, seeing Senior Brother Yue Haofeng's serious expression, they knew he would definitely get angry if they refused again.

During this period, Senior Brother Yue Haofeng had been bringing breakfast back to their dorm for Su Mo and the others from the martial arts school.

It could be said that Senior Brother Yue Haofeng was a truly good person, open-minded and cheerful. The three of them often talked about life and dreams in the martial arts school's dormitory.

In the evening, Su Mo, Xie Baolin, and Yue Haofeng left the Guande Martial Arts School and headed straight for the largest restaurant in Qingshan Town, Tianxiang Tower.

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