Chapter 93: Heresy of the Root Bone, the Martial Arts of this World is a Bit Weird
"There are nine levels in martial arts, each level has its own level."
"This is a rating system set by the Martial Arts General Administration. It uses various instruments to convert the strength of martial artists into intuitive data, which is then compared and graded."
"This method is very intuitive. Rather than determining the quality of a warrior, it is more like dividing the values into intervals. This is the standard that new warriors follow."
"But the old martial arts also have another set of standards, which is to divide the realms by changing the skin, tempering the flesh, changing the bones, changing the blood, and refining the marrow."
"And what I [Ronggui Sect] follow is the standard of the old martial arts. However, your master has two paths for you to choose from. One is the right path, and the other is the evil path. Which one do you choose?"
In the inner courtyard, sitting and standing, Li Guishe's voice clearly reached Feng Mu's ears.
Feng Mu asked doubtfully, "Master, may I ask what is the right path and what is the wrong path?"
Li Guishe did not keep the secret and said bluntly: "The right path is the grand road. The progress is slow, but the foundation is solid. It is for one's own benefit, not for others."
"But this righteous path places great emphasis on one's physique and one's innate talent. Among my disciples, only your eldest brother is on the righteous path."
Li Guishe paused for a moment and continued, "As the name suggests, the evil way is to use all external forces to force things to grow faster. This method is the quickest to achieve success, but also the most dangerous."
"For the evil ways, the most important thing is not the bones, but whether one has the ruthlessness to risk one's life for a glimmer of hope. It is a difficult task. If one is not careful, one will kill oneself."
Feng Mu showed no fear. He was very self-aware of his own strengths and almost without hesitation, he replied, "Master, please teach me the evil way."
Li Guishe didn't seem surprised by Feng Mu's answer. He took out a porcelain bottle from his pocket and carefully poured out a pill.
The pill was completely black and the size of a little finger nail. As soon as it was poured out, it gave off a strange fishy smell, as if it was tainted with poison.
Li Guishe threw it lightly and Feng Mu quickly caught it with his palm.
He roughly understood that the pill was for him. He glanced at Li Guishe's half-smile and swallowed it without hesitation.
He ate pig iron, evil iron, and resentment. He was not afraid of a mere pill.
After swallowing the pill, Feng Mucai asked, "Master, what is this pill?"
Li Guishe did not answer directly, but asked first: "Do you know why martial arts is so demanding on aptitude?"
Feng Mu replied: "Because one's physique will affect the progress of one's martial arts training. People with good physiques can get started quickly and practice very quickly. One day's practice can surpass ten or a hundred days of hard practice for people with poor physiques."
Li Guishe nodded: "So, why is this?"
Feng Mu was stunned. He had never thought deeply about this question, and it had never been taught in class, at least he had never heard of it in the free classes he took at school. Maybe it had been taught in the paid classes.
Feng Mu shook his head: "I don't know. I only know that my bones are very poor. Please enlighten me, Master."
Li Guishe: "Martial arts originally came from humans imitating animals. Although martial arts have undergone several changes and advancements, the objects of imitation have actually become more advanced, or more abstract. However, its essence is still humans imitating the universe."
"The ultimate goal of a martial art is actually to constantly train yourself to become the object of imitation. The more you imitate, the more powerful the martial art will be."
"And this kind of imitation, in the final analysis, is the imitation of the shape of bones, or in other words, it is to transform the skeleton inside the flesh from a human form into a non-human form."
“So, even though those with advanced martial arts skills are still wearing human skin, their bones inside are completely different from those of humans.”
"And the reason why he can still maintain his human form is because of the shackles of genes and the constraints of flesh, blood and skin. Otherwise, the moment these restrictions are lifted, he will be distorted into an unrecognizable monster."
"As for what kind of monster he will be transformed into, that depends on what martial arts he has practiced."
"That's why the old martial arts had to be practiced from the skin and flesh first, so as to tie heavy chains to the bones in advance."
Li Guishe finished speaking in one breath, took two puffs of his cigarette, and continued with a rather strange look: "The quality of the root bones usually refers to the bone shape, which is to use some instruments or bone-touching techniques to assess the difficulty of bone reshape."
