Beginning With Max Enlightenment: I Confront The Immortals With Martial Arts - Chapter 7

Chapter 7: More Points

Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations

Looking at Yellow Dog lying on the ground, a cold light flashed in Zhou You’s eyes before disappearing. He leaned over and searched.

Putting a few bills into his pocket, Zhou You stood up and turned to smile at Luo Yong.

“Brother Zhou, you did well! I officially acknowledge you as my brother!”

Luo Yong smiled and nodded, his gaze approving.

From the corner of his eye, he saw two people secretly retreating in front of him. Luo Yong strode forward and shouted, “Where are you going?! You can leave in one piece, but not with the money!”

How could there be no spoils of war after winning a fight?

Since Yellow Dog had already been defeated, the rest of the Green Snake Gang had no intention of resisting to the end. They left behind a few taels for medical fees and carried Yellow Dog away in a hurry.

Zhou You and the others did not stay behind. The group of people shouted and headed towards the agreed-upon wine shop.

Now that he had relaxed his tense heartstrings, Zhou You felt that his entire body was extremely sore. His hands were already swollen like pig trotters, and he was so numb that he could barely feel them.

He lifted his clothes and saw that his body was also covered in bruises. There was even blood seeping out in some places and slowly flowing down.

From his appearance alone, Zhou You was even more severely injured than Yellow Dog.

It could not be helped. Even if Zhou You suppressed Yellow Dog with his martial arts techniques, Zhou You’s fists were not as hard as Yellow Dog’s and his speed was not as fast either. He could only counter every move and exchange injuries for injuries.

Minor injuries in exchange for serious injuries.

He had only suffered superficial wounds, while Yellow Dog had suffered internal injuries. He would not recover without lying down for ten days to half a month.

When he arrived at the wine shop, he drank tea with Luo Yong and the others. After paying the money for the wine, he returned to the boxing club and went straight to the clinic.

Just as he reached the entrance of the clinic, the door of the apothecary beside him opened. A hale and hearty old man with gray hair and a rosy face walked out. His gaze landed on Zhou You and he said, “You’re Zhou You, right? Did your Ferocious Tiger Fist reach the beginner stage today?”

Zhou You was stunned for a moment before answering honestly, “Master Cheng, yes.”

This old man was the only apothecary in the Ferocious Tiger Fist Dojo, Cheng Yiqing. He was highly respected around here and even the dojo master’s disciple, Zhao Qing, had to be polite to him.

“You took 22 days to become a beginner. Your Comprehension ability is not bad.”

Cheng Yiqing nodded and suddenly asked, “The apothecary is planning to recruit an apprentice. Are you interested?”

An apothecary apprentice?

Zhou You’s expression changed.

There were two affiliated clinics in the Ferocious Tiger Fist Dojo. The clinic was in charge of treating injuries, massaging, and reviving blood. There were many doctors and apprentices.

Cheng Yiqing had always been the only apothecary here responsible for brewing pills.

If he really became an apprentice in the apothecary, his status would definitely be high.

However, as an apprentice, he might not have much freedom.

Moreover, the threshold for becoming an apothecary apprentice was higher than being an inner disciple. He did not know what conditions were needed to enter.

“Master Cheng, can I still practice martial arts after joining the apothecary?” Zhou You asked.

“The path of alchemy is vast and profound. I’ve studied it all my life, but I only have a superficial understanding of it. Do you still want to divert your attention to practicing martial arts?”

Cheng Yiqing glared at him and shouted angrily. He turned around and stormed off, slamming the door behind him.

Zhou You was stunned.

Why did Master Cheng have such a temper? He only asked a question but Master Cheng left without saying anything. This was really…

At this moment, Zhou You felt a trace of regret.

However, Zhou You immediately threw this trace of regret to the back of his mind.

In this world, power meant everything and only martial arts mattered.

All unorthodox methods were undesirable.

…

Two months later.

After practicing the Ferocious Tiger Fist for the third time today, he felt a flash of numbness in his body. When he heard a ding in his ear, Zhou You opened the interface excitedly and nervously. Then, he heaved a sigh of relief.

