Chapter 363 - 347: Azurewood Shadow Ape

Hearing that Qin Fangqiong would personally teach the ultimate techniques of the Muscle Forging Realm, the eyes of Lin Yunshu, Xu Luan, and Jiang Yanchu, who were all seated as guests, flashed in unison.

Back in the day, the three of them had also trailed at Master Qin’s heels, practicing the Martial Arts of the White Ape lineage day and night. On their own turf in Black Stone City, they considered themselves prodigies of stunning talent. Otherwise, they never could have climbed step-by-step to their current status as powerhouses at Muscle Forging Realm Perfection.

Now, hearing Master Qin’s high praise for Su Yu’s talent, a long-lost sense of competitiveness inevitably stirred within the hearts of these three old-timers.

Su Yu’s combat power was outrageously dominant; they already knew that. Otherwise, he wouldn’t be able to kill enemies above his own Realm!

But training in Martial Arts was a completely different matter from fighting!

The Martial Arts of the Muscle Forging Realm placed the greatest emphasis on a single concept: enlightenment.

Back then, the three of them had suffered immensely just to grasp the basics of the Muscle Forging Realm’s Martial Arts. They studied and pondered day and night, yet it still took them a full month to barely reach the entry-level.

’Su Yu’s Martial Arts talent might be formidable, but how much more formidable than ours could it be? Is it as monstrous as his combat power? That’s something we’ll have to wait and see!’

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「The rear courtyard’s Martial Arts Arena.」

As Master Qin and the three Patriarchs arrived together, the Martial Arts Hall disciples, who had been training with great fervor, all stopped their movements. They moved to the edges of the Martial Arts Arena of their own accord, their eyes filled with reverence and anticipation as they gazed toward the center of the field.

"Father, what’s with all this fanfare?"

Qin Yu, dressed in her signature red martial attire, approached Qin Fangqiong with a look of confusion, her beautiful eyes filled with puzzlement.

"You’ll find out in a moment," Qin Fangqiong ordered, looking rather pleased with himself. "Oh, right. Yu’Er, I want you to immediately send someone to the Drunken Immortal Tower and book all their Heaven-tier private rooms for me! Tonight, I’m taking everyone in the Martial Arts Hall out for a proper celebration!"

Qin Yu was even more baffled after hearing this.

’Is there some happy occasion?’

Her suspicious gaze fell upon Su Yu, who stood at the center of everyone’s attention.

Qin Yu didn’t yet know what had happened in Linyuan City, much less that Su Yu had broken through to the Muscle Forging Realm. But her intuition told her this matter was undoubtedly connected to her Senior Brother Su.

’Don’t tell me Senior Brother Su went and did something momentous again?’ Qin Yu’s heart couldn’t help but race, her eyes filled with a brilliant gleam of anticipation.

In the center of the Martial Arts Arena, Qin Fangqiong stood with his hands clasped behind his back, his expression gradually growing solemn.

"Yu’Er, your understanding of Martial Arts has long since surpassed that of your peers, so I’ll dispense with the pleasantries. Today, I will explain the cultivation of the Muscle Forging Realm and teach you a new Martial Art!"

Upon hearing this, Su Yu immediately focused his mind. He stood as straight and tall as a pine, respectfully cupping his fist. "Please enlighten me, Master."

Qin Fangqiong nodded, his voice booming like a great bell as he began his explanation. "The core of cultivation in the Muscle Forging Realm still revolves around Qi and Blood. However, unlike the explosive release of the Flesh Refining Realm, the Muscle Forging Realm is about polishing your Qi and Blood to temper and sublimate your tendons. This is the foundation! Building upon this, you must integrate the ’potential’ you have comprehended. Use that potential to command your blood, transforming it into Gang. This is the true killing technique of the Muscle Forging Realm: Gang Force!"

"When you broke through to the Muscle Forging Realm a few days ago, you must have personally felt the change in your body’s Great Tendons, like a powerful bowstring snapping taut. That was the initial tempering that comes with breaking through a Realm! In the days to come, you will need to practice a new Fist Technique to enhance your Qi and Blood, while also supplementing your training with corresponding Muscle Forging Pills to continuously refine these tens of thousands of tendons!"

"Once your Great Tendons are strengthened to their absolute limit, you can attempt to break open the Spirit-Connecting acupoint at the back of your neck. When this acupoint opens, your Great Tendons will undergo a second sublimation, becoming as pliable as a whip. You will then have officially stepped into the Ape Tendon Realm! Some also call this the middle stage of the Muscle Forging Realm."

"Once you have cultivated your Ape Tendons to the stage of Great Success, you can assail the White Tiger Hub in your lumbar spine. Breaking through this hub will trigger a third sublimation of your Great Tendons, making them as thick and sturdy as a Tiger’s Tendons. Your strength will become incomparably tyrannical. This is the Tiger Tendon Realm!"

"After Ape Tendon is Tiger Tendon, and the cultivation method is identical. Break through the White Tiger Hub, and your tendons will undergo their third sublimation, allowing you to reach the Tiger Tendon Realm!"

At this point, Qin Fangqiong’s gaze shifted to the three Patriarchs. "After the Tiger Tendon comes the Jiao Tendon Realm—the realm where these three Patriarchs currently reside! This is also the most difficult barrier to break through in the Muscle Forging Realm. It requires breaking open the Celestial Pivot acupoint at the crown of your head! Once you do, your Great Tendons will not only become as tough as Jiao Tendons, but they will also achieve a perfect balance of hardness and softness, allowing your entire body to move in perfect concert. With a single punch, all the Qi and Blood in your body can be converted to Gang Force, more than doubling your combat power!"

Pausing, Qin Fangqiong hesitated for a moment before continuing, "As for what lies beyond the Jiao Tendon, legend speaks of a hidden realm: the Dragon Tendon Realm! I have heard that only peerless geniuses or those blessed with an unparalleled, fortuitous encounter can step into this hidden realm."

’The Dragon Tendon Realm?’

Hearing this unfamiliar term, Su Yu’s heart stirred.

’Can a human’s fragile tendons really evolve through cultivation to a terrifying level comparable to a Dragon’s Tendons?’

’Although this ’Dragon Tendon’ surely isn’t from a True Dragon, anything named after a dragon must be terrifyingly powerful!’

’If such a hidden realm truly exists in the Muscle Forging Realm, then I, Su Yu, will achieve what others cannot!’

’After all, there’s nothing that Breaking Limits can’t solve.’

’If there is, then I’ll just keep Breaking Limits!’

At that moment, a fiery and confident light flashed in Su Yu’s eyes.

Qin Fangqiong, who had been watching Su Yu’s reaction intently, saw the undisguised, burgeoning ambition in his disciple’s eyes and couldn’t help but feel his own heart stir.