Volume 1 Linglong Case Chapter 5: Martial Arts Levels
After getting the change, Lin Qianxing was led to the upper room by the waiter. He walked in and saw a bed, a table and two stools. On the table was a teapot and an upside-down teacup. Everything was relatively clean, and it was obvious that it was cleaned every day.
Lin Qianxing nodded secretly in his heart, thinking that the money was not wasted.
Immediately, Lin Qianxing asked for a basin of hot water and asked the waiter to bring some food over.
After closing the door and washing his face, Lin Qianxing ate hot food while looking at the sky outside through the wide open window.
He inexplicably traveled to a different world, became a thief, and happened to be involved in a major case.
If he didn't have the golden finger that comes standard with time travelers, it would be fine to just say it was a start from hell.
But it’s not good now. At most, it has changed from a hellish start to a warrior start.
Sighing slightly, Lin Qianxing summoned out the Rubik's Cube again and took a look at it. There was still no new game on it, and he didn't know when the next game would be available for him to play.
However, we cannot give up on improving ourselves, as there are martial artists in this world as well.
In the memories of his previous life, Lin Qianxing had seen a martial arts master who could shatter a stone half a person's height with one punch.
Moreover, his previous life was also considered a half-martial artist. The light skill that his adoptive father taught him was called "Yue Longmen".
To practice this light skill, one needs to use specific precious herbs to cleanse the body, and do strenuous exercises to strengthen and transform the membranes and muscles of the legs, so that one can eventually achieve the ability to jump several feet high and easily jump a distance of three to five feet.
In order to master this light skill, my predecessor had spent at least five hundred taels of silver.
So, it is impossible for ordinary people to practice martial arts without money.
At this time, Lin Qianxing thought of the internal force in his body again.
This internal force automatically operates according to a fixed cycle, and after being consumed, it will automatically extract energy from his cells to replenish it. This should be the kind of internal energy he knew in his previous life.
However, his internal strength is somewhat special. First of all, he does not need to actively practice the skills. Secondly, the upper limit of his internal strength seems to be fixed. When the internal strength in his dantian reaches saturation, it will automatically stop running.
Lin Qianxing felt that he could write down this route, and then try to mobilize his internal energy to circulate it himself to see if he could make further progress.
In addition, when Lin Qianxing uses his internal energy to perform Qinggong, he will transmit it to the corresponding acupuncture points and tendons in his legs as if instinctively. He guessed that this should be a very advanced Qinggong, which can also be recorded, and he can try to teach it to others later.
And he was a little curious, can this internal force really only be used to perform light skills?
After thinking about it, Lin Qianxing picked up the chopsticks. With a thought, his internal force was mobilized and directly poured into the chopsticks in his hand.
The internal force surged out from the dantian, passed through the meridians of the arm, reached the fingertips, and then quickly flowed into the chopsticks in the hand.
At this moment, Lin Qianxing felt a sense of sluggishness. He understood that this was because the energy conductivity of chopsticks was not strong.
So he added a little more internal force, and soon his internal force covered the entire chopstick.
At this time, there was a layer of bright white light on the surface of the chopsticks, and Lin Qianxing felt as if his fingers were extended.
He poked the table with his chopsticks.
Wow!
The solid wood table top was instantly pierced by the chopsticks.
Retracting his internal energy, Lin Qianxing carefully looked at the chopsticks in his hand.
There was not the slightest damage on it, and under the protection of internal force, there was not even a trace of scratch.
Lin Qianxing felt slightly delighted.
He knew that internal energy should not be used in such a simple way.
If infusing internal force into chopsticks has such lethality, what if it is infused into weapons?
Cutting iron like mud?
After trying it out for a while, Lin Qianxing roughly figured out the nature of some internal forces.
Simply infusing it into the tendons and veins of the arms or legs can greatly increase strength, as well as slightly increase the ability to withstand blows, and can even be used to protect the internal organs.
This is a bit like a kind of biological energy that can be accumulated, mobilized when needed, and used in short bursts to do all kinds of incredible things.
But this thing also requires skills to play better.
The effects of roughly infusing internal force into the legs and using light-kung techniques to infuse internal force into the corresponding acupoints and tendons are completely different.
Simply put, the latter is at least five times more efficient than the former and consumes less energy.
The former did too much useless work and wasted too much internal energy.
Unfortunately, Lin Qianxing currently only possesses the skills of Qinggong.
He didn't know any other techniques and could only roughly transfer his internal energy to various parts of his body for use.
However, Lin Qianxing did not dare to try it recklessly. At least until now, he did not dare to transfer his internal energy to his head.
Although he felt that all his meridians were open and it was very easy for his internal energy to flow to his eyes, he didn't understand this thing after all, so he had to give up on it.
After the meal, Lin Qianxing called the waiter to clear the dishes on the table, then gave him one or two taels of silver as a reward and asked him to find a map of Dayu Kingdom.
As long as the money was sufficient, the other party would work efficiently, and soon Lin Qianxing got a finely drawn map.
The waiter told me that he bought it directly from a fortune teller in town.
Hearing this, Lin Qianxing was startled and asked, "Is there a Qigong practitioner in this town?"
The waiter explained, "When Mr. Xu was young, he worked as an astronomy student at the Imperial Astronomical Bureau and learned how to read the weather. He also tried to recruit apprentices in the town, but most of them were not talented, so his skills were not passed down."
