Martial Peak

For an entire day, Aunty Xiang was busy tending to the fire, from time to time tossing additional herbs into the bath. It wasn’t until evening, panting slightly, a fragrant sweat dripping down her neck, that she informed Yang Kai that the treatment had finished and he could come out, return to his room to rest.

Having soaked in the bath the whole night, Yang Kai could feel his entire body infused with the medicinal effects.

Arriving back at his room, he quickly closed his eyes and examined the changes in his physique.

His realm had advanced slightly and his True Qi had also become a bit purer; however, the most significant improvements were to his meridians and constitution.

Aunty Xiang had told him that the most important role of this medicinal bath was to improve a person’s foundations, especially their meridians, which would allow them to more easily cultivate and quench their Yuan Qi in the future, allowing it to become more vigorous and pure.

The benefit of this was not immediately apparent, but over the course of one’s life it would no doubt become significant.

Upon circulating his True Yang Secret Art, Yang Kai was surprised to find that it too could revolve faster than before. Not only that, the rate at which his body absorbed the surrounding World Energy was also a little bit quicker.

Such a change was very subtle, but like water trickling onto a stone, many grains of sand would eventually build a tower. Accumulated over many years of cultivation, the effect would be extraordinary.

That this medicinal bath and magical Secret Art, being able to do all this showed just how Heaven defying Xiao Fu Sheng’s methods were.

In terms of combat strength, in this world his name was likely not worth mentioning, but as one of the few Mysterious Grade Top Ranking Alchemists alive today, his technique and achievements in Alchemy had reached the very peak. His insights into Alchemy were so great that they could even be described as a work of god.

The next morning, Xiao Fu Sheng called Yang Kai and Dong Qing Yan to his house.

Once more he did not pass them anything related to Alchemy, but instead a set of exercises designed to improve their Yuan Qi control.

Yuan Qi control was of paramount importance to Alchemy because when an Alchemist was refining a pill they would use their own Yuan Qi to control all the various aspects and processes. The slightest misstep would lead to a massive difference in results. If one wanted to refine a good pill, subtle Yuan Qi manipulation was essential.

Controlling one’s Yuan Qi was also strongly related to the cultivator’s battle prowess. In a fight, the strength of one’s martial skills depended greatly on one’s Yuan Qi control.

Anyone strong would know how to effectively utilize their own Yuan Qi to the point of mastery. Effective use of one’s Yuan Qi would allow a skilled cultivator to display the full might of their martial skills using only half the effort! Mastering this kind of control was extremely important. It allowed a cultivator to attack more explosively and sustain themselves longer in combat.

So whether it was Yang Kai or Dong Qing Yan, both of them studied these exercises seriously.

This set of techniques was something Xiao Fu Sheng had created over the course of his life while studying the Alchemic Path; it could be said to be one of his most valuable insights and now, without reservation, he had gifted it to them.

Teaching them for several days, interspersed with periods of time for self enlightenment, Yang Kai and Dong Qing Yan gradually became familiar with these exercises; all that remained after that was for them to cultivate diligently.

At this time, Yang Kai suddenly remembered something Xiao Fu Sheng had once said.

“Who says an Alchemist cannot stand at the Martial Peak?”

his face had been filled with a

methods of Yuan Qi manipulation, it was indeed possible to

help being in awe! Every word Old Xiao had said to them seemed to contain profound

ability to manipulate their Yuan Qi became increasingly sophisticated. Yang Kai also found that these exercises not only allowed him to better control his True Qi, they also subtly smelted it, leading

its peak and there was only a thin line to cross before reaching the

this day, when Yang Kai and Dong Qing Yan were outside their houses practicing their Yuan Qi control by executing their own martial skills, they surprisingly found that the various other peaks around them seemed to be bustling with activity as many disciples of Medicine King’s Valley as well as numerous outsiders

Dong Qing Yan stopped and looked around curiously, “How come there are so many outsiders within the

Kai could only shake his

days from now.” Aunty

all, inextricably linked with all of the world’s Great Forces, so every time such

of them had spent their time in near isolation and hadn’t noticed that many days had quickly passed by. They were completely

this time except for the forbidden Pill Saint’s Peak and our Hidden Cloud

place always remains a bastion of calm!” Aunty

outsiders, I’m sure

faint from exhaustion! With so many visitors, we’d soon be pouring water

the two beautiful women were neither married nor had children, so they looked upon Dong Qing Yan as if she were their own daughter and took very

girl was also very relaxed around them, never once looking down upon them because they were ordinary people or because of their

suddenly opened, accompanied by a burst of laughter, “It seems that my Hidden

“Master!”

“Old Xiao!”

and Dong Qing Yan quickly cupped their fists as they saw Xiao Fu Sheng smile

happened?” Dong Qing Yan asked in a polite and flattering tone, causing Yang Kai to feel a slight prickle in his heart, this little cousin of

from far away is coming to visit, naturally I am happy.” Xiao

thought master did not like

at his little disciple’s comment, “It all depends on who is visiting; those who come here simply to ask me to do things for them

this time this old master has also come here to ask you to do something for him; you won’t chase me away now

voice, Yang Kai’s face couldn’t help cramping up, his

could it

Lan frowned slightly in surprise as they heard someone call their master ‘Old Man Xiao’, what was also strange was that neither

Eight Great Families would respectfully call

so brazen as to call

by this rude fellow, Old Xiao even quipped back in a joking tone, “How could

just these few words, Aunty Xiang and Aunty Lan suddenly understood, this man turned out to be Old Xiao’s saviour, quickly fixing their

last few thousand meters between

one

age as Old Xiao, his smiling face showing a few wrinkles here and there, and following him was a pretty young woman. This woman had a pair of mesmerising eyes filled with pure innocence that seemed

to sway gently, making it seem like she was a floating immortal fairy,