Body Tempering Pills, Cultivation Technique Selection, It Is Just Body Hardening!

Twenty catties of Exotic Beast Jerky per month, 500 taels of silver, and a bottle of pill-like medicinal pellets labeled Body Tempering Pill—one bottle per month, with ten pills per bottle. Free room and board went without saying.

This was the treatment Chen Mo received as an Instructor Martial Master of True Martial Arts School for one month. He did not know whether other Instructor Martial Masters received the same treatment, nor did he care to compare.

As for treatment, as long as you felt it was ok, that was enough. There would always be people whose treatment was higher than yours, so there was no need to compare and bring unnecessary grief upon yourself.

This time, Chen Mo also received an extra gift from School Master Yan Cheng, which meant he suddenly acquired two months' worth of resources.

With cultivation resources secured and a faction willing to protect him that provided food and lodging, his safety was heavily guaranteed.

What more could he want?

Right now, Chen Mo had forty catties of Exotic Beast Jerky alone in his hands, as well as two bottles totaling twenty Body Tempering Pills. These pill-like medicinal pellets were mainly supplied to Body Tempering Realm martial artists to take, which could be used to supplement physical energy and had a certain enhancing effect on one's physique.

As expected, medicinal pills do exist in this world; it's just that Hequ County is too remote, which is why they are never seen, Chen Mo thought with a sudden realization.

Through continuously reading and pondering the Pharmacopoeia, his understanding of medicinal herbs had made substantial progress. The skills column in his panel had timely gained a skill named [Herb Identification], though it was currently still at the initiation level and his proficiency was very low.

The Pharmacopoeia still needs to be read further. If I can acquire books on alchemy in the future, that would be even more perfect.

One could anticipate that the status of alchemists in this world where might made right and martial artists ruled was destined to be extremely high.

Even without considering the factor of status, just the fact that medicinal pills provided a huge bonus to cultivation was enough that Chen Mo could not refuse to become an alchemist. Constantly going to the black market to rob money was no way to live either; it was far too unseemly.

He still needed to find himself some work that could both assist cultivation and make money.

Being an alchemist felt quite good.

That was on the premise that he could obtain books in this area or find an alchemist to teach him knowledge in this field.

I wonder if there are any alchemists in True Martial Arts School?

Fiddling with the jade bottle in his hand, Chen Mo even poured out a Body Tempering Pill to observe it. The scent was mild, and just smelling it made one feel the unusual energy contained within it.

Right now, Chen Mo's Herb Identification skill was still only at the initiation level, which was merely talking on paper. It could not distinguish what medicinal herbs were contained within the pill, let alone alchemy.

However, once he raised this skill in the future and practically experienced the scent and taste of medicinal herbs, he reckoned he would be able to discern the herbal information. Supplemented by alchemy books, refining pills himself would not be too difficult... right?

I still need to raise my strength first. In True Martial Arts School, cultivation resources are available; next, I only need to spend time accumulating Enlightenment Points, and my daily cultivation cannot be left behind.

In recent days, Chen Mo's goal was to adapt to his various Perfection Level cultivation techniques and go to the Cultivation Technique Pavilion of the martial arts school to learn other techniques. While others would fear the situation of having too many techniques and mastering none, he had absolutely no worries of this sort.

Anyway, cultivation techniques of the same type could undergo fusion advancement. No matter how many he learned, it actually didn't matter to him; instead, it would only make the techniques he advanced to even more powerful.

Why not do it?

His own aptitude had improved once more, and his cultivation efficiency could no longer be spoken of in the same breath. He should be able to bring the cultivation techniques to initiation very quickly.

Putting the cultivation resources aside with the two bottles of Body Tempering Pills kept close to his body, Chen Mo washed up and went straight to sleep.

That night, he still did not sleep all that peacefully. After all, having arrived in a new place, he needed a period of time to adapt.

Because he had just become an Instructor Martial Master, Chen Mo was not assigned any tasks by Yan Cheng. Therefore, after having breakfast at the canteen the next day, he went straight to the Cultivation Technique Pavilion. Instructors had three free opportunities every month to enter the first to third floors of the Cultivation Technique Pavilion to select cultivation techniques.

In other words, he could select three cultivation techniques per month.

Of course, generally no instructor would go learn new cultivation techniques so frequently, as a person's energy was limited after all.

