Gao Wu: My martial arts technique has entries.

Chapter 3 External Skills
This energy was of extremely high quality, which quickly restored Chu Kuang to his peak condition and even greatly enhanced his potential.

This was the power of the source energy potion activating the deep cells in his body, temporarily greatly enhancing his potential, almost equivalent to being temporarily elevated to the top three grade level.

This enhancement can help apprentices successfully break through to the Transcendent Realm, and it is also very beneficial for breaking through to the peak of basic internal skills, greatly reducing the difficulty of breaking through bottlenecks.

However, once the source energy potion runs out of power, these activated deep cells will fall dormant again, so he must seize the time to quickly break through the bottleneck of basic external skills.

Knowing that time was precious, Chu Kuang immediately focused all his attention on cultivating basic external skills.

The basic external martial arts consist of thirty-six forms, which are the result of the integration of body-forging methods from all races by the human race. They are a simplified foundational method, which is why they are very difficult to practice. A normal person would be exhausted after practicing just one set.

After taking the Source Energy Potion, Chu Kuang felt that the power within his body was almost inexhaustible.

He practiced three sets of basic external skills in succession. Not only did he not feel any strain, but he also felt increasingly relaxed and proficient, and his movements became more fluid and graceful.

Finally, after completing the training of basic external skills for the ninth time, Chu Kuang suddenly felt enlightened. The originally difficult basic external skills became completely smooth and complete, and even had a hint of grandmaster style in his hands.

"It's done!"

Chu Kuang took a deep breath and, as smoothly as flowing water, completed his basic external martial arts training once again. He immediately felt that his skin, flesh, meridians, blood, and bones had all undergone an ultimate transformation.

Finally, with a series of cracking sounds from his bones, he slowly finished his practice and stood still, only then sensing the panel in his mind.

Name: Chu Kuang

Race: Terran

Hit Level: 5.1

Realm: Body Tempering Perfected [Solid Body], Internal Organ Refinement Greatly Accomplished
Physical constitution: Medium [Grade 4]

Comprehension: Superior [Rank 7]

Constitution: Ordinary

Skill: Basic External Skill [Perfect 0/3]...

"Life level 5.1".

"A body of rock".

Chu Kuang was not surprised by the increase in his life level, and his gaze fell on the words "rock-solid body".

Body forging is divided into four levels: Rock Body, Black Iron Body, Bronze Body, and Vajra Body.

Basic external skills can only be cultivated to the level of Rock Body, with a maximum life level of 5.5. In combination with basic internal skills of the same level, life force can be cultivated to level 7.

The success rate of breaking through to the Transcendent Realm with a level 7 life force is pitifully low. Even if one manages to break through by chance, it is basically impossible to go any further. This is why Xu Yue urged Chu Kuang to cultivate advanced techniques as soon as possible.

Chu Kuang's Iron Armor Technique and Jiang Feng's Wild Bull Technique, although both are only beginner-level advanced techniques, can both lead to the formation of a Xuan Iron Body.

The maximum vitality of the Xuan Tie Body is around level 6.5, and when combined with an internal skill of the same level, it can reach level 8 vitality.

Breaking through to the Transcendent Realm with level 8 vitality greatly increases the chances of success, and also significantly expands the upper limit of future potential.

There are also intermediate and advanced cultivation techniques that can help one cultivate a body of undead bronze and a body of diamond.

The Bronze Body has a life level of 7.5, and the Vajra Body has a life level of 8.5. With the same level of internal energy, the life level can reach 9 and 10, but generally only the elites in the top classes hope to achieve this.

The lowest level of a first-tier Transcendent Realm martial artist is roughly around level 11 in terms of life level.

"Basic external skills are just for building a foundation. Their characteristic is that they are solid and do not damage the muscles and bones when practiced. They have no additional effect on tempering the body."

Chu Kuang muttered to himself, realizing that to cultivate a stronger Xuan Iron Body, he would need to rely on advanced techniques like Iron Armor Technique. With that in mind, he activated the basic external skills.

Basic External Kung Fu [Perfect 0/3]: The general outline of all external kung fu, easy to learn but difficult to master, it is the most suitable kung fu method for laying the foundation for mankind.

Attached entry: General Principles of External Kung Fu [Metal].

External Kung Fu General Principles [Gold]: All external kung fu techniques in the world are readily available. When practicing any external kung fu technique at a level not exceeding the basic level, the cultivation speed will increase tenfold, and the difficulty of breaking through the bottleneck will decrease tenfold.

"Ten times the speed of external martial arts training, and the difficulty of breaking through bottlenecks is also reduced tenfold?"

Chu Kuang's heart trembled slightly, and he couldn't help but clench his fist, clearly unable to hide his excitement.

With the boost of ten times the speed of external martial arts cultivation, coupled with the reduced difficulty of breaking through bottlenecks, the speed of cultivating external martial arts might even surpass that of a top-grade root bone, and it should be comparable to that of a top-grade root bone.

Top-grade innate talent is extremely rare. There is only one person with such talent in the entire Tianheng No. 3 Middle School. That person is the top student in Tianheng No. 3 Middle School and is a genius among the top ten even among his peers in Tianheng City.

As for those with even higher Earth-grade innate talent, they are considered top geniuses in the entire Tianyuan Star System.

"Two months from now, securing a spot in the top 100 shouldn't be a problem."

With a firm resolve, Chu Kuang noticed the "0/3" after the basic external skills, immediately focused his mind and clicked it, quickly gaining some insight.

