Martial World's
Ch 81 - Strength Training 'Silk-like Flow'
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Zhu Yan played the snow-white porcelain spoon inside the bird nest soup before him while waiting for Zhang Cang to deliver the good news to him. But at this time, the sound transmission talisman had yet to be turned on.
As lunch wore off, there was a knock on the door.
"Come in." said Zhu Yan.
The door slowly opened, and old servant Zhu Yan respectfully walked over. This old servant was at the Viscera Training Stage. He leaned over to whisper into Zhu Yan's ear.
As Zhu Yan heard, his complexion suddenly changed!
The peng!
The small golden threaded bowl in his hand broke in two by him! "What did you say!?"
Lan Yunyue jumped in fright, but the old servant was already used to this reaction. The old servant retreated half a step and said once again, “Young master, Zhang Cang was defeated by Lin Ming in three moves. He was so badly injured that he vomited blood, and was still unconscious.”
With an unexpected result, Zhu Yan was startled and furious, but Lan Yunyue was completely shocked. Lin Ming actually won? And he defeated Zhang Cang in three steps? He was badly injured enough to make him spit blood?
How did this happen? He was initially worried that Zhang Cang would be too ruthless with his hands, and did not think that the result would be so strange.
Zhu Yan looked grim and terrifying. Although he had given Lin Ming a high appraisal, he had not done so in just one month after coming to the Martial House, either, Lin Ming would be able to defeat Zhang Cang who was ranked around 100 in the Ranked Stone. If he gave him more time, would this Lin Ming be climbing his own head?
Previously, Zhu Yan had only treated this Lin Ming as a playful pastime, a cute little prey that he could tempt if he was bored. Lin Ming's talent was inferior, his strength was inferior, and even his family background was inferior. If he had just eaten some precious and rare materials or had some fortuitous encounters, he would not have thought for a second that Lin Ming could threaten him. Even when dealing with Lin Ming, he did not want to humble himself to do so personally, so he had set a trap for him and placed obstacles in his path. None of them stopped him! And at this moment, Zhu Yan had a deep sense of crisis and premonition!
Lin Ming's growth was too fast! That's very fast! Four months ago, he had only been at the First Stage of Body Transformation, a pitiful little martial artist who was worried about how to obtain medicine to heal his injuries. But when they met again, he was already the first candidate of the entrance examination!
Even this did not make Zhu Yan worried, but what he did not expect was that in just a span of one month, he had defeated Zhang Cang!
This Lin Ming really had a problem!
There was no mistaking his talent; he was undoubtedly a middle third-grade martial talent.
To advance so quickly in such a short amount of time, what kind of precious materials could he eat!?
Or ... did he rely on martial arts, and actually manage to comprehend a special cultivation state?
If it's the first, then there's nothing to fear. But if it's the last …
Thinking of this, Zhu Yan involuntarily clenched his fists, and his knuckles cracked. His heart flowed with a strong feeling of uneasiness. This Lin Ming would likely become an enemy for his entire life!
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In the mountains behind the Seven Profound Martial House, a round and bright moon hung in the sky as stars twinkled around it.
It was night in late autumn, and the sky was a unique deep blue teetering. It gave one a clear and sublime feeling as they stared at the wonders of nature.
Under the luminous curtain of night, Lin Ming stood on a cold rock. He held the spear in one hand, and his arm was parallel to the shaft. His elbow pressed onto the tip of the spear, and the long spear extended horizontally from his body. This is the basic attitude of 'Foundation Spear Technique' – 'Iron Bridge Blocking River'.
But this time the spear shaft was not straight, but slightly curved downwards due to the light shaking. Lin Ming had hung a 100 jin stone to the tip of the spear tip, and it was a stone that bent down the long spear.
Even though the stone was only 100 jin, as it hung on the tip of the spear, its actual weight was ten times that of a spear. In addition to the Penetrating Rainbow's weight, the total amount hanging on Lin Ming's arm was above 4000 jins. With Lin Ming's Early Third Stage of Body Transformation, supporting a weight of over 4000 jins as it was pulled down by gravity was already his limit.
As Lin Ming held the spear in his right hand, his left hand grasped a true essence stone. His eyes closed as he circulated his true essence throughout his body. This pure true essence flowed continuously into his body where it subtly changed Lin Ming's circulatory system.
