leonardwarren Chapter 20 Skin Smoothing Realm
Chapter 20 Skin Smoothing Realm
Dinner is over.
Liu Sheng wasn't in a hurry to take a shower or rest.
Under the moonlight, I'm spending this night with the desert!
[Internal Training Method: Skin Polishing Realm (97% of beginners)]
[Internal Training Method: Skin Polishing Realm (99% of beginners)]
At this moment, Liu Sheng's heartbeat accelerated as his proficiency level approached 100%.
He took a moment to understand.
I can feel my blood and energy levels rising rapidly throughout my body!
This is a sign that a breakthrough is imminent!
Then, he felt the changes on every inch of his skin.
Okay... nothing has changed.
Then he cleared his mind, took a deep breath, and continued drilling into the sand.
Not long after.
As he swam, he felt a layer on the surface of his body begin to react.
It started as a slight numbness, which quickly turned into a burning sensation.
That heat wasn't the residual warmth of the sand on the surface, but rather came from deep within the pores, from the surging of blood and energy! The skin grew hotter and hotter, as if a layer of scorching magma was flowing beneath the skin!
This vital energy, like magma, is also attracting spiritual energy from the skin's surface, creating a resonance with it.
My whole body is buzzing.
He was so burned that he quickly jumped off the sand.
Lu You, the dutiful senior brother, was originally standing by the side, reviewing the Bajiquan routine.
Upon seeing Liu Sheng leap out, his body brimming with vitality, his eyes widened in astonishment:
"Huh, what's this?"
All that could be seen was the desolate desert, beneath the frosty moon.
The black medicinal film on Liu Sheng's skin was stretched and cracked by the scalding, swollen epidermis, peeling off inch by inch to reveal the bright red skin underneath.
The temperature drops rapidly when the wind blows.
It eventually turned into a slightly grayer skin tone than before.
Upon closer inspection.
It is a semi-transparent gray film that adheres tightly to the surface.
A crimson streak of light flashed, revealing the following words on the panel before him:
Name: Liu Sheng
Age: 16
[External Training Method: Bajiquan (1135/5000 Minor Success)]
[Internal Training Method: Skin Polishing Realm (Beginner 1%)]
[Spiritual Eyes: Green, white, yellow, and red; able to see through illusion and reality]
Liu Sheng had three thoughts at this moment:
First, proficiency is indeed something you can achieve by grinding, and there are no bottlenecks in internal training methods! But it's best to talk about some methods and approaches to avoid inefficiency.
Secondly, the reason why the internal training method is called the internal training method is that it can indeed strengthen one's own qi and blood. He clearly felt that he was stronger, and his qi, blood and strength were stronger than before.
Third, compared to the initial stage of the Skin Smoothing Realm, he was more concerned about the [Spiritual Eye].
This is the second time I've come across the character "灵" (spirit/spirit).
[Spiritual Eyes: Green, white, yellow, and red; able to see through illusion and reality]
With a thought, he activated his [Spiritual Eye] and opened his eyes to look at his senior brother who was coming to congratulate him.
They discovered that the senior brother was surrounded by a ring of red light.
"Got it. Red is the most dangerous, yellow is where I might be able to fight back, white is where the strength is similar, and green is where I'll be completely crushed."
Liu Sheng quickly deduced the rules.
Then, he felt his stamina rapidly draining away. At this rate, he estimated that his stamina would be exhausted after 10 breaths of activating his Spirit Eye.
Startled, he quickly used his mind to deactivate his spiritual eye.
That's when they stopped.
Liu Sheng had a strange feeling in his heart. Before today, he felt that the world was relatively simple.
Now things are suddenly different.
Senior Brother Lu You came up and offered his congratulations.
Although he had seen Liu Sheng's efforts these past few days.
But he hadn't expected Liu Sheng to break through so easily, in just a few days? His physique was now comparable to a top-grade bone!
