The Villain's Counterattack

The preparation of Wudang Tonic Soup was indeed quite complicated. With so many precious medicinal materials and going through all the steps, Yang Kang was busy for more than an hour before he finished. This was the result of his practice making perfect. It took longer before. After the tonic soup was ready, Yang Kang just came out with three porcelain bowls, one large and two small, when he saw Cheng Yaojia running towards him in a hurry.

"Brother Yang, something bad has happened to Miss Huang." Cheng Yaojia's words startled Yang Kang slightly. His heart suddenly jumped. Could it be that Ouyang Feng had appeared in such a short moment? It was too much of a coincidence.

With his body steady and the tray in his hand motionless, Yang Kang moved ten meters away in a blink of an eye and soon arrived in the living room. He saw Huang Rong with a pale face holding an empty teacup and muttering to herself. Her eyes were completely unfocused, and there were some white hairs on her temples.

Yang Kang's expression changed drastically in an instant, and he roared like a lion: "Fool, wake up!"

Huang Rong was struck by lightning, her whole body trembled and she slowly woke up. Her eyes gradually regained focus, and she slowly stood up but stumbled and almost fell to the ground. Yang Kang stepped forward and hugged her with one hand (the other hand was holding the tray).

"You silly girl, your health has just improved, how could you have wasted so much energy?" Yang Kang couldn't help but scold: "Look at your current state, you look haggard and listless. You might have seriously damaged your vitality and even shortened your life."

Huang Rong struggled to stand from Yang Kang's arms, glaring at him angrily. "It's you, a bad guy, who has given me this difficult problem. If I can't defeat you, how can I feel at ease accepting your favor? I can explain the upside-down tea with Mohist mechanical techniques and Taoist teachings, but I've never been able to master the empty bowl transformation, and gradually I've become a bit obsessed."

Yang Kang asked Cheng Yaojia, who had arrived shortly afterwards, to take care of Huang Rong. He casually pointed his finger, and amidst the gust of wind, a tiny hole appeared on the table. Huang Rong's eyes lit up: "One Finger Yang?"

Yang Kang nodded and said, "It's the One Finger Zen. Frankly speaking, it's worthless. Since internal energy can force out poison, and my internal energy is so strong, forcing out some water is just as easy. It's just that this method requires too high a level of martial arts skill. If you weren't such a troublemaker, I wouldn't be teasing you with it. Legend has it that there's a unique skill above the One Finger Zen called the Six Meridians Divine Sword. That's the real weapon for faking drinking contests. Drinking here, I can force out water from my fingers."

Huang Rong couldn't help but roll her eyes. "One Finger Zen is a unique skill of the Dali Duan clan. Where did you get it from? Don't tell me nonsense about the Jin Kingdom being powerful. I won't believe it."

Yang Kang slapped his forehead helplessly. "Why are there so many questions? I'm a gifted man, so I can just assume that even in my dreams, I've received divine guidance. This is the tonic soup I prepared. It can't be stored, so it has to be consumed immediately. With your current condition, if no one helps, most of it will be wasted."

Huang Rong saw three bowls on the tray in Yang Kang's hand, one large and two small, and immediately reached for the large bowl. Yang Kang pointed at her and said, "You are greedy and not afraid of being full. These two small bowls are for you and Junior Sister Cheng. The large bowl is mine. I can achieve my current level of cultivation half by my own efforts, and half by relying on these precious medicinal materials. You all follow me to the secret room. You must not be disturbed during this training."

Yang Kang first helped Cheng Yaojia refine the medicinal power, and after watching her enter a stable state, he drank his own share and asked Huang Rong to take hers. "You have learned the Nine Yin Manual yourself, but this time I will use the healing chapter to help you refine the medicinal power while repairing the damage in your body and consolidating your foundation."

"No, I can practice on my own." Huang Rong immediately refused when she heard that.

Yang Kang snorted coldly, "Protests are useless. I don't care whether you live or die. I just don't want to waste my medicine. Do you know how much this small bowl is worth?"

Huang Rong glared at Yang Kang fiercely, then chose a place in the secret room that was farther away from Cheng Yaojia. "But you need to be quick. I don't want to cause Miss Cheng to misunderstand."

