Martial Saint: Starting with Accumulating Experience

As a Grand Martial Master in the Enlightenment Realm, Zhou Bingzhong's guidance always brought Chen Feng a wealth of experience.

It's just like speedrunning in a game from my past life.

Thus, Chen Feng's life changed from practicing boxing to going back and forth between the martial arts school and the Zhou residence.

In the early morning, he would practice boxing to strengthen his body. In the morning, he would instruct the disciples of the martial arts school. In the afternoon, he would spar with Senior Brother Zhao to accumulate practical combat experience. In the evening, he would go to his master's house for dinner with Senior Brother Yao.

Sometimes when his master came to the martial arts school, Chen Feng would pester him with questions, not content with just the instruction time after dinner.

To gain experience, Chen Feng racked his brains for all sorts of questions, and even if there were no questions, he would use his imagination to find them:

"Master, Master, I feel that this Five Elements Fist Technique can be combined with this lightness skill like this..."

"Master, do you think it's possible to use this move, or change the stance like this...?"

"Master, my progress is so slow, could you please give me some more guidance...?"

For several days in a row, Chen Feng asked questions every day, and the other disciples in the martial arts school also learned from him and developed a good habit of being diligent and inquisitive.

With Chen Feng, a frequent visitor, coming and going, the Zhou residence became much livelier.

Zhou Bingzhong felt that Chen Feng's comprehension was truly amazing; he could grasp the concepts at a glance.

Before he could even explain his answer, Chen Feng had already grasped most of it.

With such a disciple, how could a master not be delighted?

However......

Chen Feng's questions became increasingly outrageous.

until today.

Listening to Chen Feng's incessant questions, Zhou Bingzhong finally lost his patience.

"Master, why do we only have two martial arts techniques in our school? That's too few. Do you have any secret, top-secret techniques?"

"Could the Subduing Dragon Staff Technique be adapted into a fist technique, creating the Subduing Dragon Fist?"

"Since the bones of Bone Forging Warriors are so hard, has anyone ever extracted their bones to use as weapons? They could even intimidate enemies."

Zhou Bingzhong began to wonder if his apprentice was deliberately trying to make things difficult for him.

Martial arts techniques are nothing more than routines; as long as they can hone your qi and blood, that's enough. True combat power still depends on your realm of cultivation.

Besides, the Five Elements Fist has only five forms, which are both offensive and defensive. Isn't that enough?

Why do we need so many?

They even wanted to change the Dragon Subduing Staff to the Dragon Subduing Fist, since that's a category, and they wanted to change it.

What angered Zhou Bingzhong the most was the last question, which made his face turn black, and he wished he could grab a stick and beat this unfilial disciple to a pulp.

Look at what kind of question that is!

Is it something a normal person would do to use human bones as weapons? And to intimidate enemies?

You audacious heretic, daring to impersonate my beloved disciple!

I'll give you a beating first!

Chen Feng was always good at reading people's expressions. After noticing that his master's emotions were becoming increasingly unstable, he quickly tried to find an excuse to slip away.

However, the Opening Realm was incredibly powerful, and before Chen Feng could even make a move, Zhou Bingzhong grabbed him.

"Master, no! I was just asking casually, purely out of curiosity..."

"I'll pique your curiosity!"

Zhou Bingzhong said angrily, then lightly tapped Chen Feng's calf with the stick.

Chen Feng certainly wouldn't be foolish enough to say, "Hey~ it doesn't hurt~"

That would only result in a beating.

So he pretended to be in excruciating pain, scrunching his little face and begging for mercy. Only those who cry get candy; the shrewish ones only get bamboo shoots stir-fried with meat.

Just then, Zhao Shanyue walked in and, seeing Chen Feng's appearance, asked with a smile:

"Junior brother, have you angered Master again?"

Chen Feng immediately quieted down.

He stood aside nonchalantly.

"Ignore him, go about your business." Zhou Bingzhong gestured to Zhao Shanyue to ignore Chen Feng.

