Being an otaku in the world of American comics

Over the next three days, Liang Yue didn't make any rash moves. Aside from wandering around Beiping City all day, familiarizing himself with the terrain of each area, and purchasing some unique fish, birds, and small animals as pets.

His biggest act was probably renting a temporary small courtyard in the western part of the city, near the city walls, for which he paid a rental fee for half a year.

As the saying goes, it's not easy to live in the capital!

Faced with this considerable sum of money, Liang Yue himself felt a pang of heartache for a while, and his displeasure was written all over his face.

Even the standard of his meals and drinks while out and about was invisibly lowered.

Of course, this so-called displeasure was just for the benefit of the few small-time gangsters who were responsible for monitoring him.

Secretly, Liang Yue himself naturally didn't care about this expense, and even if he ate a little worse outside, he would give himself extra meals after returning home.

In the following days, this guy settled down in the capital, at least, that's how it seemed to the surrounding neighbors and villagers.

Apart from the occasional scent of herbs wafting from his courtyard, the people around him hardly noticed anything unusual.

But then again, for a Taoist priest, isn't it perfectly normal in the eyes of others to be tinkering with these mysterious herbs all day long, doing things related to alchemy and seeking gods?

However, in secret, Liang Yue was actually not so honest.

Especially when night fell, this guy would quietly take out his small hoe and begin a whole night of hard work~

Extending from the ground to the underground, digging from inside the city to outside the city, from dusk to dawn.

In the process, this guy even had the leisure to send a nest of small mice, weasels, and other unexpected gains into his own stronghold world.

During the day, Liang Yue would soak in a medicated bath, finish practicing his Golden Bell Shield, and then wander around the capital with the scent of herbs on his body, before returning home to continue working when the sun set.

Thus, this life of resting at sunrise and working at sunset continued for seven whole days!

At this point, even with Liang Yue's extraordinary physical fitness, plus the blessing of the MC game character, it was starting to become a little unsustainable.

As a result, Liang Yue occasionally appeared dazed and yawned frequently these past few days.

Fortunately, the wool bed, a special product of the MC world, came in handy at this time. After a solid sleep, this guy became lively again.

On the eighth day that Liang Yue was ignored by the small-time gangsters of the capital, which was also the morning of the eleventh day since he came to this capital city.

On this day, after a whole night of rest, Liang Yue got up early from bed, and while preparing the medicated bath, he began his routine basic training of the Golden Bell Shield.

After more than half a month of accumulation and exploration, with the help of the system, Liang Yue had gradually grasped the essence of this Shaolin secret skill!

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Liang Yue

Strength: 33

Agility: 44

Constitution: 43

Energy: 55

Bloodline: Human (Sealed)

Talents: Vigorous Spirit, Affinity

Skills: Language Proficiency, Skip Shot (Conditions not met, not activated), Advanced Gunmanship Proficiency, Basic Swordsmanship, Observation

Abilities: Simple Tool Making, MC Game Character

Cultivation Method: Golden Bell Shield

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Golden Bell Shield (Basic)

Level: 1 / 3

Current Level: 1

A defensive technique inherited from Bodhidharma, the founder of Shaolin, with the effect of strengthening the body and enhancing the defender's defense.

Cultivation Method Effect: Defense +137

Strength +3

Agility +2

Constitution +8

Proficiency: 47 / 100

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With the help of the system, Liang Yue's cultivation progress has been going very smoothly.

Since obtaining the secret manual of this incomplete cultivation method, he had already opened a new cultivation method entry in his character attribute interface after just flipping through it once, and left the mark of the Golden Bell Shield on it.

After more than half a month of persistent cultivation and the cooperation of medicated baths, Liang Yue's cultivation progress was steadily improving, and his understanding of the Golden Bell Shield was gradually becoming more and more handy.

It is worth mentioning that although this Golden Bell Shield cultivation method appeared in the form of data on Liang Yue's character interface with the help of the system.

However, the specific attributes of this cultivation method are not immutable.

As Liang Yue's practice deepened and the proficiency of the cultivation method steadily increased, the specific values it displayed and the additional attribute bonuses it gave him were also slowly changing.

Even within the same level, there is a big difference between just entering the door and gradually improving.

"After more than half a month, my skin has really become more resilient, and the elasticity of my muscles has also increased a bit. It seems that there has been a real improvement in defense."

"However~ that mere one hundred points of defense doesn't seem to be as effective as wearing a leather armor directly."

"The biggest gain after practicing this Golden Bell Shield is the enhancement of my constitution. The training effect that had been slowly decreasing has now started to accelerate again. My muscles are tight, and even my mobility has improved a lot."

"Sure enough, just like the system said before, although this Golden Bell Shield is severely incomplete, it is the most helpful to me at the moment!"

With a whoosh, Liang Yue jumped out of the large medicinal barrel and landed steadily on the ground with a beautiful front flip.

Feeling the more compact muscles all over his body, a sense of fulfillment suddenly arose from the bottom of his heart.

Afterward, Liang Yue stood there stark naked, subconsciously moving his hands and feet, and finally simply did a set of calisthenics to stretch his body.

The soaking in the medicated bath doesn't mean that you just have to immerse yourself entirely in the special potion.

During this bathing process, additional movements and exercises are also required, just like Indian yoga, you must maintain specific and twisted postures to increase the absorption rate of the medicinal effect by your muscles and bones.

In addition, after soaking in the medicated bath, he also had to continue to cooperate with a set of special fitness boxing techniques, constantly tempering his body to promote the effectiveness of the medicine in his body.

The set of boxing techniques recorded in the Golden Bell Shield is relatively clumsy. It seems that it does not have much lethality, and there are almost no moves that require shouting to help during the training process.

Even the posture, in his own opinion, has a bit of the meaning of clumsy dance. The entire training process emphasizes the inner strength and the round and soft movements.

But Liang Yue didn't dare to underestimate these things at all!

Think about the ancient Muay Thai movements that have been handed down in the real world, and the set of worship rituals that Muay Thai fighters perform before each duel.

In the eyes of people who don't know the ropes, those movements are also a bit clumsy, but it is this kind of rather primitive training idea that has created the prestigious reputation of Muay Thai throughout the world.

And this body refining technique itself seeks to act on the practitioner himself, rather than a way to defeat the enemy.

Liang Yue can naturally distinguish this point!