Chapter 40: Martial Arts Progress
Two days later, outside the bamboo forest, Zhou Tieyi, who had just woken up from a nap, was fighting against Ada in order to quickly transform his martial arts skills into real combat power.

Because he had the Blood God's Son to protect him, and because there were plenty of recovery pills in the Zhou Mansion, Zhou Tieyi had no intention of holding back at all.

Ah Da Zi also knew the young master's intention. Except for not using the talent brought by the spirit planting, the strength in his hands and the power of his fists had basically reached the seventh level.

But even so, with just basic boxing skills, he couldn't suppress Zhou Tieyi now.

No matter how hard his fists hit Zhou Tieyi, Zhou Tieyi was like a copper pea. He would take two or three breaths, turn over and continue attacking.

Not only does Zhou Tieyi have a strong ability to recover, but he is also making rapid progress.

It's almost like a big change every three days.

First of all, with the help of the military formation method in the past few days, Zhou Tieyi's blood and energy in his dantian have approached the fifth level, and his whole body's strength has become more and more vigorous and powerful.

When Zhou Tieyi's Dantian was perfectly opened up with the help of the Blood God Son, when Zhou's mother investigated, she said that Zhou Tieyi's Dantian Qi Sea was ten times wider than that of ordinary people.

This also means that although he is still only at the ninth level, based on his own strength alone, he has already surpassed the ordinary eighth level martial artist and is touching the seventh level.

Aside from his astonishing strength, his understanding of the true meaning of martial arts is also improving by leaps and bounds.

With the comprehension of the first-grade Buddhist Dharma [Buddha Kingdom in the Palm], he can directly drive the military formation and feel the fist intent of the five little geniuses of A Da, plus he has a ferocious training method without worrying about getting hurt.

Although the fist Zhou Tieyi swung was still the basic Tiger Roar Fist, the energy and blood wrapped around his fist already had a faint sense of the rotation of the Five Elements.

The vast and powerful force is like a huge millstone.

Not only can it tilt, pull, and wear down the enemy's strength, but it can also circulate through the terrain beneath its feet and its own flesh and blood.

Half an hour later, Zhou Tieyi, who was like a mechanical puppet that didn't know how to rest, finally stopped on his own initiative.

His whole body was covered with bruises, which were all caused by Ah Da's fists. Many places were oozing with fine beads of blood. An ordinary person who was trained to this level would have to stay in bed for ten days or half a month.

But this is not a problem for me.

Zhou Tieyi's body was full of blood and he circulated his own blood to flush out the capillaries that were blocked by the force of his punch. Even the internal injuries in his body were quickly nourished and recovered under the flushing of qi and blood.

He is now like a piece of rare iron that is being constantly hammered and polished.

After using his qi and blood to flush out the internal injuries in his body, Zhou Tieyi took the clean water prepared by Er, first washed away the blood stains with the clean water, and then applied a layer of precious external medicine.

The effect of the medicine on the external injury was immediate, just like acupuncture. Zhou Tieyi screamed in pain, but he did not bear it. While applying the medicine, he scolded Ah Da for being too heavy-handed. It seemed that the scolding relieved the pain a little.

Ah Da led the scolding and said with a smile, "Master, you think I was too harsh, so I will be gentler tomorrow."

"How can that be done!"

Zhou Tieyi immediately retorted.

Although the physical pain is clearly felt, what is even more refreshing is that every bit of pain brings a real increase in one's own strength.

Zhou Tieyi clenched his fists tightly.

This kind of pleasure from practice is truly addictive.

The reason why he practiced with Ah Da was because during the past two days of practice, Ah Er and others who were at the eighth level were unable to suppress him, at least they did not give him absolute psychological suppression.

"How strong am I now? Can I really fight against a seventh-grade opponent?" Zhou Tieyi asked Ada after applying the medicine.

