The Martial Saint, starting with daily intelligence.

"That's overthinking it."

"It only consumed a small bottle of Qi and Blood Pills; the essence blood itself is sufficient to complete this body tempering."

Of course, this is on the premise that the energy of the blood moon is taken into account.

Without the Blood Moon's assistance, the Qi and Blood Pills and Essence Blood Pills that Zhong Ming prepared to replenish Qi and Blood might not have been enough.

"Aha~"

Zhong Ming stretched, rubbed his shoulders, and wiped the blood off his face.

"First, wash up and clean yourself up."

A few quarters of an hour later, Zhong Ming, having finished his bath, had changed into new casual clothes.

People who practice martial arts have abundant qi and blood, so they don't need to prepare hot water; they can simply rinse with cold water.

Besides, it's broad daylight now, so there's even less need to be particular about these things.

After spending some time, Zhong Ming cleaned up the ground a bit. It was covered in red and black stains, a mixture of blood and sweat from Zhong Ming's body, and it smelled terrible.

Zhong Ming simply shoveled up that patch of land, stuffed it into a sack along with his dirty clothes, and prepared to throw it away together.

After tidying everything up, Zhong Ming finally focused his attention on the system.

Daily Intelligence System

Martial Arts Realm: Early Bone Forging Stage

Body Refinement Realm: Qi and Blood Manifestation Level 1 (Proficiency: 3086/10000)

Exercise: Spirit Turtle Gazing at the Moon Stance (Proficiency: 12/10000) [Five Stars]

Martial Arts: Tiger Subduing Fist (Mastery) (Proficiency: 295/400) [Three Stars], Azure Sparrow Three Strike (Minor Mastery) (Proficiency: 128/200) [Four Stars]

Root bone: 38 (B-grade)

Comprehension: 42 (C)

Experience points: 95

Because of the blood moon, Zhong Ming changed the original name of the stance training to "Spirit Turtle Gazing at the Moon Stance Training".

Cultivating under the influence of the Blood Moon is indeed a fitting description.

"My martial arts realm has been raised to the early stage of Bone Forging, and my body refinement realm has also increased by 3,000 proficiency points."

"It seems that the level of body refinement is directly proportional to the strength of the physical body."

  

Zhong Ming pondered.

"Perhaps, as long as I can strengthen my physical body, my body refinement realm will naturally advance."

"However, it might not be easy to improve my physical strength."

Zhong Ming clenched his fist, feeling the power within his body.

Before, I would break a bone if I exerted myself too much, but now I can do whatever I want without any problems.

Its entire skeleton is harder than steel.

"An ordinary person holding a steel knife would probably only be able to cut their own flesh, without being able to damage their bones in the slightest."

As for martial artists, that's another matter.

There's a saying: "Great strength makes bricks fly."

A martial artist can easily exert tremendous force, and if he were to wield a sharp weapon, Zhong Ming would not dare to take it head-on.

Bone Forging Martial Artists and Marrow Cleansing Martial Artists have some chance, but against Martial Artists above the Qi Refining stage, without any defense, a single attempt will result in certain death.

"It seems that even the internal organs have been strengthened somewhat?"

"No, it's the blood and qi membrane. The blood and qi membrane can counteract the transmission of force to a certain extent."

"And the internal organs are all inside the bones, which can protect them to a certain extent."

This is why Zhong Ming could no longer feel the strain on his internal organs.

Most of the force was neutralized, and the force ultimately transmitted to the internal organs was very weak, completely within the limits that the human body could withstand.

Only after the marrow cleansing is completed, and the internal organs are strengthened by essence, blood, and qi, can the body be considered perfect, with no shortcomings.

"Martial artists at the Body Tempering Realm pose no threat to me anymore."

"But even if a Qi Refining Realm martial artist can injure others with true Qi, or even inject true Qi into a martial artist's internal organs, they still cannot withstand it."

"I just don't know if the released blood energy can block the true energy of a Qi Refining Realm martial artist."

