Three Extremes Spirit Fist

Mentioning the martial arts circle, Lin Chao recalled the woman he had seen that day.

Back then, he had saved Qi Xueyan, who had fallen from the third floor, and later, as he left the hospital room, he caught a fleeting glimpse of a short-haired woman with developed pectoral muscles.

Based on his experience from simulated lives, that woman was likely a practitioner—someone from the so-called martial arts circle.

However, as Zhao Xiaoyi had said, the martial arts of this world were limited in strength.

Far inferior to what was depicted in TV dramas.

Enough to handle some ordinary people, but against a few thugs with knives, they might even lose.

"You're right." Lin Chao no longer dismissed Zhao Xiaoyi's guess.

At this moment, Zhao Xiaoyi was clearly immersed in a strong urge to express herself.

"But even if Heize couldn't take on ten thousand alone, he should have been a peerless powerhouse of his time.

I reckon he was on the same level as the Gun King Liu Xiu back then!"

Mentioning Gun King Liu Xiu made Zhao Xiaoyi's eyes light up, just like Heize's.

Clearly, she was very interested in the martial arts circle, or rather, in martial arts themselves.

"Probably." Lin Chao recalled that not long after he first entered the capital, his master, Gun King Liu Xiu, was no longer his match.

Master Liu Xiu's spear skills were indeed impressive.

But this grandmaster was more human than the historical records suggested.

Of course, "human" might not be the right word.

If Lin Chao remembered correctly, Liu Xiu often took a bunch of disciples to drink and carouse.

Heize, back then, naturally chose not to go.

But Lin Chao knew that the crown prince junior disciple actually enjoyed going quite a bit.

"Gun King Liu Xiu's Liu Family Spear has been passed down to this day, considered one of the great arts of Daxia.

Unfortunately, after a thousand years, the Liu Family Spear once had its lineage broken.

The essence of the Gun Rain Flower can only be seen in ancient texts.

Although later generations have continuously improved it, and the current Liu Family Spear is still extraordinary, no one knows how it compares to the original."

Zhao Xiaoyi sighed, becoming especially animated when talking about these things.

The Gun Rain Flower—Lin Chao knew this technique. It was a spear technique for deflecting force, giving a sense of using four ounces to move a thousand pounds.

Because the movements were continuous, forming spear blossoms, it was called the Gun Rain Flower.

Heize had also learned this technique back then.

With Heize's strength at the time, he found it flashy but impractical, less convenient than simply swinging the spear.

But Lin Chao understood that was because Heize was born with divine strength.

For anyone else, learning the Gun Rain Flower would indeed boost their strength significantly.

The Gun Rain Flower could be considered a supreme art.

"How do you know so much?" Lin Chao was surprised.

After all, these were very niche topics.

Today's society was a modern technological one.

The martial arts circle was small, let alone one branch like spear techniques.

"I'm really interested in martial arts." Zhao Xiaoyi's eyes sparkled. "So naturally, I know a bit more."

Lin Chao glanced at Zhao Xiaoyi.

Sure enough, she looked much healthier than the average person.

Not quite a practitioner, but close enough.

No wonder she knew so much.

"Brother Lin Chao, don't underestimate me just because I'm smaller than you. If we fought, you might not be my match."

Zhao Xiaoyi spoke, clenching her little fist with a smile on her face, joking.

"Hehe, since we're living together, if you try anything funny, just watch how I deal with you."

Lin Chao smiled back.

After eating with Zhao Xiaoyi, she put her things in her room and then headed to Tianhai Jiaotong University to take a look.

Lin Chao originally wanted to go along, but Zhao Xiaoyi said she had friends there.

Naturally, Lin Chao stayed home.

There were still a few hours until the simulator's next activation.

When the simulator started, his body wouldn't disappear.

Or rather, no matter how long the simulation lasted, in reality it was just an instant—or perhaps no time passed at all.

Thus, even with Zhao Xiaoyi present, he wasn't worried about exposing himself.

Lin Chao flipped through some history books, including "Wild Forest Records," "Three Stones Biography," and "Han Book."

