From the Iron Shirt Technique to physical sanctification

"Student Zhang Yu greets Elder Shi." Zhang Yu bowed respectfully.

"Have you mastered the Rock-Stone-Turning-Mountain Skill?" Shi Cangyue asked.

"Elder Shi, I have been fortunate enough to have mastered it."

"What? You really mastered the first level?" Shi Cangyue's expression was very excited.

Since emerging from seclusion, he has had many people practice the technique, but none of them have been able to master the first level of the technique in three days.

Zhang Yu nodded: "Yes!"

"Activate the Rock-Solid Transformation Technique," Shi Cangyue said, staring intently at Zhang Yu.

Zhang Yu began practicing the first level of the Rock-Stone Transformation Technique, and his skin emitted a faint earthy yellow hue.

This is a sign that the first level of the technique has been mastered.

"Good, very good, you are the disciple I, Shi Cangyue, have been waiting for." Shi Cangyue was overjoyed.

The boy next to him lowered his head, his eyes filled with jealousy and resentment, inwardly screaming, "Why?"

Zhang Yu immediately knelt down and bowed to his master, saying, "Disciple Zhang Yu greets Master!"

"Alright, get up quickly." Shi Cangyue reached out and helped Zhang Yu up, then took his hand and asked him if there was anything he didn't understand about the Rock-Mountain Transformation Technique.

Zhang Yu responded cautiously. After chatting for about 15 minutes, he finally found an opportunity to ask, "Master, could you please teach me the subsequent cultivation techniques?"

"Now that you have mastered the first level of your cultivation technique, I will pass on the incantation for the second level and the method of strengthening tendons and bones to you," Shi Cangyue said. He then glanced at the boy beside him and said, "Chen You, go back now. Take your things with you. You don't need to come to my yard to take care of the herbs anymore."

"Yes, Elder Shi," Chen You replied with a bow.

A moment later, he picked up his package, gave Zhang Yu a sinister look, and then left.

Chen You, the second son of the head of the Chen family of Great Chu, is a disciple of the Pan Shi Inner Academy and a peak-level expert in martial arts. Half a year ago, he began to take care of the medicinal herbs for Elder Shi Cangyue and has been living here.

He had also practiced the first level of the Rock-Mountain Transformation Technique, but it took him half a month to master it and he did not gain Shi Cangyue's approval.

He originally thought that helping the other party take care of the herbs would give him an advantage, and besides, he didn't believe that anyone could master the first level of the technique in just three days.

"Alright, I will now personally teach you the cultivation of the second level of the technique," Shi Cangyue said. "The Rock-Stone Transformation Technique is one of the academy's top techniques. From the second level onwards, it can only be passed down orally. Listen carefully..."

Zhang Yu quickly focused his attention and listened attentively to Shi Cangyue's story.

In order to demonstrate his talent, solidify his reputation as a genius, and gain Shi Cangyue's attention, Zhang Yu quickly mastered the Rock-to-Mountain Transformation Technique. After listening to it only once, he used his master-disciple points to directly advance to the entry level of the second level of the technique.

"Genius, a true genius, hahaha... My Rock Academy will surely produce martial artists of the Upper Three Realms." Shi Cangyue was overjoyed.

Watching Shi Cangyue gesticulate wildly, Zhang Yu secretly worried, "Did I overact?"

In the evening, Shi Cangyue finally let Zhang Yu leave, and gave him a bottle of top-grade blood-nourishing pills as he left.

Only a thousand-year-old blood ginseng can be used to refine the top-grade blood-nourishing pill. One top-grade blood-nourishing pill can be exchanged for 30 ordinary blood-nourishing pills.

Zhang Yu stuffed the top-grade Blood Nourishing Pill into his pocket, his face beaming with joy: "Damn, the boss really does have good stuff."

As he was walking back to his courtyard, a person suddenly emerged from the bamboo grove and blocked his way.

"You country bumpkin, you shouldn't have come looking for Elder Shi." Chen You had been waiting for Zhang Yu here for a whole day.

Zhang Yu glanced at him and said, "Idiot, get out of my way!"

"You dare to insult me! Do you know who I am?" Chen You's eyes widened, looking incredulous.

He is the second young master of the Chen family, a thousand-year-old martial arts family in the Great Chu.

"Damn it, I don't care who you are, get out of my way! A good dog doesn't block the way." Zhang Yu was even more arrogant than Zhang You, and said with a disdainful look.

"Fine, fine, you'd better stay in the academy and not go out, or I'll make you wish you were dead." Chen You revealed a ferocious look.

