Ninth Grade Skin Refining

East end of the village.

After stewing for over half a shichen (one hour), following Vuong Hi's loud shout.

The villagers immediately surged forward, not caring about getting burned, grabbing meat and stuffing it into their mouths.

The next moment, everyone was scalded until they sucked in cold air, yet no one was willing to spit out the meat in their mouths.

The constantly blowing cold wind also couldn't stop their enthusiasm for eating meat.

They were truly too hungry. Normally, they all tightened their belts to get by, eating only once a day, lying down whenever possible and not moving. At this moment, they all let loose and ate, each one eating until their faces shone with grease.

Luu Nhi Cau and Vuong Hi squatted together, gnawing on meat while talking: "Bro Vuong Hi, can we go deal with Bro Mac now?"

"Not yet." Vuong Hi frowned slightly, saying, "Bro Mac has gained some ability recently. Last night he even broke Lu Tam's leg, and this morning he went over and dealt with Old Mistress Lu. Many old women saw it and were frightened. Just eating one meal of meat still isn't enough to motivate them..."

"Bro Hi, the meat is gone! Add some more! We haven't eaten our fill yet..."

Suddenly, a woman walked over, pointed at the empty pot, and said with a radiant smile.

Vuong Hi gnawed the meat off a bone, tossed the bone aside, wiped his greasy hands directly on his clothes, stood up, and said loudly, "Everyone, was the meat delicious?"

"Delicious!"

"Eating this sudden meat today, my life hasn't been lived in vain!"

"..."

The villagers chimed in one after another.

"Then do you still want to eat?" Vuong Hi's voice rose a bit higher.

"Want!" the villagers said in unison.

"Good then! Tomorrow at this time, all men gather here! Let's go up the mountain hunting! We'll eat to our heart's content!" Vuong Hi shouted.

"Great! Bro Vuong Hi is mighty! Bro Vuong Hi is domineering!" Luu Nhi Cau said loudly.

"Bro Vuong Hi is mighty!"

"Bro Vuong Hi is mighty..."

Quite a few people also followed suit.

...

[Nourishing meat consumption +0.05, Nourishing Blood Technique experience +0.05.]

[Nourishing meat consumption...]

Tran Mac was also eating meat, mouthful after mouthful.

Han An Nuong heard the aroma of meat wafting in from outside the room, bit her chopsticks, and said in surprise, "Uncle, Vuong Ma Tu, that kind of person, how could he be willing to share meat with the villagers?"

Vuong Hi wasn't a generous person in the village. When her mother-in-law was still alive, she had told her that Vuong Hi used to steal in the village.

How had he suddenly become so magnanimous?

"To be unusually attentive when nothing is wrong, is either treacherous or thieving. Sister-in-law, be careful these next two days..."

Tran Mac glanced at the Nourishing Blood Technique information: (Entry 83/100).

At the latest, by tomorrow, he could max out the Nourishing Blood Technique experience.

Because of Lu Tam's matter.

After finishing breakfast, Tran Mac reinforced the windows in the house, especially Han An Nuong's room.

...

Early the next morning.

Tran Mac was again awakened by the clamorous sounds outside.

He exited the room.

Han An Nuong was squatting before the kitchen door, using a willow twig dipped in salt to clean her mouth. The bone-chilling cold wind blew fiercely outside. Han An Nuong shivered from the cold while brushing her teeth.

Seeing Tran Mac come out, she looked up, her mouth mumbling indistinctly, "Uncle... awake..."

"What's going on outside again?"

Han An Nuong took a sip of water, swished it around a few times, spat it out, and said, "Vuong Ma Tu is leading the villagers up the mountain again. The number of people going up the mountain this time is even more than yesterday..."

Tran Mac nodded lightly, then also skillfully went to the kitchen, broke off a willow twig, dipped it in coarse salt, and started brushing his teeth.

