With A Superpower To Extract Antiques, I Went Tomb Raiding Alone - Chapter 23

Chapter 23 The Way to Enter the

Martial Arts School

In China, in an empty area of the Ninghe River in Tianjin…

Two sacks made of sackcloth were thrown on the ground. With a “creak” sound, one of the bags was opened, revealing the blue bricks inside.

“It’s not strong enough. I’ll have to make do with it.”

Jiang Hu looked at the broken bricks in the bag and shook his head helplessly.

After

years of environmental protection policies, it was difficult to find traditional red bricks. Only this kind of brick, which was mixed with cement and paper, could be found.

She took a copper basin out of her food box, then took out a few bottles of white wine and poured them in.

The air was filled with the strong smell of alcohol.

After a few bottles of white wine, Jiang Hu took a large bag of coarse salt from the delivery box, tore it open, and poured it into the basin.

A thick-browed young man saw this scene not far away from the open space and frowned. He asked the old man beside him, “Grandpa, what is she doing?”

“Just look, don’t ask.”

The old man glared at his grandson sternly.

Jiang Hu saw this scene and revealed a smile. He said to the old man, “Old Sun, if you want to see what’s next, you won’t be able to go back on your word, right?”

“I’ve lived for so long,” the old man replied. “I don’t have any other reputation, but I’m

famous for keeping my word.

“I’m just curious. What did people say Jiang

Wudi’s inheritance was like? I swear on my life

that I won’t tell anyone.”

“Well, it’s nothing much to spread.” Jiang Hu nodded.

Her Junior Brother had disappeared for a long time, and a large sum of money had inexplicably appeared in her account.

She didn’t have to work hard to pass her days, but she was confused.

Since her Junior Brother had no intention of inheriting her father’s martial arts school, she might as well carry it on her own.

The young man in front of her was a good seedling that she had noticed for a long time. He was also from a martial arts family. His family was easy to talk to, and he had a strong foundation of virgin skills.

He should be able to resist the Jiang family’s legacy, right?

Of course, the condition for taking him in as a

disciple was that the youth’s grandfather wanted to personally see how he trained.

After all, he had been defeated by her father back then, and he had been holding back a lot

of anger.

Throwing away these messy thoughts, Jiang Hu put her hand into the coarse salt that was

soaked in white wine.

At the same time, she began to explain, “We’ll

start with the basics today. All hard body skills have a segment where the parts that need to be tempered are soaked in medicinal wine.

“The medicinal wine’s recipe depends on accumulation, but the basic principle is the same. It’s to apply it on the body to promote blood circulation and then let the medicinal effect seep into the body.

“Our Jiang family doesn’t pay attention to the medicinal power to maintain one’s health. It’s fine as long as it can achieve the purpose of tempering.

“That’s what coarse salt is used for. It kills the cells by constantly causing them to lose fluid and eventually grow a thick cocoon to replace the original skin.

“Other than the possibility of blood vessels being blocked, high blood pressure, and limb necrosis caused by thrombosis, there’s not

much risk.”

The young man looked at his grandfather in horror, his face full of “save me” expressions. The old man with the surname Sun berated his grandson, “Look at you! If you want to achieve great things, you must first suffer mentally, work your muscles and bones, and starve your skin. How can you practice martial arts without making sacrifices?

“Master Jiang, please continue,” he said to Jiang Hu with a smile.

Jiang Hu felt the familiar burning and tingling

sensation on her hands. She rubbed her hands hard to spread the feeling evenly across her hands, especially her fingers.

When she felt it, Jiang Hu reached out her hands and inserted them into the brick in her

pocket.

“F*ck!”

The corners of the broken brick grazed Jiang

Hu’s fingers, but she didn’t notice it. She pulled out her palm, which had half a brick hanging on it.

The brick didn’t shatter but was pierced by

Jiang Hu’s finger as if it had been in the mold. As Jiang Hu retracted her fingers into a claw, the brick became hollow, like bread that a naughty child cut off with a knife.

As the brick fell into the bag, the brick foam

also drifted down, as fine as sausages hit by a wall-breaking machine.

The thick-browed youth and the old man’s

mouths were wide open. This was far beyond their expectations.

How terrifying would it be if this kind of power hit a human body?

However, Jiang Hu wasn’t going to stop after

this one attack. Instead, she alternated her

hands and kept pulling and inserting them into her pockets at lightning speed.

It sounded like a small river flowing, but it also sounded like a monster chewing on its stomach.

Jiang Hu kept attacking for ten minutes before

she stopped and took a deep breath.

The bricks in her pocket had returned to their previous fine cement texture.

Jiang Hu rubbed her palms with the coarse salt

wine again and washed the dirt off her hands. Then, she opened another pocket.

The thicket of nails glowed with a metallic light under the sun.

Old Sun was so shocked that he stuttered, “This Pixiu, this Pixiu, this Pixiu, is this also going to be inserted?”

Jiang Hu rubbed her palms and replied, “Of course.”

As she said that, she put her hand into the pocket again.

The sound of sand rolling in the bag sounded

like a chef practicing how to toss a spoon. After stabbing her nail-filled pocket for ten minutes, Jiang Hu retracted her hand and walked to the willow tree. “What I displayed just now was just the basics

of our martial arts school. My Junior Brother

didn’t need to practice this after he was eight years old.

“As long as you’re willing to practice, you’ll be able to climb up the new steps in a few years.’ As she spoke, she pointed at the willow tree.

Jiang Hu tore a large piece of bark, revealing the white and tender trunk.

“As long as you can achieve this, I will teach

you the method to advance in the martial arts school.”

As Jiang Hu’s gaze fell on the thick-browed youth, the youth’s legs instantly went soft.

The young man knelt on the ground and hugged his grandfather’s thigh tightly, crying, “Grandpa! I will die! I’m really going to die!

“Please, please take me back! I really can’t practice this!”

Hearing his grandson’s cries, Old Sun wanted

to scold him but swallowed the words.

‘What a joke!

‘This is only the beginning? Is this girl playing

with me?

‘No one would think humans practiced this

thing, right?

‘How terrifying is the so-called advancement method?’

But now that things had come to this, he couldn’t back down.

Previously, he had said he was the most trustworthy person, but now that he was going back on his words, what would he become?

“Be good and listen to me,” he said. “In the

future, you’ll practice however your master tells you to.”

The thick-browed youth’s eyes were about to pop out.

“Grandpa, I’m your grandson!”

The old man’s heart softened, but he still straightened his neck and waved at Jiang Hu. “Master Jiang, today is an eye-opener for this old man. I’ll leave my good-for-nothing grandson to you. Regardless of life and death!”

At that moment, Jiang Hu didn’t pay attention to these words. ‘Why does that figure in the distance seem so familiar?’