Chapter 13: Unyielding as Iron
Chapter 13: Unyielding as Iron
In the blink of an eye, two years had passed.
During these two years, Gu Qingfeng quietly managed the Gu family and utilized their resources to gather various martial arts techniques. The breakthroughs in the Mountain-Crushing Fist and the Iron Body Technique had taught him that even without advancing his cultivation, he could still enhance his strength by mastering more martial arts. Each technique had its unique benefits, focusing on different parts of the body.
For instance, the Mountain-Crushing Fist primarily strengthened the fists, with the skin and muscles being secondary benefits. On the other hand, the Iron Body Technique was a comprehensive defensive technique that hardened the skin, making it as tough as iron.
Therefore, the more martial arts techniques he gathered, the greater the benefits.
For an ordinary person, limited by their natural talents and cultivation, it would be impossible to master multiple techniques. However, Gu Qingfeng was different. He had enhancement points, and as long as he had enough, he could perfect any martial arts technique.
However, even among lower-grade martial arts, there were differences in strength. Gu Qingfeng had no interest in weak techniques. Over the past two years, he had managed to gather three relatively powerful lower-grade martial arts:
- Great Tombstone Smash!
- Iron Leg Technique!
- Iron Finger Technique!
Although Gu Qingfeng's natural talent for martial arts was not particularly high, his status as a Blood Refinement Realm cultivator allowed him to progress faster than ordinary people. In just two years, he had brought all three techniques to the initial mastery stage.
From the outside, there was no visible change, but Gu Qingfeng knew that his strength had significantly improved compared to two years ago.
At that moment, the long-dormant information panel suddenly refreshed with new updates.
"Your offspring 'Gu Yang' has broken through to the advanced stage of the Skin Refinement Realm!"
"Reward: 5 Enhancement Points!"
"Reward: 30 Blood Refinement Pills!"
Seeing the updates, Gu Qingfeng's face lit up with joy.
"Great, I didn't expect Yang to break through to the advanced stage of the Skin Refinement Realm so quickly!"
Gu Yang had started practicing martial arts at the age of seven, and in just three years, he had reached the advanced stage of the Skin Refinement Realm. Such talent was truly remarkable. At least in the White Stone Path, Gu Qingfeng had never heard of anyone achieving this at such a young age.
Of course, Gu Yang's breakthrough was also due to the regular Blood Refinement Pills provided by Gu Qingfeng. Regardless, Gu Yang's natural talent for martial arts was already quite exceptional.
With the breakthrough, Gu Qingfeng had five enhancement points. His first thought was to further enhance the Mountain-Crushing Fist, as it was the highest-grade technique among his martial arts.
However, when he looked at the Mountain-Crushing Fist, he found that the required enhancement points had increased to a full ten points.
This change made Gu Qingfeng frown.
"Last time, it only took five enhancement points to enhance the Mountain-Crushing Fist, but now it requires ten. It seems that after breaking through a limit, the enhancement points needed for martial arts techniques significantly increase!"
Gu Qingfeng did not have the ten enhancement points. In fact, he had only managed to accumulate the current five points over the past two years.
After some thought, Gu Qingfeng decided to enhance the Iron Body Technique instead. After all, the Iron Body Technique was also crucial. If he hadn't perfected it and significantly enhanced his defenses, he might have died at the hands of Shangguan Jiang.
With the Mountain-Crushing Fist unable to improve further, Gu Qingfeng decided to enhance the Iron Body Technique.
As for the other low-grade martial arts, Gu Qingfeng didn't want to waste any more enhancement points on them for now.
The reasoning was simple.
Low-grade martial arts could be perfected with enough time and practice, but breaking through their limits was far more challenging.
Back when the Mountain-Crushing Fist broke through its limit, Gu Qingfeng knew it was due to the Blood Refinement Pill and a stroke of luck.
Otherwise, it would have been nearly impossible.
This was evident from the fact that while there were many martial artists in White Stone Village who had perfected their Skin Refinement, the number of Blood Refinement martial artists was significantly fewer.
Breaking through martial arts limits wasn't something everyone could achieve.
Even with the Blood Refinement Pill, Gu Qingfeng wasn't confident he could break the Iron Body Technique's limit. So, he decided to use five enhancement points to force the breakthrough.
With a thought, the five enhancement points vanished.
Gu Qingfeng immediately felt a surge of memories. In these memories, he had practiced the Iron Body Technique diligently for decades, training through the harsh winters and scorching summers. He had endured countless strikes to his body and honed his physique with waterfalls. It was through this long and arduous training that the Iron Body Technique finally broke through its limit.
The moment the Iron Body Technique broke through, Gu Qingfeng's skin turned a bronze-like color, and his muscles seemed to contain explosive power.
A powerful surge of blood energy enveloped him, rising like a pillar of smoke.
After a long while, the boiling blood energy calmed down. Gu Qingfeng checked his attribute panel once more.
...
Name: Gu Qingfeng
Age: 32/100
Realm: Initial Blood Refinement
Martial Arts: Mountain-Crushing Fist (Unbreakable Level 1), Iron Body Technique (Ironclad Body Level 1), Great Stone-Crushing Hand (Minor Mastery), Iron Leg Technique (Minor Mastery), Iron Finger Technique (Minor Mastery)
Enhancement Points: 0
...
"Ironclad Body!"
Gu Qingfeng examined the characteristics of the Iron Body Technique. He clenched his right hand and grabbed his left arm with all his might. The force that could shatter stones and split gold failed to penetrate his skin, leaving only a few white marks.
Seeing this, Gu Qingfeng's face lit up with joy.
After breaking through the Iron Body Technique's limit, his defensive capabilities had transformed to a terrifying degree.
Since breaking the limit with the Mountain-Crushing Fist and subsequently mastering the Great Stone-Crushing Hand and Iron Finger Technique, Gu Qingfeng's fingers were as strong as divine weapons. Even so, they couldn't break through his own defenses.
This indicated that his current physical defense was so strong that most Initial Blood Refinement martial artists would have no chance of penetrating it.
Only Mid-Blood Refinement martial artists could pose a real threat.
As for his overall combat strength, Gu Qingfeng wasn't sure how far he had advanced.
After all, true combat strength could only be determined through actual battles.
At that moment, Gu Yang walked in from outside.
"Father, I have come to see you."
Compared to two years ago, Gu Yang had grown more upright and resembled a teenager. Years of martial arts training had given him a robust and vibrant aura.
Gu Qingfeng smiled. "Yang, you're here."
"Father, I just broke through to the Advanced Skin Refinement stage!"
Gu Yang's face was beaming with joy. He had rushed over to share his good news as soon as he achieved the breakthrough.
Gu Qingfeng nodded in approval. "Well done. To break through to Advanced Skin Refinement at your age is impressive. In the future, you will surely surpass me, and the Gu family will rely on you to carry on!"
(End of Chapter)
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