With all these qualities, I will eventually become immortal.

Chapter 94 Greatly Increased Strength, Esoteric Buddhist Methods

Four days later.

Infinite Martial Arts School.

Meng Chuan practiced boxing in the martial arts arena. After completing the last round of the [Luo Family Eight Extremes], his proficiency level finally jumped.

[Luo's Eight Extremes: Proficient (67%) → (68%) Awaiting Breakthrough]

I felt the surge of qi and blood in my meridians, which significantly strengthened my strength.

Meng Chuan pondered to himself:

"Alright, the six trials should be complete!"

Now, he has reached the peak of the intermediate martial artist stage. One more step forward and he will be an advanced martial artist.

"Keep honing your boxing skills and accumulating qi and blood; that day won't be far off."

The standard for the seventh Qi and Blood Barrier is 64 points, which is the sum of the Qi and Blood values ​​required for the previous six barriers. To pass it, you must go all out!
Meng Chuan's belief was strengthened once again. The mere Seven Passes could not stop him; his goal was the stars and the sea!
A strong feeling of hunger returned. After replenishing my nutrition and recovering my body, I went into the blood and qi testing room.

[Qi and Blood Value: 32.38, already at level 6]

Although he barely made it through, Meng Chuan was still very satisfied.

After leaving the testing room, Meng Chuan exhaled a breath of stale air and assumed a boxing stance in front of the wooden dummy.

Meng Chuan unleashed a powerful punch that struck the stake. His technique was ethereal and unpredictable, but at the moment of contact, his hidden power erupted!
With a muffled "thud," Meng Chuan's fist, as sharp as a knife, pierced through the bark of the wooden stake, leaving a deep fist mark on the iron core.

The students standing nearby were immediately shocked. Was this even human?
"This punch landed on someone."

"It'll explode?"

"About to melt?"

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Ignoring everything else, Meng Chuan got up and tried practicing the Cloud Ladder technique while simultaneously performing his boxing routine.

After practicing this several times, he gradually became able to combine the two techniques and gained a better feel for them with each practice.

His proficiency with the Cloud Ladder kept increasing, and when he looked at the panel, the Cloud Ladder icon flashed.

"I've had an epiphany!"

Meng Chuan felt that this movement technique was indeed destined for him. Not only was it easy to practice, but he also experienced an epiphany so quickly.

[Ladder to the Clouds: Beginner (24%) → (25%) Awaiting Breakthrough]

As he practiced for the last time, the state of sudden enlightenment quietly faded away, leaving Meng Chuan feeling lost and disappointed.

A student on the side asked curiously:

"Judging from the way Senior Brother looks, did he just have another epiphany?"

"I think it's most likely. I've seen the senior brother meditate cross-legged before, but I didn't expect him to be able to meditate while jumping around on a wooden stake. Amazing!"

[Ladder to the Clouds: Beginner (72%) → (73%) Awaiting Breakthrough]

The notifications of increased proficiency almost flooded the screen; this was the most proficiency Meng Chuan had gained in one go by practicing.

Meng Chuan tried the core of the ladder to the clouds again—the Nine-Step Ascent to Heaven. He jumped up from the spot without running and soared more than two meters high.

After stepping on the wooden stake, it continued to sprint upwards, then climbed even higher and leaped upwards once more.

He then grabbed the eight-meter-high roof of the martial arts school and swam and leaped among the steel pipes. Even Tarzan would feel ashamed in his presence.

Meng Chuan climbed the overpass, laughing heartily—a rare sight for him.

"Hahahaha, so cool!"

Isn't this the charm of martial arts? At this moment, Meng Chuan's excitement was beyond words.

The students below were silent, and after a long while, they muttered to themselves:

"Have you mastered the art of scaling walls and leaping across rooftops? Senior Brother, you rascal!"

As his arms gradually became sore and numb, Meng Chuan rolled over and landed lightly.

"This is true martial arts! Flying over rooftops and scaling walls as if walking on flat ground. Just knowing how to punch makes you a mere martial artist at best."

Meng Chuan was in such a great mood that he decided to reward himself with half an hour of practice.

As Meng Chuan's Qi-Nourishing Armor Technique was nearing the advanced and proficient stage, the stratum corneum on his skin was becoming increasingly thick. When the students of the second stage struck him with wooden sticks, they had to exert all their strength to achieve any effect.

After only six or seven minutes of beating, before the person being beaten had any reaction, the trainee was already sweating profusely.

"Brother Chuan'er, to be honest, why don't we switch to this one?"

Le Ping handed over an iron rod, which Meng Chuan weighed in his hand; it was solid.

Four days later.

The night was quiet.

When Meng Chuan was sparring with Teacher Chen Tie in the afternoon, he asked Chen Tie to spar for an extra half hour.

When he checked the panel after waking up in the morning, he found that his [Qi Cultivation and Armor-Wearing Skill] was only two percent away from the proficiency level.

As the effects of the skin-regenerating cream gradually faded, the last one percent was replenished.

[Qi Cultivation and Armor-Piercing Exercise: Proficient (1%) - Awaiting Breakthrough]

As soon as he broke through, Meng Chuan felt as if ants were crawling all over his body.

He couldn't help but start scratching his entire body, and as the rough dead skin was peeled off bit by bit, the new, elastic brownish-yellow skin was exposed to the air.

Meng Chuan looked in the mirror.

"It seems a bit dark."

"But it's alright, as long as you're strong."

After admiring the body, Meng Chuan decided to test the defensive capabilities of this new skin to better control its effectiveness in future combat.

He first took a fruit knife and carefully sliced ​​it across his arm.

Only a white mark was left. He tried to slowly increase the force, and as the force increased to 30%, a small blood spot finally appeared.

