Chapter 7: A Thousand Miles a Day

Seeing the abnormality on Lu Zhangsheng's body, Fang Tao was full of surprise.

"Brother Changsheng, did you succeed?"

After seeing Lu Zhangsheng nod slightly, his eyes were full of disbelief.

He didn't expect that in just a few days, Lu Zhangsheng had actually entered the martial arts.

Although there was still a long way to go before becoming a true martial arts expert, this was already quite amazing.

"You go back first."

Lu Zhangsheng smiled slightly.

Next, he didn't need the other party to assist him anymore.

He prepared to start testing the attribute modifier, so naturally, he couldn't let outsiders see it.

"I'll go back and report the good news to Big Sister."

Fang Tao ran toward the outside of the courtyard full of joy and soon disappeared.

Seeing the other party go far away, Lu Zhangsheng opened the panel.

A blue light screen floated in the void in front of him.

Host: Lu Zhangsheng.

Age: Twenty.

Realm: None.

Martial Arts: Iron Cloth Shirt (Entered 1%).

Skills: None.

Equipment: None.

Status: Good.

Source Energy Points: Nine.

Bound Exotic Beast: Pangolin.

Seeing the green plus sign after the Iron Cloth Shirt, it had been completely lit up.

Lu Zhangsheng was quite expectant.

With a thought, he clicked lightly toward the plus sign.

As the Source Energy Points in the panel became seven, a mysterious feeling instantly descended.

"In the first year, you practiced the Iron Cloth Shirt diligently, but the gains were mediocre."

"You were unwilling to give up and continued to practice diligently; it took until the second year for the progress to advance to twenty percent."

"In the third year, the progress reached thirty-five percent."

"It took ten years of hard cultivation to bring the Iron Cloth Shirt to minor completion."

Listening to the large number of prompt sounds in his mind, Lu Zhangsheng slowly opened his eyes.

His eyes seemed to carry a hint of trance.

At this moment, it was as if he had practiced the Iron Cloth Shirt for more than ten years.

He didn't expect his talent to be so ordinary; it took more than ten years for a common technique to reach minor completion.

Fortunately, he had the attribute modifier; otherwise, he would at most become a Skin Refining martial artist in his lifetime.

Lu Zhangsheng looked down at his own skin, which was glowing with a brownish-gray luster, clearly possessing astonishing defensive power.

At this moment, he finally became a Skin Refining martial artist.

Then he clenched his fists, and a powerful force surged out, as if he could punch a cow to death.

It was simply incomparable to before.

Since stepping into Skin Refining, he had become a true martial artist.

Even the most ordinary martial artist could deal with more than a dozen strong men.

If he put on heavy armor, he would be enough to kill a hundred, like a human-shaped fierce beast.

He could also become a squad leader in the army, completely changing his own destiny from then on.

This was just the Skin Refining realm; if he became a higher-level martial arts expert, his strength would increase even more exponentially.

Some top experts could even live for hundreds of years, crossing the void with their physical bodies, which was extremely terrifying.

This was also one of the reasons why martial arts experts were awe-inspiring.

However, according to what Lu Zhangsheng knew, Skin Refining alone was divided into Stone Skin, Iron Skin, and Copper Skin, three levels of barriers.

He had just stepped into the Stone Skin realm now.

The brownish-gray color on his upper body was its sign.

However, the skin membrane on his limbs and head had not changed, which made him quite confused.

Could it be that this Iron Cloth Shirt had flaws?

He didn't have a proper martial arts inheritance, so everything had to be explored slowly by himself.

A moment later, Lu Zhangsheng looked at the remaining Source Energy Points and, without hesitation, added points again.

"Sizzle..."

Heat surged all over his body, and the skin membrane began to bulge rapidly, the luster gradually changing from brownish-gray to deep black.

"You practiced day and night for a year and finally pushed the progress to six percent."

"In the next three years, you were even more diligent, and the progress reached twenty-three percent."

"After twenty years of hard cultivation, you finally brought the Iron Cloth Shirt to the stage of major completion."

The attribute modifier sent out a burst of prompt sounds without any emotion.

Lu Zhangsheng seemed to have been placed in a certain space again, starting to practice the Iron Cloth Shirt with all his might for twenty years.

It was as if he had turned this technique into his own instinct.

A moment later.

Lu Zhangsheng exhaled a breath of turbid air, like a sharp sword stabbing toward the void ahead.

It didn't dissipate until several feet away.

Exhaling like a sword, one of the signs of initial martial arts achievement.

He didn't expect that in just a few days, he would touch this realm.