Moreover, the benefits were limited to the first to third floors. If one wanted to learn the techniques on the fourth and fifth floors, they had to help the martial arts school execute missions, obtain contribution points akin to points, and then rely on those contribution points to exchange and learn.

The model was very simple.

The martial arts school needed funds to operate after all. Aside from industries like farmland and shops, chambers of commerce and various tasks within the county were also a major source of income for the martial arts school. Within the scope of their abilities, everyone within the martial arts school could freely take on missions.

Generally, there would be no danger; True Martial Arts School's reputation within the Hequ County region was still very high, though some blind individuals might deal lethal blows to martial arts school personnel.

If it was only beating someone to injury or unconsciousness, the martial arts school side would not step forward to champion them.

It was precisely due to this point that people from the martial arts school going out to execute missions rarely faced danger to their lives.

Not planning to take on missions and go out just yet, and thinking that the body hardening cultivation technique he was going to advance next was the Silver Armor Technique, Chen Mo deliberately searched for body hardening cultivation techniques inside the Cultivation Technique Pavilion, and three of them were truly found by him...

Golden Bell Shield, Iron Shirt, Bone Tempering Technique!

They were all third-floor cultivation techniques, and their grades were not bad at all—every single one was a body hardening cultivation technique close to the second-tier.

Given Chen Mo's current aptitude, wanting to bring these three body hardening cultivation techniques to the initiation realm still required him to expend a fair amount of effort.

Just the medicinal ointment and medicinal baths used for cultivation were a not-so-small expense. Fortunately, they could be purchased right inside the martial arts school, and the prices were relatively favorable, not like the outside world where prices rose arbitrarily based on the situation.

This was also a major benefit of the martial arts school!

With the cultivation techniques selected, Chen Mo did not need to copy them himself; people inside the Cultivation Technique Pavilion would naturally help copy them and deliver them to his residence.

With nothing to do, Chen Mo walked around the martial arts school casually, and soon arrived at a training hall.

He saw two sturdy martial arts school disciples sparring, surrounded by a circle of people who were all watching with high spirits.

Disciples of True Martial Arts School were divided into Registered Disciples, Outer Disciples, Inner Disciples, and True Disciples!

Among them, True Disciples generally only had ten seats, adopting an evaluation method of survival of the fittest.

If one enjoyed so many tilted resources of the martial arts school yet failed to look down upon the crowd of disciples and could not secure their position in the top ten, then they were not qualified to continue being a True Disciple, let alone qualified to continue enjoying so many resources.

It was very realistic, very cruel, and very reasonable.

After watching for a while, Chen Mo discovered that the strength of the two disciples sparring was only at the Strength Refining Realm. Their realms were not high, but their application of moves was extremely skillful; clearly, their cultivation technique proficiency was not low, and their practical combat experience was also very rich.

As expected of disciples of a top martial arts school in the county, they still had some substance.

Without continuing to observe, Chen Mo soon left. Because his Instructor Martial Master robes had not finished being customized, he was still wearing his own clothes. Furthermore, his physique and whatnot did not draw much attention, and his aura was perfectly contained, so no one paid any attention to him.

Enjoying the peace and quiet, Chen Mo strolled leisurely alone inside the martial arts school to observe. During this time, he even went to the canteen for lunch and continued roaming around in the afternoon. A day's time passed very quickly.

Of course, there were still some people who saw and recognized Chen Mo's identity, but none of them stepped forward to chat.

Towards Chen Mo, they all held a heart of awe.

When they were still struggling to break through the Strength Refining Realm, Chen Mo was already a Divine Strength Realm martial artist, and he possessed combat experience in killing Divine Strength Realm martial artists. He was already no longer a person of the same world.

Facing such an expert that they were destined to only look up to, everyone scarcely dared to step forward to chat. What if they displeased him and needlessly gained a nightmare-level opponent?

Just like that, Chen Mo spent a peaceful day. The moment he returned to his residence, he saw three cultivation techniques that had already been copied resting quietly on the table. He walked over, picked them up to feel the scent of the ink, and smiled at the corners of his mouth:

The efficiency is quite fast. Next, I'm going to start getting busy again; I hope the fused and advanced cultivation technique won't disappoint me.

Three days passed quickly. As an instructor martial master of the martial arts school, naturally it was impossible for Chen Mo to remain this idle all the time. The martial arts school did not feed idlers, and he was soon summoned by someone sent by Yan Cheng to the training hall, ready to be assigned missions...