Muscle Strengthening Manual! Lesser Elixir Pill!

'I can't believe I have the Buddha Palm technique!' 

Su Qin's heart raced in excitement the entire way back but not a trace of it showed on his face. That was the most powerful move of the Shaolin sect. It was also known as the Kiss of Buddha. There were scarcely other techniques in the world that could have compared to it.

However, Su Qin heard rumors that the Buddha Palm technique was lost almost 900 years ago. The Shaolin sect lost one of its strongest martial arts techniques long ago. 

Su Qin was deep in thought. As the Third Young Master of the Su family, he had some understanding of world affairs even though he lacked martial arts abilities. 

The Shaolin temple and the Su family home were all located in a kingdom called the Tang Dynasty. The Tang Dynasty was overrun with demons who opposed and killed each other. 

The Song Dynasty and the Liao Dynasty were located to the north of the Tang Dynasty. On the other hand, the vast grasslands of the Mengyuan Dynasty laid on the outskirts to the north of the Liao Dynasty.

Toward the south of the Tang Dynasty, was the Ming Dynasty. Several other smaller dynasties such as the Li Dynasty and the Nanzao Dynasty were also located in the south.

It was said that the world was a compilation of various martial art realms that he read in books his previous life. 

Su Qin then arrived at the Miscellaneous Court in no time. 

Hum…

Su Qin felt his consciousness gather in his mind. All he could sense was a giant gold Buddha in the deepest part of his mind. It emanated an immortal and neverending breath. 

It was the Buddha Palm technique!

With the strength of limbs that he possessed then. Su Qin was unable to execute the martial art technique but was only able to manifest the gold Buddha. His manifestation helped him gain insight. 

Su Qin was only able to completely master the Buddha Palm technique when his strength achieved a certain rank. 

It was like giving a baby a legendary sword. The baby was to first gain the ability to raise the sword before he wielded and possessed its powers. 

"There's no rush. Just take it slow!" Su Qin whispered to himself. After all, the Buddha Palm technique was in his possession. Once he gained a higher level of power, everything would then fall into place. Furthermore, obtaining it was merely the first reward.

The Great Palace Hall was the most important site on the grounds of the Shaolin temple. There was no other building that came close to the grandeur and the beauty of the Great Palace Hall. That included some of the great halls like the Scripture Pavillion or the Mystical Village Tower.

Su Qin then came to a decision. From then on, he wanted to explore every inch of the Shaolin temple to grab every sign-in opportunity. 

*****

The following day, Su Qin was assigned to sweep in the premises of the Scripture Pavillion. Most of the Shaolin sect martial arts scriptures and texts were kept within the Scripture Pavillion. The most important scriptures were kept in the Great Palace Hall.

It turned out that Su Qin was allowed to wander freely in the Scripture Pavillion. However, he was restricted from reading any scriptures and had to only stay on the second floor and the floors above. It was expected. If a lowly sweeper monk had the opportunity to study the scriptures that were store there, everyone else in the Shaolin temple would have no longer been there. 

'System. Sign in!'

Su Qin repeated those words silently in his head as he went around sweeping the floor. 

[Congratulations, host! Your sign-in is successful. You have obtained the Muscle Strengthening Manual] 

[Attention: This is a repeated sign-in location. The host may sign-in to this location once a day] 

'The Muscle Strengthening Manual!" 

Su Qin was stunned. Even though the Muscle Strengthening Manual was not as impressive as the Buddha Palm technique, it was still considered one of the greatest training manuals in the world.

Training with the techniques from the Muscle Strengthening Manual meant that Su Qin would have been able to strengthen his muscles, eliminated the weaknesses of his body, and even refined the essence of his bones. The Muscle Strengthening Manual was far more useful than the Buddha Palm technique for an ordinary person like him. 

It was true that the Buddha Palm technique was more powerful compared to the skills that were written in the Muscle Strengthening Manual. However, until Su Win could have improved his martial arts abilities, he would not have been able to use the Buddha Palm technique. 

All of a sudden, Su Qin's mind was filled with images of him practicing the teachings in the Muscle Strengthening Manual. At the same time, he heard sounds of his bone creaking and cracking. 

It appeared that because of the system's functions, Su Qin had immediately gained mastery of all the teachings in the Muscle Strengthening Manual.

*****

Su Qin opened his eyes after a long time.

"What's this?"

Su Qin stared at his hands in disbelief. He saw a faint aura of flowing energy within his limbs. 

