Gu Family Village's training ground.
Neatly laid bluestone tiles covered the ground, surrounded by martial arts wooden posts of varying heights. Rows of weapon racks held all kinds of unsharpened weapons.
At the very center.
Dozens of youths were scattered about practicing their fists, their shouts of exertion rising one after another as the atmosphere blazed with energy.
Gu Sheng could see.
Some of the youths wore resolute expressions, their punches and kicks carrying sharp gusts of wind. Clearly, they were no beginners and had attained considerable skill in their boxing techniques.
Others had reddened arms and fists, seemingly smeared with some kind of ointment. After completing a set of punches, their entire bodies looked like steamed prawns, leaving him astonished.
Gu Jingang's voice sounded beside him:
"The human body possesses limitless potential. Practicing martial arts is the process of excavating that potential and forging the body, and that requires Body Tempering Martial Arts!"
"The Body Tempering Martial Arts practiced in Gu Family Village is called the Iron Stone Fist!"
"Though the Iron Stone Fist is merely a third-rate martial art, if cultivated to an advanced level, one's fists will be like iron and stone, carrying the weight of ten thousand jun. It may not necessarily be inferior to a second-rate martial art!"
Gu Jingang looked proud.
He was the only person in Gu Family Village who had cultivated the Iron Stone Fist to the major accomplishment stage. His pair of iron fists could withstand weapons head-on, earning him the formidable reputation of Iron Fist King Kong.
Gu Sheng's heart stirred.
He recalled the scene of Gu Jingang's battle with Wang Chong that day. Gu Jingang had struck the spiked mace barehanded without suffering the slightest injury. He had truly been ferocious.
"There are four steps to body tempering: tempering