When Captain Kerlin applied the ointment for the second time, Zhang Tie didn't need a cane to walk anymore. Six days later, when Captain Kerlin applied the ointment for the third time, Zhang Tie could already run.
When Captain Kerlin came to deliver the ointment for the third time, he squatted down and carefully checked the wound on Zhang Tie's foot. Seeing the one-eyed man nodding inside, Zhang Tie knew that his vacation in Wild Wolf Castle was coming to an end. These days, Zhang Tie found that the one-eyed man's attitude towards him had become much gentler. Sometimes, he would even chat with Zhang Tie for a bit, which made Zhang Tie feel a bit flattered.
"After applying the ointment, the wound on your leg should be fine. You can leave Wild Wolf Castle tomorrow. Don't pretend to be dead here. You're very lucky. As long as you pay more attention to your wound, it'll naturally scar!"
"Hmm, I know..." Zhang Tie sincerely stared at Captain Kerlin's only eye. "Thank you for taking care of me during this period of time. There's a Chinese saying that a drop of water's kindness needs to be repaid with a gushing spring. Captain Kerlin, I will never forget your life-saving kindness!"
Hearing Zhang Tie's words, Captain Kerlin became stunned. Closely after that, the one-eyed man smiled, "Brat, how much do you think you can help me with your current battle strength? As a LV 1 fighter, you could barely join the lowest cannon fodder camp on the battlefield!"
"Although I can't do it now, it doesn't mean that I won't be able to do it in the future. Everyone has to improve step by step!" Zhang Tie calmly replied.
"Good, you're ambitious!" Captain Kerlin praised Zhang Tie. "When we were in the class, I really appreciated your argument about escaping. I didn't expect you to be so good at escaping. I really underestimated you. However, when you encounter problems and difficulties, escaping alone is not enough. Because many times, you will find yourself in a situation where you can't escape and can only fight. At that time, you will need real strength and fighting strength to survive. Imagine that two armies are confronting each other on the battlefield. In front of you is a LV 4 spearmen phalanx. The commander on the battlefield orders your company to attack that phalanx. Behind you are the military judge and the supervision team. If you rush in, you will definitely die. If you want to escape, you will also die. The commander only wants to use your lives to buy some time for his plan and deployment. Can you still escape?"
After being silent for a while, Zhang Tie replied helplessly, "No!"
"Therefore, even if you could escape 100 times, as long as you encounter such a situation, you will definitely die. The real strength of a man and a fighter is not the ability to avoid the enemy, but the ability to destroy the enemy. If you want to be useful in the future, you have to rely on your current strength …" Saying this, Captain Kerlin took out a book from his coat and casually threw it into Zhang Tie's hand. "I got this book from a battlefield. It's not very precious, but it's not common either. At least it's a bit better than those rubbish that you could learn at school and in the allied army. Take this book. As for how much you can comprehend, it depends on your own ability!"
Zhang Tie stared at the name of the book — "Iron-Blood Fist" — "It seems to be very powerful."
Zhang Tie forcefully swallowed his saliva. Thinking of those guys from the Hit-Plane Brotherhood, he asked, "Captain Kerlin, can … can I share the contents of this book with others?"
"You can, but you'd better not let too many people know about it!"
"Why? Is this book also a secret knowledge?"
"Strictly speaking, this book is an esoteric technique among esoteric techniques. However, because there are too many people who practice it, this esoteric combat skill has become ordinary. Because of some reasons, no matter how widespread this combat skill is, you can't use it as something that can be publicized everywhere!"
"Why is it like this …"
"Because the Iron-Blood Fist is a battle skill of the founding emperor of the Norman Empire. It's said that the emperor traveled to the East to study when he was young and learned this fist skill by chance on the Eastern Continent. Originally, only the imperial households of the Norman Empire were qualified to practice this fist skill. Not until the eve of the second holy war between humans and clans, the Iron-Blood Fist was popularized in the army of the Norman Empire and became a fighting skill that could be practiced by everyone in the army of the Norman Empire. After hundreds of years, not only in the Norman Empire, but also in Blackson Human Clan Corridor, many people are practicing this fist skill..." Saying this, Captain Kerlin glanced at Zhang Tie. "This is a very strange fist skill. Some people practice it very well and are unrivaled; however, some people practice it very badly. Almost all the powerhouses in the army of the Norman Empire and the imperial households of the Norman Empire are masters of the Iron-Blood Fist. However, I don't know why, except for some people in the imperial households and the army of the Norman Empire, few people in Blackson Human Clan Corridor could practice the Iron-Blood Fist to a high realm. Many people could only strengthen their bodies or slightly improve their fist skill level; however, they could not even reach the level of minor achievement!"
