Chapter 37: Full Body Training
Early that morning, Qin Ziling left Anhe Village as usual, carrying the lunch boxes and snacks prepared for him by Yin Ranyue.
But after leaving Anhe Village, Qin Ziling did not go straight to Fangqiao City as usual, but went to the cave on the east side of Xisheng Mountain.
After entering the cave, Qin Ziling summoned the four heads and asked them to lie at the entrance of the cave and watch.
The fourth one has four heads and can observe the situation in multiple directions at the same time. It is more suitable for surveillance than Yuan Da and Yuan Er.
After ordering the four heads to watch at the entrance of the cave, Qin Ziling took out a large wooden barrel full of potion from the corpse-raising ring .
This big wooden barrel is as big as a bathtub, and a whole person can be soaked in it. It is much bigger than the wooden barrels in the martial arts hall. Qin Ziling specially asked someone to make it for him these days.
After taking out the wooden barrel, Qin Ziling took out a sand bag that was about the length of an adult's arm and twice as thick, and was filled with secret medicinal sand.
He also had someone specially make this sandbag these days.
Then Qin Ziling took off all his clothes, and then grabbed the "long and thin" sandbag with both hands and hit his legs, buttocks, abdomen and back respectively. He felt the strength carefully and after he got a good idea of it, he summoned Yuan Da and handed the sandbag to it.
The ape's palms were very big, and a sandbag twice as thick as an adult's arm fell into its hands, and it grabbed it firmly with ease.
Then Yuan Da received the order from Qin Ziling, picked up the sandbag and hit Qin Ziling's back with "pa, pa".
Just as Qin Ziling had imagined, because they were at close range, he and Ape Da had a very mysterious mental connection, and from a certain perspective, Ape Da was now a part of his body.
Therefore, the location and strength of Yuan Da's attack almost followed his mental commands at the same time. It was simply that his strength followed his heart. In fact, because Yuan Da was comparable to a martial artist at the level of strength, his control of strength was even more free and accurate than Qin Ziling's own control.
About half an hour later, Qin Ziling felt pain all over his body and could hardly hold on, so he stopped temporarily, climbed into the big medicine barrel, and soaked himself in it.
A trace of medicinal power seeps in through the skin.
Qin Ziling had an extremely keen sense of internal organs, and he soon felt that the damaged skin and muscles were constantly repairing themselves after being nourished, and after the repairs, they became even stronger.
After a while, Qin Ziling climbed out of the medicine barrel and continued to be beaten by Yuan Da. When he couldn't bear it anymore, he climbed into the medicine barrel again to soak.
This was repeated five or six times. When Qin Ziling climbed out of the medicine barrel again and accepted the beating from Yuan Da, he began to feel the skin and muscles of various parts of his body becoming sensitive and flexible.
When the sandbag is thrown down, the muscles and membranes of the hit part will immediately tighten, and streams of strength and blood will surge inside.
This reaction is different from the conditioned reflex of an ordinary person's body when being beaten.
That kind of conditioned reflex is not only slow, but also the strength of the blood circulation is weak.
Qin Ziling's reaction now was very quick. His muscles suddenly tensed and tangled, and his blood circulation was very strong.
"Yes, that's the feeling! If I continue like this, sooner or later I will be able to hone and refine the membranes all over my body. In this way, others just keep hone their hands or feet, so that the blood and qi deposited in their hands or feet are constantly hone, become more pure and powerful, and eventually undergo a qualitative change, generate strength, and then use the strength to gradually change the quality of the blood and qi in the whole body. It can be said that this is a method of breaking through the surface with a point."
“My progress may seem slow, but it is comprehensive development with a very solid foundation. Once the membranes all over my body reach the cowhide level, and I seal and train them, I’m afraid the quality of my Qi and blood will not be inferior to that of the iron skin level. Moreover, the amount of pure Qi and blood is far more abundant than that of the iron skin martial artists who only train their hands or feet.”
“If you cultivate to the iron skin level and seal the membranes all over your body for tempering, the quality of your Qi and blood should soon reach the critical point of qualitative change. And once a qualitative change occurs and strength is generated, its quantity and quality will inevitably far exceed that of a martial artist who has just broken through, especially the quantity which is unimaginable. No wonder Master Zuo said that County Magistrate Pang Qiwei will be able to suppress martial artists of the same level as soon as he enters the realm of strength.” Feeling the changes in his body, Qin Ziling’s mind was surging.
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In the following days, Qin Ziling rarely went to the martial arts gym during the day.
Most of the time, he went to the caves of Xisheng Mountain alone to hone and strengthen his muscles, bones and skin.
At night, they would go out hunting as usual, and the next day they would practice the "Eternal Galaxy Visualization Method" wholeheartedly.
Qin Ziling's progress in practicing the "Immortal Galaxy Visualization Method" was quite fast. He used to have difficulty wielding an embroidery needle, but now he could wield an extremely thin and sharp small blade.
However, the progress of polishing and tempering the muscles, bones and membranes throughout the body is much slower.
However, although the progress was slow, Qin Ziling could clearly feel that he was making steady progress every day, and could feel that his qi and blood were changing every day. His control over the membrane was constantly strengthening. He was not like the Qin Ziling before. He had practiced the Cold Iron Palm for nearly three years. Apart from feeling his own strength increasing and his palms and bones becoming stronger and more powerful, he was unable to keenly perceive the surging impact of qi and blood under the membrane, nor could he perceive the changes in qi and blood, let alone consciously control the membrane.
This steady progress every day makes Qin Ziling feel at ease.
Such steady progress was actually within Qin Ziling's expectations.
He also cultivated his spirit and soul, and his inner senses were far more acute than those of martial artists at the same level. He had a bronze corpse that was in tune with his mind to help him hone his skills, and of course he also had plenty of meat and medicinal herbs to nourish himself. As for the first two conditions, even the most powerful family members of the Great Qi Kingdom could not have both.
It can be said that with the current unique conditions, Qin Ziling is even confident that within a year or so, the skin membranes of the body except for the face and sensitive organs can break through to the cowhide level.
But as the days of honing and tempering his muscles, bones and skin lengthened, suddenly one day Qin Ziling discovered that there was a very strange aura in his blood.
This breath is the unique breath of zombies!
The corpse power is not only cold but also carries a hint of the power of death. As Qin Ziling's daily training and intake of meat and medicine make his blood and qi more vigorous, pure and powerful, but because he has unknowingly integrated a hint of condensed corpse power, his blood and qi do not show the surging and vigorous state it should have, but instead appear calm and silent.
To outsiders, this naturally means that the qi and blood are normal.
But only Qin Ziling himself knew that his situation was like a calm sea with undercurrents surging beneath the surface. Once it erupted, it would be like a tsunami, far from the mediocrity that appeared on the surface.
Qin Ziling had not expected that using the power of the bronze corpse to temper and polish the skin all over his body would lead to such changes.
By the time he discovered that a strange aura had merged into his blood and energy, and realized that it was related to the power of the bronze corpse, he was no longer able to change this change, nor did he have the ability to do so.
Fortunately, Qin Ziling discovered that this slight change did not bring any bad consequences. On the contrary, this slight change not only concealed his now rapidly growing powerful qi and blood, but also it was not known whether the cold and gloomy aura of the corpse power just matched the Cold Iron Palm technique, or because Qin Ziling had merged with Li Mo's residual soul, the corpse power that unknowingly penetrated and merged into his qi and blood made his qi and blood more condensed and powerful.
So after much thought, Qin Ziling decided to continue using the bronze corpse to temper and polish the membrane all over his body.
