Chapter 58

The opening part of the 《Phaseless Golden Body Secret》 was a scripture of several thousand words,《Diamond Sutra》. Although it was only a few thousand words, this scripture was of great significance to the cultivation of a martial artist. According to the scripture, the later the cultivation of this 《Diamond Sutra》, the more powerful its effect would be.

It was said that in the process of cultivation, especially at the critical moment of a breakthrough, a martial artist with profound cultivation was extremely likely to be troubled by inner demons, or have a mentality of hesitation. The consequences of this were very serious. If it was light, it could lead to Qigong Deviation and serious injuries. If it was serious, it could lead to the loss of one's cultivation and even cost one's life.

At this time, if one could silently recite the 《Diamond Sutra》, one's soul could be purified, making the martial artist's mind firm, cutting off the evil thoughts, evil thoughts, and distracting thoughts in the heart, and successfully passing through the tribulation.

Secondly, the 《Diamond Sutra》 also had a miraculous effect on resisting some devil arts that affected the mind. It could protect the martial artist's mind, so that they would not be invaded by external devils, and it could even backfire on some devil cultivators.

After understanding the importance of this short scripture, Zhan Chen really felt as if he had obtained a treasure. He immediately recited it and silently recited it. Suddenly, he felt his mind was clear, and a kind of righteous power rose in his heart, cutting off all the troubles and distracting thoughts in his heart.

At this time, Zhan Chen felt that his mind was incomparably clear. There was no joy or sorrow in his heart, no anger, and no resentment. His understanding of various problems had greatly deepened, and his ability to comprehend various martial arts moves had also greatly improved.

What he didn't know was that he had entered a state that countless powerhouses were extremely envious of, and that was the state of emptiness.

With this state of emptiness, when Zhan Chen comprehended the 《Phaseless Golden Body Secret》, he suddenly felt different. The complex and profound principles of martial arts, and the complex meridians, all of them could be easily understood by him, and he had a photographic memory. It only took him three days to thoroughly comprehend the hundreds of thousands of words of martial arts secret book and remember it in his heart.

The 《Phaseless Golden Body Secret》, as a heaven-step metal defensive martial art, was divided into three realms: the first realm was called copper tendon and iron bone, after cultivation, it could make the martial artist's body strong, and the defensive power would be greatly improved; the second realm was called Daluo Golden Body, after cultivation, it could form a hard metal protective layer on the surface of the whole body, and weapons of the same level would not be able to hurt it; the third realm was called Phaseless Golden Body, after cultivation, the martial art seemed to have life, once attacked by the enemy, it would automatically protect the body, forming a solid metal protective layer on the corresponding parts of the body.

Compared with Daluo Golden Body, the martial art was more powerful, and could concentrate the strength of the whole body to protect a point. Once the martial art was mastered, it, the martial art of Daluo would be able to protect the martial art.

This martial art was not so easy to cultivate successfully, it could even be said that it was extremely difficult to cultivate, because the process of cultivating this martial art needed to endure great pain.

It needed to guide a substance called Metal Qi into the body, to temper the martial artist's whole body, and finally fuse with it. The process was like suffering from the death of a thousand cuts, the pain of broken meridians and broken bones, even a strong-willed martial artist could not bear it.

Therefore, mastering the 《Diamond Sutra》 became the first condition to cultivate this martial art. When a martial artist could not bear the pain brought by the martial art, as long as he silently recited the 《Diamond Sutra》, he would be able to strengthen his will and guard his mind.

In the cave, Zhan Chen sat on the ground, and took out a piece of refining material from his storage bag, a trace of hesitation flashed in his eyes. A trace of hesitation flashed in his eyes. According to the records of the cultivation technique, the Metal Qi existed in all metals. Moreover, the rarer and more precious the metal, the more Metal Qi it contained.

"Let's give it a try first." He finally made up his mind. These materials happened to be found in Lin Dong's Qiankun bag, and he had no use for it, but it was just right for practicing the martial art.