Martial artists usually cultivate the body, not their true essence. The true essence is water, and the body is a reservoir. Martial artists would continue cultivating by forging their bodies to build up their strength. Their true essence capacity would then become even greater. Therefore no matter how one consumed true essence, even if it was up to the last drop, it would not affect cultivation. As long as they cultivated for a day or two, their bodies would be restored to peak condition. However, for the body, once the body was damaged, then there was a chance that their martial arts cultivation would drop by one level.
If the body of a Strength Training and Meat Training level martial artist was like a small puddle, then the Viscera Training stage would be comparable to a pond. Changing the Forging of Muscles and Bones would be like a lake, and after that would be the Pulse Condensation Period, where the meridians would condense, and the circulation of true essence would accelerate, and the circulation of true essence would accelerate, and the body will be like a turbulent river and a raging stream of water. If all the true essence of the body were to gather together and flow at the same time, it would turn into a vast ocean. This would be the Houtian and Xiantian stages.
With the true essence of a body-changing true essence stone, it was like a reservoir whose water was forcefully poured into it. It will expand and expand the reservoir. This kind of cultivation method had far fewer side effects than using pills, but the difference was much slower, and the need for resources was much higher.
In two days, Lin Ming had used three true essence stones. As Lin Ming's cultivation grew, the rate at which he would consume true essence stones would only become faster and faster, as well, and it was possible that even the Seven Profound Martial House could quite supply enough.
“Even if I was a Heavenly disciple like Ling Sen or Ta Ku, who was a top rank, I might still not have enough true essence stones to cultivate.”
According to the rules of the Martial House, new disciples of the Seven Profound Martial House would receive true essence stones according to the results of their entrance examination. After that would depend on one's rank in the Ranking Stone. If one's rank was lower than 150, one could receive one true essence stone each month. Rank 120 to 150 would receive two true essence stones per month. Ranked 100 to 120, three essence stones per month, and ranked 72 to 100, four true essence stones per month, they would only receive a dozen or so each month. Although it was more than just an ordinary disciple, if one wanted to rely on true essence stones to cultivate, they would not have enough for daily use.
“How many true essence stones will a core disciple like Qin Xingxuan receive per month? How much can a true disciple of the Seven Profound Valleys receive?
To the commoners of the Sky Fortune Kingdom, a great sect like the Seven Profound Valleys was simply like a faraway mirage, and equally elusive. The distance from Sky Fortune Kingdom to the Seven Profound Valleys was said to be 100,000 miles. With such a great distance between them, even if one rode a high-quality horse every day, and exchanged horses at each location, it would still take more than half a year to take it!
For commoners who relied on their feet to travel the vast world, a distance of 100,000 miles was enough for them to walk through life.
Shaking his head, Lin Ming no longer thought of such distant things. He had to concentrate on his direct attention; the assessment of the next Ten Thousand Killing Array. Lin Min would definitely participate and strive for good results. The higher he was, the more resources he could reach!
There were only three days left until the ranking war would begin. To raise his strength sharply in the next three days this is unrealistic, except ... Lin Ming ate the golden dragon red marrow pill.
If Lin Ming had not planned on using the medicinal inscription symbol to increase the effects of the Red Golden Dragon Marrow Pill, then he would have already eaten it. But if the medicinal inscription symbol was placed, the efficacy of the Red Golden Dragon Marrow Pill would double by several times. Lin Ming had taken the Golden Snake Scarlet Pill and its efficacy had not been fully absorbed and had not been fully purified. If he ate the Red Golden Dragon Marrow Pill during this time, then the mild consequence was that his medicinal properties would be useless. The heavy consequence was that the true essence he refined would not be pure, and that would cause the foundation of his cultivation to become unstable. It was not worth the dangerous risk just for ranking appraisals. He intended to use the remaining few days to consolidate the 'Flow like Silk' realm of Strength Training. He continued to practice his spear skills. As for tempering his body with true essence, he would first reach a rank as high as he could to receive more time in the seven major killing arrays, and then he would decide how to proceed.
Bang out!
Lin finally could not hold it in anymore, and the 100 jin stone fell to the ground, forming a cloud of dust as it struck. Lin Ming grabbed the spear with his left hand, aimed at the boulder, and thrust his spear forward!
The peng! There was a loud bang as the metal hit the rock. An incredible scene occurred; not only was the stone pierced by Lin Ming's spear, but the stone was also smashed into pieces, as if an exploding gunpowder had been blown up in the middle of the stone. The stone exploded into small fragments and scattered everywhere!