Upon receiving a Hundred Herb Pill from Baek Mu-Gun, Jeong Ho-Gun and Jo Won-Yee immediately consumed it. They fully absorbed the internal energy it contained through an entire day of circulating their qi. If they had used their previous internal energy cultivation method, they would have only been able to get up to sixty or seventy percent of its internal energy. However, they managed to absorb most of it thanks to Mu-Gun, who enhanced and increased the efficiency of their internal energy cultivation methods.

Even though they only gained ten years’ worth of internal energy, the two felt a significant change in their martial arts. In fact, the increase in their internal energy allowed them to advance to the Upper-intermediate First-rate Realm.

Mu-Gun revamping their sect’s martial arts was also what ultimately allowed them to elevate their martial arts to another level. If they continued to devote themselves to training, they would be able to reach the Peak Realm—a league beyond the First-rate Realm.

Ho-Gun and Won-Yee became confident that they could really become masters, just as Mu-Gun had told them. That sliver of hope naturally led them to develop a desire for martial arts training. However, personal training alone would only slow down their martial arts’ growth. On the other hand, sparring regularly with martial artists of a similar level while also devoting themselves to personal training would allow...