Yun Yun: He Is Your Martial Uncle

Misty Cloud Sect, as the sun slanted toward the west.

Lin Hao's door was unlocked. Nalan Yanran entered his room and walked up to him, her fingers touching the jade bracelet on her wrist.

Light flickered, and several bottles of pills appeared in Nalan Yanran's hands.

"Lin Hao, these are the pills Master gave you."

There were quite a few pills—ten bottles in total.

"This is Blood Coagulation Powder, a first-grade healing medicine!"

"This is the Power Accumulation Pill, a first-grade strength-type medicine!"

"This is third-grade Qi Boosting Powder, used to restore Dou Qi. You're now at the Dou Zhe realm, so a single pill is enough to restore all your Dou Qi within a single breath!"

"The Wind Walk Pill is also third-grade. It can temporarily increase your movement speed."

"As for this bottle, it's extremely precious. There are only five pills inside. Turtle Breath Pills, for feigning death."

Nalan Yanran handed a total of nine bottles of pills to Lin Hao. There were two bottles each of the recovery and enhancement types, while there was only one bottle of Turtle Breath Pills. The only bottle left in her hand was a blue one.

"This pill is called the Water Walk Pill. After taking it, you won't need to breathe, with an effect similar to the Turtle Breath Pill. Once you take it, you can go without breathing for nearly half an hour. It's perfect for diving! Its grade isn't low either—it's a fourth-grade pill, and there are only two of them!"

Lin Hao was somewhat flattered and asked, "Why are you suddenly giving me so many pills?"

Nalan Yanran explained, "Master originally planned to give you these pills before you went down the mountain. She didn't expect you to leave so early."

"Oh." Lin Hao casually opened the Blood Coagulation Powder. It was an entire bottle of white medicinal powder.

Lin Hao then opened the Power Accumulation Pills. There were more than a hundred pills inside.

"Didn't Senior Sister say I was supposed to earn pills by doing missions myself?" Lin Hao asked.

"Master never said that. You misunderstood. Master never said you couldn't receive special treatment. She only wanted you to set an example in certain matters and serve as a role model for those below," Nalan Yanran said.

Yun Yun had educated Nalan Yanran in the same way.

A servant entered the room carrying a bucket and poured hot water into the bath barrel.

Lin Hao asked, "Is there anything else?"

"What are you doing?" Nalan Yanran sniffed and caught the scent of medicine.

"Body Tempering!" Lin Hao said.

"Body Tempering?"

"Yes. The formula is ten grams each of polygala root, Sichuan lovage, angelica, magnolia bark, white peony root, cinnamon twig, scutellaria, licorice root, and astragalus, plus twenty grams of pinellia. Boil it for half an hour. At most, you can only do it three times a week. I wouldn't tell just anyone this—I'm only sharing these secrets because you're my martial niece." Lin Hao smiled at Nalan Yanran.

"That's not right. Some of the herbs inside are different. Their energy differs from what I've encountered," Nalan Yanran said.

"Your feeling is right. Some of these herbs came from a mysterious place. They're very precious to people here."

"Is it your hometown?" Nalan Yanran deliberately asked Lin Hao. Even now, Lin Hao's origins remained a mystery to her.

"Mm." Lin Hao nodded.

Compared to the Dou Qi Continent, the Douluo Continent was Lin Hao's hometown.

These low-grade herbs had been brought by Lin Hao from the Douluo Continent. They were not ordinary medicinal herbs, but Soul Beasts that had grown for many years. Their medicinal potency was abundant.

Of course, the herbs from the Dou Qi Plane could also be used for this kind of traditional medicine Body Tempering. However, Lin Hao had tried it, and the results were actually inferior to those from the Douluo Plane.

The reason lay in their age.

Herbs such as Sichuan lovage were low-grade medicinal ingredients. On the Dou Qi Continent, it was instead difficult to buy ones that had grown for many years.

For Alchemists, compared to unremarkable herbs like Sichuan lovage, there were better high-grade medicinal ingredients.

Yet they would never imagine that when these seemingly ordinary herbs were mixed together, their Body Tempering effects would be outstanding.

Nalan Yanran asked, "Is this why your physical strength is greater than mine?"

During their free time, Nalan Yanran and Lin Hao were both still young and liked to spar.

Without using Dou Qi, Nalan Yanran was simply no match for Lin Hao.

It was not only Nalan Yanran; Lin Hao's physical strength had sparked her intense interest.

Lin Hao raised a hand and scratched his head. "More or less!"

Traditional medicine Body Tempering and Whale Rubber Body Tempering were the reasons Lin Hao's body was so powerful.

But they were not the fundamental reason.

The reason Lin Hao's body was far stronger than Nalan Yanran's lay in his Martial Soul.

A Martial Soul could be equipped with Spirit Rings.

Each year of age added one point to the body's attributes.

Spirit Rings that were several hundred years old had added several hundred points to Lin Hao's physical attributes.

"Do you still have any of those herbs?"

"No."

Lin Hao had only conducted an experiment once.

He had wanted to see whether he could bring things from the Douluo Plane into the Battle Through the Heavens Plane.

After a series of tests, he discovered that as his cultivation improved, he could bring increasingly more things with him. He was no longer limited to clothing.

Since he had not known he could bring medicinal herbs from the Douluo Plane into the Battle Through the Heavens Plane, the herbs Lin Hao had brought were extremely limited.

Nalan Yanran's face reddened slightly. Looking somewhat bashful, she said softly, "Lin Hao, can I discuss something with you?"

"Go ahead..."

"Look..." Nalan Yanran pointed at the bath barrel. "It's large enough for the two of us to take a medicinal bath together. Can we do that?"

"Ah? Together?" Lin Hao was speechless.

"Don't get the wrong idea. We're both still young. We can hang a piece of white cloth down the middle, all the way into the water, to block our view. You won't be able to see me, and I won't be able to see you. How would that be any different from wearing clothes?" Nalan Yanran's face flushed crimson with embarrassment.

If Lin Hao and she had been any older, Nalan Yanran would not have made such an embarrassing request.

They were both still youths.

Lin Hao blinked.

Nalan Yanran pressed, "So, do you accept or not?"

"Fine." Lin Hao gave a mischievous smile.

In the past, Yang Guo and Little Dragon Maiden had practiced in the grass. Today, Lin Hao and Nalan Yanran bathed in the same barrel.

Countless examples proved one thing: bad boys attracted girls.

If one wanted to quickly increase a woman's favorability, the best way was passion. There had to be passionate experiences.

Some time later.

Misty Cloud Sect, Heaven-Reaching Peak.

Nalan Yanran sat alone beside a cliff, gazing into the distance at a waterfall crashing down furiously from a height of a hundred meters.

Yun Yun walked to Nalan Yanran's side and asked, "Yanran, what are you thinking about?"

"I went to look again just now, but Lin Hao still hasn't returned."

"Something must have delayed him."

"He's doing it again, leaving without saying a word. Doesn't he know people will worry about him?" Nalan Yanran complained.

"Worry..." Yun Yun silently took note.

Ever since Lin Hao had returned last time and stayed in the Misty Cloud Sect for nearly a year.

Nalan Yanran had gone looking for Lin Hao almost every day. Lin Hao's sudden disappearance had left Nalan Yanran feeling deeply lost.

Who did Nalan Yanran mean when she said someone was worried about Lin Hao?

Yun Yun could tell that Nalan Yanran already had Lin Hao in her heart.

Thinking of Lin Hao's identity, Yun Yun decided to remind her, "Yanran, I have to remind you that you can't call him Lin Hao anymore. He's your martial uncle!"