Immortal Martial: Pushing Through Two Realms From Reality - Section 50

Black market.

Exotic beast meat.

Everything proved that the difficulty for a Martial Practitioner in the Skin Grinding Realm to advance further was no less than for an ordinary person to learn martial arts and become a Martial Practitioner!

Without the support of wealthy families.

Even with the profits from the Zhou Family Restaurant, what could Jiang Shu do?

For his entire life, he would, like Qi Yuan, be basically stuck in the Skin Grinding Realm!

Qi Yuan felt emotional internally. However, at this moment, Jiang Shu's voice, carried by the wind, sounded faintly, "Can't you?"

"What the hell are you dreaming about!"

He retorted instinctively. As soon as the words left his mouth, Qi Yuan abruptly shut up and immediately fell into silence.

It seemed that before becoming a Martial Practitioner, he had also imagined himself becoming a powerhouse in the Viscera Refining Realm one day.

The Skin Grinding Realm was merely about refining the skin membrane.

The Bone Forging Realm was merely about refining the bone membrane.

In essence, they were still the same as ordinary people; they would age, get sick, and die.

In less than a hundred years, they would be nothing but dust.

But a Viscera Refining Realm Martial Practitioner could live for over 120 years!

This was what it truly meant to have achieved success in martial arts!

Lost in thought, Qi Yuan remained silent. After a while, he finally spoke, "Such good wine, not drinking it... is a waste."

"A waste of your ass!" Jiang Shu spat. "If you can't break through, you'll only get to drink Pingling County's wine and sleep with Pingling County's women your whole life. Don't you want to go out and see the world!"

Pointing towards the distant mountains, Jiang Shu's voice grew louder and louder, "Cross over! Go drink the wine in Yongning Prefecture's county seat! Go sleep with the women in Yongning Prefecture's county seat!"

Qi Yuan followed Jiang Shu's gaze. He felt as if the mountains, which he had once considered insurmountable, now seemed much shorter.

"Is the wine in Yongning Prefecture really better?"

He couldn't help but murmur, but his words already began to sow doubt within himself.

He doubted whether he should be indulging in fine wine every day.

"If it's not good, then go to the prefectural city! If you can't go as a Bone Forging Realm practitioner, go as a Viscera Refining Realm practitioner. If you can't go as a Viscera Refining Realm practitioner, then go to the realm above that. The purpose of martial arts is to achieve clarity of mind. Senior Brother Qi, I think you don't really appreciate wine at all."

"A true connoisseur of wine, upon realizing they can never taste all the finest wines in the world, shouldn't they weep tears of regret?"

"Nonsense!"

"Is Pingling County's wine good?"

"Horse piss!"

"Is the wine I brought good?"

"Excellent!"

"There's better wine in Yongning Prefecture's county seat, will you go?"

"Yes!"

Qi Yuan directly threw away his wine flask and said, "See, I said I wouldn't drink and I won't! Not until the Viscera Refining Realm, not a single drop of wine! What about you? Junior Disciple, when will you reach the Skin Grinding Realm?"

"It's been over half a month since Master taught you the Roaring Tiger Mountain Strength, right? You haven't even grasped it yet. Do you know how long it took your senior brother! I mastered it in over twenty days! Your senior brother became accomplished in over twenty days!"

"Accomplished what? Accomplished becoming a drunkard?"

Jiang Shu curled his lips and said, "Watch carefully. If you don't make progress, I'll spar with you, and you'll have to call me Senior Brother."

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Seeing his Junior Disciple becoming increasingly arrogant, Qi Yuan could no longer tolerate it. He threw a punch at the air, the force exploding with a crisp sound. He stood with a cold demeanor, his head slightly raised, just like the first time they met:

"You've only seen me holding back my strength. If I were to go all out, you would see me as a frog at the bottom of a well seeing the bright moon."

He retracted his fist and stood firm, exuding an air of undeniable coolness at that moment.

"Senior Brother Qi."

"Hmm?"

Qi Yuan responded indifferently, maintaining his image.

Right now, all he wanted was to hear Jiang Shu's flattery.

