Martial Arts Secret Realm: Only I Can Know the Plot?

Sun Fan's cultivation seems to have reached a bottleneck.

Although he only practiced swordsmanship during his twenty years in the secret realm, the accumulation of basic training day after day had already forged his body into an incredibly solid form.

In most people's minds, physical exercise is for the purpose of better exertion.

Some exceptionally gifted individuals, naturally possessing abundant vital energy and immense strength, can almost skip this process altogether.

Those who train their bodies unconsciously and continuously like Sun Fan are extremely rare, if not unique, throughout history.

He felt it was time to break through.

To achieve a breakthrough, you must first understand how to exert your strength.

This can also be seen from the experience guides on martial arts forums.

The force exerted is the strength forged through hard work.

Some people have limited strength, and no matter how skilled they are at exerting force, their improvement will ultimately be limited.

Some people develop great strength, and even if their technique for exerting force isn't particularly sophisticated, their power is still astonishing.

According to Sun Fan's understanding, if we use the terminology from his previous life's game, body tempering is simply increasing the base stats (slowly).

The amount of force exerted affects the skill multiplier.

As for internal strength, it's more like an independent skill area.

Therefore, after realizing that his physical training could hardly improve his condition, Sun Fan prepared to start practicing his power generation.

Since he had no teacher, he could only use his precious "but" to exchange for open classes.

If you have a mentor, you will naturally have someone to guide you, which will not only save you time, but also allow you to avoid many detours by learning some skills and insights.

Disputes between sects are inevitable, with both advantages and disadvantages.

In the dark martial arts academy, there aren't many teachers willing to teach about the power generation stage.

Because here, knowledge is also categorized as valuable or worthless.

The hourly rate for a lesson at the fourth level is completely different from that for a lesson at the second level.

Given the same amount of time, a teacher with a high level of expertise naturally wants to earn more teaching hours.

Unless he can deliver a different kind of lesson on the second level of power, creating a high-quality course.

High-quality courses attract more listeners, command higher fees, and naturally, income increases.

In the Dark Martial Arts Academy, those who have the means all want to be stronger in combat at the same level. They may not be willing to spend a long time solidifying their foundation, but they are definitely willing to improve their immediate combat power.

As soon as he got the resources, Sun Fan enrolled in the premium course.

The classroom for the premium courses is not large.

When Sun Fan arrived, there were already more than twenty people sitting there, most of whom were unfamiliar faces and were obviously students from other classes.

He didn't make a sound and found a seat in the corner.

A gaunt old man stood on the platform, wearing a faded martial arts uniform with frayed edges on the cuffs.

"Everyone's here."

The old man glanced around, his gaze lingering on Sun Fan for a moment before shifting away.

"There are seven teachers in the whole school who teach the course on the 'Power Realm'. My teaching method is different from all of them."

He speaks slowly.

"What's the difference? They talk about how to exert force, I talk about why you need to exert force this way."

Some people in the audience frowned.

The old man ignored him, took out a fist-sized stone from his pocket, and placed it on the podium.

"Who's coming up here to smash it?"

After a two-second silence, a tall, strong student in the front row stood up. He was broad-shouldered and thick-waisted, clearly someone who had put in a lot of effort in physical training.

He walked up to the podium, took a breath, and slapped his hand down.

Bang.

The stone split into three pieces.

The old man nodded: "You're quite strong. Go down now."

The tall, strong student was somewhat smug, and he deliberately puffed out his chest as he returned to his seat.

Sun Fan shook his head. This method of using only brute force was clearly not a technique for generating power.

The old man reassembled the stones and looked at the audience: "One more."

The one who stood up this time was thinner, but his eyes were steady. He walked to the front of the podium, but didn't rush to make a move. Instead, he reached out and touched the stone before clenching his fist and slamming it down.

Click.

The stone broke into seven or eight pieces.

The old man nodded again: "Interesting. Go down."

The thin elementary school student returned to his seat, his expression calm.

"Do you understand now?" the old man asked.

No one in the audience said a word.

The old man pointed to the first stone that had broken into three pieces: "His palm strike was powerful enough, but at the moment of force application, the energy was dispersed. The stone cracked because the area of ​​impact was small, resulting in high pressure. But since the energy was dispersed, it could only crack into three pieces."

He then pointed to the second pile of fragments: "He's different. He felt the stone first, looking for the grain. Once he found it, he smashed it along the grain, so the force didn't dissipate, and it broke completely."

He paused for a moment: "That's what exerting force is."

Sun Fan's brows twitched slightly.

"Body training is about accumulating capital. Exercising strength is about how to use that capital." The old man pulled another stone from his pocket. "When someone spends money, whether they buy a pound of rice or a pound of bran, the difference is huge."

He handed the stone to the students in the front row: "Pass it around. Touch it and remember the texture of this stone."

When the stone was passed to Sun Fan, he was extra careful.

The stone's surface appears smooth, but when you touch it with your fingers, you can feel extremely fine bumps and dents, like some kind of natural texture.

He closed his eyes and ground it inch by inch with his fingertips.

When the stone was passed to the last person, the old man spoke: "Now, give the stone back to me."

Stone returned to the podium.

The old man raised his hand and gently squeezed it.

puff.

The stone turned to powder and fell through his fingers.

The classroom was completely silent.

"I used the same method as the man who was just feeling the texture when I pinched it. But my foundation is stronger than his, so the stone turned to powder." The old man patted the dust off his hands. "That's how you apply force. You need to know where the texture is and where to apply your strength so that you can use your resources effectively."

He looked at the audience: "But here's the problem—do you know how much capital you actually have?"

No one answered.

"When is it enough to train your body? When you're strong enough? When your blood and qi are flowing like a rainbow?" The old man shook his head. "That's what fools think. Those who truly train their power never wait until they're 'enough' to start. Instead, they train their power while continuing to train their body. The techniques for generating power can, in turn, help you train even deeper."

He pointed to his arm: "Twenty years ago, I started training my physique and thought I had reached my limit. Then I started training my power generation, and as I trained, I discovered that all the muscles, tendons, and the strength in the gaps between my bones that I couldn't use before were brought out by the techniques of power generation. So I went back to training and was able to grow even more."

Sun Fan was startled.

He had never seen this quote on the martial arts forum.

People on the forum are always discussing techniques for generating power and shortcuts to generating power.

No one thought that they would use this painstaking effort day after day to continuously refine and study how to exert force.

"So what is the 'Power Development Realm'?" the old man asked and answered himself. "It's about transforming the brute force you've forged into vital energy. Vital energy can be used to attack and also to nourish the body. Every bit of vital energy you develop circulates within your body, and as it circulates, all those nooks and crannies that you couldn't normally train open up. What do you do after opening them up? You train them again, and they grow stronger."

He paused for a moment: "This is the true power-generating stage."

The bell rang, signaling the end of get out of class.