Chapter 46: Senior Sister Zhao Wei

After the new year, Cheng Feng remained diligent.

With the addition of Lian Niang, Chen Min also breathed a sigh of relief.

It was truly too difficult for her to provide Fortune Points all by herself.

Cheng Feng was anxious about the Martial Arts Hall's competition after the new year.

He took out five taels of silver from his stash of thirty-five.

He bought two bottles of Nourishing Pill from Yonghe Hall to keep on hand.

Cheng Feng was now an adult, yet he still worried about his body; this could be considered preventive health care.

The name of Yonghe Hall was truly no empty boast.

The effect of the Nourishing Pill Cheng Feng used was indeed exceptional.

The slight feeling of tightness in his body had already faded.

Even when practicing Basic Blade Technique occasionally, he could feel his body being nourished by the pill.

He could clearly feel his strength increasing faster when it passed through his kidneys.

This led Cheng Feng to discover that practicing martial arts after taking medicine could accelerate the absorption of the medicinal effects.

Cheng Feng did not pay it much mind.

The old doctor said one pill a day.

He was still young now, so gentle nourishment was sufficient.

Being impatient would be of no use.

He had spent a few days in the countryside for the New Year.

Upon returning, he naturally rushed to make up for the original quota.

Four times a day.

Two times each for Chen Min and Lian Niang.

Fair and just.

Of course, it was not all at once; it was divided into morning and evening.

One person in the morning, one person in the evening.

Cheng Feng used the time in between to rest, read and study, or go to the Martial Arts Hall to build his persona.

Over these six days, his Fortune Points had increased by 24, bringing his Basic Blade Technique to (Entry Level 27/100).

Xiao Qing was still being raised; looking at the slightly plump Xiao Qing,

Cheng Feng sighed that his judgment had been off.

It was not like Xiaohua back then.

After ten-plus days of good food and sleep, and without needing to do anything, she had grown white and tender.

Xiao Qing seemed to be the type who could not get fat.

Cheng Feng was not in a hurry now that he had Chen Min and Lian Niang.

He would keep raising her and see.

The improvement of Basic Blade Technique was also the gradual improvement of Cheng Feng's strength.

Cheng Feng was visibly practicing the Basic Blade Technique into something decent.

Wang Tieshan did not forget to gild his own lily.

However, Wang Tieshan was right about one thing: "It turns out Cheng Feng is the type who is difficult at first and easy later."

Wang Tieshan felt satisfied with the talent Cheng Feng had displayed.

It was just that this talent, which differed from ordinary people, gave Wang Tieshan a headache.

Wang Tieshan was truly desperate regarding that hand-holding style of teaching before the new year.

At the time, he wished he could tear the moves apart and feed them into Cheng Feng's mouth.

Yet Cheng Feng's absorption speed was slow, and not just by a little.

Wang Tieshan had nearly been angered to the point of ordering Cheng Feng's expulsion from the Inner Sect on the spot.

But hindered by his own reputation,

Cheng Feng had only just entered the Inner Sect a few days prior.

Doing so would not have been appropriate.

Even if he had misjudged, he could not admit he had made a mistake.

At the time, the disciple Qian Ming was also present as a witness.

Cheng Feng had kowtowed and served tea.

He had also offered incense to the portrait of the founder.

Regret was useless now.

But looking at Cheng Feng's current progress,

Wang Tieshan was shocked.

No wonder Cheng Feng had taken three months to reach the Skin Refining Realm back then.

It turned out that the initial stage of learning the basics took so long.

One would think that after getting started, it should be like splitting bamboo, right?

Perhaps only after mastering the Basic Blade Technique could Cheng Feng's talent be displayed!

Before the new year, despite all his persuasion,

all the teaching, experience, application, and techniques,

Cheng Feng had only understood half of it, vaguely and hazily, as if he understood but did not.

But fortunately, he finally entered the door of the Basic Blade Technique.

After that, it would depend on Cheng Feng himself to practice.

Never would he have thought,

just a few days after the New Year, Cheng Feng would give Wang Tieshan such a huge surprise.

Looking at the progress, he was already one-third proficient.

At this rate, he would likely reach perfection by the end of the month.

The Martial Arts Hall's two realms, Strength Refining and Skin Refining,

are achieved by using the Horse Stance to stabilize the body and Qi, promoting blood flow, while simultaneously supplementing with meat and medicinal soups for nourishment.

This reaches a point where there is nothing left to supplement, and Qi travels throughout the entire body.

Concentrating at a single point, force is exerted from the whole body.

This is how an Ordinary person enters the Strength Refining Realm; after finishing the practice, their strength increases greatly and can be unleashed from the whole body, which is not something an average person can block, but this is a short-lived trump card.

Once the strength is exhausted, one becomes a weakling, ready to be slaughtered by others.

Most people are blocked here.

