Star Sky Professional
Chapter 63 Rough Jade (Please Follow)

Chapter 63: Chapter 63 Rough Jade (Please Follow)

Otherworld.

Temporary underground camp.

"During the winter break, I have a month to explore this place properly... After breaking through the Rough Jade Realm, even without using a laser gun, my strength should at least match those in the late Qi Cultivation stage, perhaps even perfection," Fang Xing mused.

Fang Xing sat cross-legged with a medicine bottle in front of him.

Upon opening it, a snow-white pill, resembling jade and known as ’Innate Pill,’ rolled out.

"The quality from Green Pill Workshop is indeed trustworthy... and this bottle has never been opened before."

He stood up and began to diligently practice the Great Dragon Stance and Hidden Tiger Stance.

Hoo-hoo!

His breaths were dragon-like, his movements swift as the wind, turning the room into a furnace with the temperature continuously rising.

In the midst of exercising his moving skills, Fang Xing could feel his skin, flesh, and sinews and bones all connecting...

Federation Martial Arts of the Blue Star Federation, first tackling skin and flesh, then sinews and bones—he had mastered them both!

Now his physique could be regarded as having Jade Skin and Mysterious Flesh, Willow Sinews and Steel Bones!

It indeed represented the pinnacle of the first two realms that a martial artist could reach!

He even had a vague premonition that even without taking any elixirs, as long as he persisted, he would inevitably break through in three to six months!

Such were the benefits of a robust foundation!

"But obviously I don’t have that much time... How precious is the winter break? I still need to explore this world!"

"Moreover, in martial competitions, being one step ahead means being ahead at every step! My favorite strategy is never to fight unprepared, always seeking to dominate by realm."

"What about the spirit of Martial Arts that talks about challenging stronger opponents? Historically, martial arts have always been about victory or defeat, the victor stands and dictates what’s right, the defeated can only lie down, and whatever they say is considered wrong!"

Fang Xing’s eyes were resolute as he swallowed the ’Innate Pill.’

The sensation from the ’Innate Pill’ was completely different from other body-tempering elixirs.

As he activated the Qi and blood in his stomach to digest the pill, Fang Xing felt strands of coolness beginning to spread from his abdomen, slowly seeping into his five internal organs and six viscers...

The Rough Jade Realm! Claimed to turn the human body into Rough Jade, where the inner breath is continuous and perfected in unity!

Simply put, after tempering the skin, flesh, sinews, and bones, the process moves from external to internal, cultivating internal breath post-mastery of external skills.

Then, using this inner breath to refine the five internal organs and the six viscers!

Once the five internal organs and the six viscers are perfected and the inner breath becomes unified and whole, one would have reached the peak of Rough Jade, a complete human body, ready to attempt the opening of the Mud Pill Palace, breaking through into the Courage Realm!

Huff... Sigh...

Fang Xing’s breath was long and steady, feeling the threads of coolness spreading, easily endured and digested by his robust body; within his five internal organs and six visceras, it felt like sprouts were emerging.

That was... Inner Breath!

Or in the terms of this world’s martial artists, it was Innate True Qi!

"Indeed as easy as turning one’s hand over, just like making water flow in a channel!"

He exhaled deeply, looking at his fingertips.

Puff!

With a mere thought, several inches of Innate True Qi suddenly burst from his fingertips.

It was highly flexible, yet imbued with a sharp essence.

"Previously, I achieved Sword and Saber Radiance by relying on level-A martial arts to propel it, now it’s the inner breath circulating through my body, completely at my will..."

Fang Xing murmured, looking at his attribute bar:

[Name: Fang Xing]

[Age: 17]

[Profession: Martial Artist]

[Third Realm: Rough Jade (Five Organs: 11/100)]

[Military Boxing Twelve Styles: 53/200 (Skilled)]

[Great Dragon Stance: 5/400 (Master)]

[Hidden Tiger Stance: 69/200 (Skilled)]

[Ghost God Saber: 37/100 (Skilled)]

[Extreme Emotion Sword: 8/100 (Skilled)]

[Dragon Elephant Skill: 5/100 (Beginner)]

[Gate of All Heavens (Charging)]

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"The effects of the Innate Pill are remarkable; it even pushed forward my mastery levels after initiating the cultivation of the five internal organs..."

Glancing at his realm, Fang Xing couldn’t help but show a hint of satisfaction: "A seventeen-year-old Rough Jade Realm martial artist is considered a genius on Chuying Star, right? After all, Gu Yun is still struggling in the Second Realm..."

"This world indeed is a treasure trove!"

He knew well the root of his rapid progress in martial arts and was determined to leverage this advantage even more thoroughly.

"The cultivation of a Rough Jade martial artist involves continually accumulating inner breath and tempering the five internal organs and six viscera... Once the five internal organs and six viscera are perfected into one cohesive whole, one can break through to the Martial Arts Fourth Realm!"

"In the market, there are also elixirs suitable for Innate Martial Artists to consume... Although they are quite expensive, using ingredients used in the early Qi Cultivation stage to enhance mana, they indeed greatly boost Innate True Qi..."

Fang Xing’s gaze drifted lower, and although he had abandoned military boxing due to breaking through various martial arts and realms, the proficiency had still increased somewhat.

The Great Dragon Stance and Hidden Tiger Stance form the foundation of daily diligent practice, yet advancing in them both proved somewhat challenging.

There’s not much to say about the Ghost God Saber and Extreme Emotion Sword, only that their moves require much real combat practice.

As for the final Dragon Elephant Skill?

"After becoming Rough Jade and possessing Innate True Qi, it seems that the Dragon Elephant Skill also brings considerable benefits?"

