I Am Your Natural Enemy

Chapter 366: Chapter 158 Bone Loss, Medicine King Mountain (5k)_3

The little guy can’t eat much, just let him have a taste. This Rakshasa Bird this time is really powerful, way tougher than the ones I saw before.”

Wen Yan took the insulated lunch box out of the window.

”Thank you, Eighth Uncle-Master Ancestor.”

”What are you being polite for? If you run into something like this again, remember to give me a call.” The Eighth Uncle-Master Ancestor couldn’t help it either, rubbing his belly and smacking his lips.

”One more thing, Eighth Uncle-Master Ancestor, I went for a check-up today and it looks like I’ve got a bit of bone loss.”

Saying that, Wen Yan also took out a piece of tiger bone.

”What’s the best way to use this stuff?”

”Bone loss? Something wrong with your bones?” Eighth Uncle-Master Ancestor hurriedly asked.

”Pretty much just that my bones are getting brittle.”

”Wait, let me ask around. Anyway, don’t just grind it up and swallow it directly. This stuff’s got a strong medicinal effect, and you have to turn it into a medicine to bring out its properties. Your Seventh Uncle Master is haggling with folks from Medicine King Mountain right now. I’ll go ask.”

Eighth Uncle-Master Ancestor hustled off, and by the time he arrived at the argument in progress, those two old men were still bickering.

Old Six Sun from Medicine King Mountain yelled about leaving, said only 10%, couldn’t stand the humiliation, but in reality, his feet hadn’t budged at all.

After Eighth Uncle-Master Ancestor came over, he pulled Seventh Uncle Master aside and whispered with him for a bit. Seventh Uncle Master thought for a moment.

”You, bring him over. With Old Six Sun here, if we don’t take the opportunity to fleece him, what are we even asking for? You silly.”

Eighth Uncle-Master Ancestor thought about it and agreed, so he headed back and told Wen Yan to come over directly.

Wen Yan came out from the window looking totally confused, and followed Eighth Uncle-Master Ancestor to the place.

Seventh Uncle Master pointed at Wen Yan.

”Here, have a proper look at him. Let me see what you can do. If you can do it, then we’ll go with your 16.5%. If not, it’s my 15%.”

Old Six Sun looked Wen Yan up and down, then suddenly reached out and grabbed Wen Yan’s shoulders. His two hands were like huge pincers, and in no time at all he’d pinched every major joint on Wen Yan’s body.

Then he pulled Wen Yan’s arm and felt his pulse. Only after a long while did Old Six Sun speak up.

”Hey kid, what nonsense martial arts are you practicing? If you keep going, your bones will be as brittle as firewood. But, it’s not a big deal. Wait here.”

Old Six Sun got busy himself, opened up the suitcases he’d brought, grabbed a handful of herbs at random, mixed them, then started decocting in two pots.

Once he had everything simmering, he waved at the two guys he’d brought along, having them act as medicine boys while he kept examining Wen Yan.

”Your Yang Energy is pretty abundant, but your body’s too weak. Looks like you’ll need a month to recover. If you use tiger bone, it might go quicker.

If you want to recover fast, take it with the decoction, and add in Tiger’s Tremor, you’ll probably heal up real quick.”

”Senior, what’s Tiger’s Tremor?”

”It’s a healing method used by some Tiger Demons. By breathing a certain way, the resonation reaches all the way to your bones and speeds up healing. Later, a master of Five Elements Fist watched a Tiger Demon for years and created a boxing technique that’s suitable for humans. Shouldn’t be too hard—you Fuyu Mountain folks should have the boxing manual, and if not, I can teach you.”

Old Six Sun was very friendly, nothing like the red-faced, thick-necked guy from that arguing earlier.

”None of your business.” Seventh Uncle Master snapped from the side.

Wen Yan obediently thanked everyone, remembering that back when Hu Yuan got hurt, he seemed to heal up like this too.

And the very first move of the Tiger Subduing Three Styles—when you finish practicing it and hold the pose, you get this tremor effect.

So, the first move is actually for healing injuries?

Wen Yan was totally dumbfounded—he trained so hard for recovery, and ended up with bone loss? What the heck?

It couldn’t be that there’s something wrong with the Tiger Subduing Three Styles, could it?

Probably only one reason left: his body’s too weak, bones too fragile, so practicing the first move of the Tiger Subduing Three Styles, his body just assumed he was injured the whole time.

Old Six Sun gave Wen Yan a thorough examination and confirmed Wen Yan was actually pretty healthy, just practicing martial arts blindly with no supplements, so he’d managed to end up with bone loss.

When the medicine finished boiling, it was a decoction. Old Six Sun told Wen Yan to drink it while it was still hot—one pot would last him at least three times, and when he was done, the effect would still be plenty for an ordinary person.

The other pot was simmered until dry so it was a bit gelatinous—Old Six Sun kneaded it into pills and put them in a porcelain bottle, telling Wen Yan to use them together once he’d mastered Tiger’s Tremor.

Before you’ve learned it, don’t touch these pills. They’re just too strong. Swallowing one is like taking tiger-wolf medicine, not something a petty martial artist could handle. Even if you do use them, max once every three days.

Only when you get to Qin Kun’s level can you take one a day.

After all the instructions, Wen Yan touched his belly, feeling a warm sensation spreading out from his abdomen into all his limbs and bones. He figured it was best to go back and train, help absorb it.

Back at the window, he shut it, then tried the Subduing Tiger First Form again. With each breath, his entire skeleton trembled with the rhythm.

He could clearly feel that something from his belly was getting absorbed into his bones, his joints tingling and numbing a bit.

But after just a few minutes, that feeling faded away.

He hesitated for a while, swallowed a pill, and kept practicing—this time, the sensation was much more intense.

Half an hour later, his stomach was growling, he felt starving, and the aches in all his joints vanished along with it.

Wen Yan stood up, rubbing his belly, and hurriedly called for food.

Meanwhile, on the other side, Old Six Sun and his people took up residence at Fuyu Mountain.

In the guest room, he sipped tea, grinning from ear to ear, just enjoying himself. The younger one beside him finally couldn’t hold it in anymore.

”Grandpa Six, is 16.5% really enough? Medicine King Mountain’s never gone for such a low price before.”

”Hey, you think that’s little? Trust me, some people would do it for less than 5%.”

”Huh?”

”It’s really not hard at all—the main thing is the materials are just too good! In the Scorching Sun Department, there’s plenty of people who can do this.”

Old Six Sun grinned as he sipped his tea, counting on his fingers.

”And besides, they don’t know that this Great Demonic Tiger Bone is refined so perfectly—the effect is both stable and strong.

That one piece of bone—if the whole Fuyu Mountain crowd uses it all-out, I bet they could stretch it two or three years.

With just these few pieces, by my calculations, it’ll last them at least ten years!

We only need to provide a bit of herbs and a little effort a year—easy peasy.”