[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-high-martial-world-getting-strong-by-grinding-er":3,"chapter-high-martial-world-getting-strong-by-grinding-er-high-martial-world-getting-strong-by-grinding-er-chapter-103":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","High Martial World: Getting Strong by Grinding Er Lang Shen's Talent",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2330470,4558,"Chapter 103: Second Realm: Tendon Refinement (Requesting Monthly Votes)","high-martial-world-getting-strong-by-grinding-er-chapter-103",103,"\u003Cp>Lin Qi nodded, listening intently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Today’s gains were substantial—he encountered many secrets he had never known, and learned of the insect race’s existence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he were still an ordinary student, he would have no right to know these things.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But Lin Qi, you can rest easy.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Even if you become an S-class entity, they won’t put you on their assassination list.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Supervisor Sun said with a smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Why?” Lin Qi asked, puzzled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Because you haven’t awakened a special ability.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The insect race’s targets are always geniuses who awaken special abilities. Even if you’re an S-class genius with incredible physical talent, they won’t care about your comprehension.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So they just didn’t notice me?” Lin Qi was speechless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So right now, you’re safe—but once you awaken a special ability, everything changes.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yue Feng sat back down and said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Our Xia Nation has satellite defense systems—the Tianyan System—that monitor the entire city in real time. It’s extremely difficult for the insect race to succeed in an assassination.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You don’t need to worry too much.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Your next task is to learn a source-energy cultivation art. Now that you’ve broken through to the second realm, you’re eligible to study one.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Absorb the free-floating source energy in the air to refine your body and increase your blood qi value.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“During this disaster beast surge, some geniuses performed exceptionally well—even better than you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I received word yesterday that Chen Li, the top student in Bai Lu City, appeared in the disaster beast surge at Cube Square—he slew 23 disaster beasts in ten minutes!!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Including 21 Level One disaster beasts and two Level Two ones, and he even briefly fought a Level Three disaster beast, the Gray-Spined Wolf.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“And like you, this was his first battle against disaster beasts.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The Chongming Martial Arts Gym is thrilled—they might offer him an S-class contract!” Yue Feng said slowly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Qi was stunned: 23 disaster beasts—he killed eight more than Lin Qi, and even fought a Level Three disaster beast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Is this the true strength of the top student in Cang Province?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clearly, Chen Li is a bit more talented than him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But with a little more time, his own strength will rise even faster—he’ll surpass Chen Li, it’s just a matter of time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Qi clenched his fists, feeling a touch of pressure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A few minutes later, Lin Qi and Supervisor Sun left the gym director’s office.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yue Feng watched their retreating backs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Lin Qi, you’ve got to push harder—don’t let Chongming’s genius take the top spot in our Cang Province.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After leaving the gym director’s office, Lin Qi asked:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Supervisor Sun, do you have any recommendations for choosing a cultivation art?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Supervisor Sun spoke slowly: “Human martial arts are about the evolution of life—that’s the foundation.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Source-energy cultivation arts are the fundamental method.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“These arts help us absorb source energy leaking from the other world, enabling our bodies to transform.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The sophistication of the art determines how efficiently we absorb source energy—the more refined the art, the more source energy we absorb, and the higher the refinement efficiency.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So it’s simple: choose the most refined art.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“On the condition that it matches your own constitution.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If your compatibility is low, you’ll only waste your cultivation time.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“For example, the Golden Emperor’s art is the best—but it’s not suitable for everyone. Remember that.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I understand!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Qi nodded, silently committing it to memory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Half an hour later, Tianhai City First People’s Hospital, Room 306.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Huiyi sat up, looked at Lin Qi and Lin Zhen, stretched her arms, and smiled:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“After removing the toxins, I feel much lighter, and my arms have regained strength.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Mom, I bought you a lot of tonics—you can return to the martial path again.” Lin Qi handed her a vial of healing serum.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It could nourish internal organs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Huiyi drank the serum and nodded:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I need to grow stronger too—otherwise, when disaster beasts appear, I’ll just be a burden again.