Perfection

"Master, there's a letter for you."

Just as Chen Mu was about to boil water to decoct medicine, preparing for his midday Mo Pi cultivation, the Old Servant's voice sounded from outside the courtyard.

A letter?

Chen Mu was slightly taken aback.

Then he walked outside the courtyard, took a piece of yellow paper from the Old Servant's hand, and after a glance, he couldn't help but smile.

On the yellow paper were some crookedly written words.

[Brother, you're a liar, you haven't come to see me in over a month]

[But I know brother must be busy practicing, so I forgive brother]

[I'm doing very well at the Martial Hall, the sisters here all like me. Oh, right, the master who teaches me Kung Fu says my natural endowments are good, and my comprehension is very high. I'll be able to practice Kung Fu very strongly in the future, maybe even more powerful than brother, hehe]

[But brother, don't be afraid, I won't bully brother, hehe]

"This girl..."

Chen Mu looked at the words on the paper, feeling both amused and exasperated.

Chen Yue's writing was learned from him. In the past two years when he had nothing to do, he would tell Chen Yue stories and teach her to write, but the family couldn't afford pens and ink, so they would use branches to scratch words on the ground.

So this dog-crawling-like handwriting was easy to recognize, undoubtedly written by Chen Yue.

Moreover, it seemed that his judgment at the time was correct. This girl's natural endowments were indeed a little better than his. He also didn't think Chen Yue's comprehension would be too bad. This child often seemed dull and honest, but in fact, she was quite clever inside.

Although the little girl's words might be exaggerated, in short, she should be doing well now, and she had a good relationship with her fellow disciples. The fact that she could spare time to write him a letter and have someone send it over also showed that her situation was good.

With this, Chen Mu was relieved.

In fact, although he hadn't gone to the Inner City to see Chen Yue, he had been paying attention to Chen Yue's situation, and the news he received was that everything was safe.

Now that he had received Chen Yue's letter, he was even more at ease.

Chen Mu thought for a while, took the letter into the inner room, folded it, and put it away. Then he went to boil water to decoct medicine. Once the medicinal soup was ready, he went to the sand pit where he usually practiced Mo Pi.

Now, the sand in this sand pit had turned reddish-brown, and there was a strong medicinal smell. It was basically completely permeated by the medicinal soup, but the more it was like this, the better the effect.

Chen Mu once again dug open the sand, then lay down in the sand pit, burying his body with sand. Then, he first poured the medicinal soup over his lower body, then buried his upper body, leaving only his head exposed. After that, the medicinal soup for his upper body was also poured down.

A burning sensation immediately spread throughout his body.

Tingling and numb.

Until the medicinal soup cooled down, he poured it again, repeating the process many times. After the medicinal soup was used up, Chen Mu climbed out of the sand pit in one go.

Since he achieved great success in Mo Pi, the effect of this internal and external medicinal soup on him was not as great as it was at first. In the beginning, his whole body would be numb, and he couldn't even get up for a short time, but now, after the tempering was complete, he could easily get up, with only a slight soreness.

After Chen Mu washed off the mud and sand from his body, his body completely recovered.

"Almost there."

Chen Mu took a deep breath and returned to his bedroom, adjusting his state.

After about a month, this Gold Jade Mo Pi Fa was finally about to be cultivated to perfection. He could finally see how big the gap was between him, who had cultivated Mo Pi to perfection, and Zhang Xiang Shen's son, who had a natural Copper Skin.

Buzz!!

Accompanied by the selection to upgrade on the system panel, a surge of scalding blood energy exploded within Chen Mu's body.

It was like a boiling heatwave, spreading outwards from within, directly permeating into the skin and membranes of his entire body, entering and exiting from the inside and outside of the skin, as if billions of steel needles were constantly piercing through every pore.

This was already the third time enduring this kind of severe pain, and Chen Mu's condition was much stronger than the previous two times. The first time, he directly fainted; the second time, he almost bit through the pillow, in so much pain that he couldn't move his entire body, unable to even make a sound.

This time, however, he was able to forcibly endure it.

Billions of scorching hot steel needles constantly pierced along every part of his skin, leaving scorching heat on the skin and membranes, making the skin of his entire body hot, scalding, until it turned red, emitting a faint luster like a scarlet jade.

He didn't know how long it took, but the feeling of pain finally began to gradually subside.

It was as if he had washed away all the accumulated ailments and sublimated lead and mercury. Every inch of his body seemed to be emitting a joyful sound, as if after experiencing difficult skin grinding, he had finally broken out of his cocoon and transformed into a butterfly, achieving a metamorphosis.

