Martial Saint!
Chapter 260 - 0185 Golden Body Breakthrough Realm (3k)

Chapter 260: 0185 Golden Body Breakthrough Realm (3k)

Principal’s home.

"You’re saying that Chenzhou’s cross training talent is no less than Lufang’s?"

Wang Changming was wiping a silver long spear engraved with a ferocious silver-white Divine Dragon. In the dim room, an invisible splendid light reflected off the four walls.

Chen Jiu withdrew his gaze from the Divine Weapon "White Dragon Bright Silver Spear."

"Yes, this young man progressed from a beginner to near-mastery in Golden Body Skill in just five months... I conservatively estimate that within three years, he will likely reach Perfection."

After Wang Changming finished cleaning the spear, he placed it on the weapon rack. He then took out a crescent saber engraved with the Mystic Tiger pattern, its divine light pulsating as though it too was a Divine Weapon. He started wiping it gently with an oil paper soaked in grease made from the remnants of past Heavenly Kings.

He said calmly, "That’s quite good. Give him some extra points on the Hidden Dragon List. After he becomes a Martial Artist, we’ll see how things go. He might even learn the ’Dragon Elephant Heaven-Supporting Divine Skill.’"

Chen Jiu’s expression changed slightly.

"That... seems a bit exaggerated."

This cultivation technique was rather special.

After becoming a Martial Artist, one could learn both True Skills and Divine Skills.

However, to learn a Divine Skill, one required a massive amount of Great Merit, take a Grandmaster as a master, and swear various martial vows and edicts before being taught. Additionally, the difficulty of beginning a Divine Skill was extremely high, and not suitable for ordinary Martial Artists as it could waste their time without yielding any results.

The difference between a True Skill and a Divine Skill lies in their limits.

A Lower Grade True Skill, when cultivated to its limit, could barely break through the Second Shackles.

A Middle Grade True Skill could reach the Third Shackles Breaker.

An Upper Grade True Skill might achieve a Breakthrough Forth.

As for Divine Skills, even the weakest could advance a practitioner to Grandmaster.

By this logic, a Supreme Divine Skill might make it possible for one to become a Breakthrough Seven Shackles powerhouse.

The better the quality of the True Skill, the greater its power and the higher its limit.

But each individual must choose what fits them best.

For instance, this Dragon Elephant Heaven-Supporting Divine Skill is an Upper Level Divine Skill. Its founder was a Great Grandmaster from the old Buddhist sects, the Sky-climbing Dharma King. His Buddhist teachings and Martial Arts expertise, if present today, would put him at the pinnacle, able to reach the Absolute Peak of Martial Arts. Alas, constrained by his era, he ultimately faded into history.

The Sky-climbing Dharma King once said:

The finite potential of the ’Dragon Elephant Heaven-Supporting Divine Skill’ goes beyond that of a Great Grandmaster. The skill could reach higher than a Grandmaster, even the legendary realms of deities and Buddhas.

Regrettably, this Divine Skill is exceedingly difficult.

The initial stages are alright, a normal level of difficulty for a Divine Skill.

But as one progresses, the difficulty multiplies exponentially, tougher even than a Supreme Divine Skill.

Among the myriad cultivators throughout history, there has been none who reached the fourteenth layer; yet, its theoretical limit stands at twenty-one layers!

However, the current practical cultivation limit of this skill is only thirteen layers. As far as Chen Jiu knows, throughout history, there may have only been three who reached the thirteenth layer.

One was the founding Sky-climbing Dharma King.

Another was the current world-ranked number 5 Great Grandmaster, Tuo Tian Head Monk.

And the third... probably the Cangtian Dragon King.

If not for some specific aspects of the skill, it could also be considered a Supreme Divine Skill. The reason it fails to reach the ’Supreme’ status is that no one has used this technique to reach the top and Breakthrough Seventh Shackles. Hence, the Da Xia Martial Arts Association ranks it as an Upper Level Divine Skill.

Wang Changming saw the change in Chen Jiu’s expression and said with a smile,

"I don’t really understand cross training either; I’m just making a suggestion. It’s up to you and Lufang to judge based on the actual situation. According to current observations, Lu Chenzhou’s potential seems like an infinite treasure trove that is slowly improving.

