Ten Inverse Beast Fist

Ten Inverse Beast Fist

Zhou Leng got up, prepared breakfast and lunch, then, after eating, headed to Xiaoru Village with a lunchbox.

Zhou Leng entered the Mysterious Forest and spotted Big Yellow lying beneath the Frost Giant Tree from afar.

Beside Big Yellow, two Divine Script Gold Pages stood beneath the tree.

Zhou Leng walked over and picked up the two pages.

A subtle expression appeared on Zhou Leng's face.

The first page was filled entirely with Divine Script.

Most of the second page was Chinese he could understand; only the final line of ten characters was Divine Script.

Zhou Leng looked up at Big Yellow.

Big Yellow grinned happily, raised his two front legs onto Zhou Leng's legs, then lowered his waist and back to stretch his body before circling Zhou Leng.

"Did you dig these up too?" Zhou Leng asked.

Big Yellow nodded vigorously.

"Big Yellow, you're amazing!" Zhou Leng said, taking out the duck breast he had prepared for Big Yellow.

Big Yellow lowered his head and began eating.

"This junior, Zhou Leng, greets Senior Tree." Zhou Leng still bowed politely, then sat on the ground with his back against the Frost Giant Tree and read the contents of the second page.

After reading it once, Zhou Leng pondered for a moment before reading it a second time.

This golden page recorded foundational Martial Path knowledge, including some Martial Arts Knowledge Blue Star did not possess.

The text listed many categories of martial cultivation: pure body cultivation, pure qi cultivation, a combination of qi and body cultivation, as well as bloodlines, source energy, and various other methods.

Blue Star's Martial Path followed the path of cultivating both qi and the body.

The text explained that no cultivation method was absolutely stronger or weaker than another; it only depended on whether it was better suited to the current environment.

The text began with broad generalities before focusing on two core cultivation methods: Inner Training and Outer Training.

Inner Training was divided into qi training and intent training.

Qi training cultivated inner force, while intent training cultivated Divine Diagrams.

Inner force was true qi, while Divine Diagrams were scrolls that condensed the aura of the Great Dao. They either formed naturally or were painted by experts, imprinted with immense power.

"Divine Diagrams..."

Zhou Leng opened his Demonic Watch.

The Demonic Watch's storage space was enormous. He had downloaded a Martial Arts Knowledge database, which he could flip through offline even without a network.

With a quick search, Zhou Leng roughly understood.

The Ten Realms also had Divine Diagrams, but information about them was scarce.

All that was known was that this was an extremely advanced cultivation method. Blue Star's humans had yet to fully comprehend it and were still researching it.

Only a very few in the Grandmaster Realm or Martial Saints were qualified to comprehend Divine Diagrams.

All existing Divine Diagrams were incomplete. If ordinary people practiced them recklessly, they would inevitably Go Berserk.

Unfortunately, the golden page did not explain the specific method for cultivating Divine Diagrams either.

Besides Inner Training, there was also Outer Training.

Outer Training was divided into combat methods and training methods.

All kinds of martial moves—fists, palms, legs, and footwork—belonged to combat methods, whose core purpose was offense and defense.

Training methods were not for offense or defense, but for strengthening the body so it could better unleash inner force, moves, and every other kind of power.

Different cultivation paths required different training methods.

The training methods for qi cultivators and body cultivators were vastly different.

Blue Star's civilization followed the most solid orthodox path of martial cultivation, cultivating qi, body, and intent together, so the training methods it required were even more complicated.

Blue Star had already explored a barely complete system of training methods.

It's Just That current training methods placed tremendous demands on the body. The slightest carelessness could damage it, so the state stipulated that one could only cultivate training methods upon reaching the Body Tempering Stage.

But if an Innate Master was nearby to guide them, they could secretly use training methods from childhood and strengthen their bodies faster than their peers.

Zhou Leng guessed that one reason Zhang Xinglie had ultimately ranked eleventh in the Martial Arts Examination was that those ahead of him had received guidance from Innate Realm experts since childhood and cultivated training methods.

Even Though Blue Star's training methods were relatively complete, they still had all kinds of problems.

