In Anyuan County Town, the major sects and large martial arts schools first looked at a disciple's bone structure and aptitude, then at their comprehension and talent, among other things. Guande Martial Arts School was different. Although its requirements for accepting disciples were quite lenient, the prerequisite was that their comprehension had to be decent. If their comprehension was lacking,
then mastering the Azure Origin Body Tempering Art would require countless hours and an immense amount of effort to grind away at it.
The Azure Origin Body Tempering Art was so formidable, yet the various sects and lineages in Anyuan County Town did not think much of it, because at most, it could be cultivated to the peak of the late Body Tempering Realm. It could not even break through to the Meridian Opening Realm.
That was because this Azure Origin Body Tempering Art was an incomplete version. Yu Guande had obtained this Cultivation Technique by chance in his early years. Once mastered, it was of immense help to cultivators, tempering their physiques and bodies. Its only drawback was that it was not easy to master.
Of course, even if one mastered it, there was actually no need to be too happy, because at most, one could only cultivate to the peak of the late Body Tempering Realm. The Meridian Opening Realm was impossible.
That was why the major lineages and sects in Anyuan County Town looked down on this Azure Origin Body Tempering Art.
"The Azure Origin Body Tempering Art... This body-tempering technique is rather interesting."
Listening to Senior Sister Lin Yutong's explanation, these newly admitted disciples still felt that it was far too difficult. Some even began thinking of giving up, lamenting that they lacked the talent for martial arts. Yet among the crowd, Su Mo closed his eyes and silently sensed the method of the Azure Origin Body Tempering Art that Senior Sister Lin Yutong was teaching.
When Lin Yutong began teaching the Azure Origin Body Tempering Art, Su Mo's mind stirred, and he began circulating the technique. This Azure Origin Body Tempering Art, reputed to be extraordinarily difficult to cultivate, was effortlessly mastered by him in an instant.
After mastering the Azure Origin Body Tempering Art, Su Mo knew that his cultivation, which had stagnated for a long time, was finally about to break through.
What puzzled him was that, for some reason, the Azure Origin Body Tempering Art did not seem to place much importance on bone structure and aptitude. Otherwise, even if he could easily comprehend and master it, with the problem of his bone structure lying there, his cultivation speed could not possibly have been this fast.
"Fellow junior brothers and sisters, today's instruction ends here. If there is anything you still don't understand, I will be free tomorrow, and you may come ask me. For this month, you can all stay at the martial arts school free of charge, so you must seize the time to practice martial arts and cultivate. Don't let yourselves regret it."
Lin Yutong was tall and slender, with an even, fair complexion and beautiful features. Seeing that many of her junior brothers and sisters still had not grasped the Azure Origin Body Tempering Art, she told everyone that they could come find her for guidance tomorrow. Whenever she had the time, she would also come to the training ground to explain the Azure Origin Body Tempering Art.
Su Mo felt that Senior Sister Lin Yutong was quite nice.
Several newly admitted junior brothers looked at Lin Yutong with eyes full of admiration and envy, feeling that Senior Sister Lin Yutong was simply wonderful.
As for lodging at the martial arts school being free for the first month, Senior Brother Luo Lianbo had already told Su Mo about it. After one month, however, anyone who still wished to stay at the martial arts school would have to pay five taels a month for lodging and martial arts training.
Of course, for disciples from poorer families, if they had not achieved anything after one month, most of them could only leave the martial arts school. After all, five taels in monthly lodging fees was not something an ordinary person could afford.
As dusk fell, Yu Guande indicated that all the disciples in the main hall should disperse and rest on their own.
At the same time, the martial arts school had prepared dinner for them.
After dinner, Su Mo went to the lodging area to rest.
The rear courtyard of Guande Martial Arts School was where the disciples lived and rested. There were many rooms, all brightly lit. Clearly, some of the better rooms had already been occupied by the children of wealthy families from Qingshan Town.
