A Dragon Rises from Chen Family Village

[Chen Mo]

Species: Human

Gender: Male

Age: 15/65

Aptitude: Quite Potential

Skills: Archery (Perfect Accomplishment)

Techniques: Health Cultivation Technique (Perfect Accomplishment), Tiger Fist (Great Accomplishment)

Realm: Body Tempering (Inner Strength)

Enlightenment Count: 0

"Inner Strength Realm... this feels amazing!"

Clenching his fists hard, Chen Mo felt the surge in his strength and the seemingly inexhaustible stamina within his body. He was overjoyed. At the very least, in Chen Family Village, he should now be truly safe.

But the intense hunger rising from his stomach quickly dragged him back to reality.

He was so hungry he felt like he could eat an entire cow!

Fortunately, he had prepared enough food beforehand. He devoured another huge meal, chewing until his cheeks ached. Only after finishing everything he had prepared did he barely feel full.

"Eating ordinary food alone is far too inefficient."

With Chen Mo's current appetite, one meal for him alone could match what three people ate.

It was foreseeable that as his strength continued to rise, his appetite would grow even greater.

If he wanted to fill his stomach and meet the energy demands of cultivation, relying solely on these foods would definitely not be enough.

"There should be a solution. Chen Family Village just doesn't have one," Chen Mo thought.

As he had said before, Chen Family Village was too small. If he wanted to reach a higher realm, he had to venture out.

Going to the County Town to study martial arts was imperative!

Catching the faint fishy stench on his body, Chen Mo remembered that he had ignored it earlier because hunger had been unbearable. Now that he was full, he had to take care of his personal hygiene. He stripped off his clothes, leaped into the river, and thoroughly washed himself.

After cleaning up and changing into fresh clothes, Chen Mo began familiarizing himself with his current physical condition in the courtyard.

Unlike other martial artists, who gradually grew stronger step by step, he had relied on Epiphany to rise from the Strength Refining Realm to the Inner Strength Realm in a short time. His strength, reactions, and senses had all improved greatly, so he needed time to understand and adapt.

After breaking through to the Inner Strength Realm, Chen Mo could clearly feel that every aspect of his body had improved considerably. His physical strength had definitely surpassed six hundred jin, more than doubling. His skin had also become tighter, and his defense had increased significantly.

What delighted Chen Mo even more was the improvement in his endurance.

If he had to carry a wolf corpse weighing over a hundred jin back to the village now, he probably would need only half the time he had before.

He could not be called anything but enduring!

Moreover, unlike before, Tiger Fist was not like the Health Cultivation Technique, which had moves without killing power. Its very nature was meant for fighting enemies.

Chen Mo was no longer merely a martial artist with brute strength who did not know how to use it.

He was only still lacking combat experience.

"I should raise Tiger Fist to the Perfection Level as soon as possible. If I have time, I can spar with Uncle Chao. For the rest of my time before leaving the village, I'll join the village Hunting Team and learn Tracking and hunting techniques."

Chen Mo had a clear plan for his final days in Chen Family Village.

Forget today. He had worked hard for so many consecutive days without properly resting, so he planned to take a day off.

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A person's mind could not remain taut like a drawn bowstring forever. There had to be a balance between tension and relaxation.

Yet before long, Chen Mo became helpless. Accustomed to modern life, he found himself in a place with no electricity, no phones, and no entertainment. Other than staring blankly into space and sleeping, he could not find anything else to pass the time.

Forget pleasure houses and taverns—Chen Family Village did not even have a teahouse.

"I wonder if Chen Chao is in the village?"

Leaving his house, Chen Mo headed straight toward the village Training Ground, intending to have a spar with him.

Naturally, he encountered villagers along the way. Everyone was working for a living.

Watching the villagers' busy figures, Chen Mo thought that if he did not have his golden finger, he would probably be in the same state.

Then there truly would be nothing to look forward to in life.

Fortunately, he could attain Epiphany every day, giving him a better choice.

The villagers had not interacted much with Chen Mo, but as one of the village's only two martial artists, he had been a frequent topic of discussion lately. Their gazes unconsciously gathered on him.

Curiosity, envy, jealousy... every kind of emotion was present.

Ignoring them, Chen Mo hurried all the way to the Training Ground. He did not spot Chen Chao and felt somewhat disappointed. He watched the few youths practicing Tiger Fist nearby and found that their Tiger Fist had only reached the beginner level.

He stopped watching before long and had even less intention of going over to instruct them. Instead, he went to the Stone Locks and lifted the heaviest one with one hand. It felt heavy in his grasp, but it had not reached his limit.

"This is a Five Hundred Jin Stone Lock. Even after lifting it, I clearly still have strength to spare. Just as I expected, my current strength should be above six hundred jin." Chen Mo now had a very direct understanding of his own strength.

Afterward, he began testing his stamina. He lifted the Five Hundred Jin Stone Lock fifty times in succession before he started to feel weak.

His left hand, his non-dominant hand, was slightly worse. After forty-two consecutive lifts, it was already beginning to weaken.

Bang!

Slowly setting down the Stone Lock, Chen Mo let out a long breath. He ignored the youths in the distance, who had stopped practicing and were staring blankly at his ferocious display, then turned and went home.

Chen Chao was absent, and he had already tested his own strength. There was no need to remain here. There were no entertainment facilities here anyway, so he might as well go home and practice his fist techniques.

Though practicing on his own could not compare with the clear and rapid improvements brought by Epiphany, it was at least somewhat useful. He could treat it as a way to pass the time.

"The County Town shouldn't be this boring, right?" Chen Mo thought expectantly.

Little did he know that the moment he left, the youths who had been watching from afar surged over to the Stone Lock he had used to test his endurance. Seeing the marked weight on it, every one of them fell silent.

If they had previously held objections to Chen Mo receiving village funding to study martial arts at a Martial Arts School in the County Town, or to him receiving so much food from the village, then now they were completely convinced.

They simply could not compare! Lifting a Five Hundred Jin Stone Lock dozens of times in a row—wasn't that another Chen Chao?!

How long had it been since they last saw him? He had already reached Inner Strength?

Or had Chen Mo not used his full strength before?

No matter which it was, they knew full well that they were incomparable to Chen Mo.

They could not even summon the will to compete with him.

With the strength Chen Mo had displayed now, beating them would be like one punch per child—far too easy.

Perhaps this was what a genius was?

It was not only these youths. Chen Mo's performance at the Training Ground soon reached Chen Qun, the Village Chief. The old Village Chief, who considered himself well-traveled and knowledgeable, looked dazed at that moment. It took him a long while to recover, and he murmured with a sigh:

"A dragon has risen from Chen Family Village!"

Chen Mo had only obtained Tiger Fist a few days ago, yet he had grown stronger again. Chen Qun knew very well what it meant to lift a Five Hundred Jin Stone Lock one-handed dozens of times.

Standing up, Chen Qun slowly walked to the window and gazed toward Chen Mo's home, a trace of conflict appearing in his eyes.

"Inner Strength Realm at fifteen years old... is there still any need for him to enter a Martial Arts School?"

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