He may awaken a Martial Bone Dao Embryo that is unparalleled in history, not belonging to any existing kind. I believe, one day, he will take the initiative to learn the ’Dragon Elephant Heaven-Supporting Divine Skill,’ since it is the only divine level cross training technique.

Just guide him well, and let him arrange the specifics himself."

Chen Jiu breathed a sigh of relief.

Choosing the wrong cultivation technique could easily ruin one’s future, after all, because some True Skills are mutually exclusive due to conflicting attributes and cannot be practiced together.

The plan he had for Lu Chenzhou was to first master the Golden Body Skill, then proceed to learn ’Golden Bell Jade Drum Ming King Body,’ and then smoothly transition until Lu Chenzhou was capable of creating his own cross training Martial Arts, becoming a Path Breaker like Lufang.

’The Dragon Elephant Heaven-Supporting Divine Skill’ can be learned later when one becomes a top-level strong person like the Cangtian Dragon King, not everyone is a Tuo Tian Head Monk, a natural-born Buddha’s son!

Chen Jiu left.

Principal Wang was at that moment wiping an Eight-sided Han Sword with phoenix patterns engraved on it, the blade of the sword depicted a divine bird flying to the heavens, bathed in flames, emitting an aura of mottled years.

Everyone knew.

The reason why the Three Extremes Saint was born to the Elephant Form Boxing Lineage, yet excelled in the martial methods of sabers, swords, and spears, was because he alone monopolized three Inheriting Divine Weapons of Grandmaster Level that had been passed down for a thousand years by the top old-school Martial Arts sect ’Sword Casting Manor’:

The White Dragon Bright Silver Spear!

The Mystic Tiger Crescent Saber!

The Vermilion Bird Sky Burning Sword!

With all three weapons wielded, he could shake the Heavenly King!

...

Three days later.

Lu Chenzhou got up early in the morning and looked at the Martial Arts Tree.

"Eighteen Arhats Golden Body Skill: Proficient (100%) → Mastery (1%)"

"I’ve made another breakthrough."

During the night, he felt as if there were billions of ants gnawing inside him, extremely itchy; he knew this was the transformation of his flesh, that the Golden Body Skill was about to break through. Within his acupoints, the heavy golden mercury-like power began to emerge, fortifying his skull, scalp, solidifying his torso, limbs, hands and feet—his entire body was undergoing an earth-shattering transformation.

It was as if the mountains and seas were being reshaped!

"This feeling... it’s somewhat familiar."

Lu Chenzhou stood in front of the mirror, took off his protective gear, and in an instant, a faint purple glow spread out. Within the purple light, a dense verdant radiance overflowed from the outside of his upper body, its color similar to that of the Stone Buddha Arhat Body but purer and richer, ancient and majestic, making him look like an unearthed bronze artifact.

"The body like green rock is the mark of mastery of the Golden Body Skill..."

Lu Chenzhou used an alloy blade to cut the green film, and the final test result was almost as he expected—his overall defense power was already impervious to ordinary blades and spears.

Overall defense power stronger than the Small Success level of Arhat Skill, but weaker than the Great Success level.

This is what a first-class Martial Arts could achieve; mere mastery already has such an effect.

To follow, Small Success, Great Success, Perfection... unimaginable.

Lu Chenzhou discovered that the golden film’s luminosity on his upper body was also becoming increasingly intense, the defense power far stronger than other body areas. He used the Fist Blade Mountain King to cut the golden film, needing to exert a bit more force to make a cut.

If ordinary people were given a C9 alloy weapon, with their strength, it would be very difficult to penetrate Lu Chenzhou’s golden film, which had strong toughness. It’s probably as hard for ordinary people as trying to cut a rubber tire with a regular knife blade.

"No problem, the Golden Body Skill at Perfection could definitely withstand a sniper rifle bullet."

Preventing penetrating damage is just the most basic function of the golden film.

It can also slow down the impact and weaken the dark force...

Once Lu Chenzhou had put on his protective suit, he could not help but sigh. With these two layers of protection, a martial artist’s offense should not be able to break through his defense in a short time.

"Feeling completely safe."

He checked the Hidden Dragon List as part of his daily routine.

"Huh, added another 3000 points, ranked 458 now... It’s most likely Mr. Chen told the evaluation committee about my Golden Body Skill breakthrough."

This year, the state policy was inclined to support Hard Qigong. Dragon City Martial Arts University also made adjustments accordingly, raising the Hidden Dragon List’s points weight for Hard Qigong.

