piratefiction Chapter 21 unlocks the achievement! [Please continue reading!]
Chapter 21 unlocks the achievement! [Please continue reading!]
In the evening, Lin Ye walked down the commercial street and pushed open the glass door of a large bathhouse.
"Hello, would you like a private sauna room?"
A short while later, Lin Ye, holding the room key, took the elevator to the sixth floor, room number 626.
As I swiped my card to enter the private room, I could feel the temperature rise noticeably by a few degrees, and my skin felt a little sticky.
After taking off my clothes and taking a quick shower, I changed into sauna clothes and picked up a mineral water bottle next to the wardrobe.
The bottle contained pale blue sesame oil, the result of his afternoon's work.
Twelve catties of sesame seeds yielded about two catties of oil. The output was not high, but it was more than enough.
Walking to the corner, I pulled back the curtain of the sauna, and a surge of hot, white steam rushed out, opening up every pore on my body.
Entering the inner room, the space is not large, only about ten square meters. In the center is a wooden platform with sauna stones on it.
After sitting down, I glanced at the hygrometer hanging next to me. The humidity was 99% and the temperature was 70 degrees Celsius.
It nodded slightly; it should be considered high-temperature gas, right? Any hotter and it'll be cooked.
After sitting for a few minutes to adjust, I twisted open the bottle, poured the oil into my palm, and then rubbed it onto my back.
It's thanks to the boxing practice I've been doing these past few days that I've improved my flexibility, otherwise there are some parts I really wouldn't be able to touch.
Soon after the application was completed, a cooling sensation appeared on my back, which slowly turned into warmth.
Lin Ye felt the change on his back with some surprise. Was this heat overlapping with the heat lines?
A spoonful of water is poured onto the sauna stone, instantly creating a layer of white mist, which raises the temperature in the sauna room.
As time went on, the heat sensation on my back began to turn into a burning pain.
Lin Ye was slightly out of breath.
According to boxing manuals, the stronger the burning sensation of the heat line before developing Qi sensation, the higher the quality of Qi sensation after transformation.
But he had never heard of anyone whose burning sensation could be so intense that it caused pain.
Another ten minutes or so passed, and he endured the burning pain in his back as he scooped water and splashed it onto the sauna stone.
A wave of heat washed over me, and beads of sweat rolled down my forehead.
He was panting heavily; it had been almost an hour, and his breathing had become difficult. Most people would probably have fainted by now.
Moreover, this burning sensation seems to be getting worse.
He persevered for a while longer, then couldn't help but gasp for breath, glancing at the timer, which had now reached the one-hour mark.
"Still not working?"
The thought had barely crossed his mind when he felt a sudden twitch in the muscles of his back. The burning pain gradually subsided, and even his breathing became a little easier.
Succeeded?
"monument!"
Without hesitation, his gaze fell on the lower half of the monument.
[Apply galangal oil to the back and apply heat with hot gas (completed)]
He breathed a sigh of relief, a smile spreading across his face; he had finally finished.
Without lingering, I got up and left the sauna; if I stayed any longer, I would have fainted.
I sat on the wooden bed in the private room, regulated my breathing for a few minutes, and wiped the sweat from my forehead with a towel.
Looking at the monument, he silently recited in his heart,
"Monument, unlock achievement!"
In an instant, the text about the "Whale Killer Pavilion Newcomer" on the lower half of the monument twisted into a vortex, turning into a speck of dark light that rushed into the ability section on the upper half of the monument.
The blurry text began to appear, and a black mist surged from the ouroboros mark on the back of his hand, transforming into a cool current that spread along his arm and throughout his body.
The burning sensation in his back reappeared, but before Lin Ye could react, it turned into a cool sensation in the next instant.
Fragments of memories from arduous training surfaced in his mind, accompanied by a sense of tension spreading throughout his body.
It's like the spine is rotating, tightening all the muscles and meridians in the body.
The feeling of energy is like a rope, it's done!
A smile appeared on Lin Ye's face; he had finally mastered the basics.
