Longevity Martial Arts: Grinding Experience in the Chaotic World

Chapter 174: Chapter 115: The Hook is Too Straight! Blood Refining Perfect!_2

He no longer planned to take on the task of being a knife-wielder, focusing solely on diligently cultivating at Gu’s Manor, aiming to soon advance to the Perfect Blood Refining Realm.

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Time passed.

Half a month went by in the blink of an eye.

On this day,

Gu Sheng was undergoing a medicinal bath in a secret room, tearing open five packets of Strengthening Blood Powder and pouring them all into a wooden barrel.

In an instant, a faint exotic fragrance filled the secret room, resembling the scent of the Blood Strengthening Pill, only much milder. Without the slightest hesitation, Gu Sheng stepped into it, a fiery gleam in his eyes.

Today marked the final step for him to achieve perfection in the Blood Refining Realm!

Buzz!

As soon as Gu Sheng stepped into the wooden barrel, the deep red medicinal liquid began to fluctuate. His entire skin started to terrifyingly absorb, becoming a unified whole!

With the advancement of the Golden Body Skill to the Great Achievement Realm, Gu Sheng’s entire skin had become completely unified, without any shortcomings, greatly accelerating his speed of tempering the blood and strengthening his Qi and Blood. Initially, it was estimated to take more than twenty days to reach the Perfect Realm.

But now, after just half a month, he was already approaching the ultimate extreme of his blood and flesh!

Unlike before, when the speed of absorbing the medicinal liquid varied by stages, now every part of Gu Sheng’s skin absorbed evenly, and the speed increased significantly.

He could clearly feel his progress, with his flesh and blood transforming visibly.

He had no idea how much time had passed.

The medicinal liquid gradually turned pale.

Gu Sheng suddenly leaped out of the wooden barrel, an aura of great change already exuding from his entire body, with extremely intense Qi and blood surging all over him. Even a slight clench of his fist could make him feel a powerful, unmatched force brewing between his fingers.

This was a true force of three thousand catties, purely physical strength without any enhancement.

His eyes flashed with joy, and without hesitation, he put on his clothes and went to the courtyard.

To undergo the final transformation!

Boom!

After reaching the limit of blood and flesh, the dense power of Qi and blood erupted, billowing Qi and blood smoke rose from Gu Sheng’s body, forming a column of blood, but soon, this blood column began to rapidly collapse and condense.

Within a few breaths, the originally strong Qi and blood fluctuations disappeared.

Perfect in Blood Refining, successfully breakthrough!

From now on, the Qi and blood would be integrated and unified.

This meant that the Qi and blood and the flesh became more closely linked, with every move strengthened by the power of Qi and blood. It was a qualitative change, and a martial artist of Great Success in the Blood Refining Realm stood no chance against one in the Perfect Realm.

Both explosive power and endurance were on completely different levels.

”Not only that, the power of Qi and blood, originating from the flesh and power, ultimately returns to the flesh, vaguely forming a second barrier of the body?”

A strange look emerged in Gu Sheng’s eyes.

He increasingly felt that obtaining the three sects of body-strengthening martial arts early on was a wise choice; the skin is the body’s first barrier. If he only cultivated the Iron Stone Fist, that barrier would inevitably be ’uneven’ and flawed.

Now that he practiced all three martial arts, his skin was unified, and the first barrier reached perfection.

And now, his flesh was forming a second barrier, also without any flaw, indistinguishable from those who practiced first-rate body-strengthening martial arts.

He vaguely sensed that the two bodily barriers constructed successively in the Refining Skin Realm and Blood Refining Realm laid the foundation for the future cultivation, and the perfection of these barriers was likely related to the future cultivation progress.

”The four realms of body-strengthening, interesting...”

”Skin refining, blood refining, bone refining, and marrow refining, each realm has its specifics, and must be practiced with the corresponding pills, reportedly a method created by the martial artists of today. It seems that it wasn’t necessary in ancient times...”

Gu Sheng muttered to himself.

Whether it was when he was practicing the Iron Stone Fist at Gu’s Manor or the various body-strengthening martial arts manuals he obtained, they mentioned this to some extent, but without detailed information, only bits and pieces.

Leaving him to speculate silently.

”Also, every body-strengthening martial art I obtained only reached the Bone Refining Realm, as for the Marrow Refining Realm, it seems to require a secret technique called the ’Guiding Method,’ which Canghe County does not possess.”

