Martial Saint!
Chapter 113 - 0103 Tiger Spirit Divine Strike

Chapter 113: 0103 Tiger Spirit Divine Strike

Hong Fu took out four Martial Arts Boxing Manuals and introduced them, saying,

"These four are the First Class Martial Arts techniques I have mastered, ’Tiger Roar Mountain River Fist’, ’Tiger Spirit Divine Fist’, ’Five Tigers Life-cutting Saber’, and ’Tiger Shadow Mysterious Steps’. Although I am now close to breaking the Second Shackles, I frequently use them.

Apart from the ’Tiger Shadow Mysterious Steps’, practicing the other three techniques to Perfection can let your Qi-Blood reach the Ninth Rank. Paired with Heavenly Pile and other Martial Arts, it is not hard to grind your Qi-Blood up to the standard of the Extreme Limit Realm of the Tenth Rank. Look at the basic introductions and choose one.

With your current cultivation, you do not need to practice a First Class movement technique just yet. That is something to consider only above the Power Transformation Realm. ’Mountain Crossing Body’ will be sufficient for you to use for a long time."

"I understand, teacher," Lu Chenzhou replied.

Lu Chenzhou took the manuals and compared them closely.

After he had finished, Hong Fu roughly introduced them again:

"’Tiger Roar Mountain River Fist’ originated from the Luo Water Tuoba family in the old Central Plains area and was later improved by the Martial Arts Association. The style of this fist is broad and extensive, upright, and honorable.

’Tiger Spirit Divine Fist’ was originally a fraudulent trick among itinerant Daoists, but our former principal of Dragon City Martial Arts University, ’Patriarch Dragon Juniper · Li Huaiyi’, blazed a new trail by extracting its essence and discarding the dross, creating this First Class Martial Arts.

The so-called Divine Strike was originally a technique for inviting a deity to possess one’s body, but Martial Artists firmly believe there are no all-knowing and omnipotent gods in the world. The ’god’ within humans is our own body, forged a thousand times, and our unyielding will. Therefore, the ’inviting of a god’ here refers to drawing on the Divine Storage Power from the acupoints within us—the more acupoints are opened, the stronger the power.

Once perfected, in your body, you can gather the formless and insubstantial ’Tiger Spirit Evil God’. The Tiger Spirit merges with the aura, which can be said to be the embryonic form of a Martial Artist’s aura!"

Hearing about Qi Po, Lu Chenzhou recalled the Corpse Guardian Evil Tiger.

He couldn’t help asking, "Teacher, I once saw what seemed to be a black tiger crouching behind the Corpse Guardian Evil Tiger. It looked both real and illusory—I’m not sure if it was just a trick of the eye. Is that thing a Qi Po?"

Hong Fu smiled and said, "Then you are fortunate. Senior Lu rarely shows his Qi Po in front of ordinary people... Yes, that black tiger is indeed a Qi Po! But to reach his level, you must at least break the Third Shackles, and you must influence your own Qi-Blood with a powerful will and aura to finally externalize your own Qi Po through the transformation of your Qi-Blood.

If you just want to gather a Qi Po that can aid in combat, breaking the Second Shackles is enough. It is well known that Martial Arts is the path of cultivating Spirit, Energy, and Essence together. When your will and spirit are strong enough, you can nurture a primary stage Qi Po, which cannot be externalized but can be used through your aura to attack and shake the enemy’s spirit, causing them to experience illusions that take physical form.

Qi Po may not be a decisive factor in battles between Martial Artists, but it is a magic weapon against formless and elusive spectral Void Things!

If you had Senior Lu’s strength, you wouldn’t need to actually fight. Merely by releasing your invincible Qi Po, you could suppress the weak Void Things within your vicinity. Envious, right?"

Lu Chenzhou nodded.

"Envious."

"If you’re envious, then practice well. Lastly, this ’Five Tigers Life-cutting Saber’ should be the most powerful amongst these three offensive Martial Arts techniques, especially since it’s a Saber Technique. Before breaking the shackles, having alloy cold weapons gives an absolute advantage in battles against Martial Artists. But honestly, when competing with others in the school, it’s generally more common to use fists.

