Supreme Martial Venerable: Starting with the White Ape Cloak Hammer skill point allocation

In the backyard of the blacksmith's shop.

Cheng Jiuhe stretched his shoulders, then his feet slid across the ground as he charged towards Zhou Yuan like a gorilla.

Zhou Yuan remained unfazed, neither dodging nor flinching, and charged forward with the same bold strides.

He and Cheng Jiuhe were exchanging pointers.

After breaking through the Skin Barrier and advancing to the Skin Tempering Realm, Zhou Yuan officially became an inner disciple of the blacksmith shop.

Those who can practice martial arts in this courtyard are all martial artists who have successfully broken through their cultivation stages; there are more than ten at the Skin Tempering Realm and seven or eight at the Flesh Refining Realm.

Only those who successfully pass the test are qualified to learn fighting techniques from Li Lin.

After successfully breaking through the barrier, Zhou Yuan would come to the blacksmith shop to study for two hours every day, and also exchange skills with his fellow disciples.

He wasn't familiar with his other fellow disciples, so most of the time, his sparring partner was Cheng Jiuhe.

Cheng Jiuhe is a martial artist at the Body Refining Realm. He participated in the martial arts examination last year, but unfortunately failed.

Of the twenty or thirty martial artists who had broken through the martial arts barriers at the blacksmith's shop, only a handful were truly confident of passing the martial arts exams, which shows how difficult the martial arts exams were.

Tap! Tap! Tap!

Zhou Yuan rushed to Cheng Jiuhe in two strides, his fists whistling through the air. Before the first move was even finished, he had already used the second move, his attacks coming one after another.

"it is good."

Cheng Jiuhe laughed heartily, his blood and qi surging within him, and all his joints cracked and popped like firecrackers.

boom!

Cheng Jiuhe dodged Zhou Yuan's explosive attack and threw a punch.

With a muffled thud, the two exchanged a punch and each took several steps back.

"continue."

Cheng Jiuhe's fighting spirit was ignited. He let out a low shout, flicked his arm, and with a "snake-finding-the-grass" maneuver, his arm as the handle and his fist as the hammer, he smashed straight at Zhou Yuan's shoulder.

Zhou Yuan responded calmly, using his waist and hips as a base, and wielding his hand as if it were a forging hammer, striking out with force.

Cheng Jiuhe was a martial artist at the Body Refining Realm, and Zhou Yuan was not afraid of hurting him. Unlike Cheng Jiuhe, who avoided his vital points, Zhou Yuan aimed every move at Cheng Jiuhe's vital points.

Snapped!Snapped!Snapped!

The sound of flesh colliding echoed in the air. In the blink of an eye, the two had exchanged countless blows.

They all fought with lightning speed, their moves coming one after another.

The commotion attracted the attention of the surrounding fellow disciples.

"Junior Brother Zhou is quite impressive. He has only been in cultivation for a few days, yet he can already fight Senior Brother Cheng to a standstill."

"I heard that Junior Brother Zhou comes from a family of craftsmen and has been blacksmithing since he was a child. He is used to wielding a hammer, so it is natural that he can achieve twice the result with half the effort in practicing the White Ape Cloak Hammer. Now that he has switched from hammer to fist, he is naturally faster than most people."

"That's true, but talent also plays a role. Otherwise, out of so many blacksmiths, how many could truly master martial arts?"

The crowd whispered among themselves.

"Snapped!"

Zhou Yuan and Cheng Jiuhe crossed their arms again, making a crisp sound.

Zhou Yuan felt a strong force coming from him, his arm went slightly numb, and his body was pulled off course. He took two steps to the side before he regained his balance.

Cheng Jiuhe did not take the opportunity to attack, but stopped his movements and said with a smile, "Junior Brother Zhou, you have mastered this fist technique."

Zhou Yuan straightened up, took a few deep breaths to calm his turbulent blood pressure, clasped his hands and said, "Thank you for your guidance, Senior Brother Cheng. Otherwise, I don't know how much more effort I would have needed to master this White Ape Tongbei Fist."

The White Ape Tongbei Fist was taught to Zhou Yuan by Li Lin after he broke through his cultivation barrier.

This boxing style actually originated from the White Ape Cloak Hammer. When you have a hammer in your hand, you use the White Ape Cloak Hammer; when you don't have a hammer, you use the White Ape Tongbei Fist.

The arm is the handle, the fist is the hammer, and the hammer is detached to form the fist, which is called the White Ape Tongbei Fist.

After breaking through the skin barrier, a martial artist's strength increases, their skin becomes thicker, and their punches can strike powerfully, making them unafraid of injury.