"Why is that? Is it because we practice different secret knowledge? "
"Of course, the secret knowledge is the same. However, many things are practiced by different people, resulting in different results..." The one-eyed man smiled. Zhang Tie sensed a bit bitterness and helplessness from the one-eyed man's smile. "Have you heard about battle Qi?"
"Yes, I've heard about it. It's the symbol of powerhouses above LV 6!"
"Do you know how battle Qi comes about?" The one-eyed man asked again.
Zhang Tie could only shake his head.
"You will definitely know these things in the future. It doesn't matter if I tell you now. The human body is very mysterious. There are seven forces in one's body, namely, the strength of Qi, the strength of blood, the strength of meridian, the strength of bone, the strength of marrow and the strength of God. When a person reaches LV 4, besides the Shrine surging point, he will also light three surging points on his spine. At this moment, the strength of Qi, the strength of blood and the strength of bone will start to be aroused. After training, these three forces will start to combine into one and form the hidden strength in one's body. In the eyes of many masters, the formation of the hidden strength is the beginning of a person's battle strength. After reaching LV 5, the strength of meridian, the strength of meridian and the strength of marrow will start to be aroused. At this moment, after training, the six forces will combine into one and form the hidden strength into the Transforming Strength, which is the symbol of a real fighter. This is also the reason why fighters above LV 5 can become fighters after leveling up..."
This knowledge was very common in the eyes of many people; however, as it was Zhang Tie's first time to touch this cultivation knowledge, he was dazzled by it. Not until then did Zhang Tie know that a person's cultivation system could be divided into such a strict standard. "Does battle qi result from the fusion of one's immortal strength with the former strength after becoming a fighter …"
"Yes, if you want to cultivate battle Qi, you have to combine the seven strengths into one. Additionally, battle Qi is battle Qi because you have to combine the seven strengths into one and enough strong killing Qi and the seven strengths into one. If you want to gain that killing Qi, you have to accumulate it by constantly fighting with demonic living beings and magical beasts on the same level. When it accumulates to a certain degree, this strength will appear on your body. This is the manifestation of battle Qi. The reason why most people could barely cultivate Iron-Blood Fist is that most of the people who cultivate Iron-Blood Fist could not form Iron-Blood battle Qi after reaching LV 6. Without iron-blood battle Qi, Iron-Blood Fist could never pose a threat to powerhouses. Therefore, many people who cultivate Iron-Blood Fist give up Iron-Blood Fist after reaching LV 6..."
"What about the hidden strength and Transforming Strength? Are they also difficult to cultivate?"
"Of course!" Captain Kerlin nodded, "Iron-Blood hidden strength and Iron-Blood Transforming Strength are two major passes. Besides the imperial households of the Norman Empire, about 1 out of 100 people who cultivate Iron-Blood Fist could cultivate Iron-Blood hidden strength. Among those who cultivate Iron-Blood hidden strength, about 1 out of 10 people could cultivate Iron-Blood Transforming Strength. Although not one out of 100 people could cultivate Iron-Blood Battle Qi after cultivating Iron-Blood Transforming Strength, only 1 out of 20-30 people could cultivate Iron-Blood Battle Qi..."
Zhang Tie became dumbfounded for quite a while before saying in a frustrated tone, "Does that mean that except for the imperial households of the Norman Empire, only 1 out of 20 to 30 thousand people who cultivate Iron-Blood Fist could form Iron-Blood Battle Qi and become a real powerhouse..."
Captain Kerlin glared at Zhang Tie. "Nonsense. If it were not so difficult, everyone in the world would have become powerhouses. If this fist skill was easy to cultivate, as long as 1% of the soldiers of the Norman Empire could form Iron-Blood Battle Qi, the Norman Empire would have long swept across the Blackson Human Clan Corridor. Do you think that the imperial household's secret skill of the Norman Empire could be cultivated by anyone? The reason why Iron-Blood Fist is so powerful is that those who have successfully cultivated it could at least form Iron-Blood Battle Qi among those on the same level. "
Captain Kerlin's flattery finally made Captain Kerlin a bit happier. After leaving some words to Zhang Tie, he left the room where Zhang Tie was recuperating.
After Captain Kerlin left, Zhang Tie opened the first page of "Iron-Blood Fist Skill" with the help of the lamplight in the room. At the beginning of the book, Zhang Tie was shocked by the domineering sentence printed in Hua language — — —
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