By the banks of Luoshui Lake.
East Courtyard.
Returning to his residence, Jiang Ning felt a wave of relief wash over him.
He then laid out his spoils in the courtyard.
"Finally, it's time to reap the rewards!"
Jiang Ning opened the box and placed one of the golden, round pills in his palm.
Looking at the pigeon-egg-sized pill, his eyes sparkled with excitement.
The Leopard Fetus Bone-Remolding Pill.
Consuming and refining it could improve one's innate talent, strengthen blood, and enhance bones.
The next moment.
He placed the pill on his tongue. As saliva began to secrete, the outer coating of the pill dissolved rapidly.
As the coating dissolved, releasing the medicinal essence.
Jiang Ning felt a rich, mellow medicinal aroma explode in his mouth.
His entire body was enveloped in a state of euphoria.
"So fragrant!" he exclaimed.
Then, with a slight swallow, the pill slid down his throat.
In an instant.
Boom
Jiang Ning felt as if his body was about to explode. A surge of potent medicinal energy spread through his limbs and bones.
As the energy diffused, his bones and muscles began to tingle and ache, as if his entire body was slowly twisting.
"Such a potent effect!" he thought, alarmed, and quickly focused his mind to withstand the pain.
After the time it takes to drink a cup of tea.
He felt the numbing pain gradually subside, replaced by a warm, soothing sensation.
It was as if he had been transported from a painful hell to a blissful paradise.
The transition from pain to comfort doubled the pleasure, filling him with immense joy.
"As expected of a pill that can improve one's innate talent. The effects are truly overwhelming."
Jiang Ning marveled at the changes in his body.
Then.
He could still feel the pill in his stomach.
Focusing inward, he began to inspect his body.
Through his internal vision, he saw the pill, still round and golden, wrapped in a thin layer of coating, now slightly smaller.
"So that's how it is!"
Seeing the pill through his internal vision.
He finally understood.
The Leopard Fetus Bone-Remolding Pill was wrapped in multiple layers.
The outermost layer was the pill coating, a method to prevent the medicinal essence from dissipating.
As long as the coating remained intact, the pill could be preserved for a long time without losing its potency or spoiling.
As for the interior of the pill, it was layered, with each layer separated, forming the complete pill.
He had only refined the outermost layer, so the pill had only shrunk slightly.
It was evident that the pill had been meticulously designed during its creation.
After refining one layer, it required time to dissolve the next, allowing the body to gradually absorb the powerful medicinal energy.
The energy to improve innate talent.
"Truly ingenious!" Jiang Ning couldn't help but marvel.
From the pill's intricate crafting and meticulous design, Jiang Ning could see how much effort the Medicine King Valley had put into its creation.
Their elaborate refining methods were aimed at lowering the barrier to use.
Because altering one's innate talent was undoubtedly an extremely difficult task.
It required a gradual, subtle process.
Just like the ten months of pregnancy that shape a person's innate constitution.
Using a pill to alter this after birth, if done too quickly.
The body might not withstand it, and even if it could, the sudden burst of medicinal energy would be too much for someone with a weak martial foundation.
"It seems that with the current situation, one pill will take me a long time to fully digest!"
Jiang Ning thought to himself.
After checking his body again and finding no abnormalities, he opened his eyes.
Then he stood up and clenched his fist, immediately noticing a difference.
"My strength seems to have increased!"
He clenched his fist again, feeling the change, and nodded firmly.
"Indeed, my strength has improved!"
"The Leopard Fetus Bone-Remolding Pill truly lives up to its reputation as the Medicine King Valley's most famous pill. The effects are undeniable."
"I've only refined the outermost layer of the pill, and my strength has noticeably increased. No wonder Tian Buyi was so powerful. Despite his injuries, he could withstand four of my full-force strikes without harm."
"It's a good thing he was already injured, and my strikes aggravated his internal wounds. Otherwise, I might not have been able to defeat him!"
After assessing the changes in his body, his gaze fell on the blood lotus in front of him.
Looking at the blood lotus, his eyes also lit up with joy.
This blood lotus, discovered in the lake, was fifty years old and worth eight hundred taels of silver another unexpected windfall.
More importantly, from this blood lotus, Jiang Ning had discovered a new path to wealth.
The vast Luoshui Lake would be his future source of riches.
Over the years, countless boats had traveled across Luoshui Lake, and who knew how many accidents had occurred, and how many ships had sunk into its depths.
If he could find some of these sunken ships, he could unearth a fortune.
Moreover, the lakebed itself was a natural treasure trove.
With his ability to breathe underwater, any area he could withstand the pressure of would become his garden, a treasure he could plunder.
Just like the fifty-year-old blood lotus he had discovered.
This was why he no longer cared about the hundred taels of gold bounty on Tian Buyi from the Medicine King Valley.
Jiang Ning knew that in the future, he would never lack wealth.
What he truly lacked were things that money couldn't buy.
Like those two Leopard Fetus Bone-Remolding Pills.
Those were the most precious things, items that couldn't be bought with money.
Or at least, not at a normal price.
Compared to those two pills, the hundred taels of gold were insignificant.
Looking at the blood lotus, Jiang Ning plucked one of its petals.
As he broke off the petal, a red, blood-like liquid seeped from the cut.
This was the origin of the blood lotus's name the entire plant was blood-red.
In its stem, it seemed as if human blood was flowing.
Jiang Ning quickly placed the petal in his mouth, chewed it a few times, and swallowed it.
Whoosh
The next moment.
Jiang Ning exhaled a stream of hot air from his nose.
He felt his body temperature rise rapidly, and the blood and energy within him seemed to be stimulated, boiling and roaring wildly.
"Such potent medicinal energy!"
Jiang Ning thought, startled, and immediately began practicing his martial arts.
He used his martial arts to digest the overwhelming medicinal energy and the restless energy coursing through his body.
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