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An hour later, Fang Huiyi had fully recovered and was cleared for discharge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The family returned home together; their car in the underground parking lot had suffered no damage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After returning home, Lin Qi went alone to Chiqiong Martial Arts Gym.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Room B123\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Qi changed into his martial uniform, took a vitality potion, applied Crimson Blood Ointment, and began standing the Hunyuan Stance for today’s training.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Half an hour later, his body burned hot as fire, his face flushed, sweat pouring down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chest tucked, back straightened, shoulders sunk, elbows dropped, qi sunk to dantian…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every movement of the Hunyuan Stance was perfectly precise, maximizing its effect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His blood qi surged like tiny snakes winding through his body, beginning to circulate and refine his major tendons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Huh~”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An hour and a half later, Lin Qi exhaled a thick breath, stood up, and fixed his gaze on his panel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【You endured grueling training—your blood qi value has broken through. Blood qi +0.01】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Qi frowned at the panel—his refinement efficiency was far too slow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After breaking through to the second realm, standing stance alone increased blood qi at a snail’s pace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even with his talent, progress was this sluggish—others would be even worse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So he definitely needed to begin cultivating an art—directly absorbing source energy from the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Qi picked up his spear and began practicing spear techniques.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unlike stance training, he practiced three spear arts—even after mastering the third killing technique in each, he still felt vast room for improvement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Shhh! Shhh!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, he seized his repaired Thunder Horn Spear and began training.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fifty-jin Thunder Horn Spear was perfectly suited to his thousand-jin strength.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the right weight, he could apply greater pressure to his arms, improving his wrist power and control over spear techniques.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Feeling the power flow into the spear as he wielded it, he soon became immersed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next day\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During the day, Lin Qi arrived at Chiqiong Martial Arts Gym with Jiang Tao and Li Zhou for a TV interview.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Zhou and Jiang Tao had excellent talent and were aided by various healing potions—they now appeared fully recovered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The three of them mechanically answered questions, reading from prepared scripts; Lin Qi had no intention of improvising.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The interview went smoothly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It lasted until the afternoon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Night\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Qi changed into his martial uniform; across from him stood a middle-aged man of immense, bear-like build, his face scarred.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was Lin Qi’s martial arts instructor—Zhang Cheng!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Teacher Zhang, sorry for making you come all this way.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Qi apologized.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Cheng waved his hand: “No need to apologize—it’s just one night for me.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He grinned: “You actually broke through to the second realm? I heard you trained all five forms simultaneously.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Your talent is far stronger than I imagined.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’re the top genius of our No. 2 High School.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“My time doesn’t matter.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But for a genius like you, wasting even a day is a huge loss.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Qi shook his head: “Teacher Zhang, you flatter me too much.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Enough. Let’s get to the point!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Cheng crossed his arms, organized his thoughts, and spoke slowly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Martial arts have nine gates—one gate, one realm.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The first realm is refining flesh; the second realm is refining tendons!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Your muscles have already been refined to a certain level—further pounding won’t yield much more improvement.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You need to shift your focus to your fascia; during the process of tendon training, your strength and blood qi will increase even faster.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Cheng walked with his hands behind his back, speaking as he went.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"After years of research, we humans have found that the transition from muscle training to tendon training is the most rational and most efficient.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Training the skin or the bones would not be the most efficient choice.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Cheng stopped, took off his shirt, spread his arms, and clenched his fists.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Crack!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing the \"crack, crack\" sounds, his arm muscles swelled instantly, tendons bulging prominently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Now, I will thoroughly explain to you what tendon training truly is!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1338,"2026-06-20T20:27:41.493Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","0b93a54efeb705d1e60ceffab1df664f0fa75addd2aa1a856b24ca92624a7314","high-martial-world-getting-strong-by-grinding-er-chapter-104","high-martial-world-getting-strong-by-grinding-er-chapter-102",992,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fhigh-martial-world-getting-strong-by-grinding-er-cover.jpg"]