Ah Da looked at Zhou Tieyi who was still unsatisfied, and sighed in his heart, the young master has undergone earth-shaking changes since he started practicing martial arts. If it weren't for his daily behavior and speech, which were 70% of his former self, one would have mistaken him for someone having his face cut off and his skin replaced.

Seeing that Ada did not answer immediately, Zhou Tieyi hummed lightly, examined Ada's expression, and probably guessed that the other party was surprised by his own changes.

But this was something he couldn't explain or cover up.

Fortunately, his "time travel" was not a simple reincarnation, but a soul completely merging with another soul, inheriting memories and emotions, which was more real than the inheritance through ancestral tablets.

And it's not a big deal.

There is a saying in Buddhism that one can become a Buddha instantly after sudden enlightenment.

In the future, I will learn from Lu Meng and make the statement "When a scholar has been away for three days, he should be looked at with new eyes", and then make rapid progress in martial arts.

At that time, people will naturally think that their luck is soaring and that fish and snakes will turn into dragons.

This statement was very popular in previous lives, let alone in this world where one can practice.

"Why don't you answer?"

Ah Da quickly came back to his senses from his reverie. Although the young master had changed a lot, he was still filial to his wife, friendly and respectful to his brother, and kind to his subordinates. He was naturally a good young master in the Zhou Mansion.

Thinking of Zhou Tieyi's question, Ah Da answered carefully, "In terms of the real art of fighting, boxing is not as good as weapons after all."

Zhou Tieyi also knew this, and waved his hand, saying, "Practicing boxing is like practicing spearmanship. After I have truly mastered the art of boxing, it won't be too late to practice spearmanship."

Ah Da also knew this, so he didn't refute it, but talked about another issue, "In addition to weapons, the young master also lacks secret skills training. For those ordinary seventh-grade martial artists in the martial arts world, the young master only needs to be careful about the talents given by their seed spirits. However, martial artists with inheritance usually start to try to transform their bodies after they have strengthened their foundation at the seventh grade."

As he spoke, Ada showed his arms to Zhou Tieyi. His originally flesh-colored skin instantly seemed to be covered with a layer of gold powder, revealing the same luster as the golden statues in the temple.

"This is?"

"This is the three-colored relic that the young master gave me. I also exchanged it for a "Golden Body of Arhat" from the mansion. This method specializes in cultivating skin, flesh and bones. It uses gold and relics to make secret medicine. After practicing it, it will be as hard as gold and stone."

Zhou Tieyi pinched A'da's arm. With his perception and control of A'da's flesh and blood, he indeed discovered that the flesh and blood in this piece of skin had undergone an alteration. A layer of new tissue was hidden between the skin and the blood.

The method of martial arts cultivation originally draws on the strengths of various schools. A-Da's core technique is the [Record of Supervising Soldiers and Killing Demons] passed down by the Zhou family. This is equivalent to the internal strength in martial arts novels and follows the approach of the military strategists.

As for external skills, secret techniques, and killing moves, as long as they are not the kind of skills that are harmful to the world and morality, the Zhou family does not prohibit elite members from practicing them.

Even the secret martial arts techniques of Buddhism and Taoism have a certain calming effect, and can alleviate the crazy symptoms of military practice, so there is a subtle encouragement.

If the [Buddha Kingdom in the Palm] that he had comprehended was integrated into his boxing skills, it could also be considered a secret technique, and it was the kind of secret technique that could allow a seventh-grade master to kill a sixth-grade master.

After the seven kinds of spiritualization, the martial artist's body gradually became inhuman.

Zhou Tieyi nodded. It seemed that the seventh rank was an important watershed for martial artists. The level of their essence and blood and the number of secret techniques they practiced determined their combat effectiveness. No wonder the most powerful martial artist of the seventh rank could face the sixth rank directly.

He also thought of the Confucian seven-level "self-cultivation" and the novelist's seven-level "coming on stage". The last node of the lower three levels all focused on accumulation, waiting to cross the threshold of the middle level to transform oneself.

(End of this chapter)