Zhan Chen slowly ran the 《Diamond Sutra》, and gradually, a trace of white Metal Qi entered Zhan Chen's body from the refining material.

His body subconsciously trembled, and the pain in his meridians was like being pricked by needles. Zhan Chen clenched his teeth and endured it, letting this trace of Metal Qi circulate in his meridians. Suddenly, he felt as if his meridians were being cut little by little, and the pain almost made him faint.

At this dangerous moment, Zhan Chen began to recite the 《Diamond Sutra》 without hesitation, and his heart really became incomparably firm. The seemingly unbearable pain also became insignificant.

In this way, the Metal Qi circulated in his meridians once, and then submerged into his body. Thereupon, Zhan Chen began to move the martial art, and introduced the Metal Qi of the refining material into his body …

Gradually, Zhan Chen felt that his body was slowly becoming stronger, and the refining material in his hand gradually lost its luster, until it finally turned into a piece of scrap iron. Without hesitation, he picked up another piece of refining material and began to practice.

In the process of his body gradually becoming stronger, he made another surprising discovery, and that was, the True Qi in his body seemed to be affected by the Metal Qi, and had undergone a qualitative change, becoming incomparably sharp and heavy, and the power of his Metal True Qi was 50% stronger than his original Metal True Qi!

He called his newly acquired True Qi the Metal True Qi, and unknowingly, his combat power had far surpassed those of the same level. In terms of attack power alone, he could even easily challenge those of a higher level!

However, the cultivation of an Intermediate Martial Master was still too low, and the amount of Metal Qi that could be carried was also very limited. When the refining materials in Zhan Chen's hands were basically used up, his body's ability to absorb the Metal Qi had also reached its limit.

Thereupon, he had no choice but to stop, and instead, increase his cultivation level. In this manner, about three months had passed, and he had successfully broken through to the Advanced Martial Master realm, and his strength had also reached 4000 pounds. Following the breakthrough of the realm, the bottleneck of his body had also been broken, and he could now absorb more Metal Qi. Thereupon, he was filled with enthusiasm, and continued to absorb the refining materials.

However, the second problem immediately followed. He realized that after he had reached the Advanced Martial Master realm, the Metal Qi that his body needed not only did not decrease, but instead, it had doubled. As a result, when the refining materials had been exhausted, it was far from enough to fill up his body.

In the end, Zhan Chen had no choice but to pick up the sword that Lin Dong had left behind, and turn it into nourishment for his body. However, this was not enough! Even though Lin Dong's sword had become a pile of scrap iron, his body had not reached its limit.

What should I do? Only the Metal Sword was left in his hand. He looked at the Metal Sword that had followed him for a long time, and was reluctant to part with it. However, he understood in his heart that the Metal Sword would eventually be replaced by a more powerful sword.

In the end, Zhan Chen sighed and murmured, "Metal Sword, I'll let you become a part of my body!"

Thereupon, he no longer hesitated. Holding the sword hilt, he clenched his teeth and began to circulate his cultivation method …

A few days later, Zhan Chen's body finally felt full. Looking at the Metal Sword that had lost its luster, he hesitated for a moment, and then put this broken sword into his Qiankun bag, as a souvenir.

He felt the toughness of his body, and a great sense of accomplishment rose in his heart. He sincerely praised, "Is this the feeling of the first stage of the Non-Phase Golden Body Formula, the Copper Muscles and Iron Bones? I feel that my body has almost doubled in strength! I'm afraid that ordinary weapons will not be able to hurt my body anymore. "

He wanted to try the second stage of the Daluo Golden Body, so he circulated his cultivation method according to the meridians. A golden light flashed on his body, but there was no change.

"Sure enough, it doesn't work?" He was a little disappointed. Sure enough, it was not easy to succeed with the Heaven Ranked Top Grade Cultivation Method. It seemed that he would have to practice harder in the future.

Suddenly, he remembered that he had spent half a year in closed-door training, and the Golden Elephant Sect's inner disciples couldn't go out for more than a year!