After the selection, the Wu's continued to hold a big banquet, holding an incomparably grand apprenticeship ceremony for their own second young master. Those who rushed to Qinlingjun City from all over to participate in the selection, regardless of whether they passed or not, were all kept until the end of the apprenticeship ceremony. Only then did they leave.
Compared to Wu Lao Er's apprenticeship with Wang She, the process of Junior Leopard and Shi Jing being apprenticed to the two Elders of the Wu's was much simpler.
After the apprenticeship ceremony, Qin Xuanlong and the rest were about to leave. Compared to Junior Leopard, the other two from Qingyang Market seemed a little disappointed.
The farewell meal was a little sad.
On the second day of the farewell meal, Junior Leopard and the Wu's disciples who passed the selection officially entered the Wu's courtyard.
They beheaded the chicken, burned the yellow paper, kowtowed a few times in the ancestral hall of the Wu's, and then dispersed.
Disciples entering the sect, in a well-known family like the Wu's, was not considered a big deal.
What was different from the others was that Junior Leopard and Shi Jing were both taken away by their respective masters. They lived with their masters, unlike the other inner core disciples who were squeezed together.
Junior Leopard's master's surname was Xu, Xu Yong. His ancestor was the first disciple of the founder of the Wu's. The Xu's was once the strongest branch of the Wu's. At its peak, the Xu's branch accounted for two-thirds of the Elders in the Wu's. However, it had declined for many years now. Xu Yong was now the only Elder of the Xu's branch in the Wu's, and he had just entered Level Five.
Like the other Elders, Xu Yong had a separate small courtyard in the Wu's courtyard. The courtyard was very big, and apart from Xu Yong's living quarters, there were more than ten rooms.
When Xu Yong and Junior Leopard walked into the courtyard, the remaining ten rooms had already been cleaned.
"From now on, you will live here!" Xu Yong brought Junior Leopard to the living room in the west wing, saying, "I have already told them to tidy it up. There is also a study over there, but there aren't many books. If you want to read, come to my study. I heard that you can read!"
"When I was in the village, I learned from a teacher!"
"Well, it's good that you've learned!" Xu Yong was very satisfied with Junior Leopard's literacy. "Come with me!"
Junior Leopard followed behind Xu Yong, feeling a little nervous in his heart. His master, from the moment he became his disciple, had not spoken more than 10 words to him. Moreover, it seemed that he was not a talkative person. He had to be more careful when getting along with him in the future.
"Sit down!" After entering the main hall, Xu Yong sat down and pointed to the chair beside him for Junior Leopard to sit down. As soon as Junior Leopard sat down, a green-clothed manservant came in with tea and said in a low voice, "Please have some tea!"
"This feels pretty good!" Until now, Junior Leopard really had the feeling of a carp leaping over the dragon's gate. He had now become the disciple of the Elder of the Wu Family, which was also the Inner Core disciple of the Wu Family. Compared to the other disciples of the Wu Family, his status had a qualitative leap. Apart from the few young masters of the Wu Family, it seemed that there was only someone like him.
"Thank you!" Junior Leopard nodded his head lightly and made a timely and polite response. The manservant did not expect Junior Leopard to say thank you. He looked at him with some surprise, lowered his head and went out the door.
"Zhou Bao, you're my disciple now. Don't be too restrained in front of me. I don't like to talk, and I've never taught a disciple before. So, if you have any questions when I teach you in the future, you can ask them without any scruples. Do you understand?!"
"I understand!" Hearing this, Junior Leopard felt relieved. His master seemed to be an honest person. He liked to deal with honest people.
"I've observed your cultivation. It seems that you've reached the realm of a Level One Warrior. Whether it's the strength of your body or the cultivation of your Internal Qi, you've reached an amazing realm. To be able to do this in a place like Qingyang Market, you're really not simple!"
"This is all because Master Qin and the others taught me well. I was just following their instructions!" Junior Leopard hurriedly lowered his head and said.
