Martial Arts Longevity Begins with the Equipment Slot

Chapter 15 Mysterious Cloak Protects the Body, Skin Refinement Perfected

After returning to the Song residence, Song Xiangxiang quickly sent someone to deliver two martial arts manuals.

One book, "Iron Ox Skin Refining Method," and another book, "Bear King Iron Armor Kung Fu."

Chen Yu locked the door and looked through the documents.

The "Iron Ox Skin Refining Method" is a common, readily available product on the market. It is simple to learn and the external application of the medicine is quite conventional.

Such common techniques often have limited potential, and this technique is no exception. Its drawback is that progress is slow, it cannot be compatible with other advanced techniques, and at most it can only be practiced to the level of minor completion of skin refining.

The other book, "Bear King's Iron Armor Kung Fu," is quite the opposite.

This is a secret technique that employs an extreme method of skin forging, characterized by extreme strength and intensity.

By imitating the breathing and energy circulation methods of the giant bear in the wilderness, he tempered his skin and flesh a thousand times until it became as indestructible as the skin of the bear king.

Reaching perfection, within the same realm, sword strikes and slashes leave no trace.

Its defensive capabilities are extremely strong!

It looks wonderful.

But as Chen Yu flipped through the pages, he realized something was off.

Each time one practices the "Bear King Iron Armor Skill," one must take a secret medicine called "Bear King Soup."

It must be taken from the gallbladder of a giant bear in the wilderness and consumed within thirty breaths. If it is even one breath late, the bile will congeal and the medicine will lose its potency.

This only covers the internal medication portion; there's also the external medicated bath.

After consuming bear bile, it is necessary to combine it with concentrated gelatin made from bear bones, hot oil refined from bear fat, and various auxiliary medicinal materials to create a boiling medicinal bath.

Practitioners must soak in a medicinal bath to allow the medicinal properties to penetrate the body and repeatedly stimulate the skin and membranes throughout the body, achieving a continuous regeneration and strengthening effect.

Seeing this, Chen Yu understood.

The reason why Song Xiangxiang took out this book, "The Ironclad Skill of the Bear King," was ostensibly a generous gift, but in reality, she harbored malicious intentions.

The resources required to cultivate this technique are simply beyond his means.

Song Xiangxiang's plan was perfect.

She was certain that Chen Yu only had two choices.

He could either give up and choose the "Iron Ox Skin Refining Method," which is simple to learn but has a low skill ceiling.

Either he was arrogant and chose to practice the highly difficult "Bear King Iron Armor Kung Fu".

Without the aid of secret medicine, no matter how talented you are, it will be difficult to break through to the Perfection of Skin Refinement.

So if it's the second option, she only needs to use "Bear King Soup" as bait to make Chen Yu willingly risk his life for her.

Unfortunately, Song Xiangxiang's wishful thinking was destined to fail.

Because Chen Yu has a third option.

That is to directly equip the cultivation techniques and use the equipment effects in the cultivation technique inventory to practice.

Compared to the cultivation techniques, what are so-called secret medicines?

Chen Yu spent half a day thoroughly studying the entire book, "Bear King Iron Armor Kung Fu".

He closed the manual and began his cultivation.

Chen Yu removed his coarse cloth shorts and stood naked on the blue bricks, his aura calm and deep.

After completing the preparatory movements, stand with your feet shoulder-width apart and knees slightly bent, like an old tree with its roots firmly planted in the earth.

In front of him were rough gravel prepared in advance, specifically for practicing martial arts.

He slowly raised both hands, palms down, fingers slightly spread, as if a giant bear were pouncing.

Grab some sand and gravel and start rubbing it on your body.

Under strong stimulation, the skin begins to redden, swell, and become hot, and blood and qi gradually gather together.

Suddenly, he took a deep breath, his chest bulging like a bellows, his abdomen contracting, and his back straightening like a spear.

The breath circulated within the body, emitting a low "hum ha" sound.

Breathing induces the true blood to condense on the surface of the skin. Once the true blood has solidified under the skin, the tempering process begins.

Half an hour later, after completing the set of exercises, Chen Yu slowly finished his practice.