Fang Xing mused in spirit, envisioning the mighty bodhisattva of the Dragon Elephant Great Power, feeling his blood surge all over, countless strands of Innate True Qi densely interwoven, seemingly entangling to form layers of ’Dragon Scale’!

And upon his skin, it seemed as if he’d gained an invisible layer of ’Elephant Armor’!

"This is the Dragon Scale Elephant Armor! Indeed, after entering the gateway of Dragon Elephant Skill, my defensive power has greatly increased... As for the increase in strength? I haven’t felt much yet, probably because my martial arts have been advancing rapidly, and my strength has been continuously growing..."

"With this layer of Dragon Scale Elephant Armor, it feels like wearing an outer layer of iron armor, with a layer of thick leather armor in the middle, and finally my physique, making up three layers of defense... and it doesn’t hinder agility at all, similar to being in a state of wearing nothing!"

A flash of cold light, and Fang Xing drew out a steel saber, casually chopping it toward himself!

Thunk!

The steel saber was actually bounced off!

"Indeed, once mastering an A-grade martial art, even when wearing nothing, I am invulnerable to ordinary iron!"

Clang!

After experimenting with ordinary iron, Fang Xing drew out the Mo Wen Sword.

This sword was sharp, comparable to any low-grade magic artifact.

He stretched out his robust, yet translucent jade-like arm, placing the blade atop it, and lightly pulled!

Fang Xing could distinctly feel the sharpness of the Mo Wen Sword as it sliced through the Dragon Scale and landed on the Elephant Skin, where the force was continuously dissipated.

He silently increased his strength, the Mo Wen Sword laboriously cut through the Elephant Armor’s defense, and then landed on the Jade Skin.

After being dissipated by the Jade Skin, a sword strike that could have severed the arm of an Innate Martial Artist now only caused him a slight cut, leaving behind a trace of blood.

Even as Fang Xing’s powerful physiological recovery kicked in, this trace of blood quickly faded and disappeared...

"Triple defense, each layer dissipating force? Not bad, not bad..."

Fang Xing was quite satisfied with this, "It should compare well to those in the initial stage of Qi Cultivation who are Body Refining practitioners..."

The initial stage of Qi Cultivation body refining practitioners certainly cannot barehandedly block a low-grade magic artifact!

The more one is a body refiner, the more one must wear Spirit Armor to enhance defense!

Fang Xing understood this principle well.

"An initial stage Qi Cultivation body refiner, although low-grade magic artifacts can injure them, it is very hard to kill with just a few strikes... And if wearing Spirit Armor, they become like human killing machines, capable of charging into a group of Qi Cultivation Cultivators, regardless of spells bombarding or magic artifact attacks... The key for a body refiner at early Qi Cultivation lies in their endurance! To withstand both the penetration and impact of low-grade magic artifacts and initial stage spells!"

Even for body refiners, relying solely on physique to clash with enemies is very foolish.

So if Fang Xing were to battle against cultivators, the first thing he would do is put on a Nano Protective Suit, and even attach a few Defense Talismans!

’With this triple defense, plus a Nano Protective Suit and Talismans... I dare to directly block a few strikes of top-grade magic artifacts or even spells striking from the late stage of Qi Cultivation!’

’The protection can withstand, a situation of being unable to endure won’t happen to me!’

’Plus my mental resistance... Below the Foundation Establishment stage, there are basically no foes worth watching out for.’

Body cultivation also has its weaknesses, namely its fragile spiritual awareness and low Sea of Consciousness defense.

Yet for a Blue Star Martial Artist, if the mental defense is even slightly weak, one is dead or mad!

Thus, the spiritual defense of Blue Star Martial Artists is extremely strong!

Compared to body refinement here, it’s said to have no weaknesses!

Of course, Fang Xing had never seen body refiners comparable to Foundation Establishment cultivators, so he did not know the performance of cultivators at high ranks here.

But as far as he could tell, during the Qi Cultivation stage, this principle still holds.

"Unfortunately... the defense of ordinary Nano Protective Suits only reaches the Rough Jade Realm... Higher protection would be in military exoskeletons and mechas... which cannot be found even on the black market."

Fang Xing was full of complaints in his heart.

If he had a choice, he would actually be quite keen to try piloting a mecha.

If he could pilot a mecha to battle against cultivators, that visual would be too beautiful, almost unimaginable...

"Moreover, this isn’t even my limit... Now that I’ve broken through to the Rough Jade Realm, I can cultivate S-grade martial arts!"

"That ’Great Vajra Wisdom Divine Power,’ which Xia Long highly praised, is obviously extraordinary..."

"Moreover, it can further merge and advance to ’Dragon Elephant Vajra Invincible Divine Authority’!"

"’Divine Skills, Divine Authority’... just the name alone tells how remarkable it is."

"Alright, I can’t count on gaining divine authority soon, but if I manage to master the ’Great Vajra Wisdom Divine Power,’ maybe I could challenge the Foundation Establishment?"

"Alas, still, I must keep a low profile... who lets there be Core Formation real people in the city?"

"Just a brief glimpse from a drone can deduce that a Core Formation real person is extremely dangerous, with data matching the combat capabilities of military fighters..."

The military forces of the Blue Star Federation must go toe-to-toe with devotees of the Evil God!

Any military-grade weapon represents tremendous power, incomparable to those of ancient models!

They are exceedingly rare in typical black markets!

Fang Xing went to the surveillance room and began to read the logs.

Speaking of which, it had been a while since his last visit, as he had to prepare for final exams.

This return was also a direct breakthrough.

Suddenly, his eyes narrowed, "What is happening here?"