Chapter 606 - 291: Iron Armor Demon Suppression

Chapter 606: Chapter 291: Iron Armor Demon Suppression

Even now, I have nothing more I can teach you, young friend!

Being older, all I can do is share some of my experiences with cultivation.

Your Martial Arts Talent is astonishing, and your cultivation speed is incredibly fast. While this is certainly a great thing, you must also pay attention to cultivating your Martial Dao Will. Do not be impatient for success.

It is also impeccable that you have set your sights on becoming a Grandmaster Level expert.

However, there’s a saying: a mountain may look close, but it can run a horse to death. A goal that is too distant can affect your state of mind, making you restless and impatient.

The Sect rarely mentions Martial Arts Grandmasters for this very reason.

Right now, you should focus on stabilizing your mindset, cultivating steadily step by step, and striving to reach Organ Refining Realm Perfection as soon as possible.

After you break through to the Puncture Realm, then you can think about becoming a Martial Arts Grandmaster."

Chen Cheng nodded slightly and said with a serious expression, "What you say is absolutely right, Senior!"

’I nearly developed a Heart Demon over the Source Crystal Jade before. It was precisely because I was too impatient.’

Shen Zhaoyi nodded. "If you don’t wish to join Celestial Phenomenon Peak, you could also choose Four Symbols Peak.

The legacy of Four Symbols Peak grants extremely formidable Practical Combat Power, something you should understand well.

This isn’t just true for the Acquired Body Refining Realm. Even in the Puncture Realm, the combat strength of Four Symbols Peak’s legacy is several notches above that of other Martial Artists at the same Realm.

However, the Four Symbols Peak legacy also has many shortcomings. First, Cultivation Progress is extremely slow, and developing a conceptual Realm is incredibly difficult.

Furthermore, regarding Opening the Profound Passage, it is several times more difficult for those following the Four Symbols Peak legacy to open their Human Acupoints and break through to the Puncture Realm compared to the legacies of other Main Peaks.

In over a hundred years, only the current Peak Master of Four Symbols Peak has managed to cultivate to the Puncture Realm.

But not long after he broke through to the Puncture Realm, he went insane. He is rarely lucid and had to lock himself away on the back mountain of the Main Peak, earning him the name ’the old madman.’

As a result, Four Symbols Peak gradually fell into decline. It is the most disliked peak in the Great Dao Sect, and its disciples are extremely few."

"Uh..." Chen Cheng was stunned.

’Actually, I was leaning most toward joining Four Symbols Peak.’

’But if I take an old madman as my master right after joining the sect, I’ll have to think this through very carefully.’

’After all, the rule in the Martial Arts Realm has always been about fighting and killing. It all comes down to who has the bigger fist.’

’But how hard your fist is isn’t always up to you. You still need your sect as a backer.’

’Before you’re fully grown, having a big tree to lean on is the proper way!’

’The disciples of the Four Major Sects dare to swagger about and show off their power because they rely on their sects to back them up.’

Seeing Chen Cheng’s indecision, Shen Zhaoyi said,

"You don’t need to rush to a decision, young friend. Just focus on Cultivating Martial Dao and wait for the Sect’s arrangements.

No matter which peak you choose, with the Merit you have earned, you will receive extremely generous rewards.

As for things here in Linji City, I can still hold on for another ten or twenty years. I can guarantee the safety of the Shens’, the Chens’, and the Zheng Martial Arts Hall."

As he spoke, Shen Zhaoyi suddenly raised his eyebrows and gave a playful wink.

"Also, thanks to the betting match you set up this time, the Shens’ earned over twenty million taels of patterned silver. That’s enough to train several thousand Swordsmen to the Skin Grinding Realm and above.

My Shen Family is finally going to completely suppress the Jiang and Qin Families and hold our heads high for once!

Hahaha... How satisfying!

Young friend, have some more fish!"

...

「Several days later.」

Snowflakes as large as goose feathers drifted down from the sky.

Zheng Martial Arts Hall, Cyan Dragon Courtyard.

Dressed in a cyan robe, Chen Cheng stood tall and proud. A surging tide of Qi Blood Power roiled within him, his True Force emanating from his body to a distance of three feet.

The goose-feather snowflakes rustled down, only to be effortlessly repelled by his True Force. They scattered to the sides, piling up into a circular wall of snow half a man’s height.

Within three feet of him, the air was fresh, and a gentle breeze blew.

Beyond three feet, the wind and snow raged in a vast white blur.

’Using True Force in the Bone Marrow Cleansing Realm, I can already construct a comfortable space around me.

A Martial Arts Grandmaster, however, is said to be unrivaled within a three-foot radius. I can only imagine what kind of magnificent power that is!

And a Martial Saint, who is above a Grandmaster... I can’t even fathom how powerful they must be!

The road ahead is long and winding. On the path of the Martial Dao, I must ultimately press forward relentlessly!

Undeterred by wind and rain, through cold and heat, only then can I reach the pinnacle! Time to cultivate like a beast!’

[Iron Armor Skill of the Marrow Washing Realm technique deduction progress has increased.]

...

Four hours later, the blizzard gradually subsided.

A round mountain of snow, over ten feet high, had piled up in the Cyan Dragon Courtyard.

Inside the mountain of snow, black energy swirled around Chen Cheng’s body, and his handsome face was suffused with a deep black hue!

