Journey Through the Heavens: Starting with Chinese Martial Arts!

"The Great Huang has been established for three hundred years. It is threatened by the winged races and all kinds of creatures from the outside, and plagued by wild beasts and bandits from the inside. We humans are born here, and only martial arts can provide us with a safe haven."

On the training ground of Chenjiazhuang, a tall, strong man with a scar shouted loudly, his voice deep and resonant.

Chen Jueshang sat among the group of youths, listening, dressed in coarse linen clothes, but his thoughts were somewhat wandering.

"It's been twelve years."

Twelve years ago, Chen Jueshang was reborn into this wild world where martial arts flourished. A year ago, he awakened his innate wisdom and regained his memories of his past life.

Here, ordinary martial artists can lift a cauldron, tear tigers and leopards apart with their bare hands, and split stone tablets and rocks. True powerhouses can even shake mountains and rivers with their fists, shatter the void, and travel thousands of miles.

He thought that with the blessing of his past life after transmigrating, everything would go smoothly and his path in martial arts would be smooth sailing. However, he was stuck at the first stage of physical transformation and the cultivation of life.

The scarred instructor once said that there are nine transformations in the physical body realm:

"One transformation nourishes life: By consuming nourishing foods, one absorbs the energy of food, nourishes the source of life, thereby generating blood and qi, activating blood vessels, transforming the furnace, and condensing the seed of qi."

"Second Transformation Skin: The skin membrane is as tough as a drum, with strong resistance to blows, and is difficult to injure by ordinary martial artists who are at the peak of their life."

"Three Transformations of the Body: Strengthening the basic physical body, resulting in strength and endurance far exceeding that of martial artists in the first two realms."

"Four Transformations to Strengthen Tendons: Tendons become strong, and resilience, explosive power, and speed are significantly improved."

"Five Transformations of Bone Training: Strengthening bones to the point of being as hard as steel, greatly increasing penetrating power, combat intuition, and the ability to discern techniques."

"Six Transformations to Refine the Internal Organs: Strengthening the internal organs, circulating the five elements, and ensuring continuous life."

"Seven Transformations of Marrow Refinement: Re-forging bone marrow, rebirth, vigorous blood and qi, and the ability to condense martial arts will."

"Eight Transformations of the Mind: Enlightenment, insight into oneself, enlightenment of wisdom and understanding, and the influence of the mind and will on matter."

"Finally, there is the Nine Transformations and Blood Replacement: the blood in the whole body is replaced with pure yang essence blood, a second rebirth, and the physical body reaches its ultimate state."

Scarface Instructor is a sixth-stage Dirty Refining martial artist. Currently, the highest level in Chen Family Manor is a seventh-stage Marrow Refining expert. That person is none other than the Manor Lord Chen Wu, who is also the guardian of Chen Family Manor. After two more transformations, he will be able to reach the limit of the physical realm.

Chen Jueshang is now twelve years old. He started practicing boxing and taking supplements at the age of six. He has already made great progress in the first stage of the Life Nourishing Realm, but he has been stuck at the Qi Condensation Seed stage for a long time and has not been able to break through.

Meanwhile, Chen Jueshang's peers who cultivated alongside him had all broken through to the second stage of transformation, and those with even greater talent had even broken through to the third stage.

How could Chen Jueshang not be anxious? If he didn't break through soon, the next generation of new martial artists would catch up.

Even though Chen Jueshang is mature, he can't help but be a little impatient.

Of course, Chen Jueshang is not without his advantages.

only……

Chen Jueshang's spirit sank into his mind, and in the center of his dark mind, a broken copper piece floated. The copper piece was half broken, but it emitted a soft, calm blue light.

Apart from that, there was no other wonder or sign of recovery; it was just like a piece of copper that could only shine.

"Six years have passed, and I still can't revive the bronze piece. I can only rely on myself now!" Chen Jueshang sighed, no longer holding much hope for the revival of the damaged bronze piece.

It is better to rely on yourself than others!

Snapped!

The next moment, Chen Jueshang was suddenly slapped on the head, pulling him out of his mind. When his vision returned, he saw that the scarred instructor was standing in front of him at some point.

The scarred instructor's face was unfriendly, and his tone was harsh: "Listen carefully and practice your boxing, maybe it will help you break through to the first stage of the Nourishing Life Realm. You've eaten so much, why aren't you working hard? Do you want to be stuck in the Nourishing Life Realm forever?"

All eyes of the young people converged on Chen Jueshang, who rubbed his head, his expression calm and mature beyond his years, and said, "Second Uncle, I was just thinking about how to break through to the first stage of transformation and nourish my life."

"And the result?" Chen Xun stood with his arms crossed, looking at the boy in front of him with a smile. The scar on his face twisted like a centipede, looking somewhat ferocious.

