Forging Force into Weapons, Transforming Force! (Seeking Follow-up Reads!)

With five pills lasting half a year, at fifty days per pill, he would be stable for more than half a year.

"It's time to aim for Transforming Force."

No longer living in fear, Su Mu's days returned to a long-lost peace, with most of his time spent cultivating in the rented courtyard on Sparrow Street.

Now that the Five Animal Frolics and Tiger Subduing Fist were perfected, Su Mu treated them as warm-ups, practicing them quickly once a day to maintain his condition and hone his skills.

After that came Rock Shattering Fist, Startled Sparrow Steps, Gale Fist, and Torrential Rain Spear Technique.

Every time he finished practicing his fists, Su Mu found himself entering the zone faster when practicing his spear, his fists serving as the prelude to his spear.

Su Mu hadn't dedicated much energy or time to the Eighth Rank Adamantine Body yet. For him now, the priority was to practice his fist techniques more. Besides the comprehension gained from breakthroughs in his fist techniques, he needed to continue tempering, strengthening, and purifying the Qi within his body, attempting his third Qi Refining.

Every night, Su Mu would also use the White Jade Savage Bone Paste to temper his bones. This time, he wasn't just applying it to his left arm but to his entire body, silently accumulating strength for his subsequent push towards the Eighth Rank Bone Forging Realm.

Torrential Rain Spear Technique, First Form: Cloud Surge.

A bamboo broom swept through the air in an arc, stirring up a strong wind. The wind surged like clouds, gathering momentum.

Whoosh!

A moment later, a spear emerged from the swirling clouds, piercing the sky with a clang, like a sharp knife embedding itself into the old locust tree.

Crack!

Another crisp cracking sound, not from the old locust tree, but from the bamboo broom, which couldn't withstand the force and burst into flared bamboo strips.

Su Mu paused for a moment, thinking he should buy a poplar wood pole at the market today. As for the spear, he'd wait until his spear technique was near mastery.

Currently, Su Mu could execute the first form of the Torrential Rain Spear Technique. Although his thrusts still appeared somewhat stiff and overly methodical, he seemed not far from achieving near mastery.

After practicing martial arts from the early morning, Su Mu washed up and changed his clothes around mid-morning, then headed to the market to buy a box of Osmanthus Cakes and another of Walnut Crisp.

Carrying the two boxes of pastries, Su Mu arrived at the medical clinic. The Young Physician immediately leaned in, eager to see what pastries Su Mu had brought today.

"It's Walnut Crisp!"

A look of joy spread across the Young Physician's face, his eyes curving into happy crescents. Su Mu now visited the medical clinic every day, partly to cooperate with the physician in researching the Gu Poison within him, and partly to let out some poisoned blood to prevent the Gu worms from growing too strong.

During this time, Su Mu would occasionally ask the physician for advice on medical matters. Even when fully focused, the physician could answer casually.

When the clinic was busy, Su Mu would stay to help. Over time, many people began to call Su Mu "Young Physician" as well.

That evening, the medical clinic finally quieted down. The physician brewed a pot of wine, and the three of them sat around in the study, eating pastries. At this point, the Young Physician spoke up.

"Brother Su, why don't you move into the clinic? There are still plenty of empty rooms in the courtyard... it would also be convenient for Master to research the Gu Poison."

The physician, who was enjoying the Osmanthus Cakes, paused. Suddenly, the Osmanthus Cakes in his mouth didn't taste as sweet. Su Mu understood the Young Physician's good intentions, but he needed to practice martial arts, and he was more comfortable practicing alone.

"Thank you for your kind offer, Young Physician, but I live not far away on Sparrow Street, and I'm used to living alone."

"Actually, it wouldn't be bad for you to move in, young friend, but we can't force it," the physician said. He secretly breathed a sigh of relief and continued eating his Osmanthus Cakes.

The days passed as peacefully as water. Ten days later.

Hoo!

A sudden gust of wind arose.

Under the night sky, a figure leaped three zhang into the air from the courtyard like a startled sparrow. As they descended, they lightly touched a branch as slender as a finger. With a slight sway of the leaves, the figure instantly changed direction and leaped out.