For no other reason than the high cost of silver and money.

It also requires a certain amount of talent to feel the flow of strength.

According to the Martial Arts Hall's standards, gathering strength in the body and lifting ten times one's own weight is enough to enter the Outer Courtyard.

After Cheng Feng met Wang Tieshan at that time, even though Wang Tieshan already knew Cheng Feng's strength, Cheng Feng still lifted the Shitou in the Outer Courtyard later to declare to everyone that the Martial Arts Hall's decision was correct.

Cheng Feng felt it was troublesome, so he went home after lifting the Shitou.

He was naturally unaware of the subsequent sensation.

Entering the Strength Refining Initial Stage, he began to practice the Blade Posture.

The Blade Posture is an upgraded version of the Blade Horse Stance.

It requires the control of someone who has just entered Strength Refining, combined with the breathing and practice of blade moves of the Blade Posture.

This is where Cheng Feng shocked Wang Tieshan.

This requires medicinal soups, tonics, and the need to feel the strength and breathing when using the blade and swinging it.

An average person needs to use painstaking effort to complete this step.

If it is a genius, that is another matter.

At the very least, the geniuses Wang Tieshan has seen can pass through this stage in about seven or eight days.

The prerequisite is that the genius's family also prepared Old Medicine, which, combined with that genius's talent, led to such a result.

Wang Tieshan knew that Cheng Feng's family was poor and he came from a rural background.

But during the investigation when entering the Inner Sect, he did not find any signs of instability in Cheng Feng's body or strength.

Wang Tieshan trusted his own judgment based on decades of experience.

That is, Cheng Feng broke through to the Skin Refining Realm through his own hard work at home.

And every time, it was a perfect practice.

He could advance even without taking Old Medicine, and his foundation was deep.

Wang Tieshan had never seen such a person before.

Yet Cheng Feng just happened to appear before him.

Wang Tieshan was at a loss.

He also felt that Heaven had eyes to send him a genius to inherit his mantle.

But the subsequent teaching before the New Year was the most maddening time of Wang Tieshan's life.

He had encountered such a clumsy apprentice.

If it were in the past, he would have definitely handed it over to a disciple to teach.

He would act as a hands-off Shopkeeper, out of sight and out of mind.

But fortunately, Cheng Feng's foundation was still there, and the Martial Arts Hall's teaching had continuity; it hadn't reached the point where he couldn't be taught, allowing Cheng Feng to get started.

After getting started, Cheng Feng was different.

He changed every day.

His realm also improved with the improvement of his Blade Technique.

Wang Tieshan could be certain that this was definitely the most bizarre disciple he had ever received.

At most, he would put more heart into it in the future.

It was no big deal.

There is nothing wrong with diligent study and hard practice.

As long as he wasn't truly rotten wood that couldn't be carved, it would be fine.

If Cheng Feng could maintain this progress and reach Skin Refining Perfection by the martial arts tournament in March,

those old guys would definitely be shocked to the point of dropping their jaws.

Wang Tieshan imagined that scene, and a smile couldn't help but appear on the corner of his mouth.

A giggle came to his ears: "Master, what are you looking at? So happy?"

Wang Tieshan knew it was his eldest disciple, Zhao Wei, who had returned.

"I am laughing that from now on, Qingxi County should be led by the Tieshan Martial Arts Hall."

A young woman with a tall, hot figure and a red blade sheath and hilt slung across her back walked over and smiled: "Master is so confident? I haven't broken through yet!"

Wang Tieshan looked at his eldest disciple, whom he had raised since she was a child, and nodded: "You will definitely break through; I have confidence."

Wang Tieshan added: "Among the younger generation, you and Zhang Hu are the best in our Martial Arts Hall; Qian Yue of the Yingyue Martial Arts Hall, Zhou Mo of the Hongshi Martial Arts Hall, and Xiao Rui of the Wuying Martial Arts Hall all have their own strengths, but I am most optimistic about you and Zhou Mo. You are both only a line away, but I always feel that you will be a step faster."

Zhao Wei frowned: "It's a pity, I'm still a hair's breadth away."

Wang Tieshan, however, said cheerfully: "It's fine, it's only a matter of time."

He then called Cheng Feng over to pay his respects.

Cheng Feng walked over and cupped his fists: "Greetings, Senior Martial Sister."

Zhao Wei waved her hand: "It's nothing, I just came to see the new disciple Master took in. As it turns out, I've already seen you. Keep working hard; a tournament is inevitable, just don't lose face for the Martial Arts Hall."

Cheng Feng cupped his fists again and went off to practice martial arts.

Although the Senior Martial Sister was also pleasing to the eye, Cheng Feng knew he couldn't afford to provoke her yet.

Blood Refining Realm.

A whole major realm higher than his own.

According to Master, she is only a hair's breadth away from a breakthrough.

As for a small fry like himself, he had better take it slow!