Chapter 160: Strong Martial Fist Technique

At the evening banquet, Commander Chen discussed merits and bestowed rewards, with all subordinates and soldiers receiving their due.

Zhou You and his group were no exception; transporting the artillery machine up the mountain, blasting through the rear wall of the Moyun Stronghold, and shaking the enemy's morale was counted as one merit.

Even fighting Kaibeishou Yan Ping to a standstill and relieving pressure on the front line was also counted as one merit.

Zhou You and Jiang Hua each received 150 taels of reward silver, the remaining surviving Apprentices received 50 taels each, and 100 taels were issued as compensation for the 3 who died in battle.

Referring to the rewards for the soldiers in the army, they were treated equally, and they were certainly not treated shabbily.

"This tiger skin is not bad; take it back for Wang Laohu to use as a carpet."

Four soldiers each held a corner, lifting the 10-meter-long tiger skin before Zhou You and Jiang Hua.

Zhou You had seen it before and knew this tiger skin was a priceless treasure, thinking that the friendship between Commander Chen and his master was deep enough that he was willing to give away such a heavy treasure as a gift.

"Many thanks to Commander Chen."

Jiang Hua was filled with exclamation after seeing the tiger skin, knowing that Wang Jianxiong would certainly like it.

Zhou You looked closely at the two pitch-black crystal cores embedded in the tiger's head and felt they looked familiar; weren't these the Charm Cores left behind after he killed the Birth Charm back then? They were treasures indeed!

He couldn't help but touch his chest, deciding to dig them out and Zang them well once he returned; they would surely be of great use in the future.

After returning from the banquet, Jiang Hua whispered to Zhou You, "Do you know how the Great Chieftain's corpse is being disposed of?"

"Burned, or hung up to be shown to the public?"

"Skinned and de-tendoned!"

Zhou You almost jumped upon hearing this, and looking at the other's expression, it didn't seem like a joke.

That was right; the Great Chieftain had cultivated until his meridians were jade-like, his skin was tougher than steel plates, and if peeled off to make leather armor, it would be both lightweight and impenetrable, and the fascia would have even more uses!

"Cultivating to a Martial Master, the physical body is no longer human; fingernails and hair all have uses. According to the army's style, they would want to squeeze out every last drop of value; nothing will be wasted."

Jiang Hua sighed, "Do you know what the Golden Body remains they mentioned are?"

Zhou You couldn't help but gasp upon hearing his explanation.

It turned out that when a Martial Master cultivates to the extreme, breaks through the bottleneck, and enters the next stage, it is called Strong Martial.

Strong Martial cultivates a Golden Body, which can withstand the endless disasters between heaven and earth, with the "Hundred Tribulations Indestructible" being the supreme, top-tier grade.

However, Golden Bodies also have strengths and weaknesses; depending on the level of the master, the degree of completeness left behind also varies.

If it is a complete set of Golden Body remains, its value is equal to that of a nation.

Ordinary Strong Martial practitioners at most leave behind a finger bone, a tooth, or something similar.

If it is not a complete remains, it is a fragment, which is why it is called Golden Body remains.

Commander Chen had at least mastered a piece of Golden Body remains left behind after a Strong Martial practitioner died, which allowed him to capture the Great Chieftain alive.

"Then what is a Calamity Charm treasure?"

Zhou You continued to ask.

He discovered that this Senior Brother had a mysterious background and extensive knowledge, clearly not being a local of Gongliang City.

The Blood Sand Palm was clearly a palm technique higher than the Tiger-Subduing Fist.

Since the other could know the secrets of the Strong Martial Golden Body, he must have a deeper and more thorough understanding of Charm objects.

"Charm objects also have levels of strength, starting from Void Charms, then Birth Charms, Lurking Charms, Calamity Charms, and finally Disaster Charms, growing stronger layer by layer."

"The weakest Birth Charms can be dealt with by Qi and blood, while the strongest are difficult for even Advanced Martial Masters to contend with."

"As for Calamity Charms and Disaster Charms, they are taken from the term 'natural disasters and man-made misfortunes'."

"Lurking Charms and Calamity Charms belong to the man-made misfortune level, rivaling the Strong Martial level; if they evolve one more layer to Disaster Charms, only Grandmasters, whom ordinary people can only look up to, can handle them."