Startled Sparrow Steps (Great Accomplishment 1%)

Comprehension: 19 (Excellent Talent, Raw Jade)

As the sparrow's shadow landed, a human figure appeared. A warm current suddenly surged in the young man's abdomen. He immediately closed his eyes. When the warm current dissipated, the fatigue from a day of arduous training vanished instantly, leaving him feeling as comfortable as if he had soaked in a hot spring.

"Startled Sparrow Steps has reached Great Accomplishment!"

Su Mu reopened his eyes and let out a soft breath. He had just performed the Branch Bend Change within the Startled Sparrow Steps, which allowed him to forcibly change direction in mid-air by using tree trunks or walls.

With Startled Sparrow Steps, the first movement technique Su Mu had mastered, advancing from near mastery to Great Accomplishment, his comprehension also increased by two points.

At this moment, Su Mu once again faintly felt the bottleneck of comprehension.

19 points of comprehension had reached the limit of "Excellent Talent, Raw Jade." The next step would be an entirely new realm of comprehension!

Following this, Su Mu fell into his usual fulfilling routine. Qingyun City was not a place of peace; conflicts between the major powers and gangs within the city were frequent.

The Qingyun Army would also occasionally gallop through the streets to suppress bandits outside the city. Those entering the city from outside often brought news of the Black Mountain Rebel Army causing havoc, and the Black Mountain Army's influence seemed to be growing step by step.

But these had nothing to do with Su Mu. A residence, a medical clinic; Su Mu's life followed a simple two-point route. To outsiders, it must have seemed incredibly monotonous and boring, but for Su Mu, who was immersed in it, it was incredibly fulfilling.

Time flew by like a white steed glimpsed through a crack in a fence. In the blink of an eye, Su Mu had been settled in Qingyun City for three months.

Autumn turned to winter, and the world was draped in silver. A vast expanse of white. This winter seemed colder than usual. Many shops in the small alleys of Qingyun City had closed.

The large shops on Qingyun Avenue remained open, their rooms heated by charcoal day and night, with wine and meat aplenty.

Sparrow Street was no longer filled with the chirping of sparrows. The flowers and trees had withered, and the streets were sparsely populated. In a courtyard covered in white snow.

The young man seemed oblivious to the winter cold, still dressed in a thin hemp cloth.

Whoosh, whoosh!

Within a radius of ten feet around the young man's feet, the white snow had vanished. The two extremely contradictory movements, slow and swift, switched freely in the young man's hands, making the transition appear seamless.

His previous punch was light and airy, but the next was accompanied by a fierce wind, so strong it made the accumulated snow on the old locust tree in the courtyard fall like a heavy snowfall.

Gale Fist Mastery (1%)

With this, all three fist techniques reached mastery. One was perfect, one was near perfect, and one was mastered, in addition to the perfect Five Animal Frolics.

For an ordinary martial artist, one martial art is enough to spend ten, twenty, or even more years to study. Take Zhao Xuan, the foremost expert in Qingshui Town, for example. He spent twenty years practicing Gale Fist before reaching the state of mastery.

It is extremely rare for someone Su Mu's age to have cultivated three completely different fist techniques to such a level.

At this moment, three forces surged and churned within Su Mu's body: a fierce force, a gentle force, and a condensed force. Each martial art, when cultivated to a profound level, would generate a force, and fist techniques were the most suitable among martial arts for refining force and building a foundation.

Each force within Su Mu represented at least one martial art at the mastered level.

Rustle, rustle, rustle!

The three forces collided, intertwined, and merged, immediately producing the sound of turbulent currents. The heart beneath Su Mu's chest beat faster and stronger. As the forces merged, his blood and qi began to surge, creating a torrent of force and blood that sounded like a duet playing within Su Mu.

Then, a flush of crimson instantly spread across his entire body. A snowflake fell and was instantly melted by Su Mu's scorching body temperature, making his physique resemble a furnace.

His blood and qi were the blazing furnace fire.

The three distinct forces were like three iron ingots of different materials, and even the forces themselves were the furnace fire!

"Three fist techniques... three forces. This is just like blacksmithing. I need to fold, forge, and merge these three forces, taking the essence and discarding the dross, then cast iron into a weapon!"

"This weapon shall be called... Transforming Force!"