Martial Path Begins with the Stomach!

Martial Path Begins with the Stomach!

"Primordial Python Star Devourer Record? What kind of extraordinary technique is that?" Gu Shaoze asked eagerly.

Gu Shaoshang's heart jolted. He recalled that this extraordinary technique could possibly drop from Gu Ji's projection, but it was only Two-Star Level. He had been focused on the three-star Golden Bell Shield and had never paid it any attention!

Gu Ji stomped down hard. Terrifying force erupted, sending the snow and dead leaves within thirty feet of him soaring into the air! He threw a punch, and the air rippled like water. Fierce fist force swept up the falling snow and blasted it over a hundred feet away, clearing an open space thirty feet across!

The two of them were knocked down one after another by the shockwave, staring at Gu Ji in astonishment!

Gu Ji bent low, his body twisting in an utterly unbelievable manner. It was as if every bone in his body had vanished, leaving only supple muscles. He looked like a giant python coiled before them!

"The Primordial Python Star Devourer Record is an extraordinary technique created by an ancient master based on the Primordial Python, a strange beast! It is known as the foundation of martial arts—no divine skill or ultimate technique can compare to its status!" Gu Ji withdrew his technique, and his body filled out again, as though a giant python had transformed into a man. The sight was utterly shocking!

"What I just demonstrated was the Primordial Python Star Devourer Record at minor achievement." Gu Ji stood upright. Faint hissing sounds could still be heard from within his body as his tendons and bones resonated together!

"Gu Shaoze, let me ask you! A year ago, you entered the second stage of Foundation Establishment, Tough Skin Like A Drum. How long do you think it will take for you to enter the third stage, Tendons Like Taut Strings?" Gu Ji stood with his hands behind his back.

"The third stage?" Gu Shaoze froze for a moment, then rose to his feet with reluctance written across his face. "At least another three years!"

"In three years, you'll be sixteen! The Five Stages of Foundation Establishment only grow harder with each stage. How long do you think it will take for you to achieve Life Establishment?" Gu Ji pressed him step by step, relentlessly questioning him.

"I..." Gu Shaoze lowered his head dejectedly.

Gu Shaoshang also got to his feet. "Third Uncle, stop keeping us in suspense! Hurry up and tell us already." Gu Ji shook his head and sighed.

"In over a hundred years, I am the only martial artist from Gu Family Village to reach the Establish Fate Realm! Is it because I am the most talented? Of course not! There are plenty in Gu Family Village with greater talent than mine! The reason I was able to enter the Establish Fate Realm was this Primordial Python Star Devourer Record!"

A nostalgic look appeared on Gu Ji's face. "It was my second year in the army. I was only an ordinary soldier at the third stage of Foundation Establishment! That day, the Tiger Roar Army surrounded and killed a fifth-stage expert from the Divine Sun Cult. By luck, I found this secret manual! In just six short years, I successfully achieved Life Establishment!"

Gu Shaoshang was inwardly horrified. Even if Gu Ji's accumulated foundation had played a part, the terror of this secret technique was plain to see!

"The Grand Governor of the Imperial Martial Arts Hall, Chen Ang, once said, 'The Martial Path begins with the stomach! The Five Stages of Foundation Establishment all lie in a single word: eat!' Why? Training one's tendons, bones, skin, and flesh depends on practice, but without nutritional supplements, even the strongest body will only be plagued by illness and injury! And what the Primordial Python Star Devourer Record teaches is how to eat!" Gu Ji chuckled.

Gu Shaoze scratched his scalp, unable to understand. "Eating needs to be taught too? Who doesn't know how to eat?" The two looked at each other, completely bewildered.

"When ordinary people use medicinal supplements, they cannot absorb even ten or twenty percent of a single ginseng root's effects. The rest of its medicinal power is simply wasted. But the Primordial Python Star Devourer Record can teach you to eat a radish and obtain the effects of ginseng!" Gu Ji looked with satisfaction at his two stunned juniors. Back then, had he not found it just as unbelievable?

