Sweeping Through Martial Arts: My Clone's Extraordinary Talent

"The basic boxing techniques are now complete!"

Three days later, Shen Han had just gotten up and looked in the bronze mirror when he saw the good news on the panel.

Mirror owner: Shen Han

Cultivation level: None

Martial Arts: Basic Fist Techniques (Perfect)

Skill: Medical Skills (Minor Mastery)

For three days, the clone worked tirelessly day and night.

During the day, Shen Han went to clinic number eight to assist Huang Tie and also had his clone learn different medical books. As his medical skills improved to the minor level, his clone went from learning two books a day to learning five books a day.

The old doctor Huang Tie was amazed by the progress in his medical skills.

For several patients whose conditions were not very serious, Huang Tie even had Shen Han diagnose and prescribe medicine directly, and there were no problems whatsoever.

That evening, Shen Han returned home and directed his clone to practice his boxing techniques.

Because he spends a full fifty coins every day to buy highly nutritious food so that his clone always has something to eat, his clone can cultivate all night long without wasting any time.

Basic boxing techniques are indeed commonplace, and the clone mastered them to perfection without much effort.

Of course, this is also thanks to his exceptional talent in martial arts. Otherwise, even if an ordinary person practiced day and night, they would not be able to master the fist technique in three days.

"Something's not right..."

Shen Han got out of bed and did a set of punches, muttering to himself.

The entire set of boxing techniques is indeed very fast, and the moves have their unique features, but it has absolutely no power to speak of. In other words, even if the fist hits the enemy, it won't cause much damage.

He tried to gather his qi, but found his body completely empty, with no sensation of qi at all.

"Try again..."

Next, Shen Han tried to move a stone weighing about 200 pounds in the courtyard, but the stone did not budge.

Damn, I'm still the same boy I used to be!

Shen Han thought to himself: So, after practicing for three days, my cultivation level hasn't increased at all? Could it be that practicing only fist techniques has no effect on improving cultivation? Although my fist techniques are now perfected, I have no chance of winning against Hu Jiao.

Or... I'll ask Guard Zhan after work this evening.

Shen Han made up his mind.

He rushed to the clinic and began his day's work in consultation room number eight.

"Xiao Shen, prescribe the medicine for this old man."

"Xiao Shen, the young woman over there says she has lower abdominal pain. Take her to the back room to take a look."

"Xiao Shen, the baby has a fever, do you know what to do?"

Huang Tie was clearly training Shen Han, letting Shen Han handle more and more patients on his own.

Fortunately, Shen Han's medical skills have reached a certain level of proficiency, so he can handle things relatively easily. Except for a few particularly difficult problems, he can deal with them on his own.

The patients initially distrusted the newcomer, but seeing how quickly and effectively he treated them, they all began to praise him highly.

Time flies, and dusk is here in the blink of an eye.

"Xiao Shen, why aren't you home yet?"

After finishing his consultation, Huang Tie tidied up the clinic. Seeing that Shen Han hadn't left, he asked her out of curiosity.

"I have something I'd like to ask Guard Zhan."

"About martial arts?"

"As expected, Elder Huang is indeed clear-headed."

"You want to learn martial arts, kid?"

Huang Tie said earnestly, "Little Shen, I can see that you have no talent in martial arts. Besides, learning martial arts is very expensive, so I suggest you don't waste your time. Listen to me, if you devote yourself to studying medicine, with your potential, you will surely go down in history!"

Shen Han understood Huang Tie's good intentions: "Elder Huang, please rest assured, I'm just going to ask Guard Zhan. I won't give up on the path of medicine!"

"That's good, you can go now."

Goodbye.

After leaving the clinic, Shen Han headed towards the guardhouse of the medical center.

The guard consisted of thirteen men, all of them vigorous and strong. The leader, a man surnamed Zhan, named Zhan Chaoyang, was imposing and carried a gleaming silver longsword at his waist.

After listening to Shen Han explain his purpose, Zhan Chaoyang invited Shen Han into the house.

"Xiao Shen, are you asking why practicing boxing isn't increasing your strength?"

"Um."

"Do you know the four stages of martial arts?"

"Please inform Guard Zhan."

With Zhan Chaoyang's detailed explanation, Shen Han quickly understood it.

The four stages of martial arts training: refining the skin, refining the flesh, refining the tendons, and refining the bones.

The first stage is skin refining.

The so-called "skin refining" involves constantly tempering one's qi and blood to form a qi sensation, making the skin of the whole body extremely hard, thereby improving physical fitness and enhancing strength and speed.

A person at the Skin Refining Realm has at least 500 jin of strength.

Even dealing with three or five strong men at the same time would be no problem at all.

"Guard Zhan, how can I enter the country?"

Shen Han continued to ask questions.

Zhan Chaoyang smiled and said, "If you want to develop a sense of Qi and improve your cultivation, you must practice cultivation techniques."

"Cultivation techniques?"

"Let me tell you slowly."

It turns out that the martial arts manuals in this world can be roughly divided into two different types.

One type is martial arts.

Knife techniques, sword techniques, leg techniques, staff techniques, and so on, including the basic fist techniques that Shen Han has mastered to perfection, all belong to this category.

It can also be understood as a means of attacking the enemy.

The other type is martial arts techniques.

In other words, it is an internal energy cultivation method, whose main function is to draw energy into the body, condense the internal energy, and strengthen one's physique.

To improve one's cultivation level, one needs to cultivate techniques.

On this basis, physical qualities such as strength, speed, and agility will naturally improve.

Also.

As one's cultivation level increases, the power of martial arts techniques naturally becomes stronger, no longer just empty gestures.

"Little Shen, cultivating martial arts techniques is very difficult."

Zhan Chaoyang continued, "Many people have exhausted their efforts but still gained nothing and failed to enter the realm. To be honest, I also practiced for three whole years before I barely broke through to the Skin Refining Realm."

So it turns out that Guard Zhan is a master of the Skin Refining Realm... Shen Han secretly praised him, no wonder he was hired by the clinic's Master Han as the captain of the guard team.

"Guard Zhan, may I ask what martial arts you practice?"

"It's just the most basic breathing technique."

Zhan Chaoyang didn't hold back; he opened the drawer and openly took out a booklet.

The booklet's cover bore three large characters: "The Secret of Breathing Exercises".

Zhan Chaoyang handed the booklet to Shen Han: "Little Shen, if you're interested, you can take it home and practice."

"this……"

"It's alright. The Breathing Techniques are not uncommon, and this is just a copy I made. You can take it."

"Then thank you very much, Guard Zhan."

After putting the booklet into his pocket, Shen Han left the guardhouse without lingering any longer.

Watching Shen Han's departing figure, Zhan Chaoyang sighed.

"Over the years, at least twenty servants have come to me asking for cultivation techniques, and I have satisfied them all."

However, no one has ever succeeded in cultivating it.

Learning martial arts is not easy; without talent and natural ability, it will only end in failure.

This Xiao Shen is probably the same.

Besides, if someone is truly qualified, their family would definitely go to great lengths to send them to a martial arts school; why would they let them come to a clinic?

Alas, it's incredibly difficult for those at the bottom of society to rise above their circumstances.