Immortal Martial: Sweeping Across the Two Worlds from Reality — Chapter 12

But what use was that?!

A martial artist!

I must become a martial artist!

Only by becoming a martial artist could he truly gain a foothold in Pingling County!

A translucent panel surfaced in his mind.

Beneath the moon, Jiang Shu practiced his stances, breathed, and threw punches over and over.

No points to add.

Then... he would grind it to the limit!

Drenched in sweat, the biting cold wind could not hinder Jiang Shu's determination to practice martial arts.

He seemed to have entered a state of enlightenment.

Pounce! Lift! Shear!

He executed every move from different angles, all while running the Hungry Tiger Breathing Method.

He had finally discovered the greatest difference between the Hungry Tiger Sitting Cave Stance, the Hungry Tiger Breathing Method, and the Horse Stance.

It was not that they were harder to learn or had a higher ceiling than the Horse Stance.

Rather, the Hungry Tiger Sitting Cave Stance and Hungry Tiger Breathing Method required one to hold a breath of killing intent!

Physical coordination was certainly important.

But without that breath of killing intent!

Even if he ground his way to the limit with the panel, he might still be unable to unleash his full strength!

Having ten parts of strength!

Did not mean possessing ten parts of combat power!

"Hah!"

Jiang Shu withdrew his fists, slowly bringing his hands back to his abdomen. He lifted them slightly, then pressed them down.

On the panel:

Jiang Shu--

Great Jing Dynasty Language/Writing: Beginner (998/1000)

Horse Stance: Minor Achievement (596/1000)

Hungry Tiger Sitting Cave Stance: Beginner (230/1000)

Hungry Tiger Breathing Method: Beginner (230/1000)

Tiger Form Three Styles: Beginner (160/1000)

Two Worlds Traversal Countdown: 00:00

Compared to before his crossing, everything besides language and writing had improved. Tiger Form Three Styles in particular seemed to have entered an explosive growth phase, gaining nearly a hundred points of proficiency in just over a dozen hours.

Jiang Shu finished his practice and slowly adjusted his breathing.

In the distance, the night watchman's clapper calls drew closer, then gradually faded away.

He returned to his room and crossed over.

Mystic Star, seven in the morning.

Jiang Shu changed into an ordinary cotton-lined long-sleeved shirt and pushed open his bedroom door.

Although one of his parents drove for Didi while the other ran a shop, seemingly free professions, what they earned was hard-earned money. They rose early and had both left the house before six.

As for his younger sister, she was probably still sleeping in. Especially in winter, she was like an animal preparing to hibernate; before ten o'clock, she would never consider leaving her warm blankets.

Jiang Shu poured himself some hot water from the thermos and drank two large cups on an empty stomach.

He opened his phone, tapped the Grass-Growing Yuantuanzi avatar, and transferred another fifty. "I'm heading out to practice martial arts. Order yourself some delivery if you want anything to eat."

He also checked his balance.

.3.

Looks like it was time to make money...

Jiang Shu put away his phone. With the Two Worlds at his disposal, there were far too many ways to make money.

For example, meat was extremely expensive in Pingling County. A jin of meat cost one qian of silver.

One qian of silver was worth around fifty yuan on Mystic Star.

Yet a jin of meat cost only around twenty yuan here.

With a single resale, the profit was more than double!

For another example, in Pingling County, silver and gold exchanged at a ratio of ten to one, while on Mystic Star, the ratio was one hundred to one.

He could take silver to Pingling County and exchange it for gold, then return to Mystic Star and exchange the gold back into silver.

Starting with Ten Taels of Silver, one trip there and back would turn it into One Hundred Taels!

But a common man was innocent; possessing jade was a crime.

He was not even a martial artist. To dare deal in meat and gold in Pingling County—how much courage would that take?

The County Office, wealthy families, and gangs within the county city—who among them were pushovers?

Who could tolerate someone growing rich like that right beneath their noses?

In that world, without sufficient strength or backing, he absolutely could not reveal wealth that did not match his standing.

Only on Mystic Star...

A thought flashed through his mind.

Jiang Shu went to a breakfast shop and devoured four baskets of soup dumplings, two fried dough sticks, and a bowl of hearty pork noodles.

The cold wind was biting.

The Ring City River, whose last thin layer of ice had melted away, shimmered with ripples under the sunlight.

There was no one here in the morning; few people ever came.

Several meters away, the noise of traffic on the road reached Jiang Shu through the trees.

He settled into a firm Horse Stance.

He practiced the Horse Stance by the Ring City River, went home and crossed over, trained cultivation, nourishment, and combat as one at the Hungry Tiger Martial Arts School, crossed over again, then practiced stances by the Ring City River.

Meat replenished his body, and clear water washed away his sweat.

Each day, he had only three or four hours left for sleep, and three or four hours for rest.

He practiced martial arts for fifteen hours a day.

Finally, after more than half a month.

On the last day of February.

Eight in the morning.

In the park, Jiang Shu opened his eyes.

It was like water suddenly reaching its boiling point, steam blasting the lid off a kettle!

His body, firmly rooted in the Horse Stance, surged with vital energy and blood as waves of heat rolled through him.

A small bulge rose beneath his skin and moved at his command. Starting from his left chest, it slowly traveled around his body.

Before long, Jiang Shu took a deep breath and exhaled sharply.

A long stream of white vapor shot forth like a feathered arrow leaving the bowstring.

Qi and Blood Transportation!

Success!

Qi and Blood Sensing, Qi and Blood Transportation, Full Body Vital Energy Circulation.

After nearly four months of martial arts practice, he had finally reached the second stage.

Jiang Shu threw a punch. Vital energy and blood surged throughout his body, and in the instant his Horse Stance reached Great Achievement, he could clearly feel the changes in his body.

Strength, speed, coordination—all rose in an instant.

A martial arts practitioner who reached the Qi and Blood Transportation Stage possessed six hundred jin of strength in a single arm and could move more than ten meters per second.

If he returned to Earth Star now and competed in athletic events, he could directly dominate the world and become the Great Devil King of weightlifting and track and field.

No wonder, the day after the Xia Kingdom issued its directive for high school students to switch to Martial Arts Students and practice the Horse Stance, it unilaterally announced that it would no longer participate in any sporting events on Mystic Star.

Back then, Jiang Shu had only just encountered the Horse Stance and did not understand why.

Now, realization suddenly dawned on him. Once martial arts revived...