No matter how hard Gu Shaoshang racked his brains, he had never imagined that the Primordial Python Star Devourer Record worked like this. He stood there dumbfounded, unable to recover himself.

Gu Ji called the two over and carefully explained the secret technique to them.

"Ordinary people cannot absorb the essence of their food, nor can they eat very much! As far as I know, Lord Chen Heihu, commander of the Tiger Roar Army, can eat an entire savage bull in one meal if he lets himself go! Even I can swallow dozens of pounds of meat in a single meal!"

"The key to this secret technique is to use one's blood and inner strength to stimulate the stomach and intestines, digesting and absorbing the essence of food at a rate a hundred times greater than ordinary people!"

"Once you enter the door of this secret technique, the road before Life Establishment will be smooth. The Five Stages of Foundation Establishment will merely be a matter of time!" Only after making the two swear never to reveal it did Gu Ji take out a yellowed secret manual from behind his back, bearing the title Primordial Python Star Devourer Record.

"Every day after morning training, study the Primordial Python Star Devourer Record with me for two hours! You've both attended elementary school and learned to read, right?"

The two nodded. Gu Family Village's elementary school only taught children under ten the basics of reading and writing. As for Gu Shaoshang, who possessed memories from a past life, his knowledge already surpassed that of Gu Family Village's instructors.

The two picked up the manual and sat cross-legged on the ground. It contained only a few dozen pages. The first three pages taught the basic acupoints and meridians, while the rest explained in detail how to use blood and inner strength to stimulate the stomach and intestines. The entire book contained only tens of thousands of words. With Gu Shaoshang's memory, one glance was enough to firmly commit it to memory.

Seeing Gu Shaoze still struggling to memorize it, Gu Shaoshang could not help feeling the superiority of being a top student in his previous life. He compared it against the text once more and found no mistakes. Then he entered the Mirror World.

Mirror World.

Gu Shaoshang held the bronze mirror and opened his status panel.

Gu Shaoshang (Mirror Master), Age: Ten

Cultivation: First Stage of Foundation Establishment, Integrated Strength at perfection! Evaluation: One-Star Ordinary

Source Power: 5 points

Techniques: Basic Fist and Foot Techniques (Level 8), Basic Saber Technique (Level 4), Tiger Roar Fist (Level 2), Xingyi Quan (Level 5), Horse Stance (Level 2), Primordial Python Star Devourer Record (Level 0)

Item: One Broken Wood Saber

Combat Power: 12

It had been a full three months since the Myriad Heavens Projection Mirror was activated. Gu Shaoshang had only obtained eighteen points of Source Power in total. Twelve points had been used to materialize Xingyi Quan, one point for Horse Stance, and he had saved the rest. Yet his progress in martial arts had far exceeded everyone's imagination!

For ordinary people, spending four or five hours a day practicing martial arts was already the limit! Any longer, and their growing bodies could not endure it! Yet Gu Shaoshang practiced for four hours every day in reality, while in the Mirror World, he trained his fists for sixteen hours each day! One day was worth five days for others!

Gu Shaoshang understood clearly that in this world, only his own martial strength was the greatest safeguard. His aptitude was ordinary, so he could only be more diligent and work harder!

Gu Shaoshang set down the mirror. The various training methods of the Primordial Python Star Devourer Record flowed through his mind. This extraordinary art focused on the stomach, and every circulation of inner strength carried danger! A single mistake could damage the internal organs. Without a master's guidance, ordinary people would not dare cultivate it at all!

But Gu Shaoshang was no ordinary person. He possessed the lifetime experience of Xingyi Grandmaster Teng Qingshan! More importantly, in the consciousness world shrouded in violet light, he could not die! Otherwise, he would have been beaten to death by a single punch while farming Gu Ji's projection a few days ago!

Gu Shaoshang let out a long breath. His heart became still as water, like a lake without a ripple. He could naturally and clearly sense every part of his body—from his five internal organs and six bowels down to every muscle, patch of skin, and strand of hair! Though he did not know how miraculous the "inner sight" of the legendary Establish Fate martial artists was, he was confident that his own ability was not far inferior!

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