Before long, Luo Song met Xu Qing.
He introduced himself as a member of the Luo Family and said he had come on the family head's orders to deliver Body-Tempering Treasure Medicine and make up the outstanding silver promised for his sponsorship.
Once the delivery was made, he left without dragging his feet.
Xu Qing was short on silver and fretting over the Treasure Medicine. The Luo Family's gesture might not have been charcoal delivered in a snowstorm, but it showed ample sincerity.
Lately, his cultivation had risen, his fist techniques had improved, and he had begun to grasp the essentials of Snow-Treading Startled Swan. Only his Five-Turn Glazed Body progressed more slowly than anything else.
This body-tempering method offered an irreplaceable means of strengthening his body, but without medicinal baths to complement it, practice alone could hardly bring about a qualitative breakthrough.
His current priority was raising his cultivation. Every piece of silver had to be spent where it mattered most, leaving him no spare money to buy Body-Tempering Treasure Medicine.
In truth, ordinary disciples rarely touched external body training.
Why?
First, it was expensive. Body-Tempering Treasure Medicine cost far too much. Gathering enough ingredients for a single dose could easily cost thousands or even tens of thousands of taels of silver, all gone after one bath. Ordinary disciples could barely afford to raise their cultivation realms. Where would they find spare money for medicinal baths?
Second, progress was slow. When practicing cultivation, fist techniques, or spear techniques, they could feel themselves growing a little stronger than the day before. External training was different. One bath made their skin a mere trace tougher, with little visible change. Who would want to keep spending money without seeing results?
Third, it was painful. Internal training gently nourished the body; external training