Training methods had to be paired with the appropriate inner force to produce results.

Most inner force techniques could only be paired with universal training methods, which Resulted In less substantial improvements.

At the end, the golden page introduced a powerful training method that strengthened qi within and the body without, called the "Ten Inverse Beast Fist."

The "Ten Inverse Beast Fist" studied the strength of insects and beasts, yet did not wholly follow their power. It combined them with the human body, tempering both the body and qi at once. It was the training method most suited to Blue Star's Martial Path.

That simple introduction alone sparked Zhou Leng's intense interest.

The "Ten Inverse Beast Fist" had ten layers of training methods. At the end of this golden page was the translated Chinese method for the first layer, called "Elephant Stance."

Zhou Leng read carefully.

The "Chapter of Establishing Image" took the form of an elephant standing on two legs and was divided into twelve forms.

Each time one completed a round of the "Chapter of Establishing Image," the body would undergo one tempering, and one's strength would increase by a measure.

Holding the golden page, Zhou Leng carefully pondered the "Chapter of Establishing Image," but could never grasp its essence.

"With only words, this training method will be difficult to learn. In theory, there should also be diagrams or images..."

Zhou Leng looked at the ten Divine Script characters at the bottom of the golden page.

The first character on that line happened to be the first character on the first page of Divine Script.

Comparing them one by one, Zhou Leng found that the ten Divine Script characters on the second page were the first ten characters from the first page.

Zhou Leng Looked Towards the final character. That character should have been the content of the "Chapter of Establishing Image."

Divine Script had to be learned one character at a time. His memory of the first Divine Script character was already extremely clear; he could not give up halfway.

The Divine Script rotated and could not be directly written down, so Zhou Leng could only use Mental Cultivation to recreate the first character in his mind.

This time, the Divine Script was clearer than ever before, with only a very few blurry spots.

Zhou Leng struck while the iron was hot, memorizing and Studying without pause. Before long, he drifted into sleep in a daze.

When he woke, Zhou Leng was refreshed. Closing his eyes, he saw the cubic Divine Script rotating clearly in his mind. Although it was still churning his Brain Matter, it no longer seemed painful.

"Looks like I've memorized it completely."

Zhou Leng looked at the final Divine Script character that might be the "Chapter of Establishing Image," memorizing every stroke, then the six characters on its six faces, and finally the process of the characters rotating.

Half an hour later, Zhou Leng finally managed to memorize the blurry character. An image emerged in his mind.

A faceless figure dressed in black training clothes stood with his legs slightly bent, his upper body bent forward, his head raised, his back arched, and his hands held one high and one low. He looked exactly like a three-legged elephant raising its trunk.

At the same time, blue true qi circulation routes appeared within the faceless figure's body.

The image looked ordinary, yet it was like a towering mountain standing before him.

The figure seemed to transform into a giant elephant deity, infinitely strong and standing amid the stars.

The first form of the "Chapter of Establishing Image."

Zhou Leng memorized it with all his strength. Before long, his brain was overloaded, and extreme exhaustion overcame him. He collapsed and fell asleep.

After waking, Zhou Leng once again studied the Divine Script for the "Chapter of Establishing Image." The first form appeared before his eyes again, and he memorized it with all his strength.

Fortunately, the image that Appeared was far easier to remember than the Divine Script.

Zhou Leng studied, then slept; slept, then studied. He slept three times in all before finally memorizing the first form of Elephant Stance completely.

After a brief warm-up, Zhou Leng stood before the Frost Giant Tree and assumed the first form of Elephant Stance.

This posture was simple for any martial artist.

Zhou Leng adjusted himself repeatedly. Once he confirmed the best position, he began circulating his true qi.

After one cycle of true qi circulation, Zhou Leng felt as if his legs had become ten times heavier.

After two cycles, his waist and back seemed to become ten times heavier.

After three cycles, both arms became ten times heavier.

After four cycles, Zhou Leng's entire body ached, but he gritted his teeth and remained utterly still.

After five cycles, beads of sweat the size of soybeans emerged on Zhou Leng's forehead.

After six cycles, Zhou Leng felt as though ants covered his entire body, lightly gnawing at him.