Lin Chao felt that reading these historical texts and letting his thoughts diverge could teach him quite a bit.

Just then, a knock sounded at the door.

Lin Chao stood up and opened the door.

Zhao Xiaoyi entered the room, followed by a woman dressed in short, fitted clothing.

"Brother Lin Chao, this is Sister Xiao Rou," Zhao Xiaoyi introduced.

Lin Chao looked at the woman beside Zhao Xiaoyi.

Her features were ordinary, but her eyes were bright and sharp. Most importantly, she was nothing like those slender, delicate women.

Her body was packed with muscle, radiating immense strength.

Her arms were thicker than Zhao Xiaoyi's thighs.

One look and it was clear she wasn't someone to mess with.

"Hello," Lin Chao greeted the burly woman named Xiao Rou.

Xiao Rou smiled in response.

"Brother Lin Chao, I'm going to sleep at Sister Xiao Rou's place tonight, so I won't be coming back," Zhao Xiaoyi said, looking at Lin Chao with blinking eyes.

"No problem," Lin Chao agreed after a moment's thought.

Zhao Xiaoyi was almost an adult and had her own judgment.

Lin Chao was just her distant cousin, so he naturally wouldn't restrict her too much.

"You're the best, Brother Lin Chao!" Zhao Xiaoyi said with a smile. She went back to her room to grab some things.

Finally, she said goodbye to Lin Chao and left the room.

In the elevator, Xiao Rou grinned. "Your brother's pretty handsome. Looks lean with clothes on, but you can tell he's got muscle underneath. My type."

"Hey, Sister Xiao Rou, he's still wearing clothes—how do you know he's got muscle underneath?"

"Woman's intuition."

"Heh."

Zhao Xiaoyi followed Xiao Rou out of the elevator.

Xiao Rou's expression turned serious in that moment.

"Xiaoyi, your bone structure is excellent—you're prime material for martial arts training.

How about considering joining our Three Extremes Sect?"

"Sister Xiao Rou, I don't want to train in martial arts," Zhao Xiaoyi refused adamantly.

She didn't want to end up with a body full of muscle.

Couldn't she just enjoy being herself?

"Sigh." Xiao Rou sighed. "I know what you're afraid of—turning out like me.

But actually... martial arts aren't that simple. According to our ancestral records, the Three Extremes Sect doesn't just have the Three Extremes Fist; there's also the Three Extremes Spirit Fist.

Practicing this fist art not only makes it far more powerful than the Three Extremes Fist, but it also won't affect your physique."

"Huh? There's really a fist art like that?" Zhao Xiaoyi found it hard to believe.

If you only practiced the superficial forms of boxing, you wouldn't need to build up your body much.

But to reach a certain level and break through, your physical condition had to keep up.

Xiao Rou was the senior disciple of the Three Extremes Sect, with formidable martial arts skills—five or six ordinary thugs couldn't get near her.

"There is. Unfortunately, only our sect's founder ever mastered it.

Back then, the founder perfected the Three Extremes Spirit Fist and became a grandmaster of martial arts in the late Great Cang era.

But now, no one has succeeded. If you're willing to join our Three Extremes Sect, you could take a look at this martial art."

Xiao Rou smiled. This martial art was no longer a secret within the Three Extremes Sect.

Every year, someone tried to practice it.

The result? The moves were easy to learn, but the power?

It was worse than some street thug's random flailing.

The sect leader naturally didn't want outsiders saying the sect's ultimate technique was useless.

So, it became known that no one had ever succeeded.

However, based on Xiao Rou's practice of the Three Extremes Spirit Fist, she also felt it didn't suit her.

It seemed there was some sense of incongruity within it.

She too believed the claim that no one in the present day had mastered it.

Perhaps it required a special opportunity, or a special bone constitution to succeed.

The bone constitution for martial arts could be described as profoundly mysterious.

"Really? If that's the case, I'd like to give it a try.

What if I'm that one-in-ten-thousand martial prodigy."

A smile spread across Zhao Xiaoyi's face.

"Maybe if I master the Three Extremes Spirit Fist, even Heize resurrected wouldn't be a match for me."