Travel through a martial arts world and gain a little breakthrough every day.

Mr. Hong said, "Unless you join a sect or a subordinate force of a sect and make great contributions within the sect."

Only the sect might bestow upon you a sacred medicine of the same level as the Dragon Blood Nourishing Heart Pill.

If you want to obtain the Dragon Blood Nourishing Heart Pill, you'll have to wait until you become an inner disciple.

Upon becoming an inner disciple, one will be given two Dragon Blood Nourishing Heart Pills.

"Oh, I see."

It seems this elixir is not easy to obtain; Lin Feng made a note of this.

Both government offices and city guards are subordinate forces of the sect.

The season for recruiting for the yamen and city guards is just around the corner, and a martial arts arena will be set up then.

With my current martial arts skills, I'm sure I can get into the government office or the city guards.

Wouldn't that give you a chance to make a contribution?

As for becoming an inner disciple, that's a long way off and not something I'll consider for now.

Mr. Hong and Lin Feng chatted.

Yue'e squatted to one side, resting her chin on her hands, watching Lin Feng and listening quietly.

"Xiao Feng, thank you so much for today."

"If it weren't for you, your senior sister and I would definitely have died on the mountain."

Yue'e nodded in agreement, "Junior brother, I didn't expect you to be so amazing."

The last time we killed bandits.

I thought you were already amazing, but it turns out you weren't even using your full strength back then.

"Thanks so much this time."

Lin Fengxin thought to himself that he had indeed given it his all at the time, but his strength had improved in the past two months.

Lin Feng didn't say these words aloud, because even if he did, no one would believe him.

Lin Feng smiled and said, "Master, Senior Sister, it's too formal to say thank you."

Mr. Hong stroked his beard and said, "Ying Wuchang is also considered to have extraordinary talent."

Unfortunately, when he was young, he only reached the cowhide level in skin refining before rushing to break through to the flesh refining realm.

Once you break through a certain level, there is no going back.

If he reaches the Stone Skin level, your hidden weapons won't be able to harm him.

Ying Wuchang's foundation was unstable, and after reaching the Refining Organs realm, he stopped progressing and could no longer advance.

Xiao Feng, you must not follow his example. You must be patient and lay a solid foundation.

In the realm of skin refining, it's best to reach the iron skin level.

Lin Feng nodded in deep agreement; his target was the copper sheet.

"You must remember that if you master a mid-level martial art to the highest level, or a high-level martial art to the lowest level, you will enter the Body Refinement Realm."

When one masters superior martial arts, one will enter the realm of bone refining.

Before completing the skin refinement process, never advance any intermediate or advanced martial arts technique to the highest level.

"Disciple remembers it."

Mr. Hong then said, "Xiao Feng, you have done a great service this time."

Our lineage is clear about rewards and punishments.

Your master will remember this achievement.

"Once you become an inner disciple of the Sword Sect, your master will reward you according to your merits."

Lin Feng always felt that his master was just making empty promises, and he didn't know how far his hopes would go.

Mr. Hong then asked, "Xiao Feng, your power just now was somewhat strange. Could it be that you have mastered some kind of artistic conception?"

Lin Feng spoke frankly, "I practice my family's Beast Hunting Fist Technique, which does allow me to enter a special state in times of crisis, which I call the Heart of the Beast."

"Then that's it. I never expected you could grasp the essence of a simple boxing manual."

It seems you truly are a martial arts prodigy, one in a century.

"Xiao Feng, you have both great talent and good fortune."

But I've noticed that you've focused too much on external skills, and your internal skills haven't kept up.

"Have you not practiced the Mind-Nourishing Sword Technique?"

Lin Feng nodded. He felt that since the breakthrough point was limited, the Mind Nourishing Sword Technique could not improve his combat power and could be practiced later.

Mr. Hong said, "If your internal strength is too weak, it will be difficult to exert much power from external skills. Internal strength is the foundation of everything."

If your internal strength were strong enough, you wouldn't have suffered such serious injuries today.

Once you've recovered from your injuries, you must begin practicing the Mind-Nourishing Sword Technique as soon as possible.

"Disciple, please remember this!"

Mr. Hong then took out two more secret manuals, saying, "I found these two manuals on Ying Wuchang's body."

One of them is the sonic attack technique that Ying Wuchang just used: Demon Dragon Roar.

One of them is the martial arts technique that Shadow Impermanence uses when he attacks you: Heavenly Demon Meteor Fist.

Both of these are rare and excellent martial arts manuals.