"It's about the competition. I heard that Pingxin Martial Arts School has produced a promising talent, so I'm eager to confirm the time with you, Master."

Zhao Shanyue took out a letter from his pocket.

It also bears the seal of Pingxin Martial Arts School.

Chen Feng looked thoughtful. Only those with superior aptitude could be considered good seedlings. If they were at the Dragon Martial Arts School, their master would observe them secretly and assess their character. If they were suitable, he would take them under his wing as his personal disciple.

That's how Senior Brother Zhao is.

There aren't many people with superior physical attributes; only a handful emerge in the entire Pingcheng region each year.

Among his peers, Chen Feng has only seen Lin Yan with superior physical constitution.

The "grand competition" that Senior Brother Zhao mentioned refers to the open competition between various martial arts schools in Pingcheng.

It is held every autumn.

The goal is to demonstrate our strength to all forces in Pingcheng. The better our disciples perform, the more talent we can attract next year.

Longxing Martial Arts School and Pingxin Martial Arts School are the two largest and strongest martial arts schools in Pingcheng, and the timing of their competitions is determined by the two schools.

"The timing will follow the same as in previous years, but what kind of promising talents would you specifically mention? Are they those with superior natural talent? Or those with exceptional comprehension?" Zhou Bingzhong asked.

Since Chen Feng became a disciple, the Longxing Martial Arts School began to pay attention to those disciples with mediocre talent, and would also give them more care if they had good comprehension.

But as it turns out, disciples with average innate talent often also have average comprehension.

Chen Feng is ultimately an exception.

But you never know. What if Pingxin Martial Arts School produces a special talent like Chen Feng?

After asking the question, the master saw Zhao Shanyue shake his head and say, "Neither."

"It is said that this disciple has excellent aptitude and outstanding talent, and is of the highest caliber."

Superior physical constitution!

Zhou Bingzhong was somewhat surprised. Pingcheng hadn't seen such a genius for many years. With such talent, even if he followed the proper path, he could at least reach the Qi Refining Realm.

Chen Feng was shocked. What was this "superior innate talent"? He thought that the highest talent was superior.

Zhou Bingzhong continued, "Those with exceptional talent must possess qualities that surpass those of ordinary people. What is that characteristic this time?"

Anyone with exceptional physical attributes will naturally possess certain special qualities. For example, there was once a person in Pingcheng who was born with superhuman strength.

"Master, it is said to be 'soft bones and supple body'."

Zhao Shanyue replied.

Chen Feng was still completely confused and puzzled. Judging from the name, was he suitable to learn jujitsu?

In fact, Chen Feng was right.

Such bones and muscles are as supple as silk, and joints are exceptionally flexible, allowing them to bend at angles that are difficult for ordinary martial artists to achieve.

When fighting, he is best at yielding to the opponent's force and using softness to neutralize hardness. Even if a heavy punch comes down, it can be like cotton wrapping iron, dissipating most of its power.

However, their muscles and bones are more flexible, lacking some of the fierce and domineering nature. They are not good at direct confrontation, but they are the best choice for practicing soft fist, soft palm, lightness skill and bone shrinking technique.

Zhou Bingzhong sighed, "That really is something that has nothing to do with our Longxing Martial Arts School."

Both the Dragon Subduing Staff Technique and the Five Elements Fist Technique are characterized by their expansive and powerful movements.

None of these match such innate talent.

In comparison, Pingxin Swordplay is more feminine, so it's no wonder the opponent chose Pingxin Martial Arts School.

Zhao Shanyue then turned his head and glanced at Chen Feng, saying:

"Master Pingxin is very confident in that disciple with superior aptitude. I feel that they are targeting Junior Brother this time, wanting to use him as a breakthrough point to establish their power."

"They deliberately kept this disciple hidden for quite some time, without letting any news of him out, definitely for this competition."

Chen Feng pointed to himself: "Me?"

He was somewhat puzzled; it seemed he had been treated like an easy target.