"The higher the score, the easier it is to shape the bones. Like plasticine, it is easy to mold them into a shape that suits the martial arts. In this way, the martial arts training will naturally advance by leaps and bounds."
"On the contrary, it is inferior bone, which is as hard to shape as iron or stone, and has no plasticity at all."
"For this kind of bone, unless you can find a martial art that is naturally compatible with you, otherwise, no matter what you practice, you will get half the result with twice the effort, or even barely make any progress."
Feng Mu was dumbfounded when he heard this. He thought of the corpses he had burned. Perhaps they had lost the restraints of flesh and blood, and their bones had completely changed into their true appearance? Feng Mu took a deep breath and asked suspiciously, "Then according to what Master said, the better the bones, the easier it is to change shape and deform, right?"
Li Guishe said calmly, "It sounds contradictory, right? But martial arts is a way for humans to change their lives. Since it is a change, we must take risks that go with it. Otherwise, why practice martial arts?"
"Practicing martial arts can kill you, and the more advanced you are, the more you will be walking on thin ice. This is not just a joke."
Li Guishe did not tell the whole truth, because behind this there were some bone instability issues, some "safety measures" for increasingly perfect martial arts, or some targeted secret medicines and so on.
But those are knowledge points for those who follow the right path, and they are useless for those who follow the wrong path.
The evil way is about letting go of oneself completely and being free from restraints. It is about courage and perseverance. It is either success or death, there is no turning back.
When Feng Mu first traveled through time, he had a feeling that the martial arts in this world seemed to be somewhat different from the martial arts he had imagined in movies and TV dramas in his previous life.
After listening to Li Guishe's words today, he felt as if the clouds had been cleared and he suddenly realized: "So that's how it is. The martial arts here are such a dangerous path."
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Feng Mu couldn't help but sigh in his heart: "Every time I understand this world a little more, I feel that this world is full of evil."
“It’s just like this reinforced concrete city. All the seemingly technological appearances are just its outer coat. But if I poke a hole in that coat and peek inside, I will find another strange and terrifying world hidden inside.”
Suddenly, a sharp pain surged from Feng Mu's body. The pain was exactly the same as the time when he upgraded to the [Iron Eater] level and felt that all the bones in his body wanted to drill out of his flesh.
However, this time, what was trying to drill out was not bones, but the flesh and blood under the skin.
They seemed to have suddenly come alive, moving and growing frantically, with countless new buds sprouting tentacles from the flesh and blood, spreading aimlessly.
These tentacles tried to emerge from the skin, eyes, nose, mouth, and ears, as if they were about to bloom into a strange flower of flesh and blood.
At the same time, they also penetrate into the body, intending to drill into the heart, spleen, lungs, gastrointestinal tract, and even bone marrow. They are omnipresent and seem to shrink into a horrible bloody tumor.
"here we go!"
Li Guishe's pupils shrank slightly, and he jumped up on the spot. His skinny ten fingers pointed and inserted thin needles into Feng Mu's body. Each needle was connected to a silver thread. All the silver threads gathered in his hands and were plucked by him with a special rhythm.
In the blink of an eye, hundreds of needles were inserted into Feng Mu's body. All of these needles penetrated deeply into his skin and flesh, almost into his bones, and vibrated together.
Feng Mu felt like he had been turned into a flesh and blood puppet, with every piece of flesh and bone trembling at a strange frequency.
"Feel carefully the roar of the flesh and blood that wants to devour everything at this moment!"
"That's the anger of your flesh and blood unwilling to be controlled by the skeleton."
"It's not just bones that can rule the body. Flesh and blood can also rule the bones. Who's the master and who's the follower is the good and the evil!"
"If bones don't work, then use flesh and blood. What's the point of restraining? It's better to completely liberate!"
"Good disciple, feel the roar of flesh and blood, feel the anger of flesh and blood, and feel the breath of flesh and blood."
"Don't use your five senses, but use your spirit to feel, tame, and control. Use the power of flesh and blood for your own benefit and grow a new flesh and blood organ in your body."
"This is the holy scripture of the heresy created by the founder of the [Ronggui Sect] - the true skill of the flesh and blood. Today, I will teach it to you, hehehe -"
(End of this chapter)
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