"What is it like?"
In the quiet room, Lin Ce asked.
Although the system helps him improve and allocate skill points, he is naturally very concerned about his own martial arts path.
“A body like yours has a special name, called the ‘body without leakage,’ which roughly means that you can lock all the essence of your body inside and prevent it from leaking out.”
"Sounds like a good thing?"
After hearing Zhuo Tianqing's words, Lin Ce raised his own question, "But I've heard people say that in my situation, I'll never be able to reach a higher realm in this lifetime and will only be stuck at the ninth rank of martial artist?"
"This is certainly true for ordinary martial artists."
Zhuo Tianqing laughed and said, "That's because the person who said that is not at a high enough level, so naturally he doesn't understand what 'a flawless body and a treasure forged through tempering' means."
He looked at Lin Ce with a hint of approval in his eyes.
"Since Heaven has given you such a treasure, you should make good use of it. Once you achieve something in the method of physical training, you will never lose to other martial artists."
"What is meant by the method of external training?"
"For someone like you, there's no need to worry about internal strength or energy. Just proceed step by step, and without developing internal strength, train the five parts of the body: skin, flesh, tendons, bones, and meridians. This is called physical training. If you can transform acquired strength into innate strength, then you've entered the realm of physical training."
As he spoke, Zhuo Tianqing stood up, showing no sign of being about to die.
"Give me back my knife. I should go now. You should take this opportunity to go down the mountain too. Those guys may be a bit dim-witted, but they're still quite strong. The few demons on this mountain definitely won't last long."
As if to verify his words, at this moment, the roars of tigers outside the quiet room gradually faded away.
Lin Ce looked outside and saw that the black wind that had enveloped the surrounding area was also receding into the distance like a tide.
"They really put pressure on the mountain demons. I'm leaving. Whether you watch the show or not is up to you."
Zhuo Tianqing took the "Tiger Soul Blade" from Yu Jiu and walked out of the Black Mountain Temple.
He turned around and smiled gently.
"I suggest you just leave. The demon can't take you down in a short time, and the pressure on that side is increasing. They have to temporarily mobilize their forces to support you, but once it recovers, it will definitely be reluctant to part with your flawless body."
Watching Zhuo Tianqing's departing figure, Lin Ce remained silent for a moment, then turned to look at Yu Jiu.
Let's go.
Zhuo Tianqing is right; going down the mountain now is the most sensible thing to do.
At least whatever happened over there, whether the demons won or lost in the end, was not worth him giving up such a great opportunity to go and watch the excitement.
After that, there was no further interception from Black Wind and Black Tiger, and the two quickly reached the foot of the mountain.
Along the way, Lin Ce tried to keep an eye out, but he never found any trace of the caravan.
Seeing that the large ship that had come from the foot of the mountain was no longer in sight, he had some guesses.
After asking the people at the foot of the mountain, they learned that a group of people had come down from Black Mountain two days ago and left by boat.
It was the members of the escort team.
Lin Ce was then completely relieved.
Although they were attacked by demons and trapped in Black Mountain for several days, they escaped unharmed.
With breakthroughs in several martial arts techniques, knowledge of the "Flawless Body" and the method of external cultivation, and the acquisition of a fragmented inner core of a powerful demon with an unknown function, the gains were actually quite good.
"You go back first, I'll stay and check on the situation."
Although Yu Jiu possessed the strength of an eighth-rank martial artist, he was utterly helpless in this situation.
Staying would only make them vulnerable to being used by that fox, hindering their progress and making things even worse.
Yu Jiu did not resist.
The trip to Montenegro also frightened her somewhat.
In her mind, it was always human warriors who hunted down her half-mermaid race. Now, seeing a real demon with such powerful methods, she was deeply shocked.
And this is not even a powerful demon; it is merely a minor demon left behind by a dead great demon.
She glanced south for a long time, seemingly lost in thought, and then quickly left.
The way she chose left Lin Ce both amused and exasperated.
The large ship was taken away by the caravan. They thought she would rent a small boat, but instead, with a "plop," she jumped directly into the water.
Watching Yu Jiu, who seemed to be in his element, dive underwater and disappear quickly into the distance, Lin Ce shook his head helplessly.
I should remind her when I have the chance; we're now in human warriors' territory, and she needs to restrain some of her half-demon habits.
Lin Ce did not go up the mountain again, but found a place to stay at the foot of the mountain.
While keeping a distant view of Black Mountain, he took out the incomplete inner core and began to study it.
It is said that some of the true power of a certain being remains within this inner core.
That person is said to be the one who destroyed the great demon back then, and is at least beyond the innate level.
However, Lin Ce could not sense the true power within the inner core at all.
"Could we have been tricked? Has Zhuo Tianqing completely exhausted all the true energy within this inner core?"
This possibility cannot be ruled out.
That guy couldn't die even after his heart was ripped out; he might have used the true power within that inner core that surpassed the innate level.
But it's more likely that he has a special constitution, so he can't sense it.
Besides the true power that was impossible to find, there was another power within this inner core that was subtly resonating with him.
To be precise, it should be that the needle-like energy accumulated in his body was resonating with each other.
Lin Ce's expression darkened; he didn't think this was a good thing.
The true qi needles accumulated in the body came from the black tigers controlled by Hu Yi, the master of the Black Mountain Temple.
Those black tigers were left behind by that great demon from long ago, and their origin is the same as that of this inner core.
"Could something unexpected happen?"
After thinking for a moment, Lin Ce decided not to keep the inner core on his person. Instead, he dug a hole nearby and buried it.
I don't know how effective this will be, but at least it gives me peace of mind.
Looking at the Black Mountain from afar, he quickly calmed down and silently began to practice his boxing.
After breaking through to the seventh level of the "Mountain-Breaking Fist", he discovered that, in addition to training the "tendons, bones and skin" in the previous stage, this level trains the muscles inside the body.
Doesn't that mean that, of the five limbs mentioned by Zhuo Tianqing—skin, flesh, tendons, bones, and meridians—he has already trained four of them using the "Mountain-Breaking Fist"?
As expected of the first martial art I've mastered, this "Mountain-Breaking Fist" seems to have a lot of potential.
Previously, without breaking through the limits of martial arts itself, he no longer gained much benefit from practicing boxing.
But now that he has broken through to the seventh level, when he started practicing this fist technique again, he felt a long-lost sense of rapid growth in his own strength.
So he practiced his boxing while keeping an eye on the changes on Black Mountain.
In fact, he didn't have to wait too long.
Early the next morning, he sensed a tremendous change on Black Mountain.
Because the black wind that had been lingering over Black Mountain suddenly disappeared.
"Was Fox One taken care of, or did he and Tiger Two both die together?"
Lin Ce didn't think anything was wrong.
Although the demons are powerful, they are still no match for the strong warriors among them.
Wasn't that great demon from back then also destroyed by a powerful human?
The remaining lesser demons, though they were suppressing themselves quite a bit, were actually just not strong enough.
According to Zhuo Tianqing, there was clearly another group of human warriors with considerable strength on Black Mountain.
Those martial artists, facing a situation where one fox and two tigers were facing each other, were probably in an advantageous position.
Otherwise, Fox One wouldn't have had to withdraw the Black Tiger pack, which was meant to deal with him, halfway through.
"It's time to go. Whoever is on the mountain, since they were able to wipe out Fox One and Tiger Two, it's obviously not appropriate to confront them right now."
Lin Ce dug out the inner core of the great demon and, quite sensibly, prepared to leave.
However, his expression changed the next moment.
From the inner core of the great demon in his hand, a figure roared out and pounced towards him.
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