Lin Qianxing understood.
According to the memory of his predecessor, the Sitianjian was a special organization in the Dayu Kingdom. It was filled with Qigong practitioners who could predict the weather, make strange tools, and breathe in the vital energy of heaven and earth. Although they were usually not seen, if there was a break in the ground somewhere, they would be needed to go there to observe the veins of the earth and calculate the weather. In addition, they also had the ability to regulate wind and rain, and through some special means, they could make places that had been dry for a long time get rain, and avoid floods and earthquakes in advance.
It is because of these people in the Sitianjian that the Dayu Kingdom can have good weather and good harvests.
Unfortunately, becoming a Qigong practitioner requires extremely high talent, and the number of people in the entire Sitianjian of the Dayu Kingdom does not exceed two hundred.
Lin Qianxing thought that he could get in touch with this old man later to see if he had any talent.
"Is there a martial artist in your town? I am also a martial artist and I would like to go and ask him for advice." Lin Qianxing asked.
"Yes, go north from the inn and you will find a Zhu's boxing gym. There is a martial artist named Zhu Jiang in the gym. Many children in the town have gone there to learn boxing for a year or two. The tuition is not expensive, only one hundred coins a year." After the waiter finished speaking, he looked at Lin Qianxing and said, "Sir, is there anything else you want to know?"
"Nothing else, you can go." Lin Qianxing waved his hand.
"Then I'll take my leave." The waiter bowed and left the room, closing the door behind him.
Lin Qianxing unfolded the map he got from the waiter in the house and looked at it carefully.
The Dayu Kingdom was not small and was once wealthy. In its heyday it was even called the Dayu Dynasty, a great empire that ruled over a region.
Today, Dayu Kingdom has been established for more than 3,000 years. It has experienced ups and downs. Although it is no longer as prosperous as it was 3,000 years ago, it still has 12 states left. It has a vast territory and rich resources. The people's lives are not rich, but as long as they are diligent, at least they will not have to worry about food and clothing.
The place where Lin Qianxing is currently located is within Cangzhou.
The nearest big city to him is Linyang City, which is estimated to be less than thirty miles away from Hecang Town. If he travels in the air, he should be able to reach the destination in about a quarter of an hour unless he is in a hurry.
But before that, he wanted to go to the town's martial arts master to learn about the situation of martial arts in this world.
After packing up the valuables in the package and taking them with him, Lin Qianxing closed the door and left the inn.
Then he followed the direction given by the waiter and after asking around, he saw the Zhu's Boxing Gym.
The writing on the plaque looked quite old. Lin Qianxing guessed that this boxing gym must have been open for quite a few years.
He stepped inside and saw a middle-aged man in black clothes, about 1.9 meters tall and with a full beard, teaching a dozen children martial arts.
Seeing Lin Qianxing, he called an older child to the stage to lead the rest of the children to continue practicing boxing, while he walked towards Lin Qianxing.
"Young man, what can bring you here?" Zhu Jiang came up to Lin Qianxing, clasped his fists and asked.
"You're welcome. May I ask if you are Zhu Jiang, the owner of Zhu Pavilion?" Lin Qianxing returned the greeting and asked.
"It's me." Zhu Jiang said.
"I am a traveler passing through your town. I heard that Master Zhu can teach martial arts , so I came here to learn a thing or two."
As Lin Qianxing spoke, he took out a silver note worth one tael and handed it directly to Zhu Jiang.
"It won't cost that much!" Zhu Jiang waved his hand and said, "Only one hundred coins will be enough."
"Master Zhu, please don't refuse. In addition to learning boxing, I also want to ask you some things about martial arts." Lin Qianxing forced the banknote into Zhu Jiang's hand and said.
Zhu Jiang wanted to refuse, but no one can resist money, so he finally said, "Whatever you want to know, I will try my best to tell you as long as I know it."
Soon, Lin Qianxing was invited in and started discussing with Zhu Jiang.
After a while, Lin Qianxing walked out of Zhu's Boxing Gym with a boxing manual in his hand, with a look of realization on his face.
From Zhu Jiang, Lin Qianxing learned about the basic levels of martial arts in this world. Combining this with the memories of his previous life, he had a general understanding of these.
First of all, martial arts cultivation seems to be divided into four major realms.
They are tempering the body, refining the spirit, unity, and supernatural powers.
There are five small realms in body tempering: skin training, tendon strengthening, bone strengthening, marrow cleansing, and blood transfusion.
The cultivation methods for these realms are all recorded in the boxing manual that Lin Qianxing bought from Zhu Jiang for five hundred taels of silver.
As for the three realms of soul refining, unity, and supernatural powers, Zhu Jiang didn't know.
It is worth mentioning that if one reaches the first level of the Body Tempering Realm, Skin Training, one can use the skin to resist ordinary swords and knives without getting hurt. If one reaches the level of Muscle Changing, one's muscles can be as strong as iron chains and one's strength can reach ten thousand pounds. If one practices to the final level of Blood Exchange, one can increase one's lifespan by a hundred years, allowing the warrior to live to two hundred years old.
And these are only the first of the four realms of martial arts cultivation.
From this point of view, is this world unexpectedly a world of advanced martial arts?
That’s not true, after all, there are still Qigong practitioners and so on.
It should be considered a fantasy world, right?