My suggestion is to first practice ’Tiger Spirit Divine Fist’ or ’Tiger Roar Mountain River’. If you later become interested in Saber Techniques, then practice ’Five Tigers Life-cutting Saber’...

By the way, I remember you once passed the qualification test for a Void Blade.

With that certificate, you can carry weapons with you."

Lu Chenzhou was lost in thought.

He actually preferred using fist techniques. The path of saber techniques had never crossed his mind, and even if he were to equip cold weapons, he thought about using the less popular ones: Fist Blades!

But as the saying goes, "An inch longer, an inch stronger."

In terms of straightforward power and lethality, saber techniques were certainly more ferocious.

Oh well, no point in agonizing over it; let’s focus on fist techniques for now. As his strength improved, most cold weapons would become obsolete, and eventually, he would have to resort to using his fists.

"Teacher, I will practice the ’Tiger Spirit Divine Fist’!"

Divine Strike and Qi Po were related and much more profound.

"Very well."

Hong Fu instructed Lu Chenzhou to watch carefully as he leaped onto the wooden pile, limbering up his limbs, and then crossed his arms, clenching his fists inward, a stance similar to the beginning form of Hard Qi Gong.

"Tiger Spirit Divine Strike requires you to first learn to control your Qi. You have practiced Hard Qi Gong, so this should be relatively easy for you. When controlling Qi, pay attention to the changes in the acupoints that have already been opened within your body. You must highly focus your intention to sense the mysteries within!"

Lu Chenzhou had a question:

"Teacher, what does it mean to be highly focused?"

He had just tried it, and it seemed like he felt nothing...

Hong Fu answered:

"Good question! Since you have studied ’Martial Arts History’, you should know that Elephant Form Fist has ancient origins. Among them, the national hero General Yue was proficient in this method. He once asked a similar question to Zen Master Dahui, who instructed him to observe cats catching mice."

"Cats catching mice?"

"When a cat hunts a mouse, its eyes stare fixedly without blinking, it stations its four feet firmly on the ground, all its senses are aligned, it remains straight from head to tail; then every move it makes hits the target, its mind free of distractions, its intention ceases all irrelevant thoughts, its six senses in stillness, sitting quietly and deeply focused... This is what it means to be highly focused!"

Lu Chenzhou remembered.

When a cat caught a mouse, it indeed seemed to follow this principle.

Hong Fu continued:

"When I ask you to control Qi, I want you to push this Qi up to the forebrain and down to the Dantian, concentrating your spirit, energy, and essence along this Qi Line. Your attention will then follow the Qi Line into the acupoints, threading it like a needle, pulling on the divine power, and spreading it throughout the entire body, completing one cycle of ’Divine Strike’... If it’s difficult in the early stages, there’s another method to help you grasp it—you can intentionally breathe in and swallow saliva, and as you follow the saliva down, let your attention descend. Although it’s not complete, it aids in understanding the basics. In critical moments, this method can even be lifesaving, referred to as ’Corpse Guardian’ in Daoist terms. An example is that, if you’re shot and it doesn’t hit a vital area, you might not die immediately. During that time, by counting and concentrating your will to control your body, merging spirit, energy, and essence, you ignite your life’s potential!"

Hong Fu’s explanation was clear and easy to understand, leading Lu Chenzhou to a realization.

He finally understood why learning Martial Arts required a gradual and orderly progression.

Building up strength and mastering the essentials through Third-Class Martial Arts, transitioning step-by-step to Second-Class and First-Class Martial Arts, was the proper path. Unlike Wang Caiying, who forcibly studied First-Class Martial Arts, often lacking a solid foundation and depth, which made them less effective in real combat than him.

Hong Fu added:

"The Tiger Spirit Divine Fist is one of the most challenging in First-Class Martial Arts, akin to the status of Tiger Supreme Fist in Second-Class Martial Arts. Because some of its Martial Arts principles border on the realm of True Skil and involve the cultivation of intangible matters, like the willpower. If you could master it perfectly, paired with your foundation in Hard Qi Gong, I can guarantee that within the same realm in Fangshan, no one would be more formidable than