Seven cycles... eight cycles...

Big Yellow stood to one side, tilted his head to look, then copied Zhou Leng and assumed the exact same posture.

Effortlessly.

Big Yellow looked at Zhou Leng's faintly trembling body and sweat-soaked clothes, his face full of confusion.

When his true qi reached the eighteenth cycle, Zhou Leng's vision went black. He knew he had reached his limit.

Zhou Leng gathered his qi into his Dantian, slowly rose, then clutched his waist and collapsed onto the ground. His chest heaved violently as he gulped down air.

Zhou Leng stared blankly ahead, his eyes hollow.

The entire cultivation process had been like being thrown into a juicer, his body squeezed completely dry.

The "Chapter of Establishing Image" truly lived up to its name. It really felt like an elephant was standing on top of him.

Slowly, Zhou Leng recovered.

Grrr...

His stomach was hungry again.

"Big Yellow, bring the backpack over."

"Woof." Big Yellow bit down on the backpack and dragged it before Zhou Leng.

Zhou Leng raised an arm and hissed softly.

An intense tearing sensation ran through his entire arm, like a cramp that would not stop.

Trembling, Zhou Leng slowly flipped out a bottle, poured out a Marching Pill, swallowed it, and drank some water.

He slowly circulated his qi, rapidly digesting the Marching Pill.

Before long, his stomach rumbled again.

Zhou Leng swallowed two more in succession, and the hunger finally vanished.

"One Marching Pill costs three hundred yuan. One cultivation session takes nine hundred. I might as well buy a solar heating stove and heat my meals here."

Zhou Leng slowly stood up, enduring the aches throughout his body as he began stretching to ease the pain.

After stretching, Zhou Leng confirmed that he could not cultivate External Techniques today. He took out his Demonic Watch, projected a large screen, and Flipped Through the Divine Script category in the Martial Arts Knowledge database.

As Zhou Leng read slowly, he discovered that humanity had been researching Divine Script all along.

"Each six-faced cubic Divine Script character is composed of six different 'Face Characters.'"

"Each Face Character can face one of four directions—up, down, left, or right—and each orientation represents a different meaning."

"The six Face Characters can be distributed across different faces and positions of the cube, representing different grammar."

"The rotations of a cube are divided into counterclockwise rotations, clockwise rotations, top-down rotations, bottom-up rotations, as well as ordinary rotations, vertical rotations, and diagonal rotations..."

As Zhou Leng continued reading, he had originally thought that learning such a complicated script for the first time would leave him seeing nothing but darkness and make his head swell. Yet as he learned, he found it easy to understand.

Because the Divine Script in his mind kept flickering, as if verifying one another and constantly deepening his understanding of Divine Script.

Divine Script seemed to possess a strange magic.

A strange thought surfaced in Zhou Leng's heart: he should regard Divine Script as something between matter and life.

Divine Script was More Like flowers and grass than stone.

Zhou Leng slowly Flipped Through the materials.

To this day, the Ten Realms had not discovered a single "complete, moving" Divine Script character. They could only infer these details through various records, stone carvings, murals, and other Ancient Relics.

The Divine Script on all kinds of relics was flat and motionless.

It's Just That there were rumors that some Demigods possessed scattered complete Divine Script characters in their collections and were researching them in secret.

Zhou Leng looked at the two golden pages. The characters on them were all complete.

Zhou Leng lightly moved his body. The tearing sensation remained, so he simply crawled into his sleeping bag and went to sleep.

When he woke, Zhou Leng checked the time. He had already stayed here for two days.

With his backpack on his back and Big Yellow beside him, he slowly walked outward.

The faint tearing sensation remained, but it was now bearable.

Zhou Leng had not expected the first Elephant Stance form to be so effective. It seemed that if he wanted to cultivate the "Ten Inverse Beast Fist" in the future, he would need to pair it with Meat Medicinal Cuisine. Otherwise, his body would not recover quickly enough, and injuries would accumulate instead.

"Meat Medicinal Cuisine costs a thousand per meal..."

The supply of scraps was unstable, so he could only buy it from the Martial Arts Mall.