Chapter 473

"Coach... you seem a bit different from before..."

Shi Lei was wearing a training suit, trying out the techniques Fang Xing had taught him earlier.

He came before a sandbag, paused for a few seconds, suddenly let out a loud shout, and threw a punch.

Bang!

The sandbag trembled violently, and a shallow fist print appeared on it.

"Hmm... you have already mastered the technique. It proves that you still have some talent in combat."

Fang Xing crossed his arms and did not answer the previous question, instead evaluating objectively: "Pity... this is still just mortal technique, the limit of mortals!"

"Mortal?"

Shi Lei felt that this coach seemed about to reveal some real goods.

He clapped his hands smartly, letting the surrounding bodyguards and maids walk out.

"Coach! I want to learn!"

Shi Lei came before Fang Xing and bowed ninety degrees.

"Above the mortal world, there is a more profound and terrifying forbidden Martial Way... have you heard of extraordinaries and Ether?"

Fang Xing's gaze was distant.

"I've heard of them..."

As the son of a tycoon, Shi Lei indeed had some impression of this: "I heard they play some tricks and engage in some cruel blood sacrifices... anyway, they are just a bunch of guys who can't be brought to the table."

Fang Xing was silent.

In terms of the expressive power of the extraordinaries of this world, facing a squad of soldiers armed with steam rifles, it indeed didn't seem to have much use. Only by reaching the rank of "Enlightened One" could one make people slightly wary.

It's just a pity that every industry is a pyramid, and even the extraordinary path is like this.

The most numerous are definitely those peripheral members and Wanderers.

Adding up the whole world, there might not be many living demigods, and the probability of an ordinary person encountering an Enlightened One can be ignored.

"That is because... they have all taken the wrong path."

Fang Xing sighed: "You should have investigated me; do you know why I have changed so much in such a short period of time?"

"Why? Because it involves mystery?"

Shi Lei asked.

"No! Because I have come into contact with the truth of the Martial Way!" Fang Xing's voice was like thunder, shocking the heart: "Mortal martial arts are just the limit of mortals; all that combat, free fighting, boxing... are just children's games... above the mortal world, there is a greater and forbidden martial art, its name—Secret Martial Arts!"

He certainly wouldn't only record "Mechanical Martial Arts" in the future; there would definitely be "Blood Martial Arts," "Stone Martial Arts"...

Therefore, Fang Xing directly named it "Secret Martial Arts"!

"Secret Martial Arts?" Shi Lei's breathing was a bit heavy; he had always been interested in combat, and now hearing about extraordinary martial arts, his eyes couldn't help but light up.

"Not bad, the martial arts of the Secret Sect are Secret Martial Arts! To learn Secret Martial Arts, you must enter my Secret Sect, practice alms, empowerment, and hold precepts... you must never betray, otherwise you will surely go to hell!"

Fang Xing said: "You... can you hold them?!"

Shi Lei's expression was indeed a bit conflicted.

This wasn't hiring a coach, but rather equivalent to joining some mysterious society.

Thump-thump!

Thump-thump!

Shi Lei felt his heart beating violently, his mouth a bit dry: "Coach... how powerful are Secret Martial Arts exactly?"

He was a rich second-generation heir after all, with a personality of not releasing the hawk until seeing the rabbit.

Fang Xing didn't take offense, taking out the Black Snake Type II and pressing it against his own palm: "My Secret Sect martial arts are invincible, only speed is unbreakable!"

Bang!

A gunshot rang out.

His palm was safe and sound, with a flattened bullet in the center of his palm.

"Young Master?"

The bodyguards outside the door immediately rushed in.

"Get out, all of you!"

Shi Lei shouted, driving the bodyguards away, taking the Black Snake Type II, confirming it repeatedly, the flames in his eyes becoming increasingly scorching.

Bang!

Finally!

He no longer hesitated, knocking his head on the ground: "Coach... no, Master, please teach me 'Secret Martial Arts'!"

"To learn Secret Martial Arts, you must first receive empowerment!"

Fang Xing sat cross-legged, his expression solemn: "For beginners, practice the 'Dog-Headed Jin Gang Oral Secret' ritual. From now on, you must not speak disrespectfully of the Master, must not leak the core secrets of this sect... otherwise, you will surely be cursed by the 'Dog-Headed Jin Gang' and die a miserable death!"

"Those who achieve minor success receive the 'Immovable Wisdom King Body Secret' empowerment, not only unable to speak the secrets of this sect, but also unable to write them with a pen or hint at them with the body..."

"Those who achieve great success receive the 'Great Sun Tathagata Intent Secret' empowerment, and will not even produce the intention to betray the sect..."

Accompanied by Fang Xing's narration, a sense of mystery of a secret society came rushing toward him: "You are a beginner, you should receive the 'Dog-Headed Jin Gang Oral Secret' empowerment... now think about it, and give me your final answer. Can you hold it?"

"I... disciple, can hold it!"

Shi Lei's expression was firm, although this kind of youthful hot-bloodedness is easy to cool down later.

But Fang Xing wouldn't give the other party a chance to regret it.

He stretched out his palm, pressing it on the top of Shi Lei's head, and a spark of the Great Sun Tathagata Mantra in his body suddenly split off, falling into Shi Lei's body.

