Our Iron Cloth Is Truly Amazing! [New book, please collect!]

When Li Chu returned to the Virtuous Cloud Temple, several aunts and aunties from the nearby village were just leaving. Their faces were beaming, radiating joy.

Normally, when he greeted them, the aunties would smile, but not with this kind of genuine happiness. They looked like seedlings that had just been nourished by spring rain.

It seems the gap between Master and me is still quite large.

Thinking this, Li Chu walked into the Front Hall with a sense of reverence.

Yu Qi'an, who was temporarily covering for Li Chu in the Front Hall, quickly stood up upon seeing him return. "Disciple, you're back. This Master is exhausted. Take these things to the kitchen; we'll have an extra dish for lunch."

Around him were two baskets of eggs, a bundle of scallions, a Wild Mountain Chicken, and so on. These were likely gifts from the aunties who had just left.

The villagers didn't have much money. It was common for them to offer ingredients as offerings for incense. The Daoists were equally grateful; every vegetable and every grain of rice was a merit.

Yu Qi'an walked back to the Backyard, rubbing his lower back, with Li Chu following closely behind, carrying the items.

After a hearty lunch that included stir-fried eggs with scallions, Li Chu returned to the Front Hall.

It was a Summer Afternoon. The Grass and Trees were Leisurely, and the air was filled with a drowsy scent.

But Li Chu was full of energy. He took out the book Learn Iron Shirt in Thirty Days and began to study it diligently.

Upon closer inspection, the principles within were very simple.

The first step was to concentrate all one's Inner Strength to a single point and tense the muscles to resist attacks. If the force was strong enough, it could even withstand sharp weapons.

Common performances seen among martial artists on the road, such as Golden Spear Through Throat and Back Roll on Nail Board, all involved this kind of training.

The next advancement was to turn this resistance into a conditioned reflex. No matter when attacked, one could tense their muscles instantly without needing to pre-charge.

Finally, it was to expand from a single point to the entire body, developing powerful defense all over.

This was how the Iron Shirt was perfected.

When this technique reached its extreme, becoming Invulnerable was not an exaggeration.

This common self-defense skill in the martial world couldn't possibly be too profound. But it was all Li Chu could get, so he didn't complain.

He had never practiced martial arts before and had no Inner Strength within his body. However, he possessed another, possibly stronger, power, which he tentatively called spiritual energy.

Li Chu pondered for a moment and felt that practicing with spiritual energy might be similar.

After all, it was just a form of energy, so he figured there shouldn't be much difference.

He decided to act immediately. He mobilized his spiritual energy and attempted to concentrate it onto a single point on his body's surface.

This was his first time performing such an action. Previously, his spiritual energy had flowed smoothly within his body. Even when drawing his sword, he didn't concentrate it heavily—a little bit of leaked spiritual energy was enough to obliterate enemies anyway.

Out of caution, he didn't dare to try on any vital areas immediately. Instead, he chose a non-essential part of his lower body—

A thing that was long, but he felt was completely useless and even a little ugly.

A thing that could be cut off entirely at any time if there was a problem.

That's Right.

He gathered spiritual energy into a single leg hair.

To his surprise, as he slowly gathered fifty percent of his spiritual energy into this leg hair, it began to glow.

A glowing leg hair.

For some reason, this scene felt inexplicably familiar to Li Chu?

When the spiritual energy increased to sixty percent, it began to get hot!

Like a red-hot iron wire.

Li Chu finally remembered why it felt familiar: when he was a child, his family still used old-fashioned light bulbs...

He also had a premonition that if he continued to pour spiritual energy into it, it might explode.

To avoid getting hurt before he had even mastered the Iron Cloth, he temporarily stopped the experiment.

It seemed sixty percent spiritual energy was the limit the leg hair could withstand. He wondered about his skin.

He pondered for a moment, frowning.

Every inch of his skin was perfect, and he couldn't find anywhere to use for an experiment...

In the end, he chose his palm.

He extended his left hand, palm facing up, and slowly gathered spiritual energy.

