Becoming a Martial Saint: Starting with the Mountain-Breaking Fist

Day two.

The warm sun was gone, dark clouds covered the land, and the first rain fell silently to earth.

Zhang Chen stood on the training ground, letting the raindrops soak his head.

When you deliberately look in a certain spot, it is empty, and the figure of a short, thin but incredibly strong boy appears there.

He rubbed his eyes, shook his head with a wry smile.

Three people left the courtyard yesterday, the last one being his acquaintance.

"Duan Xuan..."

"What's wrong, Senior Brother Zhang?"

Zhang Chen chuckled and blinked involuntarily to stop the tears from falling: "Sigh, why am I hallucinating because I'm old and my eyes are blurry?"

My junior brother's departure is a wake-up call for me. I need to seriously cultivate my martial arts skills, or I might be the one to leave next.

"Senior brother?"

When Zhang Chen turned around, a familiar face appeared in front of him with its head turned to the side, startling him.

His muscles, weighing several hundred pounds, trembled violently, and he leaped backward three or four meters.

He rubbed his eyes hard, and there was no one else in front of him.

It was none other than his junior brother Duan Xuan, whom he was reluctant to see off in person!

"Why are you back? Shouldn't you have left?"

You should go back and have a good cry, begging and pleading with your grandparents.

  

He cried out to heaven and earth, but received no response.

Finally, he had no choice but to accept reality and go hunting or become someone's henchman.

Or... I know, I'm still not fully awake! Zhang Chen blurted out a lot of things at once.

Duan Xuan ate the dry biscuits he had brought from home that morning in small bites: "Why should I leave?"

My master has already allowed me to stay, and I've already paid my tuition.

"How about you give it back to me, senior brother? Give it back to me, and I'll leave right away."

"Impossible, absolutely impossible!"

If you can't break through to the Ming Jin level in two months, your master won't keep you. Your master wouldn't harm someone like that!

Hurry up, brat, you're no longer a member of my Broken Mountain Martial Arts School.

Coming in now is considered stealing knowledge, do you know that your master will break your legs?

"Go quickly, I'll pretend I never saw you."

Duan Xuan pursed his lips, assumed a horse stance, and adopted the stance for the Breaking Mountain Fist.

hula-

An explosion rang out.

Duan Xuan's fist thrust straight out. The first move of the Mountain-Breaking Fist, the first stance of the Mountain-Opening Form, the Earth-Breaking move!

The speed was so fast, the sound so loud, Zhang Chen's pupils shrank: "How is this possible?"

"Junior brother, your Qi and blood are so abundant, and your Mountain-Breaking Fist is so powerful! You broke through to the Ming Jin level in just one night?"

Duan Xuan nodded.

Zhang Chen's bewildered expression turned into a smile, and the huge man pounced on him.

Like a tiger pouncing on a lamb, he held Duan Xuan tightly in his arms, exclaiming, "Awesome, awesome, awesome!"

……

People are happy when they are happy.

Zhang Chen was incredibly energetic and busy all day long.

After lunch, Zhang Chen pulled Duan Xuan to a shady spot and said, "Junior brother."

I've found you five suitable temporary positions. Would you like to hear about them?

"I couldn't ask for more, senior brother, please tell me." Murder and robbery are not Duan Xuan's style.

The last time we killed two of Erbazi's men, it was out of sheer desperation.

The best approach is to find a part-time job. Earning money while practicing martial arts is the right way to go.

As for not having enough money to buy the elixirs...

Duan Xuan thought that occasionally acting as a chivalrous hero was a good idea.

"Originally, there were only two suitable for you, but since you've reached the Mingjin level, I'll talk to you about the other three as well."

The first purpose is to guard the house and property. Your senior brother found this place for you, so don't worry.

The salary is higher than that of other temporary positions.

One thousand one hundred coins, half a catty of meat, four days off per month, but working hours are mostly in the middle of the night.

The second type of ship escort was not a government job, but rather a nominal position offered by some merchants in the county town to conduct business abroad.

They worked four days out of seven, and were required not to rest when escorting goods. Their wages were 1,200 coins and half a catty of meat.

Compared to guarding the house, it's more dangerous, but you get more free time.

Thirdly, there were the temporary armed guards of the county government, who, because of their official titles, were generally not someone anyone dared to offend.

But in the end, he was just a minor official, responsible for things like security at the post stations and the delivery of letters.

The danger level can only be described as very unstable; for example, 1,400 coins could not buy meat.

However, the hours are flexible, except when I'm on duty.

You can have two to three hours each afternoon to return to the martial arts school to rest.

The fourth job is to help the government guard the granaries, but I don't recommend doing this.

Because, like guarding the house, it's at night.

If you practice martial arts during the day but don't get enough rest at night, your progress in martial arts will definitely be affected.

Duan Xuan listened attentively, quickly analyzing the various temporary posts his senior brother had mentioned.

