[Chu San, the captain of the Chu family's guards, is a second-rate martial artist. When training a new batch of guards, he imparted some secrets that only martial artists could know!]
There are two types of martial arts training: orthodox martial arts, such as the Iron Body Technique chosen at the beginning. Only by mastering the Iron Body Technique can one become a third-rate martial artist, a second-rate martial artist, or even higher!
The second type is martial arts, which, as the name suggests, are combat skills. Martial arts have very little effect on improving physical fitness; even if you master martial arts to the limit, you will only be a "second-rate martial artist."
Some advanced martial arts, in addition to their training methods, also possess complementary martial techniques. The combined power of these two surpasses that of randomly assembled martial arts techniques.
Unfortunately, the Iron Body Technique doesn't have any matching martial arts techniques; you'll have to piece together other techniques from scratch.
And that Heavenly Arm you didn't choose—it actually doesn't have a matching martial arts technique.
[You, this new batch of guards, have begun receiving guidance from Captain Chu San. He tells you that third-rate martial artists train their muscles, blood and qi, and skin membranes. They must train these three aspects to a certain level before they can generate internal energy and become second-rate martial artists!]
You began practicing martial arts and were assigned the task of patrolling the Chu family compound.
[In the 283rd year of the Great Journey, you have mastered the Iron Body Kung Fu; you feel your physical strength has received an extra boost.]
(Martial arts skill levels: Beginner → Minor Mastery → Major Mastery → Perfection.)
(Under normal circumstances, the depth of martial arts skills only slightly affects the speed of training. The main purpose is to provide additional attribute bonuses. For example, with Iron Body Skill, as the depth of skill increases, the physical strength of the practitioner also increases.)
[Chu San praised your aptitude, saying it was quite good. If you were to be favored by the main family, you would definitely become a second-rate martial artist, and you could even consider becoming a first-rate one.]
At this moment, your foundation has increased by 144%, and with the Chu family being wealthy and generous, providing you with meat at every meal, excellent guards from time to time, and extra medicinal supplements, you feel that the small amount of vital energy you lost in the past has been restored.
In other words, the current 144% is more than 150% of what it was a few years ago!
You truly possess exceptional talent in martial arts!
[In the 284th year of the Daqing era, you heard that a Daoist grandmaster was preparing for a grandmaster gathering. Of course, this had nothing to do with you, a third-rate martial artist still focused on building muscle.]
[In the 285th year of the Great Glory, your martial arts have taken another step forward. You feel that your muscle strength has been honed to a certain level, and you vaguely sense the flow of qi and blood within your body. Once you master this flow, you will be considered to be in the upper-middle tier among third-rate martial artists.]
"—However, the guard captain Chu San said that your innate physique and strength are already quite excellent, so your strength is equivalent to some third-rate martial artists who have cultivated their qi and blood."
In the same year, the Wu Kingdom attacked and killed villagers from the Qing Kingdom on the border. The following month, the Qing Kingdom declared war on the Wu Kingdom.
[You might think, "What's it to you?"]
Three months later, conscription will begin in various regions, but as a guard of the Chu family, you will not be subject to forced conscription.
Your Iron Body Technique has reached a minor level of mastery.
[In the 286th year of the Daqing reign, you heard of the great defeat at the front. The main reason was that the Wu Kingdom produced a "Primordial Dragon-Elephant Mighty Warrior," who could unleash a force of ten thousand jin with a casual gesture. Even grandmasters were unwilling to fight him head-on. He swept across the battlefield, easily taking on a thousand enemies single-handedly.]
The people in the Chu household were all talking about how the Wu Kingdom's army could reach Qingcheng within two years.
In the same year, Uncle Ji gave his daughter to you to take care of, only asking that you take her in so that she could leave with you. He said you just need to take good care of her, and he implied that you could take her as a concubine.
[After all, you have the Chu family behind you. When the army comes, such powerful families will either surrender or be subjugated. It's much safer for you than following a fisherman.]
In the 287th year of the Great Celebration, the Grandmasters' Gathering was held as scheduled, but then earth-shattering news spread!
[It was a trap! The Daoist sect and the Qing Kingdom joined forces, and six Grandmasters from the Martial Kingdom perished on the spot! The tide of battle seems to be turning!]
[The unparalleled grandmaster of the Martial Kingdom emerged in fury, capable of blasting through city walls with a single palm strike. He intervened three times, helping the Martial Kingdom's army conquer and slaughter three cities in succession!]
In the 288th year of the Daqing reign, a massive army besieged Qingcheng. Some time ago, you had already used your small personal power as a "high-quality guard of the Chu family" to bring acquaintances from Qinghe Village to the city.
[Actually, they were just given a run-down room to squeeze into, and the local thugs were warned not to cause trouble.]
[You're 33 this year, and your foundation has increased by 149%. The only pity is that you started practicing martial arts too late, and you're stuck at the skin membrane stage... Another reason is that the more you cultivate your Qi and blood, the thicker your foundation becomes, which also takes time.]
[You're currently serving as a guard near the Chu family's inner chambers. You're now considered a high-ranking guard, just one step away from becoming a captain.]
[You hear the Chu people berating the Wu army: because they won't accept their surrender, they intend to massacre the entire city!]
Although no grandmasters intervened, three consecutive days of attacks had brought the city walls to the brink of collapse, and the city's inhabitants were gripped by fear.
[You've been ordered by the Chu family to defend the city. Military orders are absolute, and the orders of powerful families are no less so. You feel you're in for a tough time this time.]
On the fifth day, the day the city was about to fall, you saw an old man gracefully climb the city wall. You recognized him; he was a crippled martial arts master who ran a martial arts school that wasn't really a martial arts school. But now it seemed he wasn't as simple as he appeared.
[But even if he is a grandmaster, so what? A grandmaster cannot fight against ten thousand on the battlefield alone. Moreover, the Martial Kingdom values martial prowess, and even the most ordinary soldiers in its army possess the strength of a third-rate martial artist.]
The old man called out the army's commander-in-chief, his voice booming and carrying for dozens of miles, causing the wind and clouds to surge, seemingly otherworldly. He advised the commander-in-chief to bypass the city and not to entertain any thoughts of killing.
The commander sneered, "You old charlatan," and led tens of thousands of troops forward.
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