novelraw Chapter 225 - 160: Ancient Qingzhou County, 200 Refined Iron Refinements!
Chapter 225 - 160: Ancient Qingzhou County, 200 Refined Iron Refinements!
Three-Time Yijin is like a Profound Image; whether it’s the resilience of the meridians, resistance to blunt force, or the comprehensive delivery of Qi, blood, and power throughout the body, it surpasses the past.
Additionally, after the third Yijin, the meridians possess a certain self-healing ability, not only able to resist blunt force strikes but also penetration by sharp objects. When pierced, the meridians can autonomously contract from the outside in. As long as they are not completely severed by a sharp blade, they can automatically tighten and maintain 30% combat power.
Su Mu’s eyes shone brightly. With his Martial Dao advancement, he increasingly felt that he was no longer the same species as ordinary humans. Ordinary humans, far from being able to fight, might injure their tendons and bones just from a fall, requiring more than a hundred days to recover, and often become disabled if their meridians are severed.
But for a Martial Artist, after the second Bone Tempering, fractures become uncommon, and even if a fracture occurs, the recovery speed is significantly faster. If one reaches the third Yijin, encountering common meridian lacerations requires only a period of recuperation, and recovery could be three to five times faster. If the third Yijin progresses further, the self-healing ability will undoubtedly be stronger.
This also allows Martial Artists to practice more powerful and dangerous cultivation techniques and martial techniques.
"Let’s try the third Yijin."
The tranquility within the bathtub was torn apart as a body, crafted like a masterpiece from nature, surged up from beneath the medicinal liquid like a Flood Dragon emerging from the sea. Su Mu walked out of the bathtub, his body stretching slightly, as the major tendons in his back seemed to have come alive, like a Flood Dragon gliding through the air.
Su Mu took a step forward, his body radiating a crimson light, instantly evaporating the medicinal liquid clinging to him into wisps of white mist. As the mist spiraled up, Su Mu casually donned his clothes and headed into the courtyard.
He suddenly threw a punch.
Clang!
His meridians instantly tightened and then erupted with a powerful thrust, making Su Mu’s fist resemble an armor-piercing iron arrow shot from the Iron Arm Crossbow on an execution ground.
Boom!
This punch used no power or technique, just a simple straightforward punch. The air in front of his fist compressed with a series of rumbling sounds, much like an iron arrow tearing through the void.
Whish, whish, whish!
As the punch landed, an old locust tree several feet away swayed its branches, and its autumn-yellow leaves fell like rain with a ’whish, whish, whish.’
After unleashing a punch, Su Mu freely demonstrated a routine of Tiger Play from the Five Animals Qigong in the courtyard. Each move was vivid and lifelike, with his figure swaying, exuding an aura of a fierce tiger descending the mountain.
"Could the third Yijin really be this strong?"
Su Mu was astonished after practicing Tiger Play. He felt that this round of Yijin had boosted his explosive power, punching speed, and other aspects—with an improvement of nearly 50%—far surpassing other Martial Artists of the same grade.
In theory, a two-fold improvement from a third Yijin is already quite remarkable.
"Most of this 50% improvement likely includes the enhancement from the Molten Fire Golden Body... The Molten Fire Golden Body makes my physique more formidable; now, even without activating it, I can withstand the assault of an ordinary Seventh-Grade Martial Artist."
Six Cross-Training Martial Arts and one Melting Gold Technique from the Forging Workshop, combined, are immensely powerful. In Changfeng County’s execution ground, relying on the Molten Fire Golden Body and Pill Force, Su Mu slew the Five Extremes Realm Yuan Wuming without needing to go on the offensive actively.
Activating the Molten Fire Golden Body allows one to withstand the full-strength attack of a Sixth-Grade Martial Artist unscathed. In an unactivated state, it is reasonable to resist the martial techniques of a common Seventh-Grade Muscle-Enhancing Martial Artist. At least, Su Mu himself perceives everything as normal.
After checking his explosive power and punching speed, Su Mu planned to test the eruption of Pill Force.
Phew!
Su Mu extended his right fist with five fingers like steel knives. As he took a deep breath, the Gold Element Divine Skill Breathing Technique operated, and the Pill Force swiftly surged out from the Dantian, merging into the lungs. Immediately, the dormant Gold Force in the lungs burst into the right fist.
Sixty percent power!
Eighty percent!
One hundred percent!
Su Mu pushed the Pill Force to the extreme, the sound of a great river surging resonated throughout the courtyard. Even without deliberate activation, the Jade Bone after the fourth Bone Forging spontaneously operated at this moment.
Blue light circulated within his body, instantly entering that mysterious realm where flesh, bone, and meridians merged as one. This time, the fusion was at a higher degree than ever before.
To the naked eye, faint shimmering light flickered at Su Mu’s right fist in the darkness. The Metal Spiritual Qi within the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi, imperceptible to ordinary human eyes, converged towards Su Mu’s right fist like light particles, causing a semi-transparent, pale golden glow to erupt on the surface of Su Mu’s fist.
At this moment, Su Mu seemed not to be a mere mortal with flesh and blood but a man-shaped Divine Soldier.
"In the past, when fully activating the Pill Force, even with the protection of the Jade Bone, there would be tearing pains in the meridians. But now, there’s only intermittent stinging pain—quite impressive!"
Su Mu’s eyes sparkled with brilliance as he casually struck with his palm.
The violent and majestic Pill Force instantly unleashed with a whistle, and the green slate brick on the courtyard ground shattered into dust upon impact. Using this dust as the center, the surrounding green slate bricks were broken piece by piece by the shockwave, shattering into bits and pieces.
"Not bad; after the third Yijin, activating the Pill Force is no longer a concern, and the Jade Bone State has further advanced!"
Su Mu’s deep and bright eyes gleamed—Yuan Wuming, such a Five Extremes practitioner relying on external aids, could hardly pose him a significant threat anymore. When the Eighth-Grade Great Spear is forged,
he would have the confidence to defeat Yuan Wuming and other Four Protectors of the Black Mountain Rebel Army in just a few rounds without relying on the rebound of the Molten Fire Golden Body.
"However, it’s still not enough!"
After a long night of conversation with the Pharmacist, Su Mu no longer visited the clinic. He planned to make a visit the next day.
The following day, when Su Mu arrived at Yunhe Clinic, there was a small wooden plaque on the clinic’s door, with a familiar line of words on it: My master is traveling. The clinic is closed.
The Pharmacist had already left for a journey.