"The clear will be clear, the turbid will be turbid. If you have nothing to hide, you can have a clear conscience." Yang Kang sat down cross-legged and placed his palms together with Huang Rong's. Seeing her timid look, he couldn't help but say, "In terms of martial arts training, I am your master now. You don't need to treat me as an ordinary man."

Huang Rong's eyes rolled, a faint curve appeared at the corner of her mouth, and then she nodded and stretched out her hands obediently. The two quickly entered the state of cultivation. Yang Kang's internal strength was much deeper than Huang Rong's, so he naturally acted as a guide to help Huang Rong quickly refine the medicinal power, and at the same time, he was also repairing the injuries on Huang Rong's body bit by bit.

The wanderings and life-and-death experiences during this year, coupled with this serious illness, almost completely damaged Huang Rong's foundation. Considering that Huang Rong's martial arts skills were never at the top level in the middle and late stages of the original novel, this experience must have been related. Overall, Huang Rong's qualifications should be higher than Guo Jing's. How could the daughter of Huang Yaoshi be an ordinary person?

Yang Kang traveled through three worlds. In the world of The Smiling, Proud Wanderer, he took the path of revitalizing his family and establishing a country overseas. His martial arts were based on Taoism, pursuing speed and skills. He improved the "Bixie Sword Technique" and practiced the "Nine Swords of Dugu", and finally reached the pinnacle of the world of The Smiling, Proud Wanderer.

In The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber, he chose to integrate the ideas of various schools of thought and use military tactics to promote the general trend of the world, taking it as his responsibility to expel the Tartars and recover China. His martial arts were also based on Taoism, including "Nine Yang Magic Art", "The Great Shift of Heaven and Earth", and "One Yang Finger", but the most important one is "Tai Chi Magic Art".

Both worlds are equally balanced, cultivating both internally and externally, and even advancing steadily, step by step. However, in this world, Yang Kang faces the threat of a massive nomadic invasion. Knowing he cannot resist the tide of history, he chooses a path of defense and retreat overseas, which requires him to be able to withstand the Mongol army on the battlefield.

Therefore, he chose the two brutal external skills, "Vajra Indestructible Divine Art" and "Dragon Elephant Prajna Sutra" as the main objects of practice. Although he also studied "Quanzhen Dao Song" and "Nine Yin Scriptures" as a supplement, because he was too eager for quick success (there was no way not to be eager for quick success, his time was too short. If he had thirty to fifty years, he could even be more relaxed, but unfortunately he only had more than ten years), he used tonic drugs to forcibly improve his cultivation. This also resulted in many drugs in Yang Kang's body that had not been digested in time.

The tonic food, together with the "Vajra Indestructible Divine Art" and the "Dragon Elephant Prajna Sutra", made the masculine energy in Yang Kang's body extremely strong and broke the balance of yin and yang. However, Mu Nianci was weak at the beginning and had practiced the "Nine Yin Scriptures" for too short a time. She became pregnant without being able to bring him any help, leaving Yang Kang with nowhere to vent the yang energy.

This time, in order to heal Huang Rong's injuries, he inadvertently entered a state of yin and yang harmony. Huang Rong had been taken care of very well by Huang Yaoshi since she was a child. The pure yin in the Zhong Ling Ding Xiu could just relieve the excess masculinity in Yang Kang's body. Coupled with the stimulation of the medicine, the strength of both of them was slowly improving, although slowly but visible to the naked eye.

The two seemed to have a natural understanding. From refining the medicinal power at the beginning, to repairing the damage to the body and replenishing the foundation, and then to unconsciously practicing deeply, the two gradually became addicted to it, completely unaware of the passage of time in the outside world.

While Yang Kang was repairing Huang Rong's physical injuries, he was also repairing his own injuries. Neither the "Vajra Indestructible Divine Art" nor the "Dragon Elephant Prajna Sutra" was a unique skill that could be successfully practiced without injury. Yang Kang was able to achieve something, especially in a very short period of time, so the development of his body was not a trivial matter.

This was also the reason why his martial arts progressed slower and slower in the later stages. This time he just had a kind heart by chance but accidentally repaired most of his past injuries. The increase in internal strength was secondary, but his body became stronger, and he was more comfortable using it.