Name: Zhou You

Affinity: 1

Aptitude: Ferocious Tiger Fist (22%)

Comprehension: 100%

Martial Arts: Ferocious Tiger Fist (Level 1) (0/500)

Martial Arts Points: 1

After defeating Yellow Dog, Zhou You realized that the Aptitude column on the interface had changed.

The compatibility of the Ferocious Tiger Fist had increased by 10%, and the cultivation efficiency had nearly doubled.

This way, after nearly two months of hard training and spending all his savings to buy bacon soup and Blood Strengthening Pills, he finally raised the proficiency of the Ferocious Tiger Fist to the Greater Mastery Stage.

He successfully cultivated internal force.

The flash of numbness he experienced when he stopped cultivating just now was the feeling of internal force passing through his body.

It was as if he had been electrocuted.

Glancing at the interface, Zhou You was surprised to find that his Martial Arts Points had suddenly increased from 0 to 1, and there was a plus sign behind his Affinity and Aptitude.

Did this mean he could increase their points?

Zhou You’s face was filled with joy.

With these additional points, did he have to worry about martial arts being weaker than cultivators?

Did it matter if Peak martial arts Grandmasters were inferior to Qi-Refinement Realm cultivators?

So what if martial arts cultivation could not provide immortality?

These notions were simply hilarious to him now!

After calming his excited heart, Zhou You began to think about how to make his points increase.

Plus signs only appeared after the Affinity and Aptitude columns, but there was no plus sign after Comprehension and Martial Arts.

This meant that only the first two columns could get more points, and his Comprehension had already been maxed out. He could only rely on himself to practice martial arts.

Zhou You basically understood what each column on the interface meant.

Affinity represented cultivation speed.

The higher the Affinity, the faster the cultivation speed.

Aptitude represented cultivation efficiency.

The higher the Aptitude, the higher the cultivation efficiency, and the faster the increase in proficiency.

For example, when practicing the same martial arts technique with high Aptitude, cultivating three to four times could increase the proficiency point by one.

As for those with low Aptitude, they needed to cultivate seven to eight times to increase by one proficiency point.

The cultivation speed between the two could be said to be worlds apart.

Zhou You roughly understood what the Martial Arts Points represented.

After cultivating a martial art to a certain stage, one could obtain Martial Arts Points.

This made him think of finding another martial art to cultivate.

Cultivating an internal force martial arts technique might affect the cultivation of the Ferocious Tiger Fist. The gains did not make up for the losses.

Moreover, it was very difficult to obtain internal force martial arts techniques.

In the Ferocious Tiger Fist Dojo, one had to first verify that internal force had already been established and officially acknowledge a master before learning the mental cultivation method.

As for his own cultivation, with the powerful destructive power of his internal force, if he was not careful, his internal organs would be injured. If he was slightly injured, he would die suddenly.

There were almost no internal force martial arts techniques in the world.

Even if it occasionally emerged on the market, it was sold at an astronomical price that Zhou You could not afford.

However, external martial arts techniques were not difficult to find. Even a small gang like the Green Snake Gang had external martial arts techniques.

The leader of the Green Snake Gang, Zhuo Ling, had relied on an unranked Green Snake Fist to cultivate his inner strength.

However, there was no way to go further since there were no internal force martial arts techniques out there. People could only be stuck in the early stages of Body Forging and could not advance any further.

It would not be too difficult for him to obtain external martial arts techniques.

However, he did not know if he could obtain Martial Arts Points by cultivating external martial arts techniques.

Putting aside his thoughts, Zhou You began to think about which columns to increase.

Should he increase his Affinity?

Or should he increase his Aptitude?

Affinity enhancement worked on all martial arts.

The increase in Aptitude seemed to be only applicable to the Ferocious Tiger Fist.

If he cultivated new martial arts, it would be useless.

Moreover, how much Affinity could one Martial Arts Point fetch?

How much Affinity could it add?

He had already decided to practice external martial arts. Zhou You hesitated for a moment. His thoughts landed on the plus sign behind his Affinity and he pressed hard.

Swoosh!

A white light flashed on the panel.

His Martial Arts Points became 0 again.

His Affinity had become 2.

Whoosh!

Zhou You let out a long breath.

It was a 1:1 increase.

Thank heavens.