The moment Luo Yi stepped into the courtyard, the aroma of stewed meat drifting from the kitchen hit his nose. He swallowed, then walked inside.
Luo Xi, busy in the kitchen, saw her brother come back.
"Bro, go rest for a while. Lunch will be ready soon. You should go sit down." After saying that, Luo Xi got up and pushed Luo Yi out of the kitchen.
Luo Yi had wanted to go in and help, but could only shake his head helplessly. He returned to his room and sat down on the floor.
He silently thought, Open the Attribute Panel.
Host: Luo Yi Age: 16 Realm: Skin Refining Realm (Minor Accomplishment) Skills: Basic Archery (Great Accomplishment 125/400) Fierce Tiger Skin Refining Technique (Minor Accomplishment 121/300) Traits: None
Looking at the skills displayed on the panel, he realized that over the past few days, apart from practicing the Fierce Tiger Skin Refining Technique, he had either been hunting in the Mountain or sleeping.
As a result, his Basic Archery progress had increased very slowly.
Looking at the tiger hide drying in his room and feeling the fifty-odd taels of silver he still had in his arms,
he considered that the Autumn Tax had already been paid, and that the Bear Gall and Tonic Medicine would last at least another ten days.
His family had no immediate need for a large sum of silver.
Luo Yi decided to stop hunting in the Mountain for the time being and devote all his time to practicing both skills, hoping to master them as soon as possible.
Luo Xi had been busy in the kitchen all morning. Once lunch was ready, she brought the food into the room.
Looking at the huge basin of stewed tiger meat and another huge basin of white rice set on the floor, Luo Yi couldn't help exclaiming, "There's meat! There's rice! Life's really getting better!"
He called his sister over to sit, and the two of them devoured all the food on the floor.
After the meal, he no longer needed to go hunting in the Mountain for the time being.
Every morning and evening, after taking Tonic Medicine and Bear Gall, Luo Yi began practicing the Fierce Tiger Skin Refining Technique. He spent his other free time practicing Basic Archery.
Immersed in martial arts training day after day, Luo Yi didn't feel time passing at all.
Two nights later:
Standing in the courtyard, Luo Yi finished a full set of the Fierce Tiger Skin Refining Technique. A familiar sensation rose from his skin,
the needle-prick pain and the feeling of countless ants gnawing at his skin had long since become routine.
He stopped practicing and walked over to sit beside the well. Remembering the stench that had come from his body each time his skill level increased, he planned to bathe as soon as the breakthrough was complete.
This time, as the Fierce Tiger Skin Refining Technique advanced to Great Accomplishment, the pain in his skin lasted longer than the previous two breakthroughs combined.
Just as Luo Yi was about to give in and shout, the pain gradually faded, replaced by a strange, exhilarating sensation.
"Feels good! Feels good! Feels good!" Luo Yi couldn't help shouting. His whole body was now brimming with strength, and the soreness and fatigue from his long hours of martial arts practice had completely vanished.
He felt that he could kill the tiger he'd encountered the other day with a single punch.
He drew up a bucket of well water and took off all his clothes, preparing to wash himself clean. Suddenly, Luo Yi noticed:
The skin below his neck was no longer like it had been when his technique was at Minor Accomplishment. Before, his originally dark skin had been flecked with the reddish-bronze color of a Skin Refining Martial Artist.
Now his skin was completely covered in reddish bronze.
Uncle Wang had told him that, in the Skin Refining Realm, once the skin all over the body was completely covered in reddish bronze or antique bronze, one could attempt to advance to the second of the four Body Refining stages: the Body Refining Realm.
Looking at the panel, he saw: Fierce Tiger Skin Refining Technique (Great Accomplishment 1/400).
His technique had only reached Great Accomplishment, yet he already had the effect Uncle Wang had described.
How much stronger would he become if he took the technique beyond Great Accomplishment and reached Perfection? His heart filled with anticipation for the day his technique reached Perfection.
After observing the changes to his skin, Luo Yi wanted to see exactly how much stronger the Fierce Tiger Skin Refining Technique had made him.
He picked up the Three-Stone Hunting Bow from the stone table and gently tensed his arm. Without even using a tenth of his strength, he drew the bow all the way.
Without any equipment to measure his strength, Luo Yi couldn't know exactly how powerful he was. But judging by the force he could exert with both arms, he estimated it had to be at least eight or nine hundred jin.
After testing his increase in strength,
he drove his legs against the ground and sprang forward, covering five meters in a single step. His speed seemed to have increased by thirty or forty percent.
After testing his improved strength, Luo Yi assumed a stance and began practicing the Fierce Tiger Skin Refining Technique. He wanted to see how many repetitions he would need before his progress increased now that the skill had reached Great Accomplishment.
"Ten rounds?" Only after completing ten full rounds of the Fierce Tiger Skin Refining Technique
did a prompt appear on the panel showing an increase of one progress point.
Though he'd prepared himself mentally, Luo Yi hadn't expected it to take so many repetitions.
With twice as many repetitions, he'd gain only half as much progress each day. Before, practicing morning and evening after taking Tonic Medicine and Bear Gall had earned him about 80 points a day.
Now, even with morning and evening practice after taking Tonic Medicine and Bear Gall, he could only gain about 40 points a day.
He worked out the time it would take. He only needed ten days to reach Perfection.
Luo Yi suddenly thought, Uh, that doesn't seem slow at all.
After pushing himself relentlessly for days, he'd finally made a huge leap in strength. Luo Yi looked at the dark night sky.
He didn't plan to practice any more tonight. He took the Dao and his bow and arrows with him and returned to his room.
He fell into a deep sleep.
Maybe it was because of his huge increase in strength that day, or maybe it was because he'd been eating wolf and tiger meat lately.
As he slept soundly, Luo Yi dreamed of the girls he'd had crushes on at different ages back in school in his previous life.
"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh." Luo Yi was so lost in his sweet dream that he actually ejaculated.
His face flushed red. He hurriedly scrambled up from the floor and ran to the well.
He drew up a bucket of slightly icy water...
After washing himself clean, Luo Yi returned to his room, lay down on the floor, and gazed through the hole in the roof at the dark night sky.
He wondered how his "dad," "mom," and "Xiao Xi" on the other side of the "starry sky" were doing lately.
At least he'd transferred his bonus to his mother in advance, making one last contribution for them.
It was just a shame about his past self. Because of his family circumstances, he'd been insecure since childhood and hadn't dared confess his feelings to the girls he liked.
After graduating from college, he'd joined a major internet company and become a full-fledged code monkey.
Before he'd even had the chance to experience the sweetness of love, he'd died suddenly at his workstation.
Thinking of it, Luo Yi couldn't help feeling sorry for his past self.
After reflecting for a while, Luo Yi clenched his fist. He'd transmigrated to a world where Martial Dao flourished, and he had a modifier panel.
One day, he would reach the pinnacle of Martial Dao in this world. By then, women would be nothing but fleeting clouds to him. "Immortality and divine mastery of the Martial Dao"—that was the goal he truly pursued.
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