His basic external skills are already perfected, but if he can master one volume each of the beginner, intermediate, and advanced body-forging techniques and cultivate them all to perfection, he can reach the [Breakthrough] realm in his basic external skills.

"Breaking through the limits, breaking the boundaries—is this the realm beyond perfection?"

Chu Kuang pondered in his heart. He had heard of the concept of breaking through the limits of a cultivation technique before, but only truly exceptional geniuses could achieve it. Among all the high school students in Tianheng City, only a handful could do it each year. Once one successfully broke through the limits of a cultivation technique, it was practically equivalent to obtaining a ticket to one of the three top prestigious universities.

He regained his composure and immediately began practicing the Iron Armor Technique. He found that his progress was incredibly fast, and he had mastered it to the minor completion level in just a short time.

Iron Armor Skill [Minor Success 1%]

"So fast."

Chu Kuang was slightly pleased, and roughly understood that the reason why Iron Armor Skill was so fast was not only related to the golden attribute, but also to the level of his basic external skills.

After all, once he had mastered the basic external skills, his understanding of external skills had reached a level close to that of a grandmaster, so it was naturally a superior understanding to cultivate the lower-level Iron Armor Skill.

"At this rate, the Iron Armor Technique can be mastered within ten days."

Chu Kuang murmured to himself, then looked at the entry for Iron Armor Technique.

Iron Armor [Blue]: Protects the body with iron armor, making it impervious to swords and spears. Iron Armor increases the body's defense by 20%.

"The increase in the Ironclad entry was 20%, not the expected 30% increase."

"It seems that the data for these combat-enhancing attributes is not as exaggerated as that for attributes that increase cultivation speed. Of course, it may also be related to the strength of the cultivation technique. We'll know once we try cultivating a stronger technique in the future."

Chu Kuang finished his cultivation and felt unbearably hungry. He then realized that he had been cultivating until dawn, and the energy of the source potion had gradually disappeared.

He quickly took out two vials of nutritional fluid and drank them, only then did he feel much better.

Nutrient solutions are the foundation for the development of human martial arts civilization and one of the keys to the rise of human civilization.

Because the nutrient solution is extracted from several tons of staple foods such as potatoes, rice, corn, wheat, beef, and pork, and also contains dozens of kilograms of ginseng, lingzhi, deer antler, and he shou wu, which are highly nourishing medicinal herbs.

A small vial of nutrient solution contains energy that rivals that of several cows.

Martial arts training is 30% practice, 70% talent, and 90% medicinal supplements. Without sufficient nutrients, martial arts training can really kill you.

Fortunately, he was born in this great era. With the current level of human technology, it is already possible to achieve tens of thousands of kilograms of staple food per mu.

It can even carry out large-scale hydroponic cultivation of staple foods and medicinal herbs in space near stars, keeping the cost of these nutrient solutions extremely low.

Even so, a single bottle of nutrient solution costs 100 Federal Credits, and 100 Federal Credits is enough for an average person to live comfortably for a year.

After all, the nutrient solution is backed by millions of canal workers, and Chu's parents are currently taking care of these farms that cultivate staple crops.

"The poor are scholars, the rich are warriors."

"Unfortunately, I won't be able to get the scholarship."

Chu Kuang murmured, feeling envious that the school gave Jiang Feng ten extra bottles of nutrient solution every month. In fact, the school had always provided nutrient solution for the top students in the class, and Chu Kuang had also received some for a period of time when he was in junior high school.

Unfortunately, after entering high school, he never made it into the top ten in his class again, so naturally he didn't get any of the nutrient solution.

"There are only two vials of nutrient solution left."

After drinking the nutrient solution, Chu Kuang looked at the last two vials of nutrient solution in the storage cabinet, and his brows furrowed slightly.

After mastering the basic external skills, there is no bottleneck in his vitality until he reaches level 5.5, but he needs to consume a lot of nutrient solution to replenish his foundation.

With only these two remaining nutrient solutions, it's impossible for him to reach a vitality level of 5.5.
Thinking of this, he got up and left the martial arts room, and went to his parents' room to ask them for money to buy nutrient solution, but he heard a quarrel.

"You only have 100,000 yuan at home. Did you use it to buy energy potions?"

"What about your hand? Tell me, do you still need treatment for your hand?"

Chu's mother's voice was somewhat hysterical, with a sob in her tone.

The man's voice was calm, but his tone was firm as he said, "Limb reconstruction would cost one million, which is simply unaffordable for us."

"Moreover, unless I find a rare healing treasure in the Dark Domain, ordinary limb reconstruction surgery cannot help me rebuild my foundation, and I still have no chance to break through to the Transcendent Realm."

"The boss is still very young, and he needs this opportunity more than I, a useless person."

"But what about Chu Yu?"

Chu's mother's voice trembled as she said with a pained tone, "Chu Yu will be starting junior high school in the second half of the year, and he will also begin to learn martial arts. In the future, the consumption of various resources will increase."

"Without the savings we've accumulated over the years, when the eldest and second eldest sons come together, the nutrient solution they consume each year will be enough to overwhelm us."

"I know." The man's voice was like that of an enraged lion, resolute and decisive: "At worst, I'll go to the Dark Realm!"

"You are crazy!"

After a heated argument, and seemingly afraid of disturbing the two children, the two people inside the room gradually lowered their voices.

Only the woman's low sobs and the man's panting echoed, oppressive and dull.

(End of this chapter)