Five Elements Fist Mastery

Chengping Year 1, Winter, December 17th.

"It's almost the New Year in less than half a month!" Jiang Liu exclaimed.

It feels like it's been over nine months since I transmigrated here, and a full three months since I joined the Fallen Blossom Gang. Time really flies!

Yesterday's assessment saw another three gang apprentices, whose Body Refinement realm only reached the Lesser Flesh Hardening stage, being taken away. Now, the remaining thirty-seven gang apprentices are at least at the Greater Flesh Hardening stage. The highest, Wang Zhuang and Pan Duan, have both reached the Flesh Hardening Completion stage and have already begun preparing for Bone Forging.

At this rate, will the gang system even have twenty left when the one-year term is up? Jiang Liu wondered to himself.

Jiang Liu's mind flickered, and a deep blue light screen appeared before his eyes.

Auxiliary System:

Name: Jiang Liu

Realm: Body Refinement (Bone Forging 37.6/206)

Elixir (Entry 37/100)

Five Elements Fist (Proficient 141/600)

Wandering Steps (Novice 66/800)

Jiang Liu looked at the panel data and felt that his month and a half of unremitting effort had paid off. Five Elements Fist had been at the Proficient stage for some time, and Wandering Steps had also reached the Novice stage. However, just looking at the required proficiency points ahead made him feel dizzy.

It feels like even if I used all twelve hours a day for cultivation, it wouldn't be enough. The progress of Bone Forging is a bit slow.

It takes five days to refine four bones, and that's only with my habit of meditating and sleeping. Otherwise, the progress would be even slower. At this rate, it will take at least seven or eight months to complete all the Bone Forging. Jiang Liu felt a bit of a headache thinking about this.

But he can't neglect his other martial skills for the sake of Bone Forging. He'll just have to leave it like this for now! Jiang Liu thought helplessly.

Even with this progress, Jiang Liu wasn't satisfied. If the other Body Refinement apprentices, who were being tortured to death by Bone Forging, knew about this, they would definitely want to skin him alive. Because each Bone Forging session is a torture, and the progress is slow.

Some can complete Bone Forging in one or two years, while others take three or four years. There are also those who can't bear the pain and give up martial arts altogether.

Therefore, Bone Forging is the slowest and most painful stage of the Body Refinement realm. Overcoming it means you have a firm martial heart.

Where else could you find someone like Jiang Liu, who is relaxed and still complaining about being slow? He really doesn't know how good he has it. When Jiang Liu sees Wang Zhuang start Bone Forging, he will be extremely grateful for having the system's help.

Jiang Liu circulated Blood Essence and felt the thirty-plus bones that had already been forged. He clearly felt that the speed of Blood Essence circulation was several times faster than before. A small cycle was gradually forming, but the connection between the un-forged bones and the forged ones wasn't very smooth.

Jiang Liu didn't pay much attention to it and got up to walk towards the apprentice square.

It snowed heavily again last night, and the weather is getting colder and colder. The snow in the apprentice square has already been cleared by the servants of the Miscellaneous Affairs Hall. The gang apprentices arrive in twos and threes, diligently cultivating in the square.

Because the three who were eliminated yesterday, along with the two who were eliminated before, were just here cleaning the snow, fully making them understand that if they don't work hard in cultivation, that's what awaits them.

Either serve others, or be served by others! As for daring to owe the Fallen Blossom Gang money and not pay it back? You must want your family to be buried with you!

This once again fully made these apprentices realize the cruelty of reality! They dare not harbor any侥幸psychological at all. So now they are all very conscious, without anyone urging them, they are very hardworking in their cultivation.

As for whether anyone is causing trouble? Who is full enough to do that? Isn't it more practical to practice another round of fist techniques? Even questioning will result in a deduction of Elixir. Who dares to stand out? So now everyone is burying their heads in hard training.

Because Jiang Liu got up a little late today, Wang Zhuang was already covered in sweat when he arrived at the apprentice square.

"Wang Zhuang, want to spar?" Jiang Liu asked.

"Sure! I feel like I'm going to break through today! Don't hold back!" Wang Zhuang said confidently.

"Alright! Take this!" Jiang Liu circulated Blood Essence and exerted his strength.

Wang Zhuang put on a Five Elements Fist stance and used Wandering Steps to meet him with all his strength.

Immediately, Jiang Liu and Wang Zhuang fought with loud thuds. Because they both learned the same martial arts, they knew the moves and routines. As they fought, they began to compete in physical qualities. The fist-to-flesh fighting style was indeed unsightly.

However, Jiang Liu always held back his strength. After all, he had been in Bone Forging for so long, while Wang Zhuang had only reached the Flesh Hardening Completion stage. If he used his full strength, he could blow Wang Zhuang away with one punch.

Wang Zhuang only knew that Jiang Liu's strength was definitely stronger than his, because Jiang Liu always lasted the longest in every assessment. He himself had reached the Flesh Hardening Completion stage, so Jiang Liu must have reached it too. He might even have started Bone Forging, Wang Zhuang thought.

In the end, the two lay exhausted in the square, not afraid of the cold. With their current physical qualities, especially now that they had just finished cultivating and their Blood Essence was boiling, they didn't take the snow seriously.

"Wang Zhuang, when are you planning to start Bone Forging?" Jiang Liu asked.

"I've already started preparing. I'll start when the Elixir from home arrives. What about you?" Wang Zhuang replied.

"Me? I've already started Bone Forging!" Jiang Liu replied, looking up at the sky.