Gu Sheng pondered secretly, but due to the lack of information, he couldn’t deduce anything, only planning to slowly pursue it after reaching the Bone Refining Realm, knowing he could find it upon leaving Canghe County for Red Cloud Prefecture.

Even in Red Cloud Prefecture, the Bone Refining Realm wouldn’t be commonly seen.

He put aside unnecessary thoughts and started thinking about the next phase of training.

”The Bone Refining Realm, as the name suggests, is about tempering the bones, and this realm greatly enhances strength, speed, defense, and more, divided into the Copper Bone, Silver Bone, and Gold Bone realms.”

”Even in the Copper Bone Realm, there’s a force of six thousand catties, easily twice that of a perfect Blood Refining Realm! Not to mention, the bones become as hard as refined iron, and when combined with skin, flesh, and bones, the burst of Qi and blood power makes the body an extremely powerful weapon!”

”I should be able to match a Copper Bone Realm martial artist with the various special-effect levels of martial arts I possess now, but surpassing them is extremely difficult.”

Fighting across major realms is quite challenging, after all, those who can cultivate to the Bone Refining Realm generally have a high martial arts level, to say the least, at the level of Great Success, or even Perfect Realm.

Gu Sheng couldn’t have fought across stages without having a panel to achieve a unique special-effect realm.

He looked at his panel.

[Name]: Gu Sheng

[Age]: 17

[Realm]: Blood Refining Realm (Perfect)

[Martial Arts]: Chopping Wood (First-level Tearing), Archery (First-level Penetration), Iron Stone Fist (First-level Gigantic Power), Shapeshifting (First-level Strong Body), Snake Breath Skill (First-level Snake Breath), Flying Thunder Leg (Perfect 45%), Golden Body Skill (Great Success 21%), Furious Blood Three Styles (Great Success 2%)

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The Furious Blood Three Styles had already reached Great Success, capable of a fifty percent increase in power when built up, which was quite considerable.

This was the most powerful martial art Gu Sheng had mastered, with its lethality showing a noticeable leap over the several body-strengthening martial arts, which was one reason he had the confidence to contend with a Bone Refining Realm opponent.

”But no matter what, now I have the power to protect myself, and according to rumors, Liu Yuanhu and Zhao Honglie are both approximately at the Copper Bone Realm in cultivation. Even if they are holding back, they definitely won’t exceed the Silver Bone Realm.”

”If I can advance to the Copper Bone Realm, I can steadily suppress them.”

A slight excitement rose in Gu Sheng’s eyes.

Step by step, solidly advancing, he had finally risen from a frail farm boy to standing at the peak of Canghe County.

Besides Zhao Honglie and Liu Yuanhu, who were at the Bone Refining Realm, Pill Master Ge Qing might also have Bone Refining Realm power. The rest of the county’s major families at most had masters at the Perfect Blood Refining Realm, and Gu Sheng already firmly ranked among the top five in Canghe County!

”Next, I have to consider how to break through to the Bone Refining Realm.”

Gu Sheng sighed.

To advance to the Bone Refining Realm, one must use Qi and blood power to temper the human bones, which necessitates the use of the Bone Protecting Pill!

Otherwise, rashly refining the bones would result in them shattering.

While the bones had also been somewhat strengthened through the previous two realms of cultivation, they couldn’t withstand the violent destruction of Qi and blood power. Without the Bone Protecting Pill, one could only proceed slowly step-by-step, which might lead to inefficiency ten times over!

”It seems I have to find Pill Master Ge Qing...”

Gu Sheng’s eyes lingered.

Besides constant cultivation, he hadn’t been idle during this time, and there were only two promising ways to obtain the Bone Protecting Pill.

The first was Pill Master Ge Qing.

The second was to contact the Fire Cult and maybe obtain the Bone Protecting Pill through their channels.

After contemplating, Gu Sheng ultimately decided to try Ge Qing first, as the Fire Cult was too sinister, something he preferred to avoid unless absolutely necessary.

As for other channels, it would all depend on luck.

Probably, some major families in the city with martial artists at the Perfect Blood Refining Realm also had them, but definitely not many, and they would be treasured and securely kept, so he couldn’t snatch them. Initially, Gu Sheng considered targeting the Lu family, but eventually gave up.

The Lu family had considerable heritage and couldn’t be easily confronted; otherwise, it might provoke Liu Yuanhu, resulting in being besieged, which wouldn’t be wise. Gu Sheng’s character would not act so rashly.

Even if he had to make a move, it had to be at a suitable opportunity.