Beginning With Max Enlightenment: I Confront The Immortals With Martial Arts - Chapter 21

Chapter 21: Two Masters

Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations

A month later.

Early in the morning in the room.

After Zhou You finished practicing the Ferocious Tiger Fist, he felt that his entire body was transparent. A strange feeling surged in his heart.

The internal force spontaneously spread out and covered the outer layer of the skin. His skin trembled slightly as his pores contracted and closed.

Success!

Zhou You was excited. He knew that this was a sign that the skin refinement was complete.

The pores closed, locking in the Qi and blood and preventing loss!

After locking in the Qi and blood, the efficiency of the use of energy would greatly increase in his future cultivation.

Other than that, he could also use his internal force to stimulate his skin muscles and begin to cultivate external martial arts.

He opened the interface and saw that the Ferocious Tiger Fist had successfully entered the second level and was beginning to refine his flesh.

Ferocious Tiger Fist (Level 2) (0/1000)

Flesh Tempering, the middle stage of Body Forging, was also known as Strength Training.

The membrane locked his Qi and blood, and his internal force focused on stimulating and strengthening his muscles. His strength increased by leaps and bounds.

After the flesh refinement was completed, the strength could reach 500 kilograms or several times over.

The gap between these martial artists and ordinary people was truly wide at this stage. Ordinary people would get injured if they got scraped by these martial artists, and die if they touched them.

Without sharp weapons and armored warhorses, even 20 to 30 ordinary people would not be a match for a flesh refinement martial artist.

He clenched his fist and felt his strength. It was about 250 to 300 kilograms. It was still far from 500 kilograms.

Zhou You was not in a hurry. He washed up, had breakfast, and went to work.

In the afternoon.

Zhou You delivered the medicine to the inner courtyard. After handing it over, he walked straight into his master’s room through the side door and into the inner room.

After secretly becoming Lu Chuanfeng’s disciple, the frequency at which the apothecary delivered medicine became more and more frequent. Zhou You had time to enter the inner courtyard almost every day.

When they needed to meet, the master and disciple would send each other a secret signal and then agree on a time to meet.

It was as if they were meeting underground.

In the room, Lu Chuanfeng sat on a tiger-skin chair and looked at Zhou You with a smile.

During this period of time, he would occasionally do some random checks. He was very satisfied with the progress of Zhou You’s martial arts.

He was not far from breaking through.

Zhou You bowed and said, “Master, I’ve already broken through to the Flesh Tempering stage!”

He had no intention of hiding the progress of his martial arts.

The faster one’s cultivation speed was, the more resources one would obtain.

“Hmmm?”

Lu Chuanfeng stood up and crossed a few meters in one step to arrive in front of Zhou You. He placed his palm on his shoulder.

A strange force came over, and the internal force in Zhou You’s entire body naturally gathered. All the pores on his skin closed.

Now, Zhou You knew that his master’s move was to stimulate his body’s instincts. Under Zhou You’s instincts, his strength could not be hidden.

This method was only effective against Body Forging and Bone Forging martial artists. Moreover, the difference in strength between both parties had to be extremely great, and the control of strength had to be very precise.

“Good! As expected, the skin refinement is completed!”

Lu Chuanfeng was pleasantly surprised and exclaimed in admiration.

His eyes lit up as he looked at Zhou You sizing up an unpolished jade.

Four months of skin refining was faster than he had expected.

This meant that You’er’s foundation was deeper than he had imagined. His cultivation strength was greater than he had expected.

Thinking of this, Lu Chuanfeng’s heart tightened.

“You’er, come, let’s spar.”

Zhou You’s foundation could not be investigated clearly. Lu Chuanfeng could only rely on his experience to make a vague guess.

However, whether there were any hidden injuries on Zhou You’s body could be seen through a full-strength exchange.

Ten minutes later, Zhou You leaned back in his chair, exhausted.

In this last exchange, Lu Chuanfeng was much more ruthless than before. Zhou You was forced to his limits and was exhausted.

Lu Chuanfeng looked very satisfied.

Through the exchange just now, he had already confirmed that his disciple’s foundation was not injured.

In that case, he could increase the intensity of his cultivation!