Chen Jueshang shook his head: "I had some ideas, but you interrupted me, Second Uncle."

Upon hearing this, the youths secretly chuckled, but because Chen Xun was present, they dared not laugh out loud.

After six years of relying on food and supplements to survive, even a pig, without intelligence, can break through the second metamorphosis by instinct.

However, Chen Jueshang is still stuck in the first stage of transformation and life-preserving, which is enough to show how talented he is.

However, the boys' snickers were not mockery or sarcasm; they were simply amused by Chen Jueshang.

"What are you laughing at!" Chen Xun said, silencing the boys. He glanced at Chen Jueshang, turned and left, but his voice still reached their ears: "Everyone, get back to practicing your punches."

……

Before long, the boys practiced their boxing until noon. Chen Xun strolled leisurely through the crowd, and if he saw a boy not practicing well, he would go over and correct him. If the boy made the same mistake again, he would kick him.

Such ferocity made the boys concentrate and practice their boxing with meticulous care, not daring to slack off even for a moment.

Chen Jueshang had practiced Tiger Fist for six years and was highly skilled in the art. Chen Xun only glanced at it, commented "not bad," and then paid no more attention.

Chen Xun is fair to everyone, regardless of your status. Even if you are the son of the manor lord, if you practice the wrong punch twice, you will still be kicked.

This is Chen Xun's responsibility as an instructor in Chen Family Village.

"Alright, that's enough for today's training." Chen Xun left.

At this moment, the boys were all sweating profusely, exhausted from training. Chen Jueshang was also quite tired, and they all went home.

Chen Family Village is only a village with about two hundred households. Although the population is small, thanks to the village lord Chen Wu, who has undergone seven transformations and is in the marrow refinement stage, life is quite good. Every year when wild beasts invade, they can repel the beast tide and protect the peace of the village.

Chen Jueshang walked along the rammed earth road, politely greeting the uncles, aunts and other relatives he encountered along the way. Before long, he arrived at the door of a mud-brick house and pushed it open to enter.

Then, Chen Jueshang smelled a strong aroma of meat, which made his stomach rumble with hunger, even though he had been practicing boxing since morning.

Mr. and Mrs. Chen were sitting at the dining table, which was covered with meat, all of which was ordinary animal meat.

"You're back. Come and eat." Chen's mother heard the door open and saw Chen Jueshang walk in, and spoke kindly.

Chen's mother was named Su Hui. She was from the neighboring Su Family Village. She married Chen's father when she came of age. Like the ordinary women in the village, she was not particularly beautiful. Her hands were covered with calluses from years of housework.

Mr. Chen also spoke, his voice hoarse and brief: "Come and sit down."

Chen's father, Chen Xing, was a fourth-stage master of tendon training who had suffered damage to his foundation. In his early years, when he went hunting in the mountains, he had a conflict with a master of the Feather Clan. Although he killed the opponent, his foundation was also damaged beyond repair.

Humans and Winged Races are neighbors, with Dragon Lake Mountain running between them, so friction and conflict often occur. The time when they go into the mountain to hunt is when the friction is most intense, and occasionally it will result in casualties.

Many of Chenjiazhuang's relatives died at the hands of the Feathered Clan, and they harbored a deep-seated grudge against them. So deep that every time they met, it was a life-or-death battle, and the fight would only end when one of them killed the other or was killed by the other.

These contents were all said by the clan elders in the school. Even the mentally mature Chen Jueshang was inevitably influenced by them, or rather, Chen Jueshang himself was disgusted by the foreign races.

I can't accept either black or white, let alone a bird-man with wings?

Chen Jueshang walked to the middle of the two and sat down, picking up the rice bowl in front of him and starting to eat.

"Haven't you broken through to the Life Nourishment stage yet?" Chen's father suddenly asked.

Chen Jueshang stopped eating and shook his head slightly: "No, but I feel it's about time. I should break through in another half month."

He didn't make any definitive statements, leaving room for maneuver. After all, his natural talent was undeniable; if he could break through, he would have done so long ago, instead of being stuck at the Qi Condensation stage.

"Yes." Mr. Chen nodded.

The meal was quickly finished, and Chen Jueshang put down his chopsticks and went to the backyard.

In the corner of the backyard, there was a pile of firewood as tall as a person, a wood-chopping knife leaning against the wall, and a large, shiny black bow hanging next to the gate.

Every family had adults who frequently went hunting in the mountains, and they needed to eat nourishing foods to practice their martial arts, so every household had a large bow like this.

Unfortunately, after Chen's father was injured, he never went into the mountains again, and Chen Jueshang rarely ate wild beast meat.

Chen Jueshang composed himself, assumed the Tiger Fist stance, and began practicing his fist techniques meticulously. Each punch was powerful and forceful, his body resembling a large bow, his fists like arrows, each punch carrying immense force.