"Not bad." You see, Meng Chuan possesses the [Heavy Strike] trait, so his strength is already higher than that of others at the same level. This new skin is even more useful than he imagined.

Then, he exerted a slight force and struck his abdomen with his hand in a pestle-like motion.

With a "snap," Meng Chuan savored the sensations his body was experiencing.

"The force is neutralized the moment it hits the skin, and when it tries to penetrate the internal organs, it is as if it hits a flexible membrane."

The internal nourishment of the armored body gave him a pleasant surprise; he hadn't expected its nourishing effect on the internal organs to be so direct.

Meng Chuan hesitated for a moment, then reached out his hand and put it down again.

"Forget it, I can't control the internal force well. Let's wait until I've mastered the armor-wearing skill before trying it."

Lying in bed, Meng Chuan was still too excited to sleep. This was his first step towards becoming indestructible.

Meng Chuan has watched up to lesson 8 of Professor Chen Yu's online course, which is titled "Similarities and Differences between the External Kung Fu of the Great Chu Kingdom and the Esoteric Hard Kung Fu".

Meng Chuan was quite interested in this lesson because the Prajna Dragon Elephant Kung Fu is one of the top methods of Tantric Buddhism.

The cultivation methods of the external martial arts of our Great Chu mostly combine breathing techniques with acupoint stimulation, supplemented by tonics. Compared with the methods of the Western Regions' esoteric sects, this is undoubtedly much more advanced.

In contrast, the methods of practice outside of Tantric Buddhism are undoubtedly far behind those of our Great Chu. Besides the usual striking and applying Tantric body-strengthening ointments, there are many tedious and inefficient steps, such as…

Meng Chuan listened intently, when suddenly an idea flashed through his mind.

Without waiting to read on, Meng Chuan hurriedly went online to search for information about Tantric hard qigong.

As he slowly flipped through the pages, Meng Chuan had an idea. A bold and innovative body-refining concept gradually took shape in his mind.

"When practicing martial arts, you need to use breathing techniques. Each type of external martial art has a different breathing method, so you cannot practice multiple external martial arts at the same time."

"But the Tantric method does not use this. When sparring, you only need to apply body-strengthening ointment to the corresponding parts in advance, and the rest of the steps are done after the body has recovered."

"You could try practicing two external martial arts at once, combining Chinese and Western styles."

Because the body needs time to recover from muscle damage after being slapped.

The daily half-hour of sparring time is the result of extensive data verification and will not damage the body's foundation.

Let's get right to it and start with something simple.

Meng Chuan browsed online for a while and found a low-level martial art from the Western Regions called "Duomo Iron Arm".

This method is specifically for training the arms; once mastered, the arms will be as indestructible as iron rods.

There are three main steps in cultivation.

First, apply Tantric body-strengthening oil in advance to promote absorption and hardening of the skin and muscles.

The next step is to target specific areas with strikes, which can overlap with the strikes applied to the armored body.

Finally, at each breakthrough in spiritual progress, one needs to find a quiet place, light special incense from Tantric Buddhism, and silently recite mantras and scriptures to achieve unity of mind and body and avoid separation.

"This one seems to be the easiest. The steps after applying the oil are simple. You just need to light incense and chant for a while each time you break through."

After sorting out the plan, Meng Chuan downloaded and saved the training method of the Domo Iron Arm to his phone, and then searched for the corresponding consumables in the Martial Arts Association City.

Because this aromatherapy has a calming effect, many martial artists with insomnia buy a couple of sticks to use whenever they have free time, so it sells very well. Meng Chuan quickly found the one he needed after browsing through the aromatherapy section.

The price isn't expensive either, only 200 yuan per piece, and you can get a 10% discount. Considering the minimum purchase amount, you only need to buy five in total.

Meng Chuan searched for the last Tantric Body Tempering Oil for a long time but couldn't find it. He tried searching with several duplicate names, but the store showed a blank page.

So he searched the entire internet again, but still couldn't find anywhere to buy it.

After thinking for a moment, Meng Chuan left a message below Professor Chen Yu's course, asking the netizens for their questions.

No one had replied yet, so Meng Chuan put down his phone and went to sleep.

The next day.

Ping An Middle School Martial Arts Arena.

Chen Tie slapped Meng Chuan hard on the back, and Meng Chuan felt much less pain.

"Hey bro, give it your all!"

"Fine, I'll beat you to death."

Chen Tie increased the force in his hand, and the familiar sour and tingling sensation returned.

Half an hour later, the two ended their passionate physical encounter.

Chen Tie wiped his sweat and said with considerable envy:

"You're a real prodigy in physical training. You've only been training for a few days and you've already broken through the Armored Body Technique, haven't you?"

Meng Chuan smiled and nodded.

"It's all thanks to Teacher Chen's excellent arrangement."

"I have a bold idea, what if I take over the Western Regions?"

After chatting for a while, Meng Chuan told the other person about his guess from yesterday.

Chen Tie fell silent upon hearing this, and after a moment said suspiciously:
"It should be possible, but there's no need."

"Practicing that Iron Arm Kung Fu is not very useful unless you train in a more advanced form of hard kung fu that provides a deeper stimulation to the body. Otherwise, the effects of training hard kung fu will overlap."

Meng Chuan was not upset after hearing this; on the contrary, he was happy.

【Tama Iron Arm】is more effective if it works, but it's okay if it doesn't.

What Meng Chuan truly needs is the unique qualities that come with breaking through limitations!

"By the way, Teacher Chen, do you know where I can buy Tantric body-strengthening oil?"

Chen Tie is also a fan of hard kung fu, so he might know where to buy this stuff.

To everyone's surprise, the other party waved their hand and said:

"How would I know? I practice what our ancestors passed down, I don't learn those foreign things."

(End of this chapter)