Lu Chuanfeng wanted to shorten the original one and a half years of Body Forging to just one year!

There were not many techniques to cultivate in the Body Refining stage. It was just hard training and accelerating the speed of cultivation using pills.

Seeing his disciple’s exhaustion, Lu Chuanfeng walked forward and placed his hands on his body. With a unique rhythm, he massaged Zhou You to invigorate his blood.

In just a moment, Zhou You felt that he had recovered a lot of strength. He stood up and said awkwardly, “Master, I’ve finished the Tiger Bone Pill.”

Lu Chuanfeng was not too surprised.

The faster one cultivated, the greater the consumption of pills.

He turned and took a bottle of Tiger Bone Pills from the cupboard and handed it to Zhou You.

“Don’t stop taking them. There’s no need to skimp on them. I have plenty of medicinal pills.”

“Thank you, Master.”

Zhou You took the porcelain bottle and looked like he wanted to say something but hesitated.

Lu Chuanfeng frowned and scolded softly, “Just man up and don’t be shy!”

Only then did Zhou You smile in embarrassment and say, “Master, you see. A few days ago, Master Cheng said that he would give me some tests in a couple of days. If I can pass, he will take me in as a disciple.”

I’m here to ask for your opinion.”

“Does Old Cheng wants to take you in as his disciple?”

Lu Chuanfeng frowned. “Although he likes you, I didn’t think he would accept you so soon, right? With his old-fashioned personality, I thought he would only take you in as a disciple in three years.”

In the past, three years was probably just enough for Zhou You to complete Bone Forging.

With his current progress, it was not a big problem.

After the Bone Forging was completed, Zhou You could have the means to protect himself. Only then did Lu Chuanfeng feel at ease to publicize the relationship between them.

He did not expect Old Cheng to make a move so quickly!

Should he tell Zhou You to turn down the offer?

It was inappropriate.

The difference in status between an apprentice and a disciple was too great. An ordinary person who was not even a martial artist would never refuse such an offer

It simply did not make sense at all. Instead, it would attract the attention of people with ulterior motives.

If Zhou You turned down the offer, Old Cheng might fly into a rage out of humiliation and chase his good disciple out of the dojo. It would be troublesome if Lu Chuanfeng wanted to see him every day in the future.

Besides, it was not that peaceful outside the dojo.

The Iron Skin Dojo and the Diamond Dojo fought all day long. Because they disrupted the business of merchants, they were warned several times by the City Lord Manor.

On the waterway, the White Sand Gang was also beaten back by the Dark Shark Gang. The Dark Shark Gang had the intention of going ashore to replace the White Sand Gang.

Recently, the people from the Dark Shark Gang had even openly appeared at the East River Pier. The White Sand Gang was angry but did not dare to say anything.

In Mengyang City, only the inner city was peaceful. The other places were very dangerous. What if his disciple was injured?

Since he could not refuse, he could only agree.

Although he was very displeased, Lu Chuanfeng still said, “Since Old Cheng wants to take you in as his disciple, it’s also because he has a discerning eye and recognized your excellence. Why don’t you just accept his offer?”

“Yes, Master.”

Seeing that his master’s expression was not good, Zhou You cupped his hands and said, “If there’s nothing else, I’ll take my leave.”

“Go. Remember to practice martial arts hard.”

…

Two days later.

Cheng Yiqing invited everyone in the inner courtyard of the dojo to a banquet and announced that he would accept Zhou You as his disciple.

Everyone congratulated him and sent him their congratulatory gifts.

Lu Chuanfeng and the uncle-masters attended the banquet and encouraged Zhou You warmly.

There was no need to mention the attitudes of the other disciples. They were very enthusiastic as if they had seen their long-lost relatives and were extremely concerned.

After taking over the delivery of the medicine, Zhou You often went in and out of the inner courtyard and became familiar with the disciples.

However, it was only now that Zhou You became Cheng Yiqing’s disciple that the other disciples placed him in the same position, or even slightly higher.

Even if Zhou You was just an ordinary person on the surface, becoming a disciple meant that Zhou You could truly come into contact with alchemy. Perhaps in a few years, he would become a qualified apothecary.

Unlike the previous apprentices, no matter how long they worked, they were just workers doing odd jobs.