I'll take these two manuals with me later; I'm going to hand them over to the sect in exchange for contribution points.

Take a good look at this and quickly write it down.

Lin Feng was overjoyed; he was glad he had come to see his master this time.

These two martial arts are indeed very powerful; I have personally experienced it firsthand.

Lin Feng quickly flipped through the two manuals.

Mr. Hong closed his eyes to heal his injuries and suppress the cold poison in his body again.

Lin Feng first had the system memorize two manuals, and then he read them carefully himself.

He discovered that to unleash the full power of this superior martial art, one had to reach at least the Bone Refinement Realm.

Because only when a martial artist reaches the Bone Refining Realm will their internal energy transform into true qi.

Only with true qi can one achieve the same effect as Ying Wuchang and his master, releasing true qi outwards.

Internal energy cannot leave the body without a medium.

What truly holds you back is your level of understanding.

I must find another martial arts manual similar to the Golden Bell Cover as soon as possible to train my skills from the Iron Skin level to the Copper Skin level.

After perfecting the skin refining stage, I still need to refine my physical body in the flesh refining stage.

Only after perfecting the Flesh Refining Realm can one reach the Bone Refining Realm.

I still have a long way to go.

I need to go back and make a trip to the black market to buy a manual for internal martial arts as soon as possible so I can break through to a higher realm.

Half an hour later, Yue'e finished grilling the meat and invited Mr. Hong and Lin Feng to eat.

Senior Sister Yue'e even made grilled prawns.

It seems that my senior sister has discovered the river worms she brought.

But why does this roasted meat taste so much like horse meat?

Lin Feng looked at his senior sister Yue'e and said, "Senior sister, you didn't roast the horse I rode here, did you?"

Senior Sister Yue'e looked completely innocent. "Oh, so it's your horse."

I saw that horse was sitting in the woods and nobody wanted it, so I roasted it. What's wrong with that?

"It's okay, it's fine."

Poor horse, you lost your life after just one ride, but you died a worthy death.

Lin Feng ate the horse meat heartily, and his life attributes were slowly recovering.

Lin Feng ate most of the horse and hundreds of shrimp.

Lin Feng's life attribute has recovered to 63.

The meat that Yue'e and Mr. Hong ate combined was less than one-tenth of what Lin Feng ate.

Senior Sister Yue'e looked at Lin Feng's stomach and exclaimed, "My goodness! Junior Brother, this isn't just a stomach, it's a bottomless pit!"

Mr. Hong smiled and said, "Not bad, your physique is quite special. It seems you were born to practice martial arts."

Mr. Hong looked at the sky and said, "Let's part ways here. Yue'e and I will go straight back to our sect."

Xiao Feng, don't slack off after you go back, join the sect as soon as possible.

As I said before, your master is waiting for you at the Sword Sect.

"This disciple will certainly not slack off."

Senior Sister Yue'e also imitated Mr. Hong's tone and said, "Senior Sister is also waiting for you at the Sword Sect."

Lin Feng smiled and said, "Senior sister, please don't roast my horse next time."

"Hahaha," Yue'e laughed heartily, disregarding her image.

The three then parted ways.

......

After Lin Feng left, Mr. Hong looked at Yue'e and said, "Yue'e, haven't you always wanted to learn my Yin-Yang Sword Technique?"

"Your master will teach you when we return to the sect."

Yue'e's face lit up with joy. "Hehe, thank you, Master."

......

Lin Feng caught two more baskets of shrimp before going home.

Back in the county town, he bought a new set of clothes; the old ones had been completely torn to shreds.

When Lin's mother saw Lin Feng wearing new clothes and dragging a fish basket into the yard, she asked, "Little Feng, where's your horse?"

"A horse? The horse fell off a cliff and died."

If his mother knew he was in danger, she would be terrified. Lin Feng definitely couldn't tell his mother what had happened today.

Lin's mother glared at Lin Feng. She guessed that Lin Feng wasn't telling the truth, so she didn't ask any more questions.

"Xiao Feng, you are the pillar of our family. The whole family depends on you for food, so you must be careful."

"Mom, don't worry, I know what I'm doing."

Lin Feng put down his fish basket and went next door; tomorrow would be the fifteenth.

The black market opens on the first and fifteenth of each month.

I need to arrange with Master Li to go to the black market to buy the secret manual.

I must buy a manual for external martial arts techniques similar to the Golden Bell Cover.

I need to train until I reach the copper skin level as soon as possible so that I can break through to the next level.

These hundred-plus breakthrough points on my body cannot be kept; they must be converted into strength as soon as possible.