novelraw Chapter 155 Ancient Martial Arts Level Grading
Chapter 155 Ancient Martial Arts Level Grading
"Oh dear, you've been trying to get close to them, haven't you? The Tong family isn't easy to mess with, so don't get too close, or you'll get beaten up!" Zhou Manman started to chime in.
She hated Tong Yuheng's family. Why should they, who were both sent to the countryside, live better than her? Since Fan Yaqing had a grudge against their family, then she would be on Fan Yaqing's side and let her deal with the Tong family!
So the two of them worked together, spending the whole morning together cricketing at the Tong family's house, and exchanging a lot of information with each other.
For example, Tong Jiahui comes from a high social class, being a descendant of former bureaucratic capitalists. Her father was a person who was sent to the countryside. Her family received pensions and survivor's allowances, so even though they were sent to the countryside, they still had a fixed income.
Zhou Manman knew some of these things, and some she didn't. She told her that the second to fifth sons of the Tong family were all studying at the county middle school.
They also told her that Tong Jiahui had remarried and was preparing to hold a banquet next month. The man was the captain of the county public security bureau, an official!
What? Tong Jiahui was schemed against by them but still couldn't marry into the Fan family. She's only been here for half a year and she's already married, and married such a good man? What makes her, a widow, so special?!
She's going to ruin their marriage! She absolutely can't let them have such a powerful backer!
"No wonder the whole Tong family came to the countryside; it turns out it's because of their high class background! Shouldn't they be classified as one of the 'Five Black Categories'? They can't be mixed up with the peasants like this!"
Zhou Manman was incredibly jealous and planned to write an anonymous letter to report them. Like Fan Yaqing, she couldn't stand seeing others do well. Now that the two of them were living in the same room, they were constantly causing trouble together—birds of a feather flock together!
Tong Yuheng had no time to deal with these two lunatics; she was busy helping her family members take supplementary cultivation drugs to improve their physical fitness.
Each person needs to endure a full ten hours or so for one round. She was afraid she wouldn't be able to take care of everyone, so at most three people could go together at a time, and it could only be done at night.
The first group consisted of Liu Fengyi, Tong Jiahui, and the old man, because they wanted to experience it first so they could then instruct the other children separately. They were quite old, and the pain from using the Cleansing Pulse Pill was intense, and circulating their internal energy was very slow. However, after twelve hours of practice from dusk till dawn, the effects were still quite good.
Originally, Tong Jiahui didn't practice martial arts with them, but later she thought that her daughters shouldn't always be the ones to do things, so she decided to practice with them too. However, she would finish half an hour earlier than the children to go home and cook, and she wasn't as dedicated as them.
She has been practicing ancient martial arts for two or three months now. She doesn't have much internal or external strength, but her body is stronger and she has become much more powerful, making farm work much easier for her.
Tong Anfu, having studied medicine and practiced martial arts since childhood, picked it up quite quickly. Many children from Manchu official families learned martial arts from a young age. His grandmother also hired tutors for him in both literature and martial arts from a young age.
After his daughter's family arrived in Chenjiatun, he secretly began practicing martial arts with his grandson. Tong Yuheng said it was a unique internal energy cultivation method of their Tong family, and he started practicing without asking any questions.
Liu Fengyi was taught by Tong Yuheng after he revealed his identity. Of course, he didn't need to hide anything from his own father; given the nature of his work, being more skilled would also make him safer.
His physical condition is suitable for martial arts training, but unfortunately he is too old and his progress will not be too fast. The fist and foot skills he used to practice were learned in the army and are very practical. Now he is practicing internal energy again, which is not contradictory.
After using a round of supplementary medications, the three elders all made great progress, and even Tong Jiahui could be considered a beginner martial artist.
Next up were Yuyao and Linglong. They were young, strong, and quick to learn, and they completed the process of strengthening their muscles and bones in just seven or eight hours.
Afterwards, everyone took care of Xiao Wu, Xiao Liu, Xiao Qi, and Yu Chen. After several days, the family's first meridian opening and body training ended.
The biggest improvements were made by Xiao Wu and Yu Chen, who not only improved their aptitude but also advanced a small step in their martial arts cultivation.
From Grandpa Li, Tong Yuheng learned about the general levels of ancient martial arts proficiency:
Samurai (Beginner Warrior): Possesses superior strength and speed in various forms of martial arts, but has not yet developed internal energy. Can fight multiple strong men. In later stages, can easily defeat dozens or even hundreds of ordinary people.
Martial Master (Intermediate Martial Artist): Possessing internal energy, their strength exceeds a thousand jin. Internal energy combined with martial arts techniques can cause internal injuries. They are the backbone of any family or sect.
Martial Master (Advanced Martial Artist): Can project internal energy to form a protective aura that can defend against ordinary bullets. Such individuals are the pillars of their families or sects.
Martial Saint (Innate Martial Artist): Cultivates a dantian (energy center) that can project internal energy to form armor, and has a lifespan of 120 years. They are elusive and impervious to ordinary artillery fire.
Land Immortals: Those who have reached the state of oneness with heaven and man can split mountains and shatter rocks with a wave of their hand. Their speed and strength have reached the pinnacle of human abilities, and they can even walk on air for a short period of time.
Each level is further divided into three sub-tiers: low, medium, and high. Currently, the most common ancient martial arts families are ancient martial artists at the warrior and martial arts master levels.
Advanced Martial Grandmasters are already rare, and those at the Innate Martial Saint level are even rarer, forming the backbone of the Ancient Martial Arts Association. As for Martial Artists at the Land Immortal level, everyone has only heard of them but no one has ever seen them. Whether this level truly exists remains to be discussed.
The woman they encountered in the provincial capital, Yao Bilian, was just an ordinary ancient martial artist, only at the mid-level of martial arts. Perhaps her skills weren't strong, but her ruthlessness showed that this wasn't the first time she had engaged in this kind of murderous business!
She died by her own hand, and her brother died by her own hand too. The Yao family will probably find out about this sooner or later. Even if their main branch in China doesn't care, her family abroad might not let it go so easily.
She needed to arm her family members to prepare for any potential crises. If they had another year or two, and their family's overall strength had increased, then incidents like Xiao Wu and Yu Yao's serious injuries would not happen again.
And that martial arts master from the Han family in Jibei, after being tricked by me, will definitely not let it go so easily. They are on the opposite side of Grandpa Li and the others, and there will probably be many conflicts in the future.
However, they are targeting Dong Wuyou, so let them search for him all over the world like headless flies!
Currently, apart from her and Xiao Wu, who can barely be considered beginner-level martial artists, the rest of the family members are only at the entry-level martial artist level, which is far from enough.
Grandpa needs to work harder; he needs to cultivate his inner strength to refine the many auxiliary pills they need. She's planted all the medicinal herbs needed in the space that can be grown, and she's also managed to buy some of the ones that have to be purchased from outside.
Right now, focusing on developing our own family's strength is paramount, and we need the protection of the nation. Compared to the dangers of the ancient martial arts world, Fan Yaqing is nothing. She'd better not cause trouble, or she'll be slapped to death!
Tong Yuheng didn't expect that before Fan Yaqing could cause trouble, Zhou Manman would jump out and stir up trouble first!
She wrote a letter of complaint to the county's Party Committee, accusing her family of shirking labor, sending educated youth to the countryside to school instead of working, and also accusing Tong Jiahui of being the descendant of bureaucratic capitalists and deserving to be criticized and denounced!