"There’s no way I can surpass Li Fu in the short term."

Lu Chenzhou looked at Li Fu, ranked 420.

He enjoyed the feeling of slowly surpassing strong rivals.

Even though Li Fu didn’t know him at all.

Qi Blood Measurement Room.

"Your Qi Blood Value has reached 7.66..."

After measuring his Qi-Blood, Lu Chenzhou fell silent.

"Well, the Tiger Spirit Divine Fist hasn’t reached Perfection yet, and my Qi-Blood is already reaching its limit. The increase in Qi-blood from the Golden Body Skill is not negligible, after all, it is a first-class Hard Qigong. Others who achieve Perfection in first-class fist techniques usually only break 7 Qi-Blood, I still need to find a way to grind to 8."

Qi-Blood overflow should be the only problem for those who cultivate both internally and externally.

...

End of May.

Another rainy season.

In Su City, the evening was hot and muggy.

A young man dressed in the Flying Swallow Martial Arts Hall’s clothing had just finished his fist training, a martial arts enthusiast who came here to follow in Lu Chenzhou’s footsteps.

In the rainy night, his figure suddenly stopped.

Ahead at the street corner, there seemed to be a fleeting white shadow drifting by.

"Void Things?"

His face changed dramatically, and he immediately ran toward the Martial Arts Hall.

"Master Ji, there are Void Things!"

He wanted to cry out for help, but he felt enveloped by an invisible force as deep as the ocean; when he opened his mouth, there was no sound, and the terror of sleep paralysis surged in his heart.

...

Shortly after, Ji Xuantong left the Martial Arts Hall to go home.

Suddenly, his gaze sharpened.

A mobile phone lay dropped in a puddle, its alarm ringing incessantly.

Ji Xuantong picked it up.

"This is Xiao Zhao’s phone..."

He called Xiao Zhao’s family, only to be told that Xiao Zhao hadn’t come home.

Ji Xuantong’s expression changed, sensing that something was terribly wrong.

He immediately reported to the police and disappeared into the rain.

Minutes later, Ji Xuantong returned to the Martial Arts Hall.

His brows were furrowed; evidently, he had found nothing.

"What kind of ghostly thing is this? Is it a Void Thing?"

If it were a Nether Level Great Void, the Daling acupoint would have warned. Unless it’s a Void Thing of an exceedingly high level that had escaped his senses. Yet, the appearance of such a Great Void in the world would definitely alarm Martial Arts Masters and even Grandmasters. So he could almost be sure that the culprit was human.

He had been kind and friendly all his life and never had serious feuds with anyone.

Even minor disagreements would quickly pass.

That’s why he could have friends who were martial artists all over the world.

Ji Xuantong was utterly confused as the incident had occurred too suddenly.

"Let’s wait for the police to arrive and check the surveillance."

Whoever did this must be very confident in their abilities, daring to commit the act in front of a martial artist.

Recalling his missing friend Jiang Jiao, Ji Xuantong had a bad feeling.

After pondering for a moment, Ji Xuantong dialed the Three True Inheritors’ phone.

Fei Yan and Ru Yu might have been in class, and it was Lu Chenzhou who answered first.

"Master, what’s wrong?"

"Just now, a student was mysteriously abducted near our Martial Arts Hall, likely by the Black Knight. I don’t know if it’s targeted at me. Anyway, don’t leave school these days, and remind your two sisters as well."

"Alright, I won’t go out recently."

After hanging up, Ji Xuantong returned to the Martial Arts Hall.

It wasn’t long before the police arrived at the scene.

The officer in charge was a middle-aged Martial Arts Master from Pingjiang Police Station.

Thunderbolt Sword·Lu Jun.

He had thick eyebrows, large eyes, and a sturdy figure, with a long sword hanging at his waist.

"Master Ji, what’s the situation?"

Ji Xuantong:

"Just now, someone near the Martial Arts Hall abducted one of my students. I was cultivating at that time, and by the time I came out, the person was gone."

Lu Jun said:

"Was it a Void Thing?"

Ji Xuantong shook his head:

"I didn’t see anything, but I have a gut feeling it was a person. Daling acupoint didn’t alert me, and unless it’s a very strong Great Void, it couldn’t have evaded my senses."

Lu Jun nodded.

"Makes sense, let’s check the surveillance."

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