Looking down at his own skin membrane, black light flickered, appearing very deep. The defensive power was one step further than the previous Stone Skin.

Not only that, but the skin membrane on his limbs and head also turned brownish-gray.

It must be that under the transformation of his body, the limb skin membrane had a new improvement.

Then he looked at the changes on the panel.

Realm: Iron Skin Realm.

Martial Arts: Iron Cloth Shirt (Major Completion 1%).

Source Energy Points: Four.

It cost one more Source Energy Point than upgrading to minor completion.

He guessed that the more the martial arts technique was practiced, the more consumption it would probably take.

After all, the more the martial arts realm was improved, the more amazing the progress in strength would be, so naturally, the consumption would be greater.

He looked at the plus sign in the technique column, which had turned gray again, and immediately understood that the remaining four Source Energy Points were not enough to upgrade it to Copper Skin.

However, he didn't intend to keep them; using them all to improve strength was the wise move.

Now that he had stepped into Iron Skin, he still lacked attack means.

He could only think of other ways.

Lu Zhangsheng looked at the skills and equipment columns, having some plans in his heart.

He walked toward the kitchen with big strides.

Before long, he arrived at the edge of the kitchen stove.

Turning his head to look around, he saw a rusty pig-slaughtering knife lying quietly on the ground.

The pig-slaughtering knife was only about the length of an adult's arm, the blade was full of gaps, and the luster was very dim.

This pig-slaughtering knife was also the only weapon he could find.

This knife was obtained by his father and had been in the Lu family for decades, long covered in rust.

Lu Zhangsheng picked up the pig-slaughtering knife in front of him directly.

Just then, a prompt sound rang in his mind.

"Picked up a damaged pig-slaughtering knife, bind or not?"

Hearing this, Lu Zhangsheng was stunned for a moment, then thought silently to agree.

The equipment column had new changes.

Equipment: Damaged Pig-Slaughtering Knife (White).

Characteristic: None.

There was also a green plus sign behind it.

Clearly, this item could continue to be upgraded.

Lu Zhangsheng decided to upgrade this item immediately; ten birds in the forest are not as good as one in hand. At this moment, as long as he could improve his strength, any consumption was worth it.

He tentatively clicked on it once.

As one Source Energy Point was consumed, the pig-slaughtering knife in his hand began to bloom with bright light, and even the rust began to fall off.

Before long.

The pig-slaughtering knife in front of him had completely turned into a brand-new existence.

The blade was glowing with cold light, looking quite sharp.

Lu Zhangsheng concentrated his spirit and stared at the pig-slaughtering knife.

A new panel appeared in the void ahead.

Equipment: Ten-Tempered Pig-Slaughtering Knife (White)

Characteristic: None.

After the infusion of one Source Energy Point, the damaged pig-slaughtering knife had turned into a ten-tempered pig-slaughtering knife, and the improvement was quite amazing.

Generally, weapons were divided into ten-tempered weapons, hundred-tempered sharp weapons, treasure weapons, named weapons, divine weapons...

Every improvement had a qualitative change, and both sharpness and toughness were greatly enhanced.

Lu Zhangsheng looked at the remaining three Source Energy Points and, without hesitation, clicked on the green plus sign again.

"Sizzle..."

The pig-slaughtering knife began to bloom with faint treasure light, illuminating the dim space around it, and the whole knife began to tremble lightly, as if celebrating.

A moment later.

He looked at the pig-slaughtering knife in his hand, which had changed greatly, feeling very joyful.

Not only was the knife body more translucent, but even the blade became extremely sharp, quite dazzling.

Equipment: Hundred-Tempered Pig-Slaughtering Knife (Red)

Characteristic: Sharp, Sturdy, Illusion.

Note: This knife was forged by a skilled craftsman after hundreds of hammerings, the blade is extremely sharp, enough to cut through the skull of any animal.

At this moment, Lu Zhangsheng pulled off a hair, held it beside the blade, and blew lightly.

The hair was instantly cut into two halves and drifted to the ground.

Blowing hair and breaking it, it was indeed extremely sharp.

Lu Zhangsheng's expression was very joyful.

The quality of the weapon also changed from white to red; he didn't know what the next quality was, which made him quite expectant.

With this weapon, his strength would also improve by a large margin.

In battles with enemies, he would no longer have to worry about weapons.

He looked at the remaining Source Energy Points; only the last one was left.

Now that he didn't lack realm or weapons, he only lacked attack means.

This last Source Energy Point could just be utilized.

Lu Zhangsheng had some thoughts in his heart.

He turned and walked toward the center of the courtyard.

Before long, he arrived at the open space in the center.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 8 =====