Zhong Ming circulated his qi and blood, and a layer of red qi surrounded him within three feet.

Zhong Ming could still only control the outward-emitting blood energy within a three-foot distance, but the blood energy veil was much denser than before, with a mass density that was three to five times greater.

"The released blood energy and true energy do have many things in common. They both amplify strength and speed to a certain extent, and the amplification of strength and speed by blood energy is definitely greater than that by true energy."

"It's just that its attack range is far inferior."

"If blood energy can counteract the erosion of true energy, I might not be without a fighting chance against a Qi Refining Realm martial artist!"

Zhong Ming was making plans in his mind.

It seems there's no need to be as cautious as before.

Many intelligence sources that people previously wanted to participate in but dared not can now potentially benefit from.

"I just don't know if my physical blood can withstand my true energy. I haven't tried it, so I'm really unsure!"

Qi Refining Realm martial artists are considered the backbone of any force.

In some remote small counties, Qi Refining Warriors are the pinnacle of power, dominating the county and untouchable by anyone.

"Never mind, better safe than sorry."

"Let's abandon any information involving Qi Refining or higher."

"We cannot take any risks until we are certain that blood qi can be compared to true qi."

···

"Have you heard? The foreigners' Extraordinary Club is challenging our martial arts schools in the inner city again."

"Those damned foreign devils can only bully small martial arts schools. If they dare to come to our martial arts school, we'll cripple them in no time."

"That's right. Jincheng is our Great Chu territory. It's one thing for these foreigners not to behave themselves, but to dare to act so arrogantly? Who gave them the courage?"

"What are the martial arts school owners thinking? They've been bullied right here, so why don't any of them fight back?"

Upon hearing this, everyone fell silent.

Those who had previously been confident in their martial arts school were now at a loss for words.

After a long while, a coach who knew some of the inside story finally spoke up with a sigh.

"Soldier against soldier, general against general."

"The clubs that are challenging us now are all first-level superhuman clubs. The club members are mainly superhumans of the first to third level, and the club president is a superhuman below the sixth level."

"Unless it's a Level 2 Extraordinary Club and the president is a Level 7 or higher Extraordinary, then our martial arts school has no reason to intervene."

In the Western transcendent system, the first to third levels of transcendence are equivalent to the Blood Refining, Bone Forging, and Marrow Cleansing realms for martial artists.

The fourth to sixth tiers of Transcendent Realm correspond to Qi Refining Realm martial artists.

The seventh to ninth levels of the Transcendent Realm correspond to the Divine Refinement Realm of martial artists.

The foreigners' extraordinary club was equivalent to the martial arts school of the Great Chu.

These are all forces that train martial artists or extraordinary individuals for the general public.

Martial arts schools vary in strength, and so does the Extraordinary Club.

Even the lowest-level Level 1 club requires its president to have at least the strength of a Level 5 or higher, corresponding to a mid-stage Qi Refining martial artist.

The division of power within the Great Chu Martial Arts Academy is not entirely the same, but there are also certain commonalities.

Generally speaking, martial arts schools that only have Qi Refining Realm experts are considered small martial arts schools. If a school doesn't even have Qi Refining Realm experts, it is naturally not qualified to open a school and accept disciples.

In a large city like Tianjin, even a Qi Refining Realm martial artist wouldn't be qualified to open a martial arts school and take on disciples; at the very least, they would need to be a late-stage Qi Refining Realm martial artist.

When you first start practicing Qi cultivation, it's fine to open a school and take on apprentices in some small towns, but that's absolutely not going to work here.

Large martial arts schools are usually presided over by experts at the Refining Spirit Realm.

The Zhenyuan Martial Arts School Jincheng Branch is an example of this; it can be considered a large martial arts school.

Martial arts schools are generally divided into these two categories, and their ranking system is not as strict as that of Western super clubs.

Even with martial artists above the Refining Spirit realm and Grandmaster-level Core Formation martial artists, it's still a major martial arts school...