This was the Demonic Qi that manifested from the Demon Thought Cage. At this moment, it was sealing every pore on Chen Cheng’s skin.

[Deduction of the Iron Armor Skill of the Marrow Washing Realm is successful.]

[Skills: Iron Armor Demon Suppression Skill (Uninitiated 1/10)]

Chen Cheng carefully studied the Iron Armor Demon Suppression Skill in his mind, a contemplative look on his face.

Both were Body Refining Techniques for the Bone Marrow Cleansing Realm, but this Inner Breath Technique, the Iron Armor Demon Suppression Skill, was vastly different from the Primordial Pill Marrow Cleansing Method. One could even say they were polar opposites.

The Primordial Pill Marrow Cleansing Method focused on drawing Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi into the bone marrow, using the medicinal power of Marrow Cleansing Pills and Qi Blood Power as supplements to jointly refine the marrow.

It required the pores to be wide open to absorb as much Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi as possible.

The Iron Armor Demon Suppression Skill, on the other hand, relied entirely on Qi Blood Power to refine the bone marrow. Its principle was to retain as much Qi Blood Power within the marrow as possible.

To achieve this, it even used Demonic Qi to seal the body’s pores, preventing any Qi Blood Power from leaking out.

Only when the Qi Blood Power had refined the bone marrow to a certain degree would the pores open, drawing in Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi to cleanse the marrow all at once.

To put it simply, the Primordial Pill Marrow Cleansing Method required a continuous influx of Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi to slowly cleanse the bone marrow.

The Iron Armor Demon Suppression Skill, however, first used Qi Blood Power to refine the marrow. Then, when it reached a certain point, it would draw in Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi to cleanse it all at once.

Using the process of Alchemy as an analogy, the Primordial Pill Marrow Cleansing Method was like using low heat to slowly simmer the Medicinal Materials and extract their power.

The Iron Armor Demon Suppression Skill was more like flash-frying over a high flame to force out the medicinal power, then cooling it to let the essence settle, followed by another round of frying and cooling in a repeated cycle.

Comparing the two, flash-frying was naturally more efficient!

Of course, to achieve the "high flame" effect by continuously and stably stimulating Qi Blood Power to the maximum, it still had extremely high requirements for weight-bearing.

It also required a constant and massive replenishment of Qi Blood Power.

’Why do I get the feeling that the Iron Armor Demon Suppression Skill is becoming more and more like a Demon Beast’s Cultivation Technique? After all, Demon Beasts cultivate Demonic Power mainly by eating large amounts of flesh and blood to strengthen their bodies.

I’m also eating and training like mad. I’m really starting to feel like I’m on the path to becoming a Humanoid Fierce Beast!

Whatever, I’ll just focus on cultivating and see what happens!’

He stimulated his Qi Blood Power once more and cultivated with ferocious intensity!

[Iron Armor Demon Suppression Skill Cultivation Progress has increased.]

...

Four hours later.

[Skills: Iron Armor Demon Suppression Skill (Beginner Level 3/100)]

’Whoa! The Cultivation Progress for the Iron Armor Demon Suppression Skill is so much faster than the Primordial Pill Marrow Cleansing Method!

And if I increase the weight I’m carrying, the progress will be even faster.

The only downside is that the consumption of Qi Blood Power is too high, so I can’t cultivate for too long each day.

Just by eating Demon Beast Meat to replenish my Qi Blood Power, I’d need at least forty pounds a day. At ten taels of silver per pound, that’s four hundred taels of silver.

Over a month, that would be more than ten thousand taels of silver!

This is what they mean by ’poor scholars, rich warriors’!

Luckily, I won over a hundred thousand taels of silver from my bet, and I looted several hundred thousand more from the Wang Family. My net worth is close to one million taels now.

That’s enough for me to splurge for a while!’

Gleefully enjoying the feeling of being a man of wealth, Chen Cheng now deeply understood the joy Shen Zhaoyi must have felt after making a profit of over twenty million taels of silver.

BOOM!

The mountain of snow exploded, revealing Chen Cheng’s figure. He looked up at the sky, bathed in the afterglow of the setting sun, and a faint smile once again graced his face.

Streams of Telekinesis Value were still flowing toward him from all over Linji City.

This was naturally because of the bet; many of the common people in Linji City had benefited from it.

The massive statue that Shen Zhaoyi had created using the aura of his Second Layer Frost Snow Realm also played a significant role.

[Skills: Cyan Heaven Dharma Aspect (Telekinesis Value 169,093)]

’Whoa! Perhaps I have the makings of a Literary Saint!’

"Xiaowan, add another twenty pounds of Demon Beast Meat to dinner!"

...

「The next day.」

Early in the morning, Chen Cheng invited Luo Tiezhu to the True Disciple’s residence.

"So much Black Gold?"

Seeing over three thousand pounds of Black Gold in the smithy, Luo Tiezhu’s eyes widened involuntarily.

Chen Cheng smiled faintly, then took out a piece of Ink Crystal Jade.

"Whoa! You even have Ink Crystal Jade!" Luo Tiezhu’s breathing quickened. "Ah Cheng, don’t tell me you just ’found’ this piece of Ink Crystal Jade too?"

"I did indeed find it." Chen Cheng chuckled, then said seriously, "Elder Luo, I’d like to forge another Pseudo-Spiritual Artifact..."