This time, he quickly gathered fifty percent spiritual energy, and nothing happened.

When the spiritual energy gathered to sixty percent, his palm began to glow. When the spiritual energy gathered to seventy percent, his palm felt hot.

It seemed his skin's tolerance was slightly stronger than his hair.

Having a hand that came with its own heating function...

Life would be much more comfortable...

Li Chu thought about when he was out and about. He inevitably had to eat dry rations, and cold food was bad for the stomach. There were no conditions for heating. With such a hand, it would save a lot of trouble.

When he withdrew his spiritual energy, he suddenly noticed that the area where the spiritual energy had been gathered looked different from the surroundings.

It wasn't very obvious in his palm, so he tried it on another spot.

As expected, the places where spiritual energy had been briefly gathered became even fairer after the spiritual energy dispersed.

Although his skin was already fair, it now lost its rosy hue and gained a crystal-like texture akin to white porcelain, looking exceptionally radiant and feeling smoother to the touch.

This was an unexpected change.

He quickly used spiritual energy to transform his entire left hand, then began the most nerve-wracking part.

He gripped the iron sword with his left hand and lightly scraped it across.

Chii

He didn't feel any pain. Opening his hand, he saw only a faint white scratch, which soon disappeared.

Invulnerable!

Li Chu smiled faintly.

The success was even faster than he had imagined.

It seemed spiritual energy was perhaps a bit more potent than Inner Strength.

The Supreme Iron Cloth, which should have taken thirty days to learn, he had managed to condense in mere moments.

Furthermore, the Supreme Iron Cloth had a Weak Point; because certain parts of the body couldn't channel energy, these areas unprotected by Inner Strength were fatal weaknesses for practitioners.

There were many stories circulating in the martial arts world of Martial Artists whose Weak Points were discovered, leading to the downfall of their techniques.

But Li Chu's spiritual energy could be channeled anywhere. If he wished, he could give every strand of hair top-tier care.

This meant his Supreme Iron Cloth had no Weak Point; it was the ultimate Supreme Iron Cloth!

However, Li Chu reminded himself not to get carried away by this.

One must remember that being Invulnerable also had its conditions.

That sword for Slaying Demons, without the support of spiritual energy, was merely ordinary Mundane Iron. One could buy a similar one at the Blacksmith Shop in town for two taels of silver.

If a Martial Arts Master wielded a Peerless Treasure Blade, or a Sword Cultivator Master controlled a Magical Artifact flying sword...

They could certainly pierce his body with ease.

Therefore, he had merely gained a little more capital for Life Preservation. He still needed to cultivate diligently.

Immediately, he began his diligent path of strengthening.

Every inch of bone, flesh, and skin all over his body was meticulously refined by the gathering of spiritual energy.

In just one afternoon, Li Chu felt as if he had undergone a Rebirth; his entire body felt much lighter and more agile.

If he could see a mirror now, he would notice an even bigger difference.

He was now still and motionless, looking like a perfect piece of porcelain, with only his eyes radiating Divine Light.

Even his appearance had improved by three points.

Don't underestimate these three points.

For Li Chu, whose appearance was already ten thousand points, adding three points would only make it ten thousand and three, perhaps not very noticeable. But for Zhou Dafu, whose appearance was only five points, adding these three points could achieve a qualitative leap.

"Iron Cloth is indeed a famous cultivation technique," Li Chu sighed from the bottom of his heart.

He had originally thought that Iron Cloth was just a commonplace martial arts technique, at best giving him some Damage Resistance, and wouldn't make him much stronger.

But now that he had mastered it and felt it carefully, the enhancement this technique brought him was surprisingly comprehensive. It wasn't just Invulnerable; it felt like even the impurities within his body had been cleared, like Marrow Cleansing!

Our Iron Cloth is truly amazing!

Of course.

If the Founder of Iron Cloth heard this, he might jump out of his coffin and shout, "How can I possibly deserve this?"

Other people's Iron Cloth isn't good! Only your Iron Cloth is good!