Chapter 68: Eagle Claw Iron Shirt
"Dang!" Qin Ziling took out the goose-feather knife and chopped down on his arm with the back of the knife. It actually made a crisp sound of metal clashing and sparks flew everywhere.
Qin Ziling couldn't help but be stunned.
Although he had long known that the martial arts in this world were extremely magical, he had never expected that once he had practiced to the iron skin level, the membrane on his body would actually be as hard as iron skin.
"If I can really train the membranes all over my body to the point of iron, wouldn't it be like the iron shirt Kung Fu described in martial arts novels, with my whole body invulnerable to swords and guns. No, the iron shirt has a weakness!" Thinking of this, Qin Ziling felt an inexplicable pain in his balls and got goose bumps all over his body. A movie scene emerged in his mind.
Until now, Qin Ziling still remembers that in the popular martial arts film "Eagle Claw Iron Shirt", the biggest villain Zheng Zhong was invulnerable to swords and guns, but was eventually caught in his weak spot.
Then the screen showed two eggs being caught by a big hand, and then being squeezed hard, with water-like egg white spurting out from between the five fingers, and the villain's expression of unbearable pain.
This scene left an indelible shadow in Qin Ziling's childhood, and he felt a faint sadness whenever he thought of it.
But that was a movie after all, purely fictional. There was no such thing as an invulnerable golden bell cover or iron cloth vest in that world, so it was just an idea. But in the end, Qin Ziling found that his real self seemed to be showing signs of developing into that big villain.
It is really possible for him to master the invulnerable kung fu, the iron shirt, which only exists in novels and movies in this world!
Qin Ziling quickly put aside the sudden image and thought. Surprised, he began to carefully check the changes in his strength.
From the outside, the blood and qi still looked like a pool of stagnant water, without any changes or fluctuations, but on this calm surface, Qin Ziling discovered that the purity and total amount of blood and qi were much stronger than before. Once the force was exerted, the power of blood and qi suddenly erupted like a volcano dormant on the seabed, erupting with a terrifying destructive force like a tsunami.
"Bang!" Qin Ziling exerted force with his feet, the rocks on the ground cracked, and the whole person rushed up like a cannonball, almost touching the top of the cave which was more than ten meters high.
"Bang!" Qin Ziling landed on the ground, and then exerted force suddenly. His whole body was like an arrow shot from a bow, and he crossed the entire cave in an instant.
"No wonder, Master Zuo said that Pang Qiwei trained his arms. At the same level, no one in Fangqiao County can defeat him. At the same level of iron skin, the number of trained limbs is different, the purity and total amount of blood and qi produced are completely different, and the power and speed that burst out are also completely different."
"With my current speed and strength, I'm afraid I can defeat Senior Brother Zheng in one encounter, and I should be slightly better than a Condensing Jin Master. It's just that a martial artist's strength is accompanied by force, and I don't have force. It's hard to say whether I can compete with a Condensing Jin Master without a real fight. But once I train my torso and other parts to the level of iron, my speed and strength will increase again. Even if a Condensing Jin Master has force, I should be able to crush him with speed and strength, but it's hard to say about a Yun Jin Master." After checking and confirming the huge change in his current strength, Qin Ziling was excited and his confidence increased.
After a long time, Qin Ziling's mood finally calmed down and he began to think calmly about what to do next.
"According to Master Zuo's previous analysis of strength, with the quality of my qi and blood now, as long as I ask Master Zuo for the method and trick of condensing qi and blood into strength, I should be able to condense strength successfully in one go."
"But according to what Master Zuo said before, strength also has different qualities. For example, the strength that Pang Qiwei condensed with his arms to the level of iron skin is unmatched in Fangqiao County. Since I have such unique conditions, why don't I slow down a little and cultivate my torso and other parts to the level of iron skin, and then condense strength with the exercises in one go? The quality of such strength must be very high, and the amount of strength condensed must be far greater than that of martial artists who have just entered the realm of condensed strength."
"And there is another benefit to doing so, which is that I can continue to conceal my cultivation level and don't need to expose it too early. It took Nangong Yue six months to transform from cowhide to iron skin, but it caused such a big sensation and attention, and many forces came to me. It only took me five months to transform from cowhide to iron skin. Even if I hide my legs and arms and only show my iron palms, I am afraid the sensation and attention I caused will not be inferior to Nangong Yue."
"I have too many secrets that I cannot reveal. If many people are paying attention to me, it will not only cause a lot of inconvenience to my actions, but also make it easy for my secrets to leak out. Besides, as the old saying goes, a tree that stands out in the forest will be destroyed by the wind. I have the help of the bronze corpse, so I can continue to consolidate my foundation. Why should I rush to be the first to do so?"
After some calm thinking, Qin Ziling decided to conceal his cultivation level and not rush to ask Master Zuo for methods to condense his strength. Instead, he focused his main energy on other parts of his body that had not yet been broken through, and practiced kung fu similar to the Golden Bell Cover, Iron Shirt, and made his whole body invulnerable to swords and guns.
After making the decision, Qin Ziling put the four heads guarding the cave entrance into the corpse-raising ring. Then, without summoning Yuan Da, he grabbed the vines himself, leaped a few times, and landed on the ground from the cliff cave entrance.
In order to achieve this breakthrough, Qin Ziling secluded himself in the cave for four whole days. Now that he has finally achieved the breakthrough, it is time to go home.
As soon as Qin Ziling stepped into the house, he saw Liu Xiaoqiang holding a hoe and digging the ground in the courtyard, preparing to plant some radishes and cabbages in the yard. He keenly noticed that when Liu Xiaoqiang was swinging the hoe, the blood was surging in his hands, revealing a surging breath.
"You made a breakthrough?" Qin Ziling looked surprised.
"Yes, sir, I just had a breakthrough this morning!" Seeing that it was Qin Ziling coming back, Liu Xiaoqiang quickly put down his hoe, walked up to him, and said with excitement on his face.
"Young Master, you're back!" At this moment, Yin Ranyue walked in from the kitchen. When she saw Qin Ziling, her eyes suddenly lit up and she said with surprise.
"Yeah." Qin Ziling nodded with a smile.
"I'll boil a basin of hot water for you to wash your face, young master." Yin Ranyue said happily, and then she twisted her waist and turned around to go back to the kitchen.
"No need to be so troublesome." Qin Ziling smiled, then walked to the well, drew half a bucket of water, and splashed it on his face.
Seeing this, Yin Ranyue quickly took a towel and handed it to Qin Ziling.
"By the way, what breakthrough did you say just now, young master?" Looking at Qin Ziling wiping his face with a towel, Yin Ranyue suddenly remembered what he said when he came in, and asked curiously.
"Liu Xiaoqiang has broken through to the membrane realm!" Qin Ziling said with a smile.
"Ah! Brother Liu has made a breakthrough! That's great, now we have two martial artists at the membrane level in our family. I'll go tell my wife right away." Yin Ranyue was overjoyed when he heard that, and after that, he trotted towards the weaving room with a cheerful pace.