"Them?!" Xu Yong smiled, his face revealing a trace of disdain. "If they really had such ability, the Wu's would have dominated the Great Jin long ago. Why would we still be like today, trapped in Yunzhou!"
Junior Leopard's eyes flashed. From Xu Yong's words, he heard some hidden meaning. But looking at his cold smile and sigh, it seemed that he was talking to himself. Naturally, Junior Leopard did not dare to ask more and only waited for him to continue.
"I already know about your experience. I heard that before you entered the Wu's, you practiced the Ignis Skill of the Sect of Flame, right?!"
"Yes, I have learned it. But what I learned was only the entry level mental cultivation method!"
"Yes, the entry level mental cultivation method is also not bad. At your age, you could practice the Ignis Skill to a certain extent. It shows that your aptitude is still very high. It is because of your high aptitude that before I teach you, you still have to make a choice!"
"Choice? What choice?! "Junior Leopard asked curiously.
"My Wu's, even though it is known as a martial arts family, but after all, it is based on blacksmithing and weaponsmithing. Therefore, my Wu's disciples all have to learn blacksmithing and weaponsmithing. Of course, apart from blacksmithing and weaponsmithing, the cultivation of martial arts is also the most important. No matter blacksmithing and weaponsmithing or the way of cultivation of martial arts, they both require all of one's heart and soul. It is impossible to achieve both at the same time. For those disciples with average aptitude, it doesn't matter because even if they concentrate on one, it is difficult for them to have any real achievements. But for people like you, it is different. As long as you concentrate on one and put in the effort, it is very likely that you will break through the obstacles that others cannot and achieve results that others cannot imagine. Therefore, you need to make a choice whether to learn blacksmithing and weaponsmithing or the way of cultivation of martial arts!"
"Disciple, disciple wants to practice martial arts!" Junior Leopard did not even think about it and directly said.
"As expected!" A trace of disappointment flashed in the depths of Xu Yong's eyes, but he soon smiled and said, "Alright, since you have chosen to practice martial arts, then in the future, you must wholeheartedly train your muscles and bones, and condense your Inner Qi. The path of martial arts is like rowing a boat against the current, if you do not advance, you will fall back. You must not relax, do you understand?"
"I understand!"
"I heard that you used to practice the Demonic Bear Fist to train your skin and flesh. Although this fist technique is easy to learn, its effects are average. I don't know how you managed to cultivate it to this extent!" Xu Yong looked at Junior Leopard, his face revealing a trace of astonishment. "However, it seems that you have already squeezed out all of the effects of the Dark Bear Fist. Now, the effects of the Dark Bear Fist won't be as obvious as when you first started practicing it. Furthermore, it will even slow down the progress of your practice! “
"Speaking till here, he glanced at Junior Leopard. Do you feel that your body's strength and martial arts cultivation have already reached the limit of your age? If you continue practicing, it will hurt your muscles and bones and affect your future growth?"
Junior Leopard hurriedly nodded and said, "Yes, disciple feels that my cultivation has reached a bottleneck and I can no longer practice!"
"That's because the Demonic Bear Fist has reached its limit!" Xu Yong said, "I will now teach you a set of punching skills to train your skin. Remember, in the future, use this set of punching skills to train your body. When your cultivation has entered Level Two, I will teach you the punching skills to train your bones!"
"Thank you, teacher …!"
The following days were peaceful and fulfilling.
Under Xu Yong's guidance, Junior Leopard's strength slowly but steadily increased. Xu Yong was an honest person. Although he did not speak much, he was extremely attentive in teaching Junior Leopard. Junior Leopard naturally benefited a lot.
After all, Xu Yong was an expert in the Bone-Forging Realm. In terms of practice, many of his experiences were incomparably valuable. Especially in the process of practicing the punching skills of Skin Toughening, it allowed Junior Leopard to avoid many detours.
Moon-evil Painted Skin Punching Skill, this was the name of this set of punching skills that Xu Yong passed on to Junior Leopard. Just hearing this name, Junior Leopard's heart could not help but palpitate.