"Idiot!" Zhang Yu cursed, shoved Chen You aside with his shoulder, and then swaggered away.

Lingyin Academy has very strict rules; private fights are not allowed within the academy.

"You lowly commoner, do you dare to come up to the fighting stage with me?" Chen You roared. He couldn't wait any longer and wanted to go up to the fighting stage with Zhang Yu directly.

The Fighting Arena is where students of Lingyin Academy settle their scores, regardless of life or death.

The words "country bumpkin" and "lowlife" hit Zhang Yu's sore spot, but he was currently displaying the late stage of Dark Force.

He turned to look at Chen You and said, "Ten days. Ten days from now, wash your neck clean and wait on the fighting stage."

After saying that, Zhang Yu left.

In ten days, he mastered the second level of the Rock-Stone Transformation Technique, and his realm naturally reached the peak of Dark Force. It shouldn't be too far-fetched for him to kill Chen You, who was at the Transformation Force realm, with the strength of the peak of Dark Force.

When he kills Chen You on the fighting stage, he will have an epiphany and break through to the Transformation Realm. Then he can learn the third level of the technique from Shi Cangyue.

Yes, that's what I'll do. I'm a genius.

Chirp... Chirp...

Zhang Yu whistled as he returned to his courtyard, completely ignoring Chen You's challenge.

The next day, the entire Pan Shi Academy knew about Zhang Yu and Chen You's duel at the martial arts arena ten days later.

"Have you heard? A disciple named Zhang Yu actually dared to challenge Chen You to a duel."

"Chen You is the second young master of the Chen family and the third-ranked expert on the Azure Eagle Ranking."

"Zhang Yu was able to be accepted as a disciple by Elder Shi Cangyue, so his talent must be stronger than Chen You's, only his cultivation level is a little lower."

"I watched Zhang Yu's battle in the Dragon Gate assessment. He was very fierce. He was a third-tier Earth Bear, and he fought head-on with it, killing the Earth Bear with just two punches."

……

The rumors spread among the crowd and quickly reached the entire Lingyin Academy.

Zhang Yu was completely unaware of these discussions. He woke up naturally the next day, glanced at his master-disciple value, and smiled with satisfaction.

"I need to write a letter to urge Li Yue, Niu Mancang, and the others to cultivate even harder," he thought to himself, taking out paper and pen to begin writing.

dong dong!

There was a knock on the door.

Zhang Yuxin was a little annoyed when he heard the knocking on the door before he had finished writing.

dong dong!

"They're here!" He had no choice but to put down his pen, get up, walk into the yard, and open the door.

Li Feifei stood outside the courtyard gate: "Senior brother."

"Is something the matter?" Zhang Yu asked.

"Senior brother, everyone outside is saying that you and the second young master of the Chen family will have a life-or-death duel on the fighting stage in ten days. Is that true?" Li Feifei asked nervously.

"Yes!" Zhang Yu nodded.

"Senior brother, the Chen family is a thousand-year-old martial arts family in the Great Chu, and the Chen family patriarch was a Qi Refining Realm martial artist," Li Feifei hurriedly said.

"So what?" Zhang Yu said expressionlessly.

"The second young master of the Chen family is still ranked third on the Green Eagle Ranking. There is a difference between the peak of the Transformation Realm and the peak of the Transformation Realm."

"What is the Green Eagle Ranking?" Zhang Yu asked.

He chose to ignore the so-called Second Young Master of the Chen Family and the peak of the Transformation Realm. In front of his system, they were all trash. But this Green Eagle Ranking had been around for so long, and he had never heard of it before.

"This is a ranking list for inner disciples below the True Qi Realm at Lingyin Academy. Every three months, the academy organizes a tournament to determine the rankings, and the top ten receive generous rewards," Li Feifei explained the Azure Eagle Ranking.

"What's the reward for first place?" Zhang Yu asked.

"It seems to be a spirit crystal, plus a bottle of high-grade blood-nourishing pills."

"There are spirit crystals to get?" Zhang Yu's eyes lit up. "Keep an eye out for the next Eagle Ranking competition. I want to sign up too."

"Okay, senior brother." Li Feifei nodded. "No, senior brother, I came to see you about Chen You. He..."

"No need to say anything, he's already a dead man," Zhang Yu interrupted Li Feifei.

Looking at Zhang Yu, who exuded confidence, Li Feifei suddenly blurted out, almost as if possessed, "Senior brother, I'm especially good at warming the bed!"

"roll!"

Clang!

Zhang Yu closed the courtyard gate immediately.