6kv Chapter 39: Six Finger Techniques, Six Levels of Hard Skill!
Chapter 39: Six Finger Techniques, Six Levels of Hard Skill!
In the small courtyard.
After taking a Di Yuan Dan and drinking a bowl of ten-year-old Crimson Blood Root Soup, Zhao An felt relieved of the physical depletion.
"That's good..." Zhao An was still a little surprised.
He originally thought that this was the result of twenty years of cultivation, and that he would need to replenish a large amount of energy and nutrients in order to fully accept it.
Therefore, worried that he might not have enough Earth Origin Pills and Crimson Blood Roots, he specially asked Li Gou'er to go to the clinic to find Meng Wanyi and buy another bottle containing seven high-grade Earth Origin Pills, plus several kilograms of ten-year-old Crimson Blood Roots.
Unexpectedly, to accept the results of this cultivation, the energy requirement was less than usual.
This is mainly because the results of this training did not bring many changes or improvements to his body.
Most of the time, He Song, the Soul Slave, was trying to comprehend the intricacies of it, much like a junior high school student trying to learn and apply university knowledge. Naturally, his progress was very slow.
Over the past twenty years, there has been very little improvement in physical training or internal energy cultivation.
For twenty years, he persevered day after day, and only in the end did he grasp some of the subtleties and understand some of the tricks of the trade.
Zhao An looked at his hands. If there was any change in his body, it was undoubtedly his ten fingers, whose skin had become noticeably firmer.
His already slender finger bones were like iron rods, impossible to break no matter what.
If this were used to stab someone, it could easily injure them with brute force alone.
In the unseen meridians of the fingers, they have also become noticeably more resilient, enabling them to receive and release more internal energy.
All these changes are preparations for practicing this finger technique!
He signaled to Li Gou'er that he no longer needed to boil the red blood root, and asked him and Zhao Chunzi to attack him.
Upon hearing this, Li Gou'er immediately put on a bitter face and begged for mercy.
Previously, whenever Zhao An made progress in martial arts but couldn't find suitable candidates for trial recruitment, he would make things difficult for his two underlings.
"Hurry up," Zhao An said.
Left with no other choice, Li Gou'er gritted his teeth and threw a punch at Zhao An.
Zhao An raised his hand and pointed, seemingly lightly touching the side of Li Gou'er's arm. Li Gou'er immediately cried out in pain, and most of his body went numb. He fell straight to the ground, as if he had been electrocuted.
On the other side, Zhao Chunzi also threw a punch, but was also hit by Zhao An.
It seems effortless and unremarkable, but within his body, a wisp of internal energy travels along the meridians to his fingertips, then penetrates and pierces the opponent's acupoints, causing a series of injuries and various effects.
This finger technique is called the "Pulse-Cutting Finger Technique," but in reality, the Pulse-Cutting Finger Technique is only one aspect of it.
The complete set of finger techniques consists of six moves.
Intercepting pulse finger, sealing acupoint finger, penetrating bone finger, sword finger, bursting energy finger, and rejuvenating finger.
Currently, he has made a preliminary mastery of two techniques: pulse interception and acupoint sealing.
The effect of sealing acupoints is similar to the acupoint immobilization technique that Zhao An understands.
For example, the technique he just used was the Acupoint Sealing Finger, which struck Li Gou'er and the other person, instantly paralyzing them and rendering them unable to move.
If one masters the art to its fullest extent, one can render even a martial arts master completely immobile with a single finger.
The Meridian Interception Finger technique specializes in attacking the opponent's meridians, causing their internal energy to stagnate. When mastered, it can even reverse the flow of internal energy or remotely control the opponent's internal energy to run according to one's wishes!
For martial artists, internal energy is the foundation of martial arts training, and its importance is beyond doubt.
Once the internal energy is disrupted, the consequences are unimaginable.
This finger technique is designed to target vital points, and is especially effective against fellow martial artists, making it far superior to ordinary martial arts.
Honestly, if his opponent had mastered this finger technique, Zhao An wouldn't be confident he could counter it either.
"Unless you crush me with your superior internal energy level, or use hard skills to strengthen your body so that my internal energy can't penetrate..." Zhao An pondered possible solutions.