【Technique Section (Tier 1 69%)】

[Technique]: Bear King Iron Armor Technique

[Progress]: First floor (17/1000)

Reaching the first level is the entry point to the Skin Refining Realm.

The transition from the Blood Refining Realm to the Skin Refining Realm is considered a breakthrough in martial arts realm.

With the breakthrough in his cultivation level, the talent panel reappeared before Chen Yu's eyes.

The effect of the talent "Rebirth" has been triggered again.

[Talent Slot (Tier 1 56%)]

[Talent]: A complete transformation

[Equipment Effect]: Body Refinement Technique cultivation efficiency +50%. Each breakthrough will cause the physical body to mutate, permanently increasing the upper limit of physique!

[This physical mutation yielded the 'Mysterious Bear Hide']

【Features: 1. Can switch between human skin and bear cloak form. 2. In bear cloak form, the entire body's skin defense increases by 30%, cold and heat resistance increases by 50%, and damage reflection increases by 5%, lasting up to 15 minutes】

Chen Yu immediately tried to switch to the "Black Cloak Bear Skin" form.

Soon, his body began to change.

On the back of his neck, a few strands of black hair broke through his skin, like poisonous vines climbing his spine, and wherever they passed, they grew black hairs as sharp as steel needles to protect his body.

A bluish-gray film has now grown on the previously normal skin.

Starting from the back, the hair grows and thickens at a visible rate, spreading throughout the body.

In the blink of an eye, his entire body was covered with thick hair, like a black cloak.

Chen Yu looked up at the bronze mirror in the corner of the wall. The figure in the mirror was covered with a thick layer of bear fur, which carried a faint scent of wild beasts.

From a distance, it looks like a black bear walking upright.

"That's a little scary."

Chen Yu chuckled softly at his reflection in the bronze mirror.

His appearance was so terrifying that he looked like he had fallen into the path of demonic possession.

Fortunately, the doors and windows were tightly closed; if someone had seen them, they might have been scared half to death.

However, he possesses the ability to hear and see clearly, so even if someone comes, he can sense it in advance and switch back to his original form.

"It's not so scary that people are frightening; it's the dead that are truly terrifying."

Chen Yu thought to himself.

In this world, a pretty face alone cannot save a life.

In a true life-or-death situation, he would not hesitate to transform himself into this frightening appearance.

Regardless of appearance, as long as it can protect lives, it is an excellent method.

Chen Yu took a deep breath and suddenly clenched his fists.

In an instant, the black hairs on his arms stood up like steel needles, and his skin hardened suddenly, forming an even tougher armor from his elbow to his wrist.

Chen Yu bent down and punched the bluestone floor hard.

"Bang!"

The dust on the ground was shaken up and flew everywhere.

Chen Yu withdrew his fist, feeling no pain whatsoever.

It seems that the defensive capabilities of this form are indeed significantly enhanced.

This kind of life-saving trump card is exactly what Chen Yu values ​​most.

With a thought, he switched back to human skin form.

The jet-black bear fur receded into the texture of the skin like the receding tide, and the huge outline suddenly contracted, revealing the slightly thinner normal body underneath.

After that, when there were no other matters to disturb him, Chen Yu spent his days in seclusion, cultivating his skills.

A month later, the progress bar for the cultivation technique was full.

[Cultivation Techniques: Tier 1, 98%]

[Technique]: Bear King Iron Armor Technique

[Progress]: 10th floor (1000/1000)

"boom!"

As Chen Yu practiced his martial arts, it felt as if a giant bear from the wilderness was roaring inside him.

Nine strands of true blood transformed into a monstrous wave, surging and roaring through his meridians with overwhelming force, frantically washing over and hammering every inch of his skin, aiming to completely reshape all his skin membranes.

Fifteen minutes later, Chen Yu opened his eyes and looked down at his skin.

As the black impurities were expelled, a dark golden luster appeared on the originally fair skin.

Beneath the skin, muscles move like dragons, becoming stronger and more powerful.

This is precisely the manifestation of the perfected Skin Refining Realm.