Moon-evil Painted Skin, Blood Demon Honing Bones!
Why were these names so similar?
This was only in his heart. His biggest task now was to honestly practice punching skills and not delve into the meaning of these two sets of punching skills.
With Xu Yong's guidance, Junior Leopard naturally understood that his own practice had almost entered into a wrong area.
"It turns out that there are so many tricks in the way of practice. Even the punching skills of body refining have such a big difference!"
Since young, he had been practicing the army standard Dark Bear Fist. Moreover, with the help of Taiji Fist and Fiery Eyes, in a short period of a few years, he was brought into the realm of Level One. This kind of effect was almost the same as those disciples of influential families who had been practicing the high level Skin Toughening punching skills since young. This could be said to be a miracle.
Using a set of shallow punching skills to practice the high level Skin Toughening punching skills, this kind of aptitude was what Xu Yong valued the most. That was why he accepted Junior Leopard as a disciple.
Junior Leopard previously only knew that the martial arts realms in this world were divided into three realms and nine levels.
It was just that his level was too low. Just like in his previous life, he understood the principle of the nuclear weapon. Even if he was given enough materials and conditions, he could not make an atomic bomb.
The Skin-Toughening Realm was the lower three levels. When your practice reached the peak of Level Three, you would have the qualifications to break through to the Bone-Forging Realm.
It was easy to say, but in this world, it was unknown how many practitioners had fallen at this stage. Even if they were lucky enough to step into the Bone-Forging Realm, they often stopped moving forward and did not have the strength to continue.
Why?
Because their growth potential had already reached the end.
Growth potential was related to aptitude, but what really played a decisive role was still the foundation, or the punching skills of the Skin-Toughening, or the realm that they had reached when they advanced to the Bone-Forging Realm.
Yes, realm.
This was a wonderful word.
The realm in the three realms and nine levels referred to the realm. However, this realm was a big realm. Other than this big realm, there were also small realms in every realm.
Generally speaking, as long as one was not a useless person, as long as one had a good set of Skin-Toughening punching skills, adding that one was not too lazy, and trained one's own strength to Level Three, twenty years was enough.
But if you wanted to break through to Level Four, it would depend on your small realm and luck.
In theory, after entering Level Three, one did not necessarily have the qualifications to break through to the Bone-Forging Realm. To break through to the Bone-Forging Realm, one had to at least reach the initial success of the Skin-Toughening Realm. However, the majority of people would fall at this stage. The reason was that their foundation was not strong enough.
This was like building a building. Once you wanted to build high, you had to build a strong foundation. The foundation of a building was the standard of a bungalow. You could not use a foundation to build a twenty-storey building.
But no matter if it was the foundation of a bungalow or a twenty-storey building, in essence, there was no difference between them. They were all just foundations. The difference between Level Three and Level Three was the same as the foundation.
Although they were all Level Three, some Level Three was the foundation of a bungalow, some were the foundation of a twenty-storey building. There were even some that were the foundation of a skyscraper.
How to build a strong foundation?
It depended on the depth that you dug, the number of piles that you laid, the material that your foundation was made of, and finally, the method that you used to build the foundation.
When used in punching skills of body refining, this was the level of the punching skill that the practitioner practiced, the degree of the practitioner's hard work and the practitioner's own comprehension ability.
Junior Leopard had practiced the Dark Bear Fist to this stage. It was equivalent to strengthening a foundation that could only be used to build a bungalow into a foundation that could be used to build a ten-storey building. This was enough to make Xu Yong exclaim in admiration. However, this was still not enough, far from enough.
What Xu Yong needed was not a ten-storey building, but a real skyscraper.
That was why he thought of passing this set of Moon-evil Painted Skin Punching Skill that he had obtained three years ago, which was enough to support a skyscraper, to Junior Leopard.
Of course, it sounded complicated. In reality, the majority of people who practiced martial arts were rough and unrefined. Who would be willing to do such complicated calculations?
Therefore, there was the term 'realm'.