"Ah..."

Shi Lei suddenly felt heat! Scorching heat!

A terrifying high temperature erupted from within his body, as if even his soul was being scorched!

His heart thumped wildly, and his blood vessels seemed to be flowing not with fresh blood, but with high-temperature steam!

"Receiving my empowerment, you can already pull Ether and transform it into extraordinary power..."

"Now, contain this power, otherwise, you will be burned to death alive!"

Fang Xing's cold voice came. At the same time, Shi Lei felt as if something had been stuffed into his head.

It was a Secret Martial Arts system composed of a series of martial arts such as the Steam Breathing Method, Mechanized Mind, and Iron Physique!

"Mechanized Mind!"

In an instant, Shi Lei understood what to do. He first made his mind like a cold machine, no longer feeling pain or fear...

Then, he quickly operated the "Steam Breathing Method," trying to control the "valves" of his pores.

Woo-woo!

A few minutes later, all the pores on his body opened, and a large amount of steam flowed out along with sweat.

"Hoo-hoo... Master, I succeeded."

Although Shi Lei was panting, his eyes were very bright, completely different from before.

It was as if a piece of stubborn iron had been forged into fine steel!

"Secret Martial Arts... I understand."

Shi Lei stood up and came before the sandbag from earlier.

Whoosh!

A fist shadow flashed, and the entire sandbag exploded, sand splashing everywhere.

"Haha... haha... this is the martial art I wanted! This is it! The power to crush everything!"

Shi Lei laughed wildly.

'Hmm... has the sudden power already twisted his mind?'

Seeing this scene, Fang Xing was evaluating it secretly in his heart.

A strong mind needs a strong body to support it, and the reverse is also true.

Suddenly becoming incomparably strong will make the mind manic and irritable... liking to use the simplest violent means to solve problems.

Developing to the end, it might be bloodthirst!

'The echo has indeed become a little stronger...'

Fang Xing felt the Ether surrounding him and nodded.

Shi Lei had never been in contact with the Ether Plane before, and being able to surge to this point was naturally the result of him splitting a trace of the Great Sun Tathagata Mantra power for empowerment.

In this way, as Shi Lei continues to progress, become stronger, and break limits... at least ninety percent of the other party's echoes in the Ether world will be intercepted by him—this was set from the beginning.

And... such forcing of growth is also harmful.

"You... how do you feel?"

Fang Xing's eyes were without sorrow or joy, looking at Shi Lei.

For some reason, the other party looked a bit emaciated at this time.

"Unprecedentedly strong, and also unprecedentedly... hungry!" Shi Lei closed his eyes and answered.

"Receiving my empowerment, you have already inherited a trace of the Great Sun fire seed. You can become extraordinary immediately because the fire seed burned all your body's nutritional reserves... even this kind of burning will continue continuously. If you don't want to be burned to death alive in the end, you must break the first major limit within one hundred days!"

Fang Xing said coldly: "After breaking the limit of the Martial Way, you can serve as a 'Master' or 'Dharma Protector'... granting empowerment and precepts to other disciples..."

Of course, he wouldn't treat those who worked hard to teach disciples badly and would grant extra benefits.

There was no need to mention this hidden benefit of the Secret Sect for now.

'Now that I think about it... those big shots in the mysterious world who have reached the 'Enlightened One' rank are busy developing forces and writing secret transmissions to spread them... actually, it might not be a kind of 'influence'... it's just that the effect is not as good as mine. After all, they don't have the Great Sun Tathagata Mantra.'

'And, with the bloody customs of secret society sacrifices, many high-rank extraordinaries might not dare to take students... and have even always had bad intentions.'

'Only I am different. I am neither afraid of disciples biting back, nor will I deliberately harm them... as long as they spread Secret Martial Arts, it is a great good for me!'

"Young Master... are you okay? Should we call a doctor?"

After walking out of the training hall, several bodyguards couldn't help but speak.

The current Shi Lei looked even more emaciated, his arms almost like bamboo poles.

But strangely, it gave people a feeling of "well-developed tendons and bones." Facing him was like facing a tiger.

"No need to find a doctor, what I need is high-calorie food, send it over immediately!"

Shi Lei let out a long breath, and the temperature around him seemed to have risen quite a bit: "I will wait at the nearest restaurant..."

"Okay, Young Master."

Several bodyguards nodded and went to do their things.

Not long after.

In the Iris Restaurant.

Shi Lei was almost pouring plates of food into his mouth. Even those chicken bones and beef bones, he chewed a few times and swallowed directly into his stomach.

Beside him, various empty plates were piled up like a mountain.

This scene scared the waiter and the manager.

Fortunately, the bodyguards cleared the scene in time, throwing a stack of Black Sols in front of them: "Do your job... also, I don't want anyone to know about today's events, understand?"

"Understand."

The manager took out a handkerchief and wiped his sweat.

Of course he knew that for this kind of rich young master, crushing him to death was no harder than crushing an ant!

"Hoo..."

After eating for several hours, Shi Lei stood up satisfied and touched his stomach.

After eating so much food, his stomach still looked flat, but there were more muscles on his face and limbs.

Looking at him now, his figure was incomparably perfect, but he didn't look bloated, instead carrying a sense of vigor.

(End of chapter)