As the black mist emanating from the ouroboros mark gradually dissipated, his gaze fell upon the black monument.
[Monument Master: Lin Ye]
【Strength: 0.62】
[Agility: 0.53]
[Physical Fitness: 0.53]
【Intelligence: 0.54】
【ability】
Yin-dominant constitution (1/10)
Potions Apprentice (1/10)
Soul Whale Fist "Level 1" (1/100)
Potential Point: 0
Strength and physique increased by 0.01, which may not seem like much, but it's actually quite good.
After all, the difference between 0.5 and 0.6 in the Strength attribute is huge, so even a difference of 0.01 is a significant improvement.
If you were to test your punching power now, it would definitely exceed 190kg.
He put away the monument and looked at the ouroboros mark on the back of his hand. The number of lit scales had increased to 39.
"As expected, it has increased."
"Does unlocking achievements increase the number of lit scales, or does consuming potions also increase them?"
"The last time I lit up scales was by unlocking an achievement and consuming a potion simultaneously; I had 26 scales."
This time, I only unlocked achievements, adding 13, exactly half of 26.
Does unlocking an achievement or consuming a potion always grant a fixed 13 potions?
"Why didn't the scales light up when I first unlocked the achievement?"
"Is it because the first time was special? Did it serve to activate the monument?"
"Or is it that unlocking the achievement in that medieval church won't activate the scales?"
After thinking for a while, he decided to go back and prepare "Black Goat's Night".
Without needing to buy Black Snail Grass separately, the cost of one potion is reduced by half.
We'll take one bottle to test the effectiveness of the scales, and keep the rest for later use.
Anyway, my senior will be back the day after tomorrow and I'll have 10,000 yuan in my account, so I can splurge a little for now.
Slightly clench your fist, and you can feel the power rolling through your body. You can clearly feel the so-called "qi sensation like a rope" tightening around your meridians.
Ok?
Suddenly, he let out a soft exclamation and stood up.
This feeling is...
"call out--!"
He threw a punch directly, the blade cutting through the moist air and producing a slight whistling sound.
He pulled his fist back, looked at his palm, and a look of joy appeared in his eyes.
After throwing a few more punches, he simply started practicing the Eighteen Forms of the Soul Whale Fist.
After a moment, he calmed down a bit and gradually came to a stop.
A perfect, flawless exertion! The Soul Whale Fist in its perfect form!
This means that the body-refining effect of his fist technique will reach the theoretical limit of the Soul Whale Fist! Its potential will be even higher!
In that case, even if others use the same hot compress with the same seeds to make the transformed Qi feel stronger, it is still not as good as his!
Monuments help me!
He sat down on the wooden bed and calmed his somewhat agitated emotions.
Five days to learn the basics of boxing.
A seven-day introductory period is considered a high level of aptitude, while a five-day introductory period would be considered a truly high level of aptitude.
However, he heard from Coach Lei that Coach Lin only needed three days to master the basics of boxing.
From this perspective, even with the support of the monument, he still falls short compared to a true genius.
But with the monument in hand, he can unleash the full potential of martial arts, and how far he can go in the future remains to be seen.
"Knock knock".
Just then, there was a knock on the door.
"Sir, you have exceeded your allotted time by ten minutes. Are you feeling unwell?"
"No, I'm sorry, I'll be right out."
......
Stepping out of the bathhouse, Lin Ye took a deep breath and felt refreshed and relaxed.
It was completely dark, and it was almost 10 p.m. when the buses stopped running.
But it doesn't matter, he often walks this road and can walk home.
Walking on the street, pedestrians hurried by.
For some reason, a strange feeling suddenly rose in Lin Ye's heart.
The road is still familiar, but my mindset is completely different.
There's a feeling of escaping from the shackles of the world, as if all the pressures of the past have disappeared.
He stopped and looked up at the starry sky, then put his hand back in his palm a few seconds later.
The lines on the palm are clearly visible, but the perspective seems to be infinitely elevated, making everything around appear tiny.
"The world is vast and full of opportunities..." he murmured to himself.
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