7: Medicinal Bath

Thunder raged between heaven and earth.

Lightning struck the light curtain, creating ripples.

Beyond the light curtain was a terrifying world of unpredictable heavenly might.

"It's a pity that in the Great Wilderness, the sun in the sky isn't real either; it's very likely a Golden Crow Divine Bird, even more absurd than the artificial sun in New Sheep District during the day."

"It seems I can only see a true sun by leaving the Mining Star and going to a life planet."

Qin Jin withdrew his gaze.

JK4176.

A numbered Mining Star.

With nearly ten thousand years of exploration, combined with astonishing leapfrog technology, the Starfire Federation ventured into the star sea and discovered life planets located throughout the universe.

Interstellar immigration and pioneering construction emerged endlessly.

Only habitable life planets would be named by the Federation.

It was rumored that life planets also had their own hierarchy, with different levels, and the highest-level life planets were like paradise on earth.

The Mining Star where Qin Jin was located was originally a resource-type planet unsuitable for human survival, but because of its unique natural environment, it contained precious rare minerals of astonishing value, so the Federation established Survival Zones there.

Throughout JK4176, there were Five Major Survival Zones, and New Sheep District was one of them.

Leaving the storage area, Qin Jin quickened his pace and ran down the street.

Life energy was active, and in this purest form of primitive movement, a feeling of exhilaration spread throughout his body.

"The increase in life index is truly captivating."

"Just one step away from Newborn Realm, the transformation of the human body, I wonder what that feels like."

Whispering to himself, Qin Jin accelerated again.

He found a small street-side shop and had a hearty meal.

As life energy increased, a Martial Artist's appetite would also grow, which was a necessary expense, but compared to the consumption of other evolution paths, this was already negligible.

He traveled all the way.

Qin Jin returned to his residence.

It was a single-family courtyard in the eastern district of New Sheep District, and his neighbor was Yan Yue's family.

After his parents disappeared, they left him a pension, so at least he never had to worry about food and drink since childhood.

Returning to his residence, after washing up, Qin Jin lay on his bed.

His tense mood completely relaxed, and the young man quickly fell into a dream.

...

The next morning.

In the old warehouse, Qin Jin stood on a tall ladder, taking out his gains from the Great Wilderness one by one from the Deep Driller's storage space.

There were strange bones left by unknown fierce beasts glowing faintly, peculiar minerals emitting a subtle fragrance, large green-leaved herbs, and Fire Python blood stored in containers, bubbling like boiling water.

And, the rare fruits that grew on the Fire Willow, and the crystal core that was the source of the Fire Python's power.

Yesterday, at the Si Huo Tribe, he had to maintain his "Sacrificial Spirit persona" and hadn't examined them closely.

"The Great Wilderness is a treasure trove."

Qin Jin examined his gains, thinking: "I can invest in the Si Huo Tribe to obtain more resources from the Great Wilderness."

"At the same time, some resources from the Great Wilderness that are temporarily useless to me should also be traded out to form a cycle."

"I guess I'm a merchant of two worlds now."

"However, to achieve all this, I need stronger strength to maintain it."

His thoughts shifted, and he looked to the side.

Next to the Deep Driller, there was now a large pot shaped like a tripod.

Under the pot, a fire was lit, continuously heating it.

He had prepared this when he arrived early this morning.

Qin Jin expressionlessly lifted the Fire Python blood and poured it into the large pot.

The Fire Python blood, already constantly boiling, became even more turbulent after entering the pot, and faintly, wisps of flame even rose above it.

Qin Jin's expression remained unchanged, without the slightest hesitation; the strange bones and great herbs offered by the Si Huo Tribe, as well as the auxiliary items prepared for this, were all thrown into the pot.

This was precisely the Si Huo Tribe's medicinal bath method.

Through mental communication, with the aid of wish power, Qin Jin had memorized the process and was now replicating it.

As the strange bones and great herbs fell into the pot, and the flames boiled them, a peculiar fragrance permeated the warehouse.

"Such a primitive medicinal bath probably incurs considerable loss."

"It is rumored that true Martial Artists who have reached higher realms, or top existences in other evolution paths, often have an entire backup support team behind them."

"Such cultivation resources, which can be called rare treasures, would certainly be used after meticulous analysis, without any waste, striving to achieve the best effect."

"However, I don't have the qualifications to consider these things yet."

"Hurry up and improve myself, only then can I have greater gains in the future."

His thoughts turned, Qin Jin raised his palm, and with a slight thought, the golden thread representing the Sacrificial Spirit profession appeared.

He thought for a moment, consuming a few points of wish power, and a golden light flashed, disappearing into the large pot.

As the golden light entered, the boiling inside became even more violent, and an invigorating fragrance spread. Qin Jin took a light sniff and could feel his own life energy fluctuating.

A Sacrificial Spirit who mastered wish power could enhance the effect of the medicinal bath.

This was information Qin Jin had obtained from Qi Chuan's memory fragments.

With the fragrance entering his nose, Qin Jin no longer hesitated. He stripped off his clothes, revealing his muscular physique, leaving only a pair of shorts, and entered the large pot.

"I never thought I'd have a day where I stew myself in an iron pot."

The thought flashed through his mind, and distracting thoughts faded.

As he entered the pot, his body was submerged in the liquid, primarily Fire Python blood, mixed with strange bones and great herbs. In the unparalleled heat, a feeling like being cut by a knife assaulted him from all over his body.

Sweat beads emerged on Qin Jin's forehead. His expression was serious, and as his chest rose and fell, his Breathing Method operated.

As the Breathing Method operated, the pain intensified, as if his flesh was being torn, and blood even seeped from his skin.

He couldn't help but clench his fists.

But in this pain, his life energy became even more active, beginning to grow while also dissolving the pain throughout his body and repairing himself.

As it continued, Qin Jin clearly perceived that a rather fierce energy was being absorbed by him from this pot of great medicine, surging into his body, tempering him. Eventually, it even gathered in Qin Jin's right arm, faintly showing signs of congealing.

"What is this?"

Qin Jin keenly sensed all of this and reacted quickly.

"This is condensing a Treasure Technique!"

"In the records of the Si Huo Tribe, tribesmen with extremely excellent talent can condense Treasure Techniques with the help of fierce beast precious blood."

He thought of the flames the Fire Python spewed when the Deep Driller, which he controlled, fought it.

"Congealing in the right arm, Flame Fist?"

"Flame Fist Qin Jin?"

The thought was only for an instant.

That fierce energy congealed in his right arm, and on the skin of his right arm, affected by it, flame-like patterns even appeared.

In just an instant.

Qin Jin made a decision.

His Breathing Method continued to operate, and his own life energy was mobilized, flowing within his body, as if transforming into a sharp spear, charging towards his right arm.

Although a Treasure Technique was good, if he successfully condensed it, he would become an existence similar to an awakened ability user.

But he refused!

Qin Jin's expression was resolute.

The human body itself contained hidden treasures, so why pursue other things.

He took the medicinal bath only to purely enhance himself, with no other intentions.

This special power obtained from beast blood, which could even form imprints on the skin, might well have hidden dangers. He observed the Sacrificial Fire Tribe's method of improvement and believed their path had lost its direction, so how could he delve into it.

Moreover.

That Fire Python was even easily defeated by the Mining Star that he piloted.

Such performance was far from enough to make him choose to say, "The human body is too weak, I'm not going to be human anymore!"