Hearing Tang San speak as though he were handing down a favor from on high made their expressions darken even further.
Even Dai Mubai, who had swallowed his pride and accepted the manual for the sake of survival, gripped it so tightly that veins bulged across the back of his hand. Humiliation burned in his chest.
The others suppressed their anger and began leafing through their watered-down copies of the Mysterious Heaven Skill.
Yu Xiaogang, seated in his wheelchair, forced down his own doubts and turned to Tang San.
"San, what exactly makes this Mysterious Heaven Skill so special?"
Yu Xiaogang had never heard of the Mysterious Heaven Skill and had no idea what it was.
At that, Tang San began to explain. This is the perfect chance to show these country bumpkins what the Mysterious Heaven Skill can do.
"The Mysterious Heaven Skill promotes health. As you cultivate it, it can also slowly repair damaged meridians."
"And even when you aren't deliberately cultivating, its Internal Force nourishes your meridians as it circulates. Keep it up long enough, and it'll improve your constitution."
"It nourishes the body, too, and helps with healing and recovery."
"When I came back from the Star Dou Great Forest so badly injured, I only recovered that quickly because the Mysterious Heaven Skill and Teacher Shao's Sugar Beans got me through it."
Yu Xiaogang paused. He remembered how Tang San had shut himself away in his room back then, leaving Yu Xiaogang to wonder what he was doing.
So Tang San had been healing. Yu Xiaogang finally understood why he recovered faster than an ordinary Soul Master.
The others were startled to hear that such a useful skill existed. Then their faces lit up. It really was good stuff.
Flender set aside his earlier embarrassment and