Could it be that my junior brother's comprehension is so terrifying? If he had only average talent, Lu You wouldn't even dare to imagine it.
In short, now I can have another junior brother who is a true disciple.
If Ye Qi also breaks through in a while...
With the number of rank-3 martial artists, the Bajiquan Martial Arts Academy can hold its head high in the martial arts street and wipe away its previous humiliation, even without the academy's leader!
He told Liu Sheng—
Next, as long as you follow the steps and continue to study and practice diligently, you will be able to break through the minor, major, and perfect stages of the skin-polishing realm normally.
Of course, the next step in the cultivation process, from minor achievement to perfection, requires a different approach. I also briefly explained the general methods for identifying different minor stages, mainly by observing the color.
Before reaching the entry level of the Body Refining Realm, there will be another bottleneck.
Just like before entering the skin-smoothing realm, one needs to use medicine, cultivate one's own qi and blood, and practice, and it would be best to also have some dietary and medicinal supplements.
Once your Qi and blood reach their peak, then you can attempt to enter the Body Refining Realm.
Liu Sheng raised a question—
After all, he would be studying in Crescent Moon County later.
Then they won't be able to fleece the rebels and their master anymore.
Will the cost of providing meat and medicine to martial artists who have reached a certain level be very high?
Lu told him to rest assured.
For a martial artist who has reached the rank of entry-level, finding a well-paying job in Crescent Moon County is quite easy.
"So that's how it is."
"However, if you have the means, you should save up more money. Once you reach the Skin Polishing Realm, the amount of money you'll need to spend will be much higher."
As someone who's been through it, Lu kindly offered this advice.
Liu Sheng scratched his head, thinking of the spiritual eye he had just witnessed, and continued to ask, "Senior Brother, I'm now a rank-one martial artist. I'll inevitably face enemies in the future. How can I discern their strength?"
Lu thought for a moment and replied:
"It depends on experience. We can usually tell the difference in strength between people at the same level. For example, in the Skin Refining Realm, you can tell by the hardness of the skin membrane, and in the Flesh Tempering Realm, you can tell by the strength of their strikes... If you can't tell, you should just run away."
What a simple and heartfelt suggestion from our sect!
Liu Sheng was grateful and continued to ask, "Is there anything like qi-manipulation techniques?"
The eldest brother thought for a moment and said:
"I've heard that Guo Xiao, the last martial saint of the human race, is skilled in this art. He can tell the strength of other people's martial arts at a glance. It is said that his ability to see is something he was born with, not something he learned later."
Upon hearing this, Liu Sheng sighed.
First, there was Yan Wusheng's skin-smoothing technique.
Now it's Guo Wusheng's spiritual eye again.
This feeling, as if my path had already been paved in advance, is unseen.
Liu Sheng thought about it again, but couldn't think of any other problems for the time being.
So he made a suggestion to Lu You.
He said he knew Ye Qi was in a hurry to go back.
Since it's still early and night has just fallen, let's bid farewell to our grandmaster and the headmaster tonight.
Tomorrow morning, we'll go to Yejia'ao first.
Then return to the martial arts school.
All things considered, it doesn't cause any delay.
Lu looked at the position of the moon and realized that it was still early.
Tell Liu Sheng to go take a bath and change his clothes first.
After Liu Sheng finished packing, he found Ye Qi and explained the situation. Ye Qi was overjoyed.
First, I can finally go home.
Secondly, she was surprised that Liu Sheng was already an entry-level martial artist, at the Skin Polishing Realm.
Considering that he himself possessed superior physical constitution while the other party was only of inferior constitution, yet the other party still broke through first.
She felt somewhat ashamed of her laziness.
I am the one who needs to improve my strength and protect my homeland.
What she didn't know was what kind of suffering Liu Sheng had been enduring these past few days.
Liu Sheng also noticed her expression.
