Chapter 47 Good News!

"Is that so?"

A faint smile touched Lu Chuan's gaze.

He could sense that this person was very strong, but by no means invincible.

Nowadays, his most proficient skill was not martial arts, but the art of killing.

It was just a pity that he still lacked a weapon.

"Hmm?"

Lu Chuan seemed to have thought of something.

He casually picked up the broadsword dropped by one of the lackeys on the ground and weighed it in his hand.

"I'll execute one move!"

"If you can take it, I leave today. You can live here in peace, and no one will come to trouble you!"

As the leader spoke, he actually drew a soft sword from his waist.

He quietly looked at Lu Chuan before him. "I can tell you've never received systematic training!"

After saying this, the leader looked over at Su Ruan. "As his woman, did you never mention these important matters to him?"

"..."

Lu Chuan stood there in a daze, turning his head to glance at Su Ruan.

Su Ruan appeared somewhat embarrassed, yet she didn't say much.

She simply continued to look at the leader with vigilance, as if filled with apprehension toward him!

"Hahaha, interesting, interesting!"

The leader let out three hearty laughs.

Fixing his gaze on Lu Chuan, his body suddenly seemed to transform into a shooting star!

At that instant, Lu Chuan felt a jolt of shock. He had originally thought his own speed was fast enough, but this person's speed was even greater. Almost instantly, he had closed the distance right in front of Lu Chuan, and the soft sword in his hand resembled a swaying willow branch!

In a flash, it lashed toward Lu Chuan's throat!

One move, fatal!

This was true strength!

A cold glare surfaced in Lu Chuan's eyes!

At that moment, he didn't dare to be the least bit careless.

The strength of the person before him far exceeded his imagination.

This was the first truly terrifying enemy he had encountered in this world.

Yet, what did those words he spoke earlier mean?

Although Lu Chuan's speed was not slow, almost the moment the man moved, his body naturally coiled and spun in the opposite direction.

The soft sword grazed right past Lu Chuan's cheek!

Lu Chuan felt a chilling breeze sweep across.

"I've lost!"

The man nodded slightly, then looked at Lu Chuan. "It seems I was mistaken. Technique still has a tiny bit of use after all!"

"Let's go!"

With that, the man turned and walked away without the slightest bit of hesitation.

"Third Master, wait for me..."

A follower nearby anxiously spoke and hurried to catch up.

Lu Chuan watched their retreating figures, feeling somewhat baffled.

Were the bandits of Black Water Mountain all like this?

Coming here upon someone else's commission, and then sparing him just like that when the job wasn't done?

Just now, Lu Chuan had genuinely felt the threat of death!

In other words, if the opponent had wanted to kill him, he could have.

"Master, are you alright?"

At this moment, Su Ruan walked over, a trace of worry in her eyes as she asked.

Lu Chuan nodded slightly, a solemn expression on his face. After a brief pause, he continued, "The person just now is an expert!"

"Yes!"

Su Ruan nodded.

"Master, I haven't mentioned this to you before."

"Although the martial arts you practice are quite peculiar, you have never had a true master to guide you, and I can hardly be considered a master myself."

Su Ruan sighed. While helping to straighten Lu Chuan's clothes, she said, "Had I remained in the General's Estate, I certainly could have found someone capable of instructing you."

"However..."

A hint of guilt tinged Su Ruan's voice.

Immediately afterward, as if recalling something, she added, "The man from just now is definitely not simple. With that level of skill, in the military camp, he would be at least a thousand-man commander. His prowess would more than qualify him to be a secondary general in the army."

"How could someone like that hole up in a tiny Black Water Mountain?"

Lu Chuan stood there in a daze.

Back inside the room!

Lu Chuan saw Chen Miaomiao standing nervously aside, seemingly worried about his safety.

Though this young girl's favorability rating wasn't very high and grew quite slowly, she proved quite reliable at critical moments—at least she hadn't run away by herself!

"Let's talk!"

Lu Chuan felt too embarrassed to admit his ignorance of this world's martial arts.

So he simply stated, "I've always been on my own. Even though I received some guidance along the way, I never quite grasped the essentials."

"Tell me whatever you know, don't worry about it!"

Lu Chuan looked at Su Ruan and asked.

"The saying goes: 'Poverty breeds scholars, wealth breeds martial artists!'"

"If you want to practice martial arts, the first requirement is eating meat—eating a lot of meat. Only then can a person maintain their vigor!"

"Ah, yes!"

Lu Chuan nodded.

That made sense. Stripped of pleasantries, it simply meant supplementing nutrition. Without adequate nutrition, one could never sustain the body's consumption. No matter the era, that remained true!

"And after that, you need medicinal baths!"

"Medicinal baths?"

Lu Chuan froze, his brows furrowing slightly as he inquired, "You mean soaking in a tub of medicinal herbs?"

"Yes, but not entirely!"

"To be precise, it requires a special medicinal formula, and formulas vary. Some formulas lose effectiveness the more you use them, while others—though the ingredients are far more costly—can accelerate the human body's absorption!"

Su Ruan said with utmost seriousness.

Lu Chuan frowned. "Why was he so strong?"

This puzzled Lu Chuan.

In his original world, martial arts were simply a matter of grueling hard work, and one's exact level was easily discernible. Yet earlier, Lu Chuan had completely underestimated that leader.

Even the moment the man drew his sword, Lu Chuan hadn't regarded him as a true opponent.

Because he had looked utterly harmless.

"You can think of it as internal force!"

"Medicinal baths can accelerate the absorption and refinement of internal force."

"What?"

A flash of pleasant surprise lit up Lu Chuan's eyes.

This truly was a massive revelation upon coming to this world—internal force actually existed here?

In other words, could he become like the masters in wuxia novels?

"Does it mean sensing the flow of meridians? And then cultivating internal force within your own body?" Lu Chuan asked eagerly at this point.

"Huh?"

Confusion clouded Su Ruan's eyes. "What, what does that mean?"

"Then what do *you* mean?"

Lu Chuan was perplexed.

Didn't you just mention internal force a moment ago? Could it be that he had misunderstood?

"How should I describe it to you?" Su Ruan suddenly found herself at a loss.