In the past few days, Zhou Yuan has thoroughly mastered the White Ape Tongbei Fist by sparring with Cheng Jiuhe, and has also made great progress in his understanding of his own strength.

"Junior Brother Zhou, Xu Nian has been forced to retreat to Aozi Mountain outside the city. The situation in the city has stabilized somewhat, but what kind of tricks is that Liu guy up to again? Be extra careful these days."

After reviewing the fight, Cheng Jiuhe patted Zhou Yuan on the shoulder and whispered in his ear.

"If you really can't take it anymore, come find me anytime."

Although he liked this junior brother who was diligent in his training and acted steadily, he would not offend others for Zhou Yuan's sake.

Unless Zhou Yuan is willing to join the Cheng family.

Zhou Yuan hummed in agreement, silently practiced his boxing routine, then left the blacksmith shop and headed home.

The environment changed noticeably as we walked from the blacksmith's shop back to Anyefang.

The blacksmith's shop was located in a clean and tidy neighborhood, while Anyefang was dirty and chaotic.

The streets were littered with garbage, and excrement emitting a pungent odor could be seen everywhere.

Zhou Yuan even saw a corpse that had already begun to stink lying in the stinking ditch, and no one came to collect it.

In slums like Anyefang, how many people don't die every day? Nobody cares.

Zhou Yuan silently calculated that once he completed Cheng Jiuhe's order and saved up some money, he could get rid of his citizenship.

After being removed from the register, even if they cannot move to the inner city immediately, they must move to a cleaner neighborhood.

The environment in Anyefang was terrible, but most importantly, it was unsafe.

The area was a mixed bag, including homeless people, beggars, local bullies, and thugs.

Suddenly, Zhou Yuan stopped in his tracks.

Two figures emerged from the alleyway, blocking his path. One of them was Qian Xiong from the Broken Blade Gang, and the other was a burly man.

Before Zhou Yuan could speak, footsteps sounded behind him again.

Looking back, four or five thugs with short wooden sticks blocked the other end of the alley.

Zhou Yuan's eyes narrowed, realizing that the other party was coming for him.

"Mr. Qian, what can I do for you?"

Zhou Yuan cupped his hands in greeting and said in a deep voice.

"Zhou Yuan, do you look down on my Broken Blade Gang?"

Qian Xiong held a short knife in his hand, the scabbard clapping against his palm as he sneered.

"Mr. Qian, what do you mean by that?"

I have already handed over every penny of this month's incense money.

Zhou Yuan said patiently.

"Hmph, is that little bit of money meant to feed beggars?"

Qian Xiong sneered, "Do you think that just because you've broken through the barrier, you can look down on my Broken Blade Gang?"

I heard you landed a big deal, buying several hundred kilograms of iron just for that."

"Master Qian, I'm just a blacksmith, making a living by forging iron. If you have any orders, just say so."

Zhou Yuan said.

"That's great. Since that's the case, don't blame us for not taking care of you."

Qian Xiong laughed and said, "You've gone beyond our Broken Blade Gang to buy iron and charcoal from outsiders, which is breaking the rules."

You used to buy less, so we men turned a blind eye and didn't hold it against you.

That won't work now.

"So, since you're somewhat sensible, I'll cover for you if you buy a thousand catties of pig iron and a thousand catties of charcoal from me, how about that?"

Zhou Yuan narrowed his eyes slightly. A thousand catties of pig iron costs nine taels of silver on the market, while a thousand catties of charcoal costs four taels.

Why make such a big fuss over a matter of a dozen or so taels of silver?

Zhou Yuan inwardly scoffed, but outwardly remained expressionless. "Fine—"

Before he could finish speaking, Qian Xiong said, "I'll sell these things to you cheaply; you only need to pay fifty taels of silver."

Zhou Yuan's "good" came to an abrupt end. "Something worth a dozen taels of silver, you want to charge fifty taels?"

If you only asked for twenty or thirty taels, I could tolerate it, but fifty taels—

"Mr. Qian, is there any way to negotiate this price?"

Zhou Yuan said in a deep voice.

"Zhou Yuan, don't push your luck. I'm taking care of you. If you dare to say another word, I'll break all three of your legs today."

Qian Xiong cursed angrily.

"Alright! Fifty taels of silver, right? Here you go."

Zhou Yuan reached into his coat, took two steps toward Qian Xiong, and said expressionlessly.

Qian Xiong's face lit up with joy. This kid really had so much silver on him? This was a huge profit.

Just then, Zhou Yuan walked up to Qian Xiong and pulled his hand out of his pocket.

Qian Xiong stared wide-eyed.

Zhou Yuan then unleashed a burst of iron sand.

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