"Charm objects from Birth Charms and above all leave behind remains after death; over time, ingenious craftsmen have researched methods to use them and forge them into treasures."

"The Calamity Charm treasure in the Great Chieftain's hand was forged using the remains of a Calamity Charm."

"He himself was an Intermediate Martial Master, and with a Calamity Charm treasure, even an Advanced Martial Master could not do anything to him. With many Martial Master and Qi-and-blood-level minions in the Moyun Stronghold's lair, he remained at large until now."

"In the end, it all turned to dust and came to nothing!" Jiang Hua sighed, seemingly recalling the scene of the five-horse dismemberment.

From starting cultivation to becoming a Martial Master, how many resources and efforts were spent, only to vanish in an instant.

The Great Chieftain brought this upon himself, but for those who practice martial arts, it was hard not to feel a sense of "the rabbit dying and the fox grieving."

"By the way, the two eyeballs of that tiger skin are crystal cores left behind by a Birth Charm; although they are common goods, they are more precious than ordinary gemstones."

Zhou You confirmed that the process of obtaining the Void Face defied common sense; it was clearly a grand prize opened by the Tianfu Decipher Confusion.

This matter was confidential and must not be revealed to anyone.

After returning to his residence, Zhou You channeled his energy into his ears and eyes, searching the surroundings; there was no one around.

He took out the Wuxiang Tongkui from the Armory and held it in his palm to observe it carefully.

The copper figure was smooth all over, with no hair or eyebrows, eyes closed, and hands and feet spread out.

"Hmm?"

Zhou You magnified his vision to the limit and saw that the lines on the copper figure were hollowed out, thinner than a strand of hair.

A glimmer of red light moved along the lines, circulating at every moment, never stopping for even an instant.

"What kind of technique is it simulating?"

The 5 chieftains of Moyun Stronghold input their ultimate arts into it, attempting to combine the strength of 5 people to create a technique that could cultivate to Strong Martial.

Every technique was a direct path to the Martial Master level, each with its own ultimate moves and secret methods.

Correspondingly, it was especially difficult to calculate a brand-new technique that combined the specialties of each family by merging the techniques.

Zhou You stared at the moving red light and suddenly saw a familiar trajectory.

The Kaibeishou and Eagle Step that Yan Ping unleashed matched this trajectory perfectly; although there were slight improvements, it was mostly the same.

Sure enough, the Wuxiang Tongkui was indeed merging the 5 techniques.

"It's too slow, and I don't know when it will end."

Suddenly, a prompt from the panel sounded in his ear...

"Cultivation technique fusion progress 37.6%, estimated completion time 10 years, 8 months, and 27 days..."

"Experience Points can be spent to complete the calculation early; 10 Experience Points exchange for 0.1 progress."

"Do you choose to shorten the progress?"

Zhou You had just completed 2 trials: killing 1 Martial Master (two-star) who was already heavily injured, Experience Points +2000; participating in the breaking of Cloud-Touching Stronghold (two-star), though not as the main attacker, Experience Points +1500.

Accumulated Experience Points surpassed ten thousand: 11090.

Time is money; if one can spend money to shorten time, why not do it?

"Experience Points -6240, calculation of the cultivation technique 'Five Blessings Palm and Fist Record' complete."

"This cultivation technique can be practiced up to the Strong Martial Level Second Heaven, with 5 ultimate moves: Sound Roar Thread Kill Blade, Life-Taking Ring, Metal-Piercing Jade-Breaking, Ice Marrow Finger, Small Ruyi Hand..."

"Consuming 5000 Experience Points can apply this cultivation technique to basic cultivation technique enhancement."

Zhou You looked at his remaining 4850 Experience Points and hesitated, then shook his head; he couldn't afford it.

This Five Absolutes Fist was the first cultivation technique he had mastered that could lead directly to the Strong Martial Level.

Even when the Jade Tiger Technique is practiced to the top Jade Tiger level, it is only at the Advanced Martial Master level, falling short by a wide margin.

Moreover, within the martial arts hall, instruction is segmented; so far he has only learned the content of the Stone Tiger level, and to obtain the next stage of the technique's content, he must make a breakthrough and report it to his master.

Just by mastering this cultivation technique, Zhou You would have the qualifications to establish a sect in the future.

The once illustrious Sky-Reaching Sect had a sect leader at the Strong Martial Level, which was enough to command all directions to submit.

(End of this chapter)