The Outer Court of Jianxiong Martial Arts School also had tools and methods for training Martial Force.
Zhou You had only just entered the Martial Force stage before. His fist techniques were still insufficiently cultivated, and he had not had the time to work on such things.
Now that Tiger Subduing Fist had risen to lv16 and his Martial Force had reached Intermediate Internal Force, he needed to begin tempering it and advance toward Proficient Internal Force.
After all, at this level, burying his head in fist technique training would not yield much improvement.
He went to collect a Tiger Sinew Pipa, a unique weapon of the Tiger Subduing Fist lineage.
A fish-shaped iron plate stood roughly half a man tall, with thirteen strings made of tiger sinew stretched taut across it.
Though it was called a pipa, this tool was not used to play melodies, but to train the Martial Force in one's hands.
Tigers were famed for their formidable sinews and bones. An adult male tiger could easily rip apart its prey, and that strength came from its tiger bones and tiger sinews.
Even the thinnest tiger sinew on the iron plate was as thick as a thumb. It had long been air-dried, taking on a translucent amber hue.
Zhou You extended his index finger and lightly plucked one tiger sinew. A tremendous force burst forth and flung his hand away.
"Every tiger sinew on the iron pipa is stripped from the body of a ten-year-old adult male tiger, soaked in oil and dried in the shade over and over again for hundreds of cycles."
"Tiger sinew made this way bears no mark from a blade, does not peel beneath an axe, and can suspend a thousand-jin boulder without breaking."
"If your cultivation is lacking, be careful not