"First of all, guarding the house and granary is definitely not an option, and the time for resting at night must not be taken up."

Taking the waterway doesn't suit my thinking either. There are bandits on the water, and if you're not good at water skills, you could easily lose your life at sea.

This is a good official position; he'll be a martial arts instructor at a martial arts school.

"Perhaps I can make some connections, and I also have enough time to cultivate myself..."

"The last junior brother probably won't be interested; he'll be helping Renhetang Pharmacy look after its medicinal garden."

Renhetang and Jinyutang were two places authorized by the imperial court to sell martial arts elixirs.

However, Renhetang has recently been suppressed by Jinyutang in various ways, and its strength has been weakened to the bottom.

They were already at their last gasp when they managed to seize the large mountain range that the Wolf Village had swallowed.

The location is on the mountain that Wolf Village once designated, because your senior brother has chosen a daytime post for you.

The amount was not high, only nine hundred coins and a pound of meat.

The timing is fine; you've been given a little over an hour each in the morning and afternoon.

However, this job is very tedious, requiring you to live in the mountains and receive a stipend that is several hundred coins less than other temporary positions.

"Your senior recommends you choose the third option..."

"Senior brother, I choose to guard the herb garden!"

"Huh?" Zhang Chen shook Duan Xuan's shoulders forcefully: "Junior brother, it would be so nice to have a government job!"

You might meet some important figure there, which could propel you to rapid advancement and into the bureaucratic system.

Isn't that a hundred times better than tending a medicinal herb garden?

Duan Xuan shook his head, thanking Zhang Chen for his kindness, but he had his own ideas.

Firstly, my system includes [traps] and [hunting].

It would be a waste to put these two skills aside just because of a temporary assignment.

Moreover, the herb garden is very quiet, so he can concentrate on his practice without being disturbed.

The government isn't good enough; they're too mobile, always having to go out on missions.

He already had poor martial arts aptitude and didn't want to delay his cultivation because of things that had nothing to do with him.

Hearing that Duan Xuan was determined to leave, Zhang Chen had no choice but to take out a letter of recommendation from his pocket, which was printed with the name of Poshan Martial Arts School and the name Chen Feng.

"Junior brother, you actually have another option: you can find someone to sponsor you!"

"Oh, what is funding? And how do I find it?"

"I love your persistent and inquisitive attitude," Zhang Chen blurted out what he had been holding back for days: "So-called funding means that some force has taken a liking to your potential and believes that you have a bright future."

So before you start your own uprising, we will provide you with real money to help you reduce the financial burden of your martial arts career.

Make good connections in advance.

Like that guy Lin Hu, you were a victim just a few days ago, you can't have forgotten about that incident, can you?

Liu Xuan'er and Han Peng are disciples of the Dragon Elephant Academy.

Such a large academy has very strict entrance requirements, and it only accepts disciples with internal strength or above.

However, in order to retain promising talents, they would send people to visit various martial arts schools to select those to sponsor.

The minimum requirement for selecting recipients of their funding is that they have a first-class physical constitution.

Therefore, Liu Mingze and Lin Hu receive an extra subsidy every month.

It was used to buy elixirs to replenish qi and blood, meat, or anything else that would benefit martial arts training.

As far as I know, the Dragon Elephant Academy provides Lin Hu with twenty taels of silver every month.

In addition, there were forty catties of meat and ten packets of blood-nourishing powder.

Such a grand gesture is probably only something that top-tier clans and the Dragon Elephant Academy could accomplish.

But the top-tier aristocratic families prepare this level of service for their internal energy cultivation disciples.

"So that's how it is. No wonder Liu Xuan'er suddenly appeared in the outer city. She came to recruit young martial artists with above-grade physical attributes."

To become a disciple on temporary assignment at the Dragon Elephant Academy.

And to make such a bold move right from the start, the Martial Arts Academy is quite interesting!

"However, junior brother, we still need to be realistic. Even if we choose to provide financial assistance, we shouldn't choose a place like Dragon Elephant Academy."

You can find some businesses, small families, security escort agencies, etc. in our vicinity.

Look, under normal circumstances, someone like you with low energy and blood...

Even if given five more months, it would be impossible for him to progress to become a Ming Jin martial artist.

But you did it anyway.

Moreover, you have great perseverance and unique insights into martial arts.

You've only been practicing the Mountain-Breaking Fist for a short time, yet your progress is incredibly rapid!

Many small shops and restaurants like to sponsor people like you.

But we have to try!

Duan Xuan, however, was not very interested in such things, partly because he preferred to cultivate in a low-key manner.

With the system at your disposal, even if your cultivation is slow, you will still learn something and eventually make progress.

On the other hand, Duan Xuan didn't want to waste time looking for things with little chance of success.

I exchanged a few words with Zhang Chen.

Duan Xuan then took an afternoon off and went to Renhetang Medical Clinic.