"Internal Force? Does that mean that I just had a breakthrough?" Su Qin mumbled to himself.

In the martial arts universe, there were nine ranks in total, the first behind the highest. The seventh to the ninth ranks were considered the Lower Realms. The Middle Realms consisted of the fourth to the sixth ranks. The first to third ranks were the Upper Realms. 

The Su family established their status as a powerful local clan because the Su family patriarch managed to enter the Middle Realms by achieving the sixth rank of the martial art universe.

Since Su Qin developed the Internal Force, he achieved a breakthrough to attain the ninth-rank. Su Qin was overjoyed. 

"I managed to attain the ninth-rank from one of the world's most powerful manuals! It's just as I thought." 

Usually, an ordinary person with absolutely no aptitude for martial arts would not have the hopes of perfecting martial arts. However, with the magical abilities from the Muscle Strengthening Manual, Su Qin was lucky to enter the ninth-rank instantly.

Naturally, the main reason for his achievement was because the system transferred the knowledge from the manual directly into Su Qin's mind. That gave him the ability to master the teachings of the Muscle Strengthening Manual.

Even if Su Qin did study the manual, we would not have been able to understand and apply its teachings without the help of the system. All the Buddhist martial art techniques were difficult to understand as they were known for the obscured meanings of their texts. It was expected that the extraordinary Muscle Strengthening Manual was extremely difficult to comprehend as well. 

On the third day, Su Qin was assigned to sweep in the Bodhi Court. The Bodhi Court was one of the divisions within the Shaolin temple with the fewest monks.

The other courts such as the Martial Arts Court and the Luohan Court accepted huge numbers of disciples each year. However, the Bodhi Court was different. They barely had new faces join them all year round. Despite that, the status of the Bodhi Court within the Shaolin temple was unshakable. 

That was because the entire Shaolin temple's supply of Lesser Elixir Pill, Great Elixir Pill, Essence Cleansing Pill, and Bodhi Pill were all produced by the Bodhi Court.

No one in the martial arts world was unaware of the Lesser Elixir Pill or the Great Elixir Pill of the Shaolin temple.

'So this is where the pills and elixirs are made?' Su Qin thought as his eyes lit up. He started to mutter inside his head, 'System, sign-in here!'

[Congratulations, host! Your sign-in is successful. You have obtained the Lesser Elixir Pill] 

Attention: This is a repeated sign-in location. The host may sign-in to this location once a day] 

Instantly, an ancient-looking bottle materialized within the system. Su Qin understood that he could have retrieved the pill whenever he wanted. However, he stopped that thought instantly.

He was within the compound of the Bodhi Court at that moment. If a bottle of Lesser Elixir Pill suddenly appeared in his hand, it would have attracted the attention of other people around him.

Then came nightfall.

Su Qin made sure there was no one around before he retrieved the Lesser Elixir Pill. A completely snow-white pill appeared instantly before his eyes. The Lesser Elixir Pill of the Shaolin temple could improve muscle control and strengthen one's martial arts skills.

The Shaolin temple still retained its position as the greatest martial arts sect in the world because of the Lesser Elixir Pill, despite having lost the legendary Buddha Palm technique.

Su Qin's eyes sparkled as he stared at the shiny, round Lesser Elixir Pill. 

After each training session with the Muscle Strengthening Manual, Su Qin was always extremely hungry. Relying entirely on the vegetarian meals provided by the Shaolin temple was insufficient for Su Qin's energy requirements.

He was worried that he would always be a ninth-rank martial artist even after 10 years if he went on that way. Martial arts training exhausted a person both physically and mentally. Without sufficient energy, all his efforts would have amounted to nothing.

With the Lesser Elixir Pill in his possession, everything would have been different.

The Lesser Elixir Pill was created through the process of refining various precious medicinal herbs. It would have been easy to replenish all the energy that Su Qin had exerted while training.

Gulp.

Su Qin swallowed the Lesser Elixir Pill. As soon as it entered his mouth, the pill transformed into a great river of warm energy that surged into every corner of Su Qin's body. The Internal Force that Su Qin obtained with the Muscle Strengthening Manual began to strengthen at a rate visible to the naked eye with the unceasing flow of the warm energy river.

An indeterminate amount of time had passed when a huge wave of Internal Force surged, causing a loud crash. The surging wave slowly subsided as though it reached a bottleneck. 

"I'm at the peak of the ninth-rank! Only a single Lesser Elixir Pill helped me advance to the peak of the ninth-rank!?" 

Su Qin opened his eyes and looked extremely satisfied.