After completing one Heavenly Cycle, the medicine dissolved in Deng Qing's stomach. He opened his eyes, breathed out a stream of turbid air, and summoned Clear Radiance with a thought.
[Realm: Skin Tempering Third Layer] [Tiger-Subduing Fist: 81% (Perfected Mastery)] [Violet Palace Method: 59% (Minor Mastery)] [Seven Forms of Settling Solitude: 80% (Perfected Mastery)]
Deng Qing's gaze went first to Tiger-Subduing Fist.
These days, he had practiced his punches every morning and evening without fail. Yet Tiger-Subduing Fist had risen only from eighty percent to eighty-one.
Seven Forms of Settling Solitude had remained at eighty percent, without budging at all.
Deng Qing understood. The further one progressed with a technique, the slower improvement became.
Both Tiger-Subduing Fist and Seven Forms of Settling Solitude had reached Perfected Mastery.
The punches and Sword Momentum had long since become instinct. Ordinary hard practice naturally brought diminishing returns.
They were already perfected. He would not force whatever gains might come after.
His attention soon shifted to the Violet Palace Method.
[Violet Palace Method: 59% (Minor Mastery)]
Within Clear Radiance, the words "Minor Mastery" flickered faintly.
That meant the Violet Palace Method was only one step away from Grand Mastery.
Once it passed sixty percent, its ability to refine medicine would surely improve again.
Deng Qing stared at Clear Radiance and calculated silently. Skin Tempering Fourth Layer and Grand Mastery in the Violet Palace Method are both just one step away.
That step will probably depend on the dose of Residual Medicine Master has for me.
Just then, footsteps sounded outside, followed by a knock on the door.
"Junior Brother Deng, are you there?"
It was Fan Sheng.
Deng Qing dismissed Clear Radiance, climbed out of bed, and hurried over to open the door.
Fan Sheng stood outside, holding an envelope