Every realm in the three realms was divided into three small realms. They were Initial Success, Advanced Success, and Full Completion.
Using the Skin-Toughening Realm as an example, when you reached the Initial Success of the Skin-Toughening Realm, in theory, you could attack the Level Four Bone Forging Realm.
The Initial Success of the Skin-Toughening Realm was also the lowest requirement to attack the Bone-Forging Realm. In reality, no matter which realm, if you could not reach the Initial Success realm, you basically had no qualifications to attack the next realm!
It was just that to attack the next realm in the Initial Success realm was really more difficult. Most of them relied on treasures of heaven and earth and luck. For the Initial Success realm, even if you were lucky enough to attack the next realm, your potential had already been exhausted. You had reached the peak. If you wanted to improve again, it would be even more difficult.
In this world, the limit that the majority of the Skin-Toughening punching skills could reach was only the Initial Success of the Skin-Toughening Realm.
Other people who could practice to a more profound level of the Skin-Toughening punching skills would have the qualifications to enter the Advanced Success realm. If the Advanced Success realm was to attack the next realm, the chances were much higher than the Initial Success realm. And entering the next realm, there was also a lot of potential for development. In other words, this building could still continue to be built. As for how high it could be built, it depended on the level of your Bone Forging punching skills. In the end, whether you could reach the Initial Success or Advanced Success of Bone Forging Realm!
As for the Full Completion realm, it was a realm that made people crazy.
If you could reach the Full Completion realm, then your cultivation entering the next realm was a sure thing. And your future cultivation would be smooth sailing. Because, this was the foundation of a skyscraper.
Those legendary figures in the martial arts world, all of them had cultivated to the Full Completion realm before attacking the next round. White blademaster Lu Shaoyou was so, Wang She was so, Xue Wuya was also so.
However, to reach the Full Completion realm was easier said than done.
To reach the Full Completion realm, there was an extremely hard bar, and that was to have a set of top level punching skills.
Not a high level one, but a top level one.
Such punching skills were generally mastered by the top level of each big sect and well-known family. Those slightly smaller sects and well-known families could only master punching skills that could be practiced to the Advanced Success realm.
The Wu Family was the same. Although they were awe-inspiring in Yunzhou, monopolizing half of the ironware business in Great Jin, but if comparing their background, they could barely be regarded as a medium well-known family. They were also the vassal of Tian Long Taoism. It was impossible for them to have such a top level punching skill. This was also the reason why Wu Yansheng tried every possible way to get his own son to be Wang She's disciple.
Of course, there was also an accident that caused some people to obtain this kind of top level punching skill.
Like the current Xu Yong, he accidentally obtained this set of Moon-evil Painted Skin Punching Skill three years ago. It was a top level punching skill for Skin Toughening. However, he was old after all, and had already stepped into Level Five of the Bone-Forging Realm. Even if he practiced it, it would not be of much use.
However, he did not give this punching skill to the Wu Family. After all, it was obtained by himself and belonged to his bloodline. Even if the Family Head of the Wu Family or the First Elder knew about it, they had no reason to ask him for it. Moreover, they did not know about it.
In this way, Junior Leopard began his cultivation career in the Wu Family. At the age of ten, Junior Leopard had already begun to enter puberty. His body began to grow rapidly. His bones and muscles also began to develop in the direction of stability. Especially under the double effects of Moon-evil Painted Skin Punching Skill and Tai Chi, his body already had a strong potential!
… …
The World Expo was not as good as the Olympic Games. There was a wonderful competition the day after the Olympic Games' opening ceremony. There was nothing after the World Expo's opening ceremony. Damn it, I still had to go to Shanghai to watch it.
Depressed! I had to go out today. I got up early in the morning to write a chapter. At noon, I had to catch the train. The next chapter will be updated tomorrow night. Sorry!
In addition, the monthly votes battle!!
I have no share in it. I won't meddle in it for the time being. Hehe, when I want to meddle in it, the double monthly votes will probably be gone.
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