Although the boy attacked quickly, Abel, who already expected things to end like this, had been attentive to any movement, so his attack was still seen by him.
"It is definitely a martial technique, and a palm one from what I see."
From what Abel could see due to his dynamic vision, the moment the boy waved his arm, he attacked using his palm, which Abel could see that, although it did not get bigger like Yun's attack, it still enveloped in a golden glow, which was drawing closer to Abel.
"It seems that one of the most common affinities here is the earth, especially the martial technique they use uses their affinity with the earth to strengthen their attacks."
Abel analyzed and compared everything in detail, after all, this was the first time that he faced another cultivator who could use a martial technique.
"Although I do not know the respective martial technique, from the aura it emanates, it seems that it is only human rank."
"It also seems to have a certain restrictive effect, I feel like I can't move easily, interesting."
After Abel analyzed what he believed was sufficient, he began to think about the correct way to approach the matter.
"Although I feel that it restricts me, I could easily break it and dodge it, but I think it would be too surprising."
"I guess the best I can do would be to face the attack directly, then pretend that I was hurt considerably, so the boy's ego will be satisfied and he will leave me alone."
Thinking that way, Abel prepared himself, by then, the palm attack aimed at Abel was just a few steps away from him, so he quickly took out the dagger that old Ben gave him and with a quick cut, attacked towards the palm in front of him.
"I put enough force to counter at least 60% of the attack from his palm, the rest I think can be tolerable with the physique I have, so it would only be pretend."
Thus, as Abel planned, his attack deflected 60% of the boy's palm technique, letting the rest hit him, sending him flying about 2 meters before falling.
Seeing this, the boy made a disdainful face before heading over to the passed out Yun and carrying him away, not before telling Abel.
"That's just a little lesson from me, next time, remember that if you don't have the strength to defend yourself, just hang your head and suffer."
And without looking in Abel's direction, the boy left, apparently bullying Abel also caused his previous annoyance over the incident at the pharmacy to disappear, as a smug smile could be seen on his face.
After all, from the boy's perspective, Abel was qualified to be a genius, despite only being at the 1st level of peak refinement, he could play with someone at the third level, not to mention that his affinity was fire, same as her younger brother.
"With this, I doubt that he will raise his head, besides the fact that another one with the affinity of fire appeared annoys me a lot, it also seems that he has his own cultivation manual..."
Thinking about this, the boy walked in the direction of the village chief's mansion.
On the other hand, Abel, who was lying on the floor like a dead rat, seeing that there was no one around, got up quickly, and cleaned the clothes he was wearing, he did not look like someone who had just received the blow of a martial technique.
"*Sigh*, it seems that I managed to fool him, with this, he will not bother me for a while"
With the physique that Abel possessed, any attack below a certain threshold could not hurt him, not to mention that his recovery speed was also fast, these were the advantages of possessing a good physique, not to mention that Abel did not yet possess a strengthening manual bodily.
"But even so, his attack was quite ruthless, if he were a cultivator at the first level of refinement of the body, at best he would be bedridden for a couple of months, not to mention that at worst he could have been crippled."
Abel calculated that the force of the attack that boy launched reached the attack unleashed by a cultivator at the 6th level of body refinement.
"Even if the boy speculated that my strength level reached the fifth level or a little more, he still went overboard, does he have a grudge against me or something? Or is this the face of a cultivation world?"
Abel thought for a moment about this, but in the end he reached no conclusion, so he quickly finished getting the dust on his clothes before thinking about what he should do.
"Well now that they're gone, maybe I could get into the pharmacy, after all, that was my goal in the first place."
It did not take Abel long to make his decision, to which he quickly went to the entrance of the pharmacy, which was a few meters from him.
Just as Abel was about to enter once more, a voice reached his ears, a voice that apparently came from within the pharmacy.
"We are closing for today, please come back tomorrow."
When he finished hearing this, Abel, who once again had his hand on the knob, about to enter, was dumbfounded.
"Are you serious? Won't you let me accomplish any goals today?"
Not resigned to this, Abel decided to push the matter a bit more.
"Senior, I'm 100% sure you paid attention to everything that happened outside, not even some compassion for the child who might be hurt?"
Abel waited for an answer from the other side, unfortunately, the pharmacist did not say anything more.
"*Sigh*, it seems that today is not my day."
Abel could only leave frustrated and sad, today he not only could not enter the pharmacy, but he also could not enter the trading house.
"Really a shame, well, it's still a little early to go back to the cabin, so maybe I should stop by the library and get some basic knowledge of the place."
At the thought of the library, Abel let out another dejected sigh, he couldn't help but think that until now, the only place where he was welcome and he felt comfortable was the library.
Putting those thoughts aside, Abel walked slowly towards the library.
Abel took his time while he did so, reflecting on everything that happened today.
"Although I did not get the information I wanted, at least I benefited from the martial techniques of this place."
"In the first place, I was able to see two different martial techniques, both with terrestrial attributes, which reinforced the weight and strength of the attack as far as I could see."
"In Yun's case, his arm grew due to the amount of Earth-attribute spiritual qi, while that boy used it only on his palm, concentrating the spiritual qi in that place and then unleashing it in an attack on me, he also had some restrictive effect."
Recalling the experience, Abel strengthened his determination to return to his old cultivation stage, after all, just as that boy said before leaving, if he was not strong enough, only death and humiliation awaited him.
"Leaving that aside, I wonder what could be the reason why that boy stormed out of the pharmacy, does the seller have any spiritual medicine which the boy needed, but he didn't want to sell it? No, that can't be from how Yun addressed that boy as 'young master', he is most likely the son of the village chief, so I doubt that any vendor in the village will refuse to accept his requests."
"Also now that I think about it, he knew about my affinity as well, as well as that I needed a manual with the attribute of fire to be able to cultivate, it seems that at that time my suspicions were not unfounded, the manual was owned by someone important, and it was the other son of the village chief."
Thinking about this, Abel could only shake his head helplessly, what he most wanted to avoid in the end happened, although from how things ended in the end, Abel could assure that he would not have more problems for a while.
"Once I get some information in the library, I will go into the forest and live there for a while, in addition to hunting and obtaining the skins of the beasts, it will also serve as training, that forest is ideal for my current situation."
So while he was thinking about this, Abel came to the library, when he entered, he bowed in greeting to the elderly Grant who was in the reception and looked for a seat before taking a book to read.
The old man, seeing Abel, only nodded before returning to his meditation, not paying much attention to him, although he felt something strange coming from the boy.
"I wonder what it is, something about that boy gave me a strange feeling... *sigh*, forget it, it's none of my business."
Thus, the old man put that thought aside before meditating again.