Liu Shengtai understood this expression. He had the same expression when he heard that Ye Qi had superior physical attributes last time.
But he couldn't say anything, he couldn't very well say that his master was giving him special treatment, could he?
It was the kind of really tough.
It can only be said that the rebel army's training methods, combined with the Pure Yang Pill, were indeed extraordinary.
Liu Sheng was already looking forward to giving some of his junior brothers a chance to improve their skills. This excellent tradition of their sect truly deserves to be passed down from generation to generation!
The group arrived at Zhang Tianxing's door.
After Lu reported this, Liu Sheng and Ye Qi were also allowed to enter.
They bowed to Zhang Tianxing and Gao Huang respectively, and explained that they would be returning first thing the next morning.
At this moment, Liu Sheng, still using his Spirit Eyes, secretly glanced at Zhang Tianxing and Gao Huang.
Zhang Tianxing was completely devoid of light, as if the Spirit Eye had no effect on him whatsoever.
When you look at Gao Huang again, you see that his body is radiating a black light, but upon closer inspection, you realize that it is actually a dark red.
Liu Sheng was so frightened that he trembled.
With another thought, I closed my spiritual eye.
Zhang Tianxing was overjoyed to hear that his grand-disciple had already become a rank-3 martial artist, and joked:
"Xiao Sheng, your cultivation level is even higher than your grandmaster's!"
Gao Huang frowned upon hearing this.
He hurriedly instructed Liu and Ye not to reveal any information about this place after they returned.
At this moment, after confirming that Liu Sheng was at the Skin Polishing Realm, Gao Huang felt that Liu Sheng's breakthrough was indeed quite smooth.
I even observed it again.
"It is indeed a case of inferior physical constitution."
No wonder he reaffirmed Liu Sheng's background.
Previously, within the rebel army, it was quite common for ordinary soldiers to accumulate enough Qi and Blood to reach the Skin Polishing Realm within a few days using the rebel army's training methods.
Breakthroughs on the first try are quite rare.
Then Gao Huang asked Liu Sheng in front of everyone if he was willing to become a true disciple of the Bajiguan.
Liu Sheng had no reason to refuse.
So Gao Huang instructed Lu You to go back and complete the contract for Liu Sheng as a true disciple.
"From now on, you will be a true disciple, and also my sixth disciple. The martial arts school will not charge you tuition, but you will have to find your own way to pay for other food supplements and medicine. In addition, you must answer the call when you are needed to help the martial arts school or the righteous army, and there will be corresponding compensation."
Liu Sheng nodded in agreement.
Seeing that neither his grandmaster nor his master had anything to say next, he prepared to bow and leave.
Turning around, I saw the red characters on the hemp paper on the wall, illuminated by the candlelight:
"In the 763rd year of the Daqian era, the barbarian army broke through Liangzhou. When humans saw the demons, they had to bow their heads and bend their waists, and could not look them directly in the eye."
"In 766 of the Daqian era, the barbarian army captured Ganzhou and Suzhou, and changed the hairstyle, language, and clothing of the Daqian people."
"In the 776th year of the Daqian era, the barbarian army broke through Guazhou, and the able-bodied men of the human race were enslaved, while the old and weak had their hands cut off, their eyes gouged out, and were abandoned."
……
The text was short and written in the Great Qian script, which Liu Sheng, who was good at observation, could read in a glance.
Every word was written in blood.
Then he froze.
Although he always knew in his heart that this human race was supported by Zhang Tianxing alone.
But when he actually saw it, his master nailed these records of "the country is broken but the mountains and rivers remain" to his room to remind himself of the hatred of national enemies and family, and the shame of the human race, so much so that he turned into a head of white hair in middle age.
Liu Sheng was deeply moved.
A look of sadness crept onto Liu Sheng's face.
"It's over!"
Only then did he realize what was happening.
He's been exposed!
As expected, Zhang Tianxing and Gao Huang both looked at him with surprise.