The first two days after transmigrating, when using a willow twig to brush his teeth, he, who was used to an electric toothbrush, brushed until his mouth was full of blood, and it even hurt when he ate.

Besides brushing teeth, there was also going to the latrine.

The Tran family hadn't built a latrine. It was just a pit dug behind the vegetable garden, with a few wooden planks set up as a screen. If you needed to go to the toilet, you just squatted there.

Not to mention the wind blowing on your bottom, there was also no toilet paper; they used bamboo slips to scrape.

It made Tran Mac feel uncomfortable all over.

After the first time going to the latrine, he even deliberately took a bath.

Occasionally, lying in bed, he would think, why do so many people online want to transmigrate to ancient times? For modern people accustomed to comfort, isn't this just going to suffer?

Even if transmigrating into a prince or emperor, it wouldn't be as comfortable as an average modern household.

Fortunately, after so many days, he had adapted.

After finishing breakfast.

Tran Mac took the wood-chopping knife and practiced in the courtyard.

Afterward, he went to the river to fetch water, going back and forth several times before finally filling the water vat.

Then he chatted with Han An Nuong, and the morning passed just like that.

At lunchtime.

Tran Mac's mood became extremely agitated.

The Nourishing Blood Technique had reached (Entry 97.2/100).

Whether a dragon or a worm, it all depended on this one meal at noon.

Tran Mac hurriedly didn't even use chopsticks, directly grabbing a fist-sized chunk of meat with his hand and gnawing on it.

[Nourishing meat consumption +0.05, Nourishing Blood Technique experience +0.05.]

[...]

[Nourishing meat consumption +0.05, Nourishing Blood Technique experience +0.05.]

"Quick, quick..."

Looking at the Nourishing Blood Technique (Entry 99.95/100), Tran Mac took a sip of soup, then bit down again, chewed a few times, and swallowed it into his stomach.

[Nourishing meat consumption +0.05, Nourishing Blood Technique experience +0.05,]

Boom!

In that instant, Tran Mac felt a ball of fire emerge within his body, burning his blood.

In no time at all, Tran Mac felt all the blood in his body begin to boil.

He now, his body was like a boiling kettle. Ears, nose, mouth, any place that could emit steam, were all letting out hot air. His skin also became scorching hot.

"Uncle! You... What's wrong?! Don't scare me..." Han An Nuong, seeing this scene, was terrified, her eyes immediately turning red. She hurried over to check what was wrong with Tran Mac.

However, as soon as she touched his skin, Han An Nuong felt like she had touched a scorching hot piece of iron and pulled her hand back.

"Uncle..." Han An Nuong thought something had happened to him, so anxious tears came out. Then, thinking of something, she quickly ran into the kitchen.

Tran Mac felt that scorching hot blood coursing through his body's meridians. He didn't feel pain; this sensation was like being in a steam sauna.

Afterward, he perceived a strange energy merging into every inch of his flesh and blood.

[Name: Tran Mac.]

[Age: 16.]

[Cultivation Technique: Nourishing Blood Technique (Minor Accomplishment 0/500).]

[Realm: Skin Refining (Ninth Grade).]

[Strength: 38.]

[Skill: Thien Hop Saber Technique (Perfection, next swing can achieve a breakthrough).]

"Success! I finally did it..."

Tran Mac stood up, feeling that seemingly inexhaustible power within his body. An irrepressible joy burst forth; he wanted to throw his head back and shout...

Then he was doused with a basin of cold water.

Han An Nuong had scooped a basin of cold water from the kitchen, and upon entering the room, splashed it onto Tran Mac's body.

Tran Mac: "..."

That狂喜 (kuángxǐ - ecstasy/wild joy) just now was instantly extinguished by this basin of cold water.

Tran Mac wiped the water from his face, looking blankly at Han An Nuong: "Sister-in-law, what are you doing?"

"I... I didn't mean to! I just saw you letting out hot air, Uncle, and your whole body was scorching, so I just..." Han An Nuong said worriedly...