Of course, this finger technique has long been lost, and now he is the only one in the world who has learned and mastered it. In the future, only his opponents will find it troublesome.
Since his body wasn't under too much strain, Zhao An decided to continue collecting the cultivation results from the Soul Slave.
It should be noted that there are quite a few soul slaves who have completed their enslavement training today.
The Eighth Grade Hard Bone Skill, Mountain-Splitting Fist, and Gale Palm have all been completed in their initial training.
"Let's start with physical training." Zhao An made up his mind, captured three of the soul slaves that had finished their enslavement period, and refined them in an instant.
Each soul slave has a five-year term to train this hard skill.
There are no shortcuts to mastering hard skills; it takes time and effort to gradually refine the skin, muscles, bones, and internal organs from the outside in.
Therefore, when Zhao An collected the results of the three soul slaves' hard bone cultivation, he also felt an unprecedented sense of hunger.
His body desperately craved food, nutrients, and energy.
Zhao An was mentally prepared. He calmly took a top-grade Earth Origin Pill, then drank a bowl of Crimson Blood Root Soup, and finally continued to consume large amounts of meat.
Then came the Earth Origin Pill and the Crimson Blood Root Soup, repeating this process until the 'hunger' in the body disappeared.
For this, he used three Earth Origin Pills and three catties of ten-year-old Crimson Blood Root!
Whether it's the Earth Origin Pill or a pound of ten-year-old Crimson Blood Root, it all costs ten taels of silver!
In other words, this one course of nourishment cost him a full sixty taels of silver!
This is no small sum. Zhao An's wealth after robbing the two major gangs is rapidly dwindling, and he currently only has about fifty taels of silver left.
Not long ago, he had more than two hundred taels of silver!
It has to be said that practicing martial arts is indeed very expensive, and with a soul slave practicing on his behalf, it's even more expensive.
Fortunately, the reward he received made Zhao An feel that it was well worth the money.
This eighth-grade hard bone skill is divided into six stages: skin, flesh, tendons, bones, and internal organs. After completing these five stages, one will finally forge an indestructible body!
This initial training, combined with the combined cultivation results of the three soul slaves, allowed him to successfully reach the first realm.
His skin became even more refined and firm, possessing an extraordinary resilience that made him impervious to punches, blows, and even light cuts from knives. It was difficult to leave a mark on this skin!
If one's internal energy is circulated using the Hard Bone Technique, and the skin absorbs the energy, then one can generate the same counter-force as that Tang Niu before!
In addition, this set of external martial arts training also teaches many unique techniques for deflecting force, which complement the power of the technique itself, allowing him to keep his body intact in life-or-death battles!
Zhao An still had Li Gou'er and the other man test his body-refining results, but this time, he had the two men repeatedly tap him with short sticks.
They kept hitting Li Gou'er until he was covered in sweat and his arms ached terribly before they finally stopped.
Zhao An stood there, completely unharmed!
Li Gou'er rubbed his numb and sore hands from the recoil, looked at Zhao An's skin which didn't even have a bruise, and wanted to say, "He's not human," but in the end he kept his mouth shut and didn't dare to be presumptuous in front of Zhao An.
"Brother Zhao, your skin is as hard as stone. When we hit you with the stick, it's my and Chunzi's hands that hurt the most. What kind of situation is this...?"
Zhao An shook his head and said, "It's not enough."
"Not enough?" Li Gou'er was stunned.
"It can block clubs, but it's still hard to defend against swords and knives. It's not powerful enough," Zhao An said after assessing his new suit.
"..."
"Even cowhide, bear skin, and elephant skin can't stop a knife or sword, right? Brother Zhao, is what you're saying really something a human can do?" Li Gou'er was dumbfounded.
"I can do it." Zhao An didn't say anything more. As long as he continued to practice this hard bone kung fu, he could become invulnerable to swords and spears!
In addition, his internal energy has also been improved accordingly, and it has now increased to nearly 450 strands.
Once he has acquired all the other martial arts achievements, his internal energy will likely increase again.
Of course, it's not possible today; we'll have to wait a couple of days. Otherwise, the martial arts achievements we've gained will inevitably suffer significant losses.