Su Mo did not have high demands in that regard. A senior disciple assigned him to a four-person room. There were four beds inside, and clothes and bedding had already been placed on two of them, clearly indicating that two people already lived there.
One of them, like Su Mo, was a newly admitted disciple of the martial arts school that day. His name was Xie Baolin. It was said that he was a cowherd from a small village near Qingshan Town, and his family had practically sold everything they owned to send him here.
The other was a senior brother who had joined the martial arts school some time ago. His name was Yue Haofeng, and his family lived in Qingshan Town. It was said that his family was quite wealthy, making them one of the rich families in Qingshan Town, though they were somewhat less affluent than the truly prominent households.
Otherwise, he would not have been assigned to a four-person room.
The generally coveted double rooms had long since been reserved by the children of wealthy families in Qingshan Town.
When Su Mo entered the room, the other two also returned one after another. After exchanging simple greetings with them, Su Mo headed to the training ground in the front courtyard of the martial arts school.
The training ground in the front courtyard of Guande Martial Arts School was enormous, large enough to accommodate over a hundred disciples cultivating at once. When Su Mo arrived, the sky was already pitch-black, and there were no disciples left on the training ground.
Su Mo held his breath and focused his mind. The method of the Azure Origin Body Tempering Art began circulating throughout his body as he assumed the opening stance of its forms. The accompanying forms of the Azure Origin Body Tempering Art consisted of only a dozen or so movements. The forms themselves were not difficult to practice; many disciples could even perform them.
The true difficulty of the Azure Origin Body Tempering Art lay in its formulas. To comprehend and see through them, allowing that current of energy to circulate through the body at will and achieve the effect of external practice and internal tempering, was the hardest part. That was also what stopped so many people.
Su Mo's figure flashed as he effortlessly performed the forms of the Azure Origin Body Tempering Art. Even though it was only his first day learning them, in his hands they seemed to have been tempered a thousand times and fused into perfect mastery, as though he were a veteran who had immersed himself in the art for more than a decade.
At the same time, large amounts of white mist began rising from his body, mixed with the sound of blood and qi surging through him. His muscles and bones crackled incessantly. These were the external-training forms, which worked together with the method of the Azure Origin Body Tempering Art to temper the flesh internally. This was the true cultivation method of the Azure Origin Body Tempering Art.
It was also why those in the Body Tempering Realm had to cultivate a body-tempering technique. Without internally tempering the flesh, one's martial cultivation could hardly improve.
With the Azure Origin Body Tempering Art, Su Mo's blood and qi roared throughout his body. His hands erupted with astonishing Great Strength, and each strike into the air produced a violent sonic boom. In the next moment, a powerful aura surged from within him, while a fierce force was born in his muscles and enveloped his entire body.
This was the aura of a realm breakthrough.
This force was the unique muscle-generated strength of the mid-Body Tempering Realm. His flesh had become denser, and his blood and qi had begun to flourish.
Su Mo broke through from the peak of the early Body Tempering Realm to the mid-Body Tempering Realm.
"My cultivation has finally broken through and reached the mid-Body Tempering Realm!"
"After reaching the mid-Body Tempering Realm, my physical strength has soared once again. Strength has even been born in my muscles. My fists and kicks can all unleash this force, increasing their destructive power. At the same time, my body has become even denser, and my physical defense has grown far more astonishing and tyrannical. Ordinary attacks can hardly injure me."
At that moment, Su Mo's eyes glittered. His blood and qi were vigorous, and his body radiated an aura of tremendous physical strength. He raised his right hand and clenched it into a fist before punching out. His force exploded, and a sharp, thunderous shriek rang through the air, like a狂龙 roaring. Only when one's physical strength had reached an exceedingly terrifying level could one accomplish this.
This punch alone could easily kill a late-Body Tempering Realm Martial Artist.
It could be said that such terrifying Great Strength was beyond what a Body Tempering Realm Martial Artist could withstand or block.
Yet this was merely a casual punch from Su Mo.
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