Only then could he relieve the frustration in his heart.

However, Jiang Shu, who was already familiar with Qi Yuan's ways, didn't indulge him. He spoke directly, "The Fox Bear meat you made is really unappetizing."

"I have a method called barbecue. I'll make it tomorrow."

"I admit, as of now, in terms of martial arts, you are far superior to me."

"But when it comes to culinary artistry," Jiang Shu glanced at Qi Yuan, "seeing me is like a mayfly seeing the vast sky."

Jiang Shu—

Great Jing Dynasty Language/Writing: Minor Accomplishment (300/1000)

Horse Stance: Perfected (10/1000)

Hungry Tiger Sitting Cave Stance: Major Accomplishment (600/1000)

Hungry Tiger Breathing Method: Major Accomplishment (600/1000)

Tiger Form Three Styles: Perfected (10/1000)

With Qi Yuan's sparring and the boost from Fox Bear meat, Jiang Shu's progress in the three methods – cultivation, refinement, and combat – advanced by leaps and bounds. The Tiger Form Three Styles even reached Perfection today.

The bright moon cast a slanting light over the small courtyard.

Jiang Shu's body moved like a tiger. Behind him, the Fox Bear on the barbecue grill exuded a rich aroma.

Qi Yuan wasn't sitting on a chair. Having long since perfected the Hungry Tiger Sitting Cave Stance, he crouched like a tiger, picked up a skewer of meat, its fragrance filling the air.

He hadn't expected that the barbecue made by his junior disciple would be so delicious.

A brush of sesame oil, a sprinkle of various spices on the meat, and the Fox Bear meat, which he'd found hard to swallow before.

Under this entire process, it had transformed directly into an exquisite delicacy.

What a miserable life he had lived before!

Fortunately, he had his junior disciple.

It was just a pity that this Fox Bear meat was barely enough for him alone.

Adding Jiang Shu, the daily consumption was even greater.

In just five days, half of the Fox Bear meat he had bought from the black market was consumed by the two of them.

"Junior disciple, your Tiger Form Three Styles are perfected, but the fierceness, it's still not heavy enough!"

Qi Yuan narrowed his eyes. He leaped up. Having abstained from alcohol for five days, his daily martial arts practice time had increased by about an hour compared to before.

He circulated his internal strength, unleashing a punch.

"The martial arts in our Pingling County martial arts schools basically involve visualizing flying birds and beasts. The martial arts of the Spinning Turtle Martial Arts School seek a stable state of mind. The martial arts of the Antelope Martial Arts School emphasize a nimble state of mind."

"Therefore, those with a peaceful disposition go to the Spinning Turtle Martial Arts School to practice martial arts. Those from humble backgrounds, who are cautious, often practice at the Antelope Martial Arts School. Only when the martial arts match one's disposition can they advance by leaps and bounds."

"Our Hungry Tiger Martial Arts School focuses on the word 'kill'. The Hungry Tiger Sitting Cave is for brewing killing intent. If the fierceness is not heavy, the killing intent is not heavy, and when practicing the 'Roaring Tiger Mountain Strength', one is inherently weaker."

Qi Yuan lectured Jiang Shu while fighting, and with each punch he threw, his killing intent was awe-inspiring. Since his all-night talk with Jiang Shu, an invisible shackle on him seemed to have gradually broken free.

He was a true native of Pingling County.

Having lived in Pingling County for twenty years, he understood Pingling County better than Jiang Shu!

The powerful families.

The county yamen.

These were more like barriers in front of him, in his heart, than the distant mountain.

In this world, in this county town.

To have a peaceful disposition like a turtle?

To be timid and cautious like an antelope?

What was the use of that!

Since he was going to practice martial arts.

He should be like a tiger emerging from its cave!

Qi Yuan fought more and more smoothly, occasionally letting out a long roar, circulating his internal strength. Suddenly, his internal strength seemed to have broken through a certain bottleneck, and the punch in his hand could no longer be held back, directly smashing into a stone pillar in the small courtyard.

"Bang!"

The stone pillar flew up.