When Chen Mu sat up from the bed and looked at his body, he could see that the skin of his entire body was not rough at all compared to before, but it had a toughness comparable to stone skin.

Bang!

Chen Mu raised his hand and slammed it on the table. His palm felt as if it was covered with a thick layer of leather, making a dull thud, and the table shook from the impact, with cracks even appearing on the edges!

"This is Mo Pi Fa Perfection."

Chen Mu exhaled a long breath, able to feel the changes in himself at this moment. It was far greater than the Great Accomplishment of Mo Pi Fa. Although the skin and membranes all over his body seemed unchanged, in reality, Gold Jade was hidden within, as if he was wearing a suit of Gold Jade soft armor.

Those bandits who had never practiced martial arts, or only knew a little bit of freehand fighting, would find it difficult to cut through his skin and membranes even with knives and swords, and things like quicklime powder could basically be ignored unless they got into his eyes.

Mo Pi Fa Perfection!

It meant that the strength of the skin and membranes was already able to withstand the improvement of the muscles.

First Mo Pi Fa, then Lian Rou, this order was not arranged casually, because if Lian Rou was done first, and the muscles suddenly became too strong, then when exerting force, it was very likely that one's own skin and membranes would not be able to withstand it and would directly crack.

Therefore, there must be strong skin and membranes to support it, so that one can further temper the muscles to increase strength, and then be able to exert oneself wantonly.

This realm was actually a good hand outside. Being able to practice to this level, one's position in the gang was no less than mastering a skill, and even higher than simply mastering swordsmanship, because those who could practice Mo Pi Fa to perfection more or less also practiced skills such as swordsmanship, while those who practiced skills may not have the opportunity to practice Mo Pi Fa to perfection. After all, the former could be practiced as long as one had a knife, while the latter required a large investment of money.

"However, it's indeed not comparable to Zhang Xiang Shen's son, who has a natural Copper Skin..."

Chen Mu clenched his fist, felt the strength of his own skin and membranes, and then shook his head slightly.

If the skin and membrane strength of Zhang Xiang Shen's son's Copper Skin was 'ten points', then his current skin and membrane strength was probably only about 'seven points', which was still a relatively obvious difference.

This was determined by physique and had little to do with the Mo Pi Fa itself. Like Gold Jade Mo Pi Fa, reaching this level was the limit. Chen Mu estimated that even if he continued to practice according to the Gold Jade Mo Pi Fa method, taking internal medicine and external decoctions, it might not have any effect.

Because the skin and membranes had completely adapted to the two kinds of medicinal soups of Gold Jade Mo Pi Fa.

Chen Mu summoned the system panel and tried it. Sure enough, Perfection was the limit of Gold Jade Mo Pi Fa, and it could no longer be improved. This method could only temper his skin and membranes to this extent at most.

At this point.

If he wanted to further temper and improve his skin and membranes, he would have to change to other prescriptions.

But ordinary people would not do this, because even if they found another Mo Pi Fa to temper, it would take two or three years to practice another Perfection, which might only increase the skin and membrane strength to 'nine points'.

It seemed like a significant improvement, but for them, delaying for two or three years might mean that they would never have the opportunity to break through to the Yi Jin or even Duan Gu realm.

Often, only those with natural Copper Skin or truly exceptional talent and rapid progress, who aren't worried about future advancement, are willing to spend more time strengthening their foundation.

"I don't have the next Lian Rou Technique on hand for now, but the Mo Pi Fa..."

Chen Mu took out a small booklet from the room.

Iron Sand Skin Grinding Method

For him now, obtaining a Lian Rou Technique is a bit troublesome, but a basic Mo Pi Fa is very easy. He directly obtained one during his spare time at the City Guard.

"It's still worth a try."

For ordinary people, practicing multiple Mo Pi Fas concurrently results in slower progress because as the skin membrane's strength increases, trying to achieve results with other Mo Pi Fas often yields half the effort for twice the work.

But he is different.

Judging from the cultivation process of the Gold Jade Mo Pi Fa, his improvement speed will only increase. The higher the skin membrane's strength, the stronger the Medicinal Power it can withstand, and he can even forcibly complete it within a day!

If that's the case, then it's worth a try no matter what. After all, even someone who has reached the minor accomplishment stage of Lian Rou might not be able to gain an advantage against someone who has cultivated a Copper Steel Skin.

Someone like Zhang Xiang Shen's son, with his extraordinary talent and Copper Skin, is extremely fierce. If he hadn't encountered someone with perfected Lian Rou and a